Our Disciplic Succession:
|
"The Sun Never Sets on Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math":
|
| ABOUT US | GUIDANCE | LIBRARY | DAILY PRACTICE | PHOTO | CALENDAR | CONTACT |
MONTHLY ARCHIVE OF UPDATES
APRIL 2020
Where There Is a Will There Is a Way
"Answers to questions: How should we act if somebody offends us? How can we
concentrate our mind when chanting? How can we get relief from ego? How
should I instruct my child? How can we develop sincerity and enthusiasm in
our service?"
•
Download / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 5 min | 28 March 2020)
Guidance, Issue #22
(EPUB file, 1 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 2020. We pray this serves as a
source of guidance, nourishment, and life to all the devotees and
well-wishers worldwide.
All the previous Guidance issues, containing over fifteen hundred lectures spoken by His Divine Grace, are available for downloading from the Library section of the website.
"The husband will work. The wife will cook, offer the bhog, take the offered prasadam first, and then the husband will take the remnants after her. That is Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj's advice..."
• Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | 28 March 2020)
• "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,
Canto 9, chapters 10-11)
Niti and Priti
"It was Ramachandra's vijay utsav yesterday, and we would like to
clarify some things about Rama-tattva and Krishna-tattva. In Rama-lila, rules
and regulations are the highest, and love and affection go down, but this is
not the highest ideal..."
•
Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 9 min | 9 October 2019)
Laksman's Grudge
"Sita Devi was crying so much, and Laksman could not bear the thought of
doing it, but because Ramachandra was his worshippable Lord and his elder
brother, he had to do it—but Laksman could not forget the kind of pain he got
at that time..."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 4 min | 9 October 2019)
Hanuman's Service
Drive
"I will give you some example of Hanuman's love for Rama, of his desire to
serve Rama. We can see how much Ramachandra loves Hanuman and how much
Hanuman loves Him. It is necessary to have such service desire."
•
Download / listen to the audio (2.3 Mb, 6 min | 2 March 2020)
•
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."
Rama-Avatar
"Today is a very good day—the appearance day of Lord Ramachandra. There are
different kinds of moods—santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, madhura-rasa.
Moreover, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the Lord are also different.
You can easily understand it from the difference between Rama-lila and
Krishna-lila."
•
Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 9 min | 2 April 2020)
Sri Rama Navami
Class in Kolkata
(2 April 2020 | 4 photographs, 0.3 Mb)
Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj mercifully speaks
to the assembled devotees at Sri Sevak Bhavan in Dum Dum Park, Kolkata, on
Sri Rama Navami day with the darshan being broadcast worldwide for the
nourishment of the devotees.
"I am writing here something comparing the pastimes of Ramachandra and the pastimes of Krsihna-chandra, as well as Nanda Maharaj and Vasudev's vatsalya-rasa..."
• Download / listen to the audio (5.3 Mb, 13 min | 2 April 2020)
Peculiarity
of Lord's Pastimes
"I have read Ramayan, but I am telling you the gist point... There are
many incarnations—Narayan, Ramachandra, Vamanadev, Balaram, and others, but
Krishna is the full Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, Gaura-lila is
even higher..."
•
Download / listen to the audio (7.6 Mb, 18 min | 2 April 2020 | Class and Kirtan)
| |||||||||
Note: Some of the many 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.
| |||||||||||||||||||||
Affectionate
Guidance
The
Nectarean Glories of Sri Nityananda Prabhu
The Divine Servitor
Dignity of the Divine Servitor
Golden
Reflections
Divine Guidance
The
Benedictine Tree of Divine Aspiration
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..."
•
Download / listen to the audio (5 Mb, 13 min | 22 April 2013)
Separation Day
"Our supreme Gurudev, Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj accepted this day as the day to leave this world for his
eternal abode, and he has left us, fallen souls, here to chant his
glories..."
•
Download / listen to the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | 8 April 2017 |
Bengali)
"Sacrificing his own life, forgetting his own happiness and comfort, Gurudev would go door to door preaching the message of Mahaprabhu: be merciful to the souls, chant the Holy Name, and serve the Vaishnavs. Besides this, there is no other religion."
• Download / listen to the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | 8 April 2017 | Bengali)
Festival: Vision
and Focus
"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."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | 16 April 2013)
"You may have everything, but if you do not have mercy of your Guru, then you have nothing. Gurudev gave you all his blessings, and if we can serve him, we will get supreme benefit. You must always live remembering Gurudev's words."
