2018

JANUARY 2018

Learn from Mahajanas
"When I read about mahajanas (life history of many highly qualified gurus), I see how their life went and how difficult it was in so many ways. We can learn from them—we can learn to be humble, to be tolerant and give honour to others."
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Seeking Mercy
"Be humble and try to understand the proper teachings that Gurudev gave you, and preach in this way. We did not come to this world for buildings or other things. Wherever we live, we must follow spiritual practice, that is the main thing in our spiritual life."
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Revealing Nityananda Prabhu
"Chandrasekhar Acharya and Srivas Pandit went to search for Nityananda Prabhu, but they were unable to find Him because Nityananda's glories are actually very guro—very sacred and of a very high level. It is not easy to find Him."
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Mahaprabhu's Stay in Shantipur
"Nityananda Prabhu understood devotees' feeling and somehow managed to take Mahaprabhu to Shantipur instead of taking Him straight to Vrindavan. In Shantipur, Mahaprabhu gave lecture, He sang and danced the whole day and night without stop..."
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Preaching Ideal
"Our duty is to learn what the main teachings of Mahaprabhu are. For as many days you are alive in this world, you must preach Krishna-katha, Gauranga-katha, Guru-katha, Guru Maharaj's katha. If you preach that, what is the need for you to worry about your future?"
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Learn and Distribute
"You must learn from Visvanath Chakravarti, from Prabodhananda Saraswati, from Gopal Bhatta Goswami, Rupa Goswami, Sanatan Goswami. If you learn what they teach, what they do, what their lifestyle is like, you can understand everything easily then."
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Bhava-Rog Doctor
"When you get sick, you see a doctor—the doctor gives you medicine, you take it and get well. Here, to cure your disease of material existence, the doctor actually comes to your house and tells you what things you must avoid to remove your illusory environment."
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Foster Devotional Feelings
"What do I want? I do not want wealth, knowledge, beautiful companions—all these things that the outside people are so proud of... If you run behind the illusory environment—enjoyment and liberation—Krishna will give it to you, but what will you think after that?"
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Association and Assimilation
"Remember Nityananda Prabhu's tolerance and patience. If somebody tells you something bad, you become upset, you get angry, but this is not your conception—your Gurudev never taught you this, Nityananda Prabhu never taught you this."
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Enthusiasm for Service
"It is necessary to do eternal daily service with sincerity. 'How can I use myself in the service of the lotus feet of my Gurudev? What service can be done through me?' We must think about this at every moment. We must live thinking about this."
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All Loss, All Gain
"There are so many people, so gurus—they all stand in one line, but Bhakti Devi is guarding the door and does not let anyone enter. Bhakti Devi will let on the boat only those who have devotion, who have earned the qualification, who have the ticket, and others will be denied entry, they will have to go back."
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Crest Jewel
"Mahaprabhu gave Gaura-dham, Gaura-nam—He gave everything to Nityananda Prabhu. It is by the unlimited mercy of this Nityananda Prabhu that we have come to His dham and have got this opportunity to chant His glories. Come, come for Nityananda Prabhu."
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Capital Misjudgement
"A thief thinks every man steals. We think that everyone is like us. Some shave their heads during the shraddha ceremony and some shave their heads on Nityananda trayodasi—do you think it is the same?"
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Muddled Mind
"Srila Prabhupad also told another story about Lalu and Kalu. We are like that too—even though we are taught to chant the Holy Name, but nobody wants to say Hare Krishna."
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Clasping for Shelter
"It is said that Nityananda Prabhu is actually very hidden (esoteric)—it is very difficult to find Him. Unless one is a very fortunate soul, one can never find Him."
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You Be an Instrument
"Gurudev and the Lord are the drivers and we are only Their instruments. If you serve Vaishnavs, then the Lord Himself will come to serve you—the Lord Himself will come and do the service through you. It is necessary to have such faith, to always think about this."
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Hidden Practice and Broad Preaching
"We pray to you—wherever you go, wherever you stay, only chant Krishna's Name, chant 'Nitai Gaura Hari bol' to yourself. You do not need to show anything to others. If people criticise you, it will be your offence. You must keep your spiritual practice to yourself."
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Love to Death
"When the ego of servitors increases, the Lord can get annoyed. It happened to Uddhav Maharaj also—he thought, 'I always stay with Krishna, I am a big devotee!' but the Lord showed him that the gopis were the greatest devotees. But what are nowadays' wives like?"
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Masterminding the Escape
"If you take a tip of a hair and divide it ten thousand times, this is the size of the soul—but we are so proud, we think we are so great. It is all useless. Only if you get the mercy of sadhus and Guru, can Maya be defeated. Otherwise not. Maya always surrounds us."
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Look for Purity
"You have two cups with milk. Both look the same, but if you drink one you will get nourishment and if you drink the other one that has snake poison in it you will die. If you hear the Holy Name, you will get benefit, but if you hear Nama-aparadh, you will die."
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Lord Nityananda Prabhu's Sakti
"The Lord has tried to save the souls bounded by maya in so many ways in this Kali-yuga. He was the only child of Hadai Pandit and Padmavati Devi and He left them when He was twelve. Later, He was introduced to Jahnava Devi."
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FEBRUARY 2018

