Help Yourself
and Others
'We are not going to be in this world for a long time. People live here for
sixty, seventy or eighty years, but even a mosquito that lives for fifteen
days or a month thinks, "I will live a long time!" Some of us live sixty,
eighty or even a hundred years, but no matter how long you live, this life is
temporary.'
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Bengali)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Perfect Time
For Preaching
"It is necessary to practise. Always practise Krishna consciousness, always
remember the Absolute. Everything has its proper time and it is necessary to
do things in good time. In this world, people say that the young age is for
enjoyment, but this is completely incorrect. If you do not try to preach and
practise from your young age, what will become of you in your old age?"
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Navami. Departure of Sripad Santos Krishna Das-Adhikari 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. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Sripad Santosh
Krishna Das-Adhikari Prabhu:
"Many do not know about the service of late Sripad Santosh Krishna Prabhu
and he himself also during his life often said that he had not been able to
become even an insignificant servant of the Math; but seeing how strong was
his attachment to the interest of the Math in the many small services he did,
it puts us to shame now. He never once even saw the accounts of his material
property; neither did he ever try to increase his wealth even by a cent; but
it is inconceivable how much this person tried, with heart and soul, to
collect and beg for the Math. Nobody ordered him, nobody encouraged him—he
took care of the Math's various paraphernalia like an expert householder of
his own accord, he would be always seen very busy with all kinds of works of
the Math; at the same time, he never once gave anyone even a slightest hint
of the service and works he was doing. Some of us help the Math's preaching
with some money, etc., give physical labour, but if we do not see any mention
about us in a newspaper column, at the preachers' assembly at a holy dham, or
in an eulogy written by Sri Guru and Vaishnavs, then we decide, 'There is no
use serving the Math. They are prejudiced. They do not praise me, do not give
me 'jay', so I better rough it at home than waste time, money and life for
the interest of the Math.' However, the great soul who we have mentioned
before, gave so much money for the service of 'Jayasri', continuously toiling
as a low menial worker—it is impossible to mention everything. However, he
never once said anything that would give a slightest hint that he wanted to
see his praise in a newspaper column or even more so to see his name included
in the Math's Calendar; but we have seen that his effort to look after the
interests of the Math was gradually making him great."
On
passing away of Sripad Santosh Prabhu His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj's
written statement addressing the worldwide devotee community in relation to
the passing away of Sripad Santosh Krishna Prabhu, written on 2 June
2016.
Photo Album:In
Honour of Sripad Santosh Prabhu (45 photographs, 5.3 Mb)
A dedicated photo album prepared in memory and honour of Sripad Santosh
Krishna Prabhu whose glories devotees remember and worship today all over the
world.
Gaudiya Darshan:The Wonderful Nature of
the Vaisnava
"There is no doubt that our Guru is supreme in our life, but the Vaisnava is
also not less than that. The Vaisnava can give us Krsna. Guru always lives on
a higher level of honour, but the Vaisnava is the general helper for the
conditioned soul. The Vaisnava's position is very merciful for the
conditioned soul. The Vaisnavas also very affectionately try to help each
other..." >>>
Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
•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."
•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."
•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!"
•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."
•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?"
Sun, 2 June 2024
Beyond Body and
Bondage
'Just like other species, we are called humans, and we have some names that
we are called by. But all this is the identity of the body – you get a name
when you come to this world. What was your previous identity? You are a soul,
so where was your soul before that and where will it go after this life? Have
you ever thought about this?'
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Bengali)
Пандит Гададхар Госвами(часть 2)
«Среди дорогих спутников Шри Гауранги Шри Гададхар Госвами занимает
высочайшее положение. Молясь обрести бесценное сокровище влечения, или любви,
которую поклоняющийся испытывает по отношению к объекту своего поклонения,
преданные Гауры показывают результат и метод невообразимого поклонения
(поклонение Шри Гауранге) в строгой приверженности Гададхару».
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Preaching
Plan and Programme
"I have been attending some programmes before Gurudev's appearance day and I
will have more programmes after the festival. I want to make an assembly Sri
Dham Pracharani Sobha dedicated to the preaching of the glorification of Sri
Nabadwip Dham, guru-varga, as well as the glory and teachings of Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This is my view and my idea."
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2020)
Mon, 3 June 2024 (Sri Apara Ekadasi)
Do Not Cheat Yourself
'Lord Siva said, "In this world, there are many gurus who come to
steal your wealth, but there are very few gurus in this world who come
to remove your three-fold misery." There are many gurus roaming this
world, but if we can take shelter of a bona fide guru and practise
Krishna consciousness under his guidance, we will get supreme benefit.'
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Bengali)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Keep
Yourself Busy With Service
"You may have seen something, but it is not necessary to broadcast these
things. This is called gramya-katha and prajalpa. This is not
good for any devotee. Actually, devotees are always busy with their service,
when will they get time for all this? Do not waste your time on others'
faults."
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2020)
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Dvadasi. Fast on Apara Ekadasi. Appearance 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. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Sri Chaitanya-Vyas
Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur:
~ Pranam-mantra ~
dasa-vrndavanam vande krsna-dasa-prabhum tatha
chhannavatara-chaitanya-lila-vistara-karinau
dvau nityananda-padabja-karuna-renu-bhusitau
vyakta-chchhannau budhachintyau vavande vyasa-rupinau
sri-guru-gaura-gandharva-govindas cha ganaih saha
jayanti pathakas chatra sarvesam karunarthinah
"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."
(Composed by Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
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)...
Land of Childhood Pastimes of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur[From Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-Mukta-Mala][75 Mb]
An extensive chapter about the pastimes and glory of Srila Vrindavan Das
Thakur and two special profound dedicated articles presented in the book from
the previous publications of our Math.
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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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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•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."
•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:
•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."
•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."
•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!"
•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."
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.
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj about fasting on ekadasi and
accepting material facilities:
"One time, a devotee came here from Vrindavan on the day of
ekadasi. He reached in the evening and, after taking bath in the
Ganges, attended kirtans, danced, circumambulated the temple and so
on. Then, I asked him whether he would take any anukalpa. He replied,
'Generally, I do not take anything, but if you like, then, of course, I must
take anukalpa. Your will is greater than my fasting.' That was his
decision.
"My Guru Maharaj (Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)
always wanted maximum energy: you should take good food and do good service.
That was his maxim. Krishna is not a liquidated party: take full
prasadam and do full service. Do maximum service, and you should take
whatever is necessary for that. You are to take it for the cause of Krishna,
not for your own cause. You are Krishna's, so if you grow weak, His service
will be hampered, and both you and Krishna will be losers thereby. 'My
soldiers will be well-fed and well-working.' That was our Guru Maharaj's
principle. Napoleon said, 'One full-fed soldier is equal to ten half-fed
soldiers.'
"So, prasad-seva: if it is service, then it must be taken in a
serving mood, of course. But, at the same time, the individual position of a
devotee should be taken into consideration. Sahajiyas do not Fast on
ekadasi at all: 'Oh, we are in Vrindavan, and there is no fasting in
Vrindavan.' But Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Srila Prabhupad did not like that –
it is sahajiya (imitation) if you go on feeding your senses in the
name of Krishna-bhakti (devotion to the Lord). For the service to Krishna, it
is necessary to keep up the body and to provide nourishment to it, so we must
take what is necessary for service. We do not like it if by fasting a loss of
energy is effected. If fasting does not hamper your service, you may go on
fasting – perhaps, your gurudev wanted that...
"For service, I must accept what is necessary to make me physically
fit so that I can render more service. So, accepting material things is not
objectionable. It is fruitful, not detrimental. Rather, it produces something
of a pure character, which helps everyone. This is how a disciple receives
and accepts things. At that same time, he may even blame himself, 'I cannot
go on with my worldly life without the help of this or that!' He will blame
himself, but the underlying spirit must be, 'If I do not take it, I shall be
unfit; I will not be able to do my bit of service to the Lord, to my
gurudev.'
"Moreover, by taking up renunciation, I will be a loser. I will incur
a loss for myself, for the world, and my guru's service will be
hampered. In this spirit, devotees are to take everything. For the cause of
Krishna, for the cause of their guru, they will accept anything.
"Suppose there is a very miserly karmachari (manager). Because
he does not want to spend money, he may not attain a particular result; then,
some difficulty comes, and the opportunity is lost. This manager will be held
responsible by the proprietor: 'Why did you not spend money? Why are you
afraid of spending money from my store? Because of your miserly habit, the
opportunity has been lost! Why should you not spend My money for My
interest?' So, to render service to Krishna, to my gurudev, to
Vaishnavs, to the world, to everyone, I must keep up this mundane body, and I
am entitled to take something for that.
