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Sun, 9 February 2025 (Appearance of Lord Varahadev)

Nityananda Consciousness
'We must pray at the holy lotus feet of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu. Without His lotus feet, we have no other way, no other shelter. Without His mercy, we cannot have any devotion – everything will ruined. Therefore, we must always appeal, pray and cry out to His holy lotus feet. We must always hanker for His mercy.'

 


Today in the calendar: Gaura Dvadasi. Appearance of Lord Sri Varahadev. Ekadasi paran is at 6:17:41–9:59:51 after offering worship to Lord Varahadev.

Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj about the appearance day of Sri Varahadev: "Varahadev is the master of Koladwip. Make a very nice sweet rice offering for Varahadev, with best rice, nuts, raisins, good milk, etc."

 


 

Varaha Avatar
"Today is the day when we must worship Varahadev. He is the master of Koladwip, so today at the time of His worship we must make a special offering. The Lord took the form of a boar and killed Hiranyaksa..."

Lord Varahadev's Appearance
"Today is the appearance day of Lord Varahadev. There were two gatekeepers, Jay and Vijay, in Vaikuntha. They guarded the door of Lord Narayan's room and made sure no disturbance came to Lord Narayan and Laksmi Devi."
Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 4 min | 6 February 2020 | Bengali)

SONG: Dasa-avatara-stotram | দশাবতারস্তোত্রম্
"The earth sits fixed atop the tip of Your tusk like a dark spot upon the moon. O Kesava who assumes the form of a boar! Glory to You, O Lord of the universe, O Hari!"

 

His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj's Holy Guidance:

"The holy appearance day of Sri Nityananda Prabhu is coming soon—there will be a big festival in Ekachakra on Nityananda Prabhu's trayodasi tithi. Ekachakra is the birthplace of Nityananda Prabhu, and we have a temple of Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Prabhu there that was founded on the appearance day of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu.

"We are inviting you all to join this festival—if you cannot come physically, you can join this festival through your heart, through your mind. I know that you cannot come for the Ekachakra festival this year [...] but you must observe this day from your house. Make glorification of Nityananda Prabhu, speak about His glories, make some good prasadam for Nityananda Prabhu. Observe this day in this way, it will be good for you. You can make this festival from your house, you can remember this day very nicely. The festival is on [...] a working day, but what can you do? Make the festival in the evening or in the morning then, it will be good, but you must remember Sriman Nityananda Prabhu all day, it will be good for you. We are very fallen souls – we cannot proceed in our spiritual life without Nityananda Prabhu's mercy. Therefore, we must remember Nityananda Prabhu properly, full day, on His appearance day."

 

 

 

In honour of the forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance day:

 

— { Year 2020 } —

 

Facing Austerity
"Whatever you want to do, you must have the strongest desire. Even in the material life, does anything come without austerity? No. Therefore, 'I want austerity! I want problems! If more problems come, it is OK, let them come! I want to see how many problems you can give me, Prabhu.'"
Download / listen to the audio (1.1 Mb, 3 min | 5 February 2020)

Distinction of Sri Rupanuga Line
"In this world, people serve the Lord in three ways. First, somebody worships the Lord because they are afraid. Second, people worship the Lord because have some material desire. Third, somebody worships the Lord out of duty. This is not right."
Download / listen to the audio (1.1 Mb, 3 min | 5 February 2020)

Treacherous Desires
"If you have some material desire and want it to be fulfilled, Krishna will give that to you happily. On the other hand, Krishna says, 'I am not a fool—why will I give them visaya? Instead, I will give them My lotus feet and make them forget visaya!"
Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min | 5 February 2020)

Inconceivable Mercy
"We can understand Krishna consciousness if we have a desire to serve the Lord—if we have enthusiasm. You can see how merciful Lord Krishna is, but Mahaprabhu is more merciful than Krishna, and Nityananda Prabhu is even more merciful than Gauranga."
Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | 5 February 2020)

Victory over Visaya
"If we take prasad, all kinds of bad elements, bad diseases will be removed; if we chant the Holy Name, all Nama-aparadhas will go away; if we do service, all seva-aparadhas will go away—we do it, but why are we not getting the result?"
Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 6 min | 5 February 2020)

Power of Sukriti
"Sanda and Amarka taught Prahlad Maharaj nonsense things, but Prahlad Maharaj did not take that association. Prahlad Maharaj had some previous sukriti (actions related with the Lord), and through that sukriti he could receive the proper teaching from Narad Goswami."
Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min | 5 February 2020)

Atma-Buddhi
"If you have fifty kilogrammes of rice on your head, you feel so much pressure—even if you come into an A/C room, you will not get any comfort there because you have heavy things on your head. We still have ego, we still cannot even understand that we are eternal servants of the Lord."
Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 5 min | 5 February 2020)

Buddhi-Suddhi
"You recite mantras for the archan, you chant that the cloth is clean, the chamara is clean, the peacock fan is clean, the pancha-pradip is clean, etc. Everything is clean, but do you ever think, 'Is my mind clean?'"
Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | 5 February 2020)

Zest for Service
"I think that the Lord arranges everything that is necessary for His service—only our desire, wish, will is necessary. If you have desire ('I will do it!'), you will succeed. It is necessary to have desire, otherwise sitting idle, laziness will not take you far."
Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 6 min | 5 February 2020)

Service Quality
"It is necessary to always be alert and make sure there is no defects in your service. When you are giving something to your Guru, you must always see if that thing is clean and neat or not. We make sure everything is clean, but last we should see whether our mind is clean or not."
Download / listen to the audio (7.2 Mb, 17 min | Bengali | 5 February 2020)

Deeply Anxious to Serve
"Many of you are householder devotees, living in your homes—you also offer bhog to the Lord every day and take prasad, but can you say that your material illusion (prapancha) has gone away? Why is it not going away?"
Download / listen to the audio (2.8 Mb, 7 min | Bengali | 5 February 2020)

Spiritual Trade-Off
"Dhruva Maharaj went to the forest and spent there five years sitting in one place, unswervingly meditating on Krishna. He did not meditate on the Lord to get the Lord—he actually meditated on the Lord to get the throne of his father's kingdom!"
Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 5 February 2020)

Greatest Wealth
"We say all these big, big things, we give lectures, but to what extent are we able to practise it? Just think about it—how hard it is to practise atma-nivedanam, how hard it is to give everything to the lotus feet of the Lord..."
Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 5 February 2020)

Never Too Early, Never Too Late
"If you serve and run behind the Lord's devotees—then the Lord Himself will run behind you to serve you! You will not have to run behind the Lord, the Lord Himself will run behind you to catch you—if you can serve devotees properly. However, you cannot serve devotees without being a devotee yourself..."
Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 5 February 2020)

Capturing Lord's Heart
"Krishna is very merciful. If you can do just some small service to Him with heart and soul, you can capture the Lord. Krishna is saying, 'I do not give My mercy to anyone so easily, but when I do give My mercy to someone, I do not leave them.'"
Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 5 February 2020)

Life of Loving Service
"You must remember one thing. There is no relationship between our bodies and the Lord. It is our soul, what we call 'I', that has a relationship with the Lord, and the soul (atma) knows perfectly well what Paramatma wants, what Paramatma needs. The body does not and cannot know this."
Download / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 5 February 2020)

Our Dearmost
"Who is there in this world who is truly close and dear to you except for Nityananda Prabhu? Who else can you call your dear and near? If you can get the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, you will get the mercy of Gauranga. Nityananda Prabhu is Guru-tattva. You cannot get anything without the mercy of Gurudev..."
Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 5 February 2020)

