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2011
01 January 2011
Proper Utilisation
"All our Guru-varga gave their life for service to the Lord.
Gurupad-padma, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Thakur—they all used everybody and everything for service
to the Lord."
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Sannyas Lila:
Breaking the Staff
As Mahaprabhu heads towards Jagannath Puri, more Pastimes unfold. Shortly
before entering the Jagannath temple, Nityananda Prabhu breaks the danda
of Mahaprabhu. Why did He do it and why did Mahaprabhu allow Him to do
it?
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Meeting
Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya
"In the meantime, Mahaprabhu reached the Jagannath temple. Chanting
'Jagannath, Jagannath,' He entered the Garba mandir. Everybody was surprised
and wondered who He was. They called Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya, who was the
leader of the temple..."
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Strong Desire
"If you have this kind of strong desire, mercy will come. It is necessary
to have such permanent, unflinching desire for service, for chanting or
anything else." What kind of desire is it?
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16 January 2011
Sannyas Lila:
Roaming the Land
"Mahaprabhu would go in a zigzag way—sometimes He went to the East,
sometimes to the West, and the devotees followed Him not knowing where He
was going..."
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23 January 2011
Do Not Fear Service
Some may be afraid they can be given service that they cannot do, but is
there anything to be afraid of?
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Service without
Attachment
"Sometimes it may come to your mind that what you are doing is bhajan,
service, but it may be all karma. If you follow your Gurudev, serve the
Vaishnavs, then you can easily call it service."
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7 March 2011 (Anniversary of the Deity Installation in
Kaikhali, Part 1)
Vigraha Is Not a Doll
"This is why it is told: sraddhaya sri murtira sevana. It is going on everywhere,
but you must have sraddha, full faith, when you give an offering to the Deity."
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7 March 2011 (Anniversary of the Deity Installation in
Kaikhali, Part 2)
Take Care of Your Seed
"If you plant a marigold flower and then do not go there for ten days, do not give
water, nourishment—how do you expect it to grow on its own?"
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15 June 2011 (Deity installation anniversary in Caracas)
Parama Karuna
Nitai Gaurachandra
"I am always with you, and truly my love and affection are always with you—I
cannot forget your service, your love and affection, and how Nitai
Gaurachandra constantly bestow Their mercy on you all."
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28 July 2011 (Spoken two days before Srila B.R.
Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's disapperance festival
Practise Tolerance
"After Gurudev's disappearance, there have been many bad days, but we are
tolerating everything. This is only a test from the Guru, from the Lord. They
want to see how much you can tolerate for service. We must tolerate
everything, and Krishna will see to it that everything is smooth in the end.
Our duty is to proceed with our service."
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Festival of Solemn
Service
"Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's disappearance festival is
coming soon and all over the world devotees are making some ceremony on this
day. No actual disciple wants to see their Gurudev's disappearance day—it is
about the love and affection, about a good connection between the Guru and
the disciple..."
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Our Mission, Our Life
"If you surrender to your Guru perfectly, then you can easily understand what
Gurudev wants. But if your surrender is not 100%, not 50%, if your surrender
is not complete, then it is not easy to understand your Guru."
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Encroaching and Poaching
"Somebody from another temple wants to stay here, but they will come to fish
you—they will not come to help you, they will use you! Our Mission is
Krishna-anusilana Sangha, a worldwide association, but somebody wants to
break it. You must be very careful."
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30 July 2011
Sankirtan Movement
"A temple is a house. The householder devotees can cook and serve the Deity,
and all the brahmacharis and sannyasis are not meant to only sit and do japa.
Their place is in the street—chanting, dancing, and preaching!"
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31 July 2011 (Speaking online to devotees in London)
Spiritual Management
"I do not like somebody, he does not like somebody—it is not a question, we
must engage everybody. Chaitanya Saraswat Math is not somebody's personal
property—it is Gurudev's property, Guru Maharaj's property, and we must serve
that Chaitanya Saraswat Math together. That is our main thing."
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Zest for Sankirtan
"We must practise and run our movement very properly everywhere, in every
corner, every city, every temple. It is not necessary to make a big dome—it
is necessary to preach."
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United We Stand
"Srila Gurudev also said that no one can break this Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
Some little disturbance came to our temple too, but we are still united. We
must stay together, we must make our Chaitanya Saraswat Math all over the
world."
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Service Drive
"It is not necessary to become an acharya, it is not necessary to
become a guru, it is not necessary to be a big pujari. If you
can become foot dust of Chaitanya Saraswat Math, that is sufficient for you.
Those who want to do something for their Guru, they can do it."
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Smooth and
Strong Preaching
"Preaching is the main thing. If the water in a river is not running, then
the water becomes dirty. But if the water runs, the river is clean. If our
Guru's preaching movement goes smoothly, then all bad illusory environment
will be finished in a moment. "
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Clear Vision, Full Faith
"When Gurudev told me something, I always said, 'Yes, I will do it.' So, to
this day I am still trying to serve all the devotees. Problems will come, but
they will finish easily. This is what Gurudev told me, and I believe that. I
believe my Guru—I have full faith in him."
