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MONTHLY ARCHIVE OF UPDATES

DECEMBER 2024

 

Sun, 1 December 2024

Step Forward
'You can see in this hell that so many insects, bugs, flies, beasts, birds, worms, pigs, dogs are eating all kinds of stool and urine – filthy things. If you want to save yourself from such a fate, then come to the Lord and live a spiritual life.'
• Download / listen to the audio (31 Mb, 64 min | 21 February 2019)

 

Today in the calendar: Amavasya. Disappearance of Srestharya Srila Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan.

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."

 

In honour of Sripad Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan:

Srestharyya Sripad Jagabandhu Das Adhikari (From The Harmonist)
"THE day before the close of the spiritual Exhibition that had been organised in the spacious compound of the Gaudiya-Math, which function formed the concluding, activity of the long series of the festivities of the auspicious Inauguration of the New Buildings of the Math, Srestharyya Sripad Jagabandhu Das Adhikari Bhaktiranjan, the donor and architect of those superb Buildings, took his departure from the scene of unique devotional labours with the supreme satisfaction that his soul had at last found and successfully performed his duty to Godhead and humanity...."

 

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Chaste Service Consciousness
"If somebody wants to take initiation, they must follow Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's line; they must follow the rules and regulation. They must always take prasadam, always chant the Holy Name, and engage in service. You are not a servant of Krishna—if you are ready to become a servant of devotees, then you can take shelter of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math."
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—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Three) •

(7) INTELLIGENTLY AWARE
'Lust is not easily accessible, but is hidden. We cannot easily trace where he lives, but he comes suddenly and, after looting, disappears. But we are told here that really he lives in the intelligence, the mind and the senses. To conquer that lust we are to regulate the senses, but in order to do so we first have to analyse what the senses are and what is their position, and then, what is the position of the internal king of the senses, the mind.'

 

 

Mon, 2 December 2024

Be Content and Focused
'If you go here and there following the cravings of your tongues, you will not come to Krishna. Be happy with whatever the Lord arranges for you, whatever He puts you through. The Lord runs this whole world, He is managing everything, then why do you want to be a manager yourself? We cannot manage anything. The manager is He, and He is already doing everything.'
• Download / listen to the audio (31 Mb, 64 min | 21 February 2019)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Service Without Sahajiyaism
"You must do service under the guidance of Gurudev, then you will know what is necessary to do. We are not independent, we are always under the guidance of Gurudev. We do not want to be sahajiyas. Vraja-basis do raga-marga seva, but we must follow viddhi-marga."
• Download / listen to the audio (6.1 Mb, 15 min | 31 May 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Three) •

(8) BEYOND THE YOGI
'What is yoga? There is air and there are so many things but by controlling those do you think you will force Me to come to you? I am the Absolute Autocrat. I don’t care for anything else. I have no necessity to care for anything else. Not any force, any tactics, any cunning methods, any canvassing—nothing can influence Me. I am the Autocrat. And admitting the line of autocracy, try to come to Me. There are many demigods. They are making trade, but I am not amongst the commodities of their trading. None can make trade with Me. I am Absolute. I look only for devotion, exclusive devotion which is not formal, but natural, hearty and sincere. I look for the heart and not for anything else.'

 

 

Tue, 3 December 2024

Pursue Eternal Wealth
'We think that if we had a lot of money, we would live a happy life, but everything depends on our fate and fortune. Even rich people suffer from the three-fold miseries. The only way one can get relief from this suffering is to take shelter at the holy feet of the Lord.'
• Download / listen to the audio (31 Mb, 64 min | 21 February 2019)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Perfect Vision
"We are told to be slow and steady, but when some service is going on, we sometimes do it fast because everybody's character is not the same. Being slow does not mean laziness. If you keep a perfect aim and continue steadily to your aim, then you will succeed."
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—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Three) •

(9) THE FOUNDATION OF FORTUNE
'There is a bird called a chataka which always faces towards the sky praying for water. His nature is such that he can only swallow from above and cannot collect from the ground. We should be converted into that type of bird in our hankering temperament for a divine drop of the divine sweetness, of the divine nectar which Mahaprabhu is distributing.'

 

 

Wed, 4 December 2024

My Appeal to You
'We always worry about ourselves, thinking, "What will I eat?", "Where will I sleep?", "What will I wear?" There is a person above everybody – the Lord – just leave everything to Him! He does everything; everything that happens happens by His will. We must always remember this.'
• Download / listen to the audio (31 Mb, 64 min | 21 February 2019)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Service Code
"We always do service with some little fault, little mistake, and the Lord does not easily accept such service, but if we ask great Vaishnavs, Gurudev, for forgiveness, they will always forgive us. That is why, it will be good if we serve the Lord through Gurudev."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 5 min | 31 May 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Three) •

(10) DICTATION OF SRI GURU
'It is mentioned that one who has surrendered may not commit any offence. If you are surrendered and then appeal, “What am I to do, my Master? Please dictate to me,” and do accordingly with sincerity, then if it is wrong also, you are not to be a party to that wrong because you did not consciously want to disobey the Guru—you tried your utmost to obey him cent-per-cent. But you are not a perfect person, still, from your position, as much as possible you have done and he will be satisfied with that. He is all-knowing. He is omniscient and will see, “He has tried his best.”'

 

 

Thu, 5 December 2024

Lord Vamanadev's Appearance
'These are the things we hear the Lord always imparting. He has personally come many times, assuming various forms, to protect His devotees, to take His devotees' service. But many people cannot understand this...'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Love for Guru, Not Yourself
"To test Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Advaita Prabhu one time started preaching mayavadi conception, and Mahaprabhu came to his house and beat him. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu explained the glory of Sri Advaita Prabhu...."
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—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Three) •

(11) DISTRIBUTING DIVINITY
'Our connection with Krishna is so urgent. What a valuable life that is, and where are we?—in the jaws of mortality! So, everyone needs to be saved. Save them. Do relief work. In this general activity no specific order is necessary. It is a general thing; it is common sense in the devotional school and by this process you will be helped yourself. You will be able to keep yourself from sinking just as by the movement of one’s hands and feet one can keep himself floating on water—it is something like that. Kirtan will help you in that way. So try to practise Krishna consciousness, any time and every time.'

 

 

Fri, 6 December 2024

Bali Maharaj's Sacrifice
'Nobody could stop Bali Maharaj, not even his guru. He actually rejected his guru at that time. People say that once you take a guru, you cannot reject him, even if the Lord Himself comes, but here you can see that Bali Maharaj did it. Prahlad Maharaj also rejected his father, and Bharath Maharaj rejected his mother.'
• Download / listen to the audio (31 Mb, 64 min | 21 February 2019)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Service Eagerness and Attachment
"This pure conception of Krishna consciousness is very sweet. It is necessary to connect with it and to have faith, proper surrender, humility, tolerance, and to give honour to others. Be patient. Do not be proud. Always reject pratistha. We are tiny servitors, but we will try to do small service."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.7 Mb, 7 min | 31 May 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Three) •

(12) OUR GREATEST WEALTH
'Narottam Das Thakur said, “If we have the favour of the great personages then what can such types of temptation do to us? They can’t do anything. If we work under our guardian and he is very careful, very strong and very judicious then no temptation can do any harm to us.” This attitude is the key to the success of life.'

 

 


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Sat, 7 December 2024

Lord Vamandev's Gift
'"So, Bali!" Vamandev said. "You have said one step of land, two steps of land, what about the third step? Where are My three steps of land? I have already made two steps – where am I to make the third step?"'
• Download / listen to the audio (31 Mb, 64 min | 21 February 2019)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Our Greatest Aspiration
"We sometimes cannot consider ourselves a proper disciple—we always consider ourselves a guru. That is the problem in our life. We have no quality, no qualification to serve Vaishnavs, but the Guru and Vaishnavs are always very kind, they will accept our service, so relying on their kindness, we will try to serve them properly."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.5 Mb, 6 min | 14 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Four) •

FOREWORD
'I offer my humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of my Divine Master Sri Gurupadapadma Om Vishnupad Astottara-sata-sri Srimad Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev­-Goswami Maharaj, and all the Vaishnavs. By his unlimited grace the exalted Vaishnav community has already received with transcendental joy many glorious publications of Srila Guru Maharaj, the Guardian of Devotion, from our Nabadwip Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and branches.'

INTRODUCTION
'There is the land of the Lord and if we can enter into that plane then we can be really happy by giving and not by exerting. To sacrifice for Him will bring for us both quantity and, especially, quality. If we can have entrance into that plane we shall be able to swim in the pool of nectar. It is very much appreciable. We can understand that it is very much appreciable, that so many from foreign lands have also come being attracted by the instructions and advice of Mahaprabhu and Srimad Bhagavatam.'

 

 

 

Today in the calendar: Gaura Sasthi. Sri Sri Jagannathdev’s Odan-Sasthi. Manifestation Anniversary of Sri Sri Nitai Chaitanya at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Puri Dham.

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."

 

On the Way to Sri Puri Dham (Divine Guidance, chapter 2):
"We are not going sightseeing but we are going to a place of pilgrimage, a holy place. Going there will purify us—body, mind, and soul."

 

 

Sun, 8 December 2024

Rusted Souls' Solace
'You must not only say it. You sing this kirtan, but do you actually keep the words from gurudev's holy mouth in your hearts? It is necessary to keep what gurudev says in our hearts and never forget it. I am praying to you all: please do not forget what I am telling you; always remember the Lord!'
• Download / listen to the audio (31 Mb, 64 min | 21 February 2019)

Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Vani
A quote of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad that is printed and hung on the wall at the veranda of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and many of the temples as well as in Sri Gaudiya Gitanjali: "If someone does not consider it necessary to faithfully follow their Guru and the Vaishnavs, their endeavour to serve the Lord is not service to the Lord—it is service to maya."

 

 

Today in the calendar: Gaura Astami. Disappearance of Srila Madhusudan Das Babaji Maharaj.

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must still give them 'jay' on this day."

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Treasure of Devotion
"Everybody will die one day, but you have got this human body, so what is your duty? We are not meant to live like cats and dogs. We have got so many facilities—eyes, mouth, ears, etc. What will we do with them?"
• Download / listen to the audio (2.5 Mb, 6 min | 14 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Four) •

(1) THE FOUR SITTINGS OF SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM
'So many rsis, authorities of different departments, were recommending to him [Pariksit Maharaj] differently, and he was perplexed. He told, “You give some unanimous verdict to me. I have no time, so please you give some unanimous instruction.” At that time by chance Sukadev arrived here at the meeting. Sukadev was a man of fable: many had heard about him, about this peculiar realised soul.'

 

Mon, 9 December 2024

Read and Remember
'Always practise Krishna consciousness properly. Always read the calendars. You sing in the kirtan about subjugating the six urges and correcting the six defects, but what are these urges and faults? You must read and remember it. Read about all this in books, it will be very good for you.'
• Download / listen to the audio (31 Mb, 64 min | 21 February 2019)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Questions and Answers
• How to be tolerant internally, not just show it externally? • What is sahajiya bhajan? • How can we use everything in service, even sad and dangerous things? • How can we know that Gurudev is happy with us? • Western style offerings are out of place in India? • How can my child get sukriti to live in Krishna consciousness? • How to concentrate on Krishna consciousness when mind is distracted?
• Download / listen to the audio (12.8 Mb, 31 min | 14 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Four) •

(2) THE FREE FLOW OF THE ABSOLUTE
'We are for Him, we are to search for our master and not for a servant, not an order-supplier or a canvasser, but master. And the master says, “Prepare yourself for My service, to satisfy Me; for My satisfaction come to be available to the complete degree. Now that you have come within, you say that you will be allowed to steal something and go away? No! All rights reserved. All rights reserved: it is not very easy to have rights, to establish rights here in My plane.”'

