2019

JANUARY 2019

Our Mission
"What message have I come to give you? I want to try to give you the message of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, of our Gurudev and our Guru Maharaj. I want to give you the Hidden Treasure of the Sweet Absolute."
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Enjoyer, Controller, Provider
"Everything in this world exists for the Lord's enjoyment. Because of our ego we think these things are my things. Nothing in this world is yours. If you think that everything belongs to you and enjoy with everything, it means that you are attacked by Maya Devi."
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Chalking Out the Path
"Neither heaven no hell is our permanent, proper place. We come from the Lord and we should go back home—back to home, back to Godhead. Through the service to the Lord, to the Guru and Vaishnavs, you can go to your real place, which is Goloka."
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Help Yourself and Help Others
"You have twenty-four hours a day, but these twenty-four hours are not for you. When you join Krishna's family, you can engage yourself twenty-four hours a day for the Guru. Those who have initiation should not only chant themselves, but they should also preach."
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Making Offering: Have Heart, Follow Rules
"Service means you must arrange everything, then it will be proper service. You may have a good heart, but it is necessary to know some rules and regulations. When you make an aparadh you have to suffer for it."
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Primary Qualities of Devotee
"If you go door to door but you do not practise properly, householder people will not give even one rupee to you. You must practise properly, behave properly—you must become a devotee. 'Devotee' means following Mahaprabhu's teaching. We come to Krishna consciousness to please Gurudev—not to please ourselves."
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Purpose of Surrender
"You think, 'I am suffering from so many problems, so I must surrender to the Lord'—this is not devotion. You should surrender with heart and soul, with the devotion. You must surrender to the Lord to love the Lord."
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Always Chant the Holy Name
"Mind is always naughty, it always wants something. When your mind is disturbing you, loudly chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, then your mind will concentrate on the Lord."
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Learn and Practise
"How will you serve the Lord? Come to the dearmost servitor of your Guru and surrender to that kind of Vaishnav—he can give you proper guidance. Read the books, pray to the Lord, and in that way you can remember the Lord. The best practice is sravan and kirtan."
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At Mangalagiri (2)
"We come to preach Krishna consciousness in South India because Gurudev wanted this preaching in South India. We have visited some places here today, but actually we have no eyes. How can I see Lord Nrisingha, Pana Nrisingha or Laksmi Nrisingha?"
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Proper Care
"If we do not practise properly, we will forget our service, we will forget our practising life. We have to be careful—Maya Devi always sits near us and she can attack us at any time; she can take us away from the service of Krishna and use for her own service."
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Learning to Surrender
"Your mind always thinks, 'Shall I jump or not? Shall I jump or not?' but you must throw your mind into Krishna consciousness life, then you can understand everything. Mind is always naughty, but you have intelligence, sumedha."
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Triumph of Life
"We are swimming in an ocean of illusory environment and we do not understand which way we must go, but we have finally got this human body; we must understand what is our duty in this human body—only sleeping, eating and enjoying like cats and dogs?"
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Crooked Service (1)
"We all—all over the world—are sons and daughters of the Lord, and we always serve or want to serve the Lord, but do we want to serve to fulfil our own desire or to fulfil Krishna's desire? You can understand this from the example of family life also..."
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Crooked Service (2)
"'What is devotion? What do you want—do you want to please yourself? Is this devotion?' You can see what is called vaishnavata (qualities of a Vaishnav) and how Vaishnavism is practised. We want to learn from great Vaishnavs."
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Who Is a Real Disciple?
"Srila Prabhupad teaches us that we do not discriminate who is a grihastha, who is a brahmachari, and who is a sannyasi. Those who are dearest to Gurudev, those who can serve Gurudev properly, who can follow his instruction properly, they are the real devotees."
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Flunkies of Flesh
"...Still, you are not running under the guidance of Guru and Vaishnavs—you are running under the guidance of your body. You are attached to your family life, but that kind of attachment should come to Lord Krishna, Gauranga Mahaprabhu, and Gurudev. Search for Sri Krishna Reality the Beautiful! Search where you can get real devotion!"
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A Heartfelt Appeal
"O Vaishnav Thakur! I surrender to you, only you can control my mind, and through your association my mind can get some service to you. When I see everything in this world, I feel very afraid. Please, Prabhu, take me. I want to go with you! Please take me from the illusory environment and engage me in your service!"
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Nityananda Prabhu's Campaign
"You have no attachment to Nityananda Prabhu, to Gurudev! You are a sinner, you only come and go, come and go, how will you ever get relief? You do not understand how much you are suffering..."
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur (Godavari): Part Two
"Today we are briefly reading the chapter that describes the meeting of Raya Ramananda and Mahaprabhu. Listen to it properly, it is the highest conception. 'Mahaprabhu was bathing and chanting the Holy Name, and at that time Ramananda Ray came—he came very gorgeously, with a band and party.'"
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur (Godavari): Part Three
"Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu then embraced Sri Ramananda Ray very firmly. Their natural love for each other was awakened in them both, and they embraced and fell to the ground."
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur (Godavari): Sri Ramananda Sambad
"Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ordered Ramananda Ray, 'Recite a verse from the revealed scriptures concerning the ultimate goal of life.' Ramananda replied, 'Devotion to the Lord is the execution of the prescribed duties of one's social position'..."
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur (Godavari): Sri Ramananda Ray's Answers
"Later, Mahaprabhu again met with Ramananda Ray, and this time Mahaprabhu asked questions and Ramananda Ray gave answers... In the end, Ramananda Ray said, 'My dear Lord, please give up all these serious talks. Please do not conceal Your real form from me.'"
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur (Godavari): Sri Ramananda Ray's Expertise
"Later, when Ramananda Ray stayed in Puri, one day a brahman named Pradyumna Misra came to Mahaprabhu and asked Him if he could hear Krishna-katha from Him. Mahaprabhu replied, 'I do not know Krishna-katha. Go to Ramananda Ray...'"
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Path to Purification
'It is not every day that we get an opportunity to hear Hari-katha, to hear what Krishna told us. Moreover, we cannot hear Krishna's message and Mahaprabhu's message properly because our minds and other instruments (senses, etc.) are always busy with their own service.'

What Is Good Association?
'How can you get good association? Who should you associate with? If what somebody is saying is in favour of devotion, you must accept this person's advice; and if somebody is saying something that is not in favour of devotion, you should not accept it – even if it is your own relative, you must always avoid their association.'

Stay Engaged in Service, Not Maya
'We must always engage ourselves twenty-four hours a day in service to our guru and Vaishnavs. Do not waste your time on nonsense talks, nonsense work, nonsense things. Maya is always searching for a gap. Maya is always waiting when you stop chanting Krishna's Name, when you want to retire from your service – as soon as she sees it, she will attack you.'

Escape Ratty Life
'When you were born, you did not bring anything with you, and when your body falls dead, you will not take anything with you either. So, I do not know what for you are doing so much for your life here. Do not waste your time.'

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Loud and Loving Call
'When you call your son, you must call him loudly; otherwise, your son will not be able to hear you. There are so many jiva souls who are also calling Krishna's Name – unless you call Krishna with heart and soul, with love and affection, Krishna will not give attention to your call.'

Transcending Bodily Existence
'What are you doing? Those who have not come to Krishna consciousness must understand this. We are living in this world, but we are killing millions and billions of living entities every single day to stay alive! How can you overcome and get relief from this kind of situation? Srimad Bhagavatam and Srimad Bhagavad-gita give an exact solution to this problem.'

Why Do We Suffer?
'You may think, "I have no money, that is why I am suffering," but people in rich countries have a lot of money, even here in India there are many businesspeople who have a lot of money – do you think they are not suffering? They are also suffering, and because they have so much money, they are suffering even more than us. Why?'

Srimad Bhagavad-Gita's Message
'Even when you drink a glass of water, you must think that this water comes from Lord Krishna. You may think that you are drinking this water because this water is for you, but it is not so. Sometimes we cannot make a proper offering, but we have to take something (drink some water, for example) – even at that time we must offer it remembering Krishna, remembering gurudev, then we can take it. If you do not do this, it means you steal Krishna's things.'

Fulfil Your Quest
'Do you understand what I am telling? What is necessary to do now? Surrender to the Lord, surrender to a proper guru and chant the Holy Name. Does any of you want to again become cats, dogs and rats? Do you want that? Time is very short. Your land is already fertile, so put the holy seed in your hearts now.'

History of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math (1)
"You all know ISKCON, but some devotees do not actually know about Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. When Chaitanya Math had not yet been established, Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad stayed in Kolkata and preached from there..."

History of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math (2)
"Gurudev (Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj) always went to Kolkata for preaching, and at that time he stayed at the house of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad at Ultadanga Road. Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and our Gurudev, Gaurendu Brahmachari, both lived in that house..."

Benefactors
"You have come to Krishna consciousness, and you must not only keep the wealth you have got from your Guru for yourself—you must also distribute it. Sometimes, when you come to distribute these things, people will not want to listen to you, they will tell you bad nonsense things, but that is also good for you."
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Your Heart Is the Commodity
"Krishna and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu want devotees' hearts. They do not care who has property, who has money in this world. You can see that you live in a simple house, but you have a heart to serve devotees, to serve Vaishnav."
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The Price of Mercy
"...She got mercy of Mahaprabhu through service—she has no education, no money, she did not even know how to read, but she got the mercy of Mahaprabhu. Mukunda also got mercy of Mahaprabhu through his faith. It is necessary to have the strongest faith."
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Acme of Service
"Mahaprabhu experienced the same feelings that Radharani felt when Krishna left Vrindavan. Such separation should come to you also through your service. Following the guidance of a bona fide guru, through the service to Vaishnavs, you can get liberation, and through that you can go to your real home."
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Follow Mahaprabhu's Conception
"Sadhus, Gurus, and Vaishnavs are very kind—they come to you house because you suffer birth after birth. There are so many bad material elements in your heart, but through the association that sadhus give you you can clean the mirror of your heart."
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Maintain Your Practice
"We do not have a centre here, but you can all make a programme once a week: one week in one house, another week in another house—it will make you stronger and give you so much enthusiasm. Practice makes perfect. This is the essence of our sangha."
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A Life Worth Living
"This life is so temporary, and not only that—so much danger, so many problems come in this life. We do so many things, we go through so many austerities, but what do we do it for? The only way out for us is to take shelter of the Holy Name and continue with our job."
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Our Great Fortune
"Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj was selected as the acharya, or preacher, by Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, and both you and I are very fortunate that we have got a Guru recognised by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad and Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj."
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On Vaishnav Aparadh
"There are four types of Vaishnav-aparadh, thirty-two types of seva-aparadh, ten dhama-aparadhas, and ten Nama-aparadhas. Read what these offences are and try to avoid them. Sometimes, although we have read about these offences, we may consciously or unconsciously make some offence, that is why we should always ask for forgiveness."
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Keep Trying
'If you serve the Lord, He will arrange everything. To cross the River, you must leave all shame, all shyness when it comes to our Lord. We must leave everything and go. It is necessary to make an effort towards the Lord.'

Highest Realm of Devotion
'Always remember Mahaprabhu's conception. Those of you who have taken initiation must understand that we are not devotees of Krishna. Whose devotees are we?'

Bribing and Increasing Stool
'There is Jesus in Christianity; there is Buddha in Buddhism; there is Allah in Islam; but in Hinduism, there is Laksmi, Kali, Ganesh, Durga, Krishna, Siva, Parvati, Kartik and many others! Why is it like that?'

What Is a Soul?
'It is very popular to say, 'Do jiva-seva! Serve others!' People give food, money, clothes to others and call this service to jiva souls. But neither Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, nor Mahaprabhu did that.'

Service with Faith and Love
'Whatever you see in this world is not created to make you happy – everything is created to love the Lord. When you worship the Lord, you must do it out of love for the Lord, out of desire to serve Him. You must serve holy Deities of the Lord with faith, with love, not for your own enjoyment.'

Core of Devotion
'When Mahaprabhu took sannyas and came to Puri, He told Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya, who was the head of the Jagannath Temple, that He wanted to travel to some places around India. Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya told Him, "Prabhu, there is another devotee like You living in South India. When You go there, You should meet him. His name is Ramananda Ray."'

Set Your Heart for Govinda
'Why does Govinda rest in devotees' hearts? Because devotees want to serve the Lord to bring Him satisfaction, not for their own happiness. They serve the Lord for the Lord's happiness. Always do what is favourable to devotion and reject what is unfavourable.'

Think and Learn
'You must remember these things by heart. I will die one day, and if what I am telling you goes in one ear and out the other, then what is the use? You must listen carefully and try to understand these things. Listen with your heart. If you listen, listen and listen, then one day devotion to Lord Krishna will come to you and you will be able to serve the Lord.'

