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2010
"This animosity, these things have not grown overnight—it has been growing and increasing day by day, day by day. You did not see what was happening inside, and now that tree grown very big!"
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Strong Faith and
Chastity
"He may not be able to talk now like before, but he can see everything, and
he is watching everything. I think those who say Gurudev is not here anymore
have not got any connection with Gurudev. That is why it is necessary to have
a strong faith."
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"I Want to Forget"
"I want to go somewhere—I want to get some relief. When I am sitting in the
office, I get some relief, but as soon as I go to my room, I again start
remembering everything. I want to forget it, but I cannot... It is impossible
to forget this. Such is my situation."
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"Before, we could only read about it, and we could not even imagine it, but now we can understand what it is like. Before, we did not even think about it, but now we can understand what is sorrow and what is the greatest sadness..."
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Remembering
Haridas Thakur's Departure
"In Mahaprabhu's pastimes, Mahaprabhu could not tolerate the separation from
Srila Haridas Thakur. One day, when Govinda came, he saw that Haridas Thakur
was not chanting loudly—he was chanting very softly..."
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Go Forward!
"Please, I want to do Gurudev's service together. I want to proceed together
for the service of Gurudev. We are all under one umbrella, we all belong to
one house. If we can serve his mission under Gurudev's guidance, it will be
very good. This is his instruction."
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Gurudev's Expectation
"On that day of his Vyasa Puja day, Gurudev said that some things would come
after him in Chaitanya Saraswat Math. This is his expectation and his hope,
and by the mercy of all the devotees, we can continue preaching."
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Follow Gurudev's
Instruction to a T
"If we cannot follow Gurudev's instruction, then there is no hope for our
spiritual life. Even if you can lose something, you must still follow
Gurudev's instruction. Actually, we do not think we can lose anything—if you
follow Gurudev's instruction, you will see that later you will get a good
result."
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Gurudev's Early Days at
the Temple
'Actually, day by day our time is going. Gurudev has left his body here... He
told us many things about his pastimes and his vision... You know that many
things happened when Gurudev joined this mission. Gurudev spoke about it many
times.'
Gurudev's Love for the
Temple
'Gurudev always thought about his temple from his young age when he joined
the temple. He also protected his temple, fighting so much. So many things
happened. Gurudev loved his temple and personally handled so many
things.'
Gurudev's Love and
Affection
'Gurudev told us many things about service and service decision. He always
thought about devotees and about how to give them relief. He showed very much
patience and tolerance in his life. And I saw how much love and affection he
had for his godbrothers. That love and affection were incomparable.'
Our Desperate Hope
'Our only bad fortune is that Gurudev has left... But his mercy is above us.
We must follow his line, follow his instruction, then his mercy will easily
come to us. That is our hope. Gurudev told me many times that it is necessary
to be a sincere seeker and it is necessary to have chastity. Everybody is a
sincere seeker, but it is very rare to see chastity in anyone.'
Our Hopeful
Determination
'We have done many things wrong, it is not like we are washed Tulasi leaves –
all of us have some bad qualities. So, what hope is there for us? We follow
the will and the order of our gurudev, and we must have desire and
determination to serve gurudev. This is our only hope.'
"...Lord Siva entered the rasa-mancha in this mood, and Krishna understood who had come. Everyone wondered where the new gopi had come from and why Krishna was giving her so much honour."
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"Anywhere you can stay, be it forest or a house, it is necessary to chant, only to chant constantly. When you stop chanting, illusory environment can come. Chant constantly!"
The Four
Regulative Principles
The morbid consequences of neglecting the proper following of the four
regulative principles—the four dwelling places of Kali Maharaj; and
the affectionate advice on this matter.
Sri Guru:
Mercy at Your Doorstep
"What has Sri Guru come for? Krishna sent him to rescue us, to take us
home, but we do not want to go. Krishna is pulling us one way, and we are
grasping onto our house pillar. Krishna and Gurudev are saying, 'Come with
me! I have come to take you home.' But we reply...."