 

 

Today in the calendar: Gaura Navami. Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan 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."

"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 Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj:

Pranam-mantra of Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj, composed by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:

দীর্ঘং সৌম্যবপুর্নবারুণবহির্বাসস্ত্রিদণ্ডান্বিতং
দিব্যং শ্রীগুরু-গৌর-কীর্ত্তন-রসানন্দেন মত্তং সদা ।
শ্রীগৌড়ীয়-যতীন্দ্র-ভক্তিকমলং স্নিগ্ধং কৃপাবিগ্রহং
বন্দে শ্রীমধুসূদনং গুরুবরং বেদান্তবিদ্যাম্বুধিম্ ॥

dirgham saumya-vapur navaruna-bahir-vasas tridandanvitam
divyam sri-guru-gaura-kirtan-rasanandena mattam sada
sri-gaudiya-yatindra-bhakti-kamalam snigdham krpa-vigraham
vande sri-madhusudanam guru-varam vedanta-vidyambudhim

"I offer my obeisance unto the great Guru Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj. His tall, tranquil form, adorned with a tridanda and garments the colour of the newly risen sun, is the embodiment of mercy. He is an affectionate king amongst the Gaudiya Vaishnava sannyasis, an ocean of Vedantic knowledge, and always rapt with the ecstatic taste of Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga's kirtan."

Invoking Vaishnavs' Mercy
"Today is Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj's appearance day. Wherever he is staying now, whether in Goloka Vrindavan or anywhere else, we are praying to him, 'Wherever you are now, please give us some mercy.'"
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Godbrothers' Bond
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj tells about the close and reverent relationship that Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj had with his godbrothers, Srila Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj, and Srila Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj.
• Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 4 min | 19 September 2009)

 

 

Tue, 10 December 2024

Accept Guidance
'If you want to practise real Krishna consciousness, you must take shelter of bona fide guru and serve under his guidance, then you will get supreme benefit; otherwise, all we will reap is offence – we will only be practising Maya consciousness. Always remember this.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Without Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur Our Line Is Nothing
"Today is the disappearance day of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur—he left us and entered his nitya-lila on this day. He is doing service in his abode now, but he is still bestowing his mercy on all devotees and on us. We cannot even think of our line without Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur. He is the main personality in our line."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.4 Mb, 8 min | 21 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Four) •

(3) TRUTH BY INSTALMENTS
'Everything should be connected with the Centre otherwise you will be responsible for exploitation and thereby get reaction. But if you can connect everything according to the scripture, according to the rules to deal with the centre, then you are relieved from your local responsibility. You must work in the Central intensity and the Centre will make adjustment.'

 

 

Today in the calendar: Gaura Dasami. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Kusum Sraman Maharaj (a diksa disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad and the publisher of Nadiya Prakash; later, after Srila B.V. Tirtha Maharaj's disappearance, he presided over Sri Chaitanya Math in Mayapur).

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must still give them 'jay' on this day. 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."

 

 

Wed, 11 December 2024 (Fast on Sri Moksada Ekadasi)

Devotional Propriety
'Sometimes you cannot come to our temple on this day, so you go to some other places to celebrate this day, and I have written here what you should speak about on this day. Read these things carefully. I did not make up these things myself.'
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All Glory to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga

Divine Appearance Day of Sri Gurupadpadma

Dear Devotees and Well-Wishers:

Humbly bowing down at your holy feet, we are extending a cordial invitation to attend the grand festival in honour of the holy appearance day of Param-pujyapad Parivrajakacharya-varya Visva-guru Om Vishnupad Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj that manifests on 17 December 2024 (Tuesday) this year.

Remembering the holy lotus feet of our eternal Divine Master, Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, we pray that every devotee of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math may find a possibility to observe this day immersed in Sri Hari-katha, Hari-kirtan and Hari-seva, which are so extremely dear and pleasing to our Sri Gurupadpadma and entire Guru-varga, and remember the transcendental glories of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, by whose mercy the banner of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math was hoisted to fly high all over the world, through his sincere devotees, instructions, lectures and books.

Taking your feet dust on our heads, we humbly wish that this supremely worshippable divine appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, celebrated with much joy and grandeur by the fortunate souls throughout the entire manifest creation, may pass auspiciously in every house and heart.

Your aspiring servants,
on behalf of SCSMathInternational.com

 

Satisfying the Lord
"Bali Maharaj asked Vamanadev, 'O brahman, what do you want? Tell me, and I can give You anything you wish.' Vamanadev replied, 'I do not want much. I know you have everything, but I want only something small.'"
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We humbly share the following as general guidance on conducting festivals that we have learned from the association and eternal pastimes of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. Generally, the programmes arranged and hosted by Sri Gurupadpadma would go as follows:

• Assembling, gathering and welcoming all august Vaishnavs and devotees with obeisances, sweet words and garlands;
• A brief introductory opening speech;
• Chanting kirtans:

– Vandana recital
– Sri Guru Parampara kirtan
('Krsna haite chaturmukha')
– Sri Gurudev's kirtan
('Gurudev! Krpa bindu diya' or 'Gurudev bada krpa kari')
– Sri Pancha-tattva's kirtan
('Sri Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu jive' or 'Sri Krsna Chaitanya daya kara')
– Sri Vaishnav Thakur's kirtan
('Kabe Sri Chaitanya more', 'Krpa kara Vaisnava Thakura' or 'Ohe Vaisnava Thakura')
– Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's kirtan
('Nitai-guna-mani amar', 'Nitai-pada-kamala' or 'Akrodha paramananda')
– Sriman Mahaprabhu's kirtan
('Gaurangera duti pada', 'Parama Karuna' or 'Emana durmati')
– Sri Sri Radha Krishna's kirtan
('Jaya Radhe Jaya Krsna' or 'Jaya Radha Madhava')
– Hare Krishna Maha-mantra
• Class or reading from scriptures (glorification of Sri Gurupadpadma);
• If other senior Vaishnavs are present, they are given turn to speak;
• Concluding kirtan ('Hari haraye Nama Krsna', Hare Krishna maha-mantra);
• Devotees chant kirtan and offer puspanjali (flower petals) to the picture of Sri Gurupadapadma;
• Offering bhoga followed by arati worship (usually, such programmes take place at noon, so first bhoga arati is chanted, then the arati kirtans);
• Distributing prasadam with care and affection;
• Presenting daksin and/or auspicious items to senior Vaishnavs or devotees in general;
• Affectionate farewell;
• Completing cleaning, tidying and other services as required.

 

 

From the holy lotus mouth of Sri Gurupadapdma Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj:

• "What did Gurudev leave us for? So that we join the festival, give some glorification, take prasadam, and leave? Our service does not finish there. We must distribute to others what Gurudev told all over the world, what Gurudev kept for us—his books, his audio and video recordings. What we invent or discover is not necessary to distribute; distribute what he told, what he invented and discovered, that is sufficient—people will be benefitted through that. That is necessary for us. We should understand what he wanted and what he did not want..."

• "Gurudev, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj always wanted to give some prasadam to the devotees, and I saw in Chaitanya-charitamrita, Prapanna-jivanamritam, and even Jagadananda Pandit's Prema-vivarta that if you have something, you must give it to others—if you have no wealth, you can give others some prasadam, and if you have no prasadam, nothing, you can give others sweet words. That is the main thing. You can make others happy with sweet words."

• "All the devotees know how to cook, what is there to it? When Nityananda Prabhu is in Ekachakra, He likes roasted and mashed eggplant (begun pora), and when Nityananda Prabhu comes to Venezuela or Colombia, He takes arepa there. What is the problem? Nityananda Prabhu's taste is different—He can take different things from everybody and from everywhere as long as you cook it with heart. The main thing is to serve with heart—not to do anything artificially. When you do any service or cook anything, you must do it with heart, then it will be good for everybody, and then Mahaprabhu, or Krishna, or Nityananda Prabhu will be happy—They will enjoy, and Gurudev will also enjoy. This is the main advice how to do everything. It is necessary for us to understand this."

 

 

An extensive guidance on the proper service mood during the Vaishnav seva festivals is kept in the Daily Practice section of the website:

Observing Festivals
A page of the Daily Practice section dedicated to Vaishnav-seva and observing festivals. "Why are you making a festival? Making a festival means you are inviting many people and you are giving them some prasadam, engaging them in Krishna consciousness—it means practising Krishna consciousness."

 

Note: Some of the many preparations known to be favourite to His Divine Grace Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj include rice, mung or chana dal, stir-fried karela, sak, posto bora, aloo siddho (boiled potato, mashed with chilli and salt), cauliflower pakoras, singara (samosa), mixed vegetable subji, paneer rasa, tomato chutney, achar (pickle), avocado salad (with a little salt and olive oil), cucumber salad, mango, paramanna (sweet rice), rasagullas, sandesh, a cake, vanilla ice-cream.

 

 

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Mandakini Dhara
"The main thing is that Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur brought to us the pure current of Mandakini, proper consciousness, and this current is still flowing in this world allowing us to get some taste of the nectar that was distributed by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur. What he has given us has never been given by anybody in this world."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.9 Mb, 10 min | 21 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Four) •

(4) WITH SINCERITY TO SAFETY
'So whenever the opposing environment comes to pain us, we should see with such a vision that, “It is the benevolence of the Lord that He has sent this suffering to me, to correct me, to release me very soon perhaps. I am inviting you, ‘Yes, you come. You come. You are my friend. In the garb of enemy you are my friend. You have come to release me very soon, so I welcome you. You are coming because without my Lord’s sanction nothing can happen. So when you have come, you have come surely for my benefit, so I welcome you.’” If with this attitude you can embrace unfavourable circumstances then very soon you will get liberation from the clutches of maya.'

 

 

 

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..."

ADDITIONAL READING:

• "Observing Ekadasi"
• "Ekadasi Vrata: Make Your Guru Happy"
• "No Other Shelter"
• "Mahadvadasi"
• "Ekadasi and liberation"
• "Ekadasi Tithi: One of the Practices"
• "Yogini Ekadasi"
 • "Ekadasi: Historical Background"
• "Ekadasi: Main Focus Is Service"
• Ekadasi Struggle?
• "Make the Teachings of Sri Guru Non-Different from Your Heart"
• Ekadasi: Devotional Practice
• Ekadasi Struggle?

