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Our Disciplic Succession:
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"The Sun Never Sets on Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math":
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Sun, 18 May 2025
Be Resolute
'We must have firm, unswerving determination (our goal must be firmly fixed).
Without such determination we cannot get anywhere. This determination must be
that "I have got a human birth to serve Lord Govinda." Our determination must
not swerve.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Vyasadev's Gift
(2)
"Who we are? What must we do? How can we get relief? This is all
transcendental knowledge of atma-tattva. Those who do not see anything [who
have no real, transcendental vision] ask so many questions, but we must
understand what is the main purpose of this life. If you read Srimad
Bhagavatam, you will understand it."
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2020)
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—{ Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• AFFECTIONATE GUIDANCE •
AFFECTION
'If we can follow sadhu-sanga, it will give us relief from so many
things and a very good result in the future. But all depends upon
sraddha, faith. The translation of sraddha is more than just
"faith". It is actually affectionate faith. Not everyone will feel affection.
Good fortune will work in the background. With strong good fortune, one can
immediately cross over the next three stages after association with the
sadhu. But this is possible in very special cases only. Our Guru
Maharaj used the word "affection", but it is necessary for us to know the
line in which he did so.'
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Sat, 17 May 2025
Eternal
Deities of Eternal Servants
'Our Deities are not the same as the deities you can see in this outside
world. They must be served eternally, every single day without fail. The
Deities of the Lord are installed for eternity, so Their service must
continue eternally. You must offer bhog every single day. Serve the
Lord every single day. Please remember all these things.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Vyasadev's Gift
(1)
"When Gurudev was in Australia in 1992, he gave one lecture. I have got the
Bengali translation of that lecture and was proof reading it today. It is a
very nice lecture, I want to tell you about it."
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—{ Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• AFFECTIONATE GUIDANCE •
OUR LIFE-LINE OF DEVOTIONAL PRACTICE
'We must worship the raga-patha from afar, and our duty at present is
to serve that rank of the devotees and to engage in the congregational
chanting of the maha-mantra in the association of the devotees. This
is the safe and actual process for us to make advancement in our Krishna
conscious practising life.'
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Ray.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
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In honour of Srila Ramananda Ray Prabhu:
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sri-svarupa-raya-sanga-gambhirantya-lilanam
dvadasabda-vahni-garbha-vipralambha-silanam
radhikadhirudha-bhava-kanti-krsna-kunjaram
prema-dhama-devam eva naumi gaura-sundaram
In the company of His two intimate associates, Sri Svarup Damodar and Sri Ray
Ramananda, He manifests the acme of His deepest, heart-rending pastimes;
during those very long twelve years, He speaks in divine madness, vomiting
the fire of unbearable separation from Lord Sri Krishna (externally, it
produces an agony of swallowed poison; but, internally, it brings much joy);
He is none other than Govinda, who, coming under complete influence of Sri
Radha’s deep devotional mood and adorned with Sri Radhika’s beautiful holy
complexion, resembles a magnificent intoxicated elephant – I am singing in
praise of this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of
divine love.
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Sri Ramananda Ray Prabhu
[By His Divine Grace Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj]
"Ramananda Ray was very strong and a very good administrator. He controlled
the whole situation and the whole atmosphere after Mahaprabhu's disappearance
and gave full nourishment to the devotees. Ramananda Ray stayed alive until
finally, today, when everything had become peaceful and settled, he also
disappeared..."
Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur
(Godavari): Part One
"We are very fortunate to be able to come here for the first time, to be able
to visit this place. I have no qualification, I am a very fallen soul, but by
the mercy of devotees, I have come here with you all and I can pay obeisance
such a great place as this..."
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Hari-Katha in Sri
Kovvur (Godavari): Part Two
"Today we are briefly reading the chapter that describes the meeting of Raya
Ramananda and Mahaprabhu. Listen to it properly, it is the highest
conception. 'Mahaprabhu was bathing and chanting the Holy Name, and at that
time Ramananda Ray came—he came very gorgeously, with a band and party.'"
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur
(Godavari): Part Three
"Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu then embraced Sri Ramananda Ray very firmly. Their
natural love for each other was awakened in them both, and they embraced and
fell to the ground."
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur
(Godavari): Sri Ramananda Sambad
"Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ordered Ramananda Ray, 'Recite a verse from the
revealed scriptures concerning the ultimate goal of life.' Ramananda replied,
'Devotion to the Lord is the execution of the prescribed duties of one's
social position'..."