Nimai: "Worship Me! I
will give you everything!"
"On special days, all the ladies would come to the Ganga to do Ganga
puja, they would bring some white rice, bananas, other different fruit
and ingredients, but Mahaprabhu would break their puja..."
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Unpretentious Mood
"It is not necessary to show detachment, just as it is not necessary to
[externally] show love and affection. The jiva soul wants to serve the
Lord, but it cannot because the illusory environment is always pressuring
it—it cannot get out of it."
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Sri Guru's Forgiving
Mercy
"Gurudev is always merciful. I can give you an example of how merciful
Gurudev is, I can tell you one story. Disciples always do wrong, but Gurudev
is always merciful..."
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Faith Is the Currency
"I have carried so many things from Nabadwip, it is such a heavy load on My
head—do I now have to go again back to Nabadwip with all this? I cannot do
it. I must distribute it! If somebody can pay at least a little price, I will
distribute it to them!"
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Succint answers to two frequent questions: can we worship Lord Nrisimhadev, and can we think that Krishna is in my heart and be satisfied with that?
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Yamaduts
and Ego: How to Survive?
How to escape Yamaduts? Is it really necessary to wear Tulasi neck beads?
Can a grihastha be totally surrendered? And what to do if along
with a lot of service there comes a lot of ego?
Whole-Hearted Service
"Narottam Das Thakur was born in Sripat Keturi (Bangladesh) and in his life
he composed many Vaishnav songs. Actually, all our Guru-varga serve the Lord
and serve their Guru whole-heartedly, with body, mind, and speech."
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"We cannot follow our mind. We do not know what will be good for us, so what instructions Gurudev gives, what is Gurudev's desire, and what will happen—depend on him, give up everything to him."
Householders:
Appearance Is Deceptive
"Until you have reached a particular stage, level of realisation, you
cannot understand who is a devotee and who is not just by their external
behaviour."
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"How do you know there is no God? You never went to God. You never go to Krishna's devotee, you never go to Krishna's temple. Go and then you can understand whether Krishna exists or not."
The Eyes to See, the Heart to
Feel
"If you have love and affection for the Lord, then you will be able to
recognise who has love and affection for the Lord. If you are a sincere
seeker and have chastity, you will be able to understand who is senior, who
is junior. It does not depend upon age..."
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The only path for us is to surrender and take association of a Vaishnav, but if we cannot recognise Vaishnavs with our eyes, what can we then recognised them with?
"My Devotee Is Always with
Me"
"Actually those who serve Gurudev and the Lord full-heartedly, always stay
with Gurudev and the Lord." His Divine Grace gives the examples of three
devotees of the Lord that illustrate this truth: Laksmi Priya Devi, Srivas
Pandit's son, and Chhota Haridas.
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"...We are very fortunate that we can chant Their Names. Now is the age of Kali, so many things are coming, but if you chant Nitai Gaurachandra all your offences will be removed."
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How to talk, how to dress, how to eat, and how to use one's earned wages.
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Be Fixed in
Your Service
"What I will do, I will do that every day. 'I am only doing today, next
day I am not doing'—this is not devotion, this is emotion."
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The answer to the question: We are advised to avoid eating too much, but sometimes as soon as people hear about taking prasadam they think they can eat as much as they like...
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Varnashrama
and Practising Life
"If they follow the five ashrams very strictly but do not follow
Krishna consciousness, they have no hope: they have to go to hell."
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"Aren't you ashamed?! You have already given this body to Me, then how can you want to spoil My property? This is My property! This is not your property"—pastimes of great Vaishnavas are not just stories, we have to learn from them.
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Loving
Search for the Lost Servant
"When will you come to Me? When will you come to serve Me?"—the Lord
goes to the extremes waiting for us to come to Him, so why is it that we
still cannot come to Him?
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"I have never wanted this—that I would sit in one place and everybody would come, pay obeisance to me. Never. I want to go and chant and dance everywhere, preach in the villages—this is my life. It is impossible for me, it is actually an austerity for me, but I have to keep Gurudev's word."