 

"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)

 

Thu, 12 December 2024

Join Service Festival
'What does it mean to get gurudev's mercy? To come to a festival, take prasad and go away? Offering some flowers to gurudev's picture? This is not how you get gurudev's mercy. You must join the festival to do service. There are many kinds of services, and you can do any kind of service. There is no end to service activities.'
• Download / listen to the audio (38 Mb, 78 min | 13 December 2019)

Previous parts of this lecture, posted earlier:

Golden Time for Golden Purpose
"I know you have taken initiation from Gurudev, I know you are serving Gurudev eternally (strictly every day without fail), you are worshipping the Lord eternally, you are chanting the kirtans eternally, but are you using your golden time to serve the Lord or to do something for your own self?"
• Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)

Emerging from Darkness
"Sixty thousand sages did a sacrifice for one thousand years(!), but even then they did not feel happy at heart. In the end, Sri Suta Goswami came there and explained that happiness was possible only through chanting the Holy Name. You must always keep this as the object of your eternal meditation."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)

Leaving Maya's Shelter
"If some fortunate soul can come to take shelter at the holy lotus feet of Sri Guru severing the illusory bondage and keeping themselves in Guru's service, then they are very fortunate. There is no one in this world more fortunate than them."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.1 Mb, 3 min | Bengali)

Sitting on Two Chairs
"There are gurus in this world who say, 'We do not prohibit anything. Eat and do whatever your soul pleases.' First know who you are, then do what your soul wants. Always remember this. But what is the use saying all this?... How long I have been telling you all this..."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)

Deep Chastity
"No matter what you do and how much you do, if the Guru is angry, nobody can protect you. I must understand, 'I have taken shelter in a person, and as long as I stay in that shelter, even the Lord cannot do anything to me.' Remember what I am telling you all the time. Become surrendered..."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 3 min | Bengali)

Accept and Appreciate
"Whatever the Lord wishes, this is what will happen. You must always leave everything to the Lord. However the Lord keeps you, whatever situation the Lord creates, you must accept it. Do you understand it? Nothing is in our hands. We are only His servitors."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 5 min | Bengali)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Spiritual Safety
'Seeing all the devotees, I pray to Lord Jagannath and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, "Please give devotees some energy to serve the Lord, to serve you. Please do not take away their service energy." I always pray to the Lord that He may give you more and more energy to serve devotees.'
• Download / listen to the audio (43.9 Mb, 80 min | English | 21 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• SERMONS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION (Vol Four) •

(5) HIGHEST DEDICATION, HIGHEST GAIN
'Our campaign is so adventurous! If we are successful we have got the highest thing, but if unsuccessful then our prospect and our whole life is gone. Gone! With this risk we have come to search for the most precious thing: we must remember this and not go back. We are to proceed with the search and enquiry, for if He is known then everything is known. With this temptation we have come.'

 

 

Fri, 13 December 2024

Meaning of Chastity
'Always remember this. This is the example Guru Maharaj told me. I still remember this. From this example, I understood which line I must follow and how I must follow it. If gurudev does not like something, we will never go there.'
• Download / listen to the audio (38 Mb, 78 min | 13 December 2019)

 

In honour of the forthcoming holy appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:

My Service Day
"I am always with the devotees, I am always thinking about the devotees and I am always thinking about Gurudev. Actually, this day is my service day. I must serve my Gurudev more, I want to serve the devotees—this is how I want to celebrate this day. This is my happiness."
• Download / listen to the audio (0.5 Mb, 1 min)

Our Divine Master
"Sometimes some problem comes in our spiritual life, but we should not be disheartened because of that. Gurudev said, 'Wherever you live you must continue your practising life.' We must follow this."
• Download / listen to the audio (4 Mb, 11 min)

Gurudev's Teaching and Pastimes
"Srila Sridhar Maharaj always depended on Gurudev in everything. So many sannyasis, so many great scholars came to him, but he finally chose our Gurudev as his successor. We can see then how much love and affection he had for him."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 11 min)

A Perfect Disciple
"It is those who can take Gurudev's responsibility that can be a Guru. Only taking a mantra does not make one a disciple—one who can take their Gurudev's responsibility, who can take away pain from their Gurudev, is called a perfect disciple."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 7 min)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Ignore and Avoid Misconception
'Actually, problems always come. Sometimes, some domestic problems come, but we must avoid, or ignore, that. Always ignore it. Do you understand? We should not get involved in politics. We must always be servants of devotees. That is our main vision.'
• Download / listen to the audio (43.9 Mb, 80 min | English | 21 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• HOLY ENGAGEMENT •

INTRODUCTION: DIVINE TRANSFORMATION
'One evening, three hours after nightfall, Sannyasi Thakur sat alone, singing the Holy Name. He was seated on a small mound in a lonely arbour of Sri Godrum forest. As he cast his glance northward, the full moon rose, revealing an unprecedented beauty throughout the Holy Abode of Sri Nabadwip. A short distance away, Sri Mayapur became visible...'

 

 

Sat, 14 December 2024

Leave Bargaining Mentality
'Gurudev knows what is good for me – if he says, "Do this, it will be good for you," then it must be so. It is not necessary to want anything else. We must not try to cheat gurudev – if you try to cheat your guru or the Lord, that means that you have other desires. We must never be like that.'
• Download / listen to the audio (38 Mb, 78 min | 13 December 2019)

 

 

In honour of the forthcoming holy appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:

This day in 2010

Sri Vyasa Puja, 2010: Bengali Class
Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj's Bengali lecture given on the holy day of Sri Vyasa Puja of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj on 23 December 2010:
• Download (16.4 Mb, 46 min)

This day in 2011

Sri Vyasa Puja, 2011: Morning Kirtans
• Vandana • Krsna haite chatur-mukha • Samsara davanala-lidha-loka • Sri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu jive daya kari' • Bhaja re bhaja re amara • Thakura vaisnava gana • Nitai-guna-mani amara • Emona durmati.
• Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 43 min | 12 December 2011)

Sri Vyasa Puja Offering
"That day, in the heart of Gaura-desh, morning, noon, and evening as if merged and there sounded a stupefying song of flute. On this auspicious day, a ray of light fell from the sky. In the district of brahmans, in the house of a brahman, for the sake of jiva souls there took birth an unprecedentedly beautiful child."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 11 min | 11 December 2011)

Sri Guru's Order
"Wherever you live, you can practise your spiritual life. The main thing is to follow the order of your Guru. When you receive an order from Gurudev, that becomes your duty. Our Rupanuga-sampradaya Guru, he came from the transcendental abode, but when he was here we could not understand that..."
• Download / listen to the audio (5.3 Mb, 16 min | 23 December 2013)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Practise and Keep Faith
'There can so many doubts inside us. Doubt is a kind of disease, and it can be removed through practice. You must remove your doubts by practising. It is also necessary to have the strongest faith.'
• Download / listen to the audio (43.9 Mb, 80 min | English | 21 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• HOLY ENGAGEMENT •

AN EXCERPT FROM SRI DASA-MULA
'After wandering throughout the higher and lower species of life, when he is blessed with a holy glimpse of a Vaishnav whose heart is melted in the joy of love for the Supreme Lord Hari, the attraction to live the life of following in the wake of the Vaishnav is born for the conditioned soul.'

DEVOTEES’ PILGRIMAGE
'There are so many incidents, stories, and sceneries connected with Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama, but all are meaning to help us in our life of absolute adjustment. If one can catch that, then by his parikrama through different holy places and his hearing about local 'historical' incidents he will receive eternal instructions in various conceptions of devotion. He will receive encouragement in this way.'

 

 

Sun, 15 December 2024

Appreciate and Care
'You must have the answer. The Lord will say, "I have sent you to this human body, but you never tried to hear about Me – you did not speak about Me, you did not care to know Me. Even after taking shelter of a bona fide guru, you still wasted your chance."'
• Download / listen to the audio (38 Mb, 78 min | 13 December 2019)

 

 

In honour of the forthcoming holy appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:

This day in 2014

Gurudev: His Example and Teachings
"Gurudev conquered the whole world with his love and affection. Many people throughout the world do not know English language or cannot fully understand it, but they could understand Gurudev through their heart."
• Download / listen to the audio (5.2 Mb, 15 min | 8 December 2014)

Son of Lord Siva
"When Srila Param Guru Maharaj was a young boy, he worshipped Siva, and our Guru Maharaj, Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, was a son of Siva. That is why we are making a Siva temple on the bank of Govinda Kunda—for their happiness."
• Download (1.1 Mb, 3 min | 11 August 2002)

This day in 2015

Sri Vyasa Puja Festival in 2015
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is addressing the assembled Vaishnavs on the appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj (Bengali classes):
• Adhivas: Download / listen to the audio (32.4 Mb, 95 min)
• Morning: Download / listen to the audio (19.4 Mb, 57 min)
• Noon: Download / listen to the audio (19.3 Mb, 57 min)
• Evening: Download / listen to the audio (19.6 Mb, 57 min)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Family Consciousness
'It is necessary to always keep good association and to always speak Krishna-katha to each other, not any other katha. Always talk about Krishna consciousness. If you talk about family consciousness (some family problems, this problem, that problem), you are wasting your time.'
• Download / listen to the audio (43.9 Mb, 80 min | English | 21 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• HOLY ENGAGEMENT •

(2) SEARCHING LIFE'S SECRET
'We must have eagerness to mix with sadhus of the higher type and avoid liking the company of the ordinary public. If we allow ourselves to mix with the ordinary public in the name of preaching or collection or any other thing, that will be detrimental to our cause. Inspired by the advice of Sriman Mahaprabhu, Srila Rupa Goswami put His advice into this poetic language...'

 

 

Mon, 16 December 2024 (Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Sri Vyasa Puja Mahotsav Adhivas)

Who Is Your Own?
'The scriptures say it very strictly. Be it your son, wife, daughter or a friend, until and unless they can help you in Krishna consciousness, you must keep away from their association. People like pratistha and flattery...'
• Download / listen to the audio (38 Mb, 78 min | 13 December 2019)

 

 

In honour of the forthcoming holy appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:

This day in 2020/21

Spiritual Conscience
'If you want to hear about the Lord and glorify the Lord, you must listen to it with a clean, unobstructed mind, with your heart and soul and with faith. If somebody does not have faith, they will not be able to hear these things.'

Trust the Lord
'We will not stay in this world for a long time, then why be so proud? Why all these false attachments? Why must you think about your own happiness and enjoyment? It is not necessary to do this. We are not afraid to commit sin for our own enjoyment. Do not be like this. Always remember this.'

Service Is Not a Chore
'It is so difficult to serve Gurudev! It is necessary to think with far-reaching profundity (very deeply and intimately). You must serve the Lord, your guru and Vaishnavs with love. There must be love, but not everybody has this kind of love. This is not a simple matter.'

May You Live Clean Life
'It is my prayer to you all that you may spend this day in an auspicious way, and when the new year comes, may you live your lives in a clean, nice way. I pray for this to the Lord and Gurudev. The festival in honour of Gurudev's holy appearance has come, so may all obstacles and hurdles in your life go away.'

Four Biggest Hurdles
'Thousands of Gaudiya devotees have fallen down, going astray. There were very great gurus who had thousands of disciples, but in the end they fell down. Why did this happen? Falling down is not death, but, in another sense, it is similar to death.'

Internal Meaning of Initiation
'I think that all of you have taken initiation and beads from Gurudev. One time, Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur was asked, "Is everyone who has taken the mantra called a disciple?"'

Amidst What Are You Sitting?
'You must be anxious to make Him happy and always be alert and conscious of His happiness. Sacrifice your selfish interests for His happiness, serve for His happiness. Just as people sit near a fire to keep themselves warm in winter, sannyasis also always sit amidst fire blazing on all four sides. What is this fire?'

Karma-Misra Bhakti
'"I will serve the Lord, and I will get something from Him in lieu of that." This is their hope. Many of us also think that if we serve the Lord, we will go to Goloka Vrindavan. Even this is also not necessary. Even this should be given up. "Bhog tyag, tyag tyag": renounce enjoyment and renounce renunciation.'

