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Our Disciplic Succession:
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"The Sun Never Sets on Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math":
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Sun, 19 May 2024 (Fast on Sri Mohini Ekadasi)
Core of Devotion
'When Mahaprabhu took sannyas and came to Puri, He told Srila
Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya, who was the head of the Jagannath Temple, that He
wanted to travel to some places around India. Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya
told Him, "Prabhu, there is another devotee like You living in South India.
When You go there, You should meet him. His name is Ramananda Ray."'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Burning One's Own
Fortune
"If somebody thinks they came to the temple and wasted their life there, it
means they do not see their own fault. Use your eyes to see your own faults,
not others'. Those who have tolerance can stay longer, can practise more,
whereas those who stay at the temple but think about material things,
material enjoyment, leave the temple and go to another life."
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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.
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj about fasting on ekadasi and
accepting material facilities:
"One time, a devotee came here from Vrindavan on the day of
ekadasi. He reached in the evening and, after taking bath in the
Ganges, attended kirtans, danced, circumambulated the temple and so
on. Then, I asked him whether he would take any anukalpa. He replied,
'Generally, I do not take anything, but if you like, then, of course, I must
take anukalpa. Your will is greater than my fasting.' That was his
decision.
"My Guru Maharaj (Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)
always wanted maximum energy: you should take good food and do good service.
That was his maxim. Krishna is not a liquidated party: take full
prasadam and do full service. Do maximum service, and you should take
whatever is necessary for that. You are to take it for the cause of Krishna,
not for your own cause. You are Krishna's, so if you grow weak, His service
will be hampered, and both you and Krishna will be losers thereby. 'My
soldiers will be well-fed and well-working.' That was our Guru Maharaj's
principle. Napoleon said, 'One full-fed soldier is equal to ten half-fed
soldiers.'
"So, prasad-seva: if it is service, then it must be taken in a
serving mood, of course. But, at the same time, the individual position of a
devotee should be taken into consideration. Sahajiyas do not Fast on
ekadasi at all: 'Oh, we are in Vrindavan, and there is no fasting in
Vrindavan.' But Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Srila Prabhupad did not like that –
it is sahajiya (imitation) if you go on feeding your senses in the
name of Krishna-bhakti (devotion to the Lord). For the service to Krishna, it
is necessary to keep up the body and to provide nourishment to it, so we must
take what is necessary for service. We do not like it if by fasting a loss of
energy is effected. If fasting does not hamper your service, you may go on
fasting – perhaps, your gurudev wanted that...
"For service, I must accept what is necessary to make me physically
fit so that I can render more service. So, accepting material things is not
objectionable. It is fruitful, not detrimental. Rather, it produces something
of a pure character, which helps everyone. This is how a disciple receives
and accepts things. At that same time, he may even blame himself, 'I cannot
go on with my worldly life without the help of this or that!' He will blame
himself, but the underlying spirit must be, 'If I do not take it, I shall be
unfit; I will not be able to do my bit of service to the Lord, to my
gurudev.'
"Moreover, by taking up renunciation, I will be a loser. I will incur
a loss for myself, for the world, and my guru's service will be
hampered. In this spirit, devotees are to take everything. For the cause of
Krishna, for the cause of their guru, they will accept anything.
"Suppose there is a very miserly karmachari (manager). Because
he does not want to spend money, he may not attain a particular result; then,
some difficulty comes, and the opportunity is lost. This manager will be held
responsible by the proprietor: 'Why did you not spend money? Why are you
afraid of spending money from my store? Because of your miserly habit, the
opportunity has been lost! Why should you not spend My money for My
interest?' So, to render service to Krishna, to my gurudev, to
Vaishnavs, to the world, to everyone, I must keep up this mundane body, and I
am entitled to take something for that.
"Miserliness is mayavada; it is the renunciation spirit, and it
will mar Krishna's interest. What we need is yukta-vairagya: I shall
take from the store of Krishna to keep myself fit and to do service. It is
Krishna's account, and if I do not do that, I should be a separatist, a
mayavadi, a renunciationist. I shall render maximum service to
Krishna, and I must take without any hesitation whatever is necessary to make
myself fit for the service; otherwise, I shall be punishable."
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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:
"You do not need to know the meaning of each ekadasi tithi because if
you know it, you will want to get this result, that result, etc."
(Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
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Sat, 18 May 2024
Service with
Faith and Love
'Whatever you see in this world is not created to make you happy – everything
is created to love the Lord. When you worship the Lord, you must do it out of
love for the Lord, out of desire to serve Him. You must serve holy Deities of
the Lord with faith, with love, not for your own enjoyment.'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Soul's Ultimate
Happiness
"It is important and necessary for us to hear these things—how we must
practise, how we will get our real benefit. These are the main things in our
spiritual life. Sixty thousand rishis asked Srila Suta Goswami a question,
'What is ultimately good for a jiva soul?'"
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Fri, 17 May 2024
What Is a Soul?
'It is very popular to say, 'Do jiva-seva! Serve others!' People give
food, money, clothes to others and call this service to jiva souls.
But neither Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, nor Mahaprabhu
did that.'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
My Solace
"Gurudev is always in my heart, and I think and understand that I am also
always in Gurudev's heart, then they can only try to throw me out of a
building, but they can never throw me out of Gurudev's heart and out of
devotees' hearts. That is my solace."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Navami. Appearance of Sri Jahnava Devi (Sri Nityananda-sakti) and Sri
Sita Devi (Sri Rama-sakti).
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."
In honour of Sri Sita Devi:
"Lord Ramachandra said to Sri Sita Devi, 'Loving devotion to Me is
relished in two ways. O Sita, please hear My words. The joy felt during union
with Me is called sambhoga. The joy felt during separation from Me is called
vipralambha. My devotees, My eternal associates, desire sambhoga, and by My
grace, they experience vipralambha. Devotees know that the sadness felt for
My sake during vipralambha is actually the greatest joy. When sambhoga occurs
after vipralambha, the happiness felt is ten million times greater than
before. Separation from Me is the cause of that happiness. Accept this as
truth; the four Vedas affirm it. During My Pastimes as Sri Gauranga, Mother
Kausalya, who is known in the Vedas as Aditi, will appear as Sachi Devi. You
will serve Me as Visnu Priya. In separation from Me, You will make a Deity of
My golden form. In separation from You, I will make a golden Sita and worship
You in Ayodhya. In exchange, You will make a Deity of My golden form and
worship Me in Nadia. O Sita, these profound topics are very confidential.
They will not be revealed to the public now. Nabadwip is very dear to Me:
neither Ayodhya nor any other place is equal to it.'"
(Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya, chapter 14)
Niti and Priti
"It was Ramachandra's vijay utsav yesterday, and we would like to
clarify some things about Rama-tattva and Krishna-tattva. In Rama-lila, rules
and regulations are the highest, and love and affection go down, but this is
not the highest ideal..."
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In honour of Sri Jahnava Devi:
Lord Nityananda
Prabhu's Sakti
"The Lord has tried to save the souls bounded by maya in so many ways
in this Kali-yuga. He was the only child of Hadai Pandit and Padmavati Devi
and He left them when He was twelve. Later, He was introduced to Jahnava
Devi."
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Nityananda
Prabhu's Marriage
"Everybody says that for the devotees Nityananda Prabhu never marries, but He
has two saktis, Jahnava and Vasudha. They were actually daughters of Surya
Das, Gauri Das Pandit's brother..."
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Thu, 16 May 2024
Bribing and
Increasing Stool
'There is Jesus in Christianity; there is Buddha in Buddhism; there is Allah
in Islam; but in Hinduism, there is Laksmi, Kali, Ganesh, Durga, Krishna,
Siva, Parvati, Kartik and many others! Why is it like that?'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Danger of
Deviation
"This is the first explanation Krishna gives. When Arjuna heard it, he was
not happy—he still did not want to fight. Only when Krishna spoke about
bhakti-yoga did Arjuna gradually start to understand it and eventually
changed his mind. However, we think in another way..."
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Wed, 15 May 2024
Highest Realm of
Devotion
'Always remember Mahaprabhu's conception. Those of you who have taken
initiation must understand that we are not devotees of Krishna. Whose
devotees are we?'
Шри Йогапитх
(часть 3)
«В Маяпур-дхаме, в особенности в Шри Йогапитхе, происходит множество деяний и
игр Господа. Мы молим вас всех: живёте вы дома или в лесу, пожалуйста,
всегда помните о месте рождения Махапрабху, о преданных Махапрабху, о
божественном послании Махапрабху и Его удивительных деяниях».
