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2012
12 January & 21 September 2012
Sri Bamunpara Dham
"Actually, I first came to this place in 1993. Gurudev told me, 'If you want
to do something in my birthplace, first make a house for Gopinath, I will be
very happy.' Gurudev ordered it to me, and I did it..."
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22 January 2012 (class in Guntur, AP)
Vaishnav-Seva: Highlight
of Life
"You must always do Vaishnav seva—without service to the Vaishnavs we
cannot proceed in our spiritual life. How can you do Vaishnav seva?
Vaishnav seva means following the order and advice that a Vaishnav
gives you."
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22 January 2012 (class in Nandigram, AP)
Tracing Our Roots
"We have all come from the same family. Wake up! This is not your real home!
How many days will you stay here? We have all come from the same place—you
have come from Me, and I have come to take you there!"
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Serve, Chant, Remember
"We keep coming and going, we are always changing our address, but now that
we have got a human body. If a fortunate soul can take and chant the Holy
Name, they can go to their real home, it will not be necessary for them to
suffer any more."
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This Is Your Medicine, Take
It
"So, I am praying to everybody—Mahaprabhu brought Harinam-sankirtan,
this is your medicine, take it. If you take this medicine, you will be
rescued from this world. When you get a good doctor and good medicine, your
disease will be removed. How is it possible?"
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Devotion to Devotees
"You must serve the devotees. Gurudev said, 'If you serve devotees, Krishna
will come and serve you.' Why is it necessary to take initiation, why is it
necessary to take a Guru? Why do we go to the temple?"
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Priceless Wealth
"Many years ago, there was one brahmin who worshipped Lord Siva. One
day, Lord Siva became very happy with his meditation and asked him, 'What do
you want?' The brahmin said, 'I want some money'"...
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Captured by
Heart, Not Kartals
"You know that Radharani did not study at Cambridge or Oxford
University—simply through service, through chanting, She captured the heart
of Krishna. When you go to Goloka Vrindavan, there will be no kartals,
no mridanga, only clapping and chanting."
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Power of Surrender—and
Faith
"The Lord can change everything. You think something is impossible, but
nothing is impossible, anything can happen. But it all depends upon your
faith. If you have the strongest faith and you surrender fully, then you will
get a real benefit."
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Initiation—Surrender of Heart
"If somebody wants to take this Holy Name, I am ready—Gurudev gave me this
position to serve you all. It is not necessary to bring money, you can bring
a few fruits, this is sufficient. We are not asking anyone for money—we are
asking for your love and affection."
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23 January 2012 (Khammam, South India)
Cultivate Your Heart
"It is necessary to cultivate your heart, to make it fertile. You have got a
good seed, and you must increase, must grow your bhakti-lata-bij
through sravanam-kirtanam. Only by chanting the Holy Name can you get
the real benefit and go to your real home..."
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A Shift In Objective
"Worshipping Lord Ramachandra was in Treta-yuga, but we live not in
Treta-yuga—we live in Kali-yuga and we must know what is the dharma of
Kali-yuga. It is not like the tradition to come to a temple, pay
dandavat and go. We must practise properly."
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Different Perspective
"If you want to get great things, you must give up small things. We always
run behind kanak (money), kamini (companions), and pratistha (name and fame),
always worry, "How will I get everything?" But we have only three
duties..."
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The Proof of the Pudding
"You should come and practise. It is not necessary to think so much—you will
not get the taste just by watching a football match, you must come and play
football, play and enjoy with us!"
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South India: Coconuts and
Liberation
Why do they offer coconuts to the Lord? Does breaking coconuts symbolise
breaking the ego? If we want to go to heaven, what are the necessary
qualifications? Why is bhakti necessary?
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2012
Control the Root
"This is my advice, my prescription. If you follow this prescription, you
will be successful in your spiritual life."
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Unknown date
The Disciple's Mood and
the Guru's Power
(English and Bengali) A sincere disciple's service mood (no matter what
their background may be) can capture the heart of Sri Guru and bring all
auspiciousness—and what is the power of Sri Guru? Two simple stories
with a profound purport.
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Unknown date
Perfect Character
"We sing [these songs], but it is not only singing—we have to
practise it. Without practising we cannot become perfect." Srila B.N.
