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Fri, 30 September 2022
Eradicating
Aversion
"We do not like to read, we do not get any energy—we have no enthusiasm or
eagerness for service! We took initiation and received the Holy Name many
years ago, but our spiritual practice is gradually diminishing. First,
surrender must come. Spiritual life cannot begin without surrender."
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Download / listen to the lecture (17.2 Mb, 41 min | 18 January 2020 | Bengali)
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Thu, 29 September 2022
Acquire
Transcendental Vision
"We come here just for one day to chant some kirtan and take
prasad, but it is not so simple. Taking prasad is also Krishna
consciousness, but Prabhupad Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that
if, when you take prasad, you think, 'Oh, he did not give me fried
aubergine!' then this is not honouring prasad—it is only eating
aubergine."
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Download / listen to the lecture (17.2 Mb, 41 min | 18 January 2020 | Bengali)
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Today in the calendar: Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Sripad Bhakti Dayita Damodar Maharaj (a disciple of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and a sannyas disciple of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj).
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti, some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay' to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
Wed, 28 September 2022
Remember Where
You Belong
"You must remember this line: this is the line of Sri Rupanuga. Those who
practise this line in strict adherence to their Guru cannot be obstructed by
anything. We must follow the Rupanuga line of Gaudiya Vaishnavs—if we step
outside this line, we will not be able to attain anything."
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Download / listen to the lecture (17.2 Mb, 41 min | 18 January 2020 | Bengali)
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Today in the calendar: Gaura Tritiya. Disappearance of Sriyukta Radharani Devi Chaudurani.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti, some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay' to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
Tue, 27 September 2022
Appreciate Service
"You must do everything—every single thing is service. When it is necessary
to do something and the opportunity comes to you, you should do it
immediately—do not wait for others to do it. You must understand this because
this is very important for our spiritual life."
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Download / listen to the lecture (9.2 Mb, 19 min | 6 January 2020)
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Mon, 26 September 2022
(DIVINE APPEARANCE DAY OF OM VISHNUPAD SRILA B.N.
ACHARYA MAHARAJ)
Learn from Lord's Pastimes
"Actually, when people covert Hindus into Christians, Christians into Hindus
or bring lower caste people to Hinduism, they do not think about anyone's
benefit except their own benefit. However, you can see that although
Mahaprabhu defeated Keshav Kashmiri Dig-vijayi and Prakasananda Saraswati, He
did not become proud but thought in a very humble way, 'I am giving them real
benefit—I am their servant, and they are engaging Me in their service.'"
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pujya-sri-guru-varga-vandita-mahabhavanvitayah sada
paurvaparya-parampara-prachalita-prajya-pramurtakrteh
bhakter nirmala-nirjharasya nibhrtam samraksakam sadaram
vande sri-gurudevam anata-sira acharya-varyam nijam
"I bow my head in eternal obeisance to my Gurudev, the best of acharyas, Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. He is the ever vigilant, stalwart guardian of the current of pure devotion whose highest form flows from our most worshippable Sri Rupanuga Guru-varga in their exclusive dedication to Mahabhav, Srimati Radharani."
prerakam prachya-paschatya-sisyanam bhakti-vartmani
bhakti-nirmalam-acharya-svaminam pranamamy aham
"I offer my respectful obeisances to Swami Bhakti Nirmal Acharya, who is energetically inspiring all of Eastern and Western disciples on the path of pure devotion."
Autobiography of Srila B.N. Acharya
Maharaj
To try to describe the unlimited glories of a genuine Vaishnav or Guru
is a very challenging task, especially because Sri Guru exists on the plane
beyond what we can grasp with our material intelligence or perceive with our
material senses. Still, to remember the drops of the divine pastimes and
transcendental glories of Sri Gurupadpadma, we present here an
autobiographical discourse of His Divine Grace, begging him for his causeless
mercy in the form of eternal service to his holy lotus feet.