• Download / listen to the audio (4.1 Mb, 12 min | 8 April 2017 | Bengali)
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.
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.
•
"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"
(by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
•
"Ekadasi
Vrata: Make Your Guru Happy" (by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
•
"No Other Shelter"
(by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
•
"Mahadvadasi" (by Srila
B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
•
"Ekadasi
and liberation" (by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
•
"Ekadasi
Tithi: One of the Practices" (by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
•
Yogini Ekadasi
•
Ekadasi: Main
Focus Is Service
The Worst Day"Today, my Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's tenth disappearance festival, tirobhav-tithi. I had never thought that this day when Gurudev leaves would come in my life one day. I lost the dearest personality in my life on this day..."
• Download / listen to the audio (5.2 Mb, 13 min | 16 April 2019 | Bengali)
From the archive, related to today's day:
The Seeds of
Discord
"This animosity, these things have not grown overnight—it has been growing
and increasing day by day, day by day. You did not see what was happening
inside, and now that tree has grown very big!"
•
Download / listen to the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | 30 March 2010)
Strong Faith and
Chastity
"He may not be able to talk now like before, but he can see everything, and
he is watching everything. I think those who say Gurudev is not here anymore
have not got any connection with Gurudev. That is why it is necessary to have
a strong faith."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.9 Mb, 6 min | 30 March 2010)
"I Want to Forget"
"I want to go somewhere—I want to get some relief. When I am sitting in the
office, I get some relief, but as soon as I go to my room, I again start
remembering everything. I want to forget it, but I cannot... It is impossible
to forget this. Such is my situation."
•
Download / listen to the audio (0.9 Mb, 3 min | 30 March 2010)
Festival: Vision
and Focus
"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."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | 16 April 2013)
Separation Day
"Our supreme Gurudev, Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj accepted this day as the day to leave this world for his
eternal abode, and he has left us, fallen souls, here to chant his
glories..."
•
Download / listen to the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | Bengali)
Make Service Your Goal,
Means, and Sustenance
"Sacrificing his own life, forgetting his own happiness and comfort, Gurudev
would go door to door preaching the message of Mahaprabhu: be merciful to the
souls, chant the Holy Name, and serve the Vaishnavs. Besides this, there is
no other religion."
•
Download / listen to the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | Bengali)
Overpowered by Service
"You may have everything, but if you do not have mercy of your Guru, then you
have nothing. Gurudev gave you all his blessings, and if we can serve him, we
will get supreme benefit. You must always live remembering Gurudev's
words."
•
Download / listen to the audio (4.1 Mb, 12 min | Bengali)
Spiritual
Mockery
"Actually, we took initiation from a Guru, but it is not a real initiation—we
only pretend to be disciples. The temple that Srila Guru Maharaj made and
that Gurudev served is not for enjoyment—it is for service."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | 7 April 2019)
Painful Day
"Our Gurudev's disappearance festival is very soon, that day is coming soon,
next dvadasi. It is a very sad day for me. It is the most painful day in my
life, and this very painful day comes every year..."
•
Download / listen to the audio (0.5 Mb, 2 min)
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." |
By Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:
"Do Not
Despair"
[NEW]
"You have come to see me. I am your friend, your master, or your everything,
I can feel that you feel it. There are so many devotees from different
countries here. Different countries means different languages, different
cultures, different lifestyles, different food—everything is different; but
our conception is one, and that is Krishna consciousness. We have been
practising for a long time, then we must have some Krishna-conscious
mentality and we can proceed with that to our goal, which is the life of a
servitor."
•
Download / listen to the audio (9.8 Mb, 24 min | 12 January 2008)
The Pain of Broken
Hearts
"We always remember Srimati Radharani, Her associates and other Vraja
gopis, but we forget about Nanda Maharaj and Mother Yasomati. It has
come out of Radharani's mouth: 'We do not consider our heart's pain, but when
we see Mother Yasoda's face and Mother Yasoda's situation without Your
presence, our heart is breaking after breaking after breaking.'"