Think about Your Soul
'You must think about the benefit of the soul! You must not think only about this body. I and this body is not one and the same thing – this is what we must think about. First understand, "Who am I?" and "What is this body?". I am not this body. Remember this.'

Sadhya-Sadhan-Tattva
'We forget that we are eternal servants of the Lord. Sadhus, guru and Vaishnavs travel place to place and speak Hari-katha to remind us about that. We must come to them and listen to what they say. What is the highest end? How can it be attained? Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Ray discussed all these questions.'

With Faith and Surrender
'If a piece of iron is very rusty, a magnet will not be able to attract it. In the same way, Krishna attracts us, but because our hearts are so dirty and rusty, we do not feel that attraction. We think that we have understood so many things, that we know so many things. The problem is that we have no surrender.'

Surrender and Learn
'Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur says that the Lord sends His own associate to this world as a guru, so we must come to him, surrender to him and learn everything from him. We must always remember this. We must live in this way.'

Bhakta-Seva Pravritti
'Why must we serve or worship the Lord? Why must we take shelter in the Lord? We must understand this. Our main goal is to take shelter in our Gurupadpadma and enter the family of the Lord to serve Him. But if you do not understand what it means to serve devotees, how can you get devotion?'

See Good and Do Good
'We must always live engaging ourselves in the service to the Lord. It is not that you will only chant the Holy Name and not trouble yourself with anything else. The Lord has given you hands, legs, ears, nose, and everything else – you must use everything in service!'

See Through It
'We go from one birth to another, from one family to another. A father raises his daughter for twenty years and then arranges her marriage – after the wedding, when she is taken away to her husband's house, the girl cries so much leaving her parents. Our situation is also like that. This is a temporary life, a temporary family, but we cannot leave the attachment to this illusory family – we always have a soft spot for it.'

'Lord Exists for Those Who Have Devotion'
'Kirtans are not chanted for others – you chant kirtan for yourselves. The world of vision exists for those who have the sight; the world of sound exists for those who have ears – in the same way, the Lord exists for those who have devotion.'

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Power of Mindful Service
'There are sixty-four limbs (practices) of devotion, how is it possible to practise all of them? They are not practised all together simultaneously. At the same time, it can also be possible...'

Service Is All About Mood
'There are many religions in this world, but Srimad Bhagavatam says that all these religions are mere cheating. That is why you must listen most attentively, listen with your heart. Satisfying the whims of your mind is a show of service, it is not service.'

Help Yourself and Others
'We are not going to be in this world for a long time. People live here for sixty, seventy or eighty years, but even a mosquito that lives for fifteen days or a month thinks, "I will live a long time!" Some of us live sixty, eighty or even a hundred years, but no matter how long you live, this life is temporary.'

Beyond Body and Bondage
'Just like other species, we are called humans, and we have some names that we are called by. But all this is the identity of the body – you get a name when you come to this world. What was your previous identity? You are a soul, so where was your soul before that and where will it go after this life? Have you ever thought about this?'

Do Not Cheat Yourself
'Lord Siva said, "In this world, there are many gurus who come to steal your wealth, but there are very few gurus in this world who come to remove your three-fold misery." There are many gurus roaming this world, but if we can take shelter of a bona fide guru and practise Krishna consciousness under his guidance, we will get supreme benefit.'

Your Life, Your Escape
'The Lord sends food and all facilities for us. But if you take something without giving it to the Lord, then you will be stealing and eating – you will be eating sin. We pray, "Gurudev, Please hijack me, please take me out of this illusory world and let me join service to Lord Krishna!"'

Keep Internal Purity
'It is our great fortune to have come to all these gurus and to have taken shelter in them. It is impossible to come to Gauranga bypassing the guru. We must always think about this. If we cannot live holding this within our minds, we will not be able to attain anything.'

Embrace Devotion to Lord Krishna
'I told you yesterday about santa-rasa, dasya-rasa devotion, the same things that Mahaprabhu told many times. If we look at what Mahaprabhu said, we will find that He rejected many lower stages, but when it came to santa-rasa, dasya-rasa and sakhya-rasa, He accepted it as real devotion.'

Know Where You Belong
'They say, "Become a devotee of Krishna!" but first learn to serve devotees of Krishna's devotees, then only can you think of being a devotee of Krishna. We are all servants, lowly menial servants, but we forget this and think that we have become devotees of Krishna!'

Result of Sadhu-Sanga
'Getting sadhu-sanga does not mean to just be in close proximity to a sadhu; otherwise, mosquitos can be also staying close to a sadhu, but they are only disturbing and biting – this is not sadhu-sanga. Sadhu-sanga means hearing what the sadhu says and living your life following it.'

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Clean Your Heart and Cultivate Devotion
'When Mahaprabhu travelled around India, He once met a sanodiya brahman who asked Him, "Prabhu, there are many sannyasis staying in this place, they know Vedas and Vedanta, but why does the Holy Name never come out of their mouths?"'

Seva-Dharma and Mano-Dharma
'Why do you take initiation? When you take initiation, you must take it with a promise, "I am taking initiation to serve gurudev and the Lord." We do not take initiation to get any benefit or so that some auspiciousness comes to our lives. Initiation is taken out of desire to serve gurudev. What is called service to gurudev?'

Strive for Spiritual Subsistence
'If you do not practise these things, anaratha (unwanted elements, ill thoughts and behaviour) will come to you – anarathas will slowly come and start pressing you down. It means that desires will be growing in your heart. Once anarathas come, you will be dismissed, or removed, from the line of devotion to the Lord.'

Where There Is a Will There Is a Way
'We study and learn so much but end up becoming asses. Unless you get true knowledge, all your learning is useless. I do not prohibit anyone to study, but when you study, you must also learn true, transcendental knowledge. Otherwise, you take birth as a human, but there is no humanity in you.'

Excreting Visaya
'If you are holding on to the material world and have attachment to it, you will suffer very much. Do you know how you can remove anarthas (evil tendencies, bad elements)? I am teaching how you can do that. Always remember and follow this.'

Live in Domain of Mercy
'"I have suffered a lot in my life, but when I took shelter at the holy feet of the Lord and gurudev, all unhappiness was gone." Therefore, as far as it is possible by you, keep yourself away from any offence to Vaishnavs. You must give respect to everyone. There is one thing you must think about. Listen carefully...'

The Side-Tracked and the Drowning
'We want to leave visaya (material world and everything in it), but visaya does not want to leave us. There are groups that preach misconception scattered all over the world, but you are very fortunate to be in Mahaprabhu's land. Nobody knows where you will go in your next birth, but you still have time now, so practise Krishna consciousness!'

Servants' Wealth
'We have not come here to become managers or temple masters. We do not have any titles or big names. We must always think that we are simple servants of the temple. We are not masters of anything in this world. Nothing belongs to us here. What is the most important thing for me is that the Lord is mercifully taking my service, nothing else.'

Live Thinking about Lord
'We are tiny souls – humans are the same as mosquitos – but if, by the mercy of the guru, Vaishnavs and the Lord, the Lord gives you the right to do some service, that is the most important thing. You should leave everything to the Lord and rely on Him – whatever the Lord wishes, He will arrange everything.'

Turtle Consciousness
'People do not feel happy, do not feel enthusiastic to serve the Lord... If you only stay here to sleep and eat, then you are not staying at a math – you are staying in a kamath (turtle's shell). A math is where there is service to the Lord, where devotees speak about the Lord; but if people gossip and talk about other things, this is not a math, not a house of devotion, it a house of rotten householders.'

Learn and Practise
'You must always chant the Lord's Name and the Lord's kirtan (glorification). Do you think that you have learnt two kirtans and you have got everything? You must listen and learn more. Wherever we are, we must always practise Krishna consciousness, we must always serve and worship the Lord.'

Sadhu's Duty
'We must always only think about the Lord, about practising Krishna consciousness. We are always busy worrying about money, food and other material things, but we must practise spiritual life. Where there is a will, there is a way. There is one more thing I want to tell you all...'

Internal Asuddha
'If we want to do something for our own happiness, we are not afraid to even commit a sin. For example, somebody can say, "Oh, I am asuddha (impure), so I will not water Tulasi tree today." Only when something happens to Tulasi, then they will think, "Oh, I do not want to make a sin," and come to water it (thinking about themselves). Many people do like that.'

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Basis of Mahaprabhu's Conception
'You think that you are practising Krishna consciousness and what I am saying is very harsh. But there is one thing you must understand and remember. Before you do anything, you must know who you must worship and why you will worship the Lord or practise Krishna consciousness.'

Learn the Ropes
'In the scriptures, there is such a thing called adhikar, right. If enter somewhere where you have no right to enter, you will face great danger. It is necessary to earn the right first. First enter the qualification, the right to worship Krishna, then you can do it.'

Watered Down Conception
'Outside people cannot understand all these things, but there are many people among us also who do not understand anything about practising Krishna consciousness. If you do not know the conception, you will not get anything. These are all basic matters, but if you cannot follow these basic things, then you will not be able to practise Krishna consciousness properly.'

Become a Good Practitioner
'This mood and feeling must come from your heart; it is not about anything external. If you look at a sadhu's external behaviour, you will not understand anything – it is necessary to hear and follow what the sadhu says. You must learn from sadhus. It is described in Srimad Bhagavatam who a genuine sadhu is.'

Spiritual Selfishness
'We are always busy trying to take care of the body, making sure that the body gets all benefit, but we should instead be selfish. All devotees of the Lord are selfish – what does 'selfish' mean? Why are devotees selfish? Because they think about the benefit of their 'self'. Being selfish means thinking about your own soul.'

Do Not Overstep
'We must know the established customary practices of Krishna consciousness. How should you practise? This is what I have explained to you just now. If we do not practise Krishna consciousness twenty-four hours a day, what will become of our lives? We will have to live an extremely miserable life...'

Internal and External Devotion
'Saying, "I have seen Krishna" is nothing. I have not seen Krishna, but I know that I am going down the path towards Him. I do not know how long more there is left for me to walk, but I know that I am on the right path. And if you can walk on this path, you will see Krishna one day, too.'

Step Forward
'You must not wait when gurudev comes – you must come to gurudev yourself. You must search, "Where is gurudev?" and try to find him. "Where is Krishna?" You must search for Him. If you sit idle hoping that Krishna will come to you, this is not how it works. You must make the first step, then Krishna will make ten steps towards you.'

We Are Servants, Not Devotees
'He thinks he has become a devotee (bhakta), but he has forgotten that he is first of all a servant (das). You have not been able to become a maidservant of Krishna yet, but you have already become a Vaishnav! There must be no ego. The only ego we can have is that we are maidservants of Radharani.'

Learn Proper Meaning
'Do not look at what others say – read Bhagavatam. If you talk about merging with impersonal Brahman, it means that you want to become God. Man can never become God. First become surrendered, then you can understand these things. You must study properly.'

Come to Nirguna Plane
'The Lord gives life to every entity, so the Lord is the master, the owner. Understanding this, if you reject the fruit thinking that it does not belong to you, you become a false renunciate, but if you offer the fruit to the Lord, then you become a servant.'

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Do Not Become Sahajiya
'How do you become Krishna-bhakta? This is Mirabai"s style. She said, "I have got Krishna! I have got Krishna-prema!" But even Mahaprabhu, who is the Lord Himself, said, "I have not got anything! I am only a servant of a servant of devotees. I have not got even a speck of Krishna-prema!" And here you have Mirabai saying, "I have got Krishna-prema!" This is a sahajiya conception.'

Sincere and Selfless Service
'We come to the temple to practise Krishna consciousness, so we try to serve the Lord whenever we can. When somebody serves the Lord, the Lord does not throw them into any difficult situation – such people do not struggle, do not suffer so much. It is those who live in another way that suffer.'

Think What You Are Doing
'On this path of devotion, obstacles do come from time to time – we must be careful to always remove them. We must overcome dangers, obstacles and whatever miseries Maya Devi sends us to remove us from the Lord's service. Why does Maya Devi attack us? Because we become weak in our spiritual life.'

Sprout of Deviation
'You say proudly, "Oh, I have taken initiation from gurudev!" but what did you take it for? Taking initiation means serving the guru. If you cannot serve your guru, what is the use of such initiation then? Service to the guru does not mean washing his feet; service means following what gurudev says.'

Love Others
'We must throw away our own happiness to help others. What does it mean to help others? Does it mean giving people money or clothes? This is all temporary help. Love means caring and loving the other person. This is the most important ingredient in service. We must serve the Lord with heart and soul, with love.'