Acharya Maharaj speaks on the main qualities that are necessary for a
sincere practitioner to nurture, and the main source of problems that is
necessary to carefully avoid.
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2012
Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu
"I have no power to say what kind of devotion to his Guru Jiva Goswami
had. Jiva Goswami's service cannot be compared to anyone's service.
Whatever order he would get, he would place it on his head and do it all
the time—his mind never went to any other place."
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26 February 2012
Initiation into
Chanting of the Holy Name
An extensive talk given prior to Hari-nam initiation, explaining the goal,
the path, and the means of attaining the highest benefit in one's spiritual
life, as well as the primary practices of a sincere disciple.
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28 February 2012
Knock, Knock! (Ahvana Poem)
"Who is your friend? Your friend has come to your house as a beggar and prays
to you, 'Please chant the Name of Krishna! Come with us!' Just like a beggar
he comes to you, but you cannot recognise him."
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"I am
touching your feet—please come!"
"Gurudev says, 'I am folding my hands, I am touching your feet—please come at
Gaura Purnima!' How many more times will you come to this world? Those who do
this Nabadwip Dham parikrama with devotees do no have to wander any
longer in these three worlds."
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Commit Yourself to
Practice
"Will the disease be cured just by coming to the doctor's house (or by the
doctor coming to your house)? You must take the medicine—you must chant,
always chant the Holy Name; wherever you are, chant the Holy Name of
Krishna."
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Poison and Medicine
"If you chant, your disease will be cured. If I chant the Holy Name, what is
it to you? You will not get benefit from it. It is not enough to hear about
Krishna consciousness, it is necessary to practise it."
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Goloka Is Service Land
"Where is Goloka Vrindavan? In your house. How is it possible? It is
possible if you serve the Lord every day. If you only say, 'Gurudev, Gurudev,
mercy, mercy,' and only sit and chant, it will not do. You must always engage
in bhajan, and bhajan means service."
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Vaishnava-Vandana:
Service Track
"What happen if you do not follow the line? It says you must give up
karma. Does it mean you must give up your job, you must stop cooking,
eating, etc.? What does it mean? What is service? If you want to do service,
who should you remember?"
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Been There, Heard That
"What will I hear at the class? They say one and the same thing every day,
every sannyasi says the same thing—I am not this body, I am
atma. I know all this! Why will I go to the class?"
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Service Will Take You
Home
"This house is not your house. Where is home? You have lost your address and
I have come to take you to your own home. In the place where I have come
from, the Lord is crying there for us—for us, His lost children."
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Maya Family or
Chaitanya Saraswat Family?
"This family's name is Chaitanya Saraswat Family. If you can stay in this
family, then you will be able to chant the Holy Name together, as a member of
the family, in the place where this family is."
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9 March 2012
Come to your home
"You have to be chaste, have to be clear. Take Gurudev's boat, and one day
that boat will take you to Vrindavan. You have to believe that."
Remember Where You Belong
To
"You must promise me now that if you go back to your home, you will serve the
Guru, Vaishnavs, Bhagavan, that you will practise properly. Do not go back to
the mundane world, do not go back to the attachment with the family
life."
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10 March 2012
Service Capacity
"Those who have much capacity, must use it. If you have some knowledge, you
have some capacity for preaching but do not preach, it is a hellish position.
Preaching is our life; without preaching it is kaitava, cheating."
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Practise with Affection
"What did Prabhupad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur re-introduce saffron
for? Why did Prabhupad and Mahaprabhu make tilak, kanthi-mala,
following Ekadasi, and so on? It means that you must always practise
properly."
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Settle Your Heart in Service
"For so many years, so many births, we have been always moving around, but
now we must stop and settle in one place, that is in our own home. If you
think about Nabadwip, think about Mahaprabhu every day, then one day Krishna
will easily bring you here."
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Love Your Service
"Those of you who have some service, do not leave it! You get service by
fortune, remember it—your mercy, your connection with mercy is there.
Your mind always disturbs you, but you must not leave your service."
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5 May 2012
Lord Nrisinghadev
"'Please, remove the obstacles to pure devotion and bad elements from our
society'—that is our only prayer to Lord Nrisinghadev."