•
Download / listen to the audio (9.2 Mb, 36 min | 14 June 2007)
Kirtan:
Sri Rupa Manjari
pada
"The lotus feet of Sri Rupa Manjari are my wealth, my bhajan (service), my
puja (worship), the wealth of my life, and whatever ornaments I may have. Her
lotus feet are the very life of my life..."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | 8 April 2017 |
Kirtan)
Kirtan:
Ye anila prema
dhana
"I will break my head on a rock, I will enter into fire! Not finding the
association of Sri Gauranga, who performed His Pastimes with all these
associates, Narottam Das weeps."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | 8 April 2017 |
Kirtan)
Kirtan:
Sarvasva
tomara
"I have offered everything at Your feet and taken shelter in Your home.
You are my Master; please consider me Your dog. I will never think about my
own maintenance; I will always remain within the shelter of loving attachment
for You."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | 8 April 2017 |
Kirtan)
Unthinkable
Situation
"Today is our Gurudev's disappearance tithi. Actually, never in my
life did I expect that this day could come. When this tithi is coming,
I always try to stay alone, but Gurudev gave me service to take care of you
all, then how can I be cruel and stay alone?"
•
Download / listen to the audio (3.1 Mb, 8 min | 5 April 2020)
Srila B.S. Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Disappearance Festival
(5 April 2020 | 9 photographs, 0.9 Mb)
Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj observes the holy
disappearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj
quietly in Kolkata, mercifully giving his holy darshan to fortunate
devotees in the evening, speaking nourishing and heart-felt Hari-katha for
everyone's eternal spiritual benefit.
"Gurudev Is My
Everything"
"We must not misinterpret what Gurudev told. Devotees all over the world can
realise easily what is Srila Sridhar Maharaj's conception, what is Gurudev's
conception, and they can understand whether they are following it or not.
Your main focus must be always to please your Guru properly. Name and fame is
for your guru—you must not preach for your name and fame, you must preach to
please your guru."
•
Download / listen to the audio (5.8 Mb, 14 min | 5 April 2020)
Tirobhav kirtans
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj sings:
• Gurudev krpa bindu diya • Emona durmati • Ye anila prema dhana • Sri rupa manjari pada • Hari haraye.
•
Download / listen to the audio (9.6 Mb, 23 min | 5 April 2020)
|
"We must try to rectify ourselves. We are everybody's servants. When you take initiation, you do not become a devotee—you only get admission into a spiritual school, but after that you must practise. You will become perfect through practise."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.1 Mb, 3 min | 28 March 2020)
Today in the calendar: Vasanta Rasa of Sri Krishna. Rasa Yatra of Sri Balaram. Appearance of Srila Vamshi Vadanananda Thakur [the avatar of Sri Krishna's flute in the Pastimes of Sriman Mahaprabhu, he took care of Mother Sachi Devi and Visnu Priya after Sriman Mahaprabhu's sannyas; Sriman Nityananda Prabhu introduced him to Srila Jiva Goswami when he came to Nabadwip] and Srila Shyamananda Prabhu.
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."
|
Proper
Service Is Chaste Service
"So, there are different ways to satisfy the Lord or satisfy your guru. There
is not only one source. Whatever service Gurudev gives me, I must do it
attentively, with faith, and without thinking about other things."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.1 Mb, 3 min | 28 March 2020)
Be Careful and
Wise
"Do not worry—Krishna will arrange everything. It is not necessary to think
about anything. None of us knows what His arrangement is, but whatever
arrangement it is, I can say that it will be good for devotees. Krishna is
always with His devotees."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.1 Mb, 3 min | 28 March 2020)
Charity Begins at
Home: Practise Yourself First
"We can say many things, but the main thing is to what extent can we actually
manifest it in ourselves? It is easy to say these things, but it is very
difficult to practise these things in our life. To what extent do we
practise it ourselves?"
•
Download / listen to the audio (4.3 Mb, 11 min | 4 March 2020)
"You must always remember how we must practise Krishna consciousness properly. It is necessary to wake up early, to come for the mangal-arati, to chant kirtans in the morning. Bhagavan Gaura Hari is always satisfied through kirtan-seva..."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 5 min | 4 March 2020)
Today in the calendar: Disappearance of Sripad Krishnadas Babaji Maharaj.
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."
|
Pranama-mantra:
Stay Within
Service Line
"Always remember that you are all members of this Chaitanya Saraswat family.
If you leave this family, you will be in danger—you can be removed from the
service of the Lord. Gurudev has taken you out of maya's family and
made you all members of Krishna's family. This is your great fortune."