Worshipful Mood
"...We worship Suddha Saraswati, it is necessary if you want to get the result. Unless we get the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, we will not have any brain. We must have the mercy of Nitaichand. When will we attain His mercy?"
Download / listen to the audio (2.3 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 5 February 2020)

Eternal Life Membership
"What makes the Lord happy? Where does the Lord mostly stay? He is there where devotees speak about Him. When such discussions take place here in Sri Ekachakra Dham, Nityananda Prabhu becomes very happy, and Hadai Pandit, Padmavati Devi become even happier—devotees comes and talk about their son, glorify their son. If you listen to such talks with heart and soul, very attentively, Nityananda Prabhu truly becomes happy and pleased with you."
Download / listen to the audio (5.2 Mb, 13 min | Bengali | 5 February 2020)

Evening Kirtans
 Sri Guru-charana-padma  Kabe Sri Chaitanya more karibena daya  Ohe Vaisnava Thakur  Nitai-pada-kamala  Emana durmati  Suddha-bhakata-charana-renu  Jaya Radhe Jaya Krishna  Hari Haraye Nama Krsna  Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
Download/listen to the audio (17.5 Mb, 42 min | Kirtan | 5 February 2020)

At Sri Ekachakra Dham: Morning Kirtans
 Sri Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu jive daya kari  Thakura Vaisnava-gana  Nitai-guna-mani amara  Gaurangera dyuti pada  Dasavatara Stotram  Gaya Gora madhur svare  Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
Download/listen to the audio (12.1 Mb, 34 min | Kirtan | 6 February 2020)

Spiritual Diligence
"Students study a little by little every day and at the end of the year they take an exam, when it is understood whether or not they have been studying diligently or not. In our spiritual life also, we must study and learn little by little every day."
Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Perfect Chastity
"You are always so busy with your work—you are always so busy only with the happiness of your body, with money, food, clothes... You must follow this. If a doctor gives you prescription but you do not follow it, your disease will not be cured."
Download / listen to the audio (4.9 Mb, 12 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Follow Mahaprabhu's Teachings
"It is not easy to understand how much devotion who has. That is why, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu always taught others, and it is necessary to discuss what Mahaprabhu taught us. We must always try to understand it and follow it."
Download / listen to the audio (3.8 Mb, 10 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Lord Varahadev's Appearance
"Today is the appearance day of Lord Varahadev. There were two gatekeepers, Jay and Vijay, in Vaikuntha. They guarded the door of Lord Narayan's room and made sure no disturbance came to Lord Narayan and Laksmi Devi."
Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Embracing Hardships
"Troubles, problems, disturbances—so many things will come. If you run away, then you must know that you could not do any service. If you can overcome all obstacles and troubles, then you will be a gainer. The most important thing is to have patience."
Download / listen to the audio (2.8 Mb, 7 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Service: Labour of Love
"If you spend your days in laziness and sleep, this is not Krishna consciousness. We do not want to live amidst austerity, but those who are truly Gaudiya Vaishnavs, they want austerity. 'O Lord, whatever austerity You give me amidst Your service, give it! I do not mind any unhappiness as long as You are happy.'"
Download / listen to the audio (3.9 Mb, 10 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Parikrama Plans
"One year, I want to make a parikrama of Gauda Mandal. I will see if I get an opportunity this year, after Gaura Purnima. We have not made this parikrama for a very long time. Also, I have told you before that I will extend the parikrama by one day, and then we will be able to take darsan of all places."
Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Service Plans
"Now all works are finished here, and I had one more thought last night when you were taking prasad. During the festival, you have to sit in the cold. I am looking now for a place where I can make a place for a prasadam hall..."
Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Spend Your Time Wisely
"When your eyes close (when you die), you will have to leave everything behind. You must all try to do some service. Even if you just sweep the dust of this holy abode, it is good. Nobody knows what kind of sukriti you get when you clean the temple of the Lord..."
Download / listen to the audio (6 Mb, 15 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Chasing Away Ghosts and Nonsense
"You know, sometimes you become possessed by a ghost—this is when you start thinking about your house or you think about other things. What is the remedy for this?"
Download / listen to the audio (1.9 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Devotion Is Not Cheap
"Nityananda Prabhu's mercy is such that He rescues whoever simply falls before Him—He does not consider who is higher, who is lower. However, the problem is that if you fall at His feet but think about other things in your mind, then what result will you get?"
Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Hens, Bats, and Bananas
"The Lord does not want any tune, melody or anything like that. If you just call the Lord by chanting His Name ('Krishna! Krishna!'), that is sufficient. He does not want any tune. The Lord wants to know if your heart, mind, soul and everything else is at His feet or not."
Download / listen to the audio (3.5 Mb, 9 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Nityananda Prabhu's Arrangements
"When Mahaprabhu took sannyas in Katwa, Mahaprabhu became extremely agitated and anxious to go to Vrindavan, and Nityananda Prabhu confused Him and took Him from Katwa to Shantipur. Another time, when Sivananda Sen, together with Nityananda Prabhu, was taking all the devotees to Puri, they were passing a village called Denur..."
Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Importance of Hearing and Listening
"Those who hear about the Lord from their Gurudev with heart and soul, very quickly become fixed in their spiritual life and develop attachment to the Lord and their service. Those who do not listen will not get this result."
Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 3 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Fighting Prejudices
"The Holy Name of the Lord can be chanted at any time. It means that there is no certain time when you can chant the Holy Name and there is no certain time when you cannot chant the Holy Name. If you can chant the Holy Name even at the time of death, you will reach perfection."
Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 9 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Eagerness and Enthusiasm
"It is those who have eagerness and enthusiasm that have come. You cannot get Nityananda Prabhu's mercy by sitting at home and doing nothing—it is necessary to step forward. You must come forward..."
Download / listen to the audio (1.1 Mb, 3 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Clean Hearts
"Because we cannot give up these small things, we will not be able to get Nitai—we will not get Gauranga. Until and unless your heart becomes pure, how can Bhakti Devi come to your heart? You must have place for her to come—she wants to come to a clean place."
Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Material Perils
"If you dig in the west, you will get one thing, if you dig in the south, you will get another thing; if you dig in the north, you get something else; but if you dig in the east, you will get the true wealth—you will get devotion. Desires for enjoyment, liberation, and perfections will be all around you, but the real treasure—devotion—is only in one direction."
Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Learn to Rely on the Lord
"What a bad position the jiva souls of this world are in! They cannot rely and depend on the Lord. They do not understand that the Lord is the protector. As soon as you think, 'I have no guardian,' enemies will attack you from all sides and enter your heart."
Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Digesting Mercy
"If somebody accepts a guru but does not accept the guru's chastisement and guidance, then you can understand that this is not a disciple. There is a seed of spiritual benefit planted within chastisement and guidance."
Download / listen to the audio (3.1 Mb, 8 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Our Primary Need
"We must understand how necessary Sriman Nityananda Prabhu is for our spiritual life. Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's glory is unlimited. It is not possible at all for such a low soul as myself to speak about them, so I am finishing here and I am again begging you all—please engage yourself in the service of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu."
Download / listen to the audio (5.7 Mb, 23 min | Bengali | 6 February 2020)

Value Your Time
"We have time to practise Krishna consciousness now, and we must value this time. Time and tide wait for none. Day by day, our age is not increasing—it is decreasing. We have to spend half of the time we are alive on sleeping, but how much of the other half of our time do we give to the Lord?"

Gaudiya Vaishnavs' Service
"Taking shelter of Gurudev and surrendering to him, we should come to Gurudev and listen about the glories of the Lord not with the hope to get something but out of love. Gaudiya Vaishnavs and the Vaishnavs of Sri Rupanuga Sampradaya worship and serve the Lord out of love."