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12 May 2012
The Soul's Misery
"Illusory environment means we are covered by an illusory net and we
forget everything. Overcoming this illusory environment will depend on the
quality of our surrender."
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Adosa-Darasi
"Gurudev said, 'If you criticise somebody, that fault will come to you.'
He did not want to hear anybody criticising or anybody being criticised.
Criticism takes one to a hellish position."
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Sadhu-Sanga:
Primary Practice
"Life is very short, we can die any time, so we must realise now
what we must do—what Srimad Bhagavatam says, what Srimad
Bhagavad-gita says—and follow that."
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Full Surrender
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj explains the six
limbs, constituents, of surrender.
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Reviving
Srila Prabhupad's Preaching
"...At that time Srila Sridhar Maharaj decided to go to Vrindavan and do
bhajan, but when he got some akash dhvani, "What did I give you sannyas
for? For your own self?" he hurried away from Vrindavan..."
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Reforming Others
Three educational stories from the life of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Thakur and his disciple Sripad B.D. Madhav Maharaj.
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Proper Positioning
It is not easy to take sannyas, but it is very easy to fall down: if you can
avoid kanak, kamini, pratistha and give them to their proprietors, then you
will have no problem and you will not fall down.
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27 May 2012
As Soon As Possible
"You are getting the seed, but it is not enough to only get the
seed—you must take care of it. You must always chant properly and
practise properly. That is my advice. You think you are getting initiation
and will go to Vaikuntha, but it is not possible without you practising."
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1 July 2012
Engage Yourself
In Service
"I am telling to everyone: always engage yourself in service. An idle brain
is the devil's workshop. These are not games, it is serious. Life is very
short, and we must take our service serious, we must take our life
serious..."
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Family
Foundation (1): Conception
"Your family may not always come to this line, but we all come from the same
family. You get a father and a mother in every life, but we get an honest
Guru only in this human body. So, you can preach to your family about this,
explain what this human body is for."
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Family
Foundation (2): Behaviour
"We are all family members, but we are not giving honour to each other. If
you yourself have the proper attitude and the proper behaviour, then others
will learn good behaviour from you..."
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Family Foundation (3):
Sacrifice
"I cannot tolerate it when devotees do not practise properly, when their
behaviour is not proper, and when they leave their husband, wife. Do not live
like cats and dogs. I am not against householder life, but if you get
married, practise an honest householder life."
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Chaturmasya
"Chaturmasya is good, but chaturmasya does not mean you must
keep a beard, grow long hair and not eat something, but secretly do nonsense.
This life is not for enjoyment only. You must be always careful with the
food..."
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8 July 2012
Fallen
Souls: Imitation, Ego, Faith
Imitation: "After passing the brahmachari age, it is your right, you
can get married. It is not bad, but it must be an honest householder
life."
Ego: "They do some service, but I am praying to the Lord that through
their service ego will not come."
Faith: "When you go fishing, you see fish in some place, but when you
throw the net some fish will swim away. Do not worry about that."
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Simple Preaching,
Simple Practice
"If you can only always chant this Harinam maha-mantra, it will give you a
great result. Through chanting you will get service, and when you get
service, that will be sufficient for you."
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"Please Forgive My
Offence"
"Everybody is different, and ego can come easily through some aparadh:
service aparadh, Vaishnav aparadh, etc. Actually, when we go too close, it is
very difficult, that is why we sing every day, 'Vando muni savadhana
mate, I carefully offer my obeisance.'"
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15 July 2012
Sri Guru's Joy and
Sadness
"When your preaching becomes more successful, when everyone proceeds in their
spiritual life, when everyone is happy and increasing their service and
spiritual life, then I become happy."
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Start the Fire
Answers to three question—accepting a guru, preaching to a child, and
the meaning of Namabhas. "You first start the fire, the wind will come!"
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Luchi Fried in
Kerosene
"If anybody comes from another temple, or another society, and you are giving
initiation to them, or you are recommending them for initiation, you must
think first and clarify them."
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Mahadvadasi
"Mahadvadasi means two tithis (lunar days) coincide on one day.