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6 August 2011
Path to Service
"Chant, keep good association, listen to Hari-katha, and practise, then
gradually you will get proper benefit through your chanting—then you
will get the real service to your Guru."
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Niskam Bhakti: With Heart and Soul
"Do not show false renunciation, devotion must be in the heart. Love with
heart and soul—serve heart and soul. If you show you are doing some
service, but in your mind you are asking for something else from the Lord,
from your Guru, it is not niskam bhakti."
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Inspired Service
"Our mind says, 'I am doing this,' 'I am doing that,' but you cannot do
anything yourself. Only when some inspiration comes to you through your Guru,
can you do something—mercy is necessary."
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Embrace and Nurture
"Why has Krishna, the Lord Himself, sent you here with this human body? For
eating, sleeping, and enjoying? Is this all that this life is for? Can you
not see anything else, any other good things?"
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6 August 2011
Do You See What I See?
"Krishna's preaching movement will never be stopped—some illusory environment
will come, it will try to stop our preaching movement, but we have to run
ourselves. Those who have some kind of opposite character always search our
faults, but Gurudev told me that I must glorify the Vaishnavs and their good
side, their best side."
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Service Mentality
"'How to serve our Guru? How to serve his mission and his devotees?'—we must
think about this properly. We must be careful. Krishna is powerful and He can
remove us from service in any way if we make some offence, consciously or
unconsciously."
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Desire to Serve
"If Gurudev wants something, I want to fulfil his desire. I always want to
help the devotees, want to do something for my Gurudev. If Krishna gives me
life, if Krishna gives me time to do it, then I will try my best."
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7 August 2011 (speaking online to devotees in London)
"Wake up! Arise! Come with
us!"
"Always speak about Krishna! Let us go together in this life! The Lord
Himself sent our Guru (our Gurudev) to give us some advice, to awaken us.
Krishna Himself came as a Guru to rescue us, but we cannot understand it,
that is why we are suffering..."
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Do Not Be Misled
"Karmis, jnanis, yogis always look very nice, but they cannot fulfil
your life. Devotional activities may not look so good, but if you take to
this devotional path, you can get super benefit. In Kali-yuga,
mayavadi conceptions are everywhere and very powerful..."
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Eternal Servants—Eternal
Service
"(1) I am not Krishna, you are not Krishna—we are all servants of the
servants, we are Krishna's eternal servants. (2) If somebody does service
emotionally or in lieu of that asks for something, such service will also not
last a long time. Devotional service lasts."
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Simple and Sincere
"It is not necessary to read so many books, it is not necessary to practise
so many artificial things—if you have pure devotion in your heart, that is
sufficient. Strongest faith and desire are necessary."
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Fools' Enjoyment
"When people are young, they think, 'Oh, now is the time to enjoy! We must
enjoy while we are young, and when we become old, then we will do
bhajan.' Such people are foolish, they only think about themselves and
their own enjoyment..."
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Continuous Service
"When service is necessary, service is the best. When it is service time, do
service; when it is reading time, read; when it is sleeping time, sleep.
Devotees always do service, everywhere. You can see what service is more
appropriate and balance it yourself."
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Tend to Your Foundation
"If you use good cement, the concrete will be very hard, but if you use bad
quality cement, then the concrete platform will be loose and the building
will break. Have the strongest faith—through the strongest faith make the
strongest platform."
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13 August 2011
Appreciate Your Fortune
"We come and go, come and go, but the fortunate souls get good association.
Good association comes through faith: the kind of benefit you get from the
Lord depends on how much faith you have for your Guru."
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Baladev Purnima: A Special Day
"In India, some devotees are worshipping Radha-Krishna's Jhulan Yatra today,
but we are making a programme for Baladev, who is nondifferent from Gurudev
and Nityananda Prabhu. This is our line, the line of Rupanuga
Guru-varga."
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13 August 2011 (Baladev Purnima; speaking online to devotees in Russia)
Baladev Purnima:
Double Festival in Russia
"Today, everybody is celebrating Sri Sri Baladev Prabhu's appearance day
everywhere. Today is also the Deities' installation day in Saint Petersburg
temple, our main centre in Russia. Even Madhavendra Puri showed us how
important it is to serve the Deities..."
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14 August 2011 (Speaking online to devotees in Australia)
Be Alert and Assiduous
"Now is a very important time in our life, but we cannot understand it. So
much illusory environment comes and attacks our spiritual life. By our
fortune we have got a bona fide Guru, but sometimes we lose our faith through
our bad karma. That is a big problem."
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Temple Management Scheme
(1)
"I am not telling everybody must take brahmachari life or
sannyas. You can stay in family life, but maintain your family life
properly—you must practise properly. You work eight hours a day, and you must
keep minimum one hour for your Guru, Vaishnavs, the Lord."
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Temple Management Scheme
(2)
"We have 24 hours—how many hours do we work for our own self and how many
hours do we work for our Guru, for the Mission and the Lord? I am not asking
for anything, what I am telling to everybody is please do in this way, please
make Gurudev's Mission..."
