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Our Disciplic Succession:
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"The Sun Never Sets on Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math":
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Fri, 4 October 2024
Spiritual
Rules Are Not Rituals
'People in this world make up their own rules and live following their own
ideas. Srila Prabhupad said that a hundred out of a hundred people live like
that, but seeing that, you must not be disheartened: you have your service,
so carry on doing your service.'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
"May our
pilgrimage be successful"
"Actually, we are going to Dvaraka to learn something about the pastimes of
Krishna. If we are fortunate, by Krishna's mercy, we can get the
darshan of this place. We pray to Gurudev and to the Lord that our
pilgrimage may be successful."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | 31 October 2018)
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—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• LOVING SEARCH FOR THE LOST SERVANT
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Invocation
'Here, in one verse, Bhaktivinoda Thakura has given the very gist of Gaudiya
Vaisnava philosophy. He says, "We are not interested in the opinion of anyone
ordinary: there is no value to any opinion other than what is revealed truth
(amnaya)."'
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Thu, 3 October 2024
(Sri Vyasa Puja Maha-Mahotsav of His Divine Grace
Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj)
My Sole Aspiration
'Gurudev has made me his offering to the Deities – he has used me as an
offering to the Deities and his Guru Maharaj; and all I want is to be that
proper offering to my guru, nothing more than that. I want to be crazy
about my guru, I want to be crazy about the service to the Lord.'
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Download / listen to the audio (2.8 Mb, 6 min | 28 September 2019)
Read and Apply
In Your Life
'Sri Gurudev is the only shelter for a disciple. Those who have become
disciples live in complete adherence to their guru. If one retains
independence, they cannot be called a "disciple" – they can take initiation,
but if they do not accept the guidance of Sri Gurudev, they cannot be called
a real disciple.'
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Download / listen to the audio (42.9 Mb, 84 min | Bengali | 10 July
2020)
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.
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On this holy day, we are presenting an offering of 108 KIRTANS recorded and collected throughout
His Divine Grace's manifest pastimes, chanted among his associates, devotees
and fortunate souls at various festivals, programmes and devotional
assemblies. We pray this compilation can nourish devotees' hearts and its
glory may continue to forever resound throughout the world.
His Divine Grace elaborates on transcendental significance of Hari-kirtan in
Guidance 4:
'What does Krishna-sankirtan mean? Playing the mridanga, karatals and
singing songs together with many people is not kirtan. If you sing together
with some radio artist or a musician, you may practise music skills, but
through radio kirtans you can neither taste the nectar of divine love that
was described above, nor will such kirtan destroy your material bondage. It
has to be pure sankirtan. It takes a pure great soul to bring and introduce
such pure sankirtan. A pure great soul is a soul who has been captured by
devotion through chanting of the Holy Name, and who has been accepted by
Bhakti Devi. If you can join and assist the chanting, the dancing of such
pure Vaishnavs, then when you see such chanting of the Holy Name, when you
hear it, or speak about it, it will destroy your material existence, paralyse
your material desires – your heart will become pure, and you will get to
taste or realise this ocean of entire ecstasy. If you have an open mind, if
your heart is clean, and if you do not have enmity or hostility, then all
this will clearly appear before your eyes – maha-sankirtan will be resounding
in your ears, and you will realise what a beautiful kirtan devotees do and
how much joy they do it with.'
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! The audio files can be listened to or downloaded by clicking on each
kirtan below or accessed through: Google Drive (and
download all together as a zipped archive – 360 Mb).
(It is possible to save the files on most mobile devices;
otherwise, they can be downloaded on a computer and then uploaded to the
device.)
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001 - Vandana
002 - 'Sri Guru Parampara'
003 - 'Jaya jaya gurudevera'
004 - 'Jaya guru-maharaja'
005 - 'Sujanarvuda-radhita'
006 - 'Samsara-davanala'
007 - 'Gurudev! krpa-bindu diya'
008 - 'Sri guru-charana-padma'
009 - 'Gurudev bara krpa kari'
010 - 'Vaisnava thakura dayara'
011 - 'Thakura vaisnava-gana'
012 - 'Krpa kari vaisnava'
013 - 'Thakura vaisnava pada'
014 - 'Ei-bara karuna kara'
015 - 'Ki-rupe paiba seva'
016 - 'Sarvasva tomara'
017 - 'Amara jivana'
018 - 'Manasa, deha, geha'
019 - 'E ghora-samsare'
020 - 'Vaisnav Ke?'
