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MONTHLY ARCHIVE OF UPDATES
APRIL 2017
Guidance, Issue #10
(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 January to March 2017. We pray this serves as a source
of guidance, nourishment, and life to all the devotees and well-wishers
worldwide.
Vaishnava Calendar (Google, android)
We are sharing Vaishnava calendar in Google online calendar service that can
be used in most android-based smartphones, as well as in gmail account. Here
is how you can add it to your android smartphone:
-Click on a "plus" sign at the bottom of the page to add it to your Google Calendar page
-If you are not logged in Google account, enter your login info
-The calendar will appear in your Google Calendar under "Other calendars"
-On your phone: update/synchronise your google account calendar in the settings of your phone. Restart your phone if the Calendar events do not appear immediately.
Note: the calendar has notifications set for the major dates, but you need to see the calendar settings in your phone to make sure you get these notifications. You can also receive notification by email, see the settings in your online Google calendar.
Where There Is a
Will...
"If you try, you can do it. If you say, 'I will chant the Holy Name,' you
will be able to do it, but if you do not have any desire to do it and say, 'I
will not chant the Holy Name,' then no one can force you. Is it not so? There
is one story about it..."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min | 21 February 2017 | Bengali)
Preaching Programme in Bora Kamalapur
This morning, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj is visiting fortunate devotees in Bora Kamalapur (Hooghly district)
with nagar sankirtan and Hari-katha.
(2 April 2017 | 10 photographs, 0.7 Mb)
News from Sri
Nabadwip Dham
Sharing two more good news of our Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math: Sunday was not
only marked with a sweet preaching programme, but also an extension of
service paraphernalia of the Math, as well as a new brahmachari...
(2 April 2017 | 5 photographs, 0.3 Mb)
Devotee's
Humility
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj describes
humility, one of the core qualities of surrender: "It is necessary to
surrender fully, it is necessary to have saranagati. Saranagati
means dainyata, humility."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | 21 February 2017 | Bengali)
Note: Some of the preparations known to be favourite to His Divine Grace Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj: Rice, mung or chana dal, stir-fried karela, sak, posto bora, aloo siddho (boiled potato, mashed with chilli and salt), cauliflower pakoras, singara (samosa), mixed vegetable subji, paneer rasa, boiled potato, tomato chutney, achar (pickle), avocado salad (with a little salt and olive oil), cucumber salad, mango, paramanna (sweet rice), rasagullas, sandesh, a cake, vanilla ice-cream.
Mind Matters
"If you make one step to the Lord, the Lord will make ten steps to you—but
you have to make the first step. If you sit at home, can you hear Hari-katha?
Some can hear the class from outside because we have loudspeakers, but their
mind will be in some other place..."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.9 Mb, 6 min | 21 February 2017 | Bengali)
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Dasa-avatara-stotram |
দশাবতারস্তোত্রম্
"O Hari! O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! You have assumed the form of
Ramachandra! All glory to You! During the battle at Lanka You distributed to
all the directions the most pleasing, crowning offering of the ten heads of
Ravan, which were desired by the guardians of the directions."
• "Lord Ramachandra became King
during Treta-yuga, but because of His good government, the age was like
Satya-yuga. Everyone was religious and completely happy."
• "He was a saintly king, and
everything in His character was good, untinged by qualities like anger. He
taught good behavior for everyone, especially for householders, in terms of
varnasrama-dharma. Thus He taught the general public by His personal
activities."
• "Lord Ramachandra's spotless
name and fame, which vanquish all sinful reactions, are celebrated in all
directions, like the ornamental cloth of the victorious elephant that
conquers all directions." (Srimad Bhagavatam,
9.10-11)
Remember Where
You Belong To
"You must promise me now that if you go back to your home, you will serve the
Guru, Vaishnavs, Bhagavan, that you will practise properly. Do not go back to
the mundane world, do not go back to the attachment with the family
life."
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Download / listen to the audio (0.8 Mb, 3 min | 9 March 2012)
Adhivas at Sri
Govardhan
On the second day of Sri Govardhan parikrama, His Divine Grace takes the
devotees to Sri Radha Kunda, Shyama Kunda paying obeisance at and taking darshan of many temples and samadhi
mandirs of our Guru-varga.