Suggested kirtans:
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Vandana
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Sri Guru Parampara kirtan:
Krsna haite
chatur-mukha
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Sri Guru-vandana:
Gurudev bada
krpa kari,
Sri
Guru-charana-padma
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Sri Pancha-tattva-vandana:
Sri
Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu jive daya kari
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Vaishnava-vandana:
Kabe Sri
Chaitanya more,
Ki rupe paiba
seva
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Sriman Nityananda's vandana:
Nitai-pada kamala
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Sriman Mahaprabhu's vandana:
Emona durmati
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Other:
E ghora samsare,
Ei-bara karuna kara
Vaishnava gosai,
Sarvasva
tomara
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Closing: the Hare Krishna maha-mantra
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Sri Jaya Dhvani.
In honour of the divine appearance day of our beloved Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj:
2018
Meaning of Guru Puja
"We must understand the meaning of 'guru-puja.' If you only offer some
arati to Gurudev, this is not guru-puja. Guru-puja means
guru-seva. We must always think, "How can I please my Guru? What does
Gurudev want? What does he like?" We must understand this and fulfil
Gurudev's most cherished desires."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.3 Mb, 7 min | 9 October 2018 | Bengali)
Key to Guru Puja
"Gurudev had explained and taught me that when you make a festival not much
is necessary—a festival means Vaishnav seva, bhakta-seva.
Guru-seva is not engaging your Guru in service—it means serving your
Guru, serving his devotees."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 7 min | 9 October 2018 | Bengali)
Service Consciousness
"If we always practise and if we always serve Vaishnavs, then we can become
worthy of a particle of dust from the lotus feet of Vaishnavs—that is
sufficient for us. If you fast and offer some flower to your Guru but do not
take part in service—it means you think about yourself, not about
others."
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Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | 9 October 2018 | Bengali)
Sri Vyasa
Puja Speech
"Actually, all the devotees have come here from all over Bengal and many
countries also and they are celebrating my birthday, but I am not thinking
about my birthday because I do not want to take any puja from
devotees. I always want to be servitors' servitor, I do not want to take any
service from others."
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Download / listen to the audio (5.5 Mb, 16 min | 10 October 2018)
2019
"I Want to Be a Good Follower of
My Gurudev"
"I have never wanted to be a Guru, and to this day I still do not think that
I am a Guru. I always think that I want to be a good disciple of my Gurudev—I
want to be a servitor of Gurudev's devotees, I want to be a good follower of
my Gurudev."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | 28 September 2019)
Guru-Disciple Bond
"You must understand purely what Gurudev needs, what is his connection, what
Gurudev wants, what his heart wants and you must always fulfil his desire.
That is what the relationship between the Guru and a disciple is."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 5 min | 28 September 2019)
Remembering Early Days
"Today's day is accepted as the day of my birthday. I do not know by what
pull I have come here. "Krishna is my mother, Krishna is my father"—I knew
that from my childhood, I had such sukriti. Since my childhood I have
always been inspired to read Srimad Bhagavad-gita."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.6 Mb, 10 min | 29 September 2019 | Bengali and English)
Sri Guru: More than Lord
"Guru is called a holy embodiment of the Lord's mercy. You all worship or
serve the Lord, but you will not get direct love and affection from the Lord.
Because the Lord cannot give you direct mercy, He sends His close associate
in the form of a Guru to this world."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.6 Mb, 10 min | 29 September 2019 | Mostly Bengali)
Intimate Service Mood
"Many are scared to speak to Gurudev, but what is there to be scared about?
Are you afraid of the one whose shelter you have taken? Gurudev is called the
centre, the very heart of the disciple. This is our line."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.3 Mb, 7 min | 29 September 2019 | Bengali)
On Lord's Order
"Whatever austerity comes, throw your happiness away, forget your own
happiness or sadness and serve the Lord. The Lord has kept me alive, and you
have all come here, you are giving me your blessing, then I am getting one
more year of life."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | 29 September 2019 | Bengali)
Unswerving Devotion
"I will tell you some examples of Guru-seva. There cannot be anything more
important in your life than this. You must always remember this, then you
will get supreme benefit. I always pray to the Lord that you may get relief
from the illusory environment and come to serve the Lord."
