(14/14) Thrive Spiritually

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Kadigachha, Lord Siva's Temple inauguration,
5 March 2019, morning, part 14
Translated from Bengali

Remember what I have told you today. Also, everybody must keep Tulasi at home. Give me your word that you will all keep Tulasi at home. If you have money, you can make a small temple for Tulasi (make a platform on four sides so that you can circumambulate her), but that is another matter; if you have no money, take a simple clay pot and seat her there. Circumambulate Tulasi four times every day: four times in the morning and four times in the evening. How long does that take? Not even two minutes. And tell your husbands, 'You are going outside, first offer obeisance to Tulasi, then leave. Tulasi is the master of the house. If you offer her your obeisance, she will bring you back home safely. And when you get back home, wash your hands and feet and go to first offer obeisance to Tulasi.' Tulasi is the holy embodiment of the goddess of devotion (Bhakti Devi). She can give you devotion to the Lord. So, always do Tulasi parikrama.

We have books, you can get them and see what Tulasi kirtan we sing, what bhoga arati kirtan we sing, what arati and ekadasi kirtans we sing, and so on. Also, what I have been telling you now is also written down in books. You do not have to give me any money or give any donation to the temple – better buy some books and read them at home. We have leaflets explaining why eating fish and meat is bad for your health; take them with you. Non-vegetarian food causes cancer, goitre and various other diseases. This is the opinion of big American doctors, too. We eat all kinds of bad things, that is why we become afflicted with heavy diseases. Because people eat so much cow's meat, they develop heart diseases so often. Muslim people from Bangladesh all come to Kolkata and Vellore (Chennai) for treatment – they all suffer from heart diseases because they eat a lot of cow's meat and they cannot imagine their lives without fish and meat. Those who eat vegetarian food do not have such problems. Our Guru Maharaj left this world at the age of eighty, and he never had any heart problem. His heart was very strong.

So, I pray to you all: please explain these things to everybody at your homes. Become vegetarians, fast on ekadasi and chant the Holy Name of the Lord. I will come again from time to time. If you study and want to hear more, then I will come. Otherwise, why do I come? When people have time, they meet up and spend time gossiping... We do not do this.

Take the leaflets on vegetarianism and read them later; we give them free of charge. I have written there everything nicely, giving various examples. What does Islamic Hadith say? They say that you can kill another living entity if you can give life to a live entity. People kill cows, but can they give life to anything? They cannot. Hindus also kill goats or chickens, but can they give life to anything? They cannot. Read these things. There are three parts in the leaflets – read them carefully.

This is how you must live. Keep Tulasi at home, do Tulasi parikrama, offer worship to Tulasi. It does not cost anything to keep Tulasi at home.

What is it? Is it raining? Oh, call out to Lord Siva and pray, 'O Lord, we are talking about You now, and Your devotees are going to take Your prasad, please do not make it rain now. O Indradev, why are you angry? Why are you sending rain now? There is a festival of the Lord going on here, please do not send rain now.' Everybody must pray deeply. Now the Lord's bhoga is being offered, so we are finishing our class. Please remember what has been said. Always practise Krishna consciousness properly, follow all the rules and regulations at home. This temple here is your temple. Nothing here belongs to me, do not think that I have made this temple – I do not have any wealth or property; this temple belongs to your village, it belongs to everybody. So, it is your duty and responsibility to take care of it. Always remember this. There is going to be a big festival tomorrow, please come. I will also come and speak and chant kirtan again. We will go for the dham parikrama also. Come in the morning and join our parikrama. We will start at nine o'clock and do a parikrama for one hour. Come and join me. The main festival will be at noon. Come and join. I am going to be here until the evening today, so come in the evening and listen to the class again. We will start at four in the afternoon. The temple will be closed for some time now, and it will open again at four. Come, listen to the kirtans and the class. Everybody will get prasad at the festival also. May the Lord bestow auspiciousness upon you all, may no trouble come to your lives. Take care of yourselves. I am praying to the Lord that everything may be well in your lives, so that you do not have to face any trouble or difficulty. If any of you want to come to Nabadwip for the parikrama, get in touch with the devotees who will be going from here. I will do the parikrama from Nrisingha Palli, so come and do the parikrama with us.

This is what I wanted to say to you all. Now the bhoga is being offered to the Lord, so let us chant the Bhoga Arati and the noon arati. After that, you can all take prasad. Now we do not have time, we are late. Please chant the Holy Name, take care and may the Holy Name always be with you. Always chant the Holy Name – even listening to Hari-katha is also chanting the Holy Name. Do not listen to any other talks except the talks about the Lord.

Jay Srila Guru Maharaj ki jay.

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