Perverted and Transcendental Charm
"What will you get by going there and staying in a hotel? All kinds of wrongdoings and atrocious things happen there. You will find only all dirty things there, but there is a very beautiful place right next to it, a place where Nitayananda Prabhu's worship is going on eternally."

Our Greatest and Only Friends
"Gurudev and Nityananda Prabhu are your greatest friends. They show us the road to Krishna, 'If you take this road, you will come to the Lord.' The holy lotus feet of Sri Guru and Nityananda are our only hope! There is nothing in this world except their holy lotus feet. Do you understand it?"

Faith vs Acceptance
"It can be seen in this world that those who are proud of their knowledge can develop faith in the Supreme Lord, but when they debate about the basics of grammar, it can be detected whether they have accepted the Lord. When our material desires stop completely, then the teachings and pastimes of Sri Rupa-Raghunath will enter our ears—not before that."

Pull of Maya
"Having opened many temples, our Guru-varga has given us many opportunities for service, but what of that? Are you able to stay without illusory bondage? It is not easy for us to leave the world of Maya and come here. Maya will keep pulling you in the other direction."

Wrong Preoccupation
"We always think about our bodies and homes—we always think how to live and sleep comfortably. We feel attached to trifle things. That is why it is necessary for everyone to take shelter of Nityananda Prabhu. The problem is that because of small, trifle things, because of various obstacles and problems, we cannot come to this line easily."

World of Uncertainty
"'I will practise spiritual life at the end of my life, but now I will enjoy family life at home.' Intelligent people will never say this. You can never say when one is going to die..."

Inglorious Life
"It is necessary to do first of all that without which your life will pass in vain. If you do not do other things, there is no loss. Those who sacrifice their life for the service of the Lord are very fortunate, and their life is glorious."

Life in Sadhu-Sanga
"If we practise sravan and kirtan in sadhu-sanga, if we hear Hari-katha from the holy mouth of Sri Guru and sadhus, we will get supreme benefit. If you do not have taste for hearing it, then discourses about the Lord will never enter your ears. It is necessary to hear about the Lord the whole day, twenty-four hours a day."

Immerse Yourself in Kirtan
"The most important for us is Nama-sankirtan in sadhu-sanga: chanting the Holy Name in holy association. Even if you practise meditation or yoga, you will not feel as much joy as you can get by singing kirtans."

Path to Promotion
"If you can get this job and can do it properly, then you will always be promoted, never demoted. If we can stay at the temple and practise Krishna consciousness, if we can serve Sri Guru and Vaishnavs, then all difficulties, pain, struggle and suffering will be nothing."

Service Is Not Formality
"The Lord is so merciful—He will never suck your blood. He does not want your blood. If you can give your heart and soul to the lotus feet of the Lord and His devotees, then you will get the highest benefit."

Eternal Service Consciousness
"Service must be eternal. Just as we eat, sleep and go to the bathroom every day, we must similarly serve the Lord every day. It is necessary to think what is necessary for the Lord; you must think about the interest of the temple and Gurudev, then it will be service to Gurudev."

Giving and Taking Prasad
"We will not stay in this world for long. We have crossed innumerable lifetimes—even if we live for one hundred years, what is one hundred years compared to eternity? If you spend your time laughing and playing, gossiping and talking nonsense, then such a life is useless."

Control Your Urges
"Nobody prohibits you to sleep, but remember that the more you increase your sleep, food, fear and sex (ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithunam cha), the more it will increase. The more you eat, the more you will want to eat; and the less you eat, the less you will want to eat."

Sinful Souls' Scrape
"Is there anyone as merciful as Nitai in this world? He rescues all the fallen, lowly souls like ourselves. We are stricken with so many faults and flaws. We live committing so many mistakes, amidst so many faults! How long we have been living committing mistakes, how many offences we have been committing birth after birth!"

Two Unexpected Questions
In the middle of the class at the holy Sri Ekachakra Dham, on the holy appearance day of Lord Nityananda Prabhu, an elderly devotee suddenly gets up and ardently asks His Divine Grace...

Do Not Lose This Pull
"I pray at the holy feet of Nityananda Prabhu that everyone may practise Krishna consciousness, so that you may feel this pull towards Nityananda Prabhu every day and that you may not fall into the bondage of the illusory environment once you return to your homes."

Great Mercy for Great Hearts
"You say all the time, 'Please give me mercy,' but these are just some words you learn by heart and keep repeating. 'Gurudev, please give me your mercy', 'Gurudev, please give me your mercy'—but do you really want mercy? Ask yourself this. Do you really want your Guru's blessing?"

Kali-Yuga Servants
"When we do service, we do not think it is service—we do it as a duty. We always think about our own happiness. We do not do service; instead, we dump work on our Gurudev, expecting him to do it, because we do not have the qualification to do service. This is our situation in this Age of Kali."

Why Have You Come?
"You have come to Lord Nityananda Prabhu. I saw people coming to Nityananda Prabhu and throwing money at Him. Is this service, tell me? People also throw prasad, and it sometimes falls somebody's leg. People used to often do this before. Do you know why?"

Practise and Pray
"It is necessary to always maintain chastity. We must not go anywhere and everywhere. everyone has come with a return ticket and will jump back into the ocean of Maya again—drowning and struggling in that ocean, you will become busy with your lives. Leave this family of Maya and come to the family of Krishna."

Grand Festival
"Without Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, without Gurudev's mercy, we are not able to do it. We do not know for how many days in this life we can do this service like this, but we are always enthusiastic, we are always trying to serve Gurudev or Nityananda Prabhu, and it is Their matter whether they will accept our service or not."
Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 7 min | 8 February 2020)

My Gratitude
"So many devotees are helping us with this festival—somebody cannot help physically, but they are helping through their mind, through their funds, etc. I am not only thanking them, I am very grateful to them because they are doing so much for Gurudev."
Download / listen to the audio (1.1 Mb, 3 min | 8 February 2020)

Guard Your Service Life
"Whatever problem comes, we will not run away from our service. Problems will always come—we are in the battlefield, and we will fight against maya until our death. That is our conception. We will not fight against men, but we will fight against ourselves."
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Do Not Fear Sacrifice
"Life should be for service. What the guru and Vaishnavs tell, that is service, and you must serve with love. You must sacrifice in your life. Those who can make sacrifice in their life, they get the real benefit."
Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min | 8 February 2020)

Hidden Service
"Srivas Pandit's faith is super strongest. Everybody's faith is not like that. When somebody puts some poison in others' brain, they change their mind. Our faith must be strong. Practise, practise and practise."
Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 3 min | 8 February 2020)

Spiritual Promotion
"You struggle so much in your life, but how many days have we got in this lifetime? We do not want to be demoted. We want to be promoted, and this promotion will come through service—through the service to the guru and Vaishnavs. That is the main thing."
Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min | 8 February 2020)

Puja with Love
"Pujari must serve with love and affection. When you do puja, you must do it with love, wearing clean clothes, etc. Actually, I have always been afraid to do puja. I never go inside the Deities' room. Gurudev also said he was afraid..."
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Photographs taken during the Festival:

2 February 2020 | 34 photographs, 3.3 Mb
Arrival at Sri Ekachakra Dham
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj takes devotees to Sri Ekachakra Dham and proceeds to a preaching programme. In the meantime, devotees busily engage in the many services around the temple that are left to complete in the few days remaning before the grand festival.

3-4 February 2020 | 23 photographs, 1.8 Mb
Service at Sri Ekachakra Dham
The preparations for the festivals are in full swing as devotees clean, scrub, wipe and dust the temple and Sevak Bhavan. In the evening, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj returns from preaching.

