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JANUARY 2017
Initiation
into the Holy NameAs the material world celebrates the beginning of a new year, these fortunate souls are celebrating the beginning of their new life in the shelter of the holy lotus feet of Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
(7 photographs, 0.5 Mb | 1 January 2017)
Guidance, Issue #09
(EPUB file, 0.7 Mb)
An ePub file for offline reading on mobile phones and tablets containing the
lectures of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
published here from October to December 2016. We pray this serves as a source
of guidance, nourishment, and life to all the devotees and well-wishers
worldwide.
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Srila Jiva Goswami
Prabhu: The All-Rounder
"Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu did everything alone—he cooked, did puja,
cleaned the temple, brought water from the Yamuna, and also did personal
service to his Guru. He was busy with his service from morning to night, and
did everything alone."
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Srila
Jiva Goswami Prabhu
"I have no power to say what kind of devotion to his Guru Jiva Goswami
had. Jiva Goswami's service cannot be compared to
anyone's service. Whatever order he would get, he would place it on his
head and do it all the time—his mind never went to any other
place."
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Protected
Journey
Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj explains the pranam-mantra of
Srila Jiva Goswami in the book Dignity of the Divine Servitor: "I
offer my full dandavats unto the lotus feet of Srila Jiva Goswami who
is the protector of our spiritual life. He rescues us from the whole illusory
environment..."
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SONG:
Ye
anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"Where has Advaita Acharya gone? Where are my Svarup, Rupa, Sanatan? Where
is my Raghunath? Where are the saviours of the fallen souls?"
Vaishnava-Vandana: Service Track
"What happen if you do not follow the line? It says you must give up
karma. Does it mean you must give up your job, you must stop cooking,
eating, etc.? What does it mean? What is service? If you want to do service,
who should you remember?"
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Bengali)
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SONG:
Bhaja re bhaja
re amar |
ভজ রে ভজ রে আমার
"Serve! Serve! My mind is so foolish. There is no way other than service!
If you want to serve, then remember Sri Rupa and Sri Sanatan. Remember the
sadhus who follow Sri Rupa and the joy they feel in their service."
Been There, Heard
That
"What will I hear at the class? They say one and the same thing every day,
every sannyasi says the same thing—I am not this body, I am
atma. I know all this! Why will I go to the class?"
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Bengali)
Service Will
Take You Home
"This house is not your house. Where is home? You have lost your address and
I have come to take you to your own home. In the place where I have come
from, the Lord is crying there for us—for us, His lost children."
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Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | 28 Feb. 2012 | Mostly
Bengali)
Preaching
Programme : Day Two
Photographs taken during the second day of the preaching programme of His
Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj: Harinam
initiations, nagar sankirtan, and Hari-katha.
(13 photographs, 1 Mb | 5 January 2017)
Preaching
Programme : Day One
His Divine Grace Jagad Guru Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
blesses devotees with his holy presence at the Vaishnava seva, carrying the
banner of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda Sundar to the hearts of the
assembled fortunate souls.
(12 photographs, 0.9 Mb | 4 January 2017)
Maya
Family or Chaitanya Saraswat Family?
"This family's name is Chaitanya Saraswat Family. If you can stay in this
family, then you will be able to chant the Holy Name together, as a member of
the family, in the place where this family is."
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Bengali)
Preaching
Programme : Day Four
Photographs taken today, during the fourth day of the preaching programme of
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. Sri Guru's
pastimes and words are nondifferent from those of the Lord—how fortunate are
the souls who get to witness these. (15 photographs, 1.4 Mb
| 7 January 2017)
Preaching
Programme : Day Three
Photographs taken during the third day of the preaching programme of His
Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
(7 photographs, 0.5 Mb | 6 January 2017)
Perils of Karma
"You can see many people chanting, professional kirtan singers chant
Hare Krishna for two-three hours with a harmonium, but it gives no benefit to
anybody. Why? Ten thousand people listen to their chanting, but not even one
person will come to this line. Why?"
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2010)
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.
