(1) Practise Daily

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
13 March 2020, evening, Sri Nrisingha Palli
Part 1

Hari bol. Hare Krishna!

মূকং করোতি বাচালং পঙ্গুং লঙ্ঘয়তে গিরিম্ ।
যৎকৃপা তমহং বন্দে শ্রীগুরুং দীনতারণম্ ॥

mukam karoti vachalam pangum langhayate girim
yat krpa tam aham vande sri-gurum dina-taranam

"The dumb can speak, the lame can climb a hill—all it takes is mercy from Gurudev."

(Bhavartha Dipika)

Srila Gurudev is very important for our life. It is necessary to practise Krishna consciousness properly. There are five limbs of devotion:

সাধুসঙ্গ, নামসঙ্কীর্ত্তন, ভাগবতশ্রবণ ।
মথুরাবাস, শ্রীমূর্ত্তির শ্রদ্ধায় সেবন ॥

sadhu-sanga, nama-sankirtana, bhagavata-sravana
mathura-vasa, sri-murtira sraddhaya sevana

"Taking sadhus' association, chanting the Holy Name of the Lord, listening to Srimad Bhagavatam, residing in Mathura and worshipping Deities with faith."

(Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, 2.22.124)

Good association, chanting the Holy Name with all the devotees. Somebody also chants alone. There are bhajananandi and gosthanandi gurus. Bhajananandi gurus always want to live alone, do not want so much anxiety, so many problems or so much chaos.. They stay in a quiet place, chanting. They can rescue themselves from all material problems, can attain liberation, but gosthanandi gurus do not think about themselves – they always think about others. Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj is a bhajananandi guru, a bhajananandi mahajan, and gosthanandi gurus are Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, our Param Gurudev, our Gurudev (Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj), Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj. They like to rescue everybody, and they did that. Owing to them we have come to Krishna consciousness. Gosthanandi gurus always think about all jivas – about insects, worms, beasts, birds, plants, trees. They always think about how they can become rescued. Therefore, gosthanandi gurus always engage in congregational chanting. There is a difference between chanting alone and chanting together with other devotees. Chanting together with devotees brings more benefit.

Even when we try to chant on our own, we try to bring benefit to ourselves. On the other hand, we sometimes think that we are chanting, but there are not so many people around, but Deities also want to hear Their glorification. The Lord likes listening. Our Param Guru Maharaj (Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj) told that everything has some sense at the temple, even walls and pillars, and they are also listening to the sankirtan of the Lord.

It is necessary to practise every day, every morning and evening. This is the rule. It is necessary to chant Hari-kirtan every morning and evening – you must never stop it, not even for one day. Chant every morning and evening. Practise Hari-katha and Hari-kirtan, glorification of Sri Guru, Vaishnavs and the Lord. Check the calendar every day. Even if you do not know what is the glorification of some Vaishnav, you must give jay to them. 'Sakale samman karite sakati deha natha yatha-yatha (সকলে সম্মান করিতে শকতি দেহ' নাথ ! যথাযথ). O Master! Please give me the strength to give proper honour to everybody.' 'Yatha-yatha' means that everyone has some honour, and we pray to give the respect that is necessary to give. We must give honour to everyone. 'O Master! Please give me the strength to give proper honour to everybody.' We must remember that we must give honour to everyone, then we can chant the Holy Name happily, and all our offences will go away:

সকলে সম্মান করিতে শকতি
দেহ' নাথ ! যথাযথ ।
তবে ত' গাইব হরিনাম সুখে
অপরাধ হবে হত ॥

sakale sammana karite sakati,
deha natha! yatha yatha
tabe ta' gaiba hari-nama sukhe,
aparadha habe hata

"Master! Give me the strength to give everyone appropriate honour; then I will happily chant the Holy Name and all my offences will be destroyed."

(Saranagati, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur)

We must give honour to everyone and we must not harass anyone (we must not cause disturbance to anyone) for our own interest and benefit.

জীবন-নির্ব্বাহে আনে উদ্বেগ না দিবে ।
পর-উপকারে নিজ-সুখ পাসরিবে ॥

jivana-nirvahe ane udvega na dibe
para-upakare nija-sukha pasaribe

"Live without causing anxiety to others; do good unto others forsaking your own happiness."

(Gitavali, Sri Siksastakam Giti, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur)

We will not give anxiety to others for our own happiness...

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