Not a Game
"We must be serious about our spiritual matters, spiritual life. It is not a play, it is not childish games. Whatever you do, you must do it seriously. Just as a boat cannot run without the helmsman, in the same way life cannot run without an aim."
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Other Desires
"People say, 'I am your, Gurudev,' but inside they have some other desire also. We may have no material desire, we may have some spiritual desire, but we cannot understand what is a material desire and what is a spiritual desire, or what Gurudev wants."
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We Forget
"The main thing that I want to tell everybody is that everybody is preaching, everybody knows everything, but sometimes because of the illusory environment, because our ego attacks us, we forget..."
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Fighting Against Misconception
"It is very difficult to preach in India. This year my preaching was actually against what Narottam Das Thakur told because Narottam Das Thakur told in one way and people use it in another way, they do Nama-aparadh..."
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Kirtan Business
"There was one kirtaniya in Nabadwip, her name was Radharani. One day, she came to see Gurudev, but Gurudev was out of India at that time, preaching in the West. I said, 'Devi, can I ask you one question?'..."
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Perfection and Profanation
"You think you will do kirtan for one day and everything will be perfect. No, it is completely not like that. Nama and Nama-aparadh look the same, but one will give you devotion, and another will remove devotion from you and give you something else (emotion)."
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Just What the Doctor Ordered?
"Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Gurudev send sadhus door to door, house to house to rescue you from the illusory environment and to send you for the service of Radha-Krishna in your proper place, but there are so many other misconceptions going on in this world..."
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Exclusive Remedy for Sins
"Think how many hours of your time you spend on service of the Lord, how many hours you do service. We always commit some sin in our life... What is the remedy for our sinful actions?"
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Discipline Yourself (1)
"'I do not want any dhana, jana, kavita for my enjoyment—I do not want anything for my enjoyment. Krishna is the enjoyer, and my only prayer is I want some devotion.' If you want to get Krishna, how is it possible to get Him?"
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Discipline Yourself (2)
"If think you are a devotee of Gauranga, it is not correct—you must practise what Mahaprabhu tells us. You must think what our main conception is, then you can get relief, and you will yourself feel pleased through your service."
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Peddling Misconception
"We must do service for our Gurudev, we must not use our Gurudev for our own interest. The other day, a boy went for rice collection with me. He said, 'That mill's name is Radharani, but the owner does not want to give any rice!' I replied, 'That man calls his mill Radharani to use Radharani's name for his business, not for service.'"
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Priority In Service
"'I am not afraid to commit sin for my own interest, for my own enjoyment.' That is our nature, but when we are going to do something spiritual, we are always afraid... This is happening not only at present time, it was happening in Dvapar-yuga also."
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Slaughterhouse
"Sometimes I am lying down and thinking what does Kali Maharaj want? What does Gurudev want? What does Guru Maharaj want?"
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No Compromise
"I do not know any other conception, but my conception is very easy. If somebody is my godbrother and they are against me, that is not a problem, I can tolerate it, but if somebody is against my Guru, how shall I compromise with them?"
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Backstabbing
"I am not a politician, I am a straight person. Telling one thing and doing another thing behind—I cannot do that. If your enemy is in front of you, it is OK, you know he is your enemy, you can fight; but if it is like Vibhisan, or like Mir Jafar, then it is very difficult."
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Deserve, Then Desire
"For service, you can accept anything, and anything can happen, but a fellow came and said, 'I want to be a trustee right now!' I told him, 'Prabhu, is it necessary to be a trustee to serve the temple?!'"
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Jump!
"This depends on you, you must be strong. My words are very heavy—I say forget it, forget everything. You still hesitate, but what is the problem? Do service, and whatever food, prasadam, comes, take that. Even if you have nobody, you have Krishna."
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Another Plane of Existence
"He may be crazy, but Nityananda Prabhu wants his service, and Nityananda Prabhu is crazy Himself. You see, Bhaktivinod Thakur himself also says, 'When will I become crazy?' He is a magistrate, a very educated man, and what does he say?"
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Foul Pill to Swallow
"If you are attached with material things and have material desires, it is called anyabhilasita. It must be given up. And you must remember also what Chaitanya-charitamrita says..."
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Dangerous Deviation
"That is the conception. We must understand it and we must know it clearly within ourselves." His Divine Grace illustrates where good judgement is applicable and where it is groundless and inauspicious.
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Lift the Anchor
"First you must remove the anchor, then the boat can go. When you have so many material desires inside you, how will you go? You will chant and work the whole day, but there will be no result."
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Poorer Than the Poor, yet Richer than the Rich
"You would think, 'How will they live?' but Krishna arranges everything. 'Those who have nothing have Krishna.' That is saranagata."
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Wise up
"It is easy to understand what I am saying, and it is necessary to understand it. If you have one leg in one boat, and the other leg in another boat, what will be your position? You will fall down into the Ganges."
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MARCH 2018

Modern Milieu
"All over the world almost everybody runs behind money, runs behind property, gold, wealth. How many fortunate people are there who come to pure Krishna consciousness? The whole world is covered by the illusory environment, Kali Maharaj."
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"I Pray You Can Come"
"I am very glad that you come every year, and that every year you make the effort thinking, 'How can I come for the parikrama every year?' You are all in my heart, there is no doubt about it because we all come from the same family."
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MAY 2018

Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Why Are We Here?
"Why do the sadhus, Gurus, Vaishnavs come to other people's houses? They do not come for food, they do not come hoping, 'I will get something there.' They come to rescue the fallen souls, to bring them to Krishna consciousness."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Life Is Uncertain
"We have come to this world, but life is uncertain, we can leave at any time. There is no guarantee. If we engage ourselves in the service of Govinda, then we will get super benefit and we will be able to take part in the service of Radha-Govinda."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Practise Without Deceit
"Whatever you do and whatever you do not do, Gaura knows you are a thief. Do not hide anything from the Lord, from Gurudev—they know everything. When you come to Krishna consciousness, you should practise properly."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Examine Yourself
"Vaishnavs have twenty-six qualities. You can examine yourself and tell it yourself whether you have these qualities or not. What to speak of twenty-six qualities, do you have even one of those qualities? Only you can judge it."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Bhakti Jagat
"Just as when you have ears, you know there is the sound of world, when you have eyes, you know there is a visual world, in the same way, if you have devotion, you can see the Lord, you can have His darshan. Those who have faith in the Lord, can understand this."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Daily Service
"Even if you stay at your house, you can serve the Lord. One time, Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur was giving a class. After the class, a man came with his wife up to him and said, 'My wife and I would like to take initiation from you.'"
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Devotee Association
"You can get all perfection just by serving the lotus feet of Govinda. Remember this. Sadhu-sanga is the main thing. If you associate with non-devotees, your devotion to Krishna will be destroyed. In good association, you will chant the Holy Name."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Devotional Qualities
"We pray to Gurudev so that we may be able to give honour to everybody. May the Lord give us such tolerance, patience. If we do not become like this, we will never be able to serve Guru and Vaishnavs."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Vaishnava Stance
"We think we have taken initiation, so we have become big Vaishnavs. This is not Vaishnav's qualities. It is difficult to become even anything close to a Vaishnav. You must use your judgement. Never think, 'I am just like him.'"
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Life in Kirtan
"I have said many things, but it is necessary to practise through kirtan. Wake up early in the morning, chant five kirtans in the morning, five kirtans in the evening. It does not take much. Always engage in the daily service of the Lord. It is not necessary to have much money for that."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Our Day-to-Day Life
"We come to your house, to your village to encourage you to practise. It is not enough to only take initiation and chant four rounds on your beads in your room once a day. It will not do. When you take initiation, you must take prasadam."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Five Diseases
"It is necessary to serve prasadam. 'By honouring the Lord's prasad I shall conquer all prapancha.' Prapancha means there are five faults, five diseases. Just as we have different bodily sicknesses, there are also five material diseases..."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Learn to Be Human
"Only I give class and you listen—why cannot you give class? Mahaprabhu said, 'I have come to this house and I will not come here again. Now you must make all the villagers devotees.' This is not easy—you must shed gallons of blood to make somebody a human."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: "What sort of wealth makes you so rich?"
"He wears torn clothes, lives in a mud house but throws a touchstone into the sand. Nobody throws such valuable things away. No doubt he has something more valuable! I place your feet on my head praying for a particle of that wealth."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Lord's Department
"If you keep faith in the Lord, if you think about the Lord, the Lord looks after everything. You have heard the stories of Sudama Vipra, Vidura, and others. It happened in Mahaprabhu's time also..."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Beautiful Kirtan
"We want saranagati (surrender). Always read the Saranagati kirtans—there are very beautiful kirtans in this book by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur. I can remember one kirtan now, it is the most beautiful kirtan..."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Question from Ladies' Quarter
"One time, I remember I went to Russia. I gave class in the morning and in the evening, one of the sannyasis said, 'Let Acharya Maharaj take a question now.' Suddenly, all ladies stood up from their seats and one of them said..."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Entering Higher Abode
"It is very hard for the people of this world to come to this path. Many people go to Vaikuntha because many people want liberation, and the abode of liberation is in Vaikuntha, but it is very difficult to cross the Viraja and enter into higher abodes."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Internal and External
"We must not live a family life, but maintain the role of householders. People can look at you and say that you are a householder, but you must not have attachment to family life or to this world in general. If you have attachment to this world, you will not get the Lord."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Twisted Turn
"That is maya for you. First she shows you something sweet, then she will slowly, slowly suck your blood and finish you in the end. That is the point—when the husband dies, the wife sucks his blood, and when the wife dies then her son sucks her blood..."
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Seek Shelter and Guidance
"We must always listen to favourable talks. Where will you read Bhagavatam? You must understand that Hari-katha must be listened to through Guru-parampara. The Lord Himself says, 'Give up all religions and surrender to Me, I will look after you.'"
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Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Closing Appeal
"You must all chant the Holy Name, come to the Math, always serve the Lord, then I will feel great peace and joy. How can you make me happy? Take shelter of a real Guru, and serve the lotus feet of the Lord, then I will be extremely happy."
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Mercy Above Justice
"Gurudev can do what even Krishna cannot do. Mercy is above justice. When it comes to the mercy of Gurudev, there is no place for judgement. If I judge myself, I get nothing, but, Gurudev, if I get your mercy, then I can get the Lord."
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Service Life—Not Leisure
"Even when you are very sad, will you leave the Lord's service? Will you give up the Holy Name? I do not think that this is all an austerity. Whatever the Lord sends, it is good. It is not like I will leave my service because of that or will have ego."
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Servitor's Chastity
"First it is necessary to be sincere, then detachment must come, then taste. After these three, chastity comes. Very few people have chastity—those who have chastity do not know anything except Krishna consciousness, do not understand anything except it."
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Painless Existence
"I can ask you one question. How many thousands of living entities do you kill every day in order to stay alive? How many jiva souls do we kill each time we breathe, cook, drink water, etc. And all fault is yours. What is the only way to escape this sin?"
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Prasad's Purifying Power
"Do you remember what is called prapancha? Prapancha means five diseases. First you must remove these five diseases, then you can take medicine. Suppose I give you some random medicine—will it work? First you must diagnose the disease."
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Inner Wealth
"It is very difficult to be a sadhu, and it is very easy to pretend to be a sadhu. Live in a family, but do not live a family life. You must always chant the Holy Name. You have all heard about Vasudev Vipra. How did he live? You must listen to it with your very heart."
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Unpretentious and Forgiving Heart
"We chant and practise so much, we do so much service, but nothing happens. You should read the life description of great souls, you should listen to their lectures—how did they serve the Lord? We must learn from this, we must learn to live in the plane of service."
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Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Pastimes
"What kind of character did Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj have? Somebody thinks they are a big Guru, they stretch their legs and tell others to wash their feet or they distribute their own prasad... But we pray, 'O Vaishnav Thakur, please give me your mercy so I can serve you!'"
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JUNE 2018

Where Shortcuts Fail
"Without mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, all your attempts will be nothing. His mercy is not a small matter—He is Guru-tattva, and it is a very big matter. It is actually very difficult to get Nityananda Prabhu's mercy."
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Serve Deity Properly
"You must serve the Deities properly. Those who are doing this service to the Deity must believe it and do this service properly, that is good for you. I have told many stories before—Arjun Misra, Mukunda Prabhu's son and others..."
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JULY 2018

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At Tota Gopinath's Temple
'We have come to the temple of Tota Gopinath. "Tota" means a garden, so the Deity here is 'Garden' Gopinath. I have a question to you. Those of you who know the answer, please raise your hand.'

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Let Maya Go
'You have come to the ashram to hear Hari-katha, to hear about the Lord, but if you speak with materialists and think about material things (if your mind stays outside), then you can never do a parikrama like this. Time is very short! We have to leave any time. I am praying to you – as long as you are in this world, speak about the Lord, listen about the Lord.'

Mahaprabhu's Anger
'You must listen to these things very carefully, with your heart. I have a question for you. Mahaprabhu distributed transcendental love to everyone, but how many times did Mahaprabhu become angry and why?'

Chhota Haridas's Story (1)
'Do you remember who else Mahaprabhu chastised? Chhota Haridas. He only brought some good-quality rice from Madhavi Devi, who was an old lady, not a young girl. Chhota Haridas took some rice from her and brought it for Mahaprabhu...'

Chhota Haridas's Story (2)
'When Chhota Haridas heard about Mahaprabhu's order, he left food and began fasting. All the devotees came and asked, "Prabhu, Chhota Haridas made a small mistake, please forgive him. He has given up eating, bathing and everything else." Mahaprabhu replied, "If you ever speak about it again, you will also never see Me here again."'

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Haridas Thakur's Bhajan Kutir
'Only by the mercy of Srila Haridas Thakur and if we receive the mercy of Gurudev, can we say anything about Srila Haridas Thakur. I will try to speak about him now briefly, and we can speak about his pastimes further in the evening.'

Haridas Thakur's Glory
'Srila Haridas Thakur chanted 300,000 Names every day – he would sit here beneath this siddha-bakul tree and chant. Mahaprabhu would come every day to see him after the mangal-arati at the Jagannath Temple.'

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At Sri Gambhira
'Where have we come? To Gambhira. Will you remember it? You must keep it in your heart, not just in your memory, or mind. In this room, Mahaprabhu manifested His vipralamba pastimes (the pastimes of divine separation).'

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Arriving at Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya's House
'When Mahaprabhu took sannyas, He went to Sri Puri Dham entering through the Atharnala bridge. Coming to Alarnath, Mahaprabhu asked Nityananda Prabhu, "Nitai, where is My danda?"...'

Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya's Conversion
'He is the Master of the entire world! The Supreme Lord Himself has come here! He is Jagannath Misra's son and Nilambar Chakravarti's grandson. Can you not recognise Him? He is the Lord!'

Strongest Faith and Devotion
'Srila Sridhar Maharaj said that although Mahaprabhu is very merciful and came to rescue all the fallen souls, He actually came to rescue mainly Sri Prakasananda Saraswati, Sri Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya and who else?'