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14 August 2011 (speaking to devotees in India)
Source of Joy
"The day when we hear some sound from Vaishnavs is a very good day for us,
that is our life. I feel if I hear from great devotees, great Vaishnavs,
senior devotees like you, it increases my devotional activities. That is my
good luck."
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Sravan-Kirtan:
Heart of Preaching Movement
"I want to make leaders so that they can preach and continue Gurudev's
Mission. If they continue their practising life properly, they can do that.
Through the good association of the devotees like you all, we get energy,
enthusiasm, and if we preach and practise through sravan-kirtan, that
will be even more beneficial for our life."
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Best Servitor
"If somebody is far, a few thousand kilometres away, but they follow
Gurudev's instruction, they are the best servitors. My only request to you is
preach. Whoever you meet, you can tell them one-two words about the Lord,
about spiritual matter."
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17 August 2011
Preaching Mahaprabhu's Conception
"Good preaching is not so many things. How did Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
preach? He had three types of preaching—a high conception, a middle
conception, and a simple conception." (Including the three types of
faith, and the practising path cornerstones.)
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20 August 2011
Emporium of All Rasa
"In Krishna-lila, everything is there—santa-, dasya-, sakhya-,
vatsalya-, madhura-rasa—that is why Krishna is considered the
Supreme Personality of Godhead."
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21 August 2011
What Is Service?
"If Gurudev tells us to do something and we think, 'This is not service,'
then we do not actually understand what is service; and if somebody thinks,
'This is service,' then they are following their mind. That is why some of
the devotees cannot reach their own goal."
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Starting Siliguri
Branch
"In 2004, when Gurudev was in America, some Gaudiya Math invited me to
Siliguri. That year Gurudev was in hospital in America and before going to
the operation theatre, he called me and then I asked him for
permission..."
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Purpose of Life
"The purpose of life is that you are born to serve the Lord. Every
jiva soul takes birth for the service to the Lord, but not every
jiva soul can do it on their own. Everything must be used for the
service of the Lord, but only human life can use all jiva souls for
this purpose."
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Service vs Karma
"Question: My purpose of life is service to the Lord, but what is
service and what is not service? How to distinguish between these two
things?"
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Nurturing Spiritual Life
"Our natural tendency is towards materialistic life, we are actually inclined
to these things, but how can we convert our mind?—If Krishna gives His mercy
to you, He will bring you—you do not know how, but you will come to this
line."
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Our Enemies
"There are actually many enemies, and we must realise what they are. For
example, Gurudev told me three things; there are also four rules and
regulations; later, there come six more enemies; and there are other five
things also."
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22 August 2011 (Sri Krishna Janmastami, online class for devotees in Caracas)
Sri Krishna Janmastami:
Our Fortune and Focus
"We feel very fortunate today to have got a bona fide guru and we are
spending this day for Lord. Many people have a holiday today and are enjoying
with material things, but Krishna's devotees' enjoyment is for Krishna. That
is their hope, that is their fortune."
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Be Great. Be Strong
"Stay together, continue preaching movement, invite devotees. I am very happy
with your preaching. You can go to other countries from time to time—to
Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and so on. You can travel everywhere and preach.
You will be an example for the whole world."
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My Hope
"Whatever you get as one hour's salary each day, keep it in your bank and
that will be your deposit for your spiritual life. Use yourself and engage
others in service of the Lord. That is my hope and prayer."
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22 August 2011 (Sri Krishna Janmastami class for devotees in the Philippines)
Sri Krishna Janmastami:
Service Festival
"We should actually be more affectionate with Nanda Maharaj and Yasoda.
Tomorrow is actually the main day—today we are fasting for the Lord, but
tomorrow we are making a festival for Nanda Maharaj."
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Krishna's Childhood
Pastimes
"Although Krishna lived in Nanda-gram, He spent much time playing with His
cowherd boyfriends in Gokul. He showed so many things in His pastimes—He
played with cows and dust of Vrindavan (dhuli-khela), He ate soil, He killed
demons..."
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Essential Service
"Krishna Himself comes in the form of the Guru, and if we do not understand
the Guru, then we cannot understand anything. Sadhu-sanga does not
mean eating with the sadhu, sleeping with the
sadhu—sadhu-sanga means following the sadhu's order,
instruction."
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Proper Channel and
Approach
"We do not go directly to Lord Krishna or Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu—we go for
association, we go to great Vaishnavs, then our Guru. This is how we go to
the Lord Himself. If you take another train, it will not fulfil your desire
and take you to your goal."
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Straight Line
"Krishna's Name, this Hare Krishna maha-mantra, is nondifferent from the
Lord. Krishna's Name, beauty, pastimes, associates are non-different from
Krishna Himself, and only Krishna Himself or His associates can give Krishna,
can give Krishna's Name to others."
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22 August 2011 (Sri Krishna Janmastami)
Sri Krishna
Janmastami: Celebrate and Realise
"What we are making the Janmastami festival for? To show ourselves and our big ego?