 

5 February 2020 | 44 photographs, 3.9 Mb
Grand Festival at Sri Ekachakra Dham (1 | Ekadasi)
Photographs taken during the first day of the grand annual festival at Sri Ekachakra Dham in the shade of the holy lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. Devotees joyfully reunite with each other and prepare for the main festival.

6 February 2020 | 61 photographs, 6 Mb
Grand Festival at Sri Ekachakra Dham (2 | Varaha Dvadasi)
Photographs taken during the second day of the grand annual festival at Sri Ekachakra Dham in the shade of the holy lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and in the assembly of holy Vaishnavs from all over the world.

7 February 2020 | 113 photographs, 12 Mb
Grand Festival at Sri Ekachakra Dham (3 | Nityananda Trayodasi)
Taking shelter at the holy lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, supremely fortunate devotees celebrate the appearance day of Lord Nityananda Prabhu all over the world, crying for His inconceivable mercy. We are honoured to share photographic glimpses of the grand celebration at Sri Ekachakra Dham, the very appearance place of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu, for the pleasure of His Divine Grace and all devotees worldwide.

 

 

Sat, 8 February 2025 (Fast on Sri Bhaimi Ekadasi)

Effulgent and Munificent Lord Nityananda Prabhu
'Who in this world but Nityananda could show His mercy to such an abominable person as me? Because He is intoxicated with ecstatic love and is an incarnation of mercy, He does not distinguish between the good and the bad. Sriman Nityananda Prabhu travelled across India with two purposes in mind: to preach about divine love for the Lord and to subdue heretics.'
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Today in the calendar: Gaura Ekadasi. Fast on Bhaimi Ekadasi and in honour of Lord Sri Varahadev's appearance (tomorrow).

Regarding tomorrow's holy appearance of Lord Varahadev:
Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj about the appearance day of Sri Varahadev: "Varahadev is the master of Koladwip. Make a very nice sweet rice offering for Varahadev, with best rice, nuts, raisins, good milk, etc."


 

 

In honour of the forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance day:

 

— { Year 2019 } —

 

Remembering Our Fortune
"We have come here by the mercy of Gurudev, by the mercy of Lord Nityananda Prabhu. Without their mercy we cannot be present here. Out of His mercy, Nityananda Prabhu has given us some small place at his birthplace where we can stay."
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Place of Pivotal Pastimes
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj was empowered to protect and distribute Sri Rupa-Raghunath line. He came here in Sri Ekachakra Dham before starting to take disciples, and every year he would send some small donation for the service of Nityananda Prabhu."
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First Memories of Sri Ekachakra Dham
"I had heard Ekachakra's name before and wanted to come here many times, but when I told about it to Gurudev, he said, 'What will you go there for?' Later, in 2004, Gurudev finally allowed it—he said, 'You can go with devotees and do some parikrama there.'"
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His Mercy Is Essential
"Nityananda Prabhu's mercy is essential in our lives. Mahaprabhu showed that it is not so easy to find this kind of personality, but Mahaprabhu found Him easily because They are very intimate."
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His Service Is Essential
"We must be humble, tolerant and we must give honour to others. It is necessary. Chant with heart and soul—it is necessary to serve Nityananda Prabhu with heart and soul."
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Servant or Merchant?
"Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that instead of serving Gurudev, Nityananda Prabhu, Krishna, we make Them serve us—we must not make Nityananda Prabhu, Gurudev our servants. Do not make Guru and Krishna your servant, a bribe-taker."
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Serve Nitai without Deceit
"By the mercy of Gurudev we have got an opportunity to serve this place—Nityananda Prabhu's appearance place—we must take advantage of this opportunity. We must understand how necessary it is to serve Sriman Nityananda Prabhu and His devotees."
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Nitaichand: Spotless Moon
"It is said that if someone cannot understand the character of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu, then they are making so much offence—because of that devotion can be removed from her or him."
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Nitaichand: Our Eternal Shelter
"We cannot conceive of it, but Guru-Nityananda is our eternal shelter. Gurudev is the eternal shelter of our life. Unless we can understand what the reality is, there is no other way for us to get relief from suffering."
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Nitaichand: Our Only Hope
"Our only hope is Sri Guru-Nityananda—if we serve Their lotus feet, we can increase our devotion, our spiritual life. That is the main thing about Nityananda Prabhu."
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Beware Imitation
"If you follow Narottam Das Thakur's advice, this is good, but if you think you want to do what Narottam Das Thakur did, if you want to become Narottam, then it is a very big problem. Do not imitate Nityananda Prabhu."
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Householders' Hypocrisy
"People think, 'If I become a sannyasi, I may fall down later, so better I become a householder!' Those who are interested in spiritual life do not live like that. One can never prosper or develop their spiritual life by hypocrisy."
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Bhakti Siddhanta Vani
"'How can we get qualities of a Vaishnav?' Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur told that many people do not want to be servants of Vaishnavs, but they want to be Vaishnavs—he said it is impossible to become a Vaishnav without service to a Vaishnav's servant."
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Eternal Rememberance
"When you remember devotees' pastimes, your heart becomes clean in this way—and this must be eternal. Sincerity is necessary. The main thing is 'kirtana prabhave smarana haibe'—you can remember the Lord's and the Lord's devotees' pastime through kirtan."
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Engage Yourself In Service
"Why are you afraid of me? If somebody is making some offence inside or doing something wrong, they will be afraid of me, otherwise no one should be afraid of me. I am sometimes angry with those who do not follow properly, but other than that I am not an angry man."
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Worship Nityananda
'You have arrived at the holy abode of Lord Nityananda Prabhu as the result of great fortune. If you discuss what Srila Narottam Das Thakur, Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur and Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami wrote, you will see how they describe the qualities and pastimes of Nityananda Prabhu, and if you study these things, you will understand how necessary Nityananda Prabhu is in our lives.'

Immerse Yourself in Exclusive Worship
'Do not follow your mind. What we practise is not the kirtan you find in this world – it is not the kirtan that is chanted to please your mind and the minds of others or for the sake of flowery words; this kind of kirtan cannot bring your highest benefit.'

Fill Your Heart with Kirtan
'If you do not want to fall prey to Maya, if you do not want to live in Maya's bondage, then you must always chant kirtan. Not only once a day, not only one time! You must always chant. We must genuinely hold onto Nitai's feet. It will not do if you just clasp His feet and then sit aside.'

Mahaprabhu's Caution
'How necessary Nityananda Prabhu is in our lives! We must understand it. We must know why we worship Nityananda Prabhu. Seeing His external behaviour and clothes, people called Nityananda Prabhu "avadhut". Externally, "avadhut" is a person who does not follow any rules, who is beyond any standards or rules of this world; and internally, "avadhut" means He who can clean dirty, bad things – who can rescue and clean the fallen.'

Adjust Your Aspiration
'Many of us want to become Vaishnavs, but we do not know how one becomes a Vaishnav. Many want to become Vaishnavs without serving Vaishnavs, but Srila Prabhupad says that without service to Vaishnavs, you can never become a Vaishnav.'

Meaning and Value of Fortune
'When Srila Raghunath Das Goswami fell at Nityananda Prabhu's holy feet in a prostrate obeisance, and Nityananda Prabhu put His feet on Raghunath Das Goswami's head. Nityananda Prabhu also kicked Sivananda Sen! He also sent Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami, an elderly brahman, to Vrindavan. What does it mean?'

Have You Found What You Are Looking For?
'We have lost our address, but the Lord is searching for us everywhere. There is a book called Loving Search for the Lost Servant: we are the Lord's lost children, but we have lost our Lord, so we are now searching for the Lord, and the Lord is also wandering everywhere, looking for us.'