Love, Lust, and Rust
"Magnet always attracts iron, but if the iron is covered with rust, then it will not attract it any more. Because of our ignorance, we have become rusty and Krishna does not attract us. If a madman sucks on dry sugar cane pulp—will he get any sweetness?"
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Jagadananda Pandit: Childhood
"In his Prema-vivarta Jagadananda Pandit tells what prema (love) is, and the prema (love) that he himself has cannot be seen anywhere... I will tell his story."
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Jagadananda Pandit's Hot-Headed Heart
"When a man has two wives, the second, younger, wife is always more temperamental and domineering. Similarly, Satyabhauma is also always domineering, always controlling, and so was Jagadananda Pandit here..."
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Nine Digits
"What is it? Is your phone ringing? Who is calling you? Is Krishna calling you? Do you know the phone number of Krishna? His is a nine digit number..."
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Two Fables—Two Lessons
"There is a saying in English—'where there is a will, there is a way.' There are many stories that illustrate it also. For example, this one..."
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Sincere and Selfless Service
"You must all remember the conception. What conception do I mean? Do you remember the pastime that happened in Gambhira? For the service of the Lord, you should be prepared to commit an offence; and for your own pleasure you cannot do any wrong."
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Chanting 24/7
"Today, we also went to Radha Kanta Math. In that Math, there are Deities of Radha Krishna installed there and in Mahaprabhu's time Their servitor's name was Gopal..."
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The Proof of the Pudding
"Mahaprabhu thought, 'It is necessary to give him the taste of prasad. If he does not take it, how will he understand how wonderful prasad is?' So, one day Mahaprabhu came to Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya after mangal arati with some prasad..."
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"Gora Knows..."
"Much time has passed now, much has been said, and I will not speak much longer, but I just want to say one thing, and you may not like what I will say..."
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At Sri Alarnath's Temple
'When we were coming here, we were chanting, "O Jagannath, O Alarnath, I have no eyes to have Your darshan! I am coming inside, but I have no capacity to have Your darshan. But I am still coming, so please forgive my offence."'

Mind Your Own Faults
"I am telling this to all the devotees all over the world. What for have you come to Krishna consciousness? What for have you become a disciple of your Guru? You must understand what is Krishna consciousness, what is service. Do not criticise anybody."
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Root of Anartha
"Money is the root of anartha. If you run behind money, wealth, property, ladies, Krishna will give you property, wealth, etc., but ultimately He will remove devotion from you—you will lose devotion. That is the main thing."
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On Mission's Integrity
"Gurudev started a boat, Chaitanya Saraswat Math boat, why will you make another boat? This is Srila Sridhar Maharaj's temple, this Chaitanya Saraswat Math boat, and you should serve under the guidance of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math."
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Highest Devotion
"Do you think that if somebody has all scriptures in their brain, if somebody reads so many books and knows everything, they are the highest devotee? No. Those who have these qualities are the highest kind of devotees—"
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"This Is Our Life"
"I am very happy that through somebody one by one jiva souls, fallen souls are joining Krishna consciousness and getting an opportunity to serve the Lord and Guru. Krishna is in your heart, so you must preach for Krishna, preach for your Guru."
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Tolerance Is Unavoidable
"You have to tolerate it, and you have to have so much tolerance. I also cannot tolerate so many things, but what can I do? If I cannot tolerate something, it is not Vaishnav etiquette."
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On Guard
"They are doing so much service, but everybody should not be proud because of their service. Gurudev is very powerful, Krishna is very powerful—how much we can do for them? We cannot do anything. This kind of feeling should come."
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Sacred and Cherished Moment
"You know everything from devotees' association, therefore your land is fertile, which means your heart is clean and open, you can give Bhakti Devi a place in your heart..."
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Eternal Occupation
"'Whether you are sleeping, eating, or resting, always chant the Name of Krishna': If you chant without offences, Krishna will reveal Himself in your heart and you will be successful in your spiritual life."
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Serve Under Guidance
"...They are all dearmost servitors of Gurudev and they are trying their heart and soul for the Mission. Serve under their guidance. If you can serve them, I will be very happy. Take care of the temple."
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AUGUST 2018

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Genuine Relation with Sri Guru
'If somebody has a relationship with their guru, if somebody has been able to know and understand their guru, they will never be separated, or detached, from their guru. But tell me, who is able to know the guru? Who can understand the guru? You cannot understand your guru if you do not become a real disciple.'

Pleasing Gurudev
'What does service mean? Service is not pleasing yourself. Service means pleasing your gurudev. I do not need to be pleased – I must always think how my guru can be pleased. Is Gurudev pleased with my service or not? If Gurudev does not like something but you forcefully do it, it can never make your guru happy.'

Giving Gurudev Place In Your Heart
'It is necessary to make gurudev happy by knowing who he is, by understanding him and by serving him. We must serve our gurudev trying to please him. One time, a husband and a wife came to take initiation from Srila Prabhupad...'

Gurudev's Transcendental Care
'We must be always humble, tolerant and give honour to others. We must be compassionate, merciful to others. Those who have these qualities can serve the Lord. I am not telling you to give me place in your house. We must give place for the Lord in our hearts, but our hearts are full of other things...'

Live In the World of Faith
'Just as there is am aural world for those who have ears, a visual world for those who have eyes; in the same way, there is God for those who have devotion. We must have faith in this. We must know and understand what we must see.'

Value Your Service Life
'If you do what is favourable (anukul), you have to give up what is unfavourable (pratikul). You cannot do both together because unfavourable things will slowly destroy your devotion. If you come to the world of devotion but Kali Ma takes even some smallest place within you, you will not be able to stay there.'

Power of Genuine Devotion
'We pray to Gurudev, "If I do not get your mercy, I cannot do anything." No matter how much you may know, no matter how many good qualities you may have, you will not get anywhere and you will not be able to do anything unless you have your guru's mercy.'

Give Wholesale Attention
'Is it possible to do two things at a time? Is it possible to chant the Holy Name and say something else at the same time or listen to the lecture at the same time? But how can we practise all sixty-four devotional practices at the same time? Srila Prabhupad gave the answer.'

Harmonising Wisely
'Your five fingers are not the same, so five servitors will also not be the same. It is necessary to manage and serve together with everyone. If somebody is going down a bad road, you must talk to them, explain it to them, you must try to keep them in this line. Never reject them.'

Seva-Sprha
'I want to practise Krishna consciousness and serve the Lord and Gurudev – in this way, my life is passing away. If we can do some vaishnav-seva, if we can practise Krishna consciousness, then it is very good. If you keep doing service, you will have desire, or longing, for service.'

My Humble Prayer to You
'When you always do service, you feel happy – you feel no trouble, no pain. We are not even conscious of any personal struggles. When you do and do service, your faults will go away. What are these faults?'