•
Download / listen to the audio (2.7 Mb, 7 min | 4 March 2020)
"I know what I am saying is heavy and you may not like it. When Gurudev gives you service, that is his mercy, but instead, when Gurudev gives you service, you forget about it. When you call me, you keep telling me, 'Gurudev, please give me your mercy!' but you think that it is not necessary to do what I have told you to do."
• Download / listen to the audio (3 Mb, 8 min | 4 March 2020)
|
Today in the calendar: Disappearance of Srila Abhiram Thakur.
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."
|
Soul-Searching
and Hole-Searching
"You can examine yourself and check it yourself—you are practising Krishna
consciousness, you are chanting kirtans, chanting many rounds of the
Holy Name, but are you getting the result?"
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 3 min | 4 March 2020)
Service
Hardships
"If some obstacles or danger come when you are doing service to the Lord,
this is the Lord's mercy. What is more important, the guru or his photo? What
is bigger, the word of the scripture or the word of the guru?"
•
Download / listen to the audio (2.7 Mb, 7 min | 4 March 2020)
Careless Life
"The Name of Krishna is so sweet. Always remember what I am telling you. When
you lose appetite, you become worried, but when you chant the Holy Name less,
it should worry you even more. Still, we do not want to chant the Holy
Name..."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 4 min | 4 March 2020)
Late Afternoon Kirtans
Entering the assembly of Vaishnavs and devotees, His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj chants several kirtans before commencing
the pre-arati late afternoon class: •
Parama karuna • Gaurangera duti pada • Yasosa Nandana Krsna • Hare Krsna maha-mantra
•
Download / listen to the audio (7.7 Mb, 19 min | 4 March 2020)
Today in the calendar: Disappearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
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."
|
Bankarai
Krishna's Trick
"On the one hand, the Lord says He will not give you material things, and on
the other hand, He says that He will give you material things. How can that
be? Krishna is known as Bankarai, it means He is very crafty—whenever
something goes one way, Krishna always finds a clever way around it."
•
Download / listen to the audio (3.5 Mb, 9 min | 4 March 2020)
Preaching at
Sri Nrisingha Palli Temple
(18 April 2020 | 9 photographs, 1 Mb)
On the merciful order of Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj, devotees at Sri Nrisingha Palli start relief service in the area by
taking up distribution of rice, potato, and a chance for eternal spiritual
benefit among the people afflicted by the lockdown. [Apart from this,
devotees in the temples around India are continuing the services steadily and
peacefully in the eternal shelter of the holy lotus feet of Sri
Gurupadpadma.]
Today in the calendar: Fast on Varuthini Ekadashi. Disappearance of Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu (a prominent disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur and a close associate and supporter of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj).
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."
|
|
Patita-Pavan
"We worship Lord Sri Krishna, who is so merciful, but Gauranga Mahaprabhu is
even more merciful. Nityananda Prabhu said, 'Prabhu, what are you doing? If
You do not rescue them, then why is Your name patita-pavan?'"
•
Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 6 min | 4 March 2020)
Stench of
Barren Hearts
"The holy narrations about the Lord—Sri Rupa-Raghunath katha—will never
enter our ears and will never take a seat within our hearts for as long as we
have material desires. Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj said very
beautiful words..."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.9 Mb, 5 min | 4 March 2020)
Chitraketu's
Example
"Always remember this and always be alert. Whatever your situation is—whether
you live in a forest, in a jungle or anywhere else—always chant the Holy
Name, and you will get supreme benefit."
•
Download / listen to the audio (4 Mb, 10 min | 4 March 2020)
Live In
Sadhu-Sanga
"It is necessary to keep good association. Do not gossip, do not discuss
'village talks,' 'village news'—only glorify Lord Krishna, only glorify the
Supreme Lord, then you will get supreme benefit."
•
Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 7 min | 4 March 2020 | Bengali)
"Bona fide disciples always place the order of their Guru on their heads and follow that. Many think, 'I have taken initiation from a very big guru.' There is no question of somebody being a big guru or a small guru. When you get enrolled into a school, you must study and practise."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 3 min | 4 March 2020 | Bengali)
Today in the calendar: Appearance of Sri Gadadhar Pandit Goswami.