No, we are making this festival to give much nourishment to the devotees through
Hari-katha, through Krishna-katha, by giving good things to them."
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5 September 2011 (Sri Radhastami)
Sri Radhastami:
Capture the Captor
"If we cannot capture Gurudev, who is nondifferent from Srimati Radharani, we
cannot capture Krishna, the Lord. How can we capture Srimati Radharani?
Through Her servants. We must observe this day today very carefully, very
respectfully, with our heart and soul."
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Sri Radhastami:
Worship with Extreme Care
"How to worship Radharani—how? Gurudev said, 'You must walk in Radharani's
place on your head, not on your legs.' It is that kind of place, but how can we
see it?"
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Entering Krishna's World
"Wherever you look, you cannot see anything other than Krishna—this kind of
feeling should come. But how can we see this? Our mind is always in the
illusory environment, and whatever senses we have, it is all full of
material, illusory environment..."
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Cultivating the Heart
"If you want to grow some fruit trees or some other trees and plants in a
jungle, you must first prepare the place. You must first clean the place,
then cultivate and plant—otherwise if you plant something in a jungle, it
will not grow."
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6 September 2011
When the Family Is
Against
Not everyone is placed within favourable to Krishna consciousness circumstances. His
Divine Grace gives guidance to those who find themselves among those who try to
obstruct their devotional practice.
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9 September 2011 (speaking online to devotees in Brazil)
A Very Special Day (1)
"We always search for the Lord, but the illusory environment always attacks
us... The Lord Himself finds His servants, His children through His devotees.
So, when you say that she is asking for initiation it means Krishna has found
a servant through you."
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A Very Special Day (2)
"If you chant this Holy Name constantly and without offence, you will get
result quickly, as soon as possible and Krishna will reveal in your heart,
you will be successful in your spiritual life..."
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9 September 2011
The Time of Your Lives
"We got many bodies in our previous lives, but why did we get a human body?
Before, Krishna sent me in a cat's body, in a dog's body, why did He not send
me in a cat's body this time? What is this life for? Eating, sleeping,
enjoying? Yes, enjoy, but enjoy with..."
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Spiritual Reinforcement
"If somebody tells you something, will you believe that or will you believe
what your Guru says? You must ask yourself this question. A strong faith
means a strong foundation—if you do not have a strong foundation, there
will be no devotion."
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Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu: The
All-Rounder
"Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu did everything alone—he cooked, did puja,
cleaned the temple, brought water from the Yamuna, and also did personal
service to his Guru. He was busy with his service from morning to night, and
did everything alone."
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Your True Well-Wisher
"Sometimes your mind tells you something, but you should not follow your
mind. If something bad comes to your mind, say to yourself, 'Oh, it is not
good. Why will I do that? It will damage my life. I will chant, I will read
a book at this time instead.'"
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Poison, Wood, and
Sugarcane
"Surrender must be sincere, not pretending: we pay our full obeisance to
Gurudev, but when we get up we do whatever our mind wants to do and do not
follow our Guru."
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Life's Necessity
"Sing the songs and read the translation to understand their meaning, chant
the Holy Name constantly—when somebody chants, listens to lectures,
reads Gurudev's lectures, I am very happy to see that, it gives me
pleasure."
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11 September 2011
Withdrawal of Srila Haridas
Thakur
"On this day Mahaprabhu gave a great festival for Haridas Thakur; on this day
Haridas Thakur left this world. Actually, Haridas Thakur is always with
us—he did not leave this world, only his body left..."
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18 September 2017: (speaking online to devotees in Colombia)
Flourish and Nurture
Others
"If your foundation is very strong, then your devotional activities will last
a very long time. Preaching movement is our life. We promised to the Lord
that we would serve Him, and our mouth, our tongue, eyes, ears, etc. are all
for the service of the Lord."
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Healthy
Temple: Preaching and Service
"I am very happy with this new place in Bogota. Always preach there as much
as possible. Run the centre like a temple—do the programmes every day,
arrange for our small altar, make some programme, somebody will do puja,
somebody will cook, and so on. If you can continue in this way, it is
good."
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24 September 2011 (speaking on the phone to devotees in
Singapore)
My Goal and Hope
"...Gurudev wanted it, and I must fulfil his desire. I did not come to the
temple to get Krishna or to get Radharani. I only came to the temple to make
my Guru happy. That is my goal. We may be few, but we have quality—that is
what is important."
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25 September 2011 (speaking to the devotees in
Salt Lake City, USA)
Superior Vision
"Our line is Rupanuga sampradaya line—Srila Gurudev and Srila Guru
Maharaj are holding this line and we are trying to serve them. You must
remember Gurudev's words. Where we live is not a question—the main thing is
that we must maintain our practising life."
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Adjust Your Angle
"If we stay together, there is bound to be some fighting, but we only
think about our own benefit, our own enjoyment—we do not
think about big matter. Instead, we take small, simple matter as something
big. This is not a good idea—this is actually lack of faith."
