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Our Disciplic Succession:
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"The Sun Never Sets on Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math":
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Wed, 20 November 2024
Seeking
Happiness and Peace
'One cannot become a guru without first becoming a disciple; but many
do not understand it. There are such gurus roaming this world – there
is no point in taking initiation from them; rather, it is said in the
scriptures that such gurus must be given up.'
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2019)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Questions and Answers
(1)
• Do we come to this line by our free
will or is it a pre-defined fate?
• Raya Ramananda's service
• Building temple against government
rules?
• Drinking milk and suffering cows?
• Using Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's
name for preaching?
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Journey from Misguidance to Absolute Guidance
[By Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
"It is possible to connect with Him only through surrender, and it will be He
who will decide how He will best suit you. Let Him decide it. 'Hare Krishna'
is not a prayer for anything; it is only an address, 'O Hare Krishna, I want
You. You please consider and decide what will suit me. I only want you. I am
in danger, and I want Your protection; how you will protect me is to be
decided by You, it is not my business.' By embracing His consideration is
where we gain the most. We must only try to increase, if possible, the degree
of our surrender. That is what is actually necessary from us."
—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Two)
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(8) APPROACHING THE HIGHER WORLD
'The initiation is a recommendation. It is not final. Cure is guaranteed
under the treatment of a good doctor. But if as a patient you don’t care to
accept his guidance and secretly indulge in an evil diet, of what value is
your doctor? When you have a good doctor your cure is almost guaranteed. But
you have to follow him. And also it is possible that if you are becoming a
little ill and your doctor comes to know that ‘my patient has taken this bad
diet’ or ‘he did not use my medicine’—then the doctor will again take up the
case more seriously, and he will cure you. We may receive such help from the
Guru and Vaishnav, but our free choice is never snatched away.'
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Tue, 19 November 2024
Greed Is Sin, Sin
Is Death
'There was once a grihi-guru (a householder guru) who would go
house to house begging. He had many disciples, so at the end of each year, he
would visit every house to collect rice and money. When the guru became old,
his wife told him...'
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2019)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Sri Ramananda
Sambad
"Raya Ramananda is actually an incarnation of Visakha. Mahaprabhu met
Ramananda Raya for the first time on the bank of the Godavari in South India.
Mahaprabhu was sitting and waiting for him..."
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—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Two)
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(7) A HOLY DAY
'Today is the Holy Day of Vasanta-panchami (the fifth day of the light
fortnight of the moon), month of Magh, when Krishna is worshipped with the
new flowers of spring. To my best capacity I have tried my best to represent
to you my humble knowledge of these Mahatmas [who appeared or
disappeared on this day], and I pray that they may be propitiated and give us
their favour...'
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Mon, 18 November 2024
Brahmans' Trade
'You do not worship the Lord in exchange for a few rupees. This is not
worship. This is only a trade – people do this to earn money. If you are to
worship the Lord, you must do it yourself. Just as you feed your children
yourself, you must also feed the Lord yourself.'
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2019)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Dealing with
Misconception
"When you go to sell your things, you will always preach in favour of your
things. Every shopkeeper always praises his own shop—one shopkeeper says, 'My
shop's sweets are very nice,' and other shopkeepers will also say, 'My sweets
are very nice,' and you can decide which is better only if you taste the
sweets."
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—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Two)
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(6) PERSPECTIVES ON THE ABSOLUTE
'The Dham allows us to see it, according to the degree of our
devotion. A doctor sees a patient according to his capacity. Higher
intelligence can see deeper. Such is the case always. A higher politician can
see a higher strategy, and so on. “The detached, self-realised soul remains
awake in the night of all beings, and the world of exploitation that all
beings awaken in is similarly his night.” A detector can see the depth
afforded by its capacity. There is revelation according to one’s capacity.
Deserve—and have.'
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Sun, 17 November 2024
Keep Your Charge
Up
'We must serve the Lord every single day, then we will get supreme benefit.
Maya is where there is darkness – there is no Maya where there is light. We
must always remember this. We must live remembering this and chanting the
Holy Name.'
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2019)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Dham-Seva
"There are many ways you can do dham-seva. Our guru-varga make
temples in many holy places, and you can help and serve those places in
whichever way you can, depending on how much capacity you have. Not everybody
has the capacity to give money, but if everybody gives their heart, their
support, that is sufficient."
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—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Two)
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(5) THE KRISHNA SUN
'But the sraddha or pure attraction he has acquired for Me is of
eternal nature. It cannot be subdued or cut off by any mundane or ordinary
attempt. Despite undergoing so many sufferings, he goes on remembering Me.
His thinking, aspiration and earnestness is for Me, and the more he is
compelled to suffer from the pressure of the environment, a firmness in Me
becomes more and more sure, and finally, invulnerable. And by standing the
test of all these trials, he will stand—stand and grow beyond the
jurisdiction of these mundane forces. The more pressure comes from outside,
the more firmness he feels in the necessity of My help to him.'
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Sat, 16 November 2024
Toxic Life
'Just as iron burns everything with the power of fire, Maya Devi also turns
everybody into her menial servants. That is why we spend twenty-four hours a
day, seven days a week, worrying about our children, wives or husbands. From
the moment we wake up in the morning until the moment we fall asleep at
night, we only think about ourselves; we do not have time to think about the
Lord.'
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2019)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Exclusive
Devotional Life
"Always keep yourself engaged in the services of the Lord from the beginning
of the day, from the mangal-arati early in the morning, until you go
to sleep. We must think, 'How can I serve devotees more? How can I follow
Gurudev's guidance properly?'"
