MONTHLY ARCHIVE OF UPDATES

JANUARY 2016

Guidance, Issue #05 (EPUB file, 0.9 Mb)
An ePub file for offline reading on mobile phones and tablets containing the lectures of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj published here from October to December 2015. We pray this serves as a source of guidance, nourishment, and life to all the devotees and well-wishers worldwide.

News from Sri Nabadwip Dham (9 photographs, 0.7 Mb)
Last glimpses of the passed year: His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj takes a stroll around the temple compound, and further painting service at Sri Sevak Bhavan at Sri Govinda Kunda.

The Journey of the Soul & The Name is for Everyone
"Gora Ray says to both householders and renunciants, 'Brothers, see to it that a day does not pass without chanting the Name.' Serve Gaura's devotees with perfect sincerity, and then you will reach Sri Krishna's feet. 'O devotees! Serve the Name and chant the Name!'"
• Download / listen to the audio (3.6 Mb, 11 min | 31 December 2015)

Sri Vyasa Puja Festival
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is addressing the assembled Vaishnavs on the appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj (Bengali classes):
• Adhivas: Download / listen to the audio (32.4 Mb, 95 min)
• Morning: Download / listen to the audio (19.4 Mb, 57 min)
• Noon: Download / listen to the audio (19.3 Mb, 57 min)
• Evening: Download / listen to the audio (19.6 Mb, 57 min)

Pray and Practise
"There are twenty-four hours in a day—how many hours are you busy eating, sleeping, enjoying, and how many hours are you busy serving? You must give more time to service. Your mind, your heart must think about the Lord, about Gurudev's service."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 5 min | 19 January 2013)

শ্রীমদ্ভগবদ্গীতা • চতুর্থোঽধ্যায়ঃ : জ্ঞানযোগ
"গুরূপদিষ্ট সেই তত্ত্বজ্ঞান লাভ করিলে আর তোমাকে এরূপ মোহ আশ্রয় করিবে না । সেই তত্ত্বজ্ঞান দ্বারা তুমি জানিতে পারিবে যে, মনুষ্য তির্য্যগাদি ভূতসকল এক জীবাত্মারূপ তত্ত্বে অবস্থিত ; উপাধি দ্বারা তাহাদের জড়ীয় তারতম্য ঘটিয়াছে এবং এ সমুদয়ই পরম কারণরূপ আমাতে কার্য্যরূপে অবস্থিতি করে ।"

Sri Guru: Medium and Shelter
"Do you know why you take initiation? Many scriptures describe the Guru in many ways. There are different kinds of activities and different kinds of expressions, just as there are different kinds of devotees and different kinds of expressions."
• Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | 24 February 2013)

Recognising Guru: What Is Your Obstacle?
"Brother, you see Bhakti Vinod Thakur as your father, but I see him as my spiritual master. That is the difference. What you see is a father (baba), and that is the obstacle (badha) that prevents you from getting Radharani (Radha)."
• Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | 24 February 2013)

News from Sri Nabadwip Dham (5 photographs, 0.3 Mb)
A few photographs taken over the past few days, among the news is the temple of Lord Siva getting a fresh coat of paint.

News from Sri Ekachakra Dham (12 photographs, 1.3 Mb)
Devotees take a trip to Sri Ekachakra Dham: photographs of the temple and lush gardens of Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda jiu.

Sri Ekadashi Guidance
Guidelines on how to observe and honour this holy day: Ekadashi takes an indispensible part in the life of a sincere practitioner. At Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Ekadashi and paran are observed with affection and without fail according to the dates given in the Calendar.

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

Seize the Day
"Khatvanga Maharaj is fortunate, he knew his life was only forty-eight minutes more, but we do not know if our lifetime is even one or two minutes more. By the mercy of the Lord, by the mercy of the Guru, we got this human body, but what have we got it for?"
• Download / listen to the audio (2.3 Mb, 7 min | 12 March 2013)

Blessed and Blissful Service Life
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj is telling the devotees what their life should be like after initiation, what they should do and should not do: "Follow these things and you will get the result and go forward quickly."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 5 min | 12 March 2013)

News from Sri Nabadwip Dham
A few photographs taken yesterday at Sri Govinda Kunda: the painting of the temple of Lord Siva is continuing steadily and happily.