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Taking Path Back Home
"Lord Krishna cannot always come Himself, that is why He sends a devotee as a
medium. This devotee directs the souls, 'This is the road, follow this path,
walk, walk, walk, and you will get your Father—you will get your own, real
home!' We have got everything..."
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28 September 2011 (Skype to London Sri Vyasa Puja day)
Sri Vyasa Puja Day: A Happy
Day
"Today is a very happy day for me: everybody is giving their mercy to me.
Also, I can see all the devotees today, they are happily enjoying the
programme and glorifying Gurudev. That is my thing—I do not want my
glorification, I always want to glorify my Guru."
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Fending Maya Off: Nourish
Others, Protect Yourself
"Call devotees and bring them to the temple, help them keep connection.
Maya is very powerful, but when devotees are with devotees,
maya always runs away. We must worry about our quality. We can be
small, but our line should be perfect."
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28 September 2011 (Afternoon class on Sri Vyasa Puja day)
Kirtans: Vandana • Gurudev krpa bindu diya • Oh vaisnava thakura
dayara sagara • Akrodha paramananda Nityananda Ray • Avatara sara
Gora avatara • Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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My Great Fortune and Hope
"Actually I do not know when my birth day is, but Gurudev told me, 'This is
your birth day,' and that is why devotees celebrate this day. Celebrating
means what? Celebrating means devotees are giving mercy to me on this day and
I am becoming indebted to them."
•
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Sankirtan Yajna—Soul of
Preaching
"Where it is allowed, you must do sankirtan in the street—there may be
only five of you, but if you do sankirtan, people will come, even
birds, beasts, trees will get benefit through your kirtan. If you sit
in your house, no one will come—start the fire, wind will come."
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8 October 2011
Raghunath Das Goswami's
Path
"We have no qualification to serve the Vaishnavs. If we do not got mercy from
Vaishnavs, we cannot get service from the Vaishnavs. That is why we always
make Vaishnavs' disappearance festivals and remember such days."
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Highest Designation
"We do not want to be a master, we do not want to be a Guru—we want to be a
servant of the servant. This is the most important thing in our spiritual
life. If we can become a servant of a Vaishnav, that is the highest, that is
the best qualification..."
• Download
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Raghunath Das Goswami's
Pastimes: Nectar of Devotion
"In Mahaprabhu's time, and even after that, everybody wanted to be a servant.
Das Goswami Prabhu, Jiva Goswami Prabhu, and others, were all servants. If
you hear about Srila Raghunath Das Goswami's pastimes you will get
nectar."
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Humble and Chaste
Service
"Wherever they are living now, we only want them to allow us to serve their
associates, associates of our Gurudev, and our Guru. We do not want to enter
their party, but we only want their service as a dog..."
• Download
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9 October 2011 (speaking online with devotees in
London)
Wholehearted Engagement
"This day is a day of Vaishnav seva. Srila Raghunath Das Goswami
Prabhu taught us what must be the quality of a Vaishnav and what must be the
quality of your practising. What Das Goswami Prabhu showed, how he himself
practised, is an example for us."
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Vaishnav's Quality
"Srila Raghunath Das Goswami Prabhu taught us how we must practise, how
Vaishnav's quality will come. When he was a young boy, Mahaprabhu taught him,
"Do not talk any nonsense talks, do not listen to nonsense things, and do not
eat so much opulent food..."
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Take Care
"One is never sick, only one's mind can be sick. Gurudev does everything. If
we think, 'I am doing it,' or, 'I am doing everything, it will not run
without me!' it means some ego is coming to us, and that is a big problem for
us."
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Deceptive Looks
Three succinct examples of how Vaishnavs go far beyond what meets the common
eye:
• Remembering Pundarik Vidyanidhi and Gadadhar Pandit • Mercy
tolerates no pride • Purity of motive behind an externally pious
action.
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(1.4 Mb, 4 min)
16 October 2011 (speaking online with devotees in
Canada)
Our Spiritual Lifestyle
"Gurudev said, 'Anywhere you stay, you must maintain your spiritual life.'
You can make your family Krishna's family. It does not matter where we live,
we can live anywhere, it is not a problem. What is necessary is to maintain
our spiritual life."
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Cementing Your Faith
"It is necessary to have strongest faith. Strongest faith comes through
service, through practising. Our faith will be strong if we follow Gurudev's
instruction. If you do not believe Gurudev's words, then you will gradually
lose your faith."
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Practise and Preach
"Everybody works, I also work, but what do we work for? Work is for the
service to the Guru. If you offer everything to Gurudev, then it becomes
service. And preach—you will be benefitted and they will be benefitted
through you."
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16 October 2011 (speaking to devotees in Ecuador)
"Take Me As Your Own"
"We are in the same family. You are in my heart. If you can take me, with
love and affection, as your servant, as your own man, that is my happiness,
that is my joy. I am a bad boy, but devotees keep me in their hearts. It is
my very good luck and good fortune."
•
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Seize Substance
"I want devotees who try heart and soul, who not only serve with their body,
but with their mind and heart. It is not necessary to show false
renunciation. I like the householder devotees who serve properly, who
maintain their spiritual life and try to fulfil Gurudev's desire."