021 - 'Kabe habe bala'
022 - 'Ki jani ki bale'
023 - 'Mana tumi tirthe'
024 - 'Kabe sri-chaitanya more'
025 - 'Namo namah tulasi maharani'
026 - 'Sri-krsna-chaitanya... jive'
027 - 'Sri krsna chaitanya... daya'
028 - 'Emana durmati'
029 - 'Udila aruna'
030 - 'Jiva jaga jiva jaga'
031 - 'Bhaja re bhaja re amar'
032 - 'Hari hari viphale'
033 - 'Nitai-pada-kamala'
034 - 'Nitai gunamani amara'
035 - 'Akrodha paramananda'
036 - 'Are bhai! Nitai amara'
037 - 'Nitai mora jivana dhana'
038 - 'Daya kare more Nitai'
039 - 'Jayore jayore jaya Nityananda'
040 - 'Rarhe majhe eka chaka'
041 - 'Iha Kali-yuga dhanya'
042 - 'Ei bara karuna kara... Nitai'
043 - 'Nitai Chaitanya donhe'
044 - 'Nitai Chaitanya bale'
045 - 'Parama karuna'
046 - 'Gaurangera duti pada'
047 - 'Avatara-sara'
048 - 'Yadi Gaura na hata'
049 - 'Gaya Gora madhur svare'
050 - 'Bimala hema-jini'
051 - 'Ke yabi ke yabi bhai'
052 - 'Nadiya-nagare Nitai neche'
053 - 'E mana! Gauranga bine'
054 - 'Kabe aha Gauranga'
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055 - 'Aruna vasane'
056 - 'Kali-kukkura-kadana'
057 - 'Jaya Sachi-nandana'
058 - 'Yasomati-nandana'
059 - 'Bhajahu re mana'
060 - 'Janama saphala ta'ra'
061 - 'Tumi sarvesvaresvara'
062 - 'Gopinath mama nivedana'
063 - 'Yasoda-nandana Krsna'
064 - 'Vibhavari sesa'
065 - 'Nagare nagare Gora gaya'
066 - 'He deva bhavantam vande'
067 - Sri Dasavatara Stotram
068 - 'Namamisvaram sach-chid...'
069 - 'Suna he rasika-jana'
070 - 'Hari he dayala mora'
071 - 'Jaya Radha-Madhava'
072 - 'Mayura-mukuta'
073 - 'Jaya Radhe jaya Krsna'
074 - 'Radhe jaya jaya'
075 - 'Radhe! Radhe! Govinda!'
076 - 'Radha-bhajane yadi'
077 - 'Radhika-charana-padma'
078 - 'Radha-kunda-tata'
079 - 'Varaja-vipine'
080 - 'Kumkumakta kanchana'
081 - 'Narada-muni bhajaya vina'
082 - 'Sri hari-vasare'
083 - 'Suddha-bhakata-charana-renu'
084 - 'Sri-gaura-mandala majhe'
085 - Morning arati (Ekachakra)
086 - Evening arati (Ekachakra)
087 - Evening kirtan (Ekachakra)
088 - Evening arati (Tarakeshwar)
089 - Morning arati (Nrisingha Palli)
090 - Evening arati (Nrisingha Palli)
091 - Morning kirtan (Nrisingha Palli)
092 - 'Bhagyadhisa tvadiyo'
093 - 'Hari-bhakti-rasamrta-dana'
094 - 'Naumi sri-gurupadabjam'
095 - Morning parikrama (Nabadwip)
096 - 'O mora jivana-gati Sri-Rupa'
097 - Dasavidha Nama-Aparadha
098 - 'Sri-rupa-manjari-pada'
099 - 'Ye anila prema-dhana'
100 - 'Pita-varana kali-pavana'
101 - 'Tunhu daya-sagara'
102 - 'Sri-krsna-kirtane yadi'
103 - 'Prabhu! tava pada-yuge'
104 - 'Anadi karama-phale padi'
105 - 'Aparadha-phale mama'
106 - 'Gaite gaite nama'
107 - 'Bandhu-gana! sunaha'
108 - 'Hari haraye nama Krsna'
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'It is said, “Krishna personally appears in Hari-sankirtan." That is the
result of Hari-sankirtan. The Name, form, qualities, pastimes of Krishna
reveal themselves. Those who can chant such kirtan or hear such kirtan will
get the realisation that the Lord is full of love and mercy. Suppose there is
a discussion about Krishna – if one’s heart does not get attracted to Him or
the desire to serve Krishna does not arise in the listeners after hearing
such a discussion, then you must understand that it is not the proper
sankirtan. In the proper, pure Hari-sankirtan, you will feel in your heart
that Sri Nam Prabhu is sach-chid-ananda (eternal, cognisant, and blissful).
