(6/8) 'Jay Gurudev!'

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Sri Radhastami, evening, Siliguri
6 September 2019, part 6
Translated from Bengali

It is not that Sri Gurupadpadma only gives shelter to his close followers – along with shelter, He gives them the Holy Name, the main teachings and transcendental guidance – he helps his disciples to progress quickly towards the service domain.

Do you understand what is written here? Listen carefully. Now everybody has mobile phones, so you can hear it in your mobile phone. My lectures come out every day in English or Bengali. If you open it, you can find it there. Some of you feel bad, 'Oh, Maharaj cannot stay in Siliguri longer,' but I have to go to all places. I cannot come here every day, so listen to my lectures carefully. Wherever I go, I also give lectures and you can listen to them on your mobile phones. I am speaking Hari-katha now here, and the whole world can hear it. For example, I spoke in English in the morning, and I have already had the lecture sent for distribution.

So-called gurus give only the Name, mantra, etc., but what is this Name? What is this mantra? Who is the jiva soul? Who is the Lord? They do not try to give all this knowledge. There are many kinds of gurus. Many gurus only give initiation and say, 'That is it, I have given you the Name, you can go.' But what is that Name? What is that mantra? What is the soul? Who is the Lord? They do not try to explain all these things. As a result, disciples of such gurus do not become released from material bondage, ignorance, unwanted elements, etc. Unless you realise the nature of the Name and the mantra, unless you get relief, mercy and association of great Sri Gurupadpadma, the Holy Name and the mantra will not properly manifest within you. Along with the Holy Name and the mantra, great Gurupadpadma imparts aural transcendental knowledge onto his disciples. If you want to come to the Lord, you must receive this aurally transmitted transcendental knowledge from your Sri Gurupadpadma. It is necessary to listen to what gurudev says. It is impossible to get the darshan or service of the Lord except through this aural darshan. 'How can you see the Lord?' One can get a proper darshan of the Lord through the divine eyes that come through the transcendental knowledge that is received from the holy mouth of Sri Guru.

Selfish workers, knowledge-seekers, practitioners of yoga worship their guru. The result of practising karma, jnana, yoga, etc. is enjoyment, liberation, mystic powers, etc. – such practitioners always reject their gurus. Pure devotees, on the other hand, always worship their guru. Even when they attain perfection of devotion (divine love), they still continue to always strictly follow their guru – they never stay separately from their Sri Gurupadpadma.

When we worship gods, we come to them and say, 'Make me rich', 'Give me knowledge', 'Make me beautiful', 'Give me a nice wife', 'Make me a great poet.' We worship them for nine days and on the tenth day we throw them away. The worship is done. In the same way, we approach a karmi-guru or a yogi-guru, ask them for something for our bodies (good food, a lot of money, a place where we can sleep nicely), and when our desires are fulfilled, we give up the guru.

Pure devotees always, in every situation follow their affectionate great guru. They do not come and say, 'Gurudev', 'Gurudev' on his birthday only. Pure devotees always chant their gurudev's glories. Without worshipping their guru, without chanting their guru's mantra, they do not even take a drop of water. As soon as they get up from their beds, they remember their guru: 'Jay Gurudev'; only after that they go to the bathroom. As soon as they get up, they do not run to the bathroom – they first remember their gurudev: 'Jay Gurudev.' Remember this. Pure devotees never stay separately from their Sri Gurupadpadma – they always worship him. Even when they attain the perfection of devotion (divine love), they still continue to always strictly follow their guru. They can become great gurus themselves, but they still continue serving their own guru with chaste submission. They do not consider themselves big or great, or that they have attained everything. They never live without their guru – they always live in the association of their guru. The guru never leaves them, and they also never leave their guru.

Srila Jivapad said about the means of attaining the perfection of devotion (divine love): 'Guru, scriptures, faith, taste, and strict adherence are the perfection.'

The true meaning of the aurally transmitted scriptures is received from gurudev. Gurudev is an embodiment of scriptures. Just as he has a complete direct perception or realisation of the Supreme Lord, in the same way he is also the greatest knower of the sabda-brahma (transcendental sound vibration). The entire conception found in the scriptures (Vedas, Bhagavatam, etc.) continuously appears on his tongue. As a result of Sri Gurudev's association and mercy, practitioners of devotion get faith in the scriptures. From such position, taste, attachment, etc. gradually come and the practitioner progresses quickly towards the plane of devotion. Through continuous service to the Lord in strict adherence to one's guru, one attains the perfection of devotion (divine love for the Lord).

By his nature, the guru is a complete embodiment of the divine energy coming from Hladini (internal potency of the Lord). At every moment, with all his senses (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, mind, intelligence, ego, even rectum and genitals), he engages in satisfying Lord Krishna. He has no other task except for giving pleasure to Lord Krishna. He is always anxious to please Sri Radha Govinda in any possible way. Sri Gurupadpadma gives one a proper realisation of Sri Krishna, the embodiment of all divine mellows. He gives sincere disciples admission to loving service and worship of Sri Radha Govinda, who are an embodiment of sweetness.

Gurudev gives the right to serve. It is impossible to get this right from any other place. 'Satisfying the whims of your mind is a show of service, it is not service proper (nijera manera kheyala khusi-mato bhajana abhinaya, bhajana bale na; নিজের মনের খেয়াল খুশিমতো ভজন অভিনয়, ভজন বলে না).'

Without his merciful glance, it is not possible to get sweet loving service to Vrajesa-tanaya Sri Krishna (son of the king of Vraja). Sri Gurudev is the main teacher of divine love. Worship of Gurudev is not a worship of some ordinary man. Gurudev is an embodiment of the Lord's mercy. The Lord Himself never gives His mercy to anyone. The Lord's mercy is showered upon affectionate and dearmost disciples by the Lord's dear associate – Sri Gurupadpadma. The foremost prescription of the scriptures is the worship of the guru (guru-puja). The guru is not worshipped only on a certain date. The duty of those who take shelter of the guru, is to worship gurudev in every place and at every moment.

This is the glorification of Sri Gurudev. I have read to you what I wrote here in the fourth volume of Guidance. Read the books. You can find everything in the third volume of Guidance also. The language is a little hard, but try to read them. Do you find it difficult to follow me when I speak? Sometimes, it is necessary to speak higher language...

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5) Guru Is All-In-All
6) 'Jay Gurudev!'
7) Great Things Come from Great Mercy
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