Ekadasi is auspicious, and mahadvadasi is even more auspicious,
that is why we observe it. You can fast more, but if you fast and sleep all
day and do not do any service, it is not good."
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Gross!
One of the grossest things a disciple can do: "At the time of taking
initiation we surrender to our Guru and promise him, 'I will serve you, I
will serve your mission.' But when after that they go to another temple and
do service there, they are just like a..."
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Great Expectations
"Always be humble, practise, and whatever result comes, Krishna will give it.
Do not hope for so many things, like, 'I want to go Goloka Vrindavan.' Your
duty is to only do service, to please your Guru."
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Make the
Festival, with Heart and Soul
"I am telling to everyone who is staying in the temple, to every centre: you
must make a festival for Srila Sridhar Maharaj. If you want to show that you
want to serve Srila Sridhar Maharaj, then make a good festival on this
day."
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19/20 July 2012 (Speaking to devotees in Caracas, on Srila
B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's disappearance festival)
Our Hope, Prayer, and
Promise
"We must promise on this day that we must stay in Srila Sridhar Maharaj's
Mission, Chaitanya Saraswat Math and all of its branches, we must keep
connection with his Mission and we must engage ourselves in the service to
his Mission. We must also promise one more thing on this day..."
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22 July 2012
Service Mood Brings
Service Joy
"If you serve realising that this kind of service fulfils your Gurudev's
desire and you feel pleasure and happiness coming to your mind and heart,
then you can understand that your service mood is proper."
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Bread of Life
"When I see people working so hard outside only for their food, I become sad.
I am praying for everybody—try to understand how valuable this human life.
You cannot even imagine how valuable this life is. If we lose this life on
some other job, it will be bad for everybody."
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Sharing, Shunning, and
Shirking
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj answers questions
about Srimad Bhakti Vinodaviraha Dasakam, detachment, and remembers naughty
childhood pastimes.
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Service to Tulasi
"If you can take care of your children, why can you not take care of Tulasi?
Krishna knows everything, He is merciful, and He will remove your offence,
but you must always cry, 'Prabhu, I do not know how to serve You! I am doing
what I can, and if it is Your wish, You can take my service...' This is the
service mood."
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To Be or Not to Be—No
Such Question
"Death is not a better option, it is actually worse for you. If we have
service to Krishna, then we must engage ourselves in His service—why should
we die? Krishna sends us here to serve Him, so we must chant His Name, we
must serve Him."
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Guru's Care for Mission
and Disciple
"Gurudev said so many things, gave so much advice for our spiritual life.
When I sat in front of him, I thought, 'His every single word is
everything—just one his word is my wealth, his every word is very important
for my spiritual life.'"
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Keep Yourself
Afloat
"Krishna always wants service from the devotees. Because of their bad
karma and because the illusory environment is very powerful,
maya always removes everybody from their service. If you can come out
of the illusory environment, Krishna again give you service."
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Perfect
Service Environment
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj is sharing his
vision on how to protect and arrange the service of an established and
growing community of devotees.
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Grace and Disgrace
(1) How can we help a devotee if they have false ego? "If such devotee
surrenders to Krishna, He alone can solve their problem." (2) What is the
real meaning of "His Divine Grace"? "His Divine Grace means Om Vishnupad,
non-different from Krishna."
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Offence and Sin: Committing, Removing,
Tolerating
Answering questions: What is the difference between an offence and a sin?
How can we know when Krishna forgives or removes our offence? If a devotee
feels unhappy when they are doing some service, does it mean that the Guru
also feels unhappy with their service?
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29 July 2012 (Speaking to devotees in London)
Path to Donkeyhood
"When you get involved with so much education, maya attacks you—it
brings bondage for your spiritual life, and too much education turns you into
a donkey. It is not my words—Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur said
'gadha.'"
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Loving Search for the Lost
Servant (1): Knock and Bow
"I may make a mistake, somebody else can make a mistake or the manager can
make a mistake, but why will we not go to the temple? Devotees always become
tired and they go to their own homes and do there whatever they want, but
this life is not meant for this."
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Loving Search
for the Lost Servant (2): Mercy above Justice
"'If by chance a servant falls down and goes somewhere else, glorious is that
master who captures him and brings him back by the hair.' We must try."