"Nama amani udita haya, bhakata-gita-same – when devotees chant the Holy
Name, the Holy Name arises on its own." If the desire to know about Him and
the inclination to serve Him awakens within you, then you must understand
that you have heard the proper Hari-sankirtan.
'Sri Nityananda is the father of sankirtan, He is the presiding Deity of
sankirtan. If you get taste for kirtan, you get the mercy of Nitai. "Kirtan"
does not mean gratification of one’s own senses – when Sri Nityananda Prabhu
hears chanting of the Holy Name, He becomes very happy. It is a matter of a
great fortune and it a very great thing to become qualified to give joy to
Sri Nitaichand, to attain the right to chant the Holy Name, and to feel
happiness when chanting the Holy Name. This happiness comes by His mercy. If
Nityananda Prabhu relishes someone’s kirtan, if He likes it, if He becomes
happy, then His happiness is reflected onto the person chanting kirtan, i.e.
the person who is chanting will also feel happy. "Kirtan" is not some melody,
tune, or showing off music skills. Ecstasy of kirtan is born from a lustrous
heart, purified by pure goodness. This is a very high attainment. Unless pure
goodness appears in one’s heart, the ecstasy of kirtan can never appear
there.'
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Photographs of His Divine Grace's Sri Vyasa Puja Festivals:
- 2014 -
Sri Vyasa Puja
(58 photographs, 12.1 Mb | 25 September 2014)
A grand and glorious celebration of the appreance day of His Divine Grace
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj that took place in Sri Nabadwip Dham
and was attended by the Vaishnavs and dignitaries of India and a number of
other countries.
- 2015 -
Sri Vyasa Puja Adhivas
(22 photographs, 1.4 Mb | 12 October 2015)
Full house: devotees come from all over India to honour and participate in
Sri Vyasa Puja Maha-mahotsav of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. Photographs taken yesterday, on the eve of the Vyasa
Puja day.
- 2016 -
Sri
Vyasa Puja Maha-Mahotsav: Morning Programme
(13 photographs, 0.9 Mb | 1 October 2016)
Supremely fortunate devotees observe, honour, and celebrate the Divine
Appearance Day of Om Visnupad Paramahamsa-kula-chudamani Visva-varenya Sri
Srimad Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
Sri
Vyasa Puja Maha-Mahotsav:
Noon Programme
(23 photographs, 1.2 Mb | 1 October 2016)
Photographs taken during the main programme in honour of the holy appearance
festival of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj at Sri
Nabadwip Dham. Grand, peaceful, and auspicious.
- 2017 -
Sri Vyasa Puja
Celebration
(21 September 2017 | 31 photographs, 1.5 Mb)
The holy festival in honour of the divine appearance of His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Sri Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj passes peacefully and
sweetly as fortunate devotees lovingly worship the holy lotus feet of His
Divine Grace and try to render various services and participate in His Divine
Grace's holy pastimes.
- 2018 -
Sri Vyasa Puja Adhivas
(9 October 2018 | 33 photographs, 2.6 Mb)
Photographs from the eve of the divine appearance of His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj observed by the Vaishnavas and
fortunate devotees at the temple of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Madan
Mohanjiu in Kolkata.
Sri Vyasa Puja Festival
(10 October 2018 | 55 photographs, 4 Mb)
Photographs of the grand festival in honour of the divine appearance of His
Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj celebrated in
Kolkata in the association of Vaishnavas, devotees and well-wishers.
Sri Vyasa Puja Festival: Evening
(10 October 2018 | 17 photographs, 2 Mb)
Additional photographs taken during the noon programme as well as the
photographs of the evening class and prasad-seva that closed the grand
celebration of the divine appearance of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
- 2019 -
Sri Vyasa Puja
Maha-Mahotsav Adhivas
(28 September 2019 | 54 photographs, 4.1 Mb)
Devotees spend the holy adhivas day (eve) of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj's divine appearance day busy in numerous services
at the temple striving to please His Divine Grace and serve the devotees
sweetly. With all the hustle and bustle of the services and merciful flow of
Sri Hari-katha from the holy lotus mouth of Sri Gurupadpadma, the entire
temple is filled with joy and sweet anticipation of tomorrow's grand
festival.