Vision and Hope
"Sometimes we love ourselves more than the Lord, more than the Guru—we love our body more than ourselves, more than our Guru. This is called illusory environment, and this illusory environment can be removed from our life..."
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Eternal Obligation
"We are coming and going, coming and going in this world, but those who are fortunate souls can get connection with a Guru. I am now giving you what Gurudev gave me—I am giving that connection to you."
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Stick It Out
"Try and serve. Some of the devotees have left the Deities because they are very afraid, but if you stay with the Deities at a critical moment, the Deities will look after you later, do not worry about that. You must remember what I am telling you."
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Spiritual Vitality
"I may not be able to attend this day's programme, but my heart, mind and everything is there and I am very happy with those who have come and joined the festival. As for those who have not joined it, I am praying to them: please come and join, participate in this festival; please continue your spiritual life. You think that it is not necessary for you to come to the temple to practise Krishna consciousness, but this is not correct."
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Cherished Hope
"My heart, my mind, my everything is saying, 'When will I go to Nabadwip Chaitanya Saraswat Math temple?' I will make the temple good again..."
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Sri Baladev Tattva (2): Appearance and Pastimes
His Divine Grace reads to the devotees about Sri Baladev on Sri Baladev Purnima in 2018: "In Rama-lila, Laksman is younger than Ramachandra, so could not serve Ramachandra properly because a younger brother is always afraid of the elder brother. Therefore, in the pastimes of Krishna, Baladev became an elder son—when Krishna performed His pastimes, Balaram was always with Him."
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Sri Baladev Tattva (3): Later Pastimes
His Divine Grace reads to the devotees about Sri Baladev on Sri Baladev Purnima in 2018: "Although Sri Baladev is Vishnu-tattva, He Himself serves the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna as His foremost servant. He also engages others in the service of Krishna and exhibits the pastime of acting as the original spiritual master. In spite of all this, during His manifest pastimes in this material world, He Himself performed the pastime of accepting a guru in order to teach the importance of taking shelter of a guru."
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SEPTEMBER 2018

Vaishnava Culture
"What have you taken initiation for? Outside people who are not initiated also chant the Holy Name, but they take outside food, eat at random—they cook for themselves or their wife or mother cooks for them and they eat that, but devotees should not do that."
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Pure Devotees' Practice
"I tell everybody—you can turn your house into a temple. That is what Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur wanted. He said, 'I want to make a temple in everybody's heart.' You can make a temple in your house."
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"What Answer Will You Give?"
"When the time comes to cross the river in a boat and you see that you have no ticket, then you will regret it, 'What have I done? Why did I not follow what Gurudev told me? Why did I not practise properly?'"
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My Happiness
"We always ask the Deities for our own happiness—we always think about our own happiness and pray to the Lord for our own happiness. Only saying you are surrendered will not do, you must be surrendered."
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Janmastami: Making the Lord Happy
"What is Janmastami? What service can we do? We are coming here to celebrate Janmastami, but what is our duty? If we can make devotees happy, if we can serve devotees, then Krishna will be happy. That is called Janmastami."
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Sri Krishna Janmastami: A Private Pastime
"Gopal performed many pastimes. You all know that it is going to be Radhastami, the appearance day of Srimati Radhika, in fifteen days. There is a story about how She appeared."
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Sri Krishna Janmastami: Eternal Pastimes
"Krishna performed so many pastimes in Nanda-gram, but Kamsa would not stop. Kamsa kept trying to kill Krishna—he had sent many demons (Aghasur, enormous Bakasur, Vatsasur, etc.), but all of them were defeated by Krishna..."
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Sri Krishna Janmastami: Adhikar For Abhisekh
"When people do Durga puja or some other pujas, they usually fast, so here too—if you are to do the abhisekh of Lord Sri Krishna in the evening, if you want to get this opportunity, you must fast the whole day; otherwise you cannot bathe the holy body of Gopal."
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Trials and Tribulations (1)
"Many troubles, problems will come in our service life, in our spiritual life, but we must avoid them—we must not give so much attention to that. We must go forward, ahead; do not look behind at what has passed. We must wage war against illusory environment."
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Trials and Tribulations (2)
"You can see that when you are going to do some service, some problem can come, some difficulty can come. Why is it necessary to think about ourselves? we must think about the service, about preaching, about the jiva souls. These are the main things for us."
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Preach and Practise
"Approach people with Krishna consciousness, tell them what is the message of Mahaprabhu, Gurudev and Guru Maharaj. Go door to door. Sometimes you will be rejected by them, but you must go again, you must try and try, and you will be successful."
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Three Pillars of Religion
"We have come to this world for preaching, for Krishna consciousness. What is Krishna consciousness? It means service—jive daya, Name ruchi, Vaishnava seva. You must go to each fallen soul and give them the message of Gurudev, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Guru Maharaj."
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Service under Guidance
"Gurudev also may not know something, but if Gurudev gives his mercy to somebody, they may know it. Those who serve under the guidance have anugatya. It is our duty to serve under the guidance of Gurudev. If we can do that, that is very good."
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Continue Preaching Programme
"You should continue your preaching. Go to house programmes from time to time—have istha gosthi, nama-hatta, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Sankirtan Maha-Mandal programmes. You can also go to the street with street sankirtan. It will give happiness to Gurudev."
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Sri Radhastami in Sri Hapaniya Dham (2)
"Mahaprabhu taught that from time to time one can go to the birthplace of a holy, divine personality. That is why we come here to Hapaniya, Bamunpara, and birthplaces of many other holy personalities."
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OCTOBER 2018

