Sri Ekachakra Dham: Exclusive
Land
"By the mercy of our Gurupadpadma, by a great fortune, we have arrived today
at the holy land of Nityananda Prabhu. If you want to get the Lord, you must
want the mercy of Lord Nityananda—without His mercy we cannot proceed, cannot
progress in our spiritual life." Download
the audio (3.5 Mb, 8 min)
Cry and Call, "Doyal
Nitai!"
"Who will give mercy to such a low fallen soul as myself except Nityananda?
Except Nityananda, there is no one in this world who can give mercy to
me. We must worship this Nityananda Prabhu." Download
the audio (5.3 Mb, 12 min)
8 February 2017 (Sri Varaha-dvadasi, evening Bengali class)
Clean Heart, Open Door
"We are sitting in the nat mandir and this is not a place for idle talks. If
you engage yourself in sravan and kirtan, then all dirt from your heart will
go away, but if you do not clean the dirt from your heart, Bhakti Devi will
never come there." Download
the audio (3.7 Mb, 8 min | Bengali)
Nityananda: Our All in
All
"It is necessary to always meditate on this in your heart: 'When will
Nitaichand give His mercy to me? When will my desires become insignificant?
When will Nityananda be merciful to me and relieve me from the material
illusion?'" Download
the audio (3 Mb, 7 min | Bengali)
Mercy Through Surrender
and Service
"There is only one way how to get out of this suffering—we must take shelter
of the lotus feet of Nitai. We must not use Nitai, we must serve Him.
Only when you serve Him can you get His mercy." Download
the audio (3.5 Mb, 8 min | Bengali)
Chaste and Sincere
Service
"We must be chaste, we must be sincere, we must accept these teachings.
Taking shelter of Guru and Vaishnavs, serving the Guru and Vaishnavs is what
is called bhajan. What service have we done at the temple of our Guru Maharaj? We must think about this." Download
the audio (1.4 Mb, 6 min | Bengali)
Highest Benefactors
"A Guru takes a disciple so that the disciple can serve the Lord. So, we must
ask ourselves and judge it for ourselves, 'How much service have I done?' Who
has the right to do kirtan? Those who have humility, tolerance and who
can give honour to others." Download
the audio (1.2 Mb, 5 min | Bengali)
Sadhus' Target
"Sadhus come to hijack souls from the family of Maya and bring them to
the family of Krishna—your father thought I had come to steal something from
you, that I had come to take your money, but actually I had come to steal
you." Download
the audio (1.8 Mb, 7 min | Bengali)
Beyond I and Mine
"We always take untruth as truth—we believe that His things are ours. We
always think in terms of 'my' and 'I'. We are slaves of our tongues, but look
at the examples of the Vaishnavs." Download
the audio (0.9 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)
"Please Do Not Forget"
"I am requesting you all—please do not forget service to the Lord. You can
make a temple in your own room or house. When you do everything for the Lord,
when you use your room for the Lord, then your room becomes a temple..." Download
the audio (0.9 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)
Eternal and Internal
Devotion
"The house where the eternal service of the Lord is going on every day, where
eternal kirtan is going on, is Goloka Vrindavan. Many of our devotees
live like that. They offer the bhog to the Lord and do not take or
enjoy anything except prasadam." Download
the audio (1 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)
9 February 2017 (Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance day)
Pandav Tala
"There is also Pandav tala near our temple. When the Pandavs were exiled from
their kingdom, they started travelling to many different places, and when a
few years passed, they came here to Ekachakra..."
10 February 2017 (Concluding day of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's
Festival, evening class)
Sriman Nityananda Prabhu' Festival: Anxiously
Awaiting
"We had waited for this day all year thinking, 'When will this day come in our life?
When will this festival come?' We have read about Sriman Nityananda Prabhu, glorified
Sriman Nityananda Prabhu for these few days, but it is actually not so easy to glorify
Him..." Download
the audio (2.2 Mb, 7 min | Bengali)
16 February 2017 (Appearance of Bhagavan Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Thakur)
Seeking Srila Saraswati
Thakur's Mercy
"I am very happy that we celebrate the days of Srila Saraswati Thakur, Srila
Bhaktivinod Thakur together and I am very grateful that you have given me, a lowly
person, an asan on this stage... What teachings did Srila Saraswati Thakur give to the
world?" Download
the audio (2.3 Mb, 7 min | Bengali)
17 February 2017 (Evening Bengali class, Tarakeswar)
Temple—Transcendental
School
"You go to school, college and in the end you become an ass, but the school
that Prabhupad Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur made can actually make
you a human." Download
the audio (3.1 Mb, 9 min)
Message of Guru,
Vaishnavs
"As many days the Lord gives us, that many days we will stay here. You are
only a security guard, one day you will have to leave. We pray at your feet
and ask you to please always engage in service of the Lord, always chant the
Holy Name of the Lord." Download
the audio (1.9 Mb, 6 min | 17 February 2017)
Coming to Give or to
Take?