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur
(Godavari): Sri Ramananda Ray's Answers
"Later, Mahaprabhu again met with Ramananda Ray, and this time Mahaprabhu
asked questions and Ramananda Ray gave answers... In the end, Ramananda Ray
said, 'My dear Lord, please give up all these serious talks. Please do not
conceal Your real form from me.'"
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur
(Godavari): Sri Ramananda Ray's Expertise
"Later, when Ramananda Ray stayed in Puri, one day a brahman named
Pradyumna Misra came to Mahaprabhu and asked Him if he could hear
Krishna-katha from Him. Mahaprabhu replied, 'I do not know Krishna-katha. Go
to Ramananda Ray...'"
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At Ramananda Ray's
Garden
"Pradyumna Misra came to Mahaprabhu and asked, 'Prabhu, can You speak some
Krishna-katha?' Mahaprabhu replied, 'I do not know so much, but Ramananda Ray
knows more than Me...'"
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Chapter 16:
Reality
the Beautiful
[From Search for Sri Krishna, Reality
the Beautiful]
Ramananda Raya was a married man, but he was recognized by Sri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu as a master of his senses to the extreme degree. Once a brahmana
priest named Pradyumna Misra came to Mahaprabhu and told Him, 'I would like
to hear about Krishna from Your lips'..."
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SONG:
Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর
"O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. O saviour of the
fallen, without you there is no one. In every birth I aspire for the dust of
your feet."
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SONG:
Ki-rupe paiba
seva |
কিরূপে পাইব সেবা
"I am so wicked, how will I ever get service? I do not have any attachment
to Sri Guru and Vaishnavs! It is not possible to conquer maya by engaging in
maya. I see no other way to get relief except for the mercy of sadhus."
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SONG:
Ohe Vaisnava
Thakura |
(ওহে) বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর
"O worshippable Vaishnav, ocean of grace, be merciful to this servant.
Give me the shade of your feet and purify me. I clasp your feet. You can give
Krishna, you have that power. Calling, 'Krishna!' 'Krishna!', I run after
you."
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SONG:
Ye
anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"Where has Srinivas Acharya Thakur, my Lord who has very mercifully
brought the wealth of divine love to this world, gone?"
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Fri, 16 May 2025
Lord
Jagannath's Appearance (Part Three)
'When King Indradyumna finished building the temple, he became anxious for
the Lord to finally come there. He kept praying, "O Lord! When are You
coming? When are You coming?" One day, the Lord appeared to him in a dream
and said, "All right, I am coming, but you do not need to send anybody to
fetch Me. I will come Myself."'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Search For
Original Source
"We always want pleasure, happiness, love affection, but we will never get it
from this material world. Our Gurudev has told us very clearly how we must
practise, how we can attain our destination, where the source is and how to
reach that kind of source. Those who can give proper attention to this, must
succeed."
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2020)
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—{ Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• AFFECTIONATE GUIDANCE •
SECURE AT HOME
'If you can think you can make a garland out of all the peaks of the
Himalayas and the peaks of all the mountains of the world and offer that to
Krishna, and if you think you can make a rope out of spiders’ webs and bind
an elephant, then you may be able to understand something of that plane. So
it is not necessary to think too much, but instead our main attention is to
try to chant "Hare Krishna" properly. This is our main channel to go there
and this is our one hope.'
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Thu, 15 May 2025
Lord
Jagannath's Appearance (Part Two)
'The king sent an army of soldiers on horses to the house. They arrested
Visvavasu and put him in jail. They were going to tie up the Lord and bring
Him to Puri as well, but the Lord told the king in a dream that night...'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Our Main Problem
"Our main problem is that we are always busy with our body. Almost the entire
world is always thinking about their temporary bodies. Such is our situation.
Almost everybody here is very much attached to their body."
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—{ Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• AFFECTIONATE GUIDANCE •
IN PRAISE OF THE DEVOTEES
'We are not to leave our track to go to see with any other’s vision. The good
servitors of Srila Guru Maharaj are the wealth of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math. The real wealth is the devotees and I am trying to serve you all with
whatever I have. I want your association really. I am receiving
transcendental food from you. When I see you I think, “I have service,” but
to be alone is not good for anyone, even myself.'