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."
|
"When it comes to Vaishnavs, there is no question of someone being small or big, this is not external, material world where people judge who is whose disciple, where people think that you must pay obeisance only to those who are older. Everybody has different kind of devotion, and everybody should be given honour."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 4 min | 4 March 2020 | Bengali)
Today in the calendar:
Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka (Bhaktyaloka) Paramahamsa
Maharaj (his brahmachari name is Sri Mahananda Prabhu; a diksa disciple of
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhu and a sannyas disciple of
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, founder of Sri Paramahamsa Gaudiya
Math in Sri Dham Mayapur).
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."
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj remembers [mentioned in Centenary Anthology: "There was a very dear disciple of Srila Saraswati Thakur who lived in the same room with Srila Saraswati Thakur and received much affection from him—his name was Mahananda Brahmachari. We saw that lastly he came to Srila Guru Maharaj and said, 'Maharaj, I want to take sannyas from you. Please give me sannyas.' Srila Guru Maharaj gave it very happily and his name became Srila Bhakti Alok Paramahamsa Maharaj."
"Tomorrow is the parikrama of Sri Antardwip, it is the island of atma-nivedan, or saranagati. We sing about 'goptrtve varan' (embracing Lord's guirdianship), but these only words for us—we do not apply it in our own lives. We forget that Krishna protects us."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.2 Mb, 8 min | 5 March 2020 | Bengali) Evening Kirtans
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj chants the glories of the Lord and Vaishnavs amidst the holy assembly at the evening programme on the first day of Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama: • Vandanam • Gurudev bada krpa kara • Sri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu jive daya kari' • Thakura Vaishnava-gana • Nitai-guna-mani amara • Yadi Gaura na ha'ta tabe ki ha-ita • Hari Hari viphale janama • Hare Krishna maha-mantra
• Download / listen to the audio (14.8 Mb, 36 min | 5 March 2020) Evening Arati
Amidst holy Vaishnavs and fortunate devotees, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj leads the evening arati at Sri Nrisingha Palli Temple chanting • Nitai Chaitanya arati • Gaura Arati and • Saraswat Arati.
• Download / listen to the audio (11.6 Mb, 28 min | 4 March 2020)
Today in the calendar:
Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj (a disciple
of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad and a dear associate of
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj).
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."
|
"Walk here with your head and heart. Every single particle of dust here is the holy dust from the lotus feet of Vaishnavs and great souls who are here in Sri Nabadwip Dham. All demigods come here and roll in the holy dust of this abode, but we cannot see it."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | 6 March 2020 | Bengali) Evening Kirtans
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj chants the glories of the Lord and Vaishnavs amidst the holy assembly at the evening programme on the second day of Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama: • Nitai-pada-kamala • Emona durmati • Janama saphala tara • Narada-muni bhajaya vina • Hare Krishna maha-mantra • Suddha-bhakata charana-renu.
• Download / listen to the audio (15.6 Mb, 38 min | 6 March 2020)
সাধুসঙ্গের
সর্ব্ব শ্রেষ্ঠ ফল
(ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের
হরি-কথামৃত)
"যে গৌড়ীয়া-বৈষ্ণবগণ শ্রীরূপানুগ-ধারায় আচরণ করেছেন, তাদেরকে বাদ দিয়ে কিছু হতে
পারে না । এই লাইনের বাহিরে গেলে আমাদের কোন কাজ নয় । কিন্তু এখানে একটা সমস্যা
আছে । বহু ভাগ্যের ফলে আমরা এই মানব জন্ম লাভ করেছি কিন্তু খাওয়ার লোভে, অর্থের
লোভে, মুক্তির লোভে, ভুক্তির লোভে, ভোগ-বাসনার জন্য আমরা এই সাধন-ভজনের ফল
অবলম্বন করতে পারি না ।"
Today in the calendar: Beginning of twenty-one-day-long Chandan Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannathdev. Aksaya Tritiya: an auspicious day to start some works.
"I am Gora's!"
"Today is a very good auspicious day. Every year we make this festival, Sri
Sri Chandan-yatra maha-mahotsav. It takes place in several places, and mainly
this festival takes place in Puri. Gurudev also wanted to make this festival
in Nabadwip."