(7 April 2017 | 39 photographs, 2 Mb)
Arriving at Sri
Govardhan
Sharing first photographs of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj's visit to Sri Govardhan—the beautiful temple
compound, morning class, and a short afternoon parikrama visiting Sri
Haridev Temple, Brahma Kunda, Chakleswar Mahadev's temple, Manasi Ganga.
(6 April 2017 | 28 photographs, 1.1 Mb)
Sri Govardhan parikrama classes (2015):
Appearance of Sri
Giriraj
"...When I was doing Govardhan parikrama, I was looking both sides,
thinking (Gurudev was also thinking), 'You have made the temple in Govinda
Kunda, but how you will bring Govardhan? How will you get Him?'"
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Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min)
Parikrama of Sri
Govardhan
"How do we do parikrama? Govardhan is like a peacock, our temple is
near Manasa Ganga, at the mouth of Govardhan, and we start the
parikrama from the tail and do half portion one day, and the second
half the next day."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.8 Mb, 8 min)
The Aanyor Village
"During the parikrama, we pass a village called Aanyor when we go to
see Govinda Kunda. One day, Madhavendra Puri was sitting there and chanting
all day..."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min)
In honour of the eve (adhivas) of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's disappearance festival:
Service in
Separation
"If you follow your Guru's instruction, if you fulfil his desire, even
after his disappearance, if you always think what will make him happy,
then you will get his association, you will feel joy..."
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Download / listen to the audio (5 Mb, 13 min | 22 April 2013)
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.
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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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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..."
Srila
Gurudev's Disappearance Festival at Sri Govardhan
In the shade of the holy lotus feet of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal
Acharya Maharaj, assembled fortunate devotees and Vaishnavs observe the holy
disappearance day of our beloved Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
(8 April 2017 | 59 photographs, 2.3 Mb)
Srila
Gurudev's Disappearance Festival at Sri Nabadwip Dham
Devotees observe the holy disappearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at Sri Nabadwip Dham in a peaceful and
beautiful programme including Hari-katha, arati and prasad
seva.
(8 April 2017 | 18 photographs, 1.4 Mb)
gurvvabhista-supurakam guru-ganair asisa-sambhusitam "I offer my obeisance unto he who perfectly fulfils his Gurudev's most cherished desires; who is fully adorned with the blessings of his Gurudev’s associates; who is expert in all aspects of Vedic knowledge, both conceivable and inconceivable; who is the pre-eminent follower of Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu's line; who is known as 'Govinda'—Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj; whose beautiful, effulgent, exalted form is infused with pure devotion; who is the Guru of the entire universe; and who is the giver of the seed of divine love for the Supreme Lord." |
Biography of Srila B.S.
Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj
A glorification article that sprang forth from the interpretation of the
Pranam-mantra of His Divine Grace and was originally published as
an Appendix to the Revealed Truth.
Sri
Samadhi Mandir Verses
Pages containing the verses that were selected to adorn the
samadhi-mandir of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. May these pages please and nourish
the Vaishnavs' hearts.
Srila Gurudev's Disappearance Festival, 2013
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj speaking in Bengali
at Sri Nabadwip Dham about the glories and pastimes of Srila Gurudev,
Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, to the assembly of
Vaishnavs on 23 April 2013.
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Download / listen to the audio (18 Mb, 53 min | 23 April 2013)
Srila Gurudev's Disappearance Festival, 2015 (morning)
Appreciating the good fortune and practice • Urging to preach for
Gurudev • Separation from devotees—the most painful •
Reading from Sri Sri Prema-vivarta (Chaters 6-10)
অত্যন্ত দুর্লভ সৌভাগ্য • ভক্ত বিরহ সবচেয়ে খারাপ দুঃখ • গুরু ভোগ
জন্য নয় • শ্রীশ্রীপ্রেমবিবর্ত্ত থেকে পড়া: "জীব-গতি", "সকলের পক্ষে
নাম", "কুটীনাটী ছাড়", "যুক্তবৈরাগ্য", "জাতিকুল" (অধ্যায় ৬-১০).