Beyond Jnana-Misra Bhakti
'The next kind of devotion is jnana-misra bhakti. Such devotees strive to accumulate some knowledge. They chant the Holy Name because they believe that the Holy Name can give them some knowledge. The followers of this line can also believe that man is God.'

Indomitable Power of Mercy
'We often chant, "Seva-adhikara diya, ei bara more kare daya. Please be merciful to me this time, give me the right to serve." Service is like that. If you have Gurudev's blessing, if you have Gurudev's mercy, nobody can do anything to you. Always remember this.'

Learn to Behave as Sadhu
'One can bite, one can swear, one can say and do all kinds of things, but a sadhu's duty is to protect and save everyone. Sadhus must not change their nature. It is necessary to learn this kind of saintly behaviour. We must behave as devotees.'

Preparing for Festival
'We serve gurudev every day (we try as far as possible), but tomorrow is a special day, my gurudev's appearance day. I am praying to gurudev that the festival goes well tomorrow. Many came to me and said they wanted to take initiation, but I told them that I would give them initiation another day.'

External and Internal Opulence
'I do not want anybody's money and wealth. All I want from you all is your love and affection. If you have love and affection for your guru, if you have devotion and faith, then I do not need anything else. You have taken initiation, and if you have faith in your guru and love for your guru, I do not need anything else.'

 

All Glory to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga

Divine Appearance Day of Sri Gurupadpadma

Dear Devotees and Well-Wishers:

Humbly bowing down at your holy feet, we are extending a cordial invitation to attend the grand festival in honour of the holy appearance day of Param-pujyapad Parivrajakacharya-varya Visva-guru Om Vishnupad Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj that manifests on 17 December 2024 (Tuesday) this year.

Remembering the holy lotus feet of our eternal Divine Master, Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, we pray that every devotee of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math may find a possibility to observe this day immersed in Sri Hari-katha, Hari-kirtan and Hari-seva, which are so extremely dear and pleasing to our Sri Gurupadpadma and entire Guru-varga, and remember the transcendental glories of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, by whose mercy the banner of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math was hoisted to fly high all over the world, through his sincere devotees, instructions, lectures and books.

Taking your feet dust on our heads, we humbly wish that this supremely worshippable divine appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, celebrated with much joy and grandeur by the fortunate souls throughout the entire manifest creation, may pass auspiciously in every house and heart.

Your aspiring servants,
on behalf of SCSMathInternational.com

 

Satisfying the Lord
"Bali Maharaj asked Vamanadev, 'O brahman, what do you want? Tell me, and I can give You anything you wish.' Vamanadev replied, 'I do not want much. I know you have everything, but I want only something small.'"
• Download / listen to the audio (2.7 Mb, 7 min | 30 August 2020)

We humbly share the following as general guidance on conducting festivals that we have learned from the association and eternal pastimes of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. Generally, the programmes arranged and hosted by Sri Gurupadpadma would go as follows:

• Assembling, gathering and welcoming all august Vaishnavs and devotees with obeisances, sweet words and garlands;
• A brief introductory opening speech;
• Chanting kirtans:

– Vandana recital
– Sri Guru Parampara kirtan
('Krsna haite chaturmukha')
– Sri Gurudev's kirtan
('Gurudev! Krpa bindu diya' or 'Gurudev bada krpa kari')
– Sri Pancha-tattva's kirtan
('Sri Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu jive' or 'Sri Krsna Chaitanya daya kara')
– Sri Vaishnav Thakur's kirtan
('Kabe Sri Chaitanya more', 'Krpa kara Vaisnava Thakura' or 'Ohe Vaisnava Thakura')
– Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's kirtan
('Nitai-guna-mani amar', 'Nitai-pada-kamala' or 'Akrodha paramananda')
– Sriman Mahaprabhu's kirtan
('Gaurangera duti pada', 'Parama Karuna' or 'Emana durmati')
– Sri Sri Radha Krishna's kirtan
('Jaya Radhe Jaya Krsna' or 'Jaya Radha Madhava')
– Hare Krishna Maha-mantra
• Class or reading from scriptures (glorification of Sri Gurupadpadma);
• If other senior Vaishnavs are present, they are given turn to speak;
• Concluding kirtan ('Hari haraye Nama Krsna', Hare Krishna maha-mantra);
• Devotees chant kirtan and offer puspanjali (flower petals) to the picture of Sri Gurupadapadma;
• Offering bhoga followed by arati worship (usually, such programmes take place at noon, so first bhoga arati is chanted, then the arati kirtans);
• Distributing prasadam with care and affection;
• Presenting daksin and/or auspicious items to senior Vaishnavs or devotees in general;
• Affectionate farewell;
• Completing cleaning, tidying and other services as required.

 

 

From the holy lotus mouth of Sri Gurupadapdma Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj:

• "What did Gurudev leave us for? So that we join the festival, give some glorification, take prasadam, and leave? Our service does not finish there. We must distribute to others what Gurudev told all over the world, what Gurudev kept for us—his books, his audio and video recordings. What we invent or discover is not necessary to distribute; distribute what he told, what he invented and discovered, that is sufficient—people will be benefitted through that. That is necessary for us. We should understand what he wanted and what he did not want..."

• "Gurudev, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj always wanted to give some prasadam to the devotees, and I saw in Chaitanya-charitamrita, Prapanna-jivanamritam, and even Jagadananda Pandit's Prema-vivarta that if you have something, you must give it to others—if you have no wealth, you can give others some prasadam, and if you have no prasadam, nothing, you can give others sweet words. That is the main thing. You can make others happy with sweet words."

• "All the devotees know how to cook, what is there to it? When Nityananda Prabhu is in Ekachakra, He likes roasted and mashed eggplant (begun pora), and when Nityananda Prabhu comes to Venezuela or Colombia, He takes arepa there. What is the problem? Nityananda Prabhu's taste is different—He can take different things from everybody and from everywhere as long as you cook it with heart. The main thing is to serve with heart—not to do anything artificially. When you do any service or cook anything, you must do it with heart, then it will be good for everybody, and then Mahaprabhu, or Krishna, or Nityananda Prabhu will be happy—They will enjoy, and Gurudev will also enjoy. This is the main advice how to do everything. It is necessary for us to understand this."

 

 

An extensive guidance on the proper service mood during the Vaishnav seva festivals is kept in the Daily Practice section of the website:

Observing Festivals
A page of the Daily Practice section dedicated to Vaishnav-seva and observing festivals. "Why are you making a festival? Making a festival means you are inviting many people and you are giving them some prasadam, engaging them in Krishna consciousness—it means practising Krishna consciousness."

 

Note: Some of the many preparations known to be favourite to His Divine Grace Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj include rice, mung or chana dal, stir-fried karela, sak, posto bora, aloo siddho (boiled potato, mashed with chilli and salt), cauliflower pakoras, singara (samosa), mixed vegetable subji, paneer rasa, tomato chutney, achar (pickle), avocado salad (with a little salt and olive oil), cucumber salad, mango, paramanna (sweet rice), rasagullas, sandesh, a cake, vanilla ice-cream.

 

 

Tue, 17 December 2024 (Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Sri Vyasa Puja Maha-Mahotsav)

Spiritual Determination
'We have take initiation from gurudev, and we must always wait, "When will gurudev tell me to do something?" This is when you will get mercy. Service is the main goal in our life. Wherever you are – whether you live in a temple, in a house or in a forest – the only goal in life is to make the Supreme Lord happy, to make gurudev happy.'
• Download / listen to the audio (38 Mb, 78 min | 13 December 2019)

 

gurvvabhista-supurakam guru-ganair asisa-sambhusitam
chintyachintya-samasta-veda-nipunam sri-rupa-panthanugam
govindabhidham ujjvalam vara-tanum bhakty anvitam-sundaram
vande visva-gurun cha divya-bhagavat-premno hi bija-pradam

"I offer my obeisance unto he who perfectly fulfils his Gurudev's most cherished desires; who is fully adorned with the blessings of his Gurudev’s associates; who is expert in all aspects of Vedic knowledge, both conceivable and inconceivable; who is the pre-eminent follower of Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu's line; who is known as 'Govinda'—Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj; whose beautiful, effulgent, exalted form is infused with pure devotion; who is the Guru of the entire universe; and who is the giver of the seed of divine love for the Supreme Lord."

 

Question: It seems that we have one type of fear that having got some connection with your self we may lose that at death. I do not want to have connection with anyone else, I want to stay with you. So, I feel some type of fear...

Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj: Fear? But why have fear? I cannot understand it.

Devotee: Because if we do not finish our sadhana nicely, then next life we do not know where we will go—we may not find Govinda Maharaj there.

Srila Govinda Maharaj: What do you think about Govinda Maharaj?

Devotee: We think that we want to serve you.

Srila Govinda Maharaj: No, it is okay that you want to serve Govinda Maharaj, but what do you think about Govinda Maharaj? He is your guru, but in which form do you think about him? Do you think that Govinda Maharaj is a mundane man or an incarnation of the Lord coming in front of you to give you connection with Him? If you think he is an incarnation of the Lord, then he cannot leave your heart and you cannot leave your Lord. Even if you die, you will get that connection in another form, perhaps, but you will not be able to leave your Lord. When you have faith that the Lord always lives with you, then there will be no fear.

That is the main thing. By the mercy of Vaishnavs I also always feel that my Srila Guru Maharaj (Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj) is present with us. By the mercy of Vaishnavs and the supremacy of Srila Guru Maharaj, such feeling always comes to us that Srila Guru Maharaj has not left us, that he is with us.

I have service of Srila Guru Maharaj, and I must do that. Service to Srila Guru Maharaj is my only goal of life, and whichever way that service comes to me, I will try to serve.

Devotee: In my next life, I want to forever be a blade of grass wherever you walk...

Srila Govinda Maharaj: I do not want to wait for the next life. Actually, we must finish all our job here this life, then we shall all go to Goloka!

(8 June 1992)

 

Biography of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj
A glorification article that sprang forth from the interpretation of the Pranam-mantra of His Divine Grace and was originally published as an Appendix to the Revealed Truth.

 

 

This day in 2021

শ্রীলগুরুদেবের মঠে আসা ও গুরু-তত্ত্ব-মহিমা
রীল গুরুপাদপদ্ম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীলভক্তিনির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের শ্রীনৃসিংহপল্লীতে সকালের সময় হরিকথামৃত:
"আজকে মদীয় গুরুপাদপদ্ম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ জগৎ-গুরু শ্রীল ভক্তি সুন্দর গোবিন্দ দেবগোস্বামী মহারাজের ৮২তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি । এই শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির উপলক্ষে আপনারা সবাই এখানে উপস্থিত হয়েছেন । গুরুদেবের এই তিথিতে অবলম্বন করে ৮২ বছর আগে বামুনপাড়ায় অবতীর্ণ হয়েছেন..."
• Download / listen to the audio (16.4 Mb, 40 min | 1 January 2021 | Bengali | ১ জানুয়ারী ২০২১)

Gurudev's Appearance
"Today is 1 January, the first day of the year, and this is the day of my Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's appearance. Choosing this holy dvitiya tithi day, Gurudev appeared in this world 92 years ago."