Key to Guru Puja
"Gurudev had explained and taught me that when you make a festival not much is necessary—a festival means Vaishnav seva, bhakta-seva. Guru-seva is not engaging your Guru in service—it means serving your Guru, serving his devotees."
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Service Consciousness
"If we always practise and if we always serve Vaishnavs, then we can become worthy of a particle of dust from the lotus feet of Vaishnavs—that is sufficient for us. If you fast and offer some flower to your Guru but do not take part in service—it means you think about yourself, not about others."
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On Chastity
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj had many qualified scholarly pandit disciples, but he chose Gurudev. You can read many scriptures many times, you may know many things, but the Guru can understand who can follow his conception, who has chastity for him."
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Mercy of Guru
"Without the mercy of the Guru, without the instruction of the Guru you cannot cross, you cannot overcome the illusory environment. We must understand clearly what is the mercy of the Guru."
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Service to Gurudev's Mission
"Gurudev told his opinion, told to follow his instruction, and if you do not follow it, then whatever glorification you make it will not give any relief to Gurudev. If you want to help Gurudev's mission, then you must follow his instruction."
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Choose Your Association Wisely
"We should be careful with our association—we must always reject bad association because it can remove us from the spiritual service. We must see who gives a good instruction, who follows Gurudev's instruction and gives Gurudev's conception properly."
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Strongest Faith
"There are different kinds of faith—kamala-sraddha, taranga-sraddha, drdha sraddha, sudrdha sraddha. Depending on what kind of faith you have, that kind of devotion will come to you. Not everybody has the same faith for the Lord, for the Guru."
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Beneficial Association
"What is association? What is good association? Sadhus always speak about Krishna-katha, Bhagavat-katha, about spiritual things. Bad association means you should not listen so much to gossips, do not listen to others criticising Vaishnavs."
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Sincerity in Service
"We must understand what is favourable to devotion and accept it, and we must reject what is unfavourable to devotion. Sincerity, nistha, means when you do something, you must do it properly and do it regularly."
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Improving Spiritual Life
"We do not think what is the service to the sadhu, what is the sadhu's priority. What for have we come to Krishna consciousness? We must first see to our spiritual life, we must not think about our material interest—we must follow Gurudev's instruction."
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Rusty and Nasty
"What is spiritual life service? The main thing is that you must make your Gurudev happy. If we see how our Guru-varga preach Krishna consciousness, what they do to make their Gurudev happy, how they serve their Gurudev, then we can understand what service is."
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What Is Service?
"Even if it looks like worship, if it is what our mind tells us to do, it is not bhajan—service is serving your Guru and Vaishnavs under the guidance of your Guru and Vaishnavs; without the guidance of the Guru, it is not service."
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Learn Siddhanta
"How much our Guru-varga has been trying to teach proper Krishna consciousness, to teach proper etiquette! Take Gurudev's instruction, take his association and you will become a proper devotee."
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What Is Proper Surrender?
"Sometimes you cannot understand the mercy of Gurudev, you cannot understand what Gurudev says—that is because of your ego, because there are so many bad elements within you, because you are not surrendered fully."
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Devotional Relationship
"Days are passing very quickly while we waste time on so many nonsense things, on sleeping, eating, enjoying. We must learn something from Gurudev. We must have full surrender, and surrender means not just saying it with your mouth—you must show what your surrender is."
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Greatest Gift
"Who can understand the extent of Nityananda Prabhu's help to us? We can understand easily how merciful Gurudev is, how kind Gurudev is to us. He is giving us, presenting us such good things. We must only accept it."
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Pure Surrender—Key to Pure Solution
"We should not bargain with the Guru—when Gurudev tells you something, you should listen properly and show with your action, with your service that you are a proper servitor of your Guru. You must show your Guru with your actions, 'I am not independent.'"
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Price for the Advantage
"There are so many faults in the age of Kali, but there is also one great quality in it: Krishna Himself comes in the form of His Name. If we take shelter of the Holy Name—if we chant properly, without offence—then we can understand the real truth."
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Sarveswar and Nirgun Krishna
"When we are born, our mothers tell me, 'This is your father,' and we believe it because only the mother knows who the father is. In the same way, we must believe properly what the scriptures say."
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Strict and Straight Preaching
"This is what Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur teaches us: you cannot just close your mouth, you must do what is necessary—you must practise the real conception and you must preach it also."
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Servant Consciousness
"This is the main thing that we must understand in our spiritual life. It is not necessary to be a Vaishnav—it is necessary to be a servant of a Vaishnav. Try to understand what the siddhanta, the main conception, is."
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Traversing Maya-Samudra
"O Lord! I am doing so many offences—thousands of thousands of offences. I have already fallen into so much maya. I do not have any qualities—and I have no other way, I surrender to you, I am throwing myself at your feet! Please hijack me!"
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Paramount Quality
"We have no quality or qualification, but we can surrender fully. If you take shelter in the guidance and at the lotus feet of such Guru (if you receive his guidance and listen to his advice or order), then Krishna cannot reject you."
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Dasya-Rasa: the Pivot of Preaching
"When I see this world, I see that almost everybody, 99% people do not practise Krishna consciousness. There are very few devotees do. Everybody is enjoying, but Krishna said, 'I am giving you twenty-four hours—this time is My time. You must use it for My service.'"
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Sharing the Hardships
"You are suffering so much in your country because of the difficult economical and political condition. I am always with you all and I am always thinking about you all. I am paying my obeisance to those of you who are still there."
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Hold Your Ground
"That is always my earnest request to everyone—give some space in your heart for your Guru, for the Lord. Sometimes people cannot understand what is gramya-katha and what is Krishna-katha—if you do not not surrender to your Guru properly, you will not be able to understand your Guru."
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Staunch and Careful
"Everything that exists in this world is for the service of the Lord. Our duty is to serve Vaishnavs. We should all think that we must become feet dust of Vaishnavs. Always be careful. Maya can take you away from your service at any time because for birth after birth we had been slaves of maya."
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Appreciating Sadhu (2)
"Maybe somebody's character is bad, but if they are surrendered to the Lord, you can say about them that they are a perfect sadhu because they are fully surrendered to the Lord, fully surrendered to their Guru."
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Appreciating Sadhu (3)
"I am telling to everybody—give proper respect to the sadhu, do not make any offence to the sadhu. Only a sadhu can rescue you from all kinds of bad elements—he can remove all your bad elements if you surrender to him properly."
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Exclusive Mood
"A devotee's heart, their life, mind, everything is surrendered to the Lord, and they always listen to Hari-katha, Hari-kirtan—they always spend their life in sravanam, kirtanam, and they always derive pleasure from it."
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Seek Sadhus' Shelter
"O Krishna! How will all those who are suffering so much from miseries caused by one's body, by the nature, and other souls, and so many problems in this mundane world be rescued from this kind of situation? — A sadhu will come for them..."
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What Are You Doing?!
"We must practise in the way that Gurudev tells us to practise. Think properly about what Gurudev tells. You are always mixing with materialists, you are always looking at ladies—what are you doing?! You are taking poison! You must avoid all this!"
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Preaching Current
"You can see these examples and understand that there are always some problems. You can see our guru-varga also. When Bhagavan Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur starting to preach the highest conception of Mahaprabhu, or when Bhaktivinod Thakur discovered Mahaprabhu's birthplace, so many problems came."
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Take Care of This Line
"I have told you some of the history of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. I am very unqualified, but Gurudev told me to take care of you all and to give what he has told me. I am paying my humble obeisance to all the devotees and requesting you to please take care of what Gurudev has told, take care of his words. This is my hope and my everything."
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Damodarastakam
"We sing Damodarastakam about the pastimes of the Lord written by Satyavrata Muni every Kartik month. That is a very important song in our spiritual life."
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Siksastakam
"We are singing the Siksastakam songs every day [in Kartik month]. Mahaprabhu is Radha-Krishna's combined form and Siksastakam is His teaching. It is very nice. We must practise these songs."
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Maintaining Legacy
"There are certain things that have to be maintained and that are necessary for a practitioner's life, and you must follow these things properly. I am happy with all the devotees and I am trying to keep the Mission of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math as it was before."
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Beyond Ego and Prejudice
"We pray all the devotees of Chaitanya Saraswat Math will come again. I know some are a little disheartened, some want to stay alone, some live in a family as householders, but we do not look who is a householder, who is a brahmachari, who is a sannyasi."
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Surrendered Soul's Stance
"It is not necessary to be a pujari—if we can become a dog of the Deities, that is sufficient for us. You can tie me and keep me near You, and I will not allow anybody who is against You to come close to You without Your permission. That will be my duty. I will honour the remnants of Your dearmost devotees."
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Pure Principles
"Mahaprabhu is the Lord Himself, but He served others and practised Krishna consciousness strictly—He preached very strictly and followed all rules and regulations very strictly. We should learn from our Gurudev, we should learn from our Guru-varga."
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"May our pilgrimage be successful"
"Actually, we are going to Dvaraka to learn something about the pastimes of Krishna. If we are fortunate, by Krishna's mercy, we can get the darshan of this place. We pray to Gurudev and to the Lord that our pilgrimage may be successful."
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NOVEMBER 2018

Srila Sridhar Maharaj's Line
"Who will be considered a member of Chaitanya Saraswat Math? I do not know who can follow that, this is up to them, but this is what happened and this was said by Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj himself."