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Download / listen to the audio (4.8 Mb, 14 min | 29 September 2019 | Bengali)
Great Advantage of
Guru-Seva
"There are sixty-four devotional practices, and Prahlad Maharaj said
among all those devotional practices Guru-seva has more importance. You must
listen to what I am saying carefully. Remember it."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min | 29 September 2019 | Bengali)
Laws of Spiritual
Kingdom
"When you aspire to enter Vrindavan's kingdom, you must apply for the visa at
Radharani's lotus feet. When you get Her stamp of approval, then you can get
the darshan of Vrindavan; and Radharani is Gurudev himself, so when
you get his seal, then you can enter that domain."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | 29 September 2019 | Bengali)
Service to Guru: Abode of
Benediction
"Those who fail to practise various devotional practices very quickly attain
all perfection just by serving their Guru. Those who are fortunate can
embrace this in their hearts—if you are always busy trying to make your Guru
happy, you can attain perfection in this very life."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min | 29 September 2019 | Bengali)
Supreme Desire of Supreme
Lord
"You want to enjoy so much, but the Lord wants to enjoy with you all together
and His desire is millions times stronger. That is why the Lord sends His
associates to this world who come to engage you in the service of Lord and
send You back to the Lord. We sit here amidst illusion and think, 'I want
more,' But how much is your capacity to enjoy?"
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Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 5 min | 29 September 2019 | Bengali)
Entering
Gurudev's Family
"Gurudev stretches his hand to you, but why do you not accept his hand?
Gurudev calls out, 'Come, come! Come to my family!' Unless you enter this
family, your anarthas will never leave you even if you chant millions
of Holy Names with offences."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.5 Mb, 7 min | 29 September 2019 | Bengali)
Trade Secrets of
Krishna Consciousness
"If one is to come to Vraja Krishna, one must imbibe the mood of Vraja. What
does it mean to get the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu? If you can attract and
give joy to Nitaichand with your kirtan, then you will feel taste and
joy chanting kirtan—then you can get Radha-Krishna."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 7 min | 29 September 2019 | Bengali)
Exposing Core of
Disciple's Heart
"You do not enter into a relationship with the Guru just by taking a mantra
from him. If you have love and affection for your Guru, then you have some
relationship with your Guru, then your journey up the ladder of devotion has
begun."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.7 Mb, 8 min | 29 September 2019 | Bengali)
Core of Mission's Heart
"If you take life away, is there any value in the body? The same is true for
our spiritual life—if you remove Guru from your spiritual life, you remove
life from your body. If you remove service to the Lord from a temple, this
temple loses its very life."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.5 Mb, 7 min | 29 September 2019 | Bengali)
No Excuses
"We are always afraid of austerity, but we must accept any austerity, any
unhappiness for the service to our guru. It is not a problem for us.
Spiritual life depends on tolerance and on following the guru's
instruction—always."
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Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | 29 September 2019)
Sri Guru's Grace
"Gurudev is the embodiment, or incarnation, of the Deity. We sometimes make
some mistake in the service to the Deities, and the Deity will not chastise
you, but the Deity's main servitor (Gurudev) can always chastise you. That is
his mercy."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | 29 September 2019)
Heed Your Call
"Spread Krishna consciousness. Spread Mahaprabhu's, Gurudev's and Guru
Maharaj's message door to door in South Africa. Even if somebody kicks you
out from their door, you must go there again and beg, 'I have come to you to
give you real benefit, please take it.'"
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Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | 29 September 2019)
2020
"Inconceivable,
Unbelievable, and Unimaginable"
"Everybody is giving their love and affection and all together making this
day for me. Actually, I am getting shy to make my birthday festival, but
devotees are always enthusiastic to make this festival, even in this pandemic
situation..."