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Cow's Milk
"What makes you think you can take such a decision not to offer milk to the
Lord? I do not support this. You must offer milk to the Deities, and if you
personally do not like to take milk, that is your decision. We do not take
any food—we take prasadam."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Saptami. Jahnu Saptami: Sri Jahnavi Puja (worship of the Ganga).
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."
In honour of Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri Ganga Puja):
"...While speaking, they went to Jan Nagar and saw the beauty of the
hermitage of Jahnu Muni. Nityananda Prabhu said, 'This charming abode is
known as Jahnudwip and Bhadravan. Jahnu Muni performed austerities here and
saw the golden form of Gaura. Once, when Jahnu Muni sat here to perform his
evening meditation, His copper vessel fell into the swiftly flowing River
Ganga. The copper vessel fell into the river and floated away. Jahnu Muni
then drank all the water of the Ganga with his palm. Maharaj Bhagirath
thought, "Where did the Ganga go?" Bewildered, he began to think over the
situation. Understanding that Jahnu Muni had drunk all the water of the
Ganga, Maharaj Bhagirath became concerned. Sober Maharaj Bhagirath worshipped
the sage for some time, and eventually the Ganga broke out of the sage's
body. Thereafter, she became known as Jahnavi. The whole world now calls her
'Jahnavi'.'"
(Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya, chapter 13)
Visiting Holy
Places: Pleasure Hunting?
"'The trouble of visiting holy places is simply a mental delusion—all
possible perfection is the feet of Govinda.' You can ask me, 'Maharaj, then
why are you going there, why are taking us with you?' Do you know the
answer?"
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Glory of Manasi Ganga
"This Haridev Temple is located to the south of Manasi Ganga. When it came to
the temple of Asadi Purnima, Nanda Maharaj, Mother Yasoda and other
Vraja-basis wanted to travel to the Ganges to bathe in her water..."
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Tue, 14 May 2024
Keep Trying
'If you serve the Lord, He will arrange everything. To cross the River, you
must leave all shame, all shyness when it comes to our Lord. We must leave
everything and go. It is necessary to make an effort towards the Lord.'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Superficial
Speculation
"(1) This is what is said in the scriptures. If your
position is like this or you can bring yourself to this position, or level,
then, yes, Krishna will hear your prayer. (2) Why was it
necessary? What is the reason of it? We cannot judge what is necessary and
what is not necessary. If something is to happen by the will of Krishna, who
can stop it? It does not depend on us or anybody else."
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Mon, 13 May 2024
Join Service
Connection
'You cannot stay alone. You will get association if you keep connection with
me. You have taken initiation and will go back each to your own village. If
each of you arranges a programme in your own village and calls me, I will
come. This is connection.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Duare Duare
Prachar
"This is very urgent, very important. You may have a temple, and you think,
'Oh, I am opening a centre, everyone must come to me!' It is not so easy for
people to come to your temple in this age of Kali! You have to take your
temple and go to everyone's door!"
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Sun, 12 May 2024
Eagerness
for Connection
'Many people took initiation today – they take initiation and think, 'I have
become a king!' They do not keep in touch with their gurudev after
that. They never call and speak to their gurudev. It is necessary to
keep connection. You must make an effort.'
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সবকিছু অন্ধকারে ডুবে গেল
(২য় ভাগ | ২৪ এপ্রিল ২০২১)
"যখন গুরুদেব এই জগৎ থেকে চলে গেলেন তখন মনে হচ্ছিল আর বকা দেওয়ার কেউ থাকল না ।
সুখ-দুঃখের কথা সব সময় গুরুদেবের সঙ্গে আলাপ করতাম আর গুরুদেব যখন এই জগৎ থেকে
চলে গেলেন, একটা ছায়া—যেন একটা আবরণ—চলে গেল । কি হচ্ছে, কি হবে কিছুই বুঝতে
পারছিলাম না । মনে হচ্ছিল যে, আমি একা !"
Шри Йогапитх
(часть 2)
«Блаженная земля Индии, которая несёт на себе святые отпечатки стоп святого
Господа и Его преданных, является обителью религии на этой земле. Один из
семи городов, расположенных в Индии и способных даровать освобождение, — это
Шри Маяпур в Шри Дхаме Навадвип, который неотличен от Шри Матхура-мандалы. На
самом деле в мире не существует возвышенного места, которое могло бы
сравниться с Навадвипом, потому что именно здесь появился Шри Гаура-хари,
океан чистого сострадания и милости».