"Miserliness is mayavada; it is the renunciation spirit, and it
will mar Krishna's interest. What we need is yukta-vairagya: I shall
take from the store of Krishna to keep myself fit and to do service. It is
Krishna's account, and if I do not do that, I should be a separatist, a
mayavadi, a renunciationist. I shall render maximum service to
Krishna, and I must take without any hesitation whatever is necessary to make
myself fit for the service; otherwise, I shall be punishable."
•"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..."
"You do not need to know the meaning of each ekadasi tithi because if
you know it, you will want to get this result, that result, etc."
(Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
Tue, 4 June 2024
Your Life, Your Escape
'The Lord sends food and all facilities for us. But if you take something
without giving it to the Lord, then you will be stealing and eating – you
will be eating sin. We pray, "Gurudev, Please hijack me, please take me out
of this illusory world and let me join service to Lord Krishna!"'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Practical
Choice
"(1) We cannot stop our spiritual practice. Otherwise
time will pass and our life will finish while we are waiting for all the
problems to go away. (2) Gurudev always thinks in a
practical way—the worship of Radha-Krishna is very high, but the worship of
Nitai Gaurachandra is simpler."
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2020)
Wed, 5 June 2024
Keep Internal
Purity
'It is our great fortune to have come to all these gurus and to have
taken shelter in them. It is impossible to come to Gauranga bypassing the
guru. We must always think about this. If we cannot live holding this
within our minds, we will not be able to attain anything.'
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Bengali)
Шри Чайтанья
Матх(часть 1)
«По милости Шри Гурупадпадмы мы пришли сейчас в Шри Чайтанья Матх, где жил и
проповедовал гурудев нашего Парам Гуру Махарадж, Ом Вишнупад Бхагаван Шрила
Бхактисиддханта Сарасвати Тхакур. По сей день его ученики и ученики его
учеников продолжают проповедовать на этой планете о Господе, спасая такие
падшие души, как мы».
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Embody Proper
Conception
"Devotees must be always humble, it is necessary for everyone. Learn to be
humble, tolerant and to give honour to others from Mahaprabhu and Gurudev.
You must apply all these things in your life. These are the main things in
one's life."
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2020)
Thu, 6 June 2024
Embrace
Devotion to Lord Krishna
'I told you yesterday about santa-rasa, dasya-rasa devotion,
the same things that Mahaprabhu told many times. If we look at what
Mahaprabhu said, we will find that He rejected many lower stages, but when it
came to santa-rasa, dasya-rasa and sakhya-rasa, He accepted it
as real devotion.'
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Bengali)
Soul's
Svakiya and Parakiya(By Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami
Maharaj)
"Informal respect comes according to the gradation of His dispensation and
according to the gradation of my acceptance of that higher light (my
attainment of the goal). We may give somebody formal respect, but there can
be informal recognition towards another person also (that is an absolute
consideration)."
Do Not Despair
"Do not discourage yourself. Sometimes Krishna tests us to see how much we
can tolerate. Practise properly, chant the Holy Name properly without
offences, and one day you will conquer everything, do not worry."
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"Do Not Despair"[By Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
"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."
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Real
Relationship
"It is not necessary to become a great guru—we must become great
disciples. If you worship the Lord understanding your relationship with Him,
then your ego will be removed. We must understand that we are servants of
devotees. When this relationship comes, your ego will be removed."
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2020)
Fri, 7 June 2024
Know Where You Belong
'They say, "Become a devotee of Krishna!" but first learn to serve devotees
of Krishna's devotees, then only can you think of being a devotee of Krishna.
We are all servants, lowly menial servants, but we forget this and think that
we have become devotees of Krishna!'
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Bengali)
Blessings and Guidance of Srila Prabhupad (spoken at the time of his
departure)
'I have caused anxiety to many people because I was bound to tell the truth
candidly; because I have told to practise Krishna consciousness without
deceit, many people may even consider me their enemy. To become eager to
sincerely serve Lord Krishna, leaving all other desires and deceit, I have
caused various anxiety to many people. Some day or another they will
understand what I am saying.'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Try to Forget
"How can I tell you it is easy to forget it. It is not easy. Even I cannot do
that, then how will you do it? When somebody abuses you, it is not something
you can forget. It is not that easy... But at least you can try."
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2020)
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Pratipad. Manifestation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha
Madan-mohan jiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanusilana Sangha, Dum Dum
Park, Kolkata.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
Remembering Their Lordships Sri
Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Madan-mohan jiu at Dum Dum Park, Kolkata:
jayatam suratau pangor mama manda-mater gati
mat-sarvasva-padambhojau radha-madana-mohanau
'All glory to the merciful Sri Sri Radha-Madan Mohan! Though I am lame and
wicked, They are my sole shelter, and Their lotus feet are everything to
me.'
'Srila Guru Maharaj commented, "I do not want to go into the jungle of
Acharyyas, rather I will keep myself to myself, maybe in a thatched
house, but that must be very clean and very quiet." And for that he made Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Not only that but he did not want to make many
maths, that was his desire. But I was very enthusiastic to do
something for the devotees and he mercifully gave me the instruction, "Yes,
you can do one in Calcutta as the devotees' transit station, and one you can
do in Puri and one in Vrindavan."'
...'We have assembled to celebrate the anniversary of the Deity installation
and temple inauguration today. As some of you may have heard before, in
Gurudev's time, there was a Deity of Mahaprabhu installed at our temple in
Kolkata, and after some time Sri Sri Guru Gandharva Radha-Raman were
installed. Because at present that service is not running properly, I have
brought the Deities here—I have installed here these Deities and gave Them
the name. I have 'taken' Dum Dum Park Deities to Tarakeshwar (Sri Sri Guru
Gauranga Radha Madan-mohan), and Kaikhali Deities to this temple here in
Bankura (Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Radha-Raman).'
'The Deity of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Madan-Mohan will live here in this
temple [in Tarakeshwar]. Do you know who served Madan-Mohan? There are three
deities in the Gaudiya Vaishnav line—Radha-Gopinath, Radha-Govinda,
Radha-Mohan. Madan-Mohan was served in His Deity form by Sanatan Goswami.
There was a Muslim emperor whose wife became jealous of the grand temples of
Vrindavan, she could not tolerate it and told her husband to break them. The
Jaipur King took the Deity and left for Jaipur. This Madan-Mohan Deity will
be installed here in Tarakeswar on 26 February 2017.'
'The Deity of sambandha is Madan-Mohan; the Deity of abhidheya
is Govinda, and the Deity of prayojan is Gopinath. "Ei tina thakura
gaudiyake kariyachena atmasat—these three Deities have captured the
hearts of Gaudiya Vaisnavs." (Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita,
1.1.19) You can see that there are these three Deities (Madan-Mohan,
Govinda, and Gopinath) installed in most places.'
Result of
Sadhu-Sanga
'Getting sadhu-sanga does not mean to just be in close proximity to a
sadhu; otherwise, mosquitos can be also staying close to a
sadhu, but they are only disturbing and biting – this is not
sadhu-sanga. Sadhu-sanga means hearing what the sadhu
says and living your life following it.'
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Love for
Gaudiya[by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad]
"We pray that your practice, behaviour, language, taste, moral regulations
and religious faith become aligned with the precepts of Gaudiya. Please
gradually give up non-gaudiya elements within your Gaudiya identity and show
the ideal of Gaudiya to the entire world. May you not mutilate the paramount
ideal of the Gaudiya precepts by coveting to participate in that which is not
Gaudiya."
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Bound by Loving
Service
"It is necessary to understand how one should serve their Guru. You will
serve your Guru with much love and affection. They do not know how close the
relationship between Gurudev and me was. Gurudev gradually started to depend
on me—when he came to Nabadwip, he would always depend on me in everything,
and he said, 'I am coming here only because I know I can come and you will
take care of everything.'"
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Sun, 9 June 2024
Clean
Your Heart and Cultivate Devotion
'When Mahaprabhu travelled around India, He once met a sanodiya brahman who
asked Him, "Prabhu, there are many sannyasis staying in this place,
they know Vedas and Vedanta, but why does the Holy Name never come out
of their mouths?"'
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Mahaprabhu's
Directives A talk by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:
"Mahaprabhu has given three directives to us. He did not compose so many
slokas. He could compose it, it was within Mahaprabhu's capacity,
but He did not do it. He has only given us some directives to show us the
direction, and He has given only one sloka for our direction. These
three directives will give us life—through these three directives we will get
a real spiritual life."