Gurudev's Coming to Temple
"One day, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's preaching party came to Nadanghat on their way back from preaching. They did collection during the day, and in the evening they would give a class and chant kirtans at the house of some zamindar. When they came to Nadanghat, Gurudev came and sat at the programme, listening to the Hari-katha."

Perfect Adherence
"Within seven days after Guru Maharaj's coming to the temple, Srila Sridhar Maharaj told him, 'Do not follow what your mind tells you. You must do only what I tell you. Never do what your mind tells you to do.' Remember this."

Who Is Guru?
"Guru is the one whom the Lord has invested all his power. Once you get the mercy of the Guru, you will get all mercy. If Krishna bestows His mercy on any fortunate soul, then Guru teaches that soul everything in his omniscient (antaryami) form."

Sri Guru Tattva
"Souls wander throughout this universe, but if some fortunate souls take by Krishna's mercy the seed of devotion from Gurudev and practises Krishna consciousness, they can reach the Lord's abode! Do you understand what I am saying?"

Guru's Greed, Disciple's Greed
"These are desires or your tongue and mind! The souls never wants all this, but we are so greedy that we think that our mind and our soul are one and the same. People do not understand what is mind and what is the soul..."

Deceivers and Deceived
"If somebody lives in enjoyment, is foolish (ignorant of what one's duty is and what must not do) and lives following any other path except pure devotion, then even if this person is called a guru (in name only), it is the order of the scriptures that he must be given up."

Sri Vyasa Puja Programme: Noon Kirtans
• Gurudev, bada krpa kari • Sri Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu daya kara more • Ohe Vaisnava Thakura • Nitai-pada-kamala • Yadi Gaura na haite • Kena maya-jale paditecho • Nadiya-nagare nitai neche neche • Jaya Radha Madhava • Hare Krishna maha-mantra
• Download/listen to the audio (22.3 Mb, 53 min | 1 January 2021 | Kirtan)

Satiating Hunger
"We have no attachment or love for what the great souls say. We only want food! What is the need to come to the temple for that? If you want to come to the temple for the benefit of your soul, then you can come, but do not come as a beggar for food—come as a beggar for spiritual life! Always remember this."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.8 Mb, 7 min | Bengali)

Srila Gurudev's Pastimes (1)
"As you know, my Gurupadpadma came to the Math in 1947. They asked him, 'Will you come to the Math with us?' Gurudev said, 'Yes, I will come.' 'Will you go today?' 'Yes, I will go today itself!' Then, crossing across the river at Nagan Ghat, Gurudev came to this Math on the day of Nrisingha-chaturdasi. This was the first day he entered the temple."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 5 min | Bengali)

Srila Gurudev's Pastimes (2)
"Do you want to hear how Gurudev protected and looked after the temple? There are many naughty people in Kolerdanga, but Gurudev had such a tight grip on them that when he would come down from upstairs, people saw him and...."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 3 min | Bengali)

Srila Gurudev's Pastimes (3)
"When we offer arati to the Lord, we offer the pancha-pradip lamp and other items, and we always clean those items; in the same way, Gurudev takes us, cleans and polishes us and then uses for the Lord's service."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.6 Mb, 9 min | Bengali)

Srila Gurudev's Pastimes (4)
"Many of you are older than me, and you have seen there was a big flood in 1987, and there was an even a greater flood in 2000. I had not come to the temple in 1987, so I did not see that flood, but I heard at that time there was no bamboo at the temple..."
• Download / listen to the audio (0.8 Mb, 2 min | Bengali)

Srila Gurudev's Pastimes (5)
"Srila Gurudev travelled all over the world and established temples in more than 130 places, having travelled twenty-four times on world tours, having visited over a hundred countries total..."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)

Srila Gurudev's Pastimes (6)
"I remember Sripad Shanta Goswami Maharaj told a very nice story about a Guru and disciples. The situation is actually like that everywhere these days. All the disciples that there are now have enjoyment mood..."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | Bengali)

Come as a Beggar
"Anyhow, much has been said today. I would like to read one article written by Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur. Actually, no matter how many times I tell about it, it does not help... You must all listen to what Srila Prabhupad says."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)

Know and Love the Lord
"May we love the Lord in the same way that we now love our house, wife, sons, friends, etc. When will this day come? Until and unless this day comes, you will have to keep coming to this material world and material family."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 3 min)

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."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 5 min)

Protecting Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
"I have seen how Gurudev protects his temple, Srila Sridhar Maharaj's temple. In one sense, I am very unfortunate because I tried so hard to protect Gurudev's mission after Gurudev but could not do it. In another way, at least I could protect Gurudev's devotees."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 4 min)

Unblemished Sacrifice
"Today is Gurudev's appearance day. You all know everything—where Gurudev was born, how he came to the mission, etc. I do not want to describe so many things now. However, there are some who criticise Gurudev, and I would like to give some message to them."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.8 Mb, 9 min)

"My Pride, My Joy and My Hope"
"I am very proud of you all. I do not know how many days I will be alive, but I want to preach until my death. And I only beg you for one thing—please give me your mercy so that I can serve my Gurudev and his mission like this until my death."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.6 Mb, 9 min)

শ্রীলগুরুদেবের মঠে আসা ও গুরু-তত্ত্ব-মহিমা
রীল গুরুপাদপদ্ম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীলভক্তিনির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের শ্রীনৃসিংহপল্লীতে সকালের সময় হরিকথামৃত:
"আজকে মদীয় গুরুপাদপদ্ম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ জগৎ-গুরু শ্রীল ভক্তি সুন্দর গোবিন্দ দেবগোস্বামী মহারাজের ৮২তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি । এই শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির উপলক্ষে আপনারা সবাই এখানে উপস্থিত হয়েছেন । গুরুদেবের এই তিথিতে অবলম্বন করে ৮২ বছর আগে বামুনপাড়ায় অবতীর্ণ হয়েছেন..."
• Download / listen to the audio (16.4 Mb, 40 min | 1 January 2021 | Bengali | ১ জানুয়ারী ২০২১)

 

 

 

Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Books Online

Religion of the Heart Affectionate Guidance The Nectarean Glories of Sri Nityananda Prabhu The Divine Servitor
 
Dignity of the Divine Servitor Golden Reflections Divine Guidance The Benedictine Tree of Divine Aspiration
• Original Source • Revealed Truth • The Wonderful Nature of the Vaisnava • Life's Destination • Divine Message •  The Math Logo • Poem "A Wish"

 

 

Wed, 18 December 2024

Spiritual Progress
'Even honouring prasad and taking rest can help you progress in your spiritual life. It is also necessary to rest, to sleep, to take prasad, and so on. All these things are necessary, too. You cannot omit anything. We are not told to become yogis or false renunciates.'
• Download / listen to the audio (38 Mb, 78 min | 13 December 2019)

 

Today in the calendar: Krishna Tritiya. Festivals at Bamunpara and Nadan Ghat, the places of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's appearance and youth pastimes.

"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."

 

Memorable Day In Bamunpara
"One morning Gurudev went to Bamunpara. Only Gurudev, his driver, me, and Gurudev's servant who cooked for him, went at that time. That day, Gurudev showed me that place in Bamunpara where Mahaprabhu passed after taking sannyas..."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 4 min | 17 January 2021)

• SONG: Gopinath | গোপীনাথ
"O Gopinath, is this Your judgement? Seeing me averse to You, You abandon Your servant and do not grant him even a trace of mercy? O Gopinath, sit down in my heart, subdue my mind, and bring me towards You!"

 

 

Sri Bamunpara Temple (201 photographs, 7.5 Mb)
A dedicated photo album of Sri Bamunpara Temple, the holy birthplace of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, manifest by the mercy and energy of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.

 

Sri Bamunpara Pilgrimage (36 photographs, 3.1 Mb)
Photographs taken today as His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj takes the devotees to the holy Sri Nandan Ghat and Sripat Bamunpara Dham.

 

Sri Bamunpara Pilgrimage (2014) (56 photos, 7.8 Mb)
Every year, on the day following the Vyasa Puja of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, devotees come to Sri Bamunpara, the birth place of His Divine Grace, Nadan Ghat, the place of Srila Gurudev's childhood pastimes, as well as the nearby Sri Haritaki tree and Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur's house.

 

 

Thu, 19 December 2024 (Disappearance of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)

Service, Submission and Purity
'Krishna's thirst for enjoyment is unlimited, that is why He wants to enjoy together with everyone. But how much is your capacity to enjoy? Although Krishna can enjoy in an unlimited way through His senses, you cannot offer Him dirty things. It is necessary to remove shortcomings, otherwise one cannot enter Vaikuntha and be used for service.'
• Download / listen to the audio (38 Mb, 78 min | 13 December 2019)

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.'

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের অপ্রকট-কালীন আশীর্ব্বাণী
"আমি বহু লোককে উদ্বেগ দিয়েছি, অকৈতব সত্য কথা বলতে বাধ্য হয়েছি বলে, নিষ্কপটে হরি-ভজন করতে বলেছি বলে অনেক লোক হয় ত’ আমাকে শত্রুও মনে করেছেন । অন্যাভিলাষ ও কপটতা ছেড়ে নিষ্কপটে কৃষ্ণ-সেবায় উন্মুখ হবার জন্যই আমি অনেক লোককে নানাপ্রকার উদ্বেগ দিয়েছি । এ কথা তাঁ’রা কোনও না কোনও দিন বুঝতে পারবেন ।"

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."

গৌড়ীয়ে প্রীতি (ভগবান ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তিসিদ্ধান্ত সরস্বতী ঠাকুর প্রভুপাদের হরি-কথামৃত)
"গৌড়ীয় ভাষার পাঠক, গৌড়-দেশের অধিবাসি, তোমাদিগের আচার, ব্যবহার, ভাষা, রুচি, নীতি ও ধর্ম্মবিশ্বাস গৌড়ীয়ের মত হওয়াই প্রার্থনীয় । তোমাদের গৌড়ীয় পরিচয়ে যাহা কিছু অগৌড়ীয়ের মত আছে বা হ’তে চলিয়াছে, তাহা ক্রমশঃ পরিহার করিয়া গৌড়ীয়ের আদর্শ সমগ্রজগতের দেখ্­বার মত কর ।"

 

Today in the calendar: Krishna Chaturthi. Festival in honour of the disappearance of Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami 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. If you remember the glories of Vaishnavs, if you speak about the glories of Vaishnavs, they can rescue you from all kinds of material bondage. We have heard a hundred times that if we glorify Vaishnavs, it gives great benefit, but even though we have heard it a thousand times, how much are we able to glorify Vaishnavs from our heart? How much can we serve Vaishnavs with heart and soul? This is the question."

 

In honour of Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad:

sri-siddhanta-sarasvatiti vidito gaudiya-gurv-anvaye
bhato bhanuriva prabhata-gagane yo gaura-sankirtanaih
mayavada-timingilodara-gatan uddhrtya jivaniman
krsna-prema-sudhabdhi-gahana-sukham pradat prabhum tam bhaje
'I serve my lord, who is known as Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur. Within the Gaudiya sampradaya's lineage of Gurus, he shines like the sun in the morning sky. Through the sankirtan of Sriman Mahaprabhu he rescues the souls engulfed within the belly of the timingila of illusionism and bestows upon them the ecstasy of swimming in the nectarean ocean of divine love for Krishna.'