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Wed, 14 May 2025
Lord
Jagannath's Appearance (Part One)
'When we go to Sri Puri Dham, we can see there the Deities of Sri Jagannath,
Sri Baladev and Sri Subhadra. Lord Jagannath is originally a Deity of Lord
Vishnu, Narayan who was worshipped by sabara devotees. Nil-Madhav's
temple is the place where Lord Jagannath comes from originally. I want to
tell you how this happened.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Nonsense
Sacrifice
"People used to cut people's necks, and now in lieu of that, since it is not
possible to kill people, they kill a buffalo... People cannot control their
material desires, anger, and many other bad elements within. They will suffer
in the age of Kali!"
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—{ Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• AFFECTIONATE GUIDANCE •
THE DIVINE SERVICE OF KRISHNA
'There are so many religious conceptions to be found in the world. Some
favour santa-rasa (peacefulness), others dasya-rasa
(servitude), or sakhya-rasa (friendship), or vatsalya-rasa
(parenthood). But madhura-rasa (divine consorthood) is found in the
extreme only in the line of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.'
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Sri Gaudiya Gitanjali (English)
PDF, 10 Mb
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Festival: Vision
and Focus
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'Gurudev's disappearance festival means Vaishnav seva. Vaishnav is the
main focus for us. Appearance and disappearance look different, but following
Vaishnavs' vision we think that on these two tithis Gurudev always
takes worships from us.'
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CALENDAR FOR 05/2025
TRIVIKRAM
17 MAY (SAT).
Krishna Panchami.
Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Ray.
21 MAY (WED).
Krishna Navami.
Departure of Sripad Santos Krishna Das-Adhikari Prabhu.
23 MAY (FRI).
Krishna Ekadasi.
Fast on Apara Ekadasi.
24 MAY (SAT).
Krishna Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 4:57–9:22.
Appearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
27 MAY (TUE).
Amavasya.
28 MAY (WED).
Gaura Pratipad.
Manifestation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Madan-mohan jiu at
Sri Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanusilana Sangha, Dum Dum Park, Kolkata.
30 MAY (FRI).
Gaura Chaturthi.
Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurava Giri Maharaj (Sripad
Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu).
JUNE 2025
5 JUNE (THU).
Gaura Dasami.
Dasahara, Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini.
Disappearance of Srila Baladev Vidyabhusan Prabhu.
7 JUNE (SAT).
Gaura Ekadasi.
Fast on Pandava Nirjala
Ekadasi.
8 JUNE (SUN).
Gaura Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 4:56–7:12.
9 JUNE (MON).
Gaura Trayodasi.
Danda Mahotsav ('Punishment Festival') arranged by Srila Raghunath Das
Goswami at Sripat Panihati. Departure of Sripad Bhakti Vaibhav Parivrajak
Maharaj.
11 JUNE (WED).
Purnima.
Snan Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannathdev. Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta and
Srila Sridhar Pandit.
VAMAN
12 JUNE (THU).
Krishna Pratipad.
Disappearance of Srila Syamananda Prabhu. Departure of Sripad Risabhdev
Das-adhikari Prabhu.
13 JUNE (FRI).
Krishna Dvitiya.
Departure of Sri Gaurahari Bhakti-Sampad Prabhu.
16 JUNE (MON).
Krishna Panchami.
Appearance of Srila Vakresvar Pandit.
21 JUNE (SAT).
Krishna Ekadasi. No fast. Departure of
Sriyukta Rama Devi.
22 JUNE (SUN).
Krishna Dvadasi.
Fast on Yogini Ekadasi.
23 JUNE (MON).
Krishna Trayodasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 4:56–9:25.
25 JUNE (WED).
Amavasya.
Disappearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami and
Srila Sach-chid-ananda Bhaktivinod Thakur.
26 JUNE (THU).
Gaura Pratipad.
Sri Gundicha Marjan (cleaning Sri Gundicha Temple at Sri Puri Dham and
cleaning all temples).
27 JUNE (FRI).
Gaura Dvitiya.
Ratha Yatra of Sri Jagannathdev.
Disappearance of Srila Svarup Damodar Goswami Prabhu.
30 JUNE (MON).
Gaura Panchami.
Hera-Panchami, Sri Sri Laksmi Vijay (observed in Sri Puri Dham the next
day).
FULL CALENDAR >>
Sri Gaudiya Calendar 2025–2026 (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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