সেবা-পরীক্ষা(৫ম ভাগ | ২৪ এপ্রিল ২০২১)
"এই সব কঠিন কঠিন কাজ করেছি । হালকা হয় না কোনো দিন । 'এটা হবে না !'—আমার কাছে
কোনো দিন সেটা হল না । যে কায়দা করে, যেন-তেন প্রকারে আমি করবই করব । বিল্ডিং
করার প্ল্যান, কনস্ট্রাকশন করার প্ল্যান, অমুক সমুক । গুরুদেব উপদেশ দিতেন, আর
আমি সব সময় শুনতাম । অনেক কথা শুনতাম : অনেক কথা তাঁর কাছে শিখেছি, অনেক তাঁর
কাছ থেকে শুনেছি ।"
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Deep Service Mood
"Chatak bird always waits for rain, and we too should have this hankering for
service. By hook or by crook, I always wanted to please Gurudev. It is
necessary to have service mood, and to have service mood you must have love
and affection and always engage in sravanam, kirtanam, smaranam,
etc."
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Mon, 10 June 2024
Seva-Dharma and
Mano-Dharma
'Why do you take initiation? When you take initiation, you must take it with
a promise, "I am taking initiation to serve gurudev and the Lord." We
do not take initiation to get any benefit or so that some auspiciousness
comes to our lives. Initiation is taken out of desire to serve
gurudev. What is called service to gurudev?'
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"Do Not
Despair"
"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."
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Ideal of Surrender
"Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamritam is an important book in our line. There
are so many highest things written here in a very beautiful way. I read it
today again after many years, and I liked it a lot, I am thinking I must read
it again and again."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurava Giri
Maharaj (Sripad Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu, a favourite and intimate
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. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Srila Bhakti Gaurava
Giri Maharaj (Sri Paramananda Prabhu):
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami
Maharaj remembers:
(1) "Pramananda Prabhu came to Srila Prabhupad as a child. His age
was thirteen only when he came to live with Srila Prabhupad. He was a very
intimate devotee of Srila Prabhupad. One day, he came to Prabhupad after a
walk in Radha Kunda and reported to Prabhupad that the Diwan of Bhaghpur
state and the whole of his family were circumambulating Radha Kunda—he and
his wife would lie down, place a stone ahead, get up, go forward, and again
lie down at the place marked by the stone. Paramananda Prabhu said very
ardently, 'They also regard Radharani so much!' Then Prabhupad came out from
his inner quarter and said, 'Yes, but their concern for Radharani and our
concern for Radharani is quite different. They come to Radharani because She
is favourite to Krishna, but our position is the opposite—our interest is
Radharani, and we worship Krishna only because He is favourite to Radharani
(we have to connect with Krishna only because She likes Him).'"
(2)
"One time, a letter came from one devotee with some complaint. Srila
Prabhupad asked his servitor, 'Who has told this news to him?' The servitor
said, 'Prabhupad, you yourself have written this news to him.' Prabhupad
denied it, 'No, no, no. I never wrote this to him!'The servitor explained
humbly, 'I remember how you dictated it and I wrote it. You gave the news to
him.' Prabhupad denied, 'No, I do not remember it.' Then I [Srila Sridhar
Maharaj] spoke—I said, 'Vyasa vetti na vetti va (He who has composed all
Vedas may or may not know them).' Prabhupad laughed when he heard it.
Paramananda Prabhu was there too, and he said, 'Sridhara sakalam vetti
(Sridhar Maharaj knows everything).' I said, 'Paramananda prasadatah. (By the
mercy of Paramananda Prabhu).'"
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj remembers:
"Paramananda Prabhu was a very dearmost, intimate disciple of Prabhupad
Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, Prabhupad had given him very much
affection. When Paramananda Prabhu came to Srila Guru Maharaj [Srila B.R.
Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj], Srila Guru Maharaj was always very happy to see
him. That Paramananda Prabhu said, 'Maharaj, my only shelter now is your book
Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamritam. I do not read Srimad Bhagavad-gita or
Bhagavatam, or anything else, I only read Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamritam every
day. I read a chapter a day, and I read it continuously—when I finish it, I
start from the beginning again.'"
Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
•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."
•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."
•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!"
Tue, 11 June 2024
Strive
for Spiritual Subsistence
'Our guru-varga is teaching us all these things, and you must learn
from them. If you do not practise these things, anaratha (unwanted
elements, ill thoughts and behaviour) will come to you – anarathas
will slowly come and start pressing you down. It means that desires will be
growing in your heart. Once anarathas come, you will be dismissed, or
removed, from the line of devotion to the Lord.'
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Sincerity and Chastity
"We will follow what our Guru Maharaj follows. We do not want to know who
is good, who is bad, who is better, who is worse. It is not necessary to
criticise others. We will only be chaste to our Guru Maharaj, and we will
follow our Guru Maharaj's conception. This is the best."
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Spiritual Chastity
"Actually, Gaudiya mission is very big, and our line is the line of Srila
Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj—we find all perfection, all fulfilment in this
line. Do not bring other conceptions to Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Be
chaste to our Guru."
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Wed, 12 June 2024
Where
There Is a Will There Is a Way
'We study and learn so much but end up becoming asses. Unless you get true
knowledge, all your learning is useless. I do not prohibit anyone to study,
but when you study, you must also learn true, transcendental knowledge.
Otherwise, you take birth as a human, but there is no humanity in you.'
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Curb Your
Curiosity
"We do not know how many more years we will be in this mundane world, maybe a
few years, maybe not, but we have some prospect, and if we try our best to
practise Krishna consciousness – to follow the conception of Sril Guru
Maharaj – then we must be benefitted: maybe after one day, maybe after five
days or maybe after five or ten years; but if we try our best, it is
good."
Шри Чайтанья
Матх(часть 2)
«Сам Шрила Прабхупада говорил: „Вам не понравится то, что я сказал, но когда
меня не станет, вы вспомните о моих словах“. Мы должны проповедовать слова
Шрилы Прабхупады по всему миру: в этом мире нет больше никого, кому было бы
под силу даровать то, что даровал нам он. Мы должны всегда помнить о том, что
он создал для нас в этом мире».
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Grand and
Joyous Festival
"I am very happy because the festival was very successful. Actually, we have
seen such crowds before only in Gurudev's time in Nabadwip, and now is the
first time we see it again at this Vyasa Puja festival of Srila Gurudev in
2021. Everybody is very happy with this festival."
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Thu, 13 June 2024
Excreting
Visaya
'If you are holding on to the material world and have attachment to it, you
will suffer very much. Do you know how you can remove anarthas (evil
tendencies, bad elements)? I am teaching how you can do that. Always remember
and follow this.'
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A Fugitive's
Plea
"What have I not done to carry out the orders of these enemies living within
me? Now I am disgusted, my Lord. I do not know why, how, but I was able to
avoid their vigilant eyes and I have now run to You! Please give me some
engagement!"
—{ Teachings to Sri Sri Rupa-Sanatan }—
Rupa Sanatan: First
Encounter
"Rupa and Sanatan stayed in Ramkeli-gram in Malda district, Gauda Mandal and
worked for the emperor Hussein Shah. They heard that somebody tried to
start kirtan, and, understanding that it had to be Mahaprabhu, they went to
meet with Him."
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Fri, 14 June 2024
Live in Domain
of Mercy
'"I have suffered a lot in my life, but when I took shelter at the holy feet
of the Lord and gurudev, all unhappiness was gone." Therefore, as far
as it is possible by you, keep yourself away from any offence to Vaishnavs.
You must give respect to everyone. There is one thing you must think about.
Listen carefully...'
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Overthrowing Anarthas[By Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
"After a great fight, they will have to retire if during this time you have
good association (it can be the association of sadhus or books,
anyhow). Devotional practices must not be given up or slackened; rather, you
will follow the system of practices with even more attention. And, gradually,
one day you will find that, through this fight, all those things are
retiring: the enemies have accepted their defeat and gone away."
—{ Teachings to Sri Sri Rupa-Sanatan }—
Rupa Sanatan: Running
Away
"Rupa Goswami left his job tactfully—he made some mistakes in the accounts
and the king told him it was not necessary for him to do the job any more.
Shortly after that, all of a sudden Sanatan Goswami left the job without
giving any notice to the king."
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Sat, 15 June 2024
The
Side-Tracked and the Drowning
'We want to leave visaya (material world and everything in it), but
visaya does not want to leave us. There are groups that preach
misconception scattered all over the world, but you are very fortunate to be
in Mahaprabhu's land. Nobody knows where you will go in your next birth, but
you still have time now, so practise Krishna consciousness!'