FEBRUARY 2019

Place of Pivotal Pastimes
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj was empowered to protect and distribute Sri Rupa-Raghunath line. He came here in Sri Ekachakra Dham before starting to take disciples, and every year he would send some small donation for the service of Nityananda Prabhu."
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First Memories of Sri Ekachakra Dham
"I had heard Ekachakra's name before and wanted to come here many times, but when I told about it to Gurudev, he said, 'What will you go there for?' Later, in 2004, Gurudev finally allowed it—he said, 'You can go with devotees and do some parikrama there.'"
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His Mercy Is Essential
"Nityananda Prabhu's mercy is essential in our lives. Mahaprabhu showed that it is not so easy to find this kind of personality, but Mahaprabhu found Him easily because They are very intimate."
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His Service Is Essential
"We must be humble, tolerant and we must give honour to others. It is necessary. Chant with heart and soul—it is necessary to serve Nityananda Prabhu with heart and soul."
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Servant or Merchant?
"Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that instead of serving Gurudev, Nityananda Prabhu, Krishna, we make Them serve us—we must not make Nityananda Prabhu, Gurudev our servants. Do not make Guru and Krishna your servant, a bribe-taker."
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Nitaichand: Spotless Moon
"It is said that if someone cannot understand the character of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu, then they are making so much offence—because of that devotion can be removed from her or him."
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Nitaichand: Our Eternal Shelter
"We cannot conceive of it, but Guru-Nityananda is our eternal shelter. Gurudev is the eternal shelter of our life. Unless we can understand what the reality is, there is no other way for us to get relief from suffering."
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Nitaichand: Our Only Hope
"Our only hope is Sri Guru-Nityananda—if we serve Their lotus feet, we can increase our devotion, our spiritual life. That is the main thing about Nityananda Prabhu."
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Beware Imitation
"If you follow Narottam Das Thakur's advice, this is good, but if you think you want to do what Narottam Das Thakur did, if you want to become Narottam, then it is a very big problem. Do not imitate Nityananda Prabhu."
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Householders' Hypocrisy
"People think, 'If I become a sannyasi, I may fall down later, so better I become a householder!' Those who are interested in spiritual life do not live like that. One can never prosper or develop their spiritual life by hypocrisy."
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Bhakti Siddhanta Vani
"'How can we get qualities of a Vaishnav?' Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur told that many people do not want to be servants of Vaishnavs, but they want to be Vaishnavs—he said it is impossible to become a Vaishnav without service to a Vaishnav's servant."
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Eternal Rememberance
"When you remember devotees' pastimes, your heart becomes clean in this way—and this must be eternal. Sincerity is necessary. The main thing is 'kirtana prabhave smarana haibe'—you can remember the Lord's and the Lord's devotees' pastime through kirtan."
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Engage Yourself In Service
"Why are you afraid of me? If somebody is making some offence inside or doing something wrong, they will be afraid of me, otherwise no one should be afraid of me. I am sometimes angry with those who do not follow properly, but other than that I am not an angry man."
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Worship Nityananda
'You have arrived at the holy abode of Lord Nityananda Prabhu as the result of great fortune. If you discuss what Srila Narottam Das Thakur, Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur and Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami wrote, you will see how they describe the qualities and pastimes of Nityananda Prabhu, and if you study these things, you will understand how necessary Nityananda Prabhu is in our lives.'

Immerse Yourself in Exclusive Worship
'Do not follow your mind. What we practise is not the kirtan you find in this world – it is not the kirtan that is chanted to please your mind and the minds of others or for the sake of flowery words; this kind of kirtan cannot bring your highest benefit.'

Fill Your Heart with Kirtan
'If you do not want to fall prey to Maya, if you do not want to live in Maya's bondage, then you must always chant kirtan. Not only once a day, not only one time! You must always chant. We must genuinely hold onto Nitai's feet. It will not do if you just clasp His feet and then sit aside.'

Mahaprabhu's Caution
'How necessary Nityananda Prabhu is in our lives! We must understand it. We must know why we worship Nityananda Prabhu. Seeing His external behaviour and clothes, people called Nityananda Prabhu "avadhut". Externally, "avadhut" is a person who does not follow any rules, who is beyond any standards or rules of this world; and internally, "avadhut" means He who can clean dirty, bad things – who can rescue and clean the fallen.'

Adjust Your Aspiration
'Many of us want to become Vaishnavs, but we do not know how one becomes a Vaishnav. Many want to become Vaishnavs without serving Vaishnavs, but Srila Prabhupad says that without service to Vaishnavs, you can never become a Vaishnav.'

Meaning and Value of Fortune
'When Srila Raghunath Das Goswami fell at Nityananda Prabhu's holy feet in a prostrate obeisance, and Nityananda Prabhu put His feet on Raghunath Das Goswami's head. Nityananda Prabhu also kicked Sivananda Sen! He also sent Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami, an elderly brahman, to Vrindavan. What does it mean?'

Have You Found What You Are Looking For?
'We have lost our address, but the Lord is searching for us everywhere. There is a book called Loving Search for the Lost Servant: we are the Lord's lost children, but we have lost our Lord, so we are now searching for the Lord, and the Lord is also wandering everywhere, looking for us.'

Follow and Preach
'It is not necessary to think about the water of a whole ocean – you can drink a glass of water and your thirst will be satiated. So, when we have our gurudev, Vaishnavs, the Lord and Nityananda Prabhu, what else do we need then?'

Our Real Necessity
'In this world, there is much greed, lust, etc. for many things, but if we can leave this greed aside and practise Krishna consciousness, if we can serve devotees, if we can serve Nityananda Prabhu, then we will get the highest benefit. There are some spiritual things in this world, and if we come in touch with those things, then we will understand what the main gist, the main essence is.'

Seek Soul's Fulfilment
'The mind and the soul are not the same. The soul is a particle of the Lord – what does the soul want? The soul wants to serve Paramatma, and the soul knows what the Lord wants – the mind does not know it. The soul is a particle of the Lord, but the mind is not (the mind is not related to the Lord).'

Stay on Right Track
'Unless you practise Krishna consciousness, you can never get rid of anarthas. When other thoughts come to your mind, when bad thoughts come to your mind, when you are anxious because of some trouble, always loudly chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra and kirtan. Sing loudly, strongly. If you do this, all evils within you will diminish.'

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Approaching Nityananda
'I am very low! I am lower than Jagai, Madhai, outcasts and Muslim people! I do not have any qualities. I have committed too many sins in my life, that is why Nityananda Prabhu will not give me His mercy!'

Ardent Appeal
'If you can understand the meaning of what we have been singing just now, you will like it very much. Take Sri Nityananda Mahimarita with you and read these songs – sing them every day at home. Singing them just once will not do; you must sing them every day.'

How to Attain Mercy
'Not everybody can find Him. Nityananda Prabhu is a very hidden, esoteric personality. Everybody is looking for the treasure of divine love, but not everybody finds it – everybody finds treasures of lust, treasures of Maya, but it is not so easy to find the treasure of divine love.'

Nityananda Prabhu's Campaign
'Nityananda Prabhu would embrace and give divine love to the untouchable, the worst kinds of people. He never considered who is high and who is low – He rescued everything. Today is the appearance day of this Nityananda Prabhu...'

Varahadev's Appearance
'Today, the Lord appeared as Varahadev, assumed the form of a boar. Lord Varahadev is actually Lord Narayana or Vishnu. The original form of Lord Narayan or Vishnu is four-armed. I told you earlier that the body of the Lord is one but it manifests itself as two forms...'

Vishnu, Krishna and Nitai
'If you understand this, nobody will be able to defeat you. Otherwise, people will say, "Oh, Vishnu and Krishna are the same", or, if you go even lower, people say, "Oh, Kali and Krishna are the same!" What kinds of things people say!'

Raghunath's Release
'Srila Raghunath Das Goswami tried to come to Mahaprabhu again and again, but he could not come to Him. Only having got Nityananda Prabhu's mercy could Srila Raghunath Das Goswami finally get service to Mahaprabhu.'

Flow of Nityananda Prabhu's Mercy
'There was one more person who received Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's mercy in a very wonderful way. That person is Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami. Although he had never personally met Sriman Nityananda Prabhu, he received Nityananda Prabhu's mercy. How?'

Hope of the Hopeless
"We are fallen souls, we do not know so much about the culture, the rules and regulations, we do not know so many mantras, we do not do anything properly, but we have Nityananda Prabhu—we have hope that if we fully surrender to Nityananda Prabhu, then everything will be revealed."
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Purifying Shelter
"We are here now by the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, and we always pray to Him, "I am a fallen soul, I have no quality and qualification, I am always making offence. Please forgive my offence, please take my service. Please give me shelter at Your lotus feet."
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MARCH 2019