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Download / listen to the audio (17.3 Mb, 51 min | 1 April 2015)
Kirtans: Sri Rupa-manjari pada • Srimad Rupa Goswami
Prabhur Sochaka • Hari Haraye
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Download / listen to the audio (8 Mb, 24 min | 1 April 2015)
Srila Gurudev's Disappearance Festival, 2015 (noon)
Raghunath Das Goswami's pain of separation and nourishment • Guru
as nondifferent from the Lord • Srila Gurudev's coming to the Math,
relationship with Srila Sridhar Maharaj, pranam mantra • The glory of
the Math • Prayer to Srila Gurudev's feet and guidance for the
devotees.
রঘুনাথদাস গোস্বামীর বিপ্রলম্ভব্যথা ও আশা • গুরুদেব সাক্ষাৎ ভগবান
• শ্রীল শ্রীধর মহারজের সঙ্গে শ্রীল ভক্তি সুন্দর গোবিন্দ দেবগোস্বামী
মহারাজের সম্পর্ক • মাঠের প্রচুর মহিমা • গুরুদেবের চরণে প্রর্থনা
ও ভক্তের জন্য উপদেশ, ইত্যাদি.
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Download / listen to the audio (21.1 Mb, 62 min | 1 April 2015)
Kirtans (preceding the lecture):
• Ye anila prema-dhana • Amara jivana sada pape rata
• Jaya Radha-Madhava
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Download / listen to the audio (7 Mb, 21 min | 1 April 2015)
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SONG:
Jaya jaya gurudever |
জয় জয় গুরুদেবের
"All glory to the effulgent arati of Srila Gurudev taking place at the
foot of Govardhan for the beneft of the world!"
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Krsna haite
chatur-mukha |
কৃষ্ণ হৈতে চতুর্ম্মুখ • Samsara-davanala | সংসার-দাবানল • Gurudev! krpa-bindu diya | গুরুদেব! কৃপাবিন্দু দিয়া • Sri-guru-charana-padma | শ্রীগুরুচরণ-পদ্ম |
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SONG:
Ye anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"I will break my head on a rock, I will enter into fire—where shall I go
to reach the reservoir of all qualities, Sri Gauranga? Where are the saviours
of the fallen souls?"
Odds and Ends (7)
Several excerpts that were not included in the main posts:
• Rupanuga-dhara • Cleaning • Practice at home • If
Gaura had not come... • Practise chanting kirtans • Buy kirtan
guide book • Stay on track • Your home is here • Blessing for
progress, not regress • Actions speak louder than words • Temple is
not a house for old cows • Ultimate obstacle • In the lap of Maya
• Technology for service, not indulgence • Fateful change.
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Download / listen to the audio (5.5 Mb, 17 min | Compiled on 9 April 2017)
Parikrama of Sri
Govardhan
With incessant kirtan and flow of Hari-katha, Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj leads the devotees on the third part of Sri Govardhan
parikrama taking darshan of the many groves, kundas and
temples of the South-West part of Sri Govardhan Hill.
(9 April 2017 | 29 photographs, 1.3 Mb)
Sailing or
Treading Water?
"You say, 'Oh, I have no time,' but you have time for other things. It is
necessary to practise. Gurudev said that wherever you are staying you must
proceed with your spiritual life. We forget what Gurudev taught us, but where
does that take us in the end?"
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Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | 24 December 2010)
Parikrama of Sri
Mathura
Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj takes devotees to the next part of Sri Vraja Mandala
parikrama visiting Unchagaon, Varshana, Nandagaon, Pavan Sorvar, Kadamba
Khandi, and several other places.
(10 April 2017 | 25 photographs, 1 Mb)
The Wheel of Time
"One day this whole world will also be demolished. After that, Krishna will
be again alone. He will make Brahma, and Brahma will again create this
environment. Everything will appear again..."