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Servants' Wealth
'We have not come here to become managers or temple masters. We do not have
any titles or big names. We must always think that we are simple servants of
the temple. We are not masters of anything in this world. Nothing belongs to
us here. What is the most important thing for me is that the Lord is
mercifully taking my service, nothing else.'
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গুরুদেবের দূরদর্শিতা(৬ষ্ট ভাগ | ২৪ এপ্রিল ২০২১)
"গুরুদেব খুব দূরদর্শী—অনেক আগে থেকে তিনি সব দেখতে পারেন । তিনি আমাকে অনেক
কিছু বলেছিলেন : কি রকম শ্রীল শ্রীধর মহারাজের সঙ্গে সবাইয়ের সম্পর্ক ছিল
ইত্যাদি । আবার গুরুদেব আমাকে অনকে কিছু শিখিয়েছিলেন : কি রকম দৈন্য হতে হবে, কি
রকম সহিষ্ণুতা থাকতে হবে, কি করে সবাইকে সম্মান দিতে হবে । তিনি আমাকে সব কিছু
অনেক উপায়ে শিখিয়েছিলেন ।"
—{ Teachings to Sri Sri Rupa-Sanatan }—
Sanatan Goswami: Finishing
Visaya
"Mahaprabhu was very happy, 'I am very happy to see his vairagyata, his
renunciation. He was a chief minister, but now he suddenly wears old poor
clothes and goes begging house to house. Sanatan is not shy, not
ashamed—he has no ego.'"
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Dasami. Dasahara, Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata
Goswamini. Disappearance of Srila Baladev Vidyabhusan 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. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Sri Baladev Vidyabhusan:
Protected Journey[A chapter from Dignity of the Divine Servitor, by
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj.] "...This is the history of the Govinda-bhasya, and this is how Baladev
Vidyabhusana made his commentaries. Since that time Baladev Vidyabhusana,
though he was a young man, has been worshipped by the
Gaudiya-Vaisnava-sampradaya. His contribution is our wealth."
Instructing
Spiritual Masters[A chapter from Sri Guru and His
Grace, by His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami
Maharaj.] "Srila Baladev Vidyabhusan's contribution to the sampradaya is no less
important than that of the other great stalwarts in the line. Baladev
Vidyabhusan was very akin to the Madhva sampradaya, but when he came in
connection with Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur, he showed great interest in
Gaudiya–Vaisnavism. He has also commented on the Srimad Bhagavatam and
Jiva Goswami's Sat-sandarbha, and that enlightened thought is a
valuable contribution to our sampradaya. We cannot dismiss him, he is our
Guru."
Sriman Nityananda Prabhu said: "O Jiva, there is no need for a separate
commentary on the Brahma-sutra now. The Bhagavatam explains the sutras and is
considered the sutras' natural commentary. In time, when there is a need for
another commentary, the Sri Govinda-bhasya will be revealed. Sarvabhauma's
relative, Gopinath Acharya, heard the Lord's commentary with Sarvabhauma. In
time, by the will of the Lord, he will take birth as Baladev Vidyabhusan and
conquer Jaipur. There, he will compose a commentary spoken by Sri Govinda,
serve the feet of Gauranga, and deliver the souls."
•SONG:
Sri Guru Parampara |
শ্রীগুরুপরম্পরা "The foremost devotees of Srila Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur are Srila
Baladev Vidyabhusan and Srila Jagannath Das Babaji. Their dear follower is
Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur. His associate is the best of the topmost devotees,
Srila Gaura Kisor Das Babaji, whose sole joy is Sri Hari's service."
In honour of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini:
Ganga Mata
Goswamini
"There was once a young girl, a daughter of a good Odisha king, who got much
mercy from Jagannath. She always served in the Jagannath temple—made
garlands and did whatever other service there was..."
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শ্রীপুরীধাম মাহাত্ম্য-মুক্তা-মালা: গঙ্গা মাতা গোস্বামিণী
"শচীদেবী রাজকন্যা হয়ে রাজশাহীতে (বর্ত্তমান পূর্ব্বপাকিস্তানে) জন্ম গ্রহণ
করেছিলেন । যখন তাঁর বয়স হয়ে গেছে, তাঁর মা-বাবা তাঁকে বিয়ে দিতে চাইলেন কিন্তু
তিনি দিব্য সুন্দরী রাজকন্যা হয়েও বললেন, 'আমি শ্রীকৃষ্ণের চরণে মনটা দিয়ে
দিয়েছি । আমি কোন মর্ত্ত পুরুষকে বিয়ে করব না যে আমাকে ভোগ করবে, যে আমাকে
ব্যবহার করবে! আমি সে সব চাই না ।'..."
In honour of Sri Ganga Mayi:
When the Lord came to the boundary of Antardwip, He showed Sri Ganga Nagar
to Jiva. Nityananda Prabhu said, "Listen Jiva, this is Ganga Nagar. It was
established by Maharaj Bhagirath, a forefather of Lord Ramachandra. When the
Ganga, who is also known as Bhagirathi, came here, Maharaj Bhagirath went
ahead of her blowing a conch. Arriving in Nabadwip Dham, the Ganga stopped,
and Maharaj Bhagirath saw that she would not proceed. Overwhelmed with fear,
Maharaj Bhagirath retraced his course and came before the Ganga. He stayed in
Ganga Nagar and began to perform austerities. Pleased by them, Ganga
personally appeared before him. Maharaj Bhagirath said, 'O Mother, if you do
not continue, my ancestors will never be delivered.' Ganga said, 'Listen, my
child, O heroic Bhagirath! Peacefully stay here for some time. We have come
to Nabadwip Dham in the month of Magh. At the end of Phalgun, I will deliver
your ancestors. O Bhagirath, I am the water that washes the feet of the Lord.
Here in His abode, I will first fulfil my own desires. The full moon day in
Phalgun is the birthday of the Lord, and I should perform a rite on that day.
I will complete this rite, and then certainly I will go with you. Do not be
afraid.' Maharaj Bhagirath resided in Ganga Nagar until the full moon day in
Phalgun. Anyone who stays in Ganga Nagar on the full moon day in Phalgun,
bathes in the Ganga, fasts, and worships Sri Gauranga crosses over material
existence, as do their ancestors. Along with one thousand of their ancestors,
they attain Sri Goloka, regardless of how or where they died. O Jiva, the
glories of this place are unlimited. Sri Chaitanya danced here many
times."
•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."
•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."
•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!"
Mon, 17 June 2024
Live Thinking
about Lord
'We are tiny souls – humans are the same as mosquitos – but if, by the mercy
of the guru, Vaishnavs and the Lord, the Lord gives you the right to
do some service, that is the most important thing. You should leave
everything to the Lord and rely on Him – whatever the Lord wishes, He will
arrange everything.'
•
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Bengali)
—{ Teachings to Sri Sri Rupa-Sanatan }—
Rupa
Goswami: Meeting Mahaprabhu
His Divine Grace is reading from Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita,
Madhya-lila, chapter 19. "Due to the great crowds in Prayaga, Mahaprabhu went
to a place called Dasasvamedha ghat. It was there that the Lord instructed
Sri Rupa Goswami and empowered him in the philosophy of devotional
service."
•
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Tue, 18 June 2024 (Fast on Vyanjuli Mahadvadasi)
Turtle
Consciousness
'People do not feel happy, do not feel enthusiastic to serve the Lord... If
you only stay here to sleep and eat, then you are not staying at a
math – you are staying in a kamath (turtle's shell). A
math is where there is service to the Lord, where devotees speak about
the Lord; but if people gossip and talk about other things, this is not a
math, not a house of devotion, it a house of rotten householders.'
•
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Bengali)
—{ Teachings to Sri Sri Rupa-Sanatan }—
Empowering Srila
Rupa Goswami
His Divine Grace continues reading from Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita,
Madhya-lila, chapter 19. "Whatever Mahaprabhu had, whatever ecstasy He
had, He gave everything to Rupa Goswami—Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord
Himself, manifested everything through Rupa Goswami."
•
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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.
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj about fasting on ekadasi and
accepting material facilities:
"One time, a devotee came here from Vrindavan on the day of
ekadasi. He reached in the evening and, after taking bath in the
Ganges, attended kirtans, danced, circumambulated the temple and so
on. Then, I asked him whether he would take any anukalpa. He replied,
'Generally, I do not take anything, but if you like, then, of course, I must
take anukalpa. Your will is greater than my fasting.' That was his
decision.
"My Guru Maharaj (Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)
always wanted maximum energy: you should take good food and do good service.