Importance of Service Mood
"'I will serve; service is our life'—until and unless this desire, this mood comes to us, Krishna-katha will not enter our ears. At any time—whether I am thinking, sleeping, or eating, I always think, 'What is the next service? What is the next service?'"
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Sri Godrumdwip Bhajan
"When Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur was staying in Godrumdwip, he wrote a song about Gurudev. When I read it, I was very pleased. This book is sold for ten rupees in the bookstore, but I thought, 'The price of this book is ten million dollars.'"
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Power of Purity
"Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that we have taken initiation from Gurudev, but have we actually become disciples of our Gurudev? That is the main question. When we take initiation, not everybody becomes a disciple."
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Service with Heart
"We should realise, we should understand the places Gaura visited, the pastimes that are going on in each of those places and we should keep everything in our heart. Service should be coming from the heart. Remove bad elements from your heart and give some space for your worshippable Deity."
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Sri Madhyadwip
"Actually, there is one more dwip (island) nearby where we never go—it is Madhyadwip. Before, when we stayed at Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Kolerganj, we also did not go there, and this year we are thinking to go there..."
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The Right to Serve
"Who can give the right to serve to Srimati Radharani, or Krishna also? Krishna is the property of Srimati Radharani and Srimati Radharani is non-different from Gurudev. So, if we properly surrender to the Guru, Gurudev can give us the permission, Gurudev can give us the right to serve the Lord."
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Forget Yourself In Kirtan
"Please get ready tomorrow for Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama. It is some austerity, but I will give you a very good medicine how to do this parikrama. If you take this medicine, you will see that everyone can do it. "
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The Gift of the Golden Lord
Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj's speech in English during the evening class: "We always think about how this is happening—how this celebration has now become famous around the whole of the world. It is not a question of some Bengali function, it is not some local celebration, but rather this is a celebration of the whole universe. Everywhere in the universe this day is being celebrated as the most auspicious day."
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Hear It With Your Heart
"When Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur stayed in Godrumdwip, he would sing one song. Listen carefully with your heart and try to remember it. We are now here in Godrumdwip and the practice here is kirtanam—it is necessary to practise kirtan."
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Evening kirtans
• Gurudev bada krpa kari' • Sri Krishna Chaitanya daya kari more • Ohe Vaishnava Thakura • Nitai-pada-kamala • Emana durmati • Jaya Radha Madhava • Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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Admirable Service Mood
"This is an example for us. You must think about it, and it should make you feel shy. The more we can give to the Lord, the more the Lord will love us. How much can we give to the Lord? You should learn from these devotees."
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Undaunted and Undeprived
"I do not think about earning money, I only always think about the Lord, about service to Gurudev and devotees. Anyone who wants can come. The Lord provides and makes sure we have no lack. Gurudev also gave his blessing and told me many times that...."
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Revise Your Priorities
"I am telling it for your benefit. I am constantly only thinking about your benefit—day and night, sometimes foregoing eating and sleeping, I go everywhere and make so much effort just so that you may have some love and attachment to the Lord, to the Lord's service."
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One-Pointed Hearts
"There is no scarcity of visaya-vistha (stool of material world). If you eat all those other things, do you think you will get the taste for the Lord? If you eat outside food, listen to outside kirtans, this is hodge-podge devotion (panchmisali bhakti)! We do not want to behave like prostitutes—we do not go this side, that side, that side; our conception is one direction, our heart must be one-pointed otherwise we can never get the Lord."
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A Rare Quality
"Unless we leave these acquired habits and change, we will never be able to get anywhere. And we pray to you so you may try to change. It is necessary to have Vaishnav qualities..."
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Exclusive Attention
"One does not become a Vaishnav just by putting tilaks and wearing Tulasi beads. We do not want to hear all this—we do not want to hear what the Guru is telling us. When you listen to your Guru, you must listen with one-pointed attention, with your heart."
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Core Conception
"Just as you do not need a whole sea to satisfy your thirst, you do not need to read an ocean of books. It is not necessary to know so many things. Our main goal is that our life is only for the service of the Lord and we must serve the Lord with sincerity, determination, following proper behaviour and practice."
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Guidance 3: "Get This Book and Read It Always"
"Read this book. Buy this book and take it home. What this book contains is not my words: I wrote many examples from Bhagavatam, Chaitanya-charitamrita, examples of what Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Srila Prabhupad, Srila Gurudev and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur say. I am only taking the remnants of what Gurudev has chewed and giving it to you, writing about it for you."
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Beginning of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama
Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj's speech in English during the evening class: "We feel we are very insignificant but very fortunate at the same time to be among you all, fortunate souls who are participating in this festival, who are present here on this historic day and at the festival celebrating the campaign of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates."
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Parikrama Is Not Sightseeing
"We have come here to serve the Lord, we have not come to see the Lord or the Lord's things—when such mentality comes to you, then it will be the parikrama of the holy abode, then it will be the darshan of the holy abode. The very dust there is not ordinary dust..."
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There Is No Shame In Service
"All happiness and sadness comes and goes like cold and heat. Actually, happiness and sadness is not our line. Gopis ran behind Krishna having left all their shame, fear, everything—then what should we be ashamed of? What should we be afraid of? We must not be cowed down."
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Abode of High Thinking
"We have got this place by the mercy of Nrisinghadev, and we take it as our debt, so even if we sleep here on the bare ground, it is still our fortune. This is what we have come for. Gurudev has given us this place, always remember this."
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Evening kirtans
• Gurudev Bada Krpa Kare • Kabe Sri Chaitanya more daya kare • Nitai gunamani amara • Jaya Radha Madhava • Hare Krishna maha-mantra • Hari Haraye Nama Krishna.
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Commencing Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama: jaya dhvani and kirtan
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj recites the 'jaya dhvani' and chants 'Gurudev krpa bindu diya' and 'Udila aruna' inaugurating thus the grand day-long kirtan of the first day of Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama.
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At Sri Subarna Bihar Gaudiya Math
"Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur established this temple here. In Satya-yuga, the king of Gaura Mandal was King Subarna Sen. This king Subarna Sen had some sukriti from his previous lives, so one day he got to meet with Narad Muni..."
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At Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur's Samadhi-Mandir
"By the mercy of Gurudev, by the mercy of all the devotees of Chaitanya Saraswat Math, we have come with our Chaitanya Saraswat Math parikrama here, at the samadhi-mandir and bhajan-kutir of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur. This is a very important place."
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At Sri Surabhi Kunja
"Today, as every year, we have come to Surabhi Kunja. It is located in Godrumdwip. Godrum Dham is a place of kirtan, and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur started the sankirtan movement and preaching about Sri Nabadwip Dham from this place."
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SONG: Bara sukhera khabara gai | বড় সুখের খবর গাই
Srila Bhakti Vedanta Avadhut Maharaj, the servitor manager of Sri Surabhi Kunja Math, chants Sri Surabhi Kunja kirtan on request of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
"I am singing about the greatest news! A marketplace of the Holy Name has opened at Surabhi Kunja, and its proprietor is Nitai! This is such great news! You can buy the pure Name at this market place at the cost of faith."
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Bitter Pill to Swallow
"Many are doing this parikrama, but how many people actually, truly serve the Lord? People shed floods of tears, but who of them actually knows what is the real practice of Krishna consciousness? Who is called a disciple?"
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Vaishnavs' Care
"Leave giving honour to Vaishnavs, we cannot even learn to give honour to others in an ordinary way. Why do we have to be like this? If, having got this body, I have not been able to use it for the service of Govinda, what is the use having a beautiful body then?"
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Highest Perfection
"When you hear about Krishna consciousness, you should then preach to others, but we are not able to do this because we cannot convert our own selves, we cannot practise properly ourselves. Therefore, always be surrendered, always take shelter of the Guru and Vaishnavs."
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At Sri Madhai Ghat
"Continuing our parikrama, we have now come to Madhai ghat. We have never come to this place before, but because we crossed the Ganges earlier today we are able to come here. The Ganga used to flow here—if you go a little further, there will be Barokona ghat and then Yogapith."
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At Sri Yogapith
"By the mercy of Srila Gurudev, we have come here to Sri Yogapith. This is the birthplace of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This place is in Antardwip. The whole of Nabadwip is an eight petal lotus flower—there are eight islands situated on outside as petals and Antardwip is in the middle of the lotus as its core."
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At Srivas Angan
"Some of you are thinking, 'Oh, all temples are now closed because we have come late,' but this is not so—when we come, we come to pay our obeisance, and the Lord can understand, the Lord can see that we have come to pay obeisance at His feet..."
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At Sri Chaitanya Math
"Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur brought this spotless moon, Srila Prabhupad, to this world, and to this day, Prabhupad's disciples and the disciples of his disciples are preaching about the Lord all over the world, they go begging door to door to rescue fallen souls like us."
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Kirtan at Sri Jagannath Mandir (Mayapur)
His Divine Grace chants 'He deva bhavantam vande' and kirtan during the arati of Lord Jagannath, Baladev, and Subhadra at Sri Dham Mayapur.
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Future Vision
"You have now done the parikrama for two days. Actually, I have been thinking about something for a long time already... I have been thinking since last year that I shall extend the parikrama to five days, then there will not be any problem."

Happiness amidst Sadness
'You must understand one thing. The line of devotion is one thing and being a big business man is another thing. I want to forget my own happiness! I want to do some good for everybody. I am trying. What can I do?...'

Smooth Parikrama Day
'Every year I see during our parikrama that when we come to some place, there are other parties there and we do not get a proper place (for example, in Yogapith or Chaitanya Math), but this time everything was quiet, so we could sit and talk briefly...'

Chad Kazi Purified
'When Nimai heard Chad Kazi's mouth uttering the Lord's Name while describing those complaints, He was very pleased. He touched Chad Kazi and told everybody, "He has pronounced the Names of Hari, Krishna, Narayan, so all his sins and offences have been removed!"'

Meaning of Vaishnav-Seva
'What did Mahaprabhu tell all householder Vaishnavs? He told, "Make sure that not a single day passes without vaishnav-seva and chanting the Holy Name." But you may wonder, "Where will I find a Vaishnav when I go home?"'

Sole Sustenance: Sravanam, Kirtanam and Smaranam
'You talk and talk and lose energy as the result, that is why you do not get energy to chant the Holy Name after that. The less you can speak, the better. The more you speak, the more wrong you do because when you talk a lot, it means you are talking nonsense. Always speak little. Instead, always chant the Holy Name – may our tongues be always taking Krishna's Name.'

Sincerity vs. Excuses
'We do not get time to chant the Holy Name. We are so busy with our material lives and material problems that we do not find time to think about the Lord. We are very unfortunate. I do not believe in such things.'

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Always Think of Gaura Mandal
'If you hear about the pastimes of Gauranga Mahaprabhu, your heart will become clean. Once you hear the Holy Name of Gauranga, all material desires, all bad elements will go away from your heart. Those who always think about Gauda Mandal will go to Goloka Vrindavan – they will not have to suffer from birth, death, old age and disease anymore.'

Samudrasen's Trick
'When King Samudrasen saw Lord Krishna, he was very happy and began to cry. He prayed to the Lord to see His Nabadwip pastimes and he got the darshan of Mahaprahbu's pastimes. After that, the Lord disappeared...'

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At Sri Chapahati
'Continuing our parikrama, we have come to Ritudwip. This place here is known as Chapahati, or Champahati. All six seasons (spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, late autumn, winter) exist here all together. A brahman called Dvija Vaninath lived here...'

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At Sri Vidyanagar
'The place we have come is known as Saradapith (an abode of Saraswati Devi). All rishis and munis took shelter of avidya (ignorance) here. 'Avidya' means everything that is not transcendental knowledge (para-vidya), not devotional line...'

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How Knowledge Attained Mercy
'One time, Upanisads stayed in a garden in Vidyanagar called Upavan and worshipped the Lord. They prayed, "When will Gauranga come in Kali-yuga?" Satisfied with their worship, the Lord appeared before them...'

Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya's Plan
'Having heard that Mahaprabhu was going to make His advent in Mayapur, the guru of demigods, Brihaspati, left King Indra's assembly and took birth as Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya. He knew that Gaurasundar would come in Kali-yuga, so he thought...'

Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya Converted
'Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya lived in the house together with his wife and brother-in-law, Gopinath Acharya. When Mahaprabhu was brought to their house, Gopinath Acharya spoke to Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya...'

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At Sri Jahnudwip
'So, passing Srirampur, the abode of Lord Ramachandra and Ayodhya, we have come to Jahan Nagar, or, in Vaishnavs' language, Jahnudwip. One time, seated on the bank of the Ganges, Jahnu Muni was offering arati to the Ganges...'

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At Saranga Murari's Temple
'One time, there was a brahman called Saranga Thakur who served the Deities of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda and Mahaprabhu. Eventually, he became very old and could not serve his Deities properly, so he prayed to the Lord one day...'

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Vrindavan Das Thakur's Sripat
'We have come now to the last place of our parikrama today. This is the birthplace of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur. Prabhupad Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur established this temple here in Mamgachi within Modadrumdwip, a place of dasya-rasa (transcendental servitude to the Lord), the mood that we must always think about.'

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Main Guru of Our Line
'Yesterday was the disappearance day of Srila Madhavendra Puripad, the main guru whose line we have joined. We always speak about Srila Madhavendra Puri when we come to Govinda Kunda in Vrindavan. It is of paramount necessity for us to speak about his character.'

Madhavendra Puri Meets Gopal
'When Srila Madhavendra Puri drank that milk, he became overwhelmed with divine love for the Lord. Gradually, he regained his senses and wondered, "The boy must have forgotten to come for the pot, but where do I find Him?"'

Answering the Call
'You go for the parikrama, and I take care of all your needs and facilities, but you cannot follow one simple order. What is called Gurudev's sadhu-sanga? Gurudev's and sadhus' order is to do service. This is what is called sadhu-sanga.'

Remembering Chapahati
'I began telling you about a brahman's service and the result of service. There was a brahman in Dvapar-yuga who would serve the holy lotus feet of Radha-Govinda with champa flowers...'

Modadrumdwip's Ardent Brahman
'One time, there lived a great brahman devotee of Lord Rama in Modadrumdwip. When Mahaprabhu appeared at the house of Jagannath Misra, he was present at his house. When he saw the festival arranged in honour of Gaura's advent, he thought, "My Lord Ramachandra must have secretly appeared at the house of Jagannath Misra!"'

Esoteric Glory of Modadrumdwip
'The island of Modadrumdwip is Ayodhya. In the past, when Lord Rama lived in exile, He came with Laksman and Sita Devi to this island. He constructed a house beneath a tree and stayed there for some time. One day, seeing various places of Nabadwip internally, Lord Raghunandan smiled gently...'

Madhavendra Puri's Pastimes in Odisha
'When Madhavendra Puri came to Odisha to collect Malaya sandalwood for the Lord, he first went to Lord Gopinath"s temple to offer his obeisance. Seeing that the Lord was offered sweet rice, he thought, "If I could try it, I would be able to make this sweet rice for my Gopal." But then he thought, "No, I am just greedy for food!" He quickly left the temple and quietly sat outside.'

Be Unwandering and Unwavering
'Our home is there. The place that you think is your home here is not your home: we always take what is not true to be true. This place here is not your home! You have lost your address. Your address is where the Lord is. This is where we must go. What for do we struggle and work so hard now?'

Build Good Habits
'When we were young, we acquired so many bad habits, that is why we have many bad habits now: we cannot chant kirtan, we cannot talk about the Lord, we feel sleepy most of the time. Why do we get sleepy? Because you have not waken up! You do not do service all the time...'

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Praying to Buroraj Siva
'This Koladwip island is aparadh-bhanjan-pat, a place where all offences are forgiven. Coming to the temple of Buroraj Siva, we must offer our obeisances and pray, "Prabhu, may I be able to stay in the dham, may I be able to serve the dham. You are the guardian, the protector of the dham, so please allow me to come to this dham again."'

Esoteric Nature of Koladwip
'We are present now in Koladwip, Kuliya Pahar. "Pahar" means a hill, and this Koladwip is also known as Govardhan Hill, and our Kolerdanga Math is known as the Gupta Govardhan (Hidden Govardhan) temple. If any of you who cannot do the parikrama of Vrindavan, you can circumambulate this holy abode and get the same result as circumambulating Sri Vrindavan Dham.'