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—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Two)
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(4) HERALDING THE TWILIGHT
'Very few suddha Vaishnavs were to be found, just before the
appearance of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur. But he adjusted religion in a modem
garb, and so it was easy for many regardful students to come forward and
accept suddha Vaishnavism. It had been much molested by
pseudo-followers. The real ideal had become eclipsed, and so for the
inquisitive it was difficult to have real entrance and real attachment for
Gaudiya Vaishnavism. But Gaudiya Math came out with the real spirit of
religion, and pure practices subsequently followed. So the attention of the
educated enquirers after truth was drawn to Gaudiya Math and they flocked
together.'
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GUIDANCE 2021 (epub)
(Last update: 7 Apr. '24)
Managing or Damaging?
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'We have all come here because we want be a servitor—we do not want to
become a manager. I came here as a sweeper, and I want to die as a
sweeper.'
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CALENDAR FOR 11/2024
DAMODAR
15 NOVEMBER (FRI).
Purnima.
Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of Srila Sundarananda Thakur.
Appearance of Srila Nimbarka Acharya. Manifestation anniversary of Sri Sri
Guru Gauranga Gandharva Rasa-Bihari jiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and
Mission, Sri Vrindavan. End of chaturmasya, urjja-vrata, damodar-vrata,
kartik-vrata or niyom-seva and Bhisma-panchaka.
KESHAVA
26 NOVEMBER (TUE).
Krishna Ekadasi.
Fast on Utpanna Ekadasi.
Departure of Sriyukta Dhananjaya Das Prabhu.
27 NOVEMBER (WED).
Krishna Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 10:26:49–14:01:00. Disappearance of Srila Narahari
Sarkar Thakur and Srila Kaliya Krishnadas.
28 NOVEMBER (THU).
Krishna Trayodasi.
Disappearance of Srila Saranga Thakur.
DECEMBER 2024
1 DECEMBER (SUN).
Amavasya.
Disappearance of Srestharya Srila Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan.
7 DECEMBER (SAT).
Gaura Sasthi.
Sri Sri Jagannathdev's Odan-Sasthi. Manifestation Anniversary of Sri Sri
Nitai Chaitanya at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Puri Dham.
8 DECEMBER (SUN).
Gaura Astami.
Disappearance of Suryakunda-basi Srila Madhusudan Das Babaji Maharaj.
9 DECEMBER (MON).
Gaura Navami.
Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.
10 DECEMBER (TUE).
Gaura Dasami.
Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Kusum Sraman Maharaj.
11 DECEMBER (WED).
Gaura Ekadasi.
Fast on Moksada Ekadasi.
12 DECEMBER (THU).
Gaura Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 6:11:45–9:44:05.
15 DECEMBER (SUN).
Purnima.
NARAYAN
17 DECEMBER (TUE).
Krishna Dvitiya.
Grand festival in honour of the appearance day of Om
Visnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
18 DECEMBER (WED).
Krishna Tritiya.
Festivals at Bamunpara and Nadan Ghat, the places of Om Visnupad Srila Bhakti
Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's holy appearance and childhood
pastimes.
19 DECEMBER (THU).
Krishna Chaturthi.
Festival in honour of the disappearance of Bhagavan
Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad.
26 DECEMBER (THU).
Krishna Ekadasi.
Fast on Saphala Ekadasi.
Disappearance of Srila Devananda Pandit and Srimad Bhakti Prakas Aranya
Maharaj.
27 DECEMBER (FRI).
Krishna Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 6:20:54–9:52:08. Disappearance of Sripad Bhakti
Bhudev Srauti Maharaj.
28 DECEMBER (SUN).
Krishna Trayodasi.
Disappearance of Srila Mahesh Pandit and Srila Uddharan Datta Thakur.
30 DECEMBER (MON).
Amavasya.
31 DECEMBER (TUE).
Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Srila Lochan
Das Thakur.
JANUARY 2025
2 JANUARY (THU).
Gaura Tritiya.
Disappearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu and Srila Jagadis
Pandit.
10 JANUARY (FRI).
Gaura Ekadasi.
Fast on Putrada Ekadasi.
Appearance of Srila Jagadis Pandit.
11 JANUARY (SAT).
Gaura Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 6:24:10–7:42:48.
13 JANUARY (MON).
Purnima.
Pusyabhisek Yatra of Sri Krishna. Departure of Sripad Bhakti Saran Vaisnav
Maharaj.
MADHAV
14 JANUARY (TUE).
Krishna Pratipad. Makar Sankranti.
Remembering Sriman Mahaprabhu's pastime of leaving home.
15 JANUARY (WED).
Krishna Dvitiya.
Sriman Mahaprabhu takes sannyas. A three-day remembrance festival in
honour of Sriman Mahaprabhu's sannyas-lila.
16 JANUARY (THU).
Krishna Tritiya.
Appearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu and disappearance of Srila
Ramachandra Kaviraj.
17 JANUARY (FRI).
Krishna Chaturthi.
Disappearance of Sripad Yadavendu Bhakti-Chandan.
20 JANUARY (MON).
Krishna Sasthi.
Disappearance of Srila Jayadev Goswami Prabhu.
22 JANUARY (WED).
Krishna Astami.
Disappearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.
25 JANUARY (SAT).
Krishna Ekadasi.
Fast on Sat-tila Ekadasi.
26 JANUARY (SUN).
Krishna Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 6:23:37–10:00:39.
29 JANUARY (WED).
Amavasya.
30 JANUARY (THU).
Gaura Pratipad.
Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhanash Maharaj and
departure of Sri Haripada Chaudhuri Das-Adhikari.
31 JANUARY (FRI).
Gaura Dvitiya.
Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Saran Santa Maharaj.
FULL CALENDAR >>
Sri Gaudiya Calendar 2024–2025 (pdf)
THE TEN OFFENCES TO THE HOLY NAME:
1) Criticise sadhus, Vaishnavs
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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