"There is going to be a new temple in your village, what is it for? It is for
your benefit, it is here so that you can chant the Holy Name, so that you can
come to the line of pure devotion. If you serve the Guru, you will get the
Lord." Download
the audio (4.1 Mb, 12 min)
Finishing Samsara
"How many times will you keep on coming and going? To stop coming and going
does not mean you must give up your family, job, business, etc. In happiness
or sadness, you can stay in your family, but you must make your family
Krishna's family." Download
the audio (6 Mb, 18 min)
21 February 2017 (Evening Bengali class, Tarakeswar)
Switching Focus
"There are two ekadasis every month, and it is necessary to follow
them. The Lord is pleased with those who observe it, so we do it out of love
for the Lord, for Krishna. It is a duty of every human being." Download
the audio (3.3 Mb, 10 min)
Messengers of Hope
"If you wear Tulasi neck beads, the yamaduts cannot touch you. The
sadhus, Guru, Vaishnavs come to remind us that we are all Lord's
children—if you want to overcome maya it is necessary to get the mercy
of the sadhus and the Guru..." Download
the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | Bengali)
Distraction of
Attraction
"Who can do the kirtan of the Lord? Those who can be humble and merciful to
others, who can respect and give honour to others, and who can reject name
and fame. It is necessary to become detached from the material world..." Download
the audio (2.6 Mb, 8 min | Bengali)
Where There Is a Will...
"If you try, you can do it. If you say, 'I will chant the Holy Name,' you
will be able to do it, but if you do not have any desire to do it and say, 'I
will not chant the Holy Name,' then no one can force you. Is it not so? There
is one story about it..." Download
the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min | Bengali)
Devotee's Humility
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj describes
humility, one of the core qualities of surrender: "It is necessary to
surrender fully, it is necessary to have saranagati. Saranagati
means dainyata, humility." Download
the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | Bengali)
Mind Matters
"If you make one step to the Lord, the Lord will make ten steps to you—but
you have to make the first step. If you sit at home, can you hear Hari-katha?
Some can hear the class from outside because we have loudspeakers, but their
mind will be in some other place..." Download
the audio (1.9 Mb, 6 min | Bengali)
4 March 2017, evening Bengali and English class
Parikrama on
Service Plane
"You are very fortunate to be attending Sri Gaura Purnima Festival and Sri
Nabadwip Dham parikrama this year. We all feel very happy to see this
festival and we feel inspired to see your great desire to take part in
it." Download
the audio (2.1 Mb, 7 min | Bengali)
Parikrama: Rescue Raid
"It is our prayer to you—please come for this Nabadwip Dham parikrama.
You do not need to worry about anything, try to come and stay here in the
proper mood. It is my desire that you all come and join the parikrama
every year." Download
the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | Bengali)
Gaudiya
Math—Transcendental Hospital
"In a mundane hospital, they cure pain in your hand today, but tomorrow you
will have pain in your head. Who can give you real relief? Only Guru can
relieve you from this material world, can cure you from the material disease
of heart." Download
the audio (2 Mb, 6 min)
7 March 2017, Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama
Adhivas
Parikrama: Tolerant and
Chaste
"Amidst so many difficulties we must do this Nabadwip Dham parikrama,
and I am paying my countless dandavats to those who are taking part in
this Nabadwip Dham parikrama. Again and again the Lord gives us tests
just to see how much we can tolerate..."
7 March 2017, Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama
Adhivas (Bengali evening class)
Time for Sravan
"You must see the sadhu with your ears, because you cannot see a sadhu
with your eyes. This is actually not a place for play or tourism, this is a place for
sravan and kirtan. You must listen with your heart." Download
the audio (2.4 Mb, 7 min)
Joining Sri Dham
Parikrama
"You are all truly very fortunate, there is no doubt about it—you have come and joined
this Nabadwip Dham parikrama. Even if those who cannot walk sit in their room
and think about Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama, they too get the benefit of doing
the parikrama." Download
the audio (2.6 Mb, 8 min | Bengali)
Awakening Your Consciousness
"'There is no place in all three worlds like Nabadwip, the place where Chaitanya Gosai
appeared.' What is our necessity now? What is our duty? We must try to get
chetan-vastu (consciousness) through sadhu-sanga (good association)." Download
the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | Bengali)
Come and Hear
"As long as I have life in this body, I will go door to door telling, 'Krsna bolo,
sange chala, ei matra bhiksa chai. I am begging you for one thing only: come with
us and chant 'Krishna'! Come, come for Nabadwip Dham parikrama in the
association of devotees!" Download
the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)
Sadhus' Mission
"...This is what the sadhus want—they do not need your money. Do not make a show
for the world that you serve Gora, you must love Gora with your heart. Do not be a
hypocrite. You must love with your heart. You must love with your heart, with the real
feeling." Download
the audio (2.4 Mb, 7 min)
9 March 2017, Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama, day 2
Srila
Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Bhajan Kutir
"This place where we are sitting now is the samadhi mandir and the bhajan
kutir of Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj. We are paying obeisance to his place. He is
our Guru parampara..."