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"I Need Your Mercy!"
"I am here today to get your mercy—I am here today to worship you, I have not
come to take worship. I only want to serve the Vaishnavs, I have no other
desire. I do not want anybody to do my puja, I want to serve you all."
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"'What is my desire? My only desire is that I can be a servant of the Vaishnavs.' It is not necessary to become a manager, or a big guru— if you want to become the dust of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, that is sufficient to go to Goloka Vrindavan."
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"We have been to Panihati for chira-dadhi mahotsav, it is the place where Srila Raghunath Das Goswami Prabhu received mercy of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. It is not so far from Dum Dum Park, and it is a very nice place, on the bank of the Ganges..."
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Eternal Values
"How many days will you be alive in this world? Even if you are alive for
thirty more years, then you will sleep for fifteen years, and the other
fifteen you have other things to do, and the time is gone. How many days do
we have to do Hari-bhajan? You must count it."
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Nimai's Playground: Body, Mind,
Soul
Nityananda Prabhu is remembering Pastimes of Mahaprabhu: "He is the master,
protector, and maintainer of the whole world. He is the shinning moon of
Mayapur, dissipating the dark ignorance of the world, He is the source of all
nectar for all of Nabadwip."
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What is mukti and what is bhakti? His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj is reading from Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Adi-lila, Chapters 8 and 10, noting the exceptional character of devotion of Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami and Srila Raghunath Das Goswami.
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His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj is telling how Sri Sada Siva Gangadhar and Nandi came to the Math: "So many things have happened, and it was all like a miracle..."
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"First of all and above all it is necessary to have sincerity, nistha. In Bengali and English, the meaning of sincerity is a little different—nistha is something more than sincerity. Nistha means if you do something you must do it every day."
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Extent of Devotion
"How much do we think about ourself and how much do we think about our Guru?
You must think about it, you must calculate this percentage..."
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Price of Devotion
"You cannot buy Krishna-bhakti even with millions of lifetimes of
sukriti; but if you think right now, 'I need it!'—when you feel that
kind of greed is coming through hearing Krishna-katha—you must immediately
purchase it. This is the price for Krishna-bhakti."
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Bond of Krishna-Katha
"When the taste for Bhagavat-katha, for Krishna-katha comes, there remains no
taste for any other katha—if you see Him once, you will not want to
see anything else. This is Krishna-prema."
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"Krishna is easy—He says He wants some laddu, then give Him a laddu and He will be happy, but you are giving Him a singara... This is not service, it is following your mind. It is necessary to have service temper."
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Go-Astami
"Feed the cows, give some garland to the cows, give some sweets to the cows.
When Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj got some pranami, he would buy sweets
and give them to the cows..."
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"Gurudev always says that you can take something but if you take it you must be able to digest it. Everything that is created in this world exists for Lord Krishna. You can take something but not for yourself—you must use everything for the service of the Lord."
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Srila
Sanatan Goswami's Pastimes
"In Singapore, Malaysia it is not so cold, they always have the same
temperature, but can you imagine how much Rupa Goswami and Sanatan Goswami
tolerated in Vrindavan during their whole life?..."
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Exclusive Opportunity
"If you take people who have no houses, no food, who sleep at some train
station and give them prasadam, a nice room, they cannot stay here.
Why? A great fortune is necessary. But we have at last got this opportunity.
Do not lose your chance."
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Sweet Talk
"You can conquer people's mind if you speak to them sweetly. If you throw a
lot of rice in the field, crows will come there; but if you mix the rice with
some black ash and throw it in the field, crows will not come."
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The transcendental pastimes and character of a great Vaishnav of our sampradaya: "'Why are you staying here in Radha Kunda? You must come to Nabadwip. My Lila is not in Vrindavan, now My Lila is going on in Nabadwip, so you must come here.' And he came here...."
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"Through the sound vibration of Hare Krishna maha-mantra all kinds of misconceptions, bad things go away. If you can use your energy for preaching purpose, it will be beneficial for us and beneficial for everybody also. We must do something for these poor people..."