That was his maxim. Krishna is not a liquidated party: take full
prasadam and do full service. Do maximum service, and you should take
whatever is necessary for that. You are to take it for the cause of Krishna,
not for your own cause. You are Krishna's, so if you grow weak, His service
will be hampered, and both you and Krishna will be losers thereby. 'My
soldiers will be well-fed and well-working.' That was our Guru Maharaj's
principle. Napoleon said, 'One full-fed soldier is equal to ten half-fed
soldiers.'
"So, prasad-seva: if it is service, then it must be taken in a
serving mood, of course. But, at the same time, the individual position of a
devotee should be taken into consideration. Sahajiyas do not Fast on
ekadasi at all: 'Oh, we are in Vrindavan, and there is no fasting in
Vrindavan.' But Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Srila Prabhupad did not like that –
it is sahajiya (imitation) if you go on feeding your senses in the
name of Krishna-bhakti (devotion to the Lord). For the service to Krishna, it
is necessary to keep up the body and to provide nourishment to it, so we must
take what is necessary for service. We do not like it if by fasting a loss of
energy is effected. If fasting does not hamper your service, you may go on
fasting – perhaps, your gurudev wanted that...
"For service, I must accept what is necessary to make me physically
fit so that I can render more service. So, accepting material things is not
objectionable. It is fruitful, not detrimental. Rather, it produces something
of a pure character, which helps everyone. This is how a disciple receives
and accepts things. At that same time, he may even blame himself, 'I cannot
go on with my worldly life without the help of this or that!' He will blame
himself, but the underlying spirit must be, 'If I do not take it, I shall be
unfit; I will not be able to do my bit of service to the Lord, to my
gurudev.'
"Moreover, by taking up renunciation, I will be a loser. I will incur
a loss for myself, for the world, and my guru's service will be
hampered. In this spirit, devotees are to take everything. For the cause of
Krishna, for the cause of their guru, they will accept anything.
"Suppose there is a very miserly karmachari (manager). Because
he does not want to spend money, he may not attain a particular result; then,
some difficulty comes, and the opportunity is lost. This manager will be held
responsible by the proprietor: 'Why did you not spend money? Why are you
afraid of spending money from my store? Because of your miserly habit, the
opportunity has been lost! Why should you not spend My money for My
interest?' So, to render service to Krishna, to my gurudev, to
Vaishnavs, to the world, to everyone, I must keep up this mundane body, and I
am entitled to take something for that.
"Miserliness is mayavada; it is the renunciation spirit, and it
will mar Krishna's interest. What we need is yukta-vairagya: I shall
take from the store of Krishna to keep myself fit and to do service. It is
Krishna's account, and if I do not do that, I should be a separatist, a
mayavadi, a renunciationist. I shall render maximum service to
Krishna, and I must take without any hesitation whatever is necessary to make
myself fit for the service; otherwise, I shall be punishable."
•"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..."
"You do not need to know the meaning of each ekadasi tithi because if
you know it, you will want to get this result, that result, etc."
(Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
Wed, 19 June 2024
Learn and
Practise
'You must always chant the Lord's Name and the Lord's kirtan
(glorification). Do you think that you have learnt two kirtans and you
have got everything? You must listen and learn more. Wherever we are, we must
always practise Krishna consciousness, we must always serve and worship the
Lord.'
•
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Bengali)
Шри Чайтанья
Матх(часть 3)
«Здесь в Шри Чайтанья Матхе есть ещё одно очень важное место, о котором нам
следует упомянуть: самадхи-мандир Шрилы Гаура Кишора Даса Бабаджи
Махараджа. Шрила Гаура Кишор Дас Бабаджи Махарадж пришёл в Навадвип из
Вриндавана, и у него был удивительный характер».
—{ Teachings to Sri Sri Rupa-Sanatan }—
Rupa-Siksa:
Rare, Rarer, the Rarest
His Divine Grace continues reading from Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita,
Madhya-lila, chapter 19. "Out of ten million workers you will get one
wise person; out of ten million wise people you will get one liberated soul,
and out of ten million liberated souls you will get one devotee of
Krishna."
•
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In honour of the forthcoming
chida-dahi danda-mahotsav (tomorrow):
"Srila Raghunath Das Goswami brought chipped rice, yogurt, milk, sweetmeats,
sugar, bananas and other eatables and placed them all around. Seeing the
crowd increasing, Srila Raghunath Das Goswami arranged to get more eatables
from other villages. He brought two-four hundred large, round earthen pots
and five-seven especially large earthen pots—a brahmana began soaking chipped
rice in these pots for the satisfaction of Lord Nityananda. The chipped rice
was soaked in hot milk in each of the large pots, then a half of the chipped
rice was mixed with yogurt, sugar and bananas and the other half was mixed
with condensed milk, champa-kola bananas (short, fat ones), then sugar, ghee,
and some camphor were added. Everyone was offered two earthen pots. In one
was put chipped rice with condensed milk, and in the other chipped rice with
yogurt."
"Raghunath Das Goswami was very happy. Raghunath Das was rich and he
immediately arranged dadhi (yoghurt), chida (flat-rice), milk, ksira,
sandesa, rasagulla, mango, banana, and so many other foodstuffs. Everyone
honoured all these preparations in clay pots. Raghunath Das fed all the
devotees, and not only that, he gave pranami to them all in the form of gold
coins."
Panihati
"We have been to Panihati for chira-dadhi mahotsav, it is the place where
Srila Raghunath Das Goswami Prabhu received mercy of Sri Nityananda
Prabhu. It is not so far from Dum Dum Park, and it is a very nice place, on
the bank of the Ganges..."
• Download / listen to audio
(3 Mb, 9 min | 3 November 2010 | Bengali)
Traditionally, at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, under the guidance of His
Divine Grace, devotees make an offering of soaked chipped rice mixed with a
variety of juicy/pulpy seasonal fruit (mango, jackfruit, bananas), a variety
of sweets and savouries; also, kitchuri.
"When Raghav Pandit came there and saw the situation, he began to laugh in
great surprise. He brought many kinds of food cooked in ghee and offered them
to the Lord. He first placed this prasadam before Lord Nityananda and then
distributed it among the devotees. Raghav Pandit said to Lord Nityananda, 'O
Lord, I have already offered food to the Deity for You, but You are engaged
in a festival here, and so the food is lying there at home untouched.' Lord
Nityananda replied, 'Let Me eat all this food here during the day, and I
shall eat at your home at night. I belong to a community of cowherd boys, and
therefore I generally have many cowherd associates with Me. I am happy when
we eat together in a picnic like this by the sandy bank of the
river.'"
Thu, 20 June 2024 (Srila Raghunath Das Goswami's Danda
Mahotsav in Pahinati)
Sadhu's Duty
'We must always only think about the Lord, about practising Krishna
consciousness. We are always busy worrying about money, food and other
material things, but we must practise spiritual life. Where there is a will,
there is a way. There is one more thing I want to tell you all...'
•
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Bengali)
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Trayodashi. Danda Mahotsav (‘Punishment Festival’) arranged by Srila
Raghunath Das Goswami at Sripat Panihati. Departure of Sripad Bhakti Vaibhav
Parivrajak 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. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
In honour of Srila Raghunath Das
Goswami Prabhu's Pastime at Sri Panihati:
Sri
Panihati: Place of Prime Pastimes
"It is written in our calendar that tomorrow is the chida-dahi danda
mahotsav. Only a fortunate soul who wants to get the mercy of Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu can come here. Without a great fortune no one can come here, no
one can serve Sriman Nityananda Prabhu."
• Download/listen to
the audio (5.7 Mb, 16 min | 25 June 2018)
Grand Festival
in Panihati
"Here in Panihati, near this place, is where Srila Raghunath Das Goswami made
the festival of flat rice and yoghurt, mango, jackfruit, etc. on the order of
Sriman Nityananda Prabhu... Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math preaches in this way
also every year at this festival."
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(This kirtan is usually sung on the day of Sri
Panihati Festival)
"When Raghunath Das heard that Rupa and Sanatan had gone to Vrindavan, he
gave up all rights to his estate and the comforts of a life like that of
Indra, and went to Mahaprabhu."
Srila Raghunath Das Goswami Sochaka Seated amidst fortunate souls and holy Vaishnavs, His Divine Grace chants
the unlimited glories of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami and elaborates on his
coming to and stay at the lotus feet of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, adding at
the end a summary about the famous 'Raghaver-jhali'.
• Download/listen to
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Panihati
"We have been to Panihati for chira-dadhi mahotsav, it is the place where
Srila Raghunath Das Goswami Prabhu received mercy of Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
It is not so far from Dum Dum Park, and it is a very nice place, on the bank
of the Ganges..."
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Treading the Wrong
Path
Trying to cut a shortcut and fostering chauvinism will not take you far:
without getting mercy of Gurudev, your attempts to reach the goal will be
thwarted; by discriminating against householders you can end up in hell.