On Srila Prabhupad's Disappearance [by Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
"It happened at the meeting point between the two years. So many disciples from all over India flocked then, everybody came in pain and weeping mood. The whole small area of the samadhi was full, everybody was crying and weeping...."

About Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad
A brief biographical compilation dedicated to Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad taken from a lecture of Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

 

 

Irreparable Loss
"We can pray, 'Wherever you are staying now, please shower your mercy upon us so we can be servants of the servants of your lotus feet, and so that we may not leave this line of devotion. Please, do not reject me. You can make me your foot dust...'"
• Download / listen to the audio (0.7 Mb, 2 min | 25 December 2010)

Srila Prabhupad's Glory (1)
"Acharya-vandana: If you can realise the meaning this song, you can get all glorification of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur. Sujanarvuda-radhita-pada-yugam: We sing it but we do not realise its meaning because if we realised its meaning, we would get taste singing it. We must sing it every day and be conscious of it."
• Download / listen to the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | 25 December 2010)

Srila Prabhupad's Glory (2)
"Mahaprabhu predicted this, and Prabhupad fulfilled it through Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Srila Gurudev. Now, in every village, all day, all night there is Hari-katha and kirtan going on."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.9 Mb, 8 min | 25 December 2010)

Srila Prabhupad's Glory (3): Current of Pure Devotion
"Nobody can give what he gave to the world. He is the holder of suddha-bhakti-mandakini, holy Mandakini River of pure devotion (the very source current of pure devotion) and he brings its flow into the world."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | 25 December 2010)

Vaisnav Ke? (An Appeal to Your Mind)
"We do not want to stay in the temple because there are so many rules and regulations—everything has to be maintained at a certain time, and if you live alone, nobody will tell you anything, but you will be losing your devotional activities. Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that nirjan bhajan is self-deception."
• Download / listen to the audio (6.3 Mb, 19 min | 6 March 2016)

At Sri Chaitanya Math [Page 157, From Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-Mukta-Mala; 74 Mb]
An extensive article in glorification of Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, his mission and teachings compiled from the discourses of Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and our guru-varga.

 

• SONG: Jayare jayare jaya paramahamsa | জয়রে জয়রে জয় পরমহংস
"Glory, glory, glory to Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur, this great swan-like perfect personality, abode of highest mercy, who is the path and refuge for the low and miserable who have no refuge!"

• SONG: Sujanarvuda-radhita-pada-yugam | সুজনার্ব্বুদরাধিতপাদযুগং
"I hold on my head the dust of his tremendous, wondrously purifying feet and eternally offer my obeisance to them."

• SONG: Ye anila prema-dhana | যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"Where has Advaita Acharya, the Lord who mercifully brought the wealth of divine love to this world, gone?"

Sri Sri Dayita Dasa Dasakam (Text and Audio)
A poem composed by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj after the disappearance of his Divine Master Bhagavan Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad: "O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul may be, please quickly take this servitor there."

 

Thu, 19 December 2024 (Disappearance of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)

Service, Submission and Purity
'Krishna's thirst for enjoyment is unlimited, that is why He wants to enjoy together with everyone. But how much is your capacity to enjoy? Although Krishna can enjoy in an unlimited way through His senses, you cannot offer Him dirty things. It is necessary to remove shortcomings, otherwise one cannot enter Vaikuntha and be used for service.'
• Download / listen to the audio (38 Mb, 78 min | 13 December 2019)

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.'

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের অপ্রকট-কালীন আশীর্ব্বাণী
"আমি বহু লোককে উদ্বেগ দিয়েছি, অকৈতব সত্য কথা বলতে বাধ্য হয়েছি বলে, নিষ্কপটে হরি-ভজন করতে বলেছি বলে অনেক লোক হয় ত’ আমাকে শত্রুও মনে করেছেন । অন্যাভিলাষ ও কপটতা ছেড়ে নিষ্কপটে কৃষ্ণ-সেবায় উন্মুখ হবার জন্যই আমি অনেক লোককে নানাপ্রকার উদ্বেগ দিয়েছি । এ কথা তাঁ’রা কোনও না কোনও দিন বুঝতে পারবেন ।"

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."

গৌড়ীয়ে প্রীতি (ভগবান ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তিসিদ্ধান্ত সরস্বতী ঠাকুর প্রভুপাদের হরি-কথামৃত)
"গৌড়ীয় ভাষার পাঠক, গৌড়-দেশের অধিবাসি, তোমাদিগের আচার, ব্যবহার, ভাষা, রুচি, নীতি ও ধর্ম্মবিশ্বাস গৌড়ীয়ের মত হওয়াই প্রার্থনীয় । তোমাদের গৌড়ীয় পরিচয়ে যাহা কিছু অগৌড়ীয়ের মত আছে বা হ’তে চলিয়াছে, তাহা ক্রমশঃ পরিহার করিয়া গৌড়ীয়ের আদর্শ সমগ্রজগতের দেখ্­বার মত কর ।"

 

Today in the calendar: Krishna Chaturthi. Festival in honour of the disappearance of Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami 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. If you remember the glories of Vaishnavs, if you speak about the glories of Vaishnavs, they can rescue you from all kinds of material bondage. We have heard a hundred times that if we glorify Vaishnavs, it gives great benefit, but even though we have heard it a thousand times, how much are we able to glorify Vaishnavs from our heart? How much can we serve Vaishnavs with heart and soul? This is the question."

 

In honour of Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad:

sri-siddhanta-sarasvatiti vidito gaudiya-gurv-anvaye
bhato bhanuriva prabhata-gagane yo gaura-sankirtanaih
mayavada-timingilodara-gatan uddhrtya jivaniman
krsna-prema-sudhabdhi-gahana-sukham pradat prabhum tam bhaje
'I serve my lord, who is known as Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur. Within the Gaudiya sampradaya's lineage of Gurus, he shines like the sun in the morning sky. Through the sankirtan of Sriman Mahaprabhu he rescues the souls engulfed within the belly of the timingila of illusionism and bestows upon them the ecstasy of swimming in the nectarean ocean of divine love for Krishna.'

On Srila Prabhupad's Disappearance [by Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
"It happened at the meeting point between the two years. So many disciples from all over India flocked then, everybody came in pain and weeping mood. The whole small area of the samadhi was full, everybody was crying and weeping...."

About Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad
A brief biographical compilation dedicated to Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad taken from a lecture of Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

 

 

Irreparable Loss
"We can pray, 'Wherever you are staying now, please shower your mercy upon us so we can be servants of the servants of your lotus feet, and so that we may not leave this line of devotion. Please, do not reject me. You can make me your foot dust...'"
• Download / listen to the audio (0.7 Mb, 2 min | 25 December 2010)

Srila Prabhupad's Glory (1)
"Acharya-vandana: If you can realise the meaning this song, you can get all glorification of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur. Sujanarvuda-radhita-pada-yugam: We sing it but we do not realise its meaning because if we realised its meaning, we would get taste singing it. We must sing it every day and be conscious of it."
• Download / listen to the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | 25 December 2010)

Srila Prabhupad's Glory (2)
"Mahaprabhu predicted this, and Prabhupad fulfilled it through Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Srila Gurudev. Now, in every village, all day, all night there is Hari-katha and kirtan going on."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.9 Mb, 8 min | 25 December 2010)

Srila Prabhupad's Glory (3): Current of Pure Devotion
"Nobody can give what he gave to the world. He is the holder of suddha-bhakti-mandakini, holy Mandakini River of pure devotion (the very source current of pure devotion) and he brings its flow into the world."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | 25 December 2010)

Vaisnav Ke? (An Appeal to Your Mind)
"We do not want to stay in the temple because there are so many rules and regulations—everything has to be maintained at a certain time, and if you live alone, nobody will tell you anything, but you will be losing your devotional activities. Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that nirjan bhajan is self-deception."
• Download / listen to the audio (6.3 Mb, 19 min | 6 March 2016)

At Sri Chaitanya Math [Page 157, From Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-Mukta-Mala; 74 Mb]
An extensive article in glorification of Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, his mission and teachings compiled from the discourses of Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and our guru-varga.

 

• SONG: Jayare jayare jaya paramahamsa | জয়রে জয়রে জয় পরমহংস
"Glory, glory, glory to Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur, this great swan-like perfect personality, abode of highest mercy, who is the path and refuge for the low and miserable who have no refuge!"

• SONG: Sujanarvuda-radhita-pada-yugam | সুজনার্ব্বুদরাধিতপাদযুগং
"I hold on my head the dust of his tremendous, wondrously purifying feet and eternally offer my obeisance to them."

• SONG: Ye anila prema-dhana | যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"Where has Advaita Acharya, the Lord who mercifully brought the wealth of divine love to this world, gone?"

Sri Sri Dayita Dasa Dasakam (Text and Audio)
A poem composed by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj after the disappearance of his Divine Master Bhagavan Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad: "O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul may be, please quickly take this servitor there."

 

Fri, 20 December 2024

Your Necessity and Interest
'We waste our whole lives thinking about our bodies. We never, not even once think about our own benefit, our own interest. "Our own interest" means that we must understand what is necessary for our souls. We think that we need food, clothes, medicine and other things, but this is all related to the body – we never think what is necessary for our actual selves.'
• Download / listen to the audio (21 Mb, 43 min | 21 February 2019)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Uncover Yourself
'Ego is like a wall. The sun is rising, but no sunlight comes through because there is a wall blocking it, so you remain in the dark. Ego is like a wall, and you must break this wall.'
• Download / listen to the audio (43.9 Mb, 80 min | English | 21 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• HOLY ENGAGEMENT •

(3) RECOGNISING DIVINITY
'When we internally ask something while standing before our Gurudev, “Please advise me in this particular position. What am I to do?” Then we may feel something: “My Gurudev is giving this suggestion.” If we are pure then we shall be able to catch the real solution from him. While reading Bhagavad-gita we may also ask Krishna, “What is the real meaning of Your speech? Please allow me to understand.” According to our position we will be able to understand if Krishna suggests, “This is the purpose of My speech...” But it is vague and depends upon one’s capacity of realisation.'

 

 

Sat, 21 December 2024

My Mission
'I am not part of some hired kirtan party – I am not coming here on any contract. I am not coming to sing lila-kirtans or pala-kirtans. I come here to say a few words for your spiritual benefit – I come here to tell you who you are, why you have come to this world, and what is the purpose of human life.'
• Download / listen to the audio (21 Mb, 43 min | 21 February 2019)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Opportunity to Serve
'Chanting the proper Holy Name means always thinking about the Lord, always thinking how to please His devotees and our Guru. In our householder life, or actually in every kind of life – even in the sannyasi and brahmachari life – we always think about ourselves. We gradually become selfish and start thinking only about ourselves.'
• Download / listen to the audio (43.9 Mb, 80 min | English | 21 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• HOLY ENGAGEMENT •

(4) INNER DOMAIN
'You are to search for Krishna-santosa, a way to satisfy Him, but without caring for that, you are using so much energy to try to satisfy your abstract knowledge, your curiosity. Therefore you are a self-deceiver. Die to live. You must have such courage to die for Krishna and you will see everything come in glorious colour. So, engage in service; that is the main thing. To try to know Him is futile. You cannot make Him an object of your knowledge. He is Adhoksaja.'