Follow and Preach
'It is not necessary to think about the water of a whole ocean – you can drink a glass of water and your thirst will be satiated. So, when we have our gurudev, Vaishnavs, the Lord and Nityananda Prabhu, what else do we need then?'

Our Real Necessity
'In this world, there is much greed, lust, etc. for many things, but if we can leave this greed aside and practise Krishna consciousness, if we can serve devotees, if we can serve Nityananda Prabhu, then we will get the highest benefit. There are some spiritual things in this world, and if we come in touch with those things, then we will understand what the main gist, the main essence is.'

Seek Soul's Fulfilment
'The mind and the soul are not the same. The soul is a particle of the Lord – what does the soul want? The soul wants to serve Paramatma, and the soul knows what the Lord wants – the mind does not know it. The soul is a particle of the Lord, but the mind is not (the mind is not related to the Lord).'

Stay on Right Track
'Unless you practise Krishna consciousness, you can never get rid of anarthas. When other thoughts come to your mind, when bad thoughts come to your mind, when you are anxious because of some trouble, always loudly chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra and kirtan. Sing loudly, strongly. If you do this, all evils within you will diminish.'

Genuine Advice of Genuine Guru
'We are in great danger – we have fallen into this ocean of material existence. Wake up! Wake up! Do not waste your time! You must think about Nityananda Prabhu, you must think about your guru, you must think about your service. There is no time at all for all those other things. We must always talk only about Krishna.'

style="padding-top:20px" Sincere, Firm and Ardent
'Faith (the strongest faith) is the most important thing in our spiritual life. We must ardently pray at Nitai's feet and always remain firm. You must love with your heart. External show of love is not love! We must love our guru with our hearts, we must have sincere love for Nitai's holy feet. Such love must come to us.'

Immerse Your Life in Kirtan
'You have heard glorification of Nityananda Prabhu, and you must also chant these kirtans yourself. You think, "You all sing, and I will listen." It will not do. You must sing yourself. If I eat, will your stomach be full?'

Gayatri Initiation
'I am giving you initiation now, and I do not want to ever hear that you behave like chandals in your speech and actions. Even if somebody tells you something, you must tolerate everything.'

The Holy Sannyas Order
"You are all already serving Gurudev, and I am only helping you by giving you this sannyas. I know you took initiation and shelter from Gurudev many years ago and you have been doing much service in his mission, but now the time has come to take more and more service."

Students' Chastity
'If you want to get Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, you have to put up with some austerity. The Lord is testing your tolerance. This king of material world is a place of examination for devotees. We all must pass this examination.'

Parikrama Outline
'Remember these things. You must grasp them and keep them in your hearts. You must not listen to Hari-katha with your mind – you must listen to it with your hearts. It must get through your ears to your hearts, and when you later speak about these things, they should come out of your hearts to your mouths, then it will be sravan and kirtan.'

We Cannot Ignore Nityananda Prabhu
'If we ignore Nityananda Prabhu, all our spiritual life, all our practices and attempts will become as false as a mere dream. Nityananda Prabhu is so very necessary in our lives! If we cannot understand this, then all our attempts, all our spiritual life is a dream-like farce – there is nothing left then. We want Nitai's mercy!'

Reaching Out to Nityananda Prabhu
'You have been living in your family your whole life, wasting time. We ended up in this world because we chose to live in Maya's family, but we must try to come out of it and become members of Krishna's family. That is why we must cry, "When will Nityananda Prabhu take pity on me? When will this illusory environment let go of me?"'

Dasya-Abhiman
'This is not something that we say only with our mouth – we must always serve the Lord with heart and soul. Many of us do not know these things. We say that we have taken initiation from our gurudev, but our initiation is just a show. That is why we cannot become genuine servitors of our gurudev and cannot serve our gurudev properly.'

Be Sincere and Serious
'We must live following gurudev's instruction. You are always thinking about your own interest, about material world, but is there time left for all that? A few more days, and your time will be up. How long do you think you will live in this world? You can leave this world at any moment. There is no time! We must aways practise Krishna consciousness.'

Worship Nitai!
'There will be another festival next year and you will be thinking about Nityananda Prabhu, but you must not think about Nityananda Prabhu only a year later. Even when you go to your houses, you must always call out to Him, "Doyal Nitai! Doyal Nitai!" Will you do it? Call out to Him and cry, shed tears. We need Nityananda Prabhu's mercy. If you serve Nityananda Prabhu, I will always stay with you.'

Illusion of Devotion
'Service to devotees is the root of devotion. If a tree has no root, it cannot live; in the same way, without service to devotees, there can be no hope to come to the Lord or to even know the Lord. Many people sing kirtans, but how many people actually practise what they sing, tell me?'

Vaishnavs' Qualities
'Many people want to become Vaishnavs without serving Vaishnavs, but it is not possible to become a Vaishnav without service to Vaishnavs, just as it is not possible to become a devotee without service to devotees. When you serve devotees or Vaishnavs, you become a devotee or a Vaishnav yourself.'

Who Are You Serving?
'We live in this world as servants and maidservants of Maya! By the mercy of\ the guru and Krishna, some fortunate souls get the seed of the devotional creeper. But there are many gurus and sadhus roaming this world to satisfy their own senses and desires – they never think about your benefit.'

Learn to Appreciate Service
'How can you get the right to serve Krishna? Whom does Krishna belong to? He belongs to Radharani, and Radharani is non-different from the guru, so it is only the guru who can give you the right to serve Lord Krishna. We must learn what genuine Krishna consciousness is. Krishna consciousness is not something you do for one day – it is necessary to have sincerity.'

Lesson for Householder Devotees
'I am telling all the householder devotees that you must learn how to live a proper life. Learn from the example of Srivas Pandit's devotion. Mahaprabhu told all householder devotees, "Make sure that not a single day passes without chanting the Holy Name and without vaishnav-seva." How do you do vaishnav-seva? Does it mean feed Vaishnavs every day?'

Covering Up Prejudices
'These are all misconceptions; these are the things going on in this world. If these things did not exist, how would the guru business run then? If everybody was to hear Srila Prabhupad's teachings of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, then all this would go away – they would not be such people in this world.'

Devotion to Devotion
'Real grihasthas are not devoted to their homes – they are devoted to Krishna. Real sannyasis are those who do not renounce Krishna and kasna (servant of Krishna) – they live as members of Krishna's family, or they are attached to the house of the Lord and His devotees.'

Approaching Nityananda
'I am very low! I am lower than Jagai, Madhai, outcasts and Muslim people! I do not have any qualities. I have committed too many sins in my life, that is why Nityananda Prabhu will not give me His mercy!'

Ardent Appeal
'If you can understand the meaning of what we have been singing just now, you will like it very much. Take Sri Nityananda Mahimarita with you and read these songs – sing them every day at home. Singing them just once will not do; you must sing them every day.'

How to Attain Mercy
'Not everybody can find Him. Nityananda Prabhu is a very hidden, esoteric personality. Everybody is looking for the treasure of divine love, but not everybody finds it – everybody finds treasures of lust, treasures of Maya, but it is not so easy to find the treasure of divine love.'

Nityananda Prabhu's Campaign
'Nityananda Prabhu would embrace and give divine love to the untouchable, the worst kinds of people. He never considered who is high and who is low – He rescued everything. Today is the appearance day of this Nityananda Prabhu...'

Varahadev's Appearance
'Today, the Lord appeared as Varahadev, assumed the form of a boar. Lord Varahadev is actually Lord Narayana or Vishnu. The original form of Lord Narayan or Vishnu is four-armed. I told you earlier that the body of the Lord is one but it manifests itself as two forms...'