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Real Service Mood
"Whether the Deity is small or big, it does not matter. Mahaprabhu gave a
Govardhan sila to Das Goswami Prabhu—it is a very small sila,
but when he served it, he could see the pastimes of Radha-Krishna. It depends
on the service mood."
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Shameless Life—Shameful
Future
"Now we have got this human body, but if we do not use it properly—if we do
not use it for the service of our Guru—then we will have to go there again.
There is no doubt. If you do not use your energy in the proper way, then one
day you will find you have no energy left."
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Engage in Service, Not
Maya
"One day my time will finish, but I have not been able to do anything for the
Lord! I am sent here for His service, but I could not do anything for Him...
Anyhow, by hook or by crook, we must engage ourselves in service of the
Lord."
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A strong foundation in one's spiritual life is very important. How can it be built, and how can those who do not have such a strong foundation survive in their spiritual life?
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"If you water and nourish unwanted branches, they will grow stronger, and, interfering with the main branches of your tree, will not let them grow..."
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"You know that before Mahaprabhu came it was a very difficult time, and now also a very difficult time is coming. I was surprised to read how difficult the situation was at that time. It is unbearable. We cannot even imagine these things."
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Purity of Preaching
"Mahaprabhu only chanted and danced, and our preaching will also be chanting
and dancing. People will be happy and they will get more benefit. If there is
any programme without chanting, without kirtan, then it is called a mayavadi
conception."
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"Illusory environment is very strong, and when somebody enjoys life, it is not so easy to come out of that kind of environment. Only through sankirtan can people come out of the illusory environment, there is no other way. I want to have a strong preaching group..."
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Nurture
Devotion, Not Desires
"We must not waste our time on doing some nonsense—when we have time, we
should read books, practise, chant, preach. That is our life. We must cut all
unwanted branches. As soon as desires come to your heart or mind, you must
immediately cut them off..."
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What You Wish Is What You
Get
"We are like insects in the stool. If you take some worms out of the stool,
they will always go back to the stool, their character is like that. You
cannot conquer this illusory environment unless you get proper mercy."
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Accepting Guru's Order
"Gurudev gave some explanation about uttam, madhyam and
adham devotees. If you tell somebody something and then they do it,
that is called madhyam..."
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His Things For
His Service
"For the service of the Lord you can do everything. Krishna bail to you. If
you use His property for yourself, a reaction will come, but if you use His
property and His things for your Gurudev, for Krishna, the Lord, then no
reaction comes."
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"When you do service, some kind of sorrow, sadness, some kind of problems will come—that is our happiness. So much pleasure also comes through service: when we engage ourselves in chanting, dancing, playing, with sankirtan, that brings even much happiness."
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Cherishing Service (2)
"It is the highest place of service, but he said he would not go there
because it was too cold.... But when Mahaprabhu told Sanatan Goswami and Rupa
Goswami to go to Govardhan, Vrindavan, they did not say like this..."
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Healthy Service Mood
"We must go to do service thinking, 'I do not have any qualification to stay
here. Prabhu, please give me some qualification—I am a fallen soul, please
give me some mercy so that I can stay there and serve you.'"
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Lord's Care for Devotees
"The Lord is always ready for the protection of His devotees—He can never
tolerate harassment and chastisement of His devotees. Mahaprabhu said it
also, 'If you disrespect a devotee, the Lord Himself cannot tolerate
that.'"
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Practise Kirtans
"Stay here and serve here, get some training. You must come to the class, to
the sankirtan. Everybody must go for sankirtan every evening,
then go to take prasadam—I will be very happy. Why waste our
time?"
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What are you doing with your life? Who are your true family and well-wishers? How to get connection with the Lord? There is an unparalleled gift from the Lord and His associates right in front you...
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"It is not easy, but we have got this chance, and we must use the opportunity. Illusory environment is very strong, so if we do not practise properly, if we do not serve properly, any time we can lose our mind and leave this line."