 

 

Sun, 22 December 2024

Hari-Kirtan Comes from Heart
'In this world, many people chant the Holy Name; people do this, that, but none of this is devotion. Devotion means that you chant kirtan and serve the Lord every single day, with heart and soul; it means serving devotees, coming to devotees.'
• Download / listen to the audio (21 Mb, 43 min | 21 February 2019)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Live in Seva-Kunja
'Always live in seva-kunja (service grove). The twenty-four hours that you have is for service – the twenty-four-hours' time is not for yourself, it is for the Lord. It is necessary to always have service attachment.'
• Download / listen to the audio (43.9 Mb, 80 min | English | 21 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• HOLY ENGAGEMENT •

(5) THE GREATEST BENEDICTION
'During wartime there is a state of emergency, and similarly Mahaprabhu’s advice came with the mood of urgency: “Always think of Krishna. Whether you are eating, sleeping, or awake; day and night always think of Krishna. You are in danger. You are in a situation of emergency where at any moment death can take you away from your present position. So consider it as an emergency and go on with cultivating Krishna consciousness. By hook or by crook try to stay afloat upon this Krishna consciousness—continuous Krishna consciousness.”'

 

 

Mon, 23 December 2024

Come Forward
'Our enemies will keep us pinned down and force us to do all kinds of bad things. This is what senses do to us. But if we keep good association – if we come to learn from good persons, from sadhus – then our minds and thoughts will never go in the direction of bad things.'
• Download / listen to the audio (21 Mb, 43 min | 21 February 2019)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

On Astrology
'In our line, if you are a surrendered soul, you are always controlled by Gurudev. What for are you even thinking about yourself? Auspiciousness or inauspiciousness, whatever comes, why will we think about ourselves? We must not!'
• Download / listen to the audio (43.9 Mb, 80 min | English | 21 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• HOLY ENGAGEMENT •

(6) EPILOGUE: HOLIEST ENGAGEMENT
'By distributing Mahaprabhu’s message we are not going out to do anything bad, but according to our conception we are trying to do the holiest thing. Our purpose is of the holiest type ever possible to conceive, so we must go forward with this programme to do good for others, the best for others, and at the same time to get it for ourselves. There can be no engagement more holy than this in the world. It is the holiest engagement and has the blessings of the Lords Nityananda and Sri Gauranga. It is duty to Them. It is Their department.'

 

 

Tue, 24 December 2024

Do Not Cheat Yourself
'Prabhu has invited you, thinking, "Gurudev is coming to speak some Hari-katha so that people could come to this line and practise Krishna consciousness." He gets some benefit and we also get some benefit through that. The only problem is that even after having listened to all this, you still do not practise anything.'
• Download / listen to the audio (21 Mb, 43 min | 21 February 2019)

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Be Sharp
'(1) You must keep Tulasi in very strong health, and you should do whatever is necessary for that. (2) If you only follow Nityananda and not follow Gauranga, or if you sometimes follow Gauranga and sometimes do not follow Nityananda, it is not good.'
• Download / listen to the audio (43.9 Mb, 80 min | English | 21 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• HOLY ENGAGEMENT •

APPENDIX: SRI RUPA MANJARI PADA
'This was composed by Narottam Thakur in praise of Srila Rupa Goswami. In this way he has given us light of the higher quarter of bhajan life. Our sampradaya is named as the Rupanuga-sampradaya, and our Guru-parampara and all these things are adjusted according to that. He wrote many songs and they are of very substantive firmament, very ecstatic, and of deep faith.'

 

 


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Wed, 25 December 2024

Soul's Shelter
'If you chant Nitai's and Gaura's Names, all anarthas will gradually go away, and then you can get taste for the Holy Name of Krishna – this is when you can chant the genuine Holy Name; otherwise, whatever you chant cannot be the Holy Name proper.'
• Download / listen to the audio (21 Mb, 43 min | 21 February 2019)

"Merry Christmas"
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj is speaking on the Christmas day in 2006: "You must give honour to wherever there is some piety and religious manifestation. This is our religion. Today is a very big festival day here in Bengal as well as all over India. The whole world knows that it is the appearance day of Jesus Christ, and India celebrates this day now too."

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Observing Gundicha Marjan
"Tomorrow is Gundicha Marjan, everybody will join it. You should clean the place where you are staying, and also clean your heart through chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Clean your hearts through sravan and kirtan, through practising."
• Download / listen to the audio (43.9 Mb, 80 min | English | 21 June 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE •

(1) THE CONSCIOUS SKY
'You will see, “My real identification is here within! It is so wonderful, and valuable, and independent of all the hallucinations I was suffering from by coming in contact with the external world. The inner domain is so high, and my consciousness was focused so low, on such nasty things.” That is the highest way to control one’s senses, one’s charm for the world, for wealth, women, and popularity.'

 

 

Thu, 26 December 2024 (Sri Saphala Ekadasi)

Genuine Devotion Comes from Genuine Devotees
'Gora knows what we are doing. The Lord knows everything. You can examine yourself and see how much you are actually practising – how far have you been able to go forward to the Lord? If unconditional devotion to the Lord ever comes to us, we will neither be turning the Lord into our servant nor turning worshippable gods into bribe-takers.'
• Download / listen to the audio (21 Mb, 43 min | 21 February 2019)

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)."

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Sri Guru Purnima: Remembrance Day
"Today is a very good and auspicious day, the day of Sri Guru Purnima. On this day, we can pray to our Gurudev that he may engage us in service more and more, so that we could progress in our spiritual life, so that we could submit ourselves to him as a devotee."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.4 Mb, 8 min)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE •

(2) THE EYE TO SEE SRI GURU
'The sadhus and sastras are going to the extremity of the sinful area, because otherwise there would be no chance for anyone to rise from that level. But generally the disciples, the sadhakas, will take up spiritual practices from their own plane—their own level of realisation or inner evolution—they’ll go up from there, and along the way also they will find the appropriate Guru and sastra.'

 

 

Today in the calendar: Krishna Ekadasi. Fast on Saphala Ekadasi. Disappearance of Srila Devananda Pandit (an associate in Sriman Mahaprabhu's pastimes) and Srimad Bhakti Prakas Aranya Maharaj (a diksa and sannyas disciple of Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati 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. If you remember the glories of Vaishnavs, if you speak about the glories of Vaishnavs, they can rescue you from all kinds of material bondage. We have heard a hundred times that if we glorify Vaishnavs, it gives great benefit, but even though we have heard it a thousand times, how much are we able to glorify Vaishnavs from our heart? How much can we serve Vaishnavs with heart and soul? This is the question."

 

In honour of Srila Devananda Pandit:

Learn Proper Conception
"Sometimes we can unconsciously make an offence, but through good association we can hear and understand the proper guidance, proper etiquette. If we do not know it, then no matter how much we practise, how much we chant and how much service we do, we can still sometimes be doing some aparadh."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min | 26 May 2019)

Learn to Give Honour
"Without thinking, we write something, we do something, we think something, and we consider that what we think is the highest. This is Vaishnav aparadh. You must learn to give honour to others. Even if the person is junior, even if they do not know anything, we must learn to give honour to others."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 3 min | 29 May 2019)

 

 

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..."

ADDITIONAL READING:

• "Observing Ekadasi"
• "Ekadasi Vrata: Make Your Guru Happy"
• "No Other Shelter"
• "Mahadvadasi"
• "Ekadasi and liberation"
• "Ekadasi Tithi: One of the Practices"
• "Yogini Ekadasi"
 • "Ekadasi: Historical Background"
• "Ekadasi: Main Focus Is Service"
• Ekadasi Struggle?
• "Make the Teachings of Sri Guru Non-Different from Your Heart"
• Ekadasi: Devotional Practice
• Ekadasi Struggle?

 

"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)

 

 

Fri, 27 December 2024

Leashed and Lashed Life
'You still have time now, so try to practise Krishna consciousness (do not delay). If you are ill, you must get treatment before it is too late; in the same way, you must also call out to the Lord when you still have time, not after it is too late.'
• Download / listen to the audio (21 Mb, 43 min | 21 February 2019)

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."

 

Today in the calendar: Krishna Dvadasi. Ekadasi paran is at 6:20:54–9:52:08. Disappearance of Sripad Bhakti Bhudev Srauti Maharaj (a diksa and sannyas disciple of Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati 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. If you remember the glories of Vaishnavs, if you speak about the glories of Vaishnavs, they can rescue you from all kinds of material bondage. We have heard a hundred times that if we glorify Vaishnavs, it gives great benefit, but even though we have heard it a thousand times, how much are we able to glorify Vaishnavs from our heart? How much can we serve Vaishnavs with heart and soul? This is the question."

 

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Sri Guru Purnima Address
"My body is here, but my heart, my mind, my everything is with you. I am always thinking about you, I am always thinking about your good, how you can become better and better, how you can run the mission more and more successfully. Any service I can help you with, I will always try to do it, and I will try my best. That is my promise on this Guru Purnima day."
• Download / listen to the audio (4.4 Mb, 11 min | 5 July 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE •

(3) SEEING WITH THE EYE OF THE SOUL
'The soul within this body has its own body, its own plane of living, its own food—everything of its own in the spiritual realm—and this world is the perverted reflection of that realm. We must purely aspire after a life in that spiritual realm, and purity depends on love, and love means sacrifice, “Die to live.” We have to die wholesale in regard to our interest in life here, and then another sort of interest will awaken within us and we shall live there, in that place. That is our aspiration.'

 

 

Sat, 28 December 2024

Service Greatness Is Not External
'It is not necessary to arrange for any expensive things, for any expensive sweets – offer whatever you can according to your capacity. We must try to serve Vaishnavs nicely with whatever we have, however small our capacity may be. Remember that before you become a Vaishnav yourself, you must first serve Vaishnavs.'
• Download / listen to the audio (27 Mb, 56 min | 22 February 2019)

Scope of Sacrifice (By Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
'This is the universe discovered by Vaishnavs. It has been brought down to the experience of the senses by the Vaishnavs from above, and it is realised through revelation, "There is a domain of such a conception, and if you like it, you can come by such-and-such way. You are welcome. There is a domain of extreme self-abnegation. This is the country where such persons live – if you would like to be a resident of that land, then come."'

 

Today in the calendar: Krishna Trayodashi. Disappearance of Srila Mahesh Pandit and Srila Uddharan Das Thakur (both are great followers of Sriman Nityananda 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. If you remember the glories of Vaishnavs, if you speak about the glories of Vaishnavs, they can rescue you from all kinds of material bondage. We have heard a hundred times that if we glorify Vaishnavs, it gives great benefit, but even though we have heard it a thousand times, how much are we able to glorify Vaishnavs from our heart? How much can we serve Vaishnavs with heart and soul? This is the question."

 

In honour of Srila Uddharan Das Thakur:

Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur writes in his Anubhasya, "The Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (129) states that Uddharan Datta Thakur was formerly the cowherd boy of Vrindavana named Subahu. Uddharan Datta Thakur, previously known as Sri Uddharan Datta, was a resident of Saptagram, which is situated on the bank of the Sarasvati River near the Trisabigha railway station in the district of Hooghly.

"In the Chaitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khanda, Chapter Five, it is said that Uddharan Datta was an extremely elevated and liberal Vaisnava. He was born with the right to worship Nityananda Prabhu. It is also stated that Nityananda Prabhu, after staying for some time in Khadadaha, came to Saptagrama and stayed in the house of Uddharan Datta.