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Download / listen to the audio (4.1 Mb, 10 min | 17 October 2020)
Clearing
Contradictions
"Everybody's vision and feelings are not the same. Sometimes, you look like a
man, but at other times, you deal or talk with others like a demon. Krishna
lives in all living entities. However, we sometimes see there is also a demon
living in the heart of the jiva soul."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.4 Mb, 8 min | 17 October 2020)
A Very Busy Day
"Phone calls have been coming today from all over the world starting from
3:30-4 o'clock in the morning. Everyone is calling me continuously. Not only
in foreign countries they are making big festivals today, but also in all the
temples, centres here in India..."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 4 min | 17 October 2020)
Service with Full
Enthusiasm
"The most important thing is that all the devotees are with me. 'Maharaj,
where you are, that is Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math—and we will go wherever
you are!' When I hear devotees say this, my heart overflows."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.3 Mb, 8 min | 17 October 2020)
Importance of
Vaishnav-Seva
"Gurudev always warned me when I made festivals, 'Be careful. You have
invited many people, you have invited sannyasis and
brahmacharis—you must give them good prasadam, you must give
good respect to them. If you can please and make devotees happy, then you can
succeed in your spiritual life.'"
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Download / listen to the audio (3.9 Mb, 10 min | 17 October 2020)
Good Heart Is the Soul of
the Temple
"You get millions of people joining and chanting, 'Gaura Hari bol! Gaura Hari
bol!' but if you sieve through this crowd, you will not find even one pure
devotee there. Yet, there can be just two-five people, but they worship and
practise Krishna consciousness properly—they are my happiness."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 4 min | 17 October 2020)
Avoiding Pratistha
"Without service to Vaishnavs, what can rescue us from this kind of illusory
environment? Gurudev always said that it is very difficult in this age of
Kali to conquer illusory environment, to conquer kanak, kamini,
and pratistha. You can overcome kanak (attachment to money) and
kamini (attachment to women), but it is very hard to give up
pratistha (attachment to name and fame)."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 5 min | 17 October 2020)
Preach and Proceed In Your
Spiritual Life
"You may have a small temple, you are just a few devotees there, but you can
gather together and worship your Guru with heart and soul. Make festivals,
give good prasadam, glorify our Guru-varga, sing some bhajans.
This is what a temple is meant for. This is our life."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.4 Mb, 8 min | 17 October 2020)
My Fortune and My
Promise
"Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math is my real family. I am very fortunate and very
grateful. I will try to serve all the devotees to the best of my ability
until my death, until the moment I leave this body. That is my promise."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.5 Mb, 6 min | 18 October 2020)
Sun, 25 September 2022 (Adhivas of Divine Appearance Day of Sri Gurupadpadma)
Inconceivable Mercy
"Through the Holy Name, we can get service to the Lord—we can get the right
to cook for the Lord, to worship the Lord, to worship and serve Vaishnavs.
This is the highest path in this Age of Kali, and it is necessary to have the
greatest fortune to receive this kind of service."
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Download / listen to the lecture (9.2 Mb, 19 min | 6 January 2020)
In honour of the forthcoming festival of the divine appearance of our beloved Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj:
2014
How to See the Guru: Mercy
Clear guidance on how to understand who the Guru is, and how a sincere
disciple should see the Guru: the Guru is not only a mahabhagavata (a great
devotee), he is nondifferent from Krishna Himself.
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Download / listen to the audio (6.4 Mb, 14 min)
How to See the Guru: Chastity
The main quality of a sincere disciple explained by several examples:
one-pointed attention, rejecting the unfavourable, intense attachment to
service and devotees, faith, and careful choice of association.
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Download / listen to the audio (7 Mb, 15 min)
2015
Sri Vyasa Puja, Adhivas Day (Bengali)
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is speaking on the eve
of His Divine Appearance Day.
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Download / listen to the audio (32.5 Mb, 95 min | 12 October 2015 | Bengali)
Your Fortune, My Fortune
"You have assembled here today for this occasion to give mercy to a fallen
soul like myself. I feel humbled and very fortunate. It is very difficult to
get the darshan of Vaishnavs. When I am giving initiation, do you know
what I am remembering?..."