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Sravan, Kirtan are Main
"Sravanam and kirtanam are the main things for the proper
practice. If somebody cannot understand Bhagavatam or
Chaitanya-charitamrita properly, it is not a problem, they can sing
some songs."
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16 October 2011 (speaking to devotees in Italy)
Preaching: Our Duty and Very
Life
"A devotee's life is preaching—chanting the Holy Name, sravanam,
kirtanam. Without preaching devotee cannot stay alive, they cannot
live. You are preaching through this line—that is your Krishna consciousness,
that is your spiritual life."
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Practice: Steadfast and
Exclusive
"Faith may come, and faith may be lost. If you do not have the strongest
faith, then you will automatically lose your faith because of the lack of
practising. Our line must be proper and perfect."
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Preaching: Broad-Minded but not Blind
"I do not want to have more parties, I do not want anybody to be on my side.
I saw
somebody wanted to disturb Gurudev's mission in Gurudev's time, and now it is
also going on. We must be careful and run the preaching movement
properly."
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16 October 2011 (speaking to devotees in Delhi)
Proper Adjustment: Entering Viddhi-Marga
"We must realise that we are very unqualified. It is necessary to have proper
adjustment and to serve properly. We must follow some viddhi-marga
because if we practise raga-marga, we will become sahajiyas."
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Headstrong and Prudent
"Why must failure come in your life? I cannot tolerate it. When you do
something, do it properly. We are wasting our time on talking, gossiping, and
doing many things not properly. If you read four-five hours every day, you
can easily pass the exam. But if you are sitting in front of the book
thinking about other things in your mind, then how will you learn
anything?"
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Ego and Faith Do Not
Coexist
"Krishna Himself said, 'If you can come one step to Me, I will come ten steps
to you.' It is necessary to believe it. He also says, 'If you think about Me,
I will think about you.' If, however, we think about ourselves, then Krishna
says, 'You are already fulfilled, why will I come to help you?' This is
ego."
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Delhi: Fulfil Gurudev's
Desire
"I do not want to give him sannyas. He is doing so much service, but
if we make him a sannyasi, he will have to always sit in the house—I
do not want that. I want to use him to fulfil Gurudev's desire! But I want to
see this desire fulfilled in my lifetime."
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16 October 2011 (Speaking to devotees in Salt Lake City)
Hoarding Hazard
"If you not donate the knowledge you have, if you do not use the money you
have for the service to Guru and Vaishnavs, it will make a problem for you
later. This is what Gurudev teaches us. When money comes to you for the
service to the temple, you must use that money for the service to the temple,
otherwise that money will make a problem for you."
• Download
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It Is All About
Consciousness
"If you like family life, it is not a problem, but if you stay in a family
life, make your family Krishna's family. You are working, but you must work
for the Deities, for the devotees. That is life, and that will be my
happiness if you can live in this way."
• Download
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Run After Mahaprabhu
"'When will that day come?'—it is not necessary to show anything, it is
necessary to feel it only in your heart and soul. You can show it through
love and affection—keep devotees in your heart and devotees should keep you
in their hearts."
• Download
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22 October 2011 (Speaking to devotees in Caracas)
The Root of Our Fortune
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj came in this world to rescue us, and he
created our Guru—by his grace we have got shelter of our bona fide
Guru. So, we must worship his lotus feet."
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Srila
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj: Intimate Friend and More
"Srila Prabhupad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj gave much respect to Srila
Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. You know when Srila Sridhar Maharaj and our
Gurudev were in Kolkata, they lived together with A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Maharaj for many years..."
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23 October 2011 (Speaking to devotees in New York City)
Exclusive Channel
"We have no eyes to recognise who is a great Vaishnav, who is a great bona
fide Guru, but Srila Guru Maharaj told us Srila Govinda Maharaj was the Guru,
then we can understand it and we must fulfil the desire of that main
Vaishnav, great Vaishnav saint."
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Srila Guru Maharaj's
Glory and Pastimes
"Srila Sridhar Maharaj's godbrothers, went to Hapaniya and they said that it
was non-different from Varsana, Radharani's birthplace. Some of his
godbrothers said he was non-different from Rupa Goswami. This is the kind of
honour they all gave to him..."
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Srila Guru Maharaj's Line
"If he had stayed in Vrindavan, he would not have made any disciples—how
would we have come to his shelter then? How would we have got our Guru? He
came to Nabadwip and created Srila Govinda Maharaj, our Gurudev..."
• Download
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Engage Yourself—and
Others
"You can preach, practise sravanam, kirtanam, engage in the
preaching movement and increase our society there, I hope for that, and I
also hope that you will preach in the proper way, following the proper
channel. Engage others in service."
• Download
13 November 2011
Devotion In Motion
"We have got this human body for sravanam, kirtanam: chanting and
dancing. This opportunity does not come all the time, so we must use this
body for preaching Krishna consciousness. If you practise in this way, your
life will be glorious."