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Sober Householder
Life
"Even if you live as a householder, you can still try to preach. It is
possible. I am telling to everyone—the minimum requirement for all
householders is that you must give 50% of your labour to your family and
minimum 50% to your Gurudev. You must spend minimum 50% of your time on
service and spiritual life."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Panchami. Appearance of Sripad Sankaracharya. Disappearance of
Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi 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."
In honour of Sri Sankar Acharya:
Hearing the name of Sri Sankar Acharya, Paramahamsa Babaji Mahasay offered
his prostrate obeisance and said:
‘O great soul! “Sankarah Sankarah saksat” (Sankar is Mahadev-Sankar, Lord
Siva, himself) – always remember these words. Sankar is a Guru of Vaishnavs,
that is why Mahaprabhu spoke of him as an Acharya. Sankar is a perfect
Vaishnav. When he made his advent in India, there was a very urgent need in a
guna-avatara like him. At that time, discussions of Vedas and practices of
varnasrama-dharma had become almost obliterated by the influence of Buddhist
voidism, which is extremely atheistic. Although Buddhist doctrine contains
some truth about jiva souls, that religion is quite temporal (non-eternal).
At that time, almost all brahmans had become Buddhists and had almost
completely given up Vedic religion. Filled with wondrous power, the advent of
Sankar’s incarnation established the honour of Vedic scriptures and changed
voidism into brahmanism. The work he performed is wonderful. India is
eternally indebted to Sri Sankar for this great work. All works in the world
can be divided into two types. Some works are related to some particular time
(temporal), and some are not related to any time (timeless, eternal). The
great work of Sankar’s incarnation is temporal, and many good results emerged
from it. Sankar’s incarnation created a foundation upon which the
incarnations of Sri Ramanuja, Sri Madhva and other great teachers later built
the palace of pure Vaishnavism. Therefore, Sankar’s incarnation is the
greatest friend of Vaishnavism and a predecessor acharya.
Sri Sankar revealed a conceptual path in this world, and to this day,
Vaishnavs easily take advantage of its wealth. Sambandha-jnana (knowledge of
the relationship) is extremely necessary for material conditioned souls.
Vaishnavs and Sankar Acharya believe that gross bodies existent in this
material world are different and separate from transcendental matter, but
spiritually, there is no difference between a jiva soul’s internal and
external identity. Both agree that giving up material world is called
liberation (mukti), and up until attaining liberation, there is very much
similarity between Sri Sankar and Vaishnav Acharyas. Sankar Acharya teaches
that it is possible to purify one’s heart and attain liberation by practising
God consciousness (by serving and worshipping the Lord), but only Sankar is
silent about the transcendental path jiva souls face after attaining
liberation. Sankar knew very well that if a jiva soul can progress on the
path of liberation by serving the Lord, it will gradually, bound by the
happiness of spiritual life, become a pure devotee. Therefore, when Sankar
showed the path, he did not further reveal the mystery of Vaishnavs. Those
who read and consider his commentaries very carefully can understand Sankar’s
profound intention. But those who pass their time reading only the external
parts of his teachings become driven away from proper Vaishnavism.
(From Jaiva Dharma by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur)
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Sat, 11 May 2024
Keep Your
Vision Straight
'You must always avoid criticising and disrespecting Vaishnavs. I have heard
many people speak like that, and I have heard somebody say this today, too.
It reminded me of one time when one of Gurudev's godbrothers came to Gurudev
and complained about me.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Ongoing Agenda
"By the mercy of Gurudev, I am today in Nrisingha Palli. I know that it is
our zoom programme today, but I also had so much service here at the
construction site today and there is still much left to do tomorrow—and it
turned out that the connection here is very nice. So, I am giving this online
class today from here."
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GUIDANCE 2021 (epub)
(Last update: 7 Apr. '24)
Make Krishna Your Friend
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It is necessary to have desire to get it. Krishna Himself said, 'If you
have desire, one day mercy will come.' If you make one step to Krishna,
Krishna will make ten steps to you.
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CALENDAR FOR 05/2024
MADHUSUDAN
19 MAY (SUN).
Gaura Ekadasi.
Fast on Mohini Ekadasi.
20 MAY (MON).
Gaura Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 4:56:50–9:20:56.
22 MAY (WED).
Gaura Chaturdasi.