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Devotional Prudence
"Sometimes we go out, we go here and there and everywhere. Our mind is very
naughty, but we have some sumedha, subuddhi, so we must think, 'How
should I spend the rest of my life?'"
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Love for the Temple
"Many people come—some are bad, some are good—we must run with them. We do
not want to reject them, we must run the centre—anyhow we must try and try,
heart and soul. If we try for the Guru, Vaishnavs and Bhagavan, they will
look after us."
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Life Values
"In this life people work for themselves and for their family maintenance
from birth to death, they do not get time to even come to the temple to pay
dandavat. Krishna gave this human body only for service, so if you can
spend minimum 50% of this life on service, that will be good for your next
life."
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Malini Devi and
Vishvarup
"The name Srivas Pandit's wife is Malini Devi. You know, one time Malini
chastised Srivas Pandit. Once, Vishvarup Prabhu, Nimai's elder brother, came
to their house to ask Srivas Pandit for help..."
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Manage and Maintain
"Our life is like this—devotees always serve, always engage in preaching
movement, with sadhu-sanga and Nama-sankirtan. Always do
Harinam sankirtan in the street. If we try, we can manage everything,
it is not a problem."
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29 July 2012 (speaking to devotees in Venezuela)
Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu
(1)
"Tomorrow is Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu's and Srila Gauridas Pandit's
disappearance day. We want to say something about them because our Guru
Maharaj Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and our Gurupadpadma are
Rupanuga-dhara—they are holding Srila Rupa Goswami's flag."
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Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu
(2)
"We must all pray to Srila Rupa Goswami, 'Prabhu, wherever you are staying
now, please forgive our offences. Please engage us to serve your servant,
please tolerate us. Prabhu, please accept us as a dog at your lotus
feet!'"
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Gauri Das Pandit's
Pastimes
"Gauri Das Pandit is also a dearmost devotee of Nityananda Prabhu and a
dearmost devotee of Mahaprabhu. You know that one time Nityananda Prabhu and
Mahaprabhu went to Kalna, the area where Gauri Das Pandit lived..."
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Mercy Is Above Justice
"Gurudev is merciful, but it does not mean that one more chance will come to
everybody. Mercy is above justice, but not for everybody. The Guru can say,
'Come back to the temple,' but it does not mean you will think, 'OK, I can
make the same offence again!'"
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Unity Is Strength
"We joined Gurudev's mission because we want to serve. Somebody may not like
me, but Nitai Gaurachandra like my service, then what is the problem? I
cannot understand why I must run away from my service. Why should we fight
among each other?"
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Off Base
"I can give you all one example today. We never go to Vrindavan for
jhulan-yatra—it is sahajiyas' style and conception, it not our
conception. But once a brahmachari, one of Gurudev's disciples, wanted
to do some programme there at this time..."
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Ego and Ginger—Watch Out!
"(1) If somebody is doing some wrong, they must get some punishment, it is
necessary, but at the same time we always try to keep all the devotee at the
lotus feet of Gurudev, it is also necessary. (2) Do not use ginger in subjis.
It is not good for health, and not good for the devotional life also."
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5 August 2012
Satyavadi-gram: The Truthful
Village
"Once, Narad Goswami came to visit this visva brahmanda in a human body. He
was walking down a street when he came across one house..."
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17 September 2012 (Speaking online to devotees in
Turkey)
Fertile Ground
"You must practise every day. This is an instruction for everybody. Do not
think that you just take initiation and you have already reached Vaikuntha,
Goloka Vrindavan. It is impossible. I am giving you a seed, and you must take
care of it."
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22 September 2012 (Sri Lalita Saptami, speaking online to
devotees in Turkey)
Always Harmonise
"Our line is Krishna consciousness and practising more and more. Some
problems will come, something will always come up, but we must be always
ready to manage, to harmonise any situation."
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23 September 2012 (Sri Radhastami)
Sri Radhastami: Do
Not Cheat Yourself
"If you chant, 'Radhe, Radhe,' you will not get Radharani. It is necessary to
serve Radharani, that means to serve Gurudev. Radharani's lotus
feet are non-different from the lotus feet of Sri Guru. It is necessary to
know what the real service is."