Be Conscious
There are things we do unconsciously, there are things that we regard as unconscious, but it is never too late to change.
• Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 5 min | 16 April 2013)

A Glimpse of Siliguri Temple
Two happy and peaceful photographs of the Deities and devotees at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math temple in Siliguri taken last night.

Protect Your Service
"You must understand what is necessary in your spiritual life and proceed with the proper practice, then, as Gurudev said, you can stay anywhere and you will be able to maintain your spiritual life perfectly."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min | 28 July 2013)

শ্রীমদ্ভগবদ্গীতা • পঞ্চমোঽধ্যায়ঃ : কর্ম্মসন্ন্যাসযোগ
"হে কৃষ্ণ ! তুমি কর্ম্ম সকলের পরিত্যাগ উপদেশ করিয়া আবার নিষ্কাম কর্ম্মযোগও উপদেশ করিতেছ ; সুতরাং এই দুইটীর মধ্যে যেটী আমার পক্ষে মঙ্গলপ্রদ সেই একটীই নিশ্চয় করিয়া আমাকে বল"

Book Fair in Sri Nabadwip Dham

সঙ্গের প্রভাব (Power of Association)
তার হরেনামে রুচি আসে না, তার কি করে ভগবানের সেবায় রুচি আসবে ?" জীবে দয়া, নামে রুচি, বৈষ্ণব সেবা, ইহা বহি সনাতন নাহি আর ধর্ম্ম । ছাড়িয়া বৈষ্ণব-সেবা নিস্তার পায়েছে কেবা !"
• Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 11 min | 9 September 2015)

• SONG: Akrodha paramananda | অক্রোধ পরমানন্দ
"The anger-less, prideless, supremely joyful Nityananda Ray wanders throughout the towns and distributes the Hare Krsna mahamantra."

• SONG: Ke yabi ke yabi | কে যাবি কে যাবি
"All souls have thus been delivered by the winds of divine love. Only Lochan Das has fallen and remained behind, as a result of his sins."

News from Sri Nabadwip Dham (12 photographs, 1 Mb)
Several photographs taken at Sri Govinda Kunda this morning: among the news is that the painting of Lord Siva's mandir has been completed.

Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhura Sochaka
A song composed by Srila Narahari Thakur in glorification of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu's life, character, and service. Bengali verses and English transliteration.

Extending Goshala at Sri Nabadwip Dham (8 photographs, 0.9 Mb)
Great news: His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is starting a new construction project—extending the existing goshala.

শুদ্ধ সাধন (Pure Practice)
ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রী শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের হরি-কথামৃত: অমি কি? সাধন বস্তু কি? ভজন কি? "নিজের মন-খেল খুশিমতো ভজন বলে না ।"
• Download / listen to the audio (19.2 Mb, 56 min | 12 September 2015)

— { All Glory to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga } —
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • ·	******************************** Sri Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance Festival ******************************** 19-20 February 2016 Sri Ekachakra Dham Birchandrapur, Birbhum ********************************	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • ·		* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • ·	******************************** Sri Gaura Purnima Parikrama ******************************** 18-24 March 2016 Sri Nabadwip Dham Nadia, Kolerganj ********************************	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • ·
We would like to extend a cordial invitation to all devotees, friends, and well-wishers to join the upcoming festivals here in India celebrating the most auspicious and joyful appearance days of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu. In the shelter and under the guidance of our Sri Gurupadpadma, Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, on these occasions, special parikramas, kirtans, lectures and various devotional activities and services are going to be held and we shall feel blessed to have your holy presence. If you have any questions, you can write to us at .

The Wealth of Service Happiness
"If somebody has got seva-sukha-sampada, the wealth of the happiness of service, it will remove all kinds of illusory environment in their heart, but it is necessary to do service with full-hearted attachment and you must understand what service is."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | 29 July 2013)

Going Home
Webpages with some useful information and advice for those travelling to India, as well as directions to our 'transit station' temple in Kolkata and the central Math at Sri Nabadwip Dham. The permanent link to these pages can be found on the "Contact us" page.