"In Saptagrama there is still a temple with a six-armed Deity of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu that was personally worshiped by Srila Uddharan Datta Thakur. On the right side of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is a Deity of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, and on the left side is Gadadhara Prabhu. Uddharan Datta Thakur was the manager of the estate of a big zamindar in Naihati, about one and a half miles north of Katwa. The relics of this royal family are still visible near the Daiìhata station. Since Uddharan Datta Thakur was the manager of the estate, it was also known as Uddharan-pur. Uddharan Datta Thakur installed Nitai-Gaura Deities that were later brought to the house of the zamindar, which was known as Vanaoyaribada. Srila Uddharan Datta Thakur remained a householder throughout his life. His father's name was Srikara Datta, his mother's name was Bhadravati, and his son's name was Srinivasa Datta."

(From a purport to Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita,
by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad)

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."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.8 Mb, 7 min | 10 January 2021)

 

In honour of Srila Mahesh Pandit:

"Mahes Pandit, the seventh of the twelve gopals, was very liberal. In great love of Krishna he danced to the beating of a kettledrum like a madman."

Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura writes in his Anubhasya, "The village of Mahes Pandit, which is known as Palapad, is situated in the district of Nadia within a forest about one mile south of the Chakadaha railway station. It is mentioned that Mahes Pandit joined the festival performed by Sri Nityananda Prabhu at Panihati. Narottam Das Thakur also joined in the festival, and Mahes Pandit saw him on that occasion. In the temple of Mahes Pandit there are Deities of Gaura-Nityananda, Sri Gopinath, Sri Madana-mohan and Radha-Govinda, as well as a salagrama-sila."

 

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Will-O'-the-Wisp of Worldly Wishes
"If you give Maya chance, then Maya will attack you. As soon as you get a weak spot, Maya will attack you. It does not matter whether you are young or old. If you try to control your elements, you can control them from a young age."
• Download / listen to the audio (4.1 Mb, 10 min | 5 July 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE •

(4) TEST, TASTE AND TRIUMPH
'Unwanted weeds growing with the bhakti creeper are forbidden acts, violence, duplicity, mundane profiteering, adoration and popularity, etc. All these are weeds. If one does not distinguish between the bhakti-lata creeper and the weeds, then the sprinkling of water in the form of devotional practices such as hearing and chanting etc., is misused, because the weeds are nourished while the bhakti-lata creeper is curtailed. And at each new stage that we advance to, there also we shall find some other difficulty. So the path of inner evolution is not strewn with roses; it is a difficult path to walk. I won’t allow myself to be the cause of any friction with the environment—this will be our first mood and the foremost guideline for our conduct.'

 

 


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Sun, 29 December 2024

Srivas Pandit's Ideal
'It is necessary to have that kind of faith and to be that kind of devotee. "O Lord, I am relying on You. However You keep me, that is fine by me." This is how Srivas Pandit lived his householder life. We must learn from his example.'
• Download / listen to the audio (27 Mb, 56 min | 22 February 2019)

Journey from Misguidance to Absolute Guidance
[By Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
"It is possible to connect with Him only through surrender, and it will be He who will decide how He will best suit you. Let Him decide it. 'Hare Krishna' is not a prayer for anything; it is only an address, 'O Hare Krishna, I want You. You please consider and decide what will suit me. I only want you. I am in danger, and I want Your protection; how you will protect me is to be decided by You, it is not my business.' By embracing His consideration is where we gain the most. We must only try to increase, if possible, the degree of our surrender. That is what is actually necessary from us."

 

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Eternal Priorities
"You cannot follow all the very strict rules that the six goswamis followed properly in Vrindavan. So, think only about doing your service properly, about practising properly, about avoiding bad association properly—give much importance to all this."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.9 Mb, 7 min | 5 July 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• HEART AND HALO •

FOREWORD
'It is a privilege and a great fortune once again to be able to present more nectarean words from the lips of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj to the English-speaking public. It is hoped that these words will find their way into the hearts of all good souls, as well as enliven the practitioners on the path of bhakti.'

(1) THE KEY IS IN YOUR OWN HAND
'The key is in our own hand; none else is to be blamed for our present condition. But there is always the possibility of noble help being extended to us, and we must accept that. Our past actions also influence us a great deal. But ultimately the possibility of free action is not taken away from us at any stage; even if we are reduced to the level of taking birth as a tree, there also, the freedom is within. We are free for our selection of any path, good or bad. Our existence is very small and so our freedom is also small and meager, but it is there. Though almost negligible, it exists.'

 

 

Mon, 30 December 2024

Sadhus' Dacoity
'Whenever you do some action, there has to be some reaction. That is why we suffer in hell – as the result of our actions. There is no way to escape it. But how is it possible to get relief and save ourselves from this life of action and reaction?'
• Download / listen to the audio (27 Mb, 56 min | 22 February 2019)

Exclusive Conception of Srila Prabhupad's Line
[By Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
'Our Prabhupad did not allow these things. Do your duty on your plane, and what you deserve will come to you naturally. That was his instruction all through, not only temporarily but all through. Do not go to be a disbeliever, very eager to see the final result; otherwise, you will get Maya instead of Yogamaya.'

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 }—

Questions and Answers
• Should we associate with those who cannot rectify themselves? • What is full surrender? • What is guru-seva? • Can we serve prasadam while it is being offered at the altar? • Do jiva souls have bodies in Vaikuntha? • Can devotees have programmes in meat-eaters' households?
• Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 9 min | 5 July 2020)

 

—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—

• HEART AND HALO •

(2) JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE
'After we get relief from the external bondage, the fulfilment of life is in remembering our Lord Narayan, the Creator, and our relationship with Him. We must get out of the net we are entangled in, and after getting release from this entanglement we must search out our proper relationship with the Prime Cause. Who are we in our relationship with Him?'

 

 

Tue, 31 December 2024

Short-Sighted Minds
'This life is not only temporary but it is also full of dangers! In this situation, you must take shelter of the Holy Name. You should take shelter of the Holy Name and carry on doing your work. Nobody prohibits you to work. What we are told is that we must take shelter of the Holy Name.'
• Download / listen to the audio (27 Mb, 56 min | 22 February 2019)

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.'

শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের অপ্রকট-কালীন আশীর্ব্বাণী
"আমি বহু লোককে উদ্বেগ দিয়েছি, অকৈতব সত্য কথা বলতে বাধ্য হয়েছি বলে, নিষ্কপটে হরি-ভজন করতে বলেছি বলে অনেক লোক হয় ত’ আমাকে শত্রুও মনে করেছেন । অন্যাভিলাষ ও কপটতা ছেড়ে নিষ্কপটে কৃষ্ণ-সেবায় উন্মুখ হবার জন্যই আমি অনেক লোককে নানাপ্রকার উদ্বেগ দিয়েছি । এ কথা তাঁ’রা কোনও না কোনও দিন বুঝতে পারবেন ।"

 

Today in the calendar: Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Srila Lochan 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."

 

In honour of Srila Lochan Das Thakur:

About Srila Lochan Das Thakur
"We must pray to Vaishnav Thakur, 'Wherever you are, Prabhu, please bestow your mercy on this fallen and low soul so that I may live this life serving you.' Srila Lochan Das Thakur composed Sri Chaitanya-mangala that contains even more pastimes of the Lord than Sri Chaitanya-bhagavata..."
• Download / listen to the audio (5 Mb, 12 min | 2 February 2021 | Bengali)

Srila Lochan Das Thakur Mahasay
"Srila Lochan Das Thakur is a follower of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu—he belonged to His line. Srila Lochan Das Thakur was born in Burdwan district and he was a disciple of Sri Narahari Thakur. The name of Srila Lochan Das Thakur's father is Sri Kamalakar Das, and his mother's name is Sri Sadanandi..."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 9 min | 25 October 2020)

• 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: 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."

Composed by Srila Lochan Das Thakur:

• SONG: Akrodha paramananda | অক্রোধ পরমানন্দ
"The anger-less, prideless, supremely joyful Nityananda Ray wanders throughout the towns. Going from door to door to the homes of the lowly and fallen souls, He distributes the Hare Krsna mahamantra."

• SONG: Nitai gunamani amara | নিতাই গুণমণি আমার
"Nitai, the jewel of all good qualities, my Nitai, the jewel of all good qualities, brought a flood of divine love and inundated the earth. Lochan Das says, 'Anyone who did not serve Nitai knowingly committed suicide.'"

• SONG: Parama karuna | পরম করুণ পহুঁ দুই জন
"Nitai and Gaurachandra are the two most merciful Lords, the crest-jewels of all Avatars, the only source of joy. 'Fallen into samsara, I never aspired for Their feet. Now Yamaraj subjects me to my karma,' says Lochan Das."

• SONG: Ke yabi ke yabi bhai | কে যাবি কে যাবি ভাই
"The Lord's Names are the ferryboat, Sri Guru is the captain, and the outstretched arms in the sankirtan are the oars. All souls have been delivered by the winds of divine love, only Lochan Das has remained behind..."

 

 

 

 

One More Year Passed
As one more years draws to its end, His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj muses on the value and meaning of life, quoting several Vaishnav songs: "Life is shaky—it is here now, and then it is gone. Serve the Lord's feet!"
• Download / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 7 min | 31 December 2010)

Saltamami
"If you lose your capital every day, you will eventually have a zero balance, and the next day it will be -1, then -2—then it will be lost for your life. You have got some sukriti, that is all right, but every day you must earn more through your service."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.8 Mb, 6 min | 25 October 2013)

New Year Message
"It is necessary to preach, follow, and practise Krishna consciousness more. Next year, with a good heart and good health, continue your service to Gurudev."
• Download / listen to the audio (0.6 Mb, 2 min | 21 December 2014)

Your Home Is Ready—Are You?
"If you can practise continuously, with tolerance, humility, giving honour to others, removing all material desires, chanting the Holy Name properly, then Gurudev already has your home made there."
• Download / listen to the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | 19 December 2015)

New Year Message (1): Preaching News
"Actually, this year we are doing very well, preaching. Devotees are also preaching all over the world, and I am very happy with their activities. I am always running, I cannot and I do not want to stop my service until my death. This is my service."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | 29 December 2016)

New Year Message (2): Inner Quality
"Bad association can damage your faith and spiritual life. Even if you think that some association is not good and you stay alone, that is good, no problem. Next year we will be aware of this—we will not do bad association and we will not criticise others, we must tolerate."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.8 Mb, 8 min | 29 December 2016)

New Year Message
"Today is the last day of 2018 and tomorrow is the first of January of 2019. We are going to start a new year and I am praying to Gurudev, I am praying to everybody that next year everyone will continue their life and days for the service of Gurudev..."
• Download / listen to the audio (3.6 Mb, 10 min | 21 December 2018)

New Year Message: "Service Is Our Life"
"Whatever problem comes, we will not go to any other line, we will not leave our line—we will follow that line which Gurudev shows us. That is our intention, that is our determination, and that is our promise. Whatever situation comes, let it come, we are always ready for it."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min | 29 December 2019)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dignity of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math: (2) Powerful and Bona Fide
'This is a real place, and we have come to such a beautiful place and have taken shelter of such a great, bona fide Guru. We cannot do anything ourselves, but our Guru is so powerful that he can take us from the illusory environment. This is our prayer and hope.'

 

“Do not make others angry for your own interest, own self, own happiness. Sometimes
we are not happy with our service, we are not getting pleasure from our service,
but we cannot harass and disrespect others because of that.”

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