Sri Vyasa Puja
Maha-Mahotsav: Tarakeswar (Part 1)
(29 September 2019 | 24 photographs, 2.6 Mb)
First part of photographs taken during the grand festival in honour of the
divine appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj in
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Tarakeswar, in the assembled of Vaishnavs and
devotees from all over the world.
Sri Vyasa Puja
Maha-Mahotsav: Tarakeswar (Part 2)
(29 September 2019 | 86 photographs, 5.9 Mb)
An extensive page containing photographs taken during the grand festival in
honour of the divine appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal
Acharya Maharaj in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Tarakeswar.
- 2020 -
Sri Vyasa
Puja Maha-Mahotsav Celebration (Kolkata)
(17 October 2020 | 45 photographs, 4.2 Mb)
Photographs from Sri Sevak Bhavan, Kolkata: fortunate devotees engage in
numerous services in preparation for the festival and partake in joyous
celebration of the holy appearance day of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
Wed, 2 October 2024 (Adhivas of Sri Vyasa Puja Maha-Mahotsav
of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj)
Remember Great
Souls
'Practise Krishna consciousness. Serve the Lord. Mahajano yena gatah sa
panthah: follow the footsteps of great personalities. They are great
souls, our great friends, great Vaishnavs. If you remember them, you will
remember everything.'
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Download / listen to the audio (30.7 Mb, 62 min | 10 February 2019 | Bengali)
In honour of the forthcoming divine appearance day
of our beloved Sri Gurupadpadma His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj:
2020
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"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)
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)
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)
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)
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'You Are My Great
Friends'
'Actually, I was not born in a very big family. I was born in a small and low
family, but by the mercy of Gurudev and all the devotees' love and affection,
even those who are senior to me, who are my guru-varga, are giving me
so much love and respect. This is my real wealth and my great fortune. This
is not an ordinary matter for me; it is something great.'
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'I Am at Your Service'
'I have seen how many times Gurudev went abroad to reach out to you all, to
touch your heart and how much love and affection he gave to you all. Gurudev
chose me as his perfect dog for his service, and I am always at your service:
you can use me in any way, in any place.'
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Enriched with
Service
'So many phone calls have been coming the whole day from early in the
morning – they are giving me so many good wishes. It is giving me much
inspiration and enthusiasm for service. I am getting power and much energy
from the devotees.'
Internal
Inconsistencies
'We say humbly that every jiva soul is part of the Lord, but
sometimes, along with the Lord, there can also be some bad thoughts, some
devil working in our hearts. That is a big problem. These things depend upon
one's devotion and faith.'
Big Temple Is Not All
'Even if there is a small temple, a small place with five–ten people staying
there, but if they always glorify Gurudev, always singing the songs of
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and preach about Mahaprabhu, that is sufficient for us
and that is more important for us.'
Servitor's Pride
'Gurudev always told that in this Age of Kali, it is very difficult to
conquer Maya, the illusory environment, and it is very difficult to conquer
pratistha (name and fame). You can conquer kanak (thirst for
money) and kamini (attraction to women), but it is very hard to give
up pratistha.'
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Practise, Preach and
Proceed
'We must always be careful. We must preach Mahaprabhu's message properly, and
we must go door to door distributing His message everywhere. This is the main
duty in our lives. If you make big buildings, big houses, what is the use if
devotees do not live there?'
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Serve Carefully
'You cannot proceed in your spiritual life, you cannot prosper in your
spiritual life without service to Vaishnavs and devotees. It is necessary to
serve devotees. This is the main thing in our lives. This is our Vaishnav
culture.'
'My Actual Happiness'
'It is the quality that matters: devotees are giving themselves, giving their
hearts to their guru... When I see devotees all over the world bowing
themselves down at the lotus feet of Gurudev, that is my actual happiness,
this is what actually pleases me.'
Always Chant
'When you are resting, taking prasadam or even going to the bathroom,
you can also chant the Holy Name at that time but without beads. Always chant
loudly; when you see devotees, say, "Hare Krishna!" Always chant Krishna's
Name, it is good for you.'
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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)
Rare Jewels
"I always remember so many great souls who are not with us anymore. So many
householder devotees have made this kind of sacrifice—actually, they look
like householders, but their mind, heart, their everything is more than a
sannyasi."