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Ego does not depend on age, neither does one's status matter—the problem is the same, the remedy is the same.
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"I think that you are a sincere seeker, Gurudev and Krishna sent you here through a good great devotee, and I am here to serve you. That is my duty. Gurudev gave me this duty to serve you..."
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"We are suffering so much, getting too much unhappiness—the solution is in good association and worship of the Lord in the association of a good devotee. If you surrender fully, if you actually want some good association, want a bona fide Guru, then your chaitya guru will take you to the mahanta guru."
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Lacking Strength
or Lacking Effort?
"We must understand how many hours of our time we waste—spend on
ourselves, on our own enjoyment—and how many hours we spend on
practising. We have come here for service—we have not come for
enjoyment. This is our promise."
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No Shortcuts
"If you think you can conquer illusory environment, can conquer your ego and
everything else, it is not possible. These are Gurudev's words. He said it is
only possible through sravanam, kirtanam—through practising. Not
in any other way."
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"A lady had a little grandson who ate too much molasses and nobody could stop him—he did not listen to anybody. Somebody advised the lady, 'Take the boy to Hazrad Muhammad. He is a big personality and if he tells him he will listen.'"
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Bad Habit vs Sincere Heart
"You may have a very bad habit, but if you practise, everything will be
removed. 'I will practise, I will follow the scripture, I will follow
Gurudev's word'—this kind of mood must be there."
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Be Clear, Not Clever
"You must remember that the instruction comes from above. If Krishna says,
'Give Me a laddu,' then give Him a laddu, it is not necessary to think about
a samosa. If Gurudev says, 'Use white,' why will I go to see any
other colour?"
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Get Cracking
"'Time has passed as I have been busy in my material life, and I have got
nothing—only became burdened. What sort of world is this?' In this world
there is no want of food, no want of money, no want of anything except only
one thing..."
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Samsara: False
and Worthless
"When we die, we will have to leave everything, and where will we go then?
Wherever we go, we will again have to take birth, again have to die." What is
the solution?
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Distributors of Mercy
"Today is the appearance day of Nitai Gaurachandra in Puri. Actually, you
know that Deities always come through devotees—the Lord takes the hand
of His devotee and comes in the form of a Deity..."
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"'Singing the glories of the Vaishnavs rescues and protects the jiva soul. I heard this from the mouth of sadhus and my Guru.' If we give some honour, give some glorification to the Vaishnavs, it is actually for our benefit, for our spiritual life."
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Clearing the Obstacles
"Depend upon Me. How you will come out of that illusory environment is not
your business, it is not for you to think about. If you follow what I am
telling you, then when the time comes Krishna will show you how to come."
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Simple. Sincere.
Sufficient.
Prabhupad also said, "Do not read so many books, and do not practise so many
things." Simple books are sufficient. You can recite, sing, and memorise
daily songs, and practise every day.
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"We must always keep the advice that our Guru gives us in our heart. It is necessary to do it otherwise we cannot proceed... Some obstacles can come—not only can come, they will definitely come—but we must proceed even with obstacles."
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Tolerance vs. Chastity
"When you have that kind of love and affection to your Guru, Deity, and
Vaishnavs, at that time there are no rules and regulations. Humility,
tolerance, giving honour to others is the rule, but when you see there is
some problem, it is not the time for tolerance."
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"'If you have any love and affection for Me, then only say "Krishna".' Without Krishna Nam, there is nothing else in this age of Kali. All inauspiciousness will be removed through chanting."
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Power of the Holy Name:
Love Is the Weapon
"You promised that in this age You would give love and affection to the
conditioned souls. In this age of Kali, there are no weapons. Mridanga,
kartal, love, and affection are the weapons—not shouting, beating, or
killing."
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Power
of the Holy Name: Abode of Sweetness
"If you chant this Name of Krishna so many times but still there is no love,
there are no tears streaming from your eyes, then as I understand there are
too many offences and the seed of Krishna's Name does not sprout."