12 March 2017 (Initiations)
Initiation into
the Holy Name
"You have come here through some devotees, so I assume that you know the
rules and regulations. These things are strictly prohibited. Do you
understand? And you must follow Ekadasi. Do you agree to do this?"
Pancharatrika Diksa
"This Harinam maha-mantra (the Hare Krishna maha-mantra) is the
main and only way to get Lord Krishna's service, but why do we take the
second initiation (pancharatrika diksa, or gayatri diksa)?" Download
the audio (2.1 Mb, 7 min)
12 March 2017 (Noon class)
Division Is Wrong Vision
"'He is my disciple,' 'He is not my disciple, I will not give class to him,'
'You must not go to his class because you are my disciple'—these kinds of
things are not good at all for our spiritual life. We must realise what
Gurudev's conception is and follow that." Download
the audio (1.9 Mb, 6 min)
Understanding Mercy
"Mahaprabhu said, 'Be humbler than a blade of grass,' but He was also angry
with Madhai, and Nityananda Prabhu gave mercy to him, but at another time
Nityananda Prabhu kicked Sivananda Sen's head. Chastising does not mean that
Gurudev does not like you." Download
the audio (1.6 Mb, 5 min)
Service Pastimes
"I know Gurudev is giving me strength, this is how I am doing it. Also, all
the devotees have love and affection for me, so many letters are coming from
them—my health is not strong, but due to this mentally I am becoming very
strong." Download
the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min)
Protecting Purity of
Conception
"Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Prabhupad gave us some conception, some message,
but maya always attacks us. If you listen to your Guru properly, if
you serve your Guru properly, then you can easily understand everything. That
is good for you." Download
the audio (3.2 Mb, 10 min | Incl.
kirtan)
12 March 2017, Sri Gaura Purnima Festival, main
class
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
Family Reunion
"Devotees came for the parikrama from so many different countries,
from every village and every corner this year, and we are very happy with
that. We want to show that we are together, that we are not breaking our
unity." Download
the audio (4.4 Mb, 12 min)
Power of Good
Association
"You must see the sadhu with your ears. Every day you sing,
'Ramachandra-sanga mage Narottama Dasa: Narottam Das prays for the
association of Ramachandra Kaviraj.' What does this mean? Why does Narottam
Das always ask for the association of Ramachandra?" Download
the audio (1 Mb, 3 min)
13 March 2017, Sri Jagannath Misra's mahotsav,
Vishva-Vaishnava-raja Sabha class
Jagannath Misra's Festival:
Serving and Honouring Devotees (1)
"We are very happy today because we are going to celebrate the festival of
Jagannath Misra's ananda-mahotsav. Today we are also making a special
festival for our best friend Sripad Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva Vikram..." Download
the audio (2.6 Mb, 8 min)
Jagannath
Misra's Festival: Serving and Honouring Devotees (2)
"We are going to celebrate, but this celebration is not for our own
happiness, it is for the happiness of the devotees, for the happiness of the
Vaishnav Thakur. This is the main thing." Download
the audio (2.4 Mb, 7 min)
Mahaprabhu's Pastimes
with Jagadananda Pandit
"When Sriman Mahaprabhu took sannyas, He followed all rules and
regulations very strictly, but you have heard that Jagadananda Pandit always
wanted to control Him..." Download
the audio (6.3 Mb, 19 min | Incl. kirtan)
17 March 2017 (Sri Pancham Dol festival at Sri Hapaniya
Dham)
Sripat Hapaniya
Dham: Highest Place
"Today is the pancham dol and it also the appearance day of Sri Sri
Guru Gauranga Radha Gopinathjiu. This is a highest place and we must give
respect to this place, Sripat Hapaniya Dham." Download
the audio (3.3 Mb, 10 min)
8 April 2017 (Holy disappearance day of Srila B.S. Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Bengali class)
Separation Day
"Our supreme Gurudev, Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj accepted this day as the day to leave this world for his
eternal abode, and he has left us, fallen souls, here to chant his
glories..." Download
the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | Bengali)
Make Service Your Goal,
Means, and Sustenance
"Sacrificing his own life, forgetting his own happiness and comfort, Gurudev
would go door to door preaching the message of Mahaprabhu: be merciful to the