Glory of Manasi Ganga
"This Haridev Temple is located to the south of Manasi Ganga. When it came to the temple of Asadi Purnima, Nanda Maharaj, Mother Yasoda and other Vraja-basis wanted to travel to the Ganges to bathe in her water..."
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On the Bank of Brahma Kunda
"We have come to Brahma Kunda. Do you remember where we have been today before that? You must listen attentively and keep these things on your head and in your heart. This Brahma Kunda is also known as Brahma-guha (the cave of Brahma)..."
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Glory of Govardhan
"Where were all the Vraja-basis and their cows to go now? Nanda Maharaj said, 'Gopal, we listened to You and worshipped Govardhan, but now all fields are flooded and the water is coming to our houses. Where will we go?' Surrender is the main thing."
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Devotional Business
"The duty of those who stay here in Vrindavan is to serve the sadhus who come from Bengal and other places—to give them a place to stay and to give them prasadam. This is what Sriman Mahaprabhu taught Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Sanatan Goswami."
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Govardhan's Appearance in Vrindavan
"Yesterday and today also, we were explaining how Govardhan was brought to Vrindavan by Pulastya Muni. Govardhan was a son of Drona Parvat (Dronachal), and actually Govardhan was originally in Salmaladvipa..."
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DECEMBER 2018

In Earnest
"You should have some good brain to understand how to serve the Guru and Guru-varga. Ask your heart sincerely—how much of your life have you sacrificed for your Guru, for the Mission, for Krishna consciousness? Can you sacrifice 100% or even 50% of your life?"
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Nurture Service Life
"It is necessary to have a strongest desire to serve. We must be serious in our spiritual life. For money, name and fame, for their own interest people go here and there, tasting everything like prostitutes. Krishna consciousness life is not like that."
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Do Not Forget Gurudev
"I am praying to you! Please do not forget our Gurudev. You have taken initiation from him, you must try to understand what he told. Always remember him, his advice, his guidance. Remember all this properly, then you will be successful in your spiritual life."
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"O Vaishnav Thakur!"
"We cannot have the darshan of Lord Siva with these eyes. Do we have the eyes? We have the eyes for maya—we always see the things of illusory world. Devotees pray to Lord Siva for forgiveness of their offences. If you ask him for forgiveness, he is very merciful, he can remove your offences..."

What Is Vaishnav Seva?
"We did not come here to become Vaishnavs—we must become servants of the servants of Vaishnavs. We must not think how we can please ourselves—we must think how we can please our Gurudev. We must not only say, 'Oh, their feet dust is the means of my subsistence.' We must have faith."

Devious Distractor
"Chant Hare Krishna and Maya Devi will go away, but she will stand nearby—as soon as you get weak again, she will attack. She is always roaming everywhere waiting to seize you, and once she seizes you she will not let you go."

Sadhus' Blessing
"People come to me and ask, "Maharaj, give me your blessing (asirvad)." Do you know what kind of blessing we give? May you have a good husband, may you have a good wife, may you have a good job, etc.—we do not wish for this. Vaishnavs go house to house distributing such wealth to people by which all the things of this world seem insignificant."

Wait No More
"You have found a bona fide Guru—there is no need to wait any longer! Take shelter of the lotus feet of Gurudev and all these miseries will be over. Have faith. Promise to me that you will not forget Krishna."

Our Identity
"As you sow so you reap—if I cannot chant the Holy Name in this life, I will have to come back next life. There are 37 000 jiva souls standing in the queue at every moment, and only one of them gets a human birth. What happens to the rest of the 36 999 souls?"

Religion of the Soul
"We are eternal servants of Krishna. This is what we have forgotten, and this is what Gurus come to this world to remind us about. We preach jaiva-dharma—religion of the soul. We all have one religion—this religion is service to the Lord, chanting the Name of the Lord."

The Wanted and The Unwanted
"We do not have time to chant the Holy Name, but we have time to talk and gossip with others. This is a waste of time. Days are passing; practise Krishna consciousness. Set some time aside to practise Krishna consciousness. In devotional practice, many unwanted things, many bad qualities come—we must be always alert and careful with that."

Pitfalls of Vaishnav Seva
"If you do Vaishnav seva, you will get good result, but if you become proud of yourself or some pratistha comes to you, then you will be in danger. If you indulge your ego and run behind pratistha, then you will become very heavy and your boat will sink. Always be careful that such things do not come to your heart."

Beyond Visaya
"We must remember how these great Vaishnavs maintained their life, how they lived, how they served the Lord. If you want to be a devotee, you must hear, read, and follow these things. If we do not practise Krishna consciousness, then this life is useless."

Seed of Devotion
"You have already joined Krishna's family, you are serving Krishna's devotees, and now you are going to take the holy seed of devotion. If you take proper care of that seed, it will one day grow into a tree and you will get the fruit—you will get taste through that chanting. It is necessary to chant the Holy Name for that."
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ON THIS PAGE:

JANUARY
• Our Hope and Heart-Felt Gratitude
• Learn from Mahajanas
• Seeking Mercy
• Revealing Nityananda Prabhu
• Mahaprabhu's Stay in Shantipur
• Preaching Ideal
• Learn and Distribute
• Great Good Fortune
• Bhava-Rog Doctor
• Foster Devotional Feelings
• Association and Assimilation
• Enthusiasm for Service
• All Loss, All Gain
• Crest Jewel
• Capital Misjudgement
• Muddled Mind
• Clasping for Shelter
• You Be an Instrument
• Hidden Practice and Broad Preaching
• Love to Death
• Ditching the World
• Masterminding the Escape
• Look for Purity
• Lord Nityananda Prabhu's Sakti

FEBRUARY
• Participate in Service
• Not a Game
• "I am not hopeless"
• Other Desires
• We Forget
• Fighting Against Misconception
• Kirtan Business
• Perfection and Profanation
• Just What the Doctor Ordered?
• Exclusive Remedy for Sins
• Discipline Yourself (1)
• Discipline Yourself (21)
• Peddling Misconception
• Parikrama Will Not Be Stopped
• Priority In Service
• Slaughterhouse
• No Compromise
• Backstabbing
• Deserve, Then Desire
• Jump!
• Another Plane of Existence
• Foul Pill to Swallow
• Dangerous Deviation
• Lift the Anchor
• Poorer Than the Poor, yet Richer than the Rich
• Wise up