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4 November 2012 (Disappearance of Srila Narottam Das Thakur
Mahasay)
Srila Narottam Das
Thakur: Our Guru, Our Protector, Our Shelter
"Narottam Das Thakur is our Guru-varga. If you think how much he tried to
preach, you will wonder, 'How is it possible?' You can understand how much he
preached and how he protected our line if you think about his songs."
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Srila Narottam Das
Thakur: Bona Fide Benefactor
"Who will you call a Guru? A Guru is not someone whose profession is to make
disciples, who only takes your money. The Guru gives a conception, gives some
wealth, property, with which you can go to your real home..."
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Srila Narottam Das Thakur's
Separation
"How did he leave his body? It was unbelievable. It happened on the
panchami (fifth) day of the Kartik month, that is today... One day, he
was chanting and the devotees could see that he was saying, 'I want to go, I
want to go.' He said this in front of everybody..."
• Download
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Srila Narottam Das Thakur: His
Mission in Bengal
"Three persons had promised to stay in Vrindavan, but they left their
promise and came to Bengal. When Narottam Das Thakur came to Bengal he found
so many great devotees who were not getting good association. He kept
Mahaprabhu's conception properly. We pray we can get some mercy and can serve
him, protect his line and preach about him."
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Beware of Maya
"After some days there will come Guru Maharaj's appearance festival. We must
honour his appearance day properly... Always, at all times, be alert, be
aware of Maya. Maya does not mean some girl or a woman..."
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Kirtans: • Ye anila prema-dhana • Hari haraye nama
krsna.
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7 November 2012 (Morning class)
Keep Yourself Busy with
Nama-sankirtan
"We must always keep ourselves busy with Nama-sankirtan. Always remember
this. We cannot even realise how the time goes by. We get minute after
minute, moment after moment, but we must use ourselves for the Lord, for His
service each moment. How?"
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Follow and Protect
"We have all come to this bona fide line not for enjoyment, we have come to
this line to serve the Lord. It is not only my responsibility, everybody
should take some responsibility to protect this Mission, this line. Engage
yourself according to your quality in the service of the Lord, in the service
to Gurudev."
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7 November 2012 (Evening class)
Attend to Kirtan—Attain
Kirtan
"Who can understand these songs? We cannot even understand 'trnad api
sunichena...' then can we proceed to the other songs? If we want to chant
the Name of Krishna, then we must become like this—trnad api
sunichena...—as we sing in this kirtan."
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When Will It Hit Home?
"So low, we have fallen into this material world and been averse to Krishna
since time immemorial, but the Lord sends His own man to us to take us all
back, 'Go, My child is in the bondage of illusion, he has forgotten
everything—go and bring him back!'"
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Check Your Heart
"If you get the Lord, you will get everything but instead of wanting the Lord
we want to enjoy, that is why we come to this world again and again. Guru
Maharaj said so many things, so many times—we must listen to what Gurudev
says."
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Wake Up! Wake Up!
"You have got this human life for a reason. If you get this rare human life
but do not practise as a human, you will again have to come and go, you will
again have to suffer so much."
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Math's Growing Glory
"Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj could see that this temple would become great
and many branches would spring up. And it happened. As Gurudev said, now the
sun never sets on Chaitanya Saraswat Math. This is the temple you have come
to, to serve the Lord..."
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Visiting Holy Places:
Pleasure Hunting?
"'The trouble of visiting holy places is simply a mental delusion—all
possible perfection is the feet of Govinda.' You can ask me, 'Maharaj, then
why are you going there, why are taking us with you?' Do you know the
answer?"
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Gurus and Brahmans: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
"Those who were raksasas in previous ages, have taken birth as
brahmanas in Kali-yuga to torment the physically weak saintly persons
who are engaged in the culture of hearing about the Lord. So, whatever
varna or asram you may belong to, if you do not worship Krishna
but engage in your prescribed duties, you will have to fall into a terrible
hell."
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Learn Krishna
Consciousness
"Gurudev said, 'If the Lord wants a singara, then you must give Him a
singara and the matter is over—you will get the Lord.' The Lord and
Gurudev tells us what they want—it is all written in the scriptures—and we
must simply do what they tell us..."