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"Sri Ekadasi"
(Sri Sri Prema Vivarta)
"One day, Gaurahari left the Gundicha Temple and sat in the Jagannath
Vallabha garden. It was pure Ekadasi, and the Lord spent the whole day and
night chanting the Name of Krishna..."
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"Observing
Ekadasi"
"Mahaprabhu told everybody how to observe Ekadasi, and our Guru-varga also
follow it. We must understand how to follow the Ekadasi day. Why do you leave
your food? Not to please yourself, but to please the Lord."
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"Ekadasi Vrata:
Make Your Guru Happy"
"Mahaprabhu told us to follow the Ekadasi vrata and we follow it to
please our Guru, to please our Guru-varga, and make Mahaprabhu happy."
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SONG:
Suddha-bhakata |
শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু
"I carefully observe the holy days related to Madhava, they are the mother
of devotion."
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SONG:
Sri hari-vasare |
শ্রীহরি-বাসরে হরি
"On the holy day of Sri Hari, Sriman Mahaprabhu, the life and
soul of the universe, began dancing..."
How Can Vyasa Not
Know?
"Of course it can be. You may write something or do something but it is
coming from The Lord—He is writing, He is doing everything. Devotees are
always humble, they feel, 'We do not know anything, but Krishna is giving
some power.'"
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Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min | 15 December
2010)
Preaching
Programme : Day Five
Sharing photographs taken during the fifth day of the preaching programme as
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj continues
to bless the devotees and fortunate souls with his holy association and
Hari-katha.
(15 photographs, 1.2 Mb | 8 January 2017)
Preaching
Programme : Day Seven
Photographs of the final, seventh day of the preaching programme
of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj:
Hari-katha, kirtan, and initiations.
(19 photographs, 1.1 Mb | 10 January 2017)
Preaching
Programme : Day Six
Presenting photographs taken during the sixth day of the preaching programme
as His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
continues to tirelessly bless the devotees and fortunate souls with his holy
association and Hari-katha—morning, day, and evening! (21
photographs, 1.3 Mb | 9 January 2017)
Nimai: "Worship Me! I
will give you everything!"
"On special days, all the ladies would come to the Ganga to do Ganga
puja, they would bring some white rice, bananas, other different fruit
and ingredients, but Mahaprabhu would break their puja..."
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Anniversary
Festival at Sri Ganga Sagar Temple
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj leads the
anniversary festival of the Deity installation at Sri Ganga Sagar temple of
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
(30 photographs, 1.9 Mb | 12 January 2017)
Crazy Inside Out
"(1) She wanted something very much and because she could not get it she
became crazy. But I am surprised—nobody becomes crazy because they want
Krishna! (2) Those who say there is a difference between householders,
brahmacharis, sannyasis, will go to hell."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.4 Mb, 7 min | 27 April 2013)
Clearing the
Obstacles
"When Mahaprabhu left His family, do you know who came at that time?
Kalanidra. Kalanidra came to the Lord and asked, 'Prabhu, I have come. Why
did You call me? What is my duty?' Mahaprabhu told her, 'Now do your
duty.'"
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2010)
"Even if you are a householder, you can practise—if you maintain your svadharma, without markata-vairagya, phalgu-vairagya, without looking at others' wives, then you can stay in your house and maintain your life properly, then such life is also good for you."
• Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | 27 April 2013)
My Only Shelter
"I will serve those who take shelter of Nitai-Chaitanya, who serve
Nitai-Chaitanya. I do not have any quality or qualification to serve
Nitai-Chaitanya, but I will serve those who are serving Nitai-Chaitanya!"
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Karma-Bandhan
"If you water and nourish unwanted branches, they will grow stronger, and,
interfering with the main branches of your tree, will not let them
grow..."
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2010)
"Through sraddha comes good association, sadhu-sanga. What happens during sadhu-sanga? Sravanam, kirtanam. There are many kinds of katha in this world, but what you listen to from a sadhu, is called sravan-kirtan."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.5 Mb, 11 min | 20 December 2010)
Preaching Programme: Day
One
Sharing first holy glimpses from the first evening of the second preaching
programme of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj that started yesterday, on 18 January.