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Matchless Mercy, Matchless
Misfortune
"Can you see anybody as kind as Nityananda Prabhu, as kind as Gurudev? If you
hear Nityananda Prabhu's glorification, tears will come automatically, stone
will be melted, but our heart is so hard—nothing happens, nothing changes in
us."
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"If Krishna protects you, no one can destroy you. Krishna says, 'If you think for Me, I will think for you.' You think that your children and other people will look after you, but no, it is not so."
• Download / listen to the audio (5 Mb, 7 min)
Make Krishna Your
Friend
"It is necessary to have desire to get it. Krishna Himself said, 'If you
have desire, one day mercy will come.' If you make one step to Krishna,
Krishna will make ten steps to you."
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"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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Perils of Karma
"You can see many people chanting, professional kirtan singers chant
Hare Krishna for two-three hours with a harmonium, but it gives no benefit to
anybody. Why? Ten thousand people listen to their chanting, but not even one
person will come to this line. Why?"
•
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How Can Vyasa Not Know?
"Of course it can be. You may write something or do something but it is
coming from The Lord—He is writing, He is doing everything. Devotees are
always humble, they feel, 'We do not know anything, but Krishna is giving
some power.'"
•
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"'Radha-padankita dhama, Vrndavana yara nama.' You must always do Vrindavan parikrama with your head. Not with your legs, but with your head. We are joking about it, but actually you must remember in your mind, 'Oh, I am walking here with my head.'"
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"A sadhu should be humble, tolerant, and give honour to others." Two graphic stories that illustrate the extent of tolerance of a sadhu.
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Sri Guru's Protection: Sincere Surrender
& Impaled by Illusion
An extensive story that illustrates the extent to which a Guru goes to
protect his surrendered disciple: "If a servant somehow falls down and
goes to some other place, glorious is the master who grabs him and brings
him back by his hair."
•
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"'Do not show your false renunciation to people. Serve accepting material things, but without attachment'—it is about emotion and devotion. Here it is said, 'Practise! Always practise,' and Das Goswami, Sanatana Goswami practised so much."
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Poison-Free Service
"You do Vaishnav seva and become proud, 'I am spending money', 'I am
doing this', 'I am doing that'—this kind of mentality can come, but our
mood should be, 'I am not doing anything', 'I cannot do anything.'"
•
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Sanatan Goswami's Madan
Mohan
"Many years ago Vrindavan was all forest, a jungle, so Sanatan Goswami would
every day go begging to Mathura. Once, he went to a house where there lived a
husband and a wife who had been married for twelve-fourteen years but did not
have any children..."
•
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Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj is briefly speaking on some of the Pastimes of Sriman Mahaprabhu: eating soil, playing with soot, relationship with Gadadhar Pandit, Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya, and Ramachandra Puri.
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Morning Practice
"How many hours are necessary? Wake up early in the morning, practise, and
then go to your work. But everything is impossible for those who do not do
anything."
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"Through sraddha comes good association, sadhu-sanga. What happens during sadhu-sanga? Sravanam, kirtanam. There are many kinds of katha in this world, but what you listen to from a sadhu, is called sravan-kirtan."
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"Gurudev's lila is going on, but only the fortunate souls can see it, that is why we must engage everybody in service on his appearance day. Whatever capacity we have—in kaya, mana, vakya, body, mind, and speech—we must serve his appearance day, his birth day."
"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..."
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"When you join the temple who will give you a certificate? You must make your certificate yourself. You can easily understand yourself whether you pass or fail. Examine yourself, 'Is the taste for Hari-katha, Krishna-katha coming to me or do I think more about other things?'"
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Sailing or Treading
Water?
"You say, 'Oh, I have no time,' but you have time for other things. It is
necessary to practise. Gurudev said that wherever you are staying you must
proceed with your spiritual life. We forget what Gurudev taught us, but where
does that take us in the end?"
•
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Habit Is Second Nature
"It is necessary to practise regularly, to make it your habit. Wake up early
in the morning, do mangal arati, chant kirtans. Practising life
is a beautiful life. If you can practise in this way in your house in the
morning, you will get energy. Otherwise this life is nothing."