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Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 2 min | 19 July 2013)
"আমি হাতটা মুখের সামনে তুলে কি আঙ্গুলটা গুণতে পারব ? না, হাতটা একটু দূরে রেখতে হবে । ভগবানের মন্দিরে গিয়ে ভগবানকে দেখেবে ? “ভক্তের হৃদয়ে গোবিন্দ বিশ্রাম করেন”—ভক্তের কাছে গেলে ভগবান দেখা দেবেন, তার ভক্তের সঙ্গই করে যেতে হবে ।"
Balaram's Position in Kuruksetra Lila
"There are so many big stories in Mahabharat—it describes the fighting
and so many other things—but if you read it you will see much contradiction
about spiritual life."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 6 min | 19 July 2013)
Habit Is Second
Nature
"It is necessary to practise regularly, to make it your habit. Wake up early
in the morning, do mangal arati, chant kirtans. Practising life
is a beautiful life. If you can practise in this way in your house in the
morning, you will get energy. Otherwise this life is nothing."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.4 Mb, 7 min | 24 December 2010)
Vaishnavs'
Mercy Is Our Refuge
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj kept Gurudev, kept all the devotees here
to serve this Math, and this is our only hope and refuge. The mercy of
Vaishnavs is our blessing, this is our hope and prayer. We must always
remember and think about this."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | 24 December 2010)
"Always chant the Name of Krishna, chant kirtans, and you will see that you yourself will get energy and you will be able to stay in this line all your life until death. If you want to stay in this line, you must practise."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 5 min | 24 December 2010)
Sri Gaudiya Gitanjali
In honour of Sri Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj, we are presenting the index page
for Sri Gaudiya Gitanjali song book that was initially compiled and
published to preserve his holy remembrance. The page contains links to the
kirtans that have been posted here so far and that are sung regularly
at our Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. More kirtans shall be added in the
course of time.
In honour of Sripad Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj:
Pranama-mantra:krsna-ananda-karam ratantama-nisam nama-aksaram sundaram
sri-nandisvaram-asritam vraja-bhuvi gaure cha mayapuram
vande yukta-viraga-bhakti-lasitam sri-krsna-dasa-prabhum
The
Root of Our Fortune
"Srila Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj was a good kirtaniya and a good
singer, and that Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj would walk from Nabadwip to
Hapaniya and chant Srila Sridhar Maharaj's song..."
• Download
(7.6 Mb, 22 min)
Get
Cracking
"'Time has passed as I have been busy in my material life, and I have got
nothing—only became burdened. What sort of world is this?' In this world
there is no want of food, no want of money, no want of anything except only
one thing..."
• Download
(1.8 Mb, 6 min)
Fending Maya Off:
Nourish Others, Protect Yourself
"Call devotees and bring them to the temple, help them keep connection.
Maya is very powerful, but when devotees are with devotees,
maya always runs away. We must worry about our quality. We can be
small, but our line should be perfect."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | 28 September 2011)
"এক যে ছিল ব্রাহ্মণ, তার নাম ছিল অর্জ্জুন মিশ্র । তিনি প্রত্যেক দিন গীতা-পাঠ করতেন আর প্রত্যেক দিন ভিক্ষায় বেরিয়ে যেতেন । এক দিন গীতা-পাঠ করে এই শ্লোকটা দেখতে পেলেন, 'যারা অন্য চিন্তা বাদ দিয়ে আমার শরণাপন্ন হয়, তাদের খাবারটা আমি বয়ে এনে দেই'"...
The Eyes to See,
the Heart to Feel
"If you have love and affection for the Lord, then you will be able to
recognise who has love and affection for the Lord. If you are a sincere
seeker and have chastity, you will be able to understand who is senior, who
is junior. It does not depend upon age..."
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Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | 18 June 2010)
Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya: "Please give me shelter!"
"You have heard about many pastimes of Mahaprabhu from
Chaitanya-bhagavat and Chaitanya-charitamrita. He performed
many types of pastimes, but you know that Sarvabhauma Pandit at first did not
believe that Mahaprabhu was the Lord Himself..."
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Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | 11 August 2003)
Religion of the
Heart
This book was prepared and published first in 2006 by His Holiness Sripad
Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj, and was received with great joy by His
Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Presenting it
now online for reading and downloading:
"We do not know how
good we are, but I see that what comes from our kitchen is very tasteful for
the jiva souls. I could not conceive that this book would be like this, and
it is coming from Sripad Siddhanti Maharaj, then neither I, nor you know what
will be inside, but when I have seen it, then I can say this book has come
out perfectly."
(Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
|
~ Pranam-mantra ~
dasa-vrndavanam vande krsna-dasa-prabhum tatha
"I offer my obeisances to Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur and Srila
Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami, who made public the pastimes of the hidden
avatar, Sri Chaitanya. They were both adorned with the mercy-dust of
the lotus feet of Nityananda. I offer my obeisances to these two
inconceivable sages who assumed the form of Vyasadeva, one—explicitly
(Vrindavan Das Thakur), another—hiddenly (Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami).
Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda and Their associates are ever
victorious and we, the students, pray for Their mercy." |
Under a Haritaki Tree
"Vrindavan Das Thakur's mother's name is Narayani, and she was a niece of
Srivas Pandit. Mahaprabhu always held kirtans in the house of Srivas Pandit,
and Narayani lived in that same house. When she was very little, she got
Mahaprabhu's mercy..."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 8 min | 31 December 2012)
Clasping Nityananda
Prabhu's Feet
"Nityananda is nondifferent from Guru-tattva: without mercy of the Guru you
cannot get the mercy of Krishna. When will Nityananda Prabhu give me some
mercy? When will He be compassionate to me and relieve me from the mundane
illusion?"
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Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min | 20 October 2015)
Vrindavan Das
Thakur: A Life of Chastity
"Vrindavan Das Thakur is a disciple of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu and is the
main servitor of Nityananda Prabhu. He has so much chastity for Him..."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 5 min | 18 May 2015)
Srila Vrindavan
Das Thakur
His holy birthplace (Mamgachhi), his holy Deities (Sri Sri Gaura Nitai), his
holy pastimes place (haritaki tree), and his holy samadhi
(Denur)...
Composed by Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur:
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SONG:
Nitai amara dayara avadhi |
নিতাই আমার দয়ার অবধি
"O brothers! My Lord Nitai's mercy is limitless! Bestowing His mercy upon
the souls of this world He wanders from place to place perpetually offering
the great treasure of ecstatic spiritual love to all."
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SONG:
Bimala hema-jini |
বিমল হেমজিনি
"His spotless figure defeats pure gold! Various flowers garlands adorn Him highlighting His beauty, and, in His ecstatic thrill, the hairs on His body standing erect defeat the stamens of kadamba flowers! His body is covered with drops of perspiration..."
Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
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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:
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:
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! Prabhu, you see no fault in others, you are the saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!"
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SONG:
Dhana mora nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ
"The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath, Vaishnavs'
name is the water oblation. My mind is intently fixed upon the remnants of
Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the name of Vaishnavs."
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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?"
Ekadasi
Tithi: One of the Practices
"We follow viddhi-marga (we worship the Lord and Guru), that is why we
follow Ekadasi. Also, because Mahaprabhu told to do so. We are devotees of
Mahaprabhu, so we follow whatever Mahaprabhu tells us to do."
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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.
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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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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..."
"In a mundane hospital, they cure pain in your hand today, but tomorrow you will have pain in your head. Who can give you real relief? Only Guru can relieve you from this material world, can cure you from the material disease of heart."
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Perils of
Pleasure
"Someone lives in the temple but always thinks about their health, thinks
about their body, about a comfortable life—we want to leave maya, but maya
does not want to leave us..."
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Bond of
Krishna-Katha
"When the taste for Bhagavat-katha, for Krishna-katha comes, there remains no
taste for any other katha—if you see Him once, you will not want to
see anything else. This is Krishna-prema."
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"If you do not control the six senses, you are bound to be unhappy. Withdraw your affection from the world and dedicate it fully to the lotus feet of Krishna. Krishna may give you something and then take it away. Accept all such conditions as a source of joy."