Vishnu, Krishna and Nitai
'If you understand this, nobody will be able to defeat you. Otherwise, people will say, "Oh, Vishnu and Krishna are the same", or, if you go even lower, people say, "Oh, Kali and Krishna are the same!" What kinds of things people say!'

Raghunath's Release
'Srila Raghunath Das Goswami tried to come to Mahaprabhu again and again, but he could not come to Him. Only having got Nityananda Prabhu's mercy could Srila Raghunath Das Goswami finally get service to Mahaprabhu.'

Flow of Nityananda Prabhu's Mercy
'There was one more person who received Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's mercy in a very wonderful way. That person is Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami. Although he had never personally met Sriman Nityananda Prabhu, he received Nityananda Prabhu's mercy. How?'

Shower of Nityananda Prabhu's Mercy
'If somebody ever says anything about Nitai behind His back, they will have no relief in this world – there is nobody in this world who can save them! Go and be careful, and tell everyone what you have heard from Me.'

 

Photographs taken during the Festival:

Arriving in Sri Ekachakra Dham
At long last, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj arrives in Sri Ekachakra Dham bringing devotees for the annual festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance day. To participate and witness the innumerable services and devotional programmes at this very special place, devotees start flocking from all over the world.

From Sri Ekachakra Dham
The day before the beginning of the festival is filled with service: devotees clean the Temple and Smriti Kunja buildings, cook, set rooms and welcome the fortunate devotees coming for Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's festival as His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj gives morning and evening classes and goes out for collection in the afternoon.

Auspicious Morning in Sri Ekachakra Dham
Photographs from a very special morning in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat: our family is rejoicing at seeing three new generals taking up the vows and order of renounced life to dedicate their holy lives to the service of the holy lotus feet of Sri Gurupadpadma. With joy and hopeful pride, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj confers sannyas order onto Rohini Nandan Prabhu (Venezuela), Vesudev Krishna Prabhu (India/Malaysia), and Vraja Kishor Prabhu (Venezuela/UK).

Evening Programme in Sri Ekachakra Dham
Photographs taken during the evening programme: with most of the devotees having arrived from all corners of India, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is quite pleased with the grand attendance of the festival.

Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's Festival in Sri Ekachakra Dham
Photographs from the grand annual festival in honour of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance observed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat in the shade of the holy lotus feet of Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.

Concluding the Festival in Sri Ekachakra Dham
Much to the joy and satisfaction of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, the festival has passed in a smooth and happy mood, with an unprecedented attendance this year. Today, having relished kirtans, sadhu-sanga, and holy service to Sri Guru and Vaishnavs, the festival finishes and the devotees start leaving Sri Ekachakra Dham. His Divine Grace repeatedly asks everyone to always remember Sriman Nityananda Prabhu—not only one-two days a year during the festival, but day after day, to cry and pray to Lord Nityananda Prabhu all the time: "You have your Guru, you have your Nityananda Prabhu, what else do you need?"

Evening Programme in Sri Ekachakra Dham
Photographs taken during the evening arati of Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Prabhu and the class of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj during which His Divine Grace gives final guidance on proper practice of Krishna consciousness for the devotees to keep it in their hearts while serving at their homes.

 

 

 


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."

 

"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..."

SONG: Suddha-bhakata | শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু
"I carefully observe the holy days related to Madhava, they are the mother of devotion."

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:

"Observing Ekadasi"
"Ekadasi Vrata: Make Your Guru Happy"
"No Other Shelter"
"Mahadvadasi"
"Ekadasi and liberation"
"Ekadasi Tithi: One of the Practices"
"Yogini Ekadasi"
"Ekadasi: Historical Background"
"Ekadasi: Main Focus Is Service"
Ekadasi Struggle?
"Make the Teachings of Sri Guru Non-Different from Your Heart"
Ekadasi: Devotional Practice
Ekadasi Struggle?

 

"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)

 

 

 

Fri, 7 February 2025

Our Hope and Solace
'We live in this world surrounded by all sorts of problems and cannot place trust anywhere here. The only hope is that Mahaprabhu is the Master of Nityananda Prabhu, and I have got this Nityananda Prabhu as my Master.'
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Today in the calendar: Gaura Dashami. Disappearance of Srila Ramanuja Acharya.

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."


 

In honour of Srila Ramanuja Acharya:

Service: Faith and Surrender
"Gurudev told the story of Dhanur Das and his wife, Ramanuja Acharya's disciples, and how they maintained their family life..."

How to See the Guru: Chastity
"Ramanuja Acharya heard there was a Guru in Alwar (South India). He came to that Guru and asked, 'You know one mantra that can give liberation. I want to get this mantra...'"

Odds and Ends: Ramanuja Acharya's bed
"One time Ramanuja Acharya he went to Tirupati and stayed one month at one ashram there. He had a good servitor called Govinda who always served him..."

 

In honour of the forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance day:

In honour of the forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance:

 

— { Year 2018 } —

 

Our Hope and Heart-Felt Gratitude
"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 / listen to the audio (3.5 Mb, 8 min | 26 January 2018)

Learn from Mahajanas
"When I read about mahajanas (life history of many highly qualified gurus), I see how their life went and how difficult it was in so many ways. We can learn from them—we can learn to be humble, to be tolerant and give honour to others."
Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 8 min | 26 January 2018)

Seeking Mercy
"Be humble and try to understand the proper teachings that Gurudev gave you, and preach in this way. We did not come to this world for buildings or other things. Wherever we live, we must follow spiritual practice, that is the main thing in our spiritual life."
Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | 26 January 2018)

Revealing Nityananda Prabhu
"Chandrasekhar Acharya and Srivas Pandit went to search for Nityananda Prabhu, but they were unable to find Him because Nityananda's glories are actually very guro—very sacred and of a very high level. It is not easy to find Him."
Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | 26 January 2018)

Mahaprabhu's Stay in Shantipur
"Nityananda Prabhu understood devotees' feeling and somehow managed to take Mahaprabhu to Shantipur instead of taking Him straight to Vrindavan. In Shantipur, Mahaprabhu gave lecture, He sang and danced the whole day and night without stop..."
Download / listen to the audio (2.7 Mb, 8 min | 26 January 2018)

Preaching Ideal
"Our duty is to learn what the main teachings of Mahaprabhu are. For as many days you are alive in this world, you must preach Krishna-katha, Gauranga-katha, Guru-katha, Guru Maharaj's katha. If you preach that, what is the need for you to worry about your future?"
Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | 26 January 2018)

Learn and Distribute
"You must learn from Visvanath Chakravarti, from Prabodhananda Saraswati, from Gopal Bhatta Goswami, Rupa Goswami, Sanatan Goswami. If you learn what they teach, what they do, what their lifestyle is like, you can understand everything easily then."
Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 5 min | 26 January 2018)

Great Good Fortune
"By the mercy of Guru and Vaishnavs, by the mercy of the Lord, we have arrived in this Sri Ekachakra Dham where our most beloved Lord Nityananda Prabhu appeared. This is not a matter of small fortune—not everybody gets such fortune."
Download / listen to the audio (3.4 Mb, 10 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

Bhava-Rog Doctor
"When you get sick, you see a doctor—the doctor gives you medicine, you take it and get well. Here, to cure your disease of material existence, the doctor actually comes to your house and tells you what things you must avoid to remove your illusory environment."
Download / listen to the audio (0.9 Mb, 3 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

Foster Devotional Feelings
"What do I want? I do not want wealth, knowledge, beautiful companions—all these things that the outside people are so proud of... If you run behind the illusory environment—enjoyment and liberation—Krishna will give it to you, but what will you think after that?"
Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