• Download/listen to
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Srila Raghunath
Das Goswami: Breaking Free
"He wanted to take a roundabout zigzag route, avoiding Nityananda Prabhu and
going directly to Mahaprabhu, but every time he went to Mahaprabhu,
Mahaprabhu rejected him and sent him back to his home...."
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Real Mercy,
Real Service
Real mercy: "Getting mercy means getting service: if you have service, you
have mercy." Real service: "Practise properly, keep proper association,
and always avoid the Nama aparadh, seva aparadh, dham aparadh, Vaishnav
aparadh. Chant the Holy Name properly, without deceit, and with proper
attention and service mood."
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দণ্ড মহৎসব(ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের
হরি-কথামৃত)
"আপনারা বহু ভাগ্যের ফলে আজকে এখনে রঘুনাথদাস গোস্বামীর দণ্ড মহৎসব করতে আসলেন ।
দণ্ড মানে কি ? শাস্তি । এই শাস্তি এই জগতের শাস্তি নয়—এই শাস্তি যদি কেউ পেলে,
ভগবদ-ধামে যাওয়া যায় ।"
মায়ার চিন্তা বা
কৃষ্ণের চিন্তা ?(ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের
হরি-কথামৃত)
"আপনার যেটা দরকার প্রযোজন, সেইটা গ্রহণ করেন, এর বেশি দরকার নেই, তা ছাড়া
আপনারা শন্তি লাভ করতে পারবে না । আমরা মায়ার কারা কিন্তু আমরা সবাই এক পরিবারের
লোক—কার পরিবার? আমরা কৃষ্ণের সংসারের মানুষ, আমরা মায়ার সংসারের মানুষ নয়
।"
আমাদের একমাত্র উপায়(ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের
হরি-কথামৃত)
"কুটীনাটি যদি বাদ দিয়ে সরল ভাবে বৈষ্ণবের সেবা করেন, তাহলে দেখবেন আপনারা
ভগবানকে লাভ করতে পারেন আর কোন দিন আর এই জন্ম-মৃত্যু-জরা-ব্যাধি ভোগ করতে হবে
না । ভগবানের নাম ছাড়া কোন গতি নাই—এই কৃষ্ণনাম করলে অন্য কোন নামের ফল পাওয়া
যায় ।"
~· FESTIVALS IN SRI PANIHATI : ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHS ·~
Photographs of the festivals taken over the past several years when our
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math joined under the caring guidance of His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
Surrounded by his associates, servitors, and devotees, His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj takes part in the
annual festival of flat rice and yoghurt in honour of Srila Raghunath
Das Goswami.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is
attending the annual preaching festival in Sri Panihati distributing the
mercy of the Lord in all fourteen directions.
Photographs from the grand flat rice and yoghurt festival at Sri Panihati
held annually in honour of the pastimes of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami and
Sriman Nityananda Prabhu.
Chira-Dahi
Mahotsav at Sri Panihati (15 June 2019 | 51 photographs, 4.1 Mb)
Photographs from the grand festival of flat rice and yoghurt celebrated
annually in memory of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami and Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu.
Darshan of Sri Panihati (4 June 2020 | 4 photographs, 0.5 Mb)
Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
comes to Sri Panihati Dham to offer his obeisances to the Deities of Sri
Raghav Pandit, his samadhi mandir and the legendary meeting place of Srila
Raghunath Das Goswami and Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Due to the government
restrictions, this year this holy eternal festival is taking place in an
unmanifest way.
Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
•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."
•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."
•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!"
In honour of the chida-dahi
danda-mahotsav:
"Srila Raghunath Das Goswami brought chipped rice, yogurt, milk, sweetmeats,
sugar, bananas and other eatables and placed them all around. Seeing the
crowd increasing, Srila Raghunath Das Goswami arranged to get more eatables
from other villages. He brought two-four hundred large, round earthen pots
and five-seven especially large earthen pots—a brahmana began soaking chipped
rice in these pots for the satisfaction of Lord Nityananda. The chipped rice
was soaked in hot milk in each of the large pots, then a half of the chipped
rice was mixed with yogurt, sugar and bananas and the other half was mixed
with condensed milk, champa-kola bananas (short, fat ones), then sugar, ghee,
and some camphor were added. Everyone was offered two earthen pots. In one
was put chipped rice with condensed milk, and in the other chipped rice with
yogurt."
"Raghunath Das Goswami was very happy. Raghunath Das was rich and he
immediately arranged dadhi (yoghurt), chida (flat-rice), milk, ksira,
sandesa, rasagulla, mango, banana, and so many other foodstuffs. Everyone
honoured all these preparations in clay pots. Raghunath Das fed all the
devotees, and not only that, he gave pranami to them all in the form of gold
coins."
Traditionally, at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, under the guidance of His
Divine Grace, devotees make an offering of soaked chipped rice mixed with a
variety of juicy/pulpy seasonal fruit (mango, jackfruit, bananas), a variety
of sweets and savouries; also, kitchuri.
"When Raghav Pandit came there and saw the situation, he began to laugh in
great surprise. He brought many kinds of food cooked in ghee and offered them
to the Lord. He first placed this prasadam before Lord Nityananda and then
distributed it among the devotees. Raghav Pandit said to Lord Nityananda, 'O
Lord, I have already offered food to the Deity for You, but You are engaged
in a festival here, and so the food is lying there at home untouched.' Lord
Nityananda replied, 'Let Me eat all this food here during the day, and I
shall eat at your home at night. I belong to a community of cowherd boys, and
therefore I generally have many cowherd associates with Me. I am happy when
we eat together in a picnic like this by the sandy bank of the
river.'"
Internal Asuddha
'If we want to do something for our own happiness, we are not afraid to even
commit a sin. For example, somebody can say, "Oh, I am asuddha
(impure), so I will not water Tulasi tree today." Only when something happens
to Tulasi, then they will think, "Oh, I do not want to make a sin," and come
to water it (thinking about themselves). Many people do like that.'
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Overthrowing Anarthas[By Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
"After a great fight, they will have to retire if during this time you have
good association (it can be the association of sadhus or books,
anyhow). Devotional practices must not be given up or slackened; rather, you
will follow the system of practices with even more attention. And, gradually,
one day you will find that, through this fight, all those things are
retiring: the enemies have accepted their defeat and gone away."
—{ Teachings to Sri Sri Rupa-Sanatan }—
Rupa-Siksa:
The Ultimate Gardening Guide
His Divine Grace continues reading from Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita,
Madhya-lila, chapter 19. "The soul becomes a gardener. Gurudev puts the
seed in your heart, but you are the one who must take care of that
seed—Guru will not take care of it for you."
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Sat, 22 June 2024
Basis of
Mahaprabhu's Conception
'You think that you are practising Krishna consciousness and what I am saying
is very harsh. But there is one thing you must understand and remember.
Before you do anything, you must know who you must worship and why you will
worship the Lord or practise Krishna consciousness.'
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Today in the calendar:
Purnima. Snan Yatra (bathing) of Sri Jagannathdev.
Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta.
Disappearance of Srila Sridhar Pandit.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Sri Mukunda Datta
Prabhu:
Devotional Heart
"If we serve our Gurudev (serve not for our own interest, but for his
interest), if surrender to Krishna, then we must get Krishna through that
service. You do not need to think about yourself. If you think about Krishna,
Krishna will thinking about you."
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Strong
Faith—Strong Future
"If you want to make a building, first the pillar must be strong. If you have
a strong faith, then you will never fall down from this practising life. We
are godbrothers and godsisters, we have come from the same place. Why must we
fight? All these things are nothing."
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Lacking Mercy
or Lacking Faith?
"When you come in Krishna consciousness life, nobody is going to give you an
examination to show your progress. You can do this examination yourself.
How?"
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In honour of Sri Sridhar Pandit
Prabhu:
(At Sri Sridhar Angan, during Sri Nabadwip Dham
parikrama, 2020)
"Mahaprabhu went there—He would always take bananas from Sridhar Prabhu's
house. Sridhar Prabhu would tell Mahaprabhu, "Are there no other shops here?
Why do You always come here and take things from Me forcefully? What is this?
Some time, Nimai went to Sridhar Pandit's house to ask for some water, but
Sridhar Pandit did not have a proper glass—there was a hole in it; but Nimai
took water from it. Another time, Mahaprabhu took thor mocha [banana stem,
banana flower] from him. It was His favourite, and He would play with Sridhar
Pandit—He would take that thor, but Sridhar Pandit would not want to give it.
Nimai would pull it from Sridhar Pandit's hands, and because thor is
slippery, sometimes Sridhar Pandit would lose it and fall down."
(Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
At Sri Sridhar Angan(From Sri
Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-mukta-mala) "Why did Sriman Nityananda Prabhu say that Sridhar Pandit was a great
recipient of Mahaprabhu's mercy? You must know who Sridhar Pandit was, and
you must always remember and keep his mood in your heart."
Having passed through Tantuvaya Gram and seeing the cottage of Kholavecha
Sridhar, Nityananda Prabhu said, "'Here, Sri Gauranga chanted, rested, and
blessed the devotees. This place thus became known as Visram Sthan. You may
rest here in Sridhar's cottage.' When Sridhar heard of Nityananda Prabhu's
arrival, he came, prostrated himself, and worshipped the Lord. He said, 'O
Lord, be most merciful to this servant and rest here. This is my request.'
Nityananda Prabhu replied, 'You are very fortunate: Lord Gauranga has
bestowed His mercy upon you. Today, we will rest here.' Hearing this, Sridhar
was satisfied. With great care, Sridhar collected suitable ingredients and
engaged a Vaisnava brahman to cook. Once Nitai and Srivas had been served,
Sri Jiva joyfully took their prasad. Sridhar laid Nityananda on a bed, and
then he and his family massaged the Lord's feet.'"
"Late at night [on the eve of Nimai Pandit's leaving Nabadwip], one
devotee named Kholavecha Sridhar arrived. He used to make trade on the
plantain tree and its fruit. He would sell the fruit, ripe or green, and the
big leaves which are used as plates. Sometimes Nimai would pay him less for
his fruits than what they were worth, and sometimes He would snatch the best
fruits from him. Sridhar came to see Him late at night to offer Him a choice
lau (bottle gourd). And Nimai thought, "I have spent almost My whole life
snatching so many things from him, and now, on this last night he has brought
this wonderful lau. I can't resist." He asked Sacidevi, "Mother, Sridhara has
given me this lau. Please think of how it can be prepared." At bedtime,
someone came with some milk. Nimai said, "Mother, with this milk and this
lau, please prepare some sweet-rice." So Sacidevi prepared some lau
sweet-rice: lau boiled with milk, rice and sugar."
(Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
•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."
•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."
•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!"
•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."
•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?"
In honour of Sri Sri Parama
Karuna Nitai Gaurachandra Prabhu, Caracas:
A Miracle. A Joy.
"It gives me so much happiness, so much enthusiasm, and so much energy to see
you all. You are adamant to take shelter of Gurudev, to take shelter of
Parama Karuna Nitai Gaurachandra—what can I say? If I say it makes me glad,
it is not sufficient to describe the joy I feel. You are showing a miracle to
the whole world."
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Example for the
World
"You are tolerating so much in this situation—you are suffering so much,
facing a very bad and difficult condition—and you set an example for the
entire world. I am sure that you will get the result and you will be
successful. I will give you one example of service mood..."
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Two kirtans
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj chanting "Gurudev, krpa
bindu diya" and "Parama Karuna" kirtans with the devotees online at
the end of the darshan.
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"Nitai Gaurachandra!
Nitai Gaurachandra!"
"...We are very fortunate that we can chant Their Names. Now is the age of
Kali, so many things are coming, but if you chant Nitai Gaurachandra all your
offences will be removed."
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Parama
Karuna Nitai Gaurachandra
"I am always with you, and truly my love and affection are always with you—I
cannot forget your service, your love and affection, and how Nitai
Gaurachandra constantly bestow Their mercy on you all."
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Glorious Parama
Karuna
"It is such a glorious and happy day! Gaura Nitai wanted to come but They
were searching who They would come with. When They finally got Gurudev's good
association, They suddenly caught Gurudev's hand and came to Caracas."
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•SONG:
Parama karuna |
পরম করুণ পহুঁ দুই জন "Nitai and Gaurachandra are the two most merciful Lords. There are no
benefactors in the three worlds as merciful as Them. Hearing of Their glory,
birds and animals cry and stones melt."
Sun, 23 June 2024
Learn the Ropes
'In the scriptures, there is such a thing called adhikar, right. If
you enter somewhere where you have no right to enter, you will face great
danger. It is necessary to earn the right first. First enter the
qualification, the right to worship Krishna, then you can do it.'
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গুরুদেবের স্নেহশীল ভালোবাসা(৭ম ভাগ | ২৪ এপ্রিল ২০২১)
"গুরুদেব বলতেন যে, গুরুর বকাটাই হচ্ছে গুরুর আশীর্বাদ । আমি নিজে বুঝতে পারি
যে, গুরুদেবের বকাটা কত প্রিয়, কত প্রয়োজনীয় ! এই জীবনে একমাত্র প্রয়োজন
গুরুদেবের বকাবকি । কেউ যদি আমাকে জিজ্ঞাসা করবে, 'হরিভজনে কী প্রয়োজন ?' আমি
বলব, 'গুরুদেবের বকাটাই প্রয়োজন ।' কিন্তু আমাদের কপাল এইরকম—সেটা আগে ছিল
কিন্তু এখন তো আর কে বকাবকি দেবে ? কে গালাগাল দেবে, বলুন ?"
—{ Teachings to Sri Sri Rupa-Sanatan }—
Rupa-Siksa:
Pure Devotion
His Divine Grace continues reading from Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita,
Madhya-lila, chapter 19. "Pure devotion means you have no desire for
anything without Krishna, and no other desires about Krishna also—you
only always want devotion to Krishna. Why, when you practise Krishna
consciousness, do you not get energy, do you not feel happiness?"
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Pratipad. Disappearance of Srila Shyamananda Prabhu and Sripad
Risabhdev Das Adhikari. Krishna Dvitiya (falls on the same day). Departure of
Sri Gaurahari Bhakti-Sampad 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. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Sripad Risabhdev
Prabhu Das-Adhikari:
Sripad
Risabhdev Prabhu: A Miracle Personality
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj is remembering the character and disappearance of Sripad
Risabhdev Prabhu: "I have seen so many miracles in my life, and Risabhdev
Prabhu is also one kind of a miracle personality. If you see what your
scriptures say (they show so many rules and regulations) and if you see
Risabhdev Prabhu's case, you will not be able to harmonise
it."
Sripad Risabhdev
Prabhu's Message "Dive deep, do not be satisfied with the surface understanding. It is
necessary for us to go to the core, and this is beyond all visual, mental,
and objective understanding... I have no hope, or even necessity, to know
Krishna, but if I can serve guru or the servant of the guru, then I feel this
is the perfection."
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VIDEO:Sripad Risabdev Prabhu's
Message
Sripad Risabdev Prabhu is speaking a few weeks before his departure on 17
June 2000 sharing his memories of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj
Prabhupad and the sum and substance of his practising life in Krishna
consciousness. (~40 Mb | 23 min)
In honour of Sri Gaurahari
Bhakti-Sampad Prabhu:
Sri Gaurahari Bhakti Sampad Prabhu[By Srila B.S.
Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
"Before I saw how he changed having met with Srila Guru Maharaj, I did not
understand that it was possible—within one moment, we can come in touch with
such a supreme wealth, such a spiritual wealth that we shall feel extremely
fortunate."
In honour of Sri Syamananda
Prabhu:
"Srinivas Acharya, Narottam Das Thakur, and Shyamananda Prabhu
started for Vrindavan to have the darshan of Srila Rupa Goswami, Srila
Sanatan Goswami, Srila Gopala Bhatta Goswami, Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami
and others who were there.
"When they were only a few miles away from Mathura, they heard that Sanatan
Goswami had passed away. People were saying that that great Sanatan Goswami
who was the prime minister and who had captured all people in the whole of
Vrindavan within his heart—that Sanatan had passed away, a great disaster for
the country. What to do then? Rupa, Raghunath, Jiva and Gopala Bhatta were
still living, so Srinivas, Narottam, and Shyamananda dragged somehow on.
When they reached Mathura, they heard that Srila Rupa Goswami had left the
night before that. Sanatana left on an ashari purnima, and Srila Rupa Goswami
left after that on next dvadasi. They thought, "What hopeless and cursed
souls we are! We have come so near, yet we could not see those two generals
of Mahaprabhu!" Mahaprabhu sent two of his generals to Vrindavan to carry out
His orders and establish the kingdom of the Gaudiya Vaishnavs there... So,
they dragged their bodies to Vrindavan and came to Govinda Mandir. When they
reached it, they found that an evening aroti was going on there in a very
great splendour. There was a great crowd there—Srila Rupa Goswami had just
passed away, so with that feeling of high bereavement, everybody was chanting
his name madly. Srinivas, Narottam, and Shyamananda Prabhu were there, but
Srinivas Acharya could not stand that sort of sentimental wave—he was
standing aside and he fainted. When he regained his consciousness, he saw
Srila Jiva Goswami with some of his followers...