Sri Nrisimha Chaturdasi: appearance of Lord Sri
Nrisimhadev. Full fast until sunset; then no grains
(anukalpa).
Sri Vyasa-puja festival in honour of the divine
appearance day of Om Visnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya
Astottara-sata-sri Sri Srimad Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj, the current
successor President-Acharya of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Manifestation
anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Prahlad Maharaj
and Sri Sri Laksmi Nrisimhadev at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Nrisingha
Palli.
23 MAY (THU).
Purnima.
Nrisimha Chaturdasi-vrata paran is at 4:55:45–9:20:41. Sri Krishna's
Phul-dol and Salila-vihara. Buddha Purnima:
appearance of Lord Buddha. Disappearance of Srila Paramesvari Das Thakur.
Appearance of Srila Srinivas Acharya.
TRIVIKRAM
24 MAY (FRI).
Krishna Pratipad.
Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.
28 MAY (TUE).
Krishna Panchami.
Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Ray.
JUNE 2024
1 JUNE (SAT).
Krishna Navami.
Departure of Sripad Santos Krishna Das-Adhikari Prabhu.
2 JUNE (SUN).
Krishna Ekadasi. No fast.
3 JUNE (MON).
Krishna Dvadasi.
Fast on Apara Ekadasi.
Appearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
4 JUNE (TUE).
Krishna Trayodasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 4:54:40–9:21:20.
6 JUNE (THU).
Amavasya.
7 JUNE (FRI).
Gaura Pratipad.
Manifestation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Madan-mohan jiu at
Sri Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanusilana Sangha, Dum Dum Park, Kolkata.
10 JUNE (MON).
Gaura Chaturthi.
Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurava Giri Maharaj (Sripad
Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu).
16 JUNE (SUN).
Gaura Dasami.
Dasahara, Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini.
Disappearance of Srila Baladev Vidyabhusan Prabhu.
17 JUNE (MON).
Gaura Ekadasi. No fast.
18 JUNE (TUE).
Gaura Dvadasi.
Fast on Vyanjuli
Mahadvadasi.
19 JUNE (WED).
Gaura Dvadasi.
Vyanjuli Mahadvadasi paran is at 4:54:26–5:51:09.
20 JUNE (THU).
Gaura Trayodasi.
Danda Mahotsav ('Punishment Festival') arranged by Srila Raghunath Das
Goswami at Sripat Panihati. Departure of Sripad Bhakti Vaibhav Parivrajak
Maharaj.
22 JUNE (SAT).
Purnima.
Snan Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannathdev. Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta and
Srila Sridhar Pandit.
VAMAN
23 JUNE (SUN).
Krishna Pratipad.
Disappearance of Srila Shyamananda Prabhu. Departure of Sripad Rsabhdev
Das-Adhikari Prabhu. Krishna Dvitiya (falls on
the same day). Departure of Sri Gaurahari Bhakti-Sampad Prabhu.
26 JUNE (WED).
Krishna Panchami.
Appearance of Srila Vakresvar Pandit.
JULY 2024
2 JULY (TUE).
Krishna Ekadasi.
Fast on Yogini Ekadasi.
Departure of Sriyukta Rama Devi.
3 JULY (WED).
Krishna Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 4:58:42–7:01:55.
5 JULY (FRI).
Amavasya.
Disappearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami and
Srila Sach-chid-ananda Bhaktivinod Thakur.
6 JULY (SAT).
Gaura Pratipad.
Sri Gundicha Marjan (cleaning Sri Gundicha Temple at Sri Puri Dham and
cleaning all temples).
7 JULY (SUN).
Gaura Dvitiya.
Ratha Yatra of Sri Jagannathdev.
Disappearance of Srila Svarup Damodar Goswami Prabhu.
11 JULY (THU).
Gaura Panchami.
Hera-Panchami, Sri Sri Laksmi Vijay (observed in Sri Puri Dham the next
day).
14 JULY (SUN).
Gaura Astami.
Disappearance of Sripad Ajita Krishna Brahmachari.
16 JULY (TUE).
Gaura Dasami.
Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.
Departure of Sriyukta Krishnamayi Devi. Punar Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannathdev
(return journey of the Chariots).
17 JULY (WED).
Gaura Ekadasi.
Fast on Sayan Ekadasi.
Sri Hari retires to take rest (sayan).
18 JULY (THU).
Gaura Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 5:04:06–9:29:48.
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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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