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Download / listen to the audio (7.6 Mb, 18 min)
Root of Devotion
"If you want to conquer illusory environment, it is necessary to have the
mercy of Guru and Vaishnavs. Guru-kripa is the root of your creeper of
devotion. If you cut your creeper at the root, your devotion, your practice
will dry just like a tree dries up when uprooted."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 6 min)
Remembering Right
Things
"First practise chanting the Holy Name, concentrate your mind on service, and
when you come to the highest position in your worship (bhajan), then you can
ask such questions. We must first practise Krishna consciousness properly,
chant the Holy Name, because our heart, mind is always busy with nonsense
things."
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Download / listen to the audio (4.7 Mb, 12 min)
Shifting Priorities
"Why is it necessary to be sad? It is maya that always makes us
unhappy. Whether you are happy or unhappy, always remember Lord Krishna. That
is the ultimate advice. Always chant the Holy Name, never forget the Lord—not
when you are happy, not when you are sad."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.4 Mb, 6 min)
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Tue, 1 October 2024
Do As You Please
'Do you know who has the right to chant the Holy Name? Who is able to hear
these things? How should we spend this human life? What is enjoyment and what
is renunciation? Is the mind the same as the soul? If, by great fortune, you
are anxious to serve the Lord, then it will enter your ears.'
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Download / listen to the audio (30.7 Mb, 62 min | 10 February 2019 | Bengali)
—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• THE GOLDEN VOLCANO OF DIVINE LOVE •
A Drop of Divine Love
'Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami concludes, “O devotees, come! Like so many
swans, you must swim in the lake of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s pastimes. From
that lake krsna-lila is flowing to the world in different streams.
Devotees, like clouds, take nectar from that lake, and distribute that nectar
freely to the fortunate souls. Come and live in that lake. Ask the swan of
your mind to take shelter in that lake. May that swan swim in the nectarine
lake of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s life and precepts, from where so many
hundreds of streams of nectar are flowing in all directions. O devotees, I
offer this humble prayer to you."'
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In honour of the forthcoming divine appearance day
of our beloved Sri Gurupadpadma His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj:
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 | 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 | 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 | 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"Guru is the divine messenger of immortal hope and joy in this
mortal and miserable world. His advent is the most auspicious and happy event
to the suffering animation and can be compared to the rising of the morning
star that can guide the traveller lost in the desert. A gentle touch of Sri
Guru's merciful hand can wipe away the incessant tears from all weeping eyes.
Oh the day when this poor soul realises the causeless grace of Sri
Gurudev."
(Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Sri Guru and His Grace)
All Glory to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga
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."
Dear Devotees, Friends, and Well-Wishers,
Please accept our humble obeisance at your holy feet.
Bowing down at your holy feet, we would like to extend a humble and earnest
invitation to your holy self to join the grand celebration of the divine
appearance day of Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Sri Srimad Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj that manifests this year on 3 October 2024
(Thursday).
Considering the irrevocably calamitous circumstances we are placed in
following the disappearance of our beloved Sri Gurupadpadma, we pray to
be able to observe this day immersed in Sri Hari-katha, Hari-kirtan, and
Hari-seva, which are so extremely dear to our Sri Gurupadpadma, who
continues to guide, protect and watch over us, albeit unseen to our mundane
vision.
On this holy day, as far as possible, please join and render assistance to
the festivals observed in your communities and focus eternally in your lives
on contributing the core ingredient of every service endeavour—your entire
being, mind, heart and soul. In the words of His Divine Grace, "Gurudev's
lila is going on, but only the fortunate souls can see it, that is why we
must engage everybody in service on his appearance day. Whatever capacity we
have—in kaya, mana, vakya (body, mind and speech)—we must serve his
appearance day."
Taking your foot dust on our heads, we humbly pray that this supremely
worshippable divine appearance day of Sri Gurupadpadma, celebrated with much
joy and grandeur by the fortunate souls throughout the entire creation, may
pass auspiciously in every house and heart.
Your aspiring servants,
on behalf of SCSMathInternational.com
Satisfying the Lord
"Bali Maharaj asked Vamanadev, 'O brahman, what do you want? Tell me,
and I can give You anything you wish.' Vamanadev replied, 'I do not want
much. I know you have everything, but I want only something small.'"
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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.
Mon, 30 September 2024
Devotees' Wealth
'Why should we become devotees? What is wrong with being a non-devotee? How
can one become a devotee? Why is it said that the paths of karmis,
jnanis, yogis, etc. are wrong? What is the difference between
karmis and devotees?'