•
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Vaishnavs' Mercy Is Our
Refuge
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj kept Gurudev, kept all the devotees here
to serve this Math, and this is our only hope and refuge. The mercy of
Vaishnavs is our blessing, this is our hope and prayer. We must always
remember and think about this."
•
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Practice Secures Your
Life
"Always chant the Name of Krishna, chant kirtans, and you will see
that you yourself will get energy and you will be able to stay in this line
all your life until death. If you want to stay in this line, you must
practise."
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"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."
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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...'"
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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."
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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."
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Guru Consciousness, Service
Consciousness
"If Maya Devi gives us her mercy and removes this illusory net, then we will
be able to see the transcendental dham. You must go to a good doctor,
otherwise you need an operation on your left leg and if you go to a wrong
doctor, he will operate your right leg."
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"The intelligent people always avoid bad association and always keep good association. Through the association of the sadhus, what is unfavourable to devotion, all desires that bind you, everything will finish. At the same time, do you know what Maya Devi says?..."
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Chanting or
Cheating Yourself?
"The Holy Name will never come in bad association, only the letters, some
Namabhas can come, but the transcendental Name does not come in this way. If
the transcendental Name comes even once in your life, then you can see the
transcendental vibration everywhere..."
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Know and Practise
"It is necessary to read the books, to know what is written in them and to
practise that—it is necessary to study, otherwise you will not get anything.
If you do not read, you can chant the kirtans, you must listen to
Hari-katha."
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Pursue Spiritual
Education
"What is mundane education? If you try to get so much mundane education, it
is all illusory environment—it creates bondage to spiritual benefit and it
makes a gadha (a donkey) out of the jiva. Then you must
understand that spiritual knowledge is necessary."
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Two stories that illustrate Mahaprabhu's character and His unappreciation of anybody showing disrespect towards His devotees.
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His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is requested to speak on the concluding poetry composition found in Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad's purport to Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, that Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj recited at the programme following the disappearance day of Srila Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad in 1937.
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"Nityananda Prabhu's place is a very nice place, I like it very much and do not want to go from there. Go corner to corner, invite everybody, 'Please come to Gaura Purnima, please come to the festival at Nityananda Prabhu's birthplace.'"
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"You think in your service everything will go smoothly, but it is impossible—everything cannot go smoothly. Krishna will test you, will examine you: how much tolerance do you have? How much love and affection do you have for the Lord and for your Guru?"
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Sri Hari-Vasare
"Hari-vasar activities are like this. Every day when the
sankirtan started, Mahaprabhu started to dance. They would start at
Srivas Pandit's angan early in the morning and first sing the 'Gopala
Govinda' song..."
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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!"
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ON THIS PAGE:
MARCH
• The Seeds of Discord
• Strong Faith and
Chastity
• "I Want to Forget"
• Greatest Sorrow
• Remembering
Haridas Thakur's Departure
• Go Forward!
• Gurudev's Expectation
• Follow Gurudev's
Instruction to a T
APRIL
• Gurudev's Early
Days at the Temple
• Gurudev's Love for the
Temple
• Gurudev's Love and
Affection
• Our Desperate Hope
• Our Hopeful
Determination
• Gopeshwar
Mahadev's Surrender
JUNE
• The Four Regulative Principles
• Chant Constantly
• Sri Guru: Mercy at Your Doorstep
• Nimai: "Worship Me! I
will give you everything!"
• Unpretentious Mood
• Sri Guru's Forgiving
Mercy
• Faith Is the Currency
• Lord Nrisimhadev and "Krishna in my heart"
• Yamaduts and Ego: How to Survive?
• Whole-Hearted Service
• Do not follow your mind: surrender to your Guru
• Householders: Appearance Is Deceptive
• The Devotee and the Barber
• The Eyes to See, the Heart
to Feel
• Vaishnavs: Not What They Seem
• "My Devotee Is Always with
Me"
• "Nitai Gaurachandra!