Be Conscious and
Cautious
"To live eternally in Vraja, you must enter a relationship with your Guru,
after that if you practise, you can understand your destination. How can we
make Gurudev happy? If we can understand it step by step, then we will be
able to understand the main teaching."
Greatness Is Not Measured by
Cloth
"Religion means we must bring the jiva souls to Krishna consciousness.
Gurudev gave this duty to me, and this is not only my responsibility, it is
your responsibility too. Gurudev said, 'One does not become a sannyasi
just by wearing a sannyasi's clothes.'"
Surrender: Eye-Opener
"'Do you not know who this is? Can you not recognise Him? He is the Guru of
all, He is Lord Krishna Himself! He has come to this world to awaken the
souls. He took sannyas from Keshav Bharati.' Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya
did not believe it."
Mercy Means Anugatya
"It is necessary to always think about the order of your Guru. Guru's mercy
means following the order of the Guru—if you follow the order of your Guru,
then you get his mercy. You can go to the market, buy chanting beads and
chant on them—but it is not the same."
Neither Cry nor
Laugh
"You must ask yourself first, 'Do you love yourself or your Guru more? Do you
love the Lord or yourself more?' Examine yourself. How long will you sleep in
the lap of Maya? How long will you choke and struggle in the waters of
Maya?"
Pure Current
"This Name was chanted in many villages, but with offence, and Bhaktivinod
Thakur, holding the current of devotion, preached the pure Holy Name to this
world just as Maharaj Bhagirath brought the Ganges to this world."
2017
My Service Day
"I am always with the devotees, I am always thinking about the devotees and I
am always thinking about Gurudev. Actually, this day is my service day. I
must serve my Gurudev more, I want to serve the devotees—this is how I want
to celebrate this day. This is my happiness."
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Download / listen to the audio (0.5 Mb, 1 min | 20 September 2017)
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Favourite Preparations
When asked, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj replies, "When devotees give me something with affection, I take
that." Presented on this page, however, is a list of preparations favourite
to His Divine Grace that was provided by the servitors of His Divine
Grace.
The last recorded Hari-katha and Guidance of Sri Gurupadpadma:
Take Care of Yourself
[Part 1 | 2 May 2021]
"...This is the situation now—we must all be careful. We must chant more and
more, we must preach more and more, and we must practise more and more.
Always continue following all the rules and regulations—we must distribute
the teachings that we have got from our Gurudev to others."
Sadhus' Fight
[Part 2 | 2 May 2021]
"This is a battlefield. We will not run away from the battlefield—we will
always stand and fight against Maya. You can see everywhere that finally
demons are always defeated by the sadhu. Om is always at the side of a
sadhu. Please you all take care yourself. In this situation, everybody
should practise on their own, do not be disheartened."
Be Exclusive,
One-Pointed
[Part 3 | 2 May 2021]
"If you think about good things, then all bad things will automatically be
removed from you. Do not worry so much about this. When you think some
anartha is coming, you must give more and more attention to
practising—concentrate your mind on practising."
[২ মে ২০২১] "এটা যুদ্ধক্ষেত্র । আমরা যুদ্ধক্ষেত্র থেকে কখনও পালিয়ে যাব না—আমরা দাঁড়িয়ে থাকব আর মায়ার বিরুদ্ধে যুদ্ধ করব । সর্বত্রই দেখতে পাবেন যে, অসুররা সব সময় সাধুর দ্বারা পরাজিত হন । যেদিকে সাধু, সেইদিকে সব সময় ওঁ থাকে । দয়া করে নিজেদের দেখাশোনা করুন । এই অবস্থায় সকলের নিজেই সাধন করতে হয়, নিরুৎসাহিত হন না ।"
Fri, 23 September 2022
Madhava Tithi
"A 'Madhava tithi' means Krishna's tithi, or lunar day.
Actually, all tithis are Krishna's tithis, but the ekadasi
tithi is the most favourite tithi of Lord Krishna. Devotees follow
ekadasi, but they actually engage themselves in eternal service."