In this way, Srinivas Acharya, Narottam Das Thakur, and Shyamananda Prabhu
stayed in Vrindavan for one year—Srinivas Acharya took initiation from
Gopala Bhatta, Narottam Thakur from Lokanath Goswami, and Shyamananda Prabhu
from Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu..."
(Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
"Sri Gauri Das Pandit is one of the twelve cowherd friends of Krishna in
Vrindavan. Shyamananda Prabhu was his disciple and followed him in the
sakhya-bhav (transcendental mood of friendship with the Lord), however when
he later entered the association of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu, who was a
follower of Sri Rupa Goswami, he exhibited madhura-bhav (transcendental mood
of paramour relationship with the Lord). Shyamananda Prabhu was promoted to
the manjari group by the mercy of Lalita Devi. Later, Shyamananda Prabhu went
to preach with Srila Narottam Das Thakur and Srila Srinivas Acharya. Srila
Narottam Das Thakur preached in Bangladesh, Srila Srinivas Acharya Prabhu
preached in the north, and Srila Shyamananda Prabhu preached in Midnapore.
They preached and protected our line, Rupa Goswami's line, the main
conception."
•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."
•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."
•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!"
•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."
•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?"
Mon, 24 June 2024
Watered Down
Conception
'Outside people cannot understand all these things, but there are many people
among us also who do not understand anything about practising Krishna
consciousness. If you do not know the conception, you will not get anything.
These are all basic matters, but if you cannot follow these basic things,
then you will not be able to practise Krishna consciousness properly.'
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—{ Teachings to Sri Sri Rupa-Sanatan }—
Attachment to Service or to the Self?
"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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Tue, 25 June 2024
Become a Good
Practitioner
'This mood and feeling must come from your heart; it is not about anything
external. If you look at a sadhu's external behaviour, you will not
understand anything – it is necessary to hear and follow what the
sadhu says. You must learn from sadhus. It is described in Srimad
Bhagavatam who a genuine sadhu is.'
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Overthrowing Anarthas[By Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
"After a great fight, they will have to retire if during this time you have
good association (it can be the association of sadhus or books,
anyhow). Devotional practices must not be given up or slackened; rather, you
will follow the system of practices with even more attention. And, gradually,
one day you will find that, through this fight, all those things are
retiring: the enemies have accepted their defeat and gone away."
Spiritual
Selfishness
'We are always busy trying to take care of the body, making sure that the
body gets all benefit, but we should instead be selfish. All devotees of the
Lord are selfish – what does 'selfish' mean? Why are devotees selfish?
Because they think about the benefit of their 'self'. Being selfish means
thinking about your own soul.'
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Шри Чайтанья
Матх(часть 4)
«Смилостивившись надо мной, Шримад Бхактивинод Тхакур показал мне моего
Господина. После встречи с моим Господином, моя материальная гордыня начала
слабеть. До этого я знал, что любой, кто принимает облик человека, столь же
презрителен и низмен, как и я, но, рассмотрев характер моего Господина, я
постепенно начал понимать, что идеальный вайшнав может существовать в этом
мире».
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Panchami. Appearance of Srila Vakreshvar Pandit.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Sri Vakresvar
Pandit:
Sri
Uddharan Datta Thakur and Sri Vakreshwar Pandit
"(1) Sri Uddharan Datta Thakur was a
great Vaishnav, maha-bhagavat, and he always worshiped and served Sriman
Nityananda Prabhu's lotus feet. (2)
The birthplace of Sri Vakreshwar Pandit is in Guptipara, near Kalna. Sri
Vakreshwar Pandit always danced during Mahaprabhu's kirtans—he was a
great singer and dancer."
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"It is said that Vakresvar Pandit was Mahaprabhu's mantra-sisya. We
find in Gaura-Krishnodaya, a Sanskrit book written by an Oriyan devotee named
Govinda Das that after Mahaprabhu departed, the devotees consulted within
them who is to be made the acharya of the Radha Kanta Math where Mahaprabhu
lived. They consulted, and Vakreshvar Pandit was selected. He was the first
acharya of the Radha Kanta Math."
(Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
"In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (71) it is stated that Vakresvar Pandit is
an incarnation of Aniruddha, one of the quadruple expansions of Vishnu
(Vasudev, Sankarsan, Aniruddha and Pradyumna). On the other hand, it is said
that he is an incarnation of Sri Tungavidya gopi and also Sri Sasirekha gopi
would enter him. Vakresvar Pandit would please the Lord through his dancing.
He could dance wonderfully for seventy-two continuous hours. When Lord
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu played in dramatic performances in the house of Srivas
Pandit, Vakresvar Pandit was one of the chief dancers, and he danced
continuously for that length of time. Mahaprabhu would also often come to
dance at his house in Nabadwip."
(Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, purport)
Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
•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."
•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."
•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!"
•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."
Thu, 27 June 2024
Do Not Overstep
'We must know the established customary practices of Krishna consciousness.
How should you practise? This is what I have explained to you just now. If we
do not practise Krishna consciousness twenty-four hours a day, what will
become of our lives? We will have to live an extremely miserable
condition...'
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Bengali)
Internal
and External Devotion
'Saying, "I have seen Krishna" is nothing. I have not seen Krishna, but I
know that I am going down the path towards Him. I do not know how long more
there is left for me to walk, but I know that I am on the right path. And if
you can walk on this path, you will see Krishna one day, too.'
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Bengali)
The Unrenounceable 'The things that are of paramount necessity for the transcendental body,
or the well-being of the soul, are called spiritual (paramartha), and the
things that are not necessary for the transcendental body are called
unwanted, valueless (anartha). Such unwanted things are to be rejected like
stool, urine, etc. If one gives up all anarthas and there remains one
anartha, it is called parama anartha, or the greatest evil. What is
it?'
—{ Teachings to Sri Sri Rupa-Sanatan }—
Sanatan-Siksa:
Krishna's Beauty
"From all Krishna's Pastimes, the best are His human Pastimes, where His form
is just like that of a human being. His dress of a cowherd boy, His carrying
a flute, His lasting youth and expert dancing all suit His human Pastimes
very much."
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Sat, 29 June 2024
Step Forward
'You must not wait when gurudev comes – you must come to
gurudev yourself. You must search, "Where is gurudev?" and try
to find him. "Where is Krishna?" You must search for Him. If you sit idle
hoping that Krishna will come to you, this is not how it works. You must make
the first step, then Krishna will make ten steps towards you.'
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Bengali)
—{ Teachings to Sri Sri Rupa-Sanatan }—
Sanatan-Siksa:
Maya's Family
"The eternally liberated soul are associates of Krishna and relish the joy of
service. The eternally conditioned souls averse to Krishna enter eternal
material life and relish all sorts of hellish sufferings."
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Sun, 30 June 2024
We Are
Servants, Not Devotees
'He thinks he has become a devotee (bhakta), but he has forgotten that
he is first of all a servant (das). You have not been able to become a
maidservant of Krishna yet, but you have already become a Vaishnav! There
must be no ego. The only ego we can have is that we are maidservants of
Radharani.'
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Bengali)
—{ Teachings to Sri Sri Rupa-Sanatan }—
Sanatan-Siksa:
The Cry of a Surrendered Soul
"They gave me nonsense orders and without any shame I follow them all. They
had no mercy on me, nor were they ever satisfied. Somehow, I have surrendered
at Your fearless lotus feet, please engage me now as Your servant."
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'In Mahaprabhu's times, Damayanti, the sister of Raghav Pandit, would make so
much food for Mahaprabhu during the whole year, and at the Ratha Yatra time,
on the Gundicha marjan day, they would bring bags full of food for
Mahaprabhu.'
Krishna Navami. Departure of Sripad Santos Krishna Das-Adhikari Prabhu.
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"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
•
SONG:
Suddha-bhakata |
শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু
Gaura Pratipad. Manifestation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha
Madan-mohan jiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanusilana Sangha, Dum Dum
Park, Kolkata.
Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurava Giri
Maharaj (Sripad Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu, a favourite and intimate
disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad).
Gaura Dasami. Dasahara, Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata
Goswamini. Disappearance of Srila Baladev Vidyabhusan Prabhu.
Krishna Pratipad. Disappearance of Srila Shyamananda Prabhu and Sripad
Risabhdev Das Adhikari. Krishna Dvitiya (falls on the same day). Departure of
Sri Gaurahari Bhakti-Sampad Prabhu.
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
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