Nitai Gaurachandra!"
SEPTEMBER
• Be Fixed in Your Service
• Mahaprabhu's Teachings to Srila Raghunath Das Goswami Prabhu
• Varnashrama and Practising Life
• Overeating and Prasadam
OCTOBER
• A Lesson on Surrender: Body, Mind, and Words
• Loving Search for the Lost Servant
• My Joy and My Plight
• "I Need Your Mercy!"
• Follow Your Dream
NOVEMBER
• Panihati
• Eternal Values
• Bhukti, Mukti, Bhakti
• Sivji Maharaj and Nandi: Journey to Sri Nabadwip Dham
• Nistha: the Core
of Devotion
• Extent of Devotion
• Price of Devotion
• Bond of Krishna-Katha
• Proper Engagement
• Go-Astami
• Service Consciousness
• Srila
Sanatan Goswami's Pastimes
• Exclusive Opportunity
• Sweet Talk
• Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj
• Power of Sankirtan
• Real Service Mood
• Shameless Life—Shameful
Future
• Engage in Service, Not
Maya
• Strong Foundation
• Karma-Bandhan
• Trying Times
• Purity of Preaching
• Triumph of
Sankirtan Movement
• Nurture
Devotion, Not Desires
• What You Wish Is What
You Get
• Accepting Guru's Order
• His Things For
His Service
• Cherishing Service (1)
• Cherishing Service (2)
• Healthy Service Mood
• Lord's Care for Devotees
• Practise Kirtans
DECEMBER
• Open Your Eyes
• Disentangled
• Ego: a Play of Kali
• Entering Service Life
• Involve with Resolve
• Lacking Strength
or Lacking Effort?
• No Shortcuts
• Practise What You Preach
• Bad Habit vs Sincere Heart
• Be Clear, Not Clever
• Get Cracking
• Samsara: False
and Worthless
• Distributors of Mercy
• Vaishnavs' Wealth and
Glory
• Clearing the Obstacles
• Simple. Sincere.
Sufficient.
• The Wealth of Heart
• Tolerance vs. Chastity
• Power of the Holy Name:
Nothing Else
• Power of the Holy Name:
Love Is the Weapon
• Power
of the Holy Name: Abode of Sweetness
• Matchless Mercy, Matchless
Misfortune
• The Power of Surrender
• Make Krishna Your Friend
• Invoking Vaishnavs'
Mercy
• Perils of Karma
• How Can Vyasa Not Know?
• Remembering Sri
Vrindavan
• A Sadhu's Character
• Sri Guru's Protection: Sincere Surrender & Impaled by Illusion
• Proper Detachment
• Poison-Free Service
• Sanatan Goswami's
Madan Mohan
• Mahaprabhu's Pastimes
• Morning Practice
• Keeping Current Clean
• Gurudev's Vyasa Puja Is Coming
• Sri Guru's Order
• Passed or Failed?
• Sailing or Treading
Water?
• Habit Is Second Nature
• Vaishnavs' Mercy Is
Our Refuge
• Practice Secures Your
Life
• Srila Prabhupad's Glory (1)
• Irreparable Loss
• Srila Prabhupad's Glory (2)
• Srila Prabhupad's Glory (3):
Current of Pure Devotion
• Guru Consciousness, Service
Consciousness
• Stay Awake
• Chanting or
Cheating Yourself?
• Know and Practise
• Pursue Spiritual
Education
• Intolerable
• Nityananda
Prabhu's Land and Mercy
• Sri Hari-Vasare
• Austerity in Service
| Odds and Ends |
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| 'Cleaning is the best service! Cleaning is the best and the primary service—through cleaning the heart becomes clean.' |
| Nitai gunamani amara |
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| 'Nitai brought a flood of divine love to the land of Gauda. The devotees immersed themselves in it, but the unfortunate floated on its surface.' | নিতাই গুণমণি আমার |
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“We
must not bargain with Bhagavan like in a grocery shop, 'I am serving the Guru, and I will get something in return.'” |
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