•
Download / listen to the audio (2.4 Mb, 7 min)
No
Quarantine in Practising Life
"It has been one month now since we have been indoors. It is a little boring,
but we cannot do anything. This disease can affect our body and make us sick,
that is why we must be always careful. We keep social distance, but not
mental distance—not heart distance."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 4 min | 26 April 2020)
Construction
News from Sri Nrisingha Palli Temple
(27 April 2020 | 12 photographs, 1.5 Mb)
Sharing happy news from Sri Nrisingha Palli Temple: soon after Sri Gaura
Purnima Festival, Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj has commenced construction works to arrange for one
more floor atop sri nat mandir for devotees' accommodation during the
festival. Although the works were halted by the country-wide lockdown, the
construction has progressed quite rapidly with most walls already erected.
Sri Gurupadpadma's Darshan
(26 April 2020 | 8 photographs, 0.7 Mb)
Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
showers his causeless mercy on the fortunate souls all over the world by
bestowing upon them the eternal benefit of his nourishing Hari-katha and
holy association.
Heart of
Devotional Life
"We can leave this world at any moment, we do not even know if we will stay
in this world until tomorrow; but even if we stay only until tomorrow, we can
still chant the Holy Name, we can remember our guru-varga, their
instruction—that will be good for us."
•
Download / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 6 min | 26 April 2020)
Today in the calendar: Appearance of Sripad Shankaracharya (a highly empowered manifestation of Siva whom Lord Krishna sent to the earth to conceal the true purport of the Vedanta; He is renowned as the greatest proponent of impersonalism). Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi Maharaj (a diksa and sannyas disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad).
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."
|
Proper
Receiver and Proper Mother
"(1) To be a proper receiver actually means
you must attentively concentrate your mind, concentrate your life and think
only how to fulfil Gurudev's desire, how to make Gurudev happy, how to make
the Lord happy. (2) If a mother becomes a
good devotee herself, then she will be able to teach her children Krishna
consciousness properly with her good association."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | 26 April 2020)
আনুগত্যময়ী
ভজন
(ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের
হরি-কথামৃত)
"আসলাম, এক দিন শুধু নাচলে গাইলে, সাত দিন ধরে থাকলাম, এখানে একদিন কীর্ত্তন
করলাম, একটু প্রসাদ পেলাম—সেটা প্রাণহীন করলে ঠিক মত ভজন হবে না । সন্ধ্যা হলে
ঘণ্টা বাজান, একটু শঙ্খে ফুঁ মারেন, ফুলটুল দেন, ধূপ দেন, বলে আমাদের হরিভজন হয়ে
গিয়েছে । হতে হয় না, হতে পারেও না ।"
Meaning of Chastity
"Chastity is a very high thing. Those who have chastity, do not think about
anything else, they do not want to hear anything else, they do not want to
listen to anything else, they do not want to know anything else—they only
know their Guru."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 4 min | 26 April 2020)
Today in the calendar: Jahnu Saptami. Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri Ganga Puja).
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."
|
· · • • • · ·
| ◄ MARCH 2020 | MAY 2020 ► |
2020
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
•
OFFLINE READING, ePub:
(All lectures of His Divine Grace Om Visnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj posted here on the website)
Issue #1 (31 Dec '14)
Issue #2 (2015/1)
Issue #3 (2015/2)
Issue #4 (2015/3)
Issue #5 (2015/4)
Issue #6 (2016/1)
Issue #7 (2016/2)
Issue #8 (2016/3)
Issue #9 (2016/4)
Issue #10 (2017/1)
Issue #11 (2017/2)
Issue #12 (2017/3)
Issue #13 (2017/4)
Issue #14 (2018/1)
Issue #15 (2018/2)
Issue #16 (2018/3)
Issue #17 (2018/4)
Issue #18 (2019/1)
Issue #19 (2019/2)
Issue #20 (2019/3)
Issue #21 (2019/4)
Issue #22 (2020/1)
Issue #23 (2020/2)
Issue #24 (2020/3)
Issue #25 (2020/4)
Issue #26 (2021/1)
Issue #27 (2021/2)
Issue #28 (2021/3)
Issue #29 (2021/4)
Issue #30 (2022/1)
|
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..' |
| Sri Sri Prema-Vivarta |
|---|
| “If you do not have wealth, then simply perform pure worship. Offer water and Tulasi to Giridhari and hold Him to your chest.” |
 |
“For
the service to your Guru, you can make an offence, but for your own
enjoyment you cannot make any offence.” |
|
Sitemap | Contact us | About us