2017

FEBRUARY 2017

Cry and Call, "Doyal Nitai!"
"Who will give mercy to such a low fallen soul as myself except Nityananda? Except Nityananda, there is no one in this world who can give mercy to me. We must worship this Nityananda Prabhu."
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Nityananda: Our All in All
"It is necessary to always meditate on this in your heart: 'When will Nitaichand give His mercy to me? When will my desires become insignificant? When will Nityananda be merciful to me and relieve me from the material illusion?'"
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Mercy Through Surrender and Service
"There is only one way how to get out of this suffering—we must take shelter of the lotus feet of Nitai. We must not use Nitai, we must serve Him. Only when you serve Him can you get His mercy."
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Chaste and Sincere Service
"We must be chaste, we must be sincere, we must accept these teachings. Taking shelter of Guru and Vaishnavs, serving the Guru and Vaishnavs is what is called bhajan. What service have we done at the temple of our Guru Maharaj? We must think about this."
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Highest Benefactors
"A Guru takes a disciple so that the disciple can serve the Lord. So, we must ask ourselves and judge it for ourselves, 'How much service have I done?' Who has the right to do kirtan? Those who have humility, tolerance and who can give honour to others."
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Sadhus' Target
"Sadhus come to hijack souls from the family of Maya and bring them to the family of Krishna—your father thought I had come to steal something from you, that I had come to take your money, but actually I had come to steal you."
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Beyond I and Mine
"We always take untruth as truth—we believe that His things are ours. We always think in terms of 'my' and 'I'. We are slaves of our tongues, but look at the examples of the Vaishnavs."
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"Please Do Not Forget"
"I am requesting you all—please do not forget service to the Lord. You can make a temple in your own room or house. When you do everything for the Lord, when you use your room for the Lord, then your room becomes a temple..."
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Eternal and Internal Devotion
"The house where the eternal service of the Lord is going on every day, where eternal kirtan is going on, is Goloka Vrindavan. Many of our devotees live like that. They offer the bhog to the Lord and do not take or enjoy anything except prasadam."
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Message of Guru, Vaishnavs
"As many days the Lord gives us, that many days we will stay here. You are only a security guard, one day you will have to leave. We pray at your feet and ask you to please always engage in service of the Lord, always chant the Holy Name of the Lord."
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Coming to Give or to Take?
"There is going to be a new temple in your village, what is it for? It is for your benefit, it is here so that you can chant the Holy Name, so that you can come to the line of pure devotion. If you serve the Guru, you will get the Lord."
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Finishing Samsara
"How many times will you keep on coming and going? To stop coming and going does not mean you must give up your family, job, business, etc. In happiness or sadness, you can stay in your family, but you must make your family Krishna's family."
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Messengers of Hope
"If you wear Tulasi neck beads, the yamaduts cannot touch you. The sadhus, Guru, Vaishnavs come to remind us that we are all Lord's children—if you want to overcome maya it is necessary to get the mercy of the sadhus and the Guru..."
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Distraction of Attraction
"Who can do the kirtan of the Lord? Those who can be humble and merciful to others, who can respect and give honour to others, and who can reject name and fame. It is necessary to become detached from the material world..."
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Where There Is a Will...
"If you try, you can do it. If you say, 'I will chant the Holy Name,' you will be able to do it, but if you do not have any desire to do it and say, 'I will not chant the Holy Name,' then no one can force you. Is it not so? There is one story about it..."
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Devotee's Humility
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj describes humility, one of the core qualities of surrender: "It is necessary to surrender fully, it is necessary to have saranagati. Saranagati means dainyata, humility."
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Mind Matters
"If you make one step to the Lord, the Lord will make ten steps to you—but you have to make the first step. If you sit at home, can you hear Hari-katha? Some can hear the class from outside because we have loudspeakers, but their mind will be in some other place..."
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Parikrama: Rescue Raid
"It is our prayer to you—please come for this Nabadwip Dham parikrama. You do not need to worry about anything, try to come and stay here in the proper mood. It is my desire that you all come and join the parikrama every year."
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Gaudiya Math—Transcendental Hospital
"In a mundane hospital, they cure pain in your hand today, but tomorrow you will have pain in your head. Who can give you real relief? Only Guru can relieve you from this material world, can cure you from the material disease of heart."
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Joining Sri Dham Parikrama
"You are all truly very fortunate, there is no doubt about it—you have come and joined this Nabadwip Dham parikrama. Even if those who cannot walk sit in their room and think about Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama, they too get the benefit of doing the parikrama."
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Awakening Your Consciousness
"'There is no place in all three worlds like Nabadwip, the place where Chaitanya Gosai appeared.' What is our necessity now? What is our duty? We must try to get chetan-vastu (consciousness) through sadhu-sanga (good association)."
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Come and Hear
"As long as I have life in this body, I will go door to door telling, 'Krsna bolo, sange chala, ei matra bhiksa chai. I am begging you for one thing only: come with us and chant 'Krishna'! Come, come for Nabadwip Dham parikrama in the association of devotees!"