(13 photographs, 0.7 Mb | 18 January 2017)
"You know that before Mahaprabhu came it was a very difficult time, and now also a very difficult time is coming. I was surprised to read how difficult the situation was at that time. It is unbearable. We cannot even imagine these things."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | 27 November 2010)
Preaching Programme: Day
Two
During the second day of the preaching programme, devotees go house to house
collecting rice and other bhog from the devotees, and in the afternoon
and evening His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj visits a few
houses and speaks in a class.
(26 photographs, 1.4 Mb | 19 January 2017)
In honour of Srila Lochan Das Thakur:
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SONG:
Ye anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"Where is my Raghunath Das, my Raghunath Bhatta, my Krisha Das Kaviraj?
Not finding the association of Sri Gauranga, who performed His Pastimes with
all these associates, Narottam Das weeps."
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SONG:
Akrodha paramananda |
অক্রোধ পরমানন্দ
"Lochan Das says of one who has not developed attachment to this Avatar of
Nityananda, such a sinner simply came and went."
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SONG:
Ke yabi ke yabi bhai |
কে যাবি কে যাবি ভাই
"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."
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SONG:
Parama karuna |
পরম করুণ
"Nitai and Gaurachandra are the two most merciful Lords. They are the
best, the crest-jewels, of all Avatars and the only source of joy."
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SONG:
Nitai gunamani amara |
নিতাই গুণমণি আমার
"Nitai, the jewel of all good qualities, my Nitai! Lochan Das says,
'Anyone who did not serve Nitai knowingly committed suicide.'"
Purity of
Preaching
"Mahaprabhu only chanted and danced, and our preaching will also be chanting
and dancing. People will be happy and they will get more benefit. If there is
any programme without chanting, without kirtan, then it is called a mayavadi
conception."
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Uluberia
Preaching Programme: Day Two
Devotees go out for Harinam sankirtan and gather to hear Hari-katha
from the lotus mouth of His Divine Grace, after which everybody takes part in
a massive prasad seva.
(15 photographs, 1.2 Mb | 22 January 2017)
Uluberia Grand
Preaching Programme
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj comes to
Uluberia to bless the devotees with his divine presence and heart-nourishing
Hari-katha. Sharing photographs of the Vaishnava festival organised on the
occasion.
(26 photographs, 1.4 Mb | 21 January 2017)
Triumph of
Sankirtan Movement
"Illusory environment is very strong, and when somebody enjoys life, it is
not so easy to come out of that kind of environment. Only through
sankirtan can people come out of the illusory environment, there is no
other way. I want to have a strong preaching group..."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.7 Mb, 8 min | 28 November
2010)
Sri Ekadasi
Guidance (Updated)
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.
•
"Sri Ekadasi"
(Sri Sri Prema Vivarta)
"One day, Gaurahari left the Gundicha Temple and sat in the Jagannath
Vallabha garden. It was pure Ekadasi, and the Lord spent the whole day and
night chanting the Name of Krishna..."
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SONG:
Suddha-bhakata |
শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু
"I carefully observe the holy days related to Madhava, they are the mother
of devotion."
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SONG:
Sri hari-vasare |
শ্রীহরি-বাসরে হরি
"On the holy day of Sri Hari, Sriman Mahaprabhu, the life and
soul of the universe, began dancing..."
Nurture
Devotion, Not Desires
"We must not waste our time on doing some nonsense—when we have time, we
should read books, practise, chant, preach. That is our life. We must cut all
unwanted branches. As soon as desires come to your heart or mind, you must
immediately cut them off..."
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2010)
Collecting Rice,
Distributing Mercy (1)
Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj has set out for the annual
massive rice collection in preparation to Sri Gaura Purnima: hearing
Hari-katha from the lotus mouth of His Divine Grace, the rice mill owners
happily donate rice to the Temple.