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Visa into Service World
"Srila Guru Maharaj sometimes said, 'Are you going to Vrindavan? But do you
have the visa to go there?' You cannot get entrance into Vrindavan with
money—if you go there just on the strength of money you will go there and
only see monkeys passing stool."
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15 November 2012 (At Sri Uchagoan)
Sri Lalita Devi
"This is Uchagaon, Guru Maharaj's dearmost place. He said, 'First go to
Uchagaon, then you can enter Varshana.' He explained that if you do not get
the mercy of Lalita Devi, you cannot get the mercy of Srimati Radharani."
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Kirtans at Uchagaon
• Radhe Jaya Jaya • Radhe Govinda.
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14 November 2012 (Sri Govardhan Puja)
Sri Govardhan Puja
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj speaking in English and
Bengali about the Govardhan Pastime of Lord Sri Krishna.
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5 December 2012
Heartfelt and Fervent
"Even two trees can get Your lotus feet, can get mercy from You, Prabhu! But
I am even lower than that, I have no devotion, but You can rescue me..."
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Terminal Foolishness
"People do not understand that if your get some honour, if you get some
donation, or some respect, who is it for? It is for the Guru and his mission.
If you do not think like this, then pratistha will attack you even
more."
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Mind the Manners
"If you come to the temple and do not pay dandavat, it is one kind of
offence, seva-aparadh. It is disrespect. Imagine I come to your house, but I
do not talk to you. What kind of culture is it? "
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Internal Inspiration
"Without the chaitya guru's instruction you cannot get a bona fide
Guru. Chaitya guru's instruction is not open: it comes from the heart.
You get some feeling and come to a bona fide Guru."
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Proper Attachment and
Approach
Questions and answers: • Result of fasting on Ekadasi
• Getting faith and intensifying faith • Feeling
unsatisfied with your service result • Proper attachment to and
faith in the Guru • Removing material attachment
• Adjusting with the family.
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15 December 2012
Happy Service Mood
"When devotees practise properly, they are always joyful with Krishna
consciousness, always feel very happy with their practising life, with
sravan, kirtan. You are happy in your spiritual life, so I think
that your practising life is going on properly."
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23 December 2012
The Meaning of Sahajiya
"We cook to please Krishna, to make Krishna happy. It is not like you are
doing some nonsense and think you are making Krishna happy. If you use
Krishna's name, use Gurudev's name, but actually you cook and eat it
yourself without offering it to Guru, Krishna, it is sahajiya."
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Pratistha |
Singing Songs and Doing Kirtan
"If you think that everything is for Guru, pratistha will not be able to
disturb you."
"Singing a song and kirtan are different. If you know the meaning of the
song, you will always get energy to do kirtan; if you just sing a song,
you will not get that energy."
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23 December 2012
Keep the Fire On
"Start the fire and keep the fire on, the wind will come. Even if your boat
is going to sink, you must still continue rowing. So, do not stop, you must
continue going forward. Until you get to the bank you must continue
swimming!"
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Service Enthusiasm
"I keep myself busy—I do not want to be a sick person or lazy. If you sing
with love, and continue in this way, your heart will be good, then disease
will never come to your heart. And by hook or by crook, you must
engage people in service to Krishna consciousness."
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31 December 2012
Under a Haritaki Tree
"Vrindavan Das Thakur's mother's name is Narayani, and she was a niece of
Srivas Pandit. Mahaprabhu always held kirtans in the house of Srivas Pandit,
and Narayani lived in that same house. When she was very little, she got
Mahaprabhu's mercy..."
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ON THIS PAGE:
JANUARY
• Sri Bamunpara Dham
• Vaishnav-Seva:
Highlight of Life
• Tracing Our Roots
• Serve, Chant, Remember
• This Is Your Medicine,
Take It
• Devotion to Devotees
• Priceless Wealth
• Captured by
Heart, Not Kartals
• Power of Surrender—and
Faith
• Initiation—Surrender of Heart
• Cultivate Your Heart
• A Shift In Objective
• Different Perspective
• The Proof of the Pudding
• South India:
Coconuts and Liberation
• Control the Root
• The Disciple's Mood and
the Guru's Power
• Perfect Character
• Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu
FEBRUARY
• Initiation into
Chanting of the Holy Name
• Knock, Knock! (Ahvana Poem)
• "I am
touching your feet—please come!"
