(1/12) Your Sreyo Must Become Your Preyo

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Vaishnav-seva programme in Begampur (Hooghly),
Early February 2019, part 1
Translated from Bengali

Jay Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki jay.
Visva-varenya Srila Guru Maharaj ki jay.
Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki jay.
Jay saparikara Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda Sundarjiu ki jay.
Jay Om Vishnupad Bhagavan Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupad ki jay.
Om Vishnupad Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj ki jay.
Sachchidananda Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur ki jay.
Sarvabhauma Sri Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj ki jay.
Rupanuga-guru-varga ki jay.
Namacharya Haridas Thakur ki jay.
Vrinda Devi, Tulasi Devi, Sri Bhakti Devi ki jay.
Sri Shyama Kunda, Radha Kunda, Sri Giri Govardhan ki jay.
Sri Mayapur Dham, Sri Nabadwip Dham, Sri Vrindavan, Mathura ki jay.
Sri Purusottam Ksetra ki jay.
Baladev Subhadra Jagannathjiu ki jay.
Akar Math-raj Chaitanya Math ki jay.
Mayapur Yogapith ki jay.
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math ki jay.
Tandiya sakha-math-samuha ki jay.
Sri Mather sevak-vrinda, bhakta-vrinda ki jay.
Ananta-koti Vaishnav-vrinda ki jay.
Sri Gaudiya Acharya-vrinda ki jay.
Tridandi-pad-gan ki jay.
Saparsada Sriman Nityananda Prabhu ki jay.
Saparsada Sriman Mahaprabhu ki jay.
Bhakta-prabara Prahlad Maharaj ki jay.
Suddha-bhaktir-vighna-vinasa-kari Bhagavan Nrisinghadev ki jay.
Sri Sada-Siva Gangadhar jiu ki jay.
Giriraj Govardhan ki jay.
Jay Samagata Sri Gaura bhakta-vrinda ki jay.
All the assembled, all the worldwide devotees ki jay.
Harinam sankirtan ki jay.
Jay Sri Begampur-tatha, Hooghli samasta-bhakta-vrinda ki jay.
Jay Jay Sripad Sanath Prabhur matri-devir tirobhav-tithi-bara maha-mahotsav ki jay.
Harinam sankirtan ki jay.
Jay Nitai Gaura premanande Hari bol

Devotee: Jay Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj ki jay. Harinam sankirtan ki jay. Gaura premanande Hari bol.

[His Divine Grace chants kirtans and then addresses the assembled devotees.]

মূকং করোতি বাচালং পঙ্গুং লঙ্ঘয়তে গিরিম্ ।
যৎকৃপা তমহং বন্দে শ্রীগুরুং দীনতারণম্ ॥

mukam karoti vachalam pangum langhayate girim
yat krpa tam aham vande sri-gurum dina-taranam

'The dumb can speak, the lame can climb a hill – all it takes is mercy from gurudev.'

(Bhavartha Dipika)

First, I am offering my full obeisance at the lotus feet of my Divine Master Om Vishnupad Jagad-guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, begging him for his causeless mercy and aspiring to serve him. After that, I am offering my full obeisance to all the assembled guru-varga, all my godbrothers, to all the listeners, to all the motherly lady devotees. I am also offering my full obeisance at the holy lotus feet of my Param Gurudev Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Bhagavan Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupad, the guardian of Sri Chaitanya Math and Gaudiya Math.

We are gathered here today on the occasion of the departure of Nilma Devi, Sripad Sanath Prabhu's mother. Desiring to give her benefit, devotees have arranged fora vaishnav-seva in her honour, and we have thus received this opportunity to be present here today. We consider ourselves very fortunate because it is very difficult to get Vaishnavs' association. Vaishnavs and sadhus spend their lives only in Hari-kirtan. We must take shelter of a guru who always speaks about the Lord, who always glorifies the Lord. Such gurus always speak about Lord Krishna; they never speak about material things (gramya-katha, gramya-varta), never criticise or gossip about other people. Such gurus take the souls who have turned away from the Lord and engage them in the service of the Lord – they strive to take conditioned souls living in illusory bondage and turn them back towards the Lord (awaken their interest in Krishna).

We must try to practise what such devotees teach, what our Gurupadpadma teaches, what our Param Gurudev Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj teaches, what Bhagavan Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad teaches – we must genuinely follow their guidance.

You are very fortunate that you have all come to this line and have gathered here today. There is one thing that Srila Prabhupad said that you all should remember. He said that until and unless you become liberated from this world of Maya, you will not be able to serve Sri Nam Prabhu (the Holy Name of the Lord). When he explained service to Sri Nam Prabhu, he spoke about Nama-rupa, Nama-lila, Nama-parikara, Nama-vaisistya. We have heard before about Nama (Name), rupa (beauty), guna (qualities), lila (pastimes), parikar (associates), vaisistya (paraphernalia), but he spoke about Nama-nama (the Name of the Name), Nama-rupa (the beauty of the Name), Nama-guna (the qualities of the Name), Nama-lila (the pastimes of the Name), Nama-parikara (the associates of the Name), Nama-vaisistya (the paraphernalia of the Name).

Srila Prabhupad said that when you hear Krishna-kirtan, you cannot but chant the glories of the Lord, and when you chant about the glories of the Lord, you cannot but remember the Lord. It must be genuine hearing. In other words, it is necessary to learn to love that which is beneficial for you. There are two things, preyo (প্রেয়, what you like, what gives you pleasure) and sreyo (শ্রেয়, what is good for you). Your sreyo must become your preyo: you must learn to derive happiness from that which is good for you. Always remember this.

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6) Sincere Self-Realisation
7) Mahaprabhu's Conception
8) Gist of Spiritual Life
9) Prison of Misconception
10) Learn and Live the Ideal
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