(19 photographs, 1 Mb | 24 January 2017)
Collecting Rice,
Distributing Mercy (2)
Photographs taken during the second day of the bhog collection: His
Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj visits a few wholesalers and
gives a public evening class.
(9 photographs, 0.4 Mb | 25 January 2017)
Collecting Rice,
Distributing Mercy (3)
The collection and preaching continues smoothly and very successfully with as
much as two tons(!!) of rice collected so far. His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is pleased and happy.
(11 photographs, 0.6 Mb | 26 January 2017)
What You Wish
Is What You Get
"We are like insects in the stool. If you take some worms out of the stool,
they will always go back to the stool, their character is like that. You
cannot conquer this illusory environment unless you get proper mercy."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.1 Mb, 4 min | 28 November
2010)
Preaching In Betur
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj continues his preaching
programme and comes to Betur, speaking at a large programme in the area and
visiting our Betur temple in the evening.
(17 photographs, 1.1 Mb | 27 January 2017)
Accepting Guru's
Order
"Gurudev gave some explanation about uttam, madhyam and
adham devotees. If you tell somebody something and then they do it,
that is called madhyam..."
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2010)
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Please remember:
Proceed and
Increase
"I am inviting all devotees to come to Nabadwip to see any festival or for
the Gaura Purnima festival. Come as soon as possible; as much as it is in my
power, as much as I can help anyone, I will try. Please come to
Nabadwip."
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Nityananda
Prabhu's Land and Mercy
"Nityananda Prabhu's place is a very nice place, I like it very much and do
not want to go from there. Go corner to corner, invite everybody, 'Please
come to Gaura Purnima, please come to the festival at Nityananda Prabhu's
birthplace.'"
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Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 5 min | 30 December
2010)
Practise. Serve.
Believe.
"Come. Come for Gaura Purnima, come for the parikrama of Virachandrapur in
February. Mahaprabhu went there, Nityananda Prabhu came there to take the
darshan of Mahaprabhu, and His mercy is unlimited. When you do parikrama of
the Holy Dham, your parikrama of the material world comes to an end, you will
not have to come back." (11 December 2011)
Knock, Knock! (Ahvana Poem)
"Who is your friend? Your friend has come to your house as a beggar and prays
to you, 'Please chant the Name of Krishna! Come with us!' Just like a beggar
he comes to you, but you cannot recognise him."
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"I am
touching your feet—please come!"
"Gurudev says, 'I am folding my hands, I am touching your feet—please come at
Gaura Purnima!' How many more times will you come to this world? Those who do
this Nabadwip Dham parikrama with devotees do no have to wander any
longer in these three worlds."
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Come to
your home
"I pray to you all that you come every year. You may think, 'How will the
money come?' But if you have a strong desire, Mahaprabhu will send you the
money to come here." (9 March 2012)
Strike While
the Iron Is Hot
"You think, 'I will chant the Holy Name tomorrow—I will wait today, and
from tomorrow I will start.' Are you sure you are going to be in this world
tomorrow?"
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His Things For
His Service
"For the service of the Lord you can do everything. Krishna bail to you. If
you use His property for yourself, a reaction will come, but if you use His
property and His things for your Gurudev, for Krishna, the Lord, then no
reaction comes."
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2010)
"কেউ বলে, 'তুমি শিব ভক্ত, আমি কৃষ্ণ ভক্ত !' এরকম বলবেন না । শিব আর কৃষ্ণ আলাদাও নয়, আবার শিব আর কৃষ্ণ একও নয় । শিব হচ্ছেন কৃষ্ণের অংশবিশেষ । শিব ভগবানের সেবক, শিবজী মহারাজ পরমভক্ত ।"
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| Attachment to Service or to the Self? |
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| 'They want some relation, but actually they take from the devotees more than they give. Such is this world, people always think about themselves. People do not serve properly—they come to use Gurudev, they do not come to surrender to Gurudev..' |
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| “Even the mute and the deranged can still hear the Name, and this alone destroys all sins and gives rise to the true fortune of the soul.” |
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“Guru
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