Vasudev's Worship of Varahadev
'There is a pastime that happened in Satya-yuga here. Please listen to it. There was a young brahman called Vasudev who again and again served Lord Varahadev. He worshipped a Deity of Sri Varaha with various paraphernalia and always prayed to Lord Varahadev....'

Buroraj Siva's Worship
'The Deity of Lord Siva at this temple is called Buro Siva, or "Old" Siva, and some people can think that Lord Siva who is present here has now gone old. But this Deity is actually very old – it existed here even before Mahaprabhu's times, and Mahaprabhu Himself came here during His pastimes.'

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Vishnupriya Devi's Viraha-Bhajan
'We have now come to the house of Sri Vishnupriya Devi's sevita-vigraha. She served this Deity from her childhood – when Mahaprabhu left to take sannyas, she was only fourteen years old. When Mahaprabhu left, Sri Vishnupriya Devi felt devastated with pain...'

Learn to Be One-Pointed
'We have now come to the house of Sri Vishnupriya Devi's sevita-vigraha. She served this Deity from her childhood – when Mahaprabhu left to take sannyas, she was only fourteen years old. When Mahaprabhu left, Sri Vishnupriya Devi felt devastated with pain...'

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Coming to Merciful Vaishnav Thakur
'Taking shelter in Lord Sri Krishna, who came to Nabadwip as Gauranga Mahaprabhu, Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj stayed here in Nabadwip to reveal the pastimes of Mahaprabhu in this world. He stayed here in a small hut...'

Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Pastimes
'There are many things that can be said about Srila Babaji Maharaj. He worshipped the Lord in a very determined way (with very much nistha). I have told you in many lectures about his Vaishnav qualities....'

Service Is Not for Your Pleasure
'If you lose patience, you cannot get the Lord. You took initiation a long time ago, but you think, "Oh, I do not see the Lord," so you lose patience and begin to slacken (you forget all about Hari-katha and kirtan). What does slacken mean? It means you practise and practise Krishna consciousness but end up serving Maya instead.'

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The Sick, the Slick and the Trick
'The main thing is that you must serve the Lord. If you follow many rules and regulations and become sick, then it is wrong. Gauranga Mahaprabhu's followers, who genuinely follow His teachings – who not only preach about His conception but also follow it – are very great devotees.'

Where Are You Rushing?
'Many of you took prasad today in the afternoon and wanted to leave. I hid in my room and locked the door because I could not imagine that they would leave immediately as soon as the parikrama finished...'

Limited but One-Pointed Life
'How can you get good association? You do not get the association of saints by staying or sleeping at the same place with them. You must read saints' books. If you read their books every day, if you watch and listen to their programmes (lectures) every day, it will bring you much benefit. This is how you must live.'

Exclusive Discipleship
'If somebody takes sannyas from another temple, it means that they have left, giving up Srila Sridhar Maharaj's line – Gurudev said that such persons cannot be considered members of Chaitanya Saraswat Math. This is what I wanted to tell you today.'

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Eternal Faith, Eternal Patience
'Have faith in the Lord, He will look after everything. If you have no faith in the Lord, then where will you get patience? After you take initiation, you must wait day after day, day after day. This is the meaning of being a disciple. You cannot think, "Oh, I have come to take initiation, so gurudev will be sitting and waiting for me." I am not such a guru!'

Service Is Privilege
'Everybody should try to serve according to their capacity, according to their service qualification, or right. Satisfying the whims of your mind on pretext of practising spiritual life is not what is called spiritual life. If something comes to your mind and you do it, this is not spiritual life.'

Service Insight
'Devotees know what gurudev needs, so they try to supply that. This is what service is. You must always remember this. You can do so much with just some simple small service. It is not necessary to do something big.'

Service Mishaps
'If you want to do service, even a small thing is sufficient – the main thing is that you must supply what is required and when it is required. If you do something for your own pratistha or for your own benefit, this is not service.'

Listen and Follow
'If you have faith in your guru, if you have firm devotion to your guru, then all those nonsense talks will not even enter your ears – you will not even think about material life or any material things; you will only think about Mahaprabhu, about spiritual life, you will only serve the Lord. If you follow this in your life, you will get benefit.'

Irreconcilable Difference
'People come from all temples, but that Math people always go to the temple over there. They do not come here. That is why I also offer obeisance to them from far. As Srila Janardan Maharaj said, "If somebody does not like Gurudev, if somebody does not like Gurudev's line, I will offer obeisances to them from ten thousand miles away."'

Entering the Right Current
'I will take two–five minutes more to address those who are going to take initiation, and when you come upstairs, I will give you the beads. Please listen carefully to what I will say. We must remember our line.'

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Keep Your Vision Straight
'You must always avoid criticising and disrespecting Vaishnavs. I have heard many people speak like that, and I have heard somebody say this today, too. It reminded me of one time when one of Gurudev's godbrothers came to Gurudev and complained about me.'

My Happiness
"Despite everything, you are still following Gurudev's instruction. It my great happiness that we can go on this parikrama together, that we can celebrate Sri Gaura Purnima festival together. That is happiness for me."

My Hope
"When all the devotees are with us, when all the devotees' mercy is with us, we have nothing to worry about. I promise to all of you that as long as I am alive I will not run away. We hope that by Srila Gurudev's mercy, this problem will be solved soon and it will be overcome."

Birds of Feather Flock Together
"You can see also now that all those who are Gurudev's enemies—who were rejected by Gurudev, who Gurudev got pain from, all those who were ousted have now come together. It is their karma and they will get the result for that."

Eagerness for Connection
'Many people took initiation today – they take initiation and think, 'I have become a king!' They do not keep in touch with their gurudev after that. They never call and speak to their gurudev. It is necessary to keep connection. You must make an effort.'

Join Service Connection
'You cannot stay alone. You will get association if you keep connection with me. You have taken initiation and will go back each to your own village. If each of you arranges a programme in your own village and calls me, I will come. This is connection.'

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Acquire Transcendental Vision
'Many say, "I have understood gurudev, I know gurudev!" but the glories of Sri Guru are sung by all Vedas – only those whom Sri Gurupadpadma has given his mercy can know his glory. You can never understand the transcendental, supramundane glory of Sri Guru with your fleshy body and fleshy eyes.'

Emerging from Visaya
'"I am practising Krishna consciousness so much, but why is the Lord giving me so much unhappiness and pain?" We commit so many sins and we think, "Why does the Lord make me do all these sins?" If you want to find answers to all these questions, you must read holy books.'

Future Is Now
'There is some method how you can attain the highest destination. This method is constant chanting of the Holy Name. You must practise spiritual life all the time. You must think about Krishna all the time. "How can I serve Krishna? How can I come to the holy abode of the Lord? What will happen to me after I leave this body?"'

Learn and Practise
'You can come to the temple and learn properly all the rules and practices. It is necessary to learn these things. If you want to preach, you must practise what you preach. Practising means you must listen to what your gurudev says and live following his instruction. If you do not follow gurudev's words, nobody will listen to you.'

Scriptural Evidence of Mahaprabhu's Advent
'There is much evidence in various places, beginning from Mahabharata and Srimad Bhagavatam, that the Supreme Lord (Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) comes in the Age of Kali. If we see those sources, we can understand that the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally makes His advent in Kali-yuga.'

Mahaprabhu's Esoteric Nature
'Why is the Lord called Triyuga? In various ages, the Lord appears in various forms and colours, but this does not happen in Kali-yuga: the Lord manifests Himself as a hidden incarnation in Kali-yuga. He comes secretly as a devotee.'

Attaining the Unattainable
'Intelligent people will give up bad association and keep good association. By listening to the guidance of sadhus, they will break off the bondage of material desires that oppose devotion.'

APRIL 2019

Painful Day
"Our Gurudev's disappearance festival is very soon, that day is coming soon, next dvadasi. It is a very sad day for me. It is the most painful day in my life, and this very painful day comes every year..."
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MAY 2019

Learn Proper Conception
"Sometimes we can unconsciously make an offence, but through good association we can hear and understand the proper guidance, proper etiquette. If we do not know it, then no matter how much we practise, how much we chant and how much service we do, we can still sometimes be doing some aparadh."
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Inconceivable Nitai
"Who can understand Nityananda Prabhu? One day, I remember I read in Sri Chaitanya-bhagavat, Sriman Nityananda Prabhu came to Srivas Pandit's house..."
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Devotees' Nature
"Always take prasad, that will be good. Do not buy outside food, it is not good. Practise from a young age. If you dream about another world now, it is not good—you must remove material desires from your heart. Tolerance, patience should be devotees' nature."
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Service Etiquette
"Gurudev always told us to serve devotees—rather than serve Krishna it is better if you serve devotees. The temple is for the service to devotees. If there are no devotees staying in a temple, then Deities do not stay there, only dolls stay there."
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Learn to Give Honour
"Without thinking, we write something, we do something, we think something, and we consider that what we think is the highest. This is Vaishnav aparadh. You must learn to give honour to others. Even if the person is junior, even if they do not know anything, we must learn to give honour to others."
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JUNE 2019

A Line Not to Be Crossed
"We can see another lesson in Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita. There was Sri Vallabha Acharya who knew Srimad Bhagavatam and all Vaishnavism and was very proud of that. Mahaprabhu would give him respect, but this is how He removed Vallabha Acharya's ego."
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Questions and Answers
• Can we offer the Tulasi leaves that have touched the ground? • Were the kirtans in Jagannath Puri and Srivas-angan the same? • Does Lord Krishna always help those who get the blessing from their Guru? • Are we expected to do anything besides only desiring the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu?
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Take Care of Deities
"Being a pujari is a very responsible service—the Deities are like their small son and daughter—how will They survive without Their mother? You must be careful with this service. The Deities you have got are very special..."
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Arati of Sri Gaura Nitai
"The Deities are Gaura Nitai, so sing some Gaura Nityananda songs in the morning, at noon and in the evening. Which songs to sing is up to you, but sing this arati minimum in the evening."
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Questions and Answers
• How can I establish myself in the real faith in Guru? • How can a devotee develop real devotion and real saranagati to Gurudev and Krishna? • What activities would you like us as a community to do with the children to ensure their spiritual progress? • How should we treat devotees coming from another line?
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Purpose of Pilgrimage
"Material people think Vrindavan is a place for their enjoyment. They go to Puri, they bathe in the sea and see it as a place for enjoyment, but this is wrong—Mahaprabhu did not teach this, it is completely against Mahaprabhu's teaching."
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Mahaprabhu's Arrival In Vrindavan
"That same year, Mahaprabhu became determined that He would go to Vrindavan after Ratha-yatra alone. Ramananda Ray and Svarup Damodar requested Ballabhadra Bhattacharya to go with Mahaprabhu. Mahapabhu would roam around listening to the talks of parrots. He was very, very happy to come to Vrindavan."
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Mahaprabhu Returns to Prayag
"One time, when Mahaprabhu was bathing in the Akrur ghat, He submerged Himself into the water and had not re-emerged for a long time. Becoming concerned, Ballabhadra Bhattacharya decided to take the Lord from Vraja Mandal to Prayag..."
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Embarking On Surrendered Life
"You are a very fortunate soul—having got good association, you have come now to surrender yourself to the Lord. You are also fortunate because you have not run away—you are staying there and tolerating so much, doing service."
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Haridas Thakur's Purity
'When Haridas Thakur came to Puri, he stayed in Siddha Bakul, a small place near Gambhira. Every day, he would chant 300,000 Holy Names, and until he finished chanting the Holy Name, he would not touch any food or even drink any water...'

Haridas Thakur's Desire
'Haridas Thakur caught Mahaprabhu"s hand and pulled Him to sit down next to him on his bed. Then, he said, "Prabhu, I have never asked You for anything, but I want to ask You for something today. Will you give it to me?"'

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Jagadananda Pandit's Nature
'Jagadananda Pandit was very straightforward with Mahaprabhu. Such was his nature. He was a very good cook, so he would sometimes cook and forcefully feed Mahaprabhu. He would also sometimes fight with Mahaprabhu, but he was a extremely dear to Mahaprabhu.'

Jagadananda Pandit's Service
'When Mahaprabhu took sannyas and came to Puri, Jagadananda Pandit came together with Him. Wherever Mahaprabhu went, Jagadananda Pandit stayed near Him and always thought about service to Mahaprabhu, always making sure that Mahaprabhu did not suffer from any inconvenience.'