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Sadhus' Mission
"...This is what the sadhus want—they do not need your money. Do not make a show for the world that you serve Gora, you must love Gora with your heart. Do not be a hypocrite. You must love with your heart. You must love with your heart, with the real feeling."
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Pancharatrika Diksa
"This Harinam maha-mantra (the Hare Krishna maha-mantra) is the main and only way to get Lord Krishna's service, but why do we take the second initiation (pancharatrika diksa, or gayatri diksa)?"
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Understanding Mercy
"Mahaprabhu said, 'Be humbler than a blade of grass,' but He was also angry with Madhai, and Nityananda Prabhu gave mercy to him, but at another time Nityananda Prabhu kicked Sivananda Sen's head. Chastising does not mean that Gurudev does not like you."
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Service Pastimes
"I know Gurudev is giving me strength, this is how I am doing it. Also, all the devotees have love and affection for me, so many letters are coming from them—my health is not strong, but due to this mentally I am becoming very strong."
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Protecting Purity of Conception
"Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Prabhupad gave us some conception, some message, but maya always attacks us. If you listen to your Guru properly, if you serve your Guru properly, then you can easily understand everything. That is good for you."
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Power of Good Association
"You must see the sadhu with your ears. Every day you sing, 'Ramachandra-sanga mage Narottama Dasa: Narottam Das prays for the association of Ramachandra Kaviraj.' What does this mean? Why does Narottam Das always ask for the association of Ramachandra?"
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Jagannath Misra's Festival: Serving and Honouring Devotees (2)
"We are going to celebrate, but this celebration is not for our own happiness, it is for the happiness of the devotees, for the happiness of the Vaishnav Thakur. This is the main thing."
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Mahaprabhu's Pastimes with Jagadananda Pandit
"When Sriman Mahaprabhu took sannyas, He followed all rules and regulations very strictly, but you have heard that Jagadananda Pandit always wanted to control Him..."
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Make Service Your Goal, Means, and Sustenance
"Sacrificing his own life, forgetting his own happiness and comfort, Gurudev would go door to door preaching the message of Mahaprabhu: be merciful to the souls, chant the Holy Name, and serve the Vaishnavs. Besides this, there is no other religion."
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Overpowered by Service
"You may have everything, but if you do not have mercy of your Guru, then you have nothing. Gurudev gave you all his blessings, and if we can serve him, we will get supreme benefit. You must always live remembering Gurudev's words."
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Successful Life
"We have got a great fortune to serve the Guru and Vaishnavs, to follow and be chaste to the Guru and Vaishnavs, to live as the Guru and Vaishnavs tell us to live, and if we can use this opportunity, then our life will be successful."
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Chant and Remember
"Chant the Holy Name. Please always remember this. There are many kinds of devotional practices, it is not necessary to practise everything—if you can practise only one thing, it is sufficient."
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The Only Hope and Aspiration
"We have so many hopes—hundreds and hundreds of hopes appear within us—and how much suffering we get in return... Whatever your situation is, you must be happy and satisfied with that because whatever the Lord does, He does it for our benefit."
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Treading Wrong Path
"We want the mercy of Gurudev—'If you give me your mercy, then everything is possible, otherwise not.' You have heard also what happens to those who make offence to the feet of Guru and Vaishnavs..."
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Love the Lord
"Do you think if you have no money, no wealth, the Lord will not come to you? Those who have a high birth, knowledge and wealth are so proud of themselves, but the Lord is very merciful to those who are poor and needy."
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Chant and Be Chaste
"You must feel taste for the Holy Name, such taste must come. If you chant the Holy Name without offence, then taste will come. We always make offences, but if you chant the Holy Name more and more, then offences will go away."
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Rare Quality
"It is necessary to learn what the teachings of Mahaprabhu is and accept it. A devotee of Krishna is very rare, but one devotee is capable of delivering the entire universe."
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Why Can We Not Get It?
"At Srivas Pandit's house there was a maidservant Duhkhi—she got Mahaprabhu's mercy. There was a Muslim tailor near Srivas Pandit's house—he too got Mahaprabhu's mercy. A great sinner Chand Kazi broke a mridanga, but even he got Mahaprabhu's mercy. Why can we not get it?"
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Love for Guru: Love Service, Love Vaishnavs
"We must accept Mahaprabhu's teaching—not to disrespect others. When the Guru chastises you, he is giving you sweet things—but do the disciples understand this? They do not. If a disciple really loves his Guru, he would never leave."
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Make Lord's Temple In Your Heart
"We took initiation but our hopes have not been fulfilled and we become fickle-minded. Who can conquer your mind? Sadhus can. They can create a temple in your mind."
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Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (2): "He Has Eaten It All!"
"The Lord eats anything and everything when a devotee offers it, but He does not take anything from a non-devotee. The Lord Himself appears out of His own mercy. Another example of this is the son of Mukunda, Raghunandan."
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Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (3): "Here I am!"