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— { Pranam mantra of Sri Gadadhar Pandit Goswami } —
nilambhodhi-tate sada sva-viraha-ksepanvitam bandhavam
"On the shore of the broad blue ocean Gadadhar Pandit used to read Srimad
Bhagavatam to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who was suffering from the great
internal pain of separation from Himself (Krishna). Gadadhar Pandit supplied
the wine of Krishna-lila to intoxicate his afflicted friend and give Him
relief. As he read, tears would fall from his eyes like flower offerings onto
the pages of Srimad Bhagavatam. May the pleasure of that brilliant
personality, Gadadhar Pandit, the best of the Goswamis, be my only object in
writing this book." (Composed by Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj) |
Sri Gadadhar Pandit's
Life in Puri
A special discourse given by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj for Sri Gaudiya Darshan, 1995, dwelling on "Puri
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math" and "Jagannathdev and His Dham." Later, this
article was included in the compilation of lectures Affectionate
Guidance (Chapter 23).
Pandit Sri Gadadhar Goswami [Posted at Sri Gaudiya
Darshan]
Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's article on Srila Gadadhar
Pandit's paramount sacrifice: "Pandit Goswami's life is a special offering
of silent and complete self-sacrifice to his beloved. Only those who can
taste unprecedented joy by appreciating the wonder within the ornament of
contradiction in seeing the bag of a beggar on Laksmi Devi’s shoulder are fit
to appreciate the extraordinary glory of Srimat Pandit Goswami's
unprecedented personality..."
শ্রীল ভক্তিরক্ষক শ্রীধর দেব গোস্বামী মহারাজের প্রবন্ধ: "পণ্ডিত গোস্বামী চরিত্র নিজ প্রিয়তমের উদ্দেশ্যে একটী নীরব পূর্ণ-আত্মোৎসর্গময় উপটোকন বিশেষ । লক্ষ্মীদেবীর স্কন্ধ ভিক্ষার ঝুলি দর্শনে যাঁহারা বিরোধালঙ্কারের চমৎকারিতা হৃদয়ঙ্গমে যে অপূর্ব্ব সুখাস্বাদনে সমর্থ, তাঁহারাই শ্রীমৎ পণ্ডিত গোস্বামী অপূর্ব্ব ব্যক্তিত্বের অসাধারণ মহিমা অনুভবের অধিকারী ।"
Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
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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:
Thakura vaisnava-gana |
ঠাকুর বৈষ্ণবগণ
"O worshippable Vaisnavas, I offer you this prayer. I am very fallen and
misbehaved. Destiny has immersed me in the fearsome ocean of material
existence. Please grab me by the hair and pull me to the shore."
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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:
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! Prabhu, you see no fault in others, you are the saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!"
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SONG:
Dhana mora nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ
"Nityananda is my wealth, Gaurachandra is my lord, my very life is the
Divine Couple. Advaita Acharya is my strength, Gadadhar is my family, and
Narahari is my play and pastimes."
Remembering Sri
Vrindavan
"'Radha-padankita dhama, Vrndavana yara nama.' You must always do
Vrindavan parikrama with your head. Not with your legs, but with your
head. We are joking about it, but actually you must remember in your mind,
'Oh, I am walking here with my head.'"
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"You must always do Vaishnav seva—without service to the Vaishnavs we cannot proceed in our spiritual life. How can you do Vaishnav seva? Vaishnav seva means following the order and advice that a Vaishnav gives you."
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Remembering Sripad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj:
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— { Pranam mantra } —
saumyam suddha-tanum sudhamsu-vadanam sarasvatam sundaram
"I offer my obeisance unto my great master, the worshippable Srimad Bhakti
Vichar Jajavar Maharaj. He is a beautiful follower of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Thakur and has been a bee in the lotus feet of the Lord since his
youth. He has a divine form and a moonlike face. He is filled with the Name's
ecstasy and his heart is tranquil. He is gentle, he relieves the fallen of
their distress, and he delivers the world." (Composed by Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj) |
Sripad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar
Maharaj (by Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj)
"Srila Jajavar Maharaj joined the Gaudiya Mission of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Thakur at a very young age. He could sing nicely, and he looked
very simple—there was not a shadow of inauspiciousness in his
body..."
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Tracing Our Roots
"We have all come from the same family. Wake up! This is not your real home!
How many days will you stay here? We have all come from the same place—you
have come from Me, and I have come to take you there!"
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Serve, Chant,
Remember
"We keep coming and going, we are always changing our address, but now that
we have got a human body. If a fortunate soul can take and chant the Holy
Name, they can go to their real home, it will not be necessary for them to
suffer any more."
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