Brief History
"Soon after Prabhupad Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur's disappearance in 1937, Srila Sridhar Maharaj also left Chaitanya Math in Mayapur, empty-handed, wearing only his clothes. Feeling very sad, he went to Vrindavan and stayed in Pavan Sarovar..."
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Pure Rupanuga-Dhara
"Actually, anyone can manage a temple, but who did Srila Prabhupad make his acharya (successor) from within his heart? Who could preach the pure conception? Who was the pure Rupanuga-dhara?"
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At Ultadanga and Godavari
"When Srila Sridhar Maharaj joined in 1926, Srila Prabhupad was staying at Ultadanga. Srila Sridhar Maharaj had passed his Bachelor degree and got admitted to a law college, when one day he got some message that a great sadhu was giving lectures at Ultadanga."
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Supreme Fortune and Earnest Prayer
"I am praying to Srila Guru Maharaj and Srila Gurudev, 'Wherever you are, you can see all the situation. What is your desire? Your desire is not that they occupy the building, your desire is to preach Sri Rupa-Raghunath katha all over the world, but how will you fulfil your desire?'"
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Baladev Lila: "Can We Be Friends?"
"I want to tell a little bit about Baladev's lila from what is written in Srimad Bhagavatam. You have all heard that Kamsa sent so many demons to kill Krishna and Krishna killed them all, but Srimad Bhagavatam describes how Baladev killed Pralambasur."
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"Raise the Anchor, Sir!"
"In the devotional line, this body is compared to a boat, and the helmsman of the boat is the Guru. If we can stay aboard the boat that Gurudev is sailing, then we can cross over the Viraja River and come to stay with Krishna in Goloka Vrindavan."
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Gopal's Pastimes
"When Kamsa got the news of the child's birth, he was astonished that it was a girl, Maya. When he killed her, she rose in the air and said, 'He who will kill you already lives in Gokula.' After that, Kamsa began his atrocities. Who did he send first? Putana."
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Lord's Stealing and Rewarding
"There are many other pastimes that Lord Sri Krishna performed. There was also a funny pastime at Chir Ghat. This pastime has a deep meaning. Many think this is funny, but actually it is not—this pastime is all about self-surrender."
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Mercy Incarnate
"By a great mercy and fortune, we have got the darshan of sadhus, Guru and Vaishnavs in this lifetime. Having got their darshan, we have got everything! By getting their darshan, hearing Hari-katha from such Vaishnavs, hearing about such Vaishnavs' qualities purifies the heart."
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Fall at the Lord's Feet
"It is my prayer to you all—please, always chant the glories of the Vaishnavs, Gurudev, and the Lord. We also pray to the Lord that you may all always engage in service, in Hari-katha, in the kirtan, and that not a single day may pass in your life without it..."
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Sri Radhastami and Sons of Nectar
"If we want to see a beautiful life, a beautiful mood, beautiful character, and a happy life, then we should serve our Guru properly. It is necessary to have chastity. Without chastity, how can we assert that we are servitors of Gurudev and Guru Maharaj?"
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Religions and Practices
"If you read my book (Guidance 3), you can see there a chapter called 'Householders and Renuciates', then you can understand it. I am going to read only one-two words from it..."
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On the Bank of the Yamuna
"One must be ignorant to worship only Madhav. If you worship only Krishna, Gopal, it will only bolster your ego, 'Oh, I am worshipping Krishna! Who is Radharani? I am better than Radharani!' Never take association of such people who do not have any regard for the Guru."

Pure Hearts Run Behind Krishna
"If you have ego, you will never get any result. We must sweep and wipe and clean these things out of our hearts, and this does not happen externally—this dirt is removed by hearing Hari-katha. If someone poses as a Vaishnav but talks gramya-katha, then they can never be a Vaishnav."

Banishing Poisonous Ego
"Kaliya-nag had ego, 'This is my place, nobody can enter it!' So, because of his poison, all birds, beasts of Vrindavan died when they came close to the Yamuna—even the cows did not go there to drink water. This is when Krishna showed His pastime..."

Service Consciousness
"These are Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur's words, listen to what he says! You may be abused and humiliated hundreds of times, but you must not leave Krishna consciousness. As soon as you leave Hari-kirtan, you will be attacked by some circumstances."

Sri Radhastami Kirtans [শ্রীশ্রীরাধাষ্টমী কীর্ত্তনগুলো ]
• Vadana • Sri Guru-charana-padma • Sri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu daya kara more • Ohe Vaishnava Thakura dayara sagara • Nitai-pada-kamala • Emona durmati samsara bhitare • Radhe jaya jaya Madhava dayite • Radha-bhajane yadi (with purport) • Radhika-charana-padma • Radha-kunda-tata • Radhe Radhe Govinda • Varaja-vipine yamuna kule (with purport and a word of caution) • Jaya Radhe jaya Krishna (with purport) • Sri Radhastakam • Jaya Radha Madhava • Hare Krishna maha-mantra and Sri Radharani's kirtan.
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Gift of Saptam Goswami (2)
"Dhama-dam. Everybody told that Mahaprabhu's place had been submerged by the Ganges. Ganga Devi first hid it and then gave this land back, but who recognised and discovered that land? It happened by the mercy of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur. He was staying at that time in Godrumdwip, Svananda-sukhada Kunja..."
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Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur's Kirtans
• Gurudev bada krpa kari' • Nadiya-godrume nityananda mahajana • Emana durmati samsara bhitare • Amara jivana sada pape rata • Gaya gora madhur svare • Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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Early Pastimes of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur
"Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur's family actually came from Odisha. His father's name is Ananda-chandra Dutta. He was a very pious, religious man, and he got married here in Nadia district to a daughter of a big landlord..."
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Namacharya Srila Haridas Thakur (2)
"When prasadam came from Jagannath temple, Govinda would serve it to Mahaprabhu, and every evening, when Mahaprabhu went to bed and Svarup Damodar, Ray Ramananda returned to their own places, Govinda would take that prasadam for Srila Haridas Thakur. That was the routine every day. One day, however..."
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Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur's Early Association
"Once, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur met a siddha Raghunath Das Babaji Mahasay. Raghunath Das Babaji did not like to mix with Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur and also told others not to mix with him, however later he understood who Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur was..."
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"My Heart and Soul's Desire"
"Everybody is now busy with their computers, iphones, tweeter, facebook, and youtube, but everybody must engage themselves in service and go for preaching, go for sankirtan, go door to door... At this moment, I want the blessing from the devotees all over the world because I need to go to the Nabadwip temple."
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Inner Circle Initiation
"Actually, in this age of Kali, the only way to get to our real home, to get our real benefit is chanting of the Holy Name properly, but for some more intimate service, like cooking and puja, it is necessary to have the second initiation."
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Sri Guru: Exclusive Benefactor
"Gurudev is always in the presence of the Lord—he always serves the Lord, always thinks about the Lord, about his Guru and the service to his Guru, and he always engages others in the service to the Lord."
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Sri Guru: More Than Only Shelter
"Sri Gurupadpadma not only gives shelter to a soul that surrenders to him—he gives them the Name, the mantra, and the teachings. Gurudev engages the surrendered soul in service life and takes care of the progress in their spiritual life."
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Sri Guru: Constant Worship
"The worship of the Guru is not same as the ordinary worship done by common people. The scriptures say that Gurudev must be served at all times, wherever one may be. The worship of Gurudev is not some one-day worship—Guru must be worshipped constantly."
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Wrong Endeavour
"Proper devotees pass their time with Krishna-katha, and at all other times they chant the Holy Name or think about their service, about spiritual things. A person may be doing some pious activities, but it is not devotion. Bhakti means doing service to the Lord under the guidance of a guru."
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Surrendered Soul's Appeal
"A jiva soul is greater than Maya because it worships the Lord, but Maya is very powerful as she gets much power from the Lord. So, sometimes a jiva soul that is covered by the illusory environment gets caught in the net of Maya..."
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Mano-Dharmi'ness
"We must understand what is unfavourable to our devotion because if we keep those unfavourable things in our hearts, it will gradually cause a big problem for us. Actually, we do not know what is good for us, that is why we sometimes become mano-dharmi..."
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Devotion Is Not a Show
"We do not want to be like Ekalavya—we do not show that we are great devotees. We sometimes hear somebody say, 'Oh, he is doing so much tapasya!'; demons also do so much tapasya—even more than demigods—but they are not devotees."
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Guru-Bhakti, Guru-Drohi
"You must always go behind the Vaishnavs—do not cross the line. You have your limitation, and if you cross the line and exceed your limit, that will be a big problem for you. Devotion means living under the guidance of a Vaishnav."
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Steadying Your Life
"Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu says there are six obstacles in our spiritual life. Among those six obstacles, there is laulancha, having a very unstable mind, being greedy and having many material desires. Sometimes your heart or mind can be unsteady, and sometimes your intelligence can also be unsteady. This is very bad for us."
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On Humility and Patience
"Those who have no patience cannot be successful in any kind of life, spiritual or material. A practitioner of Krishna consciousness must have patience—through patience the person can control not only himself, but also the whole world, the whole universe."
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Be Straight and Open
"Sometimes Sriman Mahaprabhu also explained what is called vaishnavata, qualities of a Vaishnav. Their mind will always be simple, their heart will always be open—that is Vaishnavata. It is not good to have a crooked ('zigzag') mind or heart."
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Mahaprabhu's Teaching
"Mahaprabhu told householder devotees—serve the Lord, serve devotees, always chant the Holy Name. Whatever naturally comes to you in your spiritual practice (sadhana), you must be satisfied with that. Always chant the Holy Name, always avoid the ten offences."
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Mahaprabhu's Instruction to Vairagis
"Commonly, when we are attracted to someone, we consider them our shelter. In the material world, people take shelter of so many material things and people, but there is only one main perfect shelter—Krishna."
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Guru-Disciple Bond
"You must understand purely what Gurudev needs, what is his connection, what Gurudev wants, what his heart wants and you must always fulfil his desire. That is what the relationship between the Guru and a disciple is."
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Sri Guru: More than Lord
"Guru is called a holy embodiment of the Lord's mercy. You all worship or serve the Lord, but you will not get direct love and affection from the Lord. Because the Lord cannot give you direct mercy, He sends His close associate in the form of a Guru to this world."
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Intimate Service Mood
"Many are scared to speak to Gurudev, but what is there to be scared about? Are you afraid of the one whose shelter you have taken? Gurudev is called the centre, the very heart of the disciple. This is our line."
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On Lord's Order
"Whatever austerity comes, throw your happiness away, forget your own happiness or sadness and serve the Lord. The Lord has kept me alive, and you have all come here, you are giving me your blessing, then I am getting one more year of life."
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Unswerving Devotion
"I will tell you some examples of Guru-seva. There cannot be anything more important in your life than this. You must always remember this, then you will get supreme benefit. I always pray to the Lord that you may get relief from the illusory environment and come to serve the Lord."
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Great Advantage of Guru-Seva
"There are sixty-four devotional practices, and Prahlad Maharaj said among all those devotional practices Guru-seva has more importance. You must listen to what I am saying carefully. Remember it."
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Laws of Spiritual Kingdom
"When you aspire to enter Vrindavan's kingdom, you must apply for the visa at Radharani's lotus feet. When you get Her stamp of approval, then you can get the darshan of Vrindavan; and Radharani is Gurudev himself, so when you get his seal, then you can enter that domain."
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Service to Guru: Abode of Benediction
"Those who fail to practise various devotional practices very quickly attain all perfection just by serving their Guru. Those who are fortunate can embrace this in their hearts—if you are always busy trying to make your Guru happy, you can attain perfection in this very life."
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Supreme Desire of Supreme Lord
"You want to enjoy so much, but the Lord wants to enjoy with you all together and His desire is millions times stronger. That is why the Lord sends His associates to this world who come to engage you in the service of Lord and send You back to the Lord. We sit here amidst illusion and think, 'I want more,' But how much is your capacity to enjoy?"
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Entering Gurudev's Family
"Gurudev stretches his hand to you, but why do you not accept his hand? Gurudev calls out, 'Come, come! Come to my family!' Unless you enter this family, your anarthas will never leave you even if you chant millions of Holy Names with offences."
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Trade Secrets of Krishna Consciousness
"If one is to come to Vraja Krishna, one must imbibe the mood of Vraja. What does it mean to get the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu? If you can attract and give joy to Nitaichand with your kirtan, then you will feel taste and joy chanting kirtan—then you can get Radha-Krishna."
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Exposing Core of Disciple's Heart
"You do not enter into a relationship with the Guru just by taking a mantra from him. If you have love and affection for your Guru, then you have some relationship with your Guru, then your journey up the ladder of devotion has begun."
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Core of Mission's Heart
"If you take life away, is there any value in the body? The same is true for our spiritual life—if you remove Guru from your spiritual life, you remove life from your body. If you remove service to the Lord from a temple, this temple loses its very life."
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Sri Guru's Grace
"Gurudev is the embodiment, or incarnation, of the Deity. We sometimes make some mistake in the service to the Deities, and the Deity will not chastise you, but the Deity's main servitor (Gurudev) can always chastise you. That is his mercy."
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Niti and Priti
"It was Ramachandra's vijay utsav yesterday, and we would like to clarify some things about Rama-tattva and Krishna-tattva. In Rama-lila, rules and regulations are the highest, and love and affection go down, but this is not the highest ideal..."
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Laksman's Grudge
"Sita Devi was crying so much, and Laksman could not bear the thought of doing it, but because Ramachandra was his worshippable Lord and his elder brother, he had to do it—but Laksman could not forget the kind of pain he got at that time..."
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Balaram's Character
"Baladev may be elder, but He is a servitor—He is seva-vigraha, a worshippable embodiment of service. Balaram removes all problems. He always does everything for the service to Krishna. He always protects Krishna, He is always with Him."
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Balaram and Nitai: Seva-Vigraha
"Baladev Prabhu thinks, 'I am the gatekeeper, and if any disturbance comes, I will plough it out and finish it at once. I will do whatever it takes to make sure no disturbance comes to Krishna's happiness.' That is why Baladev Prabhu is known as seva-vigraha."
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Mind's Trap
"You do not know whether your life is getting better or worse, that is why whatever the situation is, it is always safe to follow the Guru's instruction. Devotional life is another world—you cannot get any devotional property without the Guru."
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Ekadasi: Main Focus Is Service
"We always observe Ekadasi. One time, when somebody asked Gurudev about the glorification of Ekadasi, Gurudev showed that it is not necessary to hear the explanation or glorification of Ekadasi—Gurudev tells you to follow Ekadasi, and we must do that."
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Ekadasi: Historical Background
"Previously, after Mahaprabhu, there appeared so many misconceptions and there were so many rules and regulations at that time. In those days, it was a common custom that if somebody's husband died, then they were told to fast on Ekadasi..."
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On Chastity and Rules
"When you do archan, puja, etc. you must follow the viddhi-marga, but the main difficulty is that we can be following so many rules and regulations, but we may not be following Gurudev's instruction, we may not be loyal, not chaste to our Guru..."
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Service Relation
"The relation between a Guru and a disciple is not like the relation between a shopkeeper and a customer. We think that since we have taken the mantra we have become a disciple, but it is not correct. It is necessary to take initiation, but it is more important under whose guidance you are doing service after that."
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Service Is Disciple's Heartbeat
"You have your service—do not waste your time on sleeping, eating, and enjoying, do not use this life for your own enjoyment. You must always think how to serve your Guru. The Guru is the center of the disciple's heart. You must use your whole life for service."
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Love Your Service
"The main thing is that we must do the service that the Guru and Vaishnavs want me to do and engage me in. The Guru and Vaishnavs tell us to do something, we may feel unhappy doing it, but we must not leave the service because of that."
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Always Ready, Always Eager
"We must be like soldiers—we must be always ready to serve the Lord, to serve Gurudev's mission. We do not come to judge who is a Vaishnav and who is not a Vaishnav—we cannot understand it, neither is it our duty to do it. Our main question is how much we can do for the service to our Guru and Vaishnav."
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Disciple's Sambandha, Abhidheya, Prayojan
"The relation between a disciple and the guru is eternal. You must understand this relation and you must understand that this relation is eternal. If you want to surrender properly, you must give your body, soul, mind, ego—everything—to your Guru."
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Pure Kirtan Comes from Pure Heart
"Kirtan is not singing. Kirtan means making the Lord happy. You must be a proper, honest disciple. Your heart must be open. If you have something in your heart, if your heart is dirty or there are many obstacles in your heart, then you will not be able to hear Gurudev properly—it will go into one ear and out the other."
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Mature Service Life
"Through sravan and kirtan, all your bad elements will go away—after that, you will get attachment to doing your service properly every day. We must be steady and firm. If you practise every moment and every day, then it will be good for you—in this way, your devotional life will go the proper way and to the proper place."
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Purify Yourself
"When you stay with Gurudev, you should not only stay with your body and mind—you must stay with Gurudev with your heart and soul. It is necessary to have chastity to your Gurudev. We should not try to purify others—first we must purify ourselves through sravanam and kirtanam."
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Authorised Service
"There can be different kinds of service. It can be anything—any way you can fulfil the desire of a Vaishnav is service; any way you can fulfil the desire of your Guru is service."
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Internal Initiation
"Many practitioners only take the mantras from Gurudev and then do not recite them, otherwise if they recite it daily and properly how can they forget it? Devotees arrange big plates, but actually it is necessary to give your heart—other things are external."
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Six Faults
"Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu says that there are six obstacles—atyahara, prayascha, prajalpa, niyamagraha, laulancha, janasangancha—and these six elements, six faults destroy one's devotion."
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Six Qualities
"Those who have enthusiasm for chanting the Holy Name, for doing service and other devotional activities, who like to serve devotees in various ways, they will gradually get devotion to Krishna."
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Do Not Overstep
"Just as you cannot compare Ganges water with any other water, in the same way you cannot compare a devotee to a non-devotee—the difference is vast. If a devotee has some fault, Krishna will remove it."
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Srila Sanatan Goswami's Bhajan Kutir
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Evening class
History of Govardhan Temple, chastity, doing parikrama through service and devotees' association; the meaning of being a disciple; leaving worries about the mundane life, meaning and value of human life; Srila Sanatan Goswami doing parikrama in his old age; reading from Sri Garga Samhita about the appearance of Sri Govardhan; Sri Govardhan Puja.
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Evening kirtans
Sri Guru charana-padma, Sri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu daya kara more, Ohe Vaishnava Thakura dayara sagara, Nitai-pada-kamala, Emona durmati samsara bhitare, Mayura-mukuta Pitambaradhari, Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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Three Chambers of Heart [Evening class]
"Actually we do not have any capacity to do the parikrama—if Radharani, Gurudev give their mercy, then only can we circumambulate their holy abode. Do you think everybody can do it? Everybody says they are going to Goloka, Vrindavan, but instead they go to serve Maya."
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Evening kirtans
Gurudev bada krpa kari, Ei-bara karuna kara Vaisnava Gosai, Akrodha paramananda Nityananda Raya, Yadi Gaura na ha'ta tabe ki ha-ita, Jaya Radha-Madhava, Radhe Jaya Jaya Madhava, Sri Damodarastakam, Siksastakam kirtans.
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Sri Govardhan Puja (2): Seva-Adhikar
"Krishna Himself said, 'I am Govardhan!' Sometimes people say that worshipping Govindaji and worshipping Govardhan is different, but this is a misconception. You must serve Govardhan with sincerity and following all rules of service."