"The Lord arranges His own pastimes Himself, but without the medium of a devotee, the Lord does not come on His own... Deity is not made of wood, stone or brass. Assuming the form of a Deity, the Lord gives you an opportunity to serve."
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Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (4): "Take This, Madhava!"
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj recalls the pastime of ksir-chor Gopinath—the pastime of Gopinath stealing condensed milk (ksir) for His dearmost devotee Madhavendra Puri.
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Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (5): "Be My Witness!"
"And there is also one more story of Saksi Gopal, the story how for His devotee the Lord gives witness. The Lord accept everything from His devotees: He is controlled by His devotees, He does what His devotees wish."
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Sincere and Eternal Service
"Govinda always rests in the heart of His devotee. Always remember it and serve sincerely. On the days when there is service going on in some place, that place is Goloka Vrindavan, and this is not a matter of one day only—you serve the Lord constantly, eternally."
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Irresistible Devotion
What kind of devotion and humility has the power to capture the Lord? What should be our attitude and mentality? His Divine Grace says, "This is what the scriptures say and it is necessary to listen to these things."
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Devotees' Deities
His Divine Grace reminds us of the common grand heritage of Srila Sanatan Goswami, Rupa Goswami, Swami Haridas, Gauri Das Pandit, Dvijavaninath, Vishnupriya Devi, Srila Prabhupad and Srila Gurudev.
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Sri Gita: Primary Scripture
"You can read Gita at any time, no problem. Gita is our primary scripture. Read Gita—memorise it and keep it in your heart; and not only to learn it by heart and keep it in your heart, it is necessary to follow what is written in Gita."
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Sincere Practice
His Divine Grace speaks on what sincere devotional practice is and what it is not: "Do not keep material desires in your heart. You must remove all dirty things from your heart by continuously hearing Hari-katha—then the seed of devotion will sprout."
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Jada-Vidya
"Material knowledge means all knowledge besides the knowledge about devotion. But our prayer is, 'When will we be able to give up such knowledge?'"
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Sambandha, Abhidheya, and Prayojana of Pilgrimage
"Today is a very good day, a very good occasion—an ekadasi day. On this day we have come to Sri Puri Dham. Jagannath, Baladev, Subhadra are here, Nitai Chaitanyadev are here, Gurudev is here and Mahaprabhu manifest here His highest pastimes..."
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Change of Heart
"If you have many desires in your heart, you will not get anywhere—you will not get any result. We want to leave material things, but it is very difficult to do it. To leave material desires, it is necessary to do so many things."
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Yogini Ekadasi
"Do we fast on ekadasi because of the glories of ekadasi? They say if you do ekadasi, you will get this result, that result, etc., but we do not think about all these results. We follow ekadasi because our Gurupadpadma told us to. We fast for the pleasure of the Lord."
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Give Yourself to Service
"Through service you will get the result of any effort, of any religion, and whatever result of following the fourfold social division, but our mind is very naughty. You must give your mind to Krishna, but we instead keep it in all sorts of other places. Who are you cheating? Gora knows everything."
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Mahaprabhu Arrives In Puri
"When Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu took sannyas, He went away with Nityananda Prabhu, Mukunda and others. On the way, Nityananda Prabhu thought, 'Why will Mahaprabhu carry Me?'..."
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Mahaprabhu Settles In Puri
"Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya kept a room for Mahaprabhu at Kashi Misra's house, and, after Mahaprabhu had travelled all South India, He came back to Puri and settled in Kashi Misra's house. He always discussed Krishna-katha with Ray Ramananda and Svarup Damodar—who will one speak Krishna-katha with if not with one's dear and near ones?"
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Embracing Lord's Arrangement
"If we are to stay at the feet of Guru and Vaishnavs properly, we must always remember about these pastimes... When the time is right, Krishna will arrange everything. Kamsa arranged so many things—a big prison house, so many guards, so many soldiers and servants, but when Vasudev took Gopal Krishna out, how was everything set right?"
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Purity, Simplicity, and Faith
"If you want to understand Gora's teaching, you must become sincere, simple-hearted. If you play politics, you will not understand Gora's teaching. If you have the strongest faith in what the scriptures say, then you know that by serving the Lord and the Guru no debt remains."
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Do Not Despair
"Do not discourage yourself. Sometimes Krishna tests us to see how much we can tolerate. Practise properly, chant the Holy Name properly without offences, and one day you will conquer everything, do not worry."
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If You Want to Go Home
"In this age of Kali, to get your real home, to reach the place we all come from, the only religion is chanting the Holy Name, and if you want to chant this Name, this Name must come from a Guru-parampara..."
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Gurudev's Teaching and Pastimes
"Srila Sridhar Maharaj always depended on Gurudev in everything. So many sannyasis, so many great scholars came to him, but he finally chose our Gurudev as his successor. We can see then how much love and affection he had for him."
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A Perfect Disciple
"It is those who can take Gurudev's responsibility that can be a Guru. Only taking a mantra does not make one a disciple—one who can take their Gurudev's responsibility, who can take away pain from their Gurudev, is called a perfect disciple."
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ON THIS PAGE:

FEBRUARY
• Sri Ekachakra Dham: Exclusive Land
• Cry and Call, "Doyal Nitai!"
• Clean Heart, Open Door
• Nityananda: Our All in All
• Mercy Through Surrender and Service
• Chaste and Sincere Service
• Highest Benefactors
• Sadhus' Target
• Beyond I and Mine
• "Please Do Not Forget"
• Eternal and Internal Devotion
• Pandav Tala
• Sriman Nityananda Prabhu' Festival: Anxiously Awaiting
• Seeking Srila Saraswati Thakur's Mercy
• Temple—Transcendental School
• Message of Guru, Vaishnavs
• Coming to Give or to Take?
• Finishing Samsara
• Switching Focus
• Messengers of Hope
• Distraction of Attraction
• Where There Is a Will...
• Devotee's Humility
• Mind Matters

MARCH
• Parikrama on Service Plane
• Parikrama: Rescue Raid
• Gaudiya Math—Transcendental Hospital
• Parikrama: Tolerant and Chaste
• Time for Sravan
• Joining Sri Dham Parikrama
• Awakening Your Consciousness
• Sadhus' Mission
• Come and Hear
• Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Bhajan Kutir
• Initiation into the Holy Name • Pancharatrika Diksa
• Division Is Wrong Vision
• Understanding Mercy
• Service Pastimes
• Protecting Purity of Conception
• Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Family Reunion
• Power of Good Association
• Jagannath Misra's Festival: Serving and Honouring Devotees (1)
• Jagannath Misra's Festival: Serving and Honouring Devotees (2)
• Mahaprabhu's Pastimes with Jagadananda Pandit
• Sripat Hapaniya Dham: Highest Place

APRIL
• Separation Day
• Make Service Your Goal, Means, and Sustenance
• Overpowered by Service
• Odds and Ends (7)

MAY
• Your Chance—Your Choice
• Successful Life
• Chant and Remember
• The Only Hope and Aspiration
• Treading Wrong Path
• Love the Lord
• Chant and Be Chaste
• Rare Quality
• Why Can We Not Get It?
• Love for Guru: Love Service, Love Vaishnavs
• Make Lord's Temple In Your Heart
• Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (1): "I Do Everything!"
• Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (2): "He Has Eaten It All!"
• Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (3): "Here I am!"
• Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (4): "Take This, Madhava!"
• Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (5): "Be My Witness!"
• Sincere and Eternal Service
• Irresistible Devotion
• Devotees' Deities
• Sri Gita: Primary Scripture
• Sincere Practice
• Jada-Vidya

JUNE
• A Welcome Austerity
• Sambandha, Abhidheya, and Prayojana of Pilgrimage
• Change of Heart
• Yogini Ekadasi
• Give Yourself to Service
• "Try to Practise Kirtan"
• Mahaprabhu Arrives In Puri
• Mahaprabhu Settles In Puri
• Embracing Lord's Arrangement

JULY
• Be Strong and Steady
• Do Not Despair
• If You Want to Go Home
• Towards Destination

SEPTEMBER
• My Service Day

DECEMBER
• Our Divine Master
• Gurudev's Teaching and Pastimes
• A Perfect Disciple
• Odds and Ends (8)