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13 November 2011
Preaching Guidance: Main
Priority
"You must give priority to sankirtan, that will be good for you.
Through sankirtan you can conquer everything. Do not lose your time.
Day after day we are losing our time, but we must use it properly—for the
service to Guru, Gauranga, and Nityananda."
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Preaching
Guidance: Keen and Careful
"Prabhupad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that if want to make
somebody a devotee, you have to shed gallons and gallons of blood. Like, if a
patient is going to die and needs blood, you need to give your blood to save
them."
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Preaching
Guidance: Angry, Passive, and Challenging
How to preach to angry people? Is it enough for people to just hear the Name
of Krishna and get benefit through that? How to answer those who challenge
referring to what others do?
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Service Target
Question: It is said in the scriptures we cannot attain anything without the
mercy of the spiritual master, how can we know that our service or our
intention is reaching the heart of Gurudev?
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13 November 2011 (Speaking to the devotees in Singapore)
Practise and
Preach—More
"Everybody should be together, it is good, and practise—if there is a lack of
practice, then you will lose your faith. Practice makes perfect. Otherwise,
without proper practice, we cannot proceed in our spiritual life."
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Be Small to Be Big
"We must be always humble and tolerant with our own men. We
do not want to learn from others, we always want to teach others—everybody
wants to be a prabhu, but not everybody wants to be a servant, that is the
main problem in our spiritual life..."
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Fortune Favours the
Brave
"Everybody must have some responsibility—the more one does, the more one
gets. Gurudev is always ready to answer your hankering, to fulfil any desire
you have. If you have desire, mercy will come, and you must remember: no
service—no mercy."
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Devotion Comes from
Devotion
"I am telling this to everybody: worship Tulasi—if you have no Deity, if you
do not offer bhog at an altar, you can always bhog to Tulasi.
And one more thing: pants, shirts, etc. are for the office. When you do
devotional activities, Tulasi beads, dhoti, tilak are
necessary."
• Download
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19 November 2011 (Speaking to the devotees in Malaysia)
Practise and
Preach—Properly
"You must give more importance to sankirtan. Our problem is that we do
not practise properly. We are fortunate souls—we have got initiation from
Gurudev, we received the seed of devotion, but we are not taking proper care
of it..."
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Devotion: It Is About
Mood
"Service mood means acting under the guidance of your Gurudev—you must follow
what Gurudev says. It is not necessary to think about anything else. 'I do
not know what will be good for me, I will follow what Gurudev says'—that is
called service."
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Preach by Example
"If I do not use this body for service to my Guru, then it is not necessary
to keep this human body, I can easily live in a cow's body, a dog's body or a
cat's body then. Practise properly, then you will be perfect. Wherever you
live, you must maintain your practising life. Do not forget your practising
life!"
• Download
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Keep Your Promise—Until
Death
"You take the medicine one day, another day you do not take it, or you take
it for seven days and then stop—you must take this medicine until death, then
you will be cured. The medicine may be bitter, may not have a good taste, but
still you must take it."
• Download
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5 December 2011 (Addressing students and youths)
Born to Thrive
"We must understand that we are a jiva soul and just as we always
change our clothes, we also always change our bodies. What is this body for?
It is not only for eating and sleeping and enjoying your whole life, and life
after life, birth after birth..."
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Fundamentals of
Krishna Consciousness
"I am telling to everybody: practise, keep good association, and maintain
your family life. Family life is not a problem, but it must be Krishna's
family. Make your family a family of Krishna, and avoid bad habits."
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11 December 2011 (Morning Bengali class, adhivas of Srila
Gurudev's Vyasa Puja)
Sri Guru: Merciful
Shelter
"We got this human body, but we did not do what a human should be doing. We
were spending our life busy with eating, sleeping, mating, defending (dogs,
goats, cats, sheep, etc. do all this and we did the same), but our Gurudev
has brought us to this path..."
Practise Carefully
"That is why we have fallen into the illusory environment—we forget the Lord,
we forget the real thing and run here and there... Remember this. It is my
prayer to you all—you have all had darshan of Gurudev, but now it is
necessary to practise."
Practise. Serve. Believe.
"You have come here to serve the Lord and you have come to a real, bona fide
Guru. This is your Math, you have received so much blessing from Gurudev. You
must think that this Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math is a ship, and the captain
of this ship is Gurudev. If we can stay on this ship, we can reach the place
that this ship is taking us to."
11 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."
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22 December 2011
Under Control
To talk about others, enjoy nice food, clothes, sex, get angry, take pride in
yourself, and nurture material desires is not spiritual life—spiritual
life is when your Guru controls your life, not your mind.
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The News
"You do not know but Krishna Himself has come to this world, appearing in
Nabadwip under the name of Sri Krishna Chaitanya. He came to rescue
us—to rescue the souls like you and me!"
• or
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Sweet Dreams
"If Krishna calls, I am going, but those who are sleeping will sleep through
the whole of their life. They will not be able to get there—they will
come and go and will always sleep."