souls, chant the Holy Name, and serve the Vaishnavs. Besides this, there is
no other religion." Download
the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | Bengali)
Overpowered by Service
"You may have everything, but if you do not have mercy of your Guru, then you
have nothing. Gurudev gave you all his blessings, and if we can serve him, we
will get supreme benefit. You must always live remembering Gurudev's
words." Download
the audio (4.1 Mb, 12 min | Bengali)
9 April 2017
Odds and Ends (7)
Several excerpts that were not included in the main posts: • Rupanuga-dhara • Cleaning • Practice at home • If
Gaura had not come... • Practise chanting kirtans • Buy kirtan
guide book • Stay on track • Your home is here • Blessing for
progress, not regress • Actions speak louder than words • Temple is
not a house for old cows • Ultimate obstacle • In the lap of Maya
• Technology for service, not indulgence • Fateful change. Download
the audio (5.5 Mb, 17 min)
20 May 2017 (Bengali class given in Siliguri)
Your Chance—Your Choice
"When you become old and so many diseases come, how will you serve? When your
health is bad, you do not feel like doing anything, you know it yourself. Now
your health is good, but every day we waste our time on other things." Download
the audio (1.4 Mb, 5 min | Bengali)
Successful Life
"We have got a great fortune to serve the Guru and Vaishnavs, to follow and
be chaste to the Guru and Vaishnavs, to live as the Guru and Vaishnavs tell
us to live, and if we can use this opportunity, then our life will be
successful." Download
the audio (0.9 Mb, 3 min | Bengali)
Chant and Remember
"Chant the Holy Name. Please always remember this. There are many kinds of devotional practices, it is not necessary to practise everything—if you can practise only one thing, it is sufficient." Download
the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)
The Only Hope and
Aspiration
"We have so many hopes—hundreds and hundreds of hopes appear within us—and
how much suffering we get in return... Whatever your situation is, you must
be happy and satisfied with that because whatever the Lord does, He does it
for our benefit." Download
the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | Bengali)
Treading Wrong Path
"We want the mercy of Gurudev—'If you give me your mercy, then everything is
possible, otherwise not.' You have heard also what happens to those who make
offence to the feet of Guru and Vaishnavs..." Download
the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)
Love the Lord
"Do you think if you have no money, no wealth, the Lord will not come to you?
Those who have a high birth, knowledge and wealth are so proud of themselves,
but the Lord is very merciful to those who are poor and needy." Download
the audio (1.6 Mb, 5 min | Bengali)
Chant and Be Chaste
"You must feel taste for the Holy Name, such taste must come. If you chant
the Holy Name without offence, then taste will come. We always make offences,
but if you chant the Holy Name more and more, then offences will go
away." Download
the audio (0.6 Mb, 2 min | Bengali)
Rare Quality
"It is necessary to learn what the teachings of Mahaprabhu is and accept it.
A devotee of Krishna is very rare, but one devotee is capable of delivering
the entire universe." Download
the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)
Why Can We Not Get It?
"At Srivas Pandit's house there was a maidservant Duhkhi—she got Mahaprabhu's
mercy. There was a Muslim tailor near Srivas Pandit's house—he too got
Mahaprabhu's mercy. A great sinner Chand Kazi broke a mridanga, but
even he got Mahaprabhu's mercy. Why can we not get it?" Download
the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)
Love for Guru: Love Service,
Love Vaishnavs
"We must accept Mahaprabhu's teaching—not to disrespect others. When the Guru
chastises you, he is giving you sweet things—but do the disciples understand
this? They do not. If a disciple really loves his Guru, he would never
leave." Download
the audio (0.5 Mb, 2 min | Bengali)
Make Lord's Temple In Your
Heart
"We took initiation but our hopes have not been fulfilled and we become
fickle-minded. Who can conquer your mind? Sadhus can. They can create
a temple in your mind." Download
the audio (1.1 Mb, 5 min | Bengali)
27 May 2017 (Anniversary festival in Siliguri, Bengali
class)
Joyous Day In
Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (1): "I Do Everything!"