Association and Assimilation
"Remember Nityananda Prabhu's tolerance and patience. If somebody tells you something bad, you become upset, you get angry, but this is not your conception—your Gurudev never taught you this, Nityananda Prabhu never taught you this."
Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 8 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

Enthusiasm for Service
"It is necessary to do eternal daily service with sincerity. 'How can I use myself in the service of the lotus feet of my Gurudev? What service can be done through me?' We must think about this at every moment. We must live thinking about this."
Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

All Loss, All Gain
"There are so many people, so gurus—they all stand in one line, but Bhakti Devi is guarding the door and does not let anyone enter. Bhakti Devi will let on the boat only those who have devotion, who have earned the qualification, who have the ticket, and others will be denied entry, they will have to go back."
Download / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

Crest Jewel
"Mahaprabhu gave Gaura-dham, Gaura-nam—He gave everything to Nityananda Prabhu. It is by the unlimited mercy of this Nityananda Prabhu that we have come to His dham and have got this opportunity to chant His glories. Come, come for Nityananda Prabhu."
Download / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

Capital Misjudgement
"A thief thinks every man steals. We think that everyone is like us. Some shave their heads during the shraddha ceremony and some shave their heads on Nityananda trayodasi—do you think it is the same?"
Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

Muddled Mind
"Srila Prabhupad also told another story about Lalu and Kalu. We are like that too—even though we are taught to chant the Holy Name, but nobody wants to say Hare Krishna."
Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

Clasping for Shelter
"It is said that Nityananda Prabhu is actually very hidden (esoteric)—it is very difficult to find Him. Unless one is a very fortunate soul, one can never find Him."
Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

You Be an Instrument
"Gurudev and the Lord are the drivers and we are only Their instruments. If you serve Vaishnavs, then the Lord Himself will come to serve you—the Lord Himself will come and do the service through you. It is necessary to have such faith, to always think about this."
Download / listen to the audio (2.8 Mb, 8 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

Hidden Practice and Broad Preaching
"We pray to you—wherever you go, wherever you stay, only chant Krishna's Name, chant 'Nitai Gaura Hari bol' to yourself. You do not need to show anything to others. If people criticise you, it will be your offence. You must keep your spiritual practice to yourself."
Download / listen to the audio (1.9 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

Love to Death
"When the ego of servitors increases, the Lord can get annoyed. It happened to Uddhav Maharaj also—he thought, 'I always stay with Krishna, I am a big devotee!' but the Lord showed him that the gopis were the greatest devotees. But what are nowadays' wives like?"
Download / listen to the audio (1.9 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 27 January 2018)

Ditching the World
"We have come here by a great fortune. Not everybody can come here. We must take the dust of this place, we must take prasad at this place. Do you see our condition? We must cry, 'When will material attachment be removed from my heart? When will that happen?'"
Download / listen to the audio (5.2 Mb, 15 min | Bengali | 29 January 2018)

Masterminding the Escape
"If you take a tip of a hair and divide it ten thousand times, this is the size of the soul—but we are so proud, we think we are so great. It is all useless. Only if you get the mercy of sadhus and Guru, can Maya be defeated. Otherwise not. Maya always surrounds us."
Download / listen to the audio (4 Mb, 12 min | Bengali | 29 January 2018)

Look for Purity
"You have two cups with milk. Both look the same, but if you drink one you will get nourishment and if you drink the other one that has snake poison in it you will die. If you hear the Holy Name, you will get benefit, but if you hear Nama-aparadh, you will die."
Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 11 min | Bengali | 29 January 2018)

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."
Download / listen to the audio (4.7 Mb, 14 min | Bengali | 29 January 2018)

 

Photographs taken during the Festival:

Arriving at Sri Ekachakra Dham
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj brings fortunate devotees to the land of Sri Ekachakra Dham to celebrate the annual festival in honour of the appearance day of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu.

Morning and Noon at Sri Ekachakra Dham
The morning and afternoon pass busily as devotees prepare for the festival. More and more family members begin to flock and everybody happily meets each other—with obeisances, embraces and joyful hearts, happy to be brought back, happy to again get devotee association.

Evening at Sri Ekachakra Dham
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj leads the evening arati, parikrama and class, nourishing the fortunate assembled devotees with Hari-katha. (When asked at the end if they were hungry, the devotees jointly replied, 'No,' eager to hear more, and His Divine Grace continued to speak for another half an hour.)

Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance: Sri Adhivas Day
As the festival approaches, the temple is becoming filled with devotees and everybody happily prepares for the festival—staying in devotee association and various services, the day passes peacefully and happily in the shade of the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj.


Morning
(35 photographs, 2.4 Mb)


Parikrama
(36 photographs, 2.7 Mb)


Noon Programme
(45 photographs, 3.7 Mb)

The glorious festival in honour of the divine appearance of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu passes peacefully and beautifully as devotees take part in numerous services and programmes around the temple under the guidance and in the shelter of the holy lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj.

 

 

Thu, 6 February 2025

Live in Eternal Shelter
'Just as a mobile phone does not work unless it is charged, you will forget Nitai unless you take time to remember Him. So, calling out, "Nitai, Nitai" just once a year will not. You are eating today, and you will eat tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and the day after that – you eat every day, and in the same way, you must serve Nitai every day, too.'
Download / listen to the audio (49 Mb, 102 min | 17 February 2019)

 


Today in the calendar: Gaura Navami. Disappearance of Sripad Madhvacharya.

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."


 

In honour of Srila Madhva Acharya:

"Madhva Acharya also stayed here with his disciples for some time as a resident of the Nabadwip Dham. Gauranga-sundar mercifully revealed His most enchanting form to Madhva Acharya in a dream. Smiling, Gaurachandra said to Madhva Acharya, 'Everyone knows that you are My eternal servant. When I appear in Nabadwip, I will follow your lineage. Now, carefully eradicate illusionism and false scriptures from all regions, and establish the glory of the Lord's Deity form. Later, I will develop your pure conception.' Saying this, Gaurachandra disappeared. Madhva Acharya awoke and then fainted. Madhva Acharya then cried, wondering, 'Will I ever see that beautiful golden form again?' Then a divine voice came from the clear sky, 'Serve Me secretly, and you will come to Me.' Madhva Acharya became resolute and defeated the mayavadis in all directions."

Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya, Chapter 15

 

 

In honour of the forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance day:

 

— { Year 2017 } —

 

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 / listen to the audio (3.5 Mb, 8 min | 7 February 2017)

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 / listen to the audio (5.3 Mb, 12 min | 7 February 2017)

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 / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 8 min | Bengali | 8 February 2017)

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 / listen to the audio (3 Mb, 7 min | Bengali | 8 February 2017)

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 / listen to the audio (3.5 Mb, 8 min | Bengali | 8 February 2017)

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 / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 8 February 2017)

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 / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 8 February 2017)

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 / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 7 min | Bengali | 8 February 2017)

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 / listen to the audio (0.9 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 8 February 2017)

"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 / listen to the audio (0.9 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 8 February 2017)

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 / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 8 February 2017)

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..."

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 / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 7 min | Bengali | 10 February 2017)

 

Photographs taken during the Festival:

Arriving | Sri Ekachakra Festival 2017
(24 photographs, 1.5 Mb | 7 February 2017)
This morning, His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, accompanied by about fifteen devotees, arrives from Sri Nabadwip Dham in Sri Ekachakra Dham to observe the holy appearance day of Sri Nityananda Prabhu.

Sri Varaha Dvadasi | Sri Ekachakra Festival 2017
(40 photographs, 3 Mb | 8 February 2017)
Photographs of Sri Varaha Dvadasi, paran and Sri Nityananda Trayodasi adhivas observed at Sri Ekachakra Dham in the shade of the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.