MARCH
• Sri Gaura Purnima Festival: Miraculous and Marvellous
• Great Fortune
• Modern Milieu
• "I Pray You Can Come"
• Sripat Hapaniya Dham: Auspicious Place

MAY
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Auspicious Invocation
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Why Are We Here?
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Life Is Uncertain
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Practise Without Deceit
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Examine Yourself
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Bhakti Jagat
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Daily Service
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Devotee Association
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Devotional Qualities
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Vaishnava Stance
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Life in Kirtan
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Our Day-to-Day Life
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Five Diseases
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Learn to Be Human
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: "What sort of wealth makes you so rich?"
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Lord's Department
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Beautiful Kirtan
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Question from Ladies' Quarter
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Entering Higher Abode
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Internal and External
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Twisted Turn
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Seek Shelter and Guidance
• Hari-katha in Kulgachia: Closing Appeal
• Great Stumbling Block
• Mercy Above Justice
• Service Life—Not Leisure
• Servitor's Chastity
• Painless Existence
• Prasad's Purifying Power
• Inner Wealth
• Unpretentious and Forgiving Heart
• Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Pastimes

JUNE
• Sri Panihati: Place of Prime Pastimes
• Example for the World
• Where Shortcuts Fail
• Serve Deity Properly

JULY
• At Tota Gopinath's Temple
• Let Maya Go
• Mahaprabhu's Anger
• Chhota Haridas's Story (1)
• Chhota Haridas's Story (2)
• Haridas Thakur's Bhajan Kutir
• Haridas Thakur's Glory
• At Sri Gambhira
• Arriving at Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya's House
• Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya's Conversion
• Strongest Faith and Devotion
• Heal and Declutter
• Love, Lust, and Rust
• Jagadananda Pandit: Childhood
• Jagadananda Pandit's Hot-Headed Heart
• Nine Digits
• Two Fables—Two Lessons
• Sincere and Selfless Service
• Chanting 24/7
• The Proof of the Pudding
• "Gora Knows..."
• At Sri Alarnath's Temple
• A Perfect Serviceholder
• Love for Guru
• Mind Your Own Faults
• Root of Anartha
• On Mission's Integrity
• Highest Devotion
• "This Is Our Life"
• Tolerance Is Unavoidable
• On Guard
• Sacred and Cherished Moment
• Serve Under Guidance

AUGUST
• Genuine Relation with Sri Guru
• Pleasing Gurudev
• Giving Gurudev Place In Your Heart
• Gurudev's Transcendental Care
• Live In the World of Faith
• Value Your Service Life
• Power of Genuine Devotion
• Give Wholesale Attention
• Harmonising Wisely
• Seva-Sprha
• My Humble Prayer to You
• Your Consciousness
• Vision and Hope
• Eternal Obligation
• Stick It Out
• London Temple
• Spiritual Vitality
• Cherished Hope
• Sri Baladev Tattva (1)
• Sri Baladev Tattva (2): Appearance and Pastimes
• Sri Baladev Tattva (3): Later Pastimes

SEPTEMBER
• Advice
• Vaishnava Culture
• Pure Devotees' Practice
• "What Answer Will You Give?"
• My Happiness
• Janmastami: Making the Lord Happy
• Sri Krishna Janmastami: No Pain, No Gain
• Sri Krishna Janmastami: A Private Pastime
• Sri Krishna Janmastami: Eternal Pastimes
• Sri Krishna Janmastami: Adhikar For Abhisekh
• Our Plan and Programme
• Trials and Tribulations (1)
• Trials and Tribulations (2)
• Preach and Practise
• Heart for Preaching
• Three Pillars of Success
• Service under Guidance
• Continue Preaching Programme
• Sri Radhastami in Sri Hapaniya Dham (1)
• Sri Radhastami in Sri Hapaniya Dham (2)
• Speech at Sri Surabhi Kunja

OCTOBER
• Meaning of Guru Puja
• Key to Guru Puja
• Service Consciousness
• Sri Vyasa Puja Speech
• Servitor's Livelihood
• On Chastity
• Mercy of Guru
• Guided Life
• Service to Gurudev's Mission
• Choose Your Association Wisely
• Proper Adjustment
• Strongest Faith
• Beneficial Association
• Sincerity in Service
• Association: Root of (Mis?)fortune
• Improving Spiritual Life
• Rusty and Nasty
• What Is Service?
• Learn Siddhanta
• Lucid Living
• What Is Proper Surrender?
• Devotional Relationship
• Depend On Your Guru
• Greatest Gift
• Pure Surrender—Key to Pure Solution
• Turning Homebound
• Price for the Advantage
• Sarveswar and Nirgun Krishna
• Foundation of Surrender
• Strict and Straight Preaching
• Do Not Ruin Yourself
• Servant Consciousness
• Traversing Maya-Samudra
• Paramount Quality
• Highest Devotion
• Dasya-Rasa: the Pivot of Preaching
• Sharing the Hardships
• Hold Your Ground
• Staunch and Careful
• Appreciating Sadhu (1)
• Appreciating Sadhu (2)
• Appreciating Sadhu (3)
• Healthy Spiritual Life
• Exclusive Mood
• Seek Sadhus' Shelter
• What Are You Doing?!
• Mahaprabhu's Line
• Preaching Current
• Take Care of This Line
• Damodar Month
• Damodarastakam
• Siksastakam
• Establishing Faith
• Maintaining Legacy
• Beyond Ego and Prejudice
• Honest Surrender
• Surrendered Soul's Stance
• Pure Principles
• En Route to Dvaraka
• "May our pilgrimage be successful"

NOVEMBER
• A Night Talk in Dvaraka
• Sudama Vipra
• Srila Sridhar Maharaj's Line
• At the Temple of Adi Haridev
• Glory of Manasi Ganga
• On the Bank of Brahma Kunda
• "Surrender to Giriraj"
• Glory of Govardhan
• Devotional Business
• First Part of Sri Govardhan Parikrama
• Govardhan's Appearance in Vrindavan
• About Sri Dehi Kunda

DECEMBER
• No Mercy—No Nothing
• In Earnest
• Nurture Service Life
• The Tenth Offence
• Look after the Seed
• Do Not Forget Gurudev
• "O Vaishnav Thakur!"
• What Is Vaishnav Seva?
• Devious Distractor
• Sadhus' Blessing
• Wait No More
• Our Identity
• Religion of the Soul
• The Wanted and The Unwanted
• Pitfalls of Vaishnav Seva
• Beyond Visaya
• Strong Heart
• Seed of Devotion
• New Year Message