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Download / listen to the lecture (9.2 Mb, 19 min | 6 January 2020)
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Thu, 22 September 2022
Become
Attached to Sravan and Kirtan
"It is necessary to practise sravanam and kirtanam every
day—not only one day or once a week. You must mainly become attached to your
service and sravanam-kirtanam, then you will become more sincere."
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Download / listen to audio (6.6 Mb, 14 min | 1 April 2021)
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Wed, 21 September 2022 (Sri Indira Ekadasi, tomorrow paran is at 5:28–9:29 a.m.)
Turning Point In
Your Life
"You are coming and going to this world all the time, but you have got some
good association this time, and, as the result, you are facing an important
moment in your life—you are about to receive the holy seed of the Holy
Name. You are entering a complete new life, so you must harmonise everything
now."
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Download / listen to audio (6.7 Mb, 14 min | 1 April 2021)
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Sri Ekadasi Guidance
Guidelines on how to observe and honour this holy day: Ekadasi takes an
indispensible part in the life of a sincere practitioner. At Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math, Ekadasi and paran are observed with affection and without
fail according to the dates given in the Calendar.
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"Sri Ekadasi"
(Sri Sri Prema Vivarta)
"One day, Gaurahari left the Gundicha Temple and sat in the Jagannath
Vallabha garden. It was pure Ekadasi, and the Lord spent the whole day and
night chanting the Name of Krishna..."
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SONG:
Suddha-bhakata |
শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু
"I carefully observe the holy days related to Madhava, they are the mother
of devotion."
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SONG:
Sri hari-vasare |
শ্রীহরি-বাসরে হরি
"On the holy day of Sri Hari, Sriman Mahaprabhu, the life and
soul of the universe, began dancing..."
ADDITIONAL READING:
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Tue, 20 September 2022
At Sri Mamgachi (4)
"We have come to the temple (sripat) of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur,
who composed Sri Chaitanya-bhagavata. Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj
Goswami said that Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur is the Vyasa of Sri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu's pastimes."
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Download / listen to audio (3.8 Mb, 8 min | 27 March 2021 | Bengali)
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Mon, 19 September 2022
At Sri Mamgachi (3)
"At the temple of Saranga Murari, there lived a brahman and a great
devotee called Saranga Thakur who served Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Deities. He
served the Deities for a long time and eventually grew very old..."
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Download / listen to audio (5.5 Mb, 12 min | 27 March 2021 | Bengali)
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Favourite Preparations
When asked, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj replies, "When devotees give me something with affection, I take
that." Presented on this page, however, is a list of preparations favourite
to His Divine Grace that was provided by the servitors of His Divine
Grace.
The last recorded Hari-katha and Guidance of Sri Gurupadpadma:
Take Care of Yourself
[Part 1 | 2 May 2021]
"...This is the situation now—we must all be careful. We must chant more and
more, we must preach more and more, and we must practise more and more.
Always continue following all the rules and regulations—we must distribute
the teachings that we have got from our Gurudev to others."
Sadhus' Fight
[Part 2 | 2 May 2021]
"This is a battlefield. We will not run away from the battlefield—we will
always stand and fight against Maya. You can see everywhere that finally
demons are always defeated by the sadhu. Om is always at the side of a
sadhu. Please you all take care yourself. In this situation, everybody
should practise on their own, do not be disheartened."
Be Exclusive,
One-Pointed
[Part 3 | 2 May 2021]
"If you think about good things, then all bad things will automatically be
removed from you. Do not worry so much about this. When you think some
anartha is coming, you must give more and more attention to
practising—concentrate your mind on practising."