"The Lord Himself comes to this world in the form of a Deity to take the
service of the devotees. You must not think that the Deity is made of wood,
of stone or of brass—the Deity is the Lord Himself. The Deity talks, the
Deity gives witness, the Deity steals. I can give you one example." Download
the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min | Bengali)
Joyous Day In
Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (2): "He Has Eaten It All!"
"The Lord eats anything and everything when a devotee offers it, but He does
not take anything from a non-devotee. The Lord Himself appears out of His own
mercy. Another example of this is the son of Mukunda, Raghunandan." Download
the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)
Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities'
Pastimes (3): "Here I am!"
"The Lord arranges His own pastimes Himself, but without the medium of a
devotee, the Lord does not come on His own... Deity is not made of wood,
stone or brass. Assuming the form of a Deity, the Lord gives you an
opportunity to serve." Download
the audio (1.1 Mb, 3 min | Bengali)
Joyous Day In
Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (4): "Take This, Madhava!"
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj recalls the pastime
of ksir-chor Gopinath—the pastime of Gopinath stealing condensed milk
(ksir) for His dearmost devotee Madhavendra Puri. Download
the audio (2.9 Mb, 9 min | Bengali)
Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities'
Pastimes (5): "Be My Witness!"
"And there is also one more story of Saksi Gopal, the story how for His
devotee the Lord gives witness. The Lord accept everything from His devotees:
He is controlled by His devotees, He does what His devotees wish." Download
the audio (2.8 Mb, 9 min | Bengali)
Sincere and
Eternal Service
"Govinda always rests in the heart of His devotee. Always remember it and
serve sincerely. On the days when there is service going on
in some place, that place is Goloka Vrindavan, and this is not a matter of
one day only—you serve the Lord constantly, eternally." Download
the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | Bengali)
Irresistible Devotion
What kind of devotion and humility has the power to capture the Lord? What
should be our attitude and mentality? His Divine Grace says, "This is what
the scriptures say and it is necessary to listen to these things." Download
the audio (1 Mb, 6 min | Bengali)
Devotees' Deities
His Divine Grace reminds us of the common grand heritage of Srila Sanatan
Goswami, Rupa Goswami, Swami Haridas, Gauri Das Pandit, Dvijavaninath,
Vishnupriya Devi, Srila Prabhupad and Srila Gurudev. Download
the audio (0.8 Mb, 3 min | Bengali)
Sri Gita: Primary
Scripture
"You can read Gita at any time, no problem. Gita is our primary
scripture. Read Gita—memorise it and keep it in your heart; and not
only to learn it by heart and keep it in your heart, it is necessary to
follow what is written in Gita." Download
the audio (1.1 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)
Sincere Practice
His Divine Grace speaks on what sincere devotional practice is and what it is
not: "Do not keep material desires in your heart. You must remove all dirty
things from your heart by continuously hearing Hari-katha—then the
seed of devotion will sprout." Download
the audio (2.4 Mb, 7 min | Bengali)
Jada-Vidya
"Material knowledge means all knowledge besides the knowledge about devotion.
But our prayer is, 'When will we be able to give up such knowledge?'" Download
the audio (1.1 Mb, 3 min | Bengali)
16 July 2017 (Speaking online to devotees in
Colombia)
Be Strong and Steady
"By hook or by crook, anyhow, we must use our life for service to the Guru
and Krishna. Chant the Holy Name with humility, tolerance and giving honour
to others." Download
the audio (1.5 Mb, 5 min)
Do Not Despair
"Do not discourage yourself. Sometimes Krishna tests us to see how much we
can tolerate. Practise properly, chant the Holy Name properly without
offences, and one day you will conquer everything, do not worry." Download
the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min)
If You Want to Go Home
"In this age of Kali, to get your real home, to reach the place we all come
from, the only religion is chanting the Holy Name, and if you want to chant
this Name, this Name must come from a Guru-parampara..." Download
the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min)
20 September 2017 (Sri Vyasa Puja adhivas day)
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." Download
the audio (0.5 Mb, 1 min)
30 December 2017
Odds and Ends (8) • Control your senses • Too much eating, sleeping • Heavy load •
Garlanding an acharya • Goswami title • Gurudev's Temple • Meaning of names •
Salt Laky City's Deity of Mahaprabhu • Where is your dhoti? • Dress code of
Mahaprabhu's group • Do not leave the saffron clothes • Always chant • Hold
on • Growing and offering • Honouring Vaishnav calendar dates • Follow tithi,
not the calendar dates • Service place • Poisoned life • Save time for the
Lord • Simple and clear process • Favourite pastime? Download
the audio (4.7 Mb, 20 min)
'One black bear fell down into the Ganges and began to sink—he tried
hard to swim out but the current was too strong. A man saw something black
in the river and thought it was a blanket...'