Sri Govardhan Puja (3): Full Service
"I have told you before that it is not necessary to know any mantra to worship the Lord—it is necessary to have a clean heart. Also, service is necessary, but service must be full. You start something and then leave it half-way—not like this."
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Sri Govardhan-astakam
His Divine Grace reads Sri Govardhan-astakam composed by Srila Raghunath Das Goswami Prabhu.
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Sri Uddhav Kunda and Sri Narad Kunda: Tears of Afflicted Hearts
"By the mercy of Sri Gurupadpadma, we are doing the last day of our Sri Govardhan parikrama, and by the mercy of Sri Gurupadpadma we have come to this very beautiful place, Uddhav Kunda...."
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Sri Radha Kunja-Bihari Gaudiya Math
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Sri Radha Kunda and Sri Shyama Kunda
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Eternal Stumbling Block
"Mathura or Vrindavan is not a place for doing business or enjoyment. This is a place of service. If you want to stay here to serve, if you have service mood, then you have the right to stay here. We must not come to Vrindavan to always think about ourselves."

Neither Judge, Nor Imitate
"We cannot see anything, that is why we must always take shelter of a bona fide Guru. That is why it is very difficult to stay in Vrindavan. If you try to practise such raga-marga, you will become a sahajiya."

Symptoms of Disciple
"Only exclusive and dear servitors can have the right for Gurudev's wealth and property. Gurudev's wealth and property is not some temple, a great building, etc.—Gurudev's property is Krishna-prema, his heart, his love. We must become real disciples."
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"Preach for My Guru"
"My desire is that you preach for my Guru. Make some books, brochures, distribute prasadam, and go for sankirtan in the street from time to time. Preach. Continue preaching. You may not have a temple now, but you can make a programme in devotees' houses. Continue your programmes, that will be good for you yourself."
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Shed Your Raincoat
"You are trying to create peace and harmony in this world, but we cannot leave our ego, we cannot sacrifice our life, we cannot give up anything, however small it may be. How much dedication do we have? Dedication means love and affection. First you must think who you are."
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Education Uplifts, Not Degrades
"Even a donkey or a monkey knows, 'This is my son,' 'This is my mother'—but people kick their own mothers out of her house and she becomes a street beggar! What is this? What sort of education is this? Education teaches very high things, it teaches one to think what they are doing."
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Disciple's Dedication
"You will get so many gurus in this world, but you will not find a proper disciple so easily. If you only wear a dhoti, put tilaks, wear the kanthi-mala, these are external things; initiation is about devotion and it comes from the heart."
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Chastity—Core of Devotee's Heart
"We must be humble, tolerant and give honour to others; we must not see others' faults, we must not see who is doing what—they can do anything they want, but we will practise properly. We must follow Gurudev's instruction, follow what Gurudev told—that is our vision, that is our chastity."
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On Deity Service
"I am very happy to see that your proper service to the Deities. What does Deity service mean? It is not necessary to know so many mantras—if your heart, mind, everything is for the Deities, it is sufficient."
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Our Interest
"You have been working for your own pleasure your whole life, earning money and filling a bank account, but you will leave everything when you go to the cremation ghat. Why then do you not think of death and of what will happen to your body and soul?"
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Disciple's Service Mood
"The problem is that we are not very fortunate souls. If we were fortunate souls, then we would join this Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math service and we would get a great benefit for our spiritual life..."
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Beyond Body Consciousness
"We should not be busy with our body—we should keep ourselves busy with service to our Guru and Vaishnavs. Life is very short, so do not waste your time on laziness, etc.—it is not good. We must spend time on the service to Gurudev."
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Practitioners' Problem
"The problem is that we do not think, 'We are doing this service for the Lord, we are not doing it not for ourselves.' Sometimes, you keep on doing something wrong, and you think that since the temple manager is not doing or saying anything, it is not a big matter..."
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Golden Time for Golden Purpose
"I know you have taken initiation from Gurudev, I know you are serving Gurudev eternally (strictly every day without fail), you are worshipping the Lord eternally, you are chanting the kirtans eternally, but are you using your golden time to serve the Lord or to do something for your own self?"
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Emerging from Darkness
"Sixty thousand sages did a sacrifice for one thousand years(!), but even then they did not feel happy at heart. In the end, Sri Suta Goswami came there and explained that happiness was possible only through chanting the Holy Name. You must always keep this as the object of your eternal meditation."
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Leaving Maya's Shelter
"If some fortunate soul can come to take shelter at the holy lotus feet of Sri Guru severing the illusory bondage and keeping themselves in Guru's service, then they are very fortunate. There is no one in this world more fortunate than them."
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Sitting on Two Chairs
"There are gurus in this world who say, 'We do not prohibit anything. Eat and do whatever your soul pleases.' First know who you are, then do what your soul wants. Always remember this. But what is the use saying all this?... How long I have been telling you all this..."
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Deep Chastity
"No matter what you do and how much you do, if the Guru is angry, nobody can protect you. I must understand, 'I have taken shelter in a person, and as long as I stay in that shelter, even the Lord cannot do anything to me.' Remember what I am telling you all the time. Become surrendered..."
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Accept and Appreciate
"Whatever the Lord wishes, this is what will happen. You must always leave everything to the Lord. However the Lord keeps you, whatever situation the Lord creates, you must accept it. Do you understand it? Nothing is in our hands. We are only His servitors."
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ON THIS PAGE:

JANUARY
• Primary Realisation
• Our Mission
• Enjoyer, Controller, Provider
• Chalking Out the Path
• Help Yourself and Help Others
• Making Offering: Have Heart, Follow Rules
• Primary Qualities of Devotee
• Purpose of Surrender
• Always Chant the Holy Name
• Learn and Practise
• At Mangalagiri (1)
• At Mangalagiri (2)
• Appreciating Worship of Nrisinghadev
• Proper Care
• Learning to Surrender
• Triumph of Life
• Crooked Service (1)
• Crooked Service (2)
• Who Is a Real Disciple?
• Flunkies of Flesh
• A Heartfelt Appeal
• Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur (Godavari): Part One
• Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur (Godavari): Part Two
• Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur (Godavari): Part Three
• Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur (Godavari): Sri Ramananda Sambad
• Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur (Godavari): Sri Ramananda Ray's Answers
• Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur (Godavari): Sri Ramananda Ray's Expertise
• Path to Purification
• What Is Good Association?
• Stay Engaged in Service, Not Maya
• Escape Ratty Life
• Loud and Loving Call
• Transcending Bodily Existence
• Why Do We Suffer?
• Srimad Bhagavad-Gita's Message
• Fulfil Your Quest
• History of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math (1)
• History of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math (2)
• Jail of Maya
• Benefactors
• Your Heart Is the Commodity
• The Price of Mercy
• Acme of Service
• Follow Mahaprabhu's Conception
• Astonishing Service Mood
• Maintain Your Practice
• A Life Worth Living
• Our Great Fortune
• On Vaishnav Aparadh
• Keep Trying
• Highest Realm of Devotion
• Bribing and Increasing Stool
• What Is a Soul?
• Service with Faith and Love
• Core of Devotion
• Set Your Heart for Govinda
• Think and Learn
• Think about Your Soul
• Sadhya-Sadhan-Tattva
• With Faith and Surrender
• Surrender and Learn
• Bhakta-Seva Pravritti
• See Good and Do Good
• See Through It
• 'Lord Exists for Those Who Have Devotion'
• Power of Mindful Service
• Service Is All About Mood
• Help Yourself and Others
• Beyond Body and Bondage
• Do Not Cheat Yourself
• Your Life, Your Escape
• Keep Internal Purity
• Embrace Devotion to Lord Krishna
• Know Where You Belong
• Result of Sadhu-Sanga
• Clean Your Heart and Cultivate Devotion
• Seva-Dharma and Mano-Dharma
• Strive for Spiritual Subsistence
• Where There Is a Will There Is a Way
• Excreting Visaya
• Live in Domain of Mercy
• The Side-Tracked and the Drowning
• Servants' Wealth
• Live Thinking about Lord
• Turtle Consciousness
• Learn and Practise
• Sadhu's Duty
• Internal Asuddha
• Basis of Mahaprabhu's Conception
• Learn the Ropes
• Watered Down Conception
• Become a Good Practitioner
• Spiritual Selfishness
• Do Not Overstep
• Internal and External Devotion
• Step Forward
• We Are Servants, Not Devotees
• Learn Proper Meaning
• Come to Nirguna Plane
• Do Not Become Sahajiya
• Sincere and Selfless Service
• Think What You Are Doing
• Sprout of Deviation
• Love Others

FEBRUARY
• Remembering Our Fortune
• Place of Pivotal Pastimes
• First Memories of Sri Ekachakra Dham
• His Mercy Is Essential
• His Service Is Essential
• Servant or Merchant?
• Serve Nitai without Deceit
• Nitaichand: Spotless Moon
• Nitaichand: Our Only Hope
• Nitaichand: Our Eternal Shelter
• Beware Imitation
• Householders' Hypocrisy
• Bhakti Siddhanta Vani
• Eternal Rememberance
• Engage Yourself In Service
• Worship Nityananda
• Immerse Yourself in Exclusive Worship
• Fill Your Heart with Kirtan
• Mahaprabhu's Caution
• Adjust Your Aspiration
• Meaning and Value of Fortune
• Have You Found What You Are Looking For?
• Follow and Preach
• Our Real Necessity
• Seek Soul's Fulfilment
• Stay on Right Track
• The Holy Sannyas Order
• Approaching Nityananda
• Ardent Appeal
• How to Attain Mercy
• Nityananda Prabhu's Campaign
• Varahadev's Appearance
• Vishnu, Krishna and Nitai
• Raghunath's Release
• Flow of Nityananda Prabhu's Mercy
• Shower of Nityananda Prabhu's Mercy
• Capture Nityananda Prabhu's Heart
• Hope of the Hopeless
• Purifying Shelter
• Srila Prabhupad: Universal Benefactor

MARCH
• Sri Gaura Purnima: Our Main Festival
• Importance of Service Mood
• Sri Godrumdwip Bhajan
• Power of Purity
• Service with Heart
• Sri Madhyadwip
• The Right to Serve
• "They Come Running to Do Parikrama"
• Forget Yourself In Kirtan
• Hear It With Your Heart
• Admirable Service Mood
• Undaunted and Undeprived
• Revise Your Priorities
• One-Pointed Hearts
• Lying and Bribing
• A Rare Quality
• Exclusive Attention
• Core Conception
• Guidance 3: "Get This Book and Read It Always"
• "I Will Always Be With You"
• Parikrama Is Not Sightseeing
• There Is No Shame In Service
• Abode of High Thinking
• At Sri Subarna Bihar Gaudiya Math
• At Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur's Samadhi-Mandir
• At Sri Surabhi Kunja
• Weak and Illusioned
• Bitter Pill to Swallow
• Vaishnavs' Care
• Highest Perfection
• At Sri Nandan Acharya Bhavan
• At Sri Madhai Ghat
• At Sri Yogapith
• At Srivas Angan
• At Sri Chaitanya Math
• Future Vision
• Happiness amidst Sadness
• Smooth Parikrama Day
• Chad Kazi Purified
• Meaning of Vaishnav-Seva
• Sole Sustenance: Sravanam, Kirtanam and Smaranam
• Sincerity vs. Excuses
• Always Think of Gaura Mandal
• Samudrasen's Trick
• At Sri Chapahati
• At Sri Vidyanagar
• How Knowledge Attained Mercy
• Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya's Plan
• Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya Converted
• At Sri Jahnudwip
• At Saranga Murari's Temple
• Vrindavan Das Thakur's Sripat
• Main Guru of Our Line
• Madhavendra Puri Meets Gopal
• Answering the Call
• Remembering Chapahati
• Modadrumdwip's Ardent Brahman
• Esoteric Glory of Modadrumdwip
• Madhavendra Puri's Pastimes in Odisha
• Be Unwandering and Unwavering
• Build Good Habits
• Praying to Buroraj Siva
• Esoteric Nature of Koladwip
• Vasudev's Worship of Varahadev
• Buroraj Siva's Worship
• Vishnupriya Devi's Viraha-Bhajan
• Learn to Be One-Pointed
• Coming to Merciful Vaishnav Thakur
• Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Pastimes
• Service Is Not for Your Pleasure
• The Sick, the Slick and the Trick
• Where Are You Rushing?
• Limited but One-Pointed Life
• Exclusive Discipleship
• Eternal Faith, Eternal Patience
• Service Is Privilege
• Service Insight
• Service Mishaps
• Listen and Follow
• Irreconcilable Difference
• Entering the Right Current
• Keep Your Vision Straight
• My Happiness
• My Hope
• Birds of Feather Flock Together
• Eagerness for Connection
• Join Service Connection
• Acquire Transcendental Vision
• Emerging from Visaya
• Future Is Now
• Learn and Practise
• Scriptural Evidence of Mahaprabhu's Advent
• Mahaprabhu's Esoteric Nature
• Attaining the Unattainable
• My Happiness
• My Hope
• Birds of Feather Flock Together

APRIL
• Spiritual Mockery
• Painful Day
• The Worst Day

MAY
• Think Deep and Tell Everyone
• Learn Proper Conception
• Inconceivable Nitai
• Devotees' Nature
• Learn from Gurudev
• Service Etiquette
• Learn to Give Honour
• Glory of Srimati Tulasi Devi

JUNE
• On Association: Rotten Potato and Secular Affairs
• A Line Not to Be Crossed
• Questions and Answers
• Fundamentals of Service Life
• Great Fortune and Great Responsibility
• Take Care of Deities
• Arati of Sri Gaura Nitai
• Questions and Answers
• Do Not Compromise with Maya
• Mahaprabhu's Attempt to Go to Vrindavan
• Purpose of Pilgrimage
• Mahaprabhu's Arrival In Vrindavan
• Mahaprabhu Returns to Prayag
• A Miracle. A Joy.
• Embarking On Surrendered Life
• Grand Festival in Panihati
• Haridas Thakur's Purity
• Haridas Thakur's Desire
• Jagadananda Pandit's Nature
• Jagadananda Pandit's Service

AUGUST
• "They Cannot Steal Our Hearts"
• Brief History
• Pure Rupanuga-Dhara
• At Ultadanga and Godavari
• Supreme Fortune and Earnest Prayer
• Sri Baladev Prabhu: Krishna's Merciful Alter Ego
• Baladev Lila: "Can We Be Friends?"
• Lord's Keen Kindness
• Sri Krishna Janmastami Message
• Precious Human Form
• "Raise the Anchor, Sir!"
• Gopal's Pastimes
• Lord's Stealing and Rewarding
• Mercy Incarnate
• Fall at the Lord's Feet
• Preaching—Heartbeat of Krishna Consciousness
• Sri Radhastami and Sons of Nectar
• Devotional Transformation
• Religions and Practices

SEPTEMBER
• Sri Radhastami: World Beyond Lust
• On the Bank of the Yamuna
• Pure Hearts Run Behind Krishna
• Banishing Poisonous Ego
• Service Consciousness
• Gift of Saptam Goswami (1)
• Gift of Saptam Goswami (2)
• Early Pastimes of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur
• Namacharya Srila Haridas Thakur (1)
• Namacharya Srila Haridas Thakur (2)
• Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur's Early Association
• Always Think, Always Hanker
• "My Heart and Soul's Desire"
• Inner Circle Initiation
• Sri Guru: Embodiment of Lord's Mercy
• Sri Guru: Exclusive Benefactor
• Sri Guru: More Than Only Shelter
• Sri Guru: Constant Worship
• Atyahara
• Wrong Endeavour
• Surrendered Soul's Appeal
• Mano-Dharmi'ness
• Devotion Is Not a Show
• Guru-Bhakti, Guru-Drohi
• Keep Good Association
• Steadying Your Life
• On Humility and Patience
• Be Straight and Open
• The Only Truth
• Mahaprabhu's Teaching
• Mahaprabhu's Instruction to Vairagis
• "I Want to Be a Good Follower of My Gurudev"
• Guru-Disciple Bond
• Remembering Early Days
• Sri Guru: More than Lord
• Intimate Service Mood
• On Lord's Order
• Unswerving Devotion
• Great Advantage of Guru-Seva
• Laws of Spiritual Kingdom
• Service to Guru: Abode of Benediction
• Supreme Desire of Supreme Lord
• Entering Gurudev's Family
• Trade Secrets of Krishna Consciousness
• Exposing Core of Disciple's Heart
• Core of Mission's Heart
• No Excuses
• Sri Guru's Grace
• Heed Your Call

OCTOBER
• Qualification of Disciple and Guru
• Niti and Priti
• Laksman's Grudge
• Balaram's Character
• Balaram and Nitai: Seva-Vigraha
• Mind's Trap
• Ekadasi: Main Focus Is Service
• Ekadasi: Historical Background
• On Chastity and Rules
• Thirst for Service
• Service Relation
• Service Is Disciple's Heartbeat
• Love Your Service
• Always Ready, Always Eager
• Disciple's Sambandha, Abhidheya, Prayojan
• Pure Kirtan Comes from Pure Heart
• Month of Service—Life of Service
• Religion of Jiva Soul
• Mature Service Life
• Purify Yourself
• Watch Out
• Authorised Service
• Internal Initiation
• Six Faults
• Six Qualities
• Do Not Overstep
• Three Chambers of Heart
• Sri Govardhan Puja (1): Sevya and Sevak
• Sri Govardhan Puja (2): Seva-Adhikar
• Sri Govardhan Puja (3): Full Service
• Sri Uddhav Kunda and Sri Narad Kunda: Tears of Afflicted Hearts
• Darshan of Transcendental Abode
• Eternal Stumbling Block
• Neither Judge, Nor Imitate
• Symptoms of Disciple

NOVEMBER
• "Come to Learn, Come to Serve"
• "Preach for My Guru"
• Our Identity
• Shed Your Raincoat
• Education Uplifts, Not Degrades
• Our Fortune
• Disciple's Dedication
• "You Will Be Successful"
• Our Reality
• Chastity—Core of Devotee's Heart
• On Deity Service
• Self-Centred and Guru-Centred Life
• Our Interest
• Transcendental Gift
• Disciple's Service Mood
• Beyond Body Consciousness
• Practitioners' Problem
• Golden Time for Golden Purpose
• Emerging from Darkness
• Leaving Maya's Shelter
• Sitting on Two Chairs
• Deep Chastity
• Accept and Appreciate
• New Year Message: "Service Is Our Life"