Mission of Chaitanya Saraswat Math
"Devotees of Chaitanya Saraswat Math come to remind you that you are a servant of the Lord. Here, we chant the maha-mantra and do service, and when we do something, we do not do it for our own enjoyment—we do everything for the satisfaction of the Lord."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.1 Mb, 3 min | 30 April 2013)

Sri Govardhan Project (13 photographs, 1 Mb)
As the works begin, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj reveals his divine vision, "Our temple is Gupta Govardhan (hidden Govardhan), so now I am making the Govardhan Hill for the cows."

Bookfair Preaching: Day Six

Two New Sannyasis (10 photographs, 0.7 Mb)
This morning His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj bestows sannyas upon Tilak Krishna Prabhu and Poresh Prabhu: Sripad Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj and Sripad Bhakti Purna Sroti Maharaj.

In honour of Sriman Mahaprabhu's sannyas:

Sannyas Lila: Roaming the Land
"Mahaprabhu would go in a zigzag way—sometimes He went to the East, sometimes to the West, and the devotees followed Him not knowing where He was going..."
• Download / listen to the audio (7.5 Mb, 25 min)

Sri Nimai Sannyas (English, Bengali, an audio recording)
Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's poem expressing the grief-stricken hearts of the residents of Nabadwip: "Vishvambhar, the son of Jagannath Mishra, who resides in Nabadwip, Sachi's Nimai, has taken sannyas. A tumult of cries filled the sky—Sachi's Nimai has taken sannyas!"

Happy Service Mood
"When devotees practise properly, they are always joyful with Krishna consciousness, always feel very happy with their practising life, with sravan, kirtan. You are happy in your spiritual life, so I think that your practising life is going on properly."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min | 15 December 2012)

Fertile Ground
"You must practise every day. This is an instruction for everybody. Do not think that you just take initiation and you have already reached Vaikuntha, Goloka Vrindavan. It is impossible. I am giving you a seed, and you must take care of it."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 5 min | 17 September 2012)

Devotion In Motion
"We have got this human body for sravanam, kirtanam: chanting and dancing. This opportunity does not come all the time, so we must use this body for preaching Krishna consciousness. If you practise in this way, your life will be glorious."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.3 Mb, 7 min | 13 November 2011)

What Will Your Parrot Say?
On the importance of good association. Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are: "When I went to Russia with Gurudev in 2000, I remember one lecture that Gurudev gave there. He told one story from Narada-pancha-ratra..."
• Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | 10 August 2013)

Sri Govardhan Hill Project (9 photographs, 1 Mb)
A few photographs taken over the past few days and early this morning. As the works continue fast and steady, the wall rises each day.

Sri Ekadashi Guidance
Guidelines on how to observe and honour this holy day: Ekadashi takes an indispensible part in the life of a sincere practitioner. At Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Ekadashi and paran are observed with affection and without fail according to the dates given in the Calendar.

Cast Off Prejudice
"In India, people always look at your caste, they differentiate between brahmins, ksatriyas, vaisyas, and sudras. They are proud and criticise, 'Oh, I am a sannyasi, you are just a householder.' Gurudev told once a story showing that it is not good to do like this..."
• Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | 10 August 2013)

Sri Govardhan Hill Project (14 photographs, 1.1 Mb)
The further progress on filling up the ground level: the carts keep coming, the heaps keep growing as His Divine Grace carefully and affectionately supervises the works. Photographs taken this morning and afternoon.

One-Way Ticket to the World of Faith
"You have taken initiation and have already got the passport, but now you need to get the visa. The kind of visa you will get depends upon your service—whether you get a tourist visa, a working visa, a permanent visa, or a business visa, depends upon your service..."
• Download / listen to the audio (0.7 Mb, 2 min | 10 August 2013)

Sri Govardhan Hill Project (10 photographs, 1 Mb)
A few photographs taken yesterday in the morning: the sand for the ground is delivered and unloaded, and the works continue smoothly and fast.