• or
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"I Want Purity"
"Gurudev gave me this position, and I am a serious Guru. I want to bring
Srila Sridhar Maharaj's culture here again. If I die, it is not a problem,
but I will bring Srila Sridhar Maharaj's pure conception."
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ON THIS PAGE:
JANUARY
• Proper Utilisation
• Sannyas Lila: Roaming the Land
• Sannyas Lila: Breaking the Staff
• Meeting Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya
• Strong Desire
• Do Not Fear Service
• Service without Attachment
MARCH
• Vigraha Is Not a Doll
• Take Care of Your Seed
JUNE
• Parama
Karuna Nitai Gaurachandra
JULY
• Practise Tolerance
• Festival of Solemn
Service
• Our Mission, Our Life
• Encroaching and Poaching
• Sankirtan Movement
• Spiritual Management
• Zest for Sankirtan
• United We Stand
• Service Drive
• Smooth and
Strong Preaching
• Clear Vision, Full Faith
AUGUST
• Path to Service
• Niskam Bhakti: With Heart and Soul
• Inspired Service
• Embrace and Nurture
• Do You See What I See?
• Service Mentality
• Desire to Serve
• "Wake up! Arise! Come with
us!"
• Do Not Be Misled
• Eternal Servants—Eternal
Service
• Simple and Sincere
• Fools' Enjoyment
• Continuous Service
• Tend to Your Foundation
• Appreciate Your Fortune
• Baladev Purnima: A Special Day
• Baladev Purnima:
Double Festival in Russia
• Be Alert and Assiduous
• Temple Management
Scheme (1)
• Temple Management Scheme
(2)
• Source of Joy
• Sravan-Kirtan:
Heart of Preaching Movement
• Best Servitor
• Preaching
Mahaprabhu's Conception
• Emporium of All Rasa
• What Is Service?
• Starting Siliguri
Branch
• Purpose of Life
• Service vs Karma
• Nurturing Spiritual
Life
• Our Enemies
• Sri Krishna
Janmastami: Our Fortune and Focus
• Be Great. Be Strong
• My Hope
• Sri Krishna
Janmastami: Service Festival
• Krishna's Childhood
Pastimes
• Essential Service
• Proper Channel and
Approach
• Straight Line
• Sri Krishna
Janmastami: Celebrate and Realise
SEPTEMBER
• Sri Radhastami:
Worship with Extreme Care
• Sri Radhastami:
Capture the Captor
• Entering Krishna's World
• Cultivating the
Heart
• When the Family Is
Against
• A Very Special Day (1)
• A Very Special Day (2)
• The Time of Your Lives
• Spiritual
Reinforcement
• Srila Jiva Goswami
Prabhu: The All-Rounder
• Your True Well-Wisher
• Poison, Wood, and
Sugarcane
• Life's Necessity
• Withdrawal of Srila
Haridas Thakur
• Flourish and Nurture
Others
• Healthy
Temple: Preaching and Service
• My Goal and Hope
• Superior Vision
• Adjust Your Angle
• Taking Path Back Home
• Sri Vyasa Puja Day: A Happy
Day
• Fending Maya Off: Nourish
Others, Protect Yourself
• My Great Fortune and Hope
• Sankirtan Yajna—Soul of
Preaching
OCTOBER
• Raghunath Das
Goswami's Path
• Highest Designation
• Raghunath Das Goswami's
Pastimes: Nectar of Devotion
• Humble and Chaste
Service
• Wholehearted Engagement
• Vaishnav's Quality
• Take Care
• Deceptive Looks
• Our Spiritual
Lifestyle
• Cementing Your Faith
• Practise and Preach
• "Take Me As Your Own"
• Seize Substance
• Sravan, Kirtan are Main
• Preaching: Our Duty and Very
Life
• Practice: Steadfast and
Exclusive
• Preaching: Broad-Minded but not Blind
• Proper Adjustment: Entering Viddhi-Marga
• Headstrong and Prudent
• Ego and Faith Do Not
Coexist
• Delhi: Fulfil Gurudev's
Desire
• Hoarding Hazard
• It Is All About
Consciousness
• Run After Mahaprabhu
• The Root of Our
Fortune
• Srila
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj: Intimate Friend and More
• Exclusive Channel
• Srila Guru Maharaj's
Glory and Pastimes
• Srila Guru Maharaj's
Line
• Engage Yourself—and
Others
NOVEMBER
• Devotion In Motion
• Preaching Guidance: Main
Priority
• Preaching
Guidance: Keen and Careful
• Preaching
Guidance: Angry, Passive, and Challenging
• Service Target
• Practise and
Preach—More
• Be Small to Be Big
• Fortune Favours the
Brave
• Devotion Comes from
Devotion
• Practise and
Preach—Properly
• Devotion: It Is About
Mood
• Preach by Example
• Keep Your Promise—Until
Death
DECEMBER
• Born to Thrive
• Fundamentals of
Krishna Consciousness
• Sri Guru: Merciful
Shelter
• Practise Carefully
• Practise. Serve. Believe.
• Sri Vyasa Puja
Offering
• Under Control
• The News
The Devotee and the
Barber
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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.
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