[২ মে ২০২১] "এটা যুদ্ধক্ষেত্র । আমরা যুদ্ধক্ষেত্র থেকে কখনও পালিয়ে যাব না—আমরা দাঁড়িয়ে থাকব আর মায়ার বিরুদ্ধে যুদ্ধ করব । সর্বত্রই দেখতে পাবেন যে, অসুররা সব সময় সাধুর দ্বারা পরাজিত হন । যেদিকে সাধু, সেইদিকে সব সময় ওঁ থাকে । দয়া করে নিজেদের দেখাশোনা করুন । এই অবস্থায় সকলের নিজেই সাধন করতে হয়, নিরুৎসাহিত হন না ।"
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Enthusiasm
for Service: the Yajna-Patnis |
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| 'One of the qualities that are favourable to devotion is enthusiasm. 'Oh, when will the day come? When will the day come? When will I do my service? When will I go to the temple?'—this kind of enthusiasm, utsaha, is necessary to have.' |
CALENDAR FOR 09/2022
26 September (Mon). Gaura Pratipad. Appearance festival of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Successor Sevaite President Acharya, Ananta-sri-vibhusita Om Visnupad Paramahamsa-kula-chudamani Visva-varenya Sri Srimad Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
28 September (Wed). Gaura Tritiya. Disappearance of Sriyukta Radharani Devi Chaudurani.
29 September (Thu). Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Sripad Bhakti Dayita Damodar Maharaj.
CALENDAR FOR 10/2022
5 October (Wed). Gaura Dasami. Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance of Sri Madhva Acharya.
6 October (Thu). Gaura Ekadasi. Papankusha Ekadasi.
7 October (Fri). Gaura Dvadasi. Paran is at 5:34–6:49. Disappearance of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami. Disappearance of Srila Raghunath Bhatta Goswami. Disappearance of Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami.
9 October (Sun). Purnima. Sharadiya Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of Srila Murari Gupta. Beginning of Urja Vrata, Damodar Vrata, Kartik Vrata and Niyom-seva Vrata.
DAMODAR
12 October (Wed). Krishna Tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Srirup Puri Maharaj.
14 October (Fri). Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Narottam Das Thakur.
15 October (Sat). Krishna Sasthi. Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.
18 October (Tue). Krishna Astami. Bahulastami. Manifestation day of Sri Radha Kunda. Sannyas day of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
19 October (Wed). Krishna Navami. The grand 126th appearance day celebration of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Founder-President-Acharya, Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya Ashtottara-shata-sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Appearance of Srila Virachandra Prabhu. Disappearance of Sripad Sakhi Charan Das Babaji Maharaj.
21 October (Fri). Krishna Ekadasi. Sri Rama Ekadasi.
22 October (Sat). Krishna Dvadasi. Paran is at 5:41–9:28. Festival in honour of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Sripat Panihati.
24 October (Mon). Krishna Chaturdasi. Offering and placing of lamps (or candles) on Vishnu Mandirs.
25 October (Tue). Amavasya. Dipavali. Offering and placing of lamps (or candles) on Vishnu Mandirs.
26 October (Wed). Gaura Pratipad. Sri Govardhan Puja. Grand Annakut Mahotsav ('Rice Mountain Festival') at Srila Sridhar Swami Seva Ashram (Sri Govardhan) and Sri Giriraj Govardhan Temple in Sri Gupta Govardhan (Nabadwip). Go Puja (cow-worship) and Go Krida (the pleasure of the cows).
27 October (Thu). Gaura Dvitiya. Disappearance of Srila Vasudev Ghosh Thakur. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Maharaj. Bhratri Dvitiya krityam (festival where brothers and sisters honour each other).
29 October (Sat). Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance of Vishva-varenya Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad.
THE HOLY NAME:
2) Consider Lord Siva and gods to be independent of Lord Krishna
3) Consider Guru to be an ordinary mortal man
4) Criticise scriptures
5) Interpret the Name with the help of a dictionary, etc.
6) Consider the Name imaginary.
7) Sin and chant to remove the sin.
8) Consider chanting equal to pious activities.
9) Instruct faithless people in chanting, inattentive chanting.
10) Remain attached to things, your body, etc.
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“We cannot see every pastime of Guru Maharaj, of Gurudev, and we cannot recognise them because we are always playing with maya.” | |
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