Sri Sri Prema-Vivarta, chapters 9 and 10 (Bengali class)
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is reading from Sri Sri Prema-vivarta.
• Download / listen to the audio (9.8 Mb, 29 min | June 2015)

Sri Sri Prema-Vivarta, chapters 8-11: (Bengali & English)
Give up Deceit | Proper Renunciation | Caste and Class | The Light of Nabadwip
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is reading from Sri Sri Prema-vivarta in Bengali and English: "Brother, if you act deceitfully—if you are showing you are a devotee but inside you are not a devotee, behave in a bad, zigzag way—you will fall down. You will fall down because of the offences to the Name, and your service will be ruined."
• Download / listen to the audio (10.5 Mb, 31 min | 4 July 2015)

Path To Bhakti-Rasa
"Guru is always merciful. I do not want to drink the bhakti-rasa, I do not want to do Hari-bhajan, but he forcefully keeps me, at his lotus feet, at the lotus feet of Lord Krishna—this is his power." What is the path to such mercy and how to walk it?
• Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 5 min | 10 August 2013)

Latest from Sri Nabadwip Dham (8 photographs, 0.7 Mb)
Photographs taken today and yesterday at Sri Nabadwip Dham. Among the news is the basement of Sri Govardhan Hill is now filled with sand and levelled.

শ্রীমদ্ভগবদ্গীতা • ষষ্ঠোঽধ্যায়ঃ : ধ্যানযোগ
"যে যোগী সকল জীবের হৃদয়ে প্রাদেশ প্রমাণ চতুর্ভুজাকার পৃথক্ পৃথক্ অবস্থিত আমাকে অভিন্নরূপে আশ্রয়পূর্ব্বক শ্রবণ, কীর্ত্তন ও স্মরণাদি দ্বারা ভজন করেন, সেই যোগী শাস্ত্রোক্ত কর্ম্মানুষ্ঠান করুন বা না করুন সর্ব্বদা তিনি আমাতেই বর্ত্তমান থাকেন ।"

• SONG: Bhajahu re mana | বজহুঁরে মন
"O mind, serve the son of Nanda's lotus feet, which make one fearless. Having attained this rare human birth, cross over the ocean of material existence by associating with sadhus!"

Preaching Programme (4 photographs, 0.3 Mb)
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is carrying the glorious banner of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math to the fortunate souls.

Preaching Guidance: Main Priority
"You must give priority to sankirtan, that will be good for you. Through sankirtan you can conquer everything. Do not lose your time. Day after day we are losing our time, but we must use it properly—for the service to Guru, Gauranga, and Nityananda."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 5 min | 13 November 2011)

Attachment to the Lord's service (Bengali class)
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj tells the stories of dev-sisu, Saubhari Muni, Kaliya-daman lila, as well as stresses the purpose and importance of this rare human birth.
• Download / listen to the audio (11.3 Mb, 33 min | 6 July 2015)

Preaching Guidance: Keen and Careful
"Prabhupad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that if want to make somebody a devotee, you have to shed gallons and gallons of blood. Like, if a patient is going to die and needs blood, you need to give your blood to save them."
• Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | 13 November 2011)

Preaching Guidance: Angry, Passive, and Challenging
How to preach to angry people? Is it enough for people to just hear the Name of Krishna and get benefit through that? How to answer those who challenge referring to what others do?
• Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | 13 November 2011)

Preaching Programme (10 photographs, 1 Mb)
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is walking through the villages, taking the Holy Name and message of the Lord to the hearts of the fortunate souls.

Latest from Sri Nabadwip Dham (6 photographs, 0.7 Mb)
Photographs taken early this morning at Sri Nabadwip Dham: the construction is continuing smoothly and fast.

Preaching Programme (32 photographs, 2.6 Mb)
More photographs from the recent preaching programmes: with kol, kartal, his associates and devotees His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj brings hope, joy and mercy flooding the houses and hearts of the fortunate devotees.

Latest from Sri Nabadwip Dham (6 photographs, 0.6 Mb)
Photographs taken early this morning at Sri Nabadwip Dham: the construction progress of Sri Govardhan Hill project.

Leap Forward
"Everything must be used for the service to the Lord. In this world everything is created not for you—you are not the enjoyer, Krishna is the only enjoyer. You must remember this always and follow this."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.8 Mb, 11 min | 19 March 2014 | English, Bengali)

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