• Commit Yourself to
Practice
• Poison and Medicine
• Goloka Is Service Land
• Vaishnava-Vandana:
Service Track
• Been There, Heard That
• Service Will Take You
Home
• Maya Family
or Chaitanya Saraswat Family?
MARCH
• Come to your
home
• Remember Where You
Belong To
• Service Capacity
• Practise with Affection
• Settle Your Heart in Service
• Love Your Service
MAY
• Lord Nrisinghadev
• The Soul's Misery
• Adosa-Darasi
• Sadhu-Sanga:
Primary Practice
• Full Surrender
• Reviving
Srila Prabhupad's Preaching
• Reforming Others
• Proper Positioning
• As Soon As Possible
JULY
• Engage Yourself In
Service
• Family Foundation
(1): Conception
• Family Foundation
(2): Behaviour
• Family Foundation
(3): Sacrifice
• Chaturmasya
• Fallen
Souls: Imitation, Ego, Faith
• Simple
Preaching, Simple Practice
• "Please
Forgive My Offence"
• Sri Guru's Joy
and Sadness
• Start the Fire
• Luchi Fried in
Kerosene
• Mahadvadasi
• Gross!
• Great
Expectations
• Make the
Festival, with Heart and Soul
• Our Hope, Prayer, and
Promise
• Service Mood Brings
Service Joy
• Bread of Life
• Sharing, Shunning, and
Shirking
• Service to Tulasi
• To Be or Not to Be—No
Such Question
• Guru's Care for
Mission and Disciple
• Keep Yourself
Afloat
• Perfect
Service Environment
• Grace and Disgrace
• Offence and Sin: Committing,
Removing, Tolerating
• Path to Donkeyhood
• Loving Search for the Lost
Servant (1): Knock and Bow
• Loving Search
for the Lost Servant (2): Mercy above Justice
• Devotional Prudence
• Love for the Temple
• Life Values
• Malini Devi and
Vishvarup
• Manage and Maintain
• Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu
(1)
• Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu
(2)
• Gauri Das Pandit's
Pastimes
• Mercy Is Above Justice
• Unity Is Strength
• Off Base
• Ego and Ginger—Watch Out!
AUGUST
• Satyavadi-gram: The Truthful
Village
SEPTEMBER
• Fertile Ground
• Always Harmonise
• Sri
Radhastami: Do Not Cheat Yourself
NOVEMBER
• Srila Narottam
Das Thakur: Our Guru, Our Protector, Our Shelter
• Srila Narottam Das
Thakur: Bona Fide Benefactor
• Srila Narottam Das Thakur's
Separation
• Srila Narottam Das
Thakur: His Mission in Bengal
• Beware of Maya
• Keep Yourself Busy
with Nama-sankirtan
• Follow and Protect
• Attend to
Kirtan—Attain Kirtan
• When Will It Hit
Home?
• Check Your Heart
• Wake Up! Wake Up!
• Math's Growing Glory
• Visiting Holy Places:
Pleasure Hunting?
• Gurus and
Brahmans: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
• Learn Krishna
Consciousness
• Visa into Service World
• Sri Lalita Devi
DECEMBER
• Heartfelt and Fervent
• Terminal Foolishness
• Mind the Manners
• Internal Inspiration
• Proper Attachment and
Approach
• Happy Service Mood
• The Meaning of Sahajiya
• Pratistha |
Singing Songs and Doing Kirtan
• Keep the Fire On
• Service Enthusiasm
• Under a Haritaki Tree
Sri Guru: Medium
and Shelter
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'Do you know why you take initiation? Many scriptures describe the Guru in
many ways. There are different kinds of activities and different kinds of
expressions, just as there are different kinds of devotees and different
kinds of expressions.'
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'I offer my obeisance unto the lotus feet of Sri Guru, who is said by all the scriptures to be the Lord Himself, and considered to be so by the sadhus, yet is the Lord's beloved devotee.'
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শ্রীগুর্ব্বষ্টকম্ |
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HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE |
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
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