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—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• THE GOLDEN VOLCANO OF DIVINE LOVE •
Union in Separation
'We may be giving our best and find that our offering is being hatefully
dishonored. He may embrace us, but at the same time we must be prepared that
His dealings may be extremely cruel. He may trample all our offerings beneath
His feet. We must be prepared for both His adoration and His hateful
negligence. We should be prepared for any adverse circumstances.'
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In honour of the forthcoming divine appearance day
of our beloved Sri Gurupadpadma His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj:
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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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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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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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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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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Servitor's Livelihood
"Everything we have actually comes from our Guru. Without Gurudev's mercy we
are nothing, we have no power. We are only instruments. I do not think that I
am a Vaishnav, nor do I want to be a Vaishnav. I want to be a servant of the
servant of Vaishnavs. That has been my desire from the beginning, since the
time I started my temple life in 1992."
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On Chastity
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj had many qualified scholarly pandit
disciples, but he chose Gurudev. You can read many scriptures many times, you
may know many things, but the Guru can understand who can follow his
conception, who has chastity for him."
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Mercy of Guru
"Without the mercy of the Guru, without the instruction of the Guru you
cannot cross, you cannot overcome the illusory environment. We must
understand clearly what is the mercy of the Guru."
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GUIDANCE 2021 (epub)
(Last update: 7 Apr. '24)
Lord
Nrisinghadev
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''Please, remove the obstacles to pure devotion and bad elements from our
society'—that is our only prayer to Lord Nrisinghadev.'
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CALENDAR FOR 10/2024
PADMANABHA
2 OCTOBER (WED).
Amavasya.
3 OCTOBER (THU).
Gaura Pratipad.
Grand festival in honour of the appearance of Om
Visnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya Astottara-sata-sri Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
5 OCTOBER (SAT).
Gaura Tritiya.
Departure of Sriyukta Radharani Devi Chaudhurani.
6 OCTOBER (SUN).
Gaura Chaturthi.
Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Sripad Bhakti Dayita Damodar Maharaj.
12 OCTOBER (SAT).
Gaura Dasami.
Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra and appearance of Sri Madhvacharya.
13 OCTOBER (SUN).
Gaura Ekadasi. No fast.
14 OCTOBER (MON).
Gaura Dvadasi.
Fast for Papankusa Ekadasi.
Disappearance of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta
Goswami and Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami.
15 OCTOBER (TUE).
Gaura Trayodasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 5:36:17–9:27:05.
17 OCTOBER (THU).
Purnima. Saradiya Rasa-Yatra of Lord Sri
Krishna. Disappearance of Srila Murari Gupta. Beginning of urjja-vrata,
damodar-vrata, kartik-vrata or niyom-seva.
DAMODAR
20 OCTOBER (SUN).
Krishna Tritiya.
Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Srirupa Puri Maharaj.
22 OCTOBER (TUE).
Krishna Panchami.
Disappearance of Srila Narottam Thakur.
23 OCTOBER (WED).
Krishna Sasthi.
Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.
25 OCTOBER (FRI).
Krishna Astami.
Bahulastami. Manifestation day of Sri Radha Kunda. Sannyas day of
Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
26 OCTOBER (SAT).
Krishna Navami.
The grand appearance day celebration of Om Visnupad
Paramahamsa Parivrajak-acharya-varya Astottara-sata-sri Srila Bhakti Raksak
Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Appearance of Srila Virachandra Prabhu.
Disappearance of Sripad Sakhi-Charan Das Babaji Maharaj.
28 OCTOBER (MON).
Krishna Ekadasi.
Fast on Sri Rama Ekadasi.
29 OCTOBER (TUE).
Krishna Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 5:43:16–9:28:02. Festival in honour of Sri
Gauranga Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Sripat Panihati.
31 OCTOBER (THU).
Krishna Chaturdasi.
Offering and placing of lamps (or candles) on the temples of the Lord.
NOVEMBER 2024
1 NOVEMBER (FRI).
Amavasya.
Dipavali. Offering and placing of lamps (or candles) on the temples of
the Lord.
2 NOVEMBER (SAT).
Gaura Pratipad.
Sri Sri Govardhan Puja (in the morning). Grand
Annakut Mahotsav ('Rice Mountain Festival') at Srila Sridhar Swami Seva Asram
(Govardhan) and Sri Gupta-Govardhan Temple (Nabadwip). Go-Puja (worship of
cows) and Go-Krida (pleasing cows). Worship of Sri Bali Daityaraj.
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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