Sri Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance Day
(68 photographs, 5.4 Mb | 9 February 2017)
The most auspicious festival of the appearance day of Lord Nityananda is observed smoothly and happily here at Sri Ekachakra Dham. We bow down at the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and pray for his causeless mercy to get the ability to appreciate and worship this day properly.

Final Day | Sri Ekachakra Festival 2017
(32 photographs, 2 Mb | 10 February 2017)
Taking the footdust of Sri Gurupadpadma Sri Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, devotees slowly start leaving and yet one more annual festival at Sri Ekachakra Dham draws to its end leaving the devotees nourished and yet hungry for the mercy of Lord Nityananda.

 

 

 

 


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Courtesy and Affection
'The Lord has at last given us a tongue, and by the mercy of the Lord, Gurudev we have got this Hare Krishna maha-mantra. With this mouth you say, 'You are a disciple of another sannyasi, I do not like you,' but this is not the courtesy, this is not our religion.'

      

 

CALENDAR FOR 02/2025

MADHAV

 

6 FEBRUARY (THU). Gaura Navami. Disappearance of Sripad Madhvacharya.

7 FEBRUARY (FRI). Gaura Dasami. Disappearance of Srila Ramanuja Acharya.

8 FEBRUARY (SAT). Gaura Ekadasi. Fast on Bhaimi Ekadasi and in honour of Lord Sri Varahadev's appearance (tomorrow).

9 FEBRUARY (SUN). Gaura Dvadasi. Appearance of Lord Sri Varahadev. Ekadasi paran is at 6:17:41–9:59:51 after offering worship to Lord Varahadev.

10 FEBRUARY (MON). Gaura Trayodasi. Appearance of Sri Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Fast until noon. Annual festival in honour of the manifestation anniversary of Sri Guru Sri Gaura Sri Nityananda at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Sri Ekachakra Dham.

12 FEBRUARY (WED). Purnima. Sri Krishna's Madhurotsav. Appearance of Srila Narottam Thakur.

GOVINDA

15 FEBRUARY (SAT). Krishna Tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Sripad Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj.

17 FEBRUARY (MON). Krishna Panchami. Grand Sri Sri Vyasa-puja festival in honour of the holy appearance day of Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur. Annual festival at Sri Gupta-Govardhan Mandir (Sri Govinda Kunda, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip). Disappearance of Srila Purusottam Thakur.

18 FEBRUARY (TUE). Krishna Sasthi. Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.

19 FEBRUARY (WED). Krishna Saptami. Annual three-day festival in honour of the manifestation of Sri Sri Gaura Nityananda and Sri Sri Gandharva Govinda-sundar jiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva-sadan in Sri Ganga Sagar.

24 FEBRUARY (MON). Krishna Ekadasi. Fast on Vijaya Ekadasi. Passing away of Sripad Krishna Govinda Das-Adhikari.

25 FEBRUARY (TUE). Krishna Dvadasi. Ekadasi paran is at 6:07:06–9:55:38.

27 FEBRUARY (THU). Krishna Chaturdasi. Sri Sri Sivaratri-vrata (optional fast). Departure of Srimad Bhakti Nivas Bhagavat Maharaj and Sripad Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva-Vikram.

28 FEBRUARY (FRI). Amavasya. Sri Sivaratri paran for those who fasted is at 6:04:31–6:55:23. Manifestation anniversary of Sri Sada-Siva Gangadhar on the bank of Sri Govinda Kunda at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Nabadwip; manifestation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gaura Radha Madan-Mohan jiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Tarakeswar; and manifestation anniversary of Sri Sada-Siva in Sri Kadigachha. Gaura Pratipad (falls on the same day). Disappearance of Vaishnav Sarvabhauma Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj, Srila Rasikananda Dev-Goswami and Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Maharaj.

 

MARCH 2025

1 MARCH (SAT). Gaura Dvitiya. Appearance of Om Visnupad Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj.

2 MARCH (SUN). Gaura Tritiya. Manifestation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Radha-Raman-sundar at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Krishnanusilana Sangha in Kaikhali, Kolkata.

3 MARCH (MON). Gaura Chaturthi. Appearance of Srila Purusottam Thakur. Departure of Sripad Tulasi Das Das-Adhikari Prabhu.

4 MARCH (TUE). Gaura Panchami. Disappearance of Sriyukta Tarangini Devi.

8 MARCH (SAT). Gaura Navami. Adhivas festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama. Beginning of the annual seven-day gathering and festival.

9 MARCH (SUN). Gaura Ekadasi. Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama begins. Parikrama of Sri Antardwip (darsan of Sri Chaitanya Math, Sri Nandan Acharya Bhavan, puspa-samadhi mandir of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad, Sri Yogapith, Srivas Angan, Sri Advaita Bhavan, Sri Gadadhar Pandit Bhavan, Sri Chaitanya Math, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad's samadhi mandir, Srila Gaura Kisor Das Babaji Maharaj's samadhi, Sri Chad Kazi's samadhi) and Sri Simantadwip (darsan of Sri Jagannath Mandir, Sri Sridhar Angan).

10 MARCH (MON). Gaura Ekadasi. Fast on Amalaki Ekadasi. Parikrama of Sri Simantadwip and Sri Rudradwip.

11 MARCH (TUE). Gaura Dvadasi. Ekadasi paran is at 5:54:28–9:29:39. Disappearance of Sripad Madhavendra Puripad. Parikrama of Sri Koladwip: darsan of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Vriddha Siva, Sri Prauddha MAYa, Sri Visnupriya Devi's Deity of Sri Gauranga, the samadhi mandir of Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj.

12 MARCH (WED). Gaura Trayodasi. Parikrama of Sri Godrumdwip and Sri Madhyadwip: darsan of Sri Surabhi Kunja, Svananda-sukhada Kunja, Sri Suvarna Bihar Gaudiya Math, Sri Harihara Ksetra, Hamsa-vahan and Sri Nrisimha Palli.

13 MARCH (THU). Gaura Chaturdasi. Adhivas of the grand festival of Sri Gaura Purnima: the eve of Sri Gauranga's appearance. Parikrama of Sri Koladwip, Sri Ritudwip, Sri Jahnudwip and Sri Modadrumdwip: darsan of Sri Samudragad, Sri Sri Gaura-Gadadhar Mandir (Sri Champahati), Vidyanagar (Sarvabhauma Gaudiya Math, Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya's birthplace), the Deity served by Sri Saranga Murari and Sri Vasudev Datta Thakur, Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur's appearance place.

14 MARCH (FRI). Purnima. Sri Gaura Purnima: Divine appearance of Sri Gauranga. Fast until moonrise, then no grains (anukalpa).Vasanta-utsav and Dol Yatra of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda. Special offering of bhoga, worship and arati at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and all its branches worldwide, continuous reading of Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita and a great festival of sankirtan. Start of 539 Sri Gaurabda.

VISHNU

15 MARCH (SAT). Krishna Pratipad. Sri Gaura-Purnima paran is at 5:50:36–9:47:24. Anandotsav (great, joyful festival) of Sri Jagannath Misra. A grand festival and mahaprasad distribution at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Sri Nabadwip Dham.

19 MARCH (WED). Krishna Panchami. Manifestation Anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Gopinath jiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Asram in Sripat Hapaniya Dham and Pancham Dol festival. Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Saran Santa Maharaj.

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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.


 

Our practising life is not for one day, not for two days, not for one month—whatever
practice we do, we have to do it everyday.

"HUMILITY, TOLERANCE, GIVING HONOUR TO OTHERS | HUMILITY, TOLERANCE, GIVING HONOUR TO OTHERS"