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(1) Our Golden Chance
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Preaching programme, morning class
Translated into English from Bengali
15 February 2020, part 1
Jay Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj ki jay
Visva-varenya Srila Guru Maharaj ki jay
Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki
jay
Jay saparikara Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda Sundarjiu ki jay
Om Vishnupad Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur
Prabhupad ki jay
Rupanuga-guru-varga ki jay
Namacharya Haridas Thakur ki jay
Vrinda Devi, Tulasi Devi, Sri Bhakti Devi ki jay
Harinam sankirtan ki jay
Samagata Sri Gaura bhakta-vrinda ki jay
Nitai Gaura premanande Hari bol
Devotee: Jay Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj ki jay. Gaura premanande Hari bol
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vande 'ham sri-guroh sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaisnavams cha "I worship the holy lotus feet of my initiating and instructing Sri Guru as well as all predecessor gurus, all Vaishnavs, Rupa Goswami, Sanatan Goswami, their dear associates Raghunath and Jiva, Advaita Prabhu, Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Krishna Chaitanyadev along with all His near and dear ones, and Sri Radha–Krishna along with Their associates headed by Lalita and Visakha."
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya 'I offer my obeisance unto Sri Gurudev, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, applying the kajal of divine knowledge on my eyes.'
gurvvabhista-supurakam guru-ganair asisa-sambhusitam "I offer my obeisance to him who perfectly fulfils his Gurudev's most cherished desires; who is fully adorned with the blessings of his Gurudev's associates; who is expert in all conceivable and inconceivable aspects of Vedic knowledge; who is the pre-eminent follower of Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu's line; who is known as "Govinda" (Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj); whose beautiful, effulgent, exalted form is infused with pure devotion; who is the Guru of the entire universe; and who is the giver of the seed of divine love for the Supreme Lord."
devam divya-tanum suchhanda-vadanam balarka-chelanchitam "I worship Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, the bestower of all auspiciousness, my only shelter and the master of all renunciates. He is my Lord who possesses a transcendental form, whose face expression is very grave, who is clad in the holy clothes the colour of the newly risen sun. He is an abode of intense joy, the only genuine master whom one can accept and surrender to, and an ocean of divine knowledge of renunciation. He is a repository of holy scriptural teachings and pastimes of the highest devotion and a great follower of Srila Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad."
vanchha-kalpatarubhyas cha krpa-sindhubhya eva cha "Again and again I offer obeisances to the Supreme Lord's devotees, who are saviours of the fallen, oceans of mercy and wish-fulfilling trees."
vrndayai tulasi-devyai priyayai kesavasya cha "Again and again I offer obeisances to Vrinda Devi (Tulasi Devi), who is very dear to Lord Kesava, who bestows devotion to Krishna and is known as Satyavati."
atha natva mantra-gurun gurun bhagavatarthadan "Before reciting scriptures that can conquer material world, let us offer obeisances to our initiating Guru, to the Guru who teaches us the meaning of Srimad Bhagavatam, to Sri Vyasadev and all gurus in the universe." jayah sa-parikara sri-sri-guru-gauranga-gandharvagovindasundar-padapadmanam jayastu! "All glory to the lotus feet of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva-Govindasundar and all Their associates." vande rupa-sanatanau raghu-yugau sri-jiva-gopalakau "I worship Sri Rupa Goswami, Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Jiva Goswami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Goswami."
sri-krsna-chaitanya prabhu nityananda
hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare |
As yesterday, we have got an opportunity to speak some Hari-katha this noon too. We spoke some Hari-katha and chanted kirtans yesterday... Please do not speak.
গ্রাম্যকথা না শুনিবে, গ্রাম্যবার্ত্তা না কহিবে ।
ভাল না খাইবে আর ভাল না পরিবে ॥
অমানী মানদ হঞা কৃষ্ণনাম সদা ল'বে ।
ব্রজে রাধাকৃষ্ণ সেবা মানসে করিবে ॥
gramya-katha na sunibe, gramya-varta na kahibe
bhala na khaibe ara bhala na paribe
amani manada hana krsna-nama sada la'be
vraje radha-krsna seva manase karibe
"Do not listen to village talks, do not speak about village news. Do not eat fancy food, do not wear fancy clothes. Do not expect honour to yourself and give all respect to others. Always chant the Holy Name of Krishna and serve Radha-Krishna in your mind."
(Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, 3.6.236–237)
You waste time on speaking about useless things (gramya-katha) the whole day...
দিনের মধ্যে আবল-তাবল
কত পচাল পাড়িতে পর
তার মধ্যে কি একবার
গোবিন্দ বলিতে নার ?!
dinera madhye abala-tabala
kata pachala padite para
tara madhye ki eka-bara
govinda balite nara ?!
"How much nonsense you can talk every day! How many idle talks you have! Can you not say the Name of Govinda even once?"
(Folklore)
There will be Hari-katha here for one–two hours, and you must listen to it with your heart. All day long you are busy thinking about your money, food and clothes. You are always preoccupied with bodily thoughts, but when will we think about the Lord? He is the one owing to whom we have come to this world, owing to whom we have got a human birth and from whom we have got everything in this world (we have got the Lord's light and wind—for example, if the wind stops, we will have no oxygen and die). What the Lord has given us is incomparable, but what can we give to the Lord in return? We cannot give the Lord anything at all, but if we can give our minds and hearts to the Lord, then we will attain supreme benefit.
We have to leave this world one day.
জীবন অনিত্য জানহ সার
তাহে নানাবিধ বিপদ-ভার ।
নামাশ্রয় করি' যতনে তুমি
থাকহ আপন কাজে ॥
jivana anitya janaha sara
tahe nana-vidha vipada-bhara
namasraya kari' yatane tumi
thakaha apana kaje
"Know that the main thing is that life is temporary and filled with all sorts of danger. Carefully take shelter of the Name and do your work."
(Sri Gitavali, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur)
দিন যায় মিছা কাজে নিশা নিদ্রাবশে ।
নাহি ভাবি মরণ নিকটে আছে বসে ॥
dina yaya michha kaje nisa nidra-base
nahi bhavi marana nikate achhe base
"My days pass in useless work and nights are wasted on sleep. It never occurs to me that there is death sitting and waiting right next to me."
(Sri Kalyan-Kalpataru, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur)
Nobody can say when we will have to go away from this world. In the meantime, we have got this short time now—we have got this human birth—once we get some intelligence, we must immediately start practising Krishna consciousness. We do not have the fortune to have a chance to hear Hari-katha and kirtan from saints from an early age, but anyhow, later we did get this opportunity, and once we hear from them, we should understand what our most important necessity is.
Why do we need to worship the Lord? Why is it necessary for us? Why must I serve the Lord? What will happen if I do it? It is necessary for all of us. If we do not understand it, we will have to keep on roaming this world, always coming and going. You are born now here in India, but you can never say that you will not be born as a dog in Russia next time. We do not know whether we will be born as some tree, as a rat in China or as a snake in Nagaland next time. We have got a human birth in India this time, and if we can practise Krishna consciousness during this life, we can reach our own home.
We are staying now in a rented house—staying in somebody else's house, we think it is our home, but it is not so. This place is not our home!
কয় বার এলি কয় বার গেলি
তবু তত্ত্ব না শিখিলি ।
নিজের মাথা নিজে খাইলি
এ দোষ দিবি কারে ভাই ?
kaya bara eli kaya bara geli
tabu tattva na sikhili
nijer matha nije khaili
e-dosa dibe kare bhai?
"Coming and going, coming and going, you never learnt anything. You have been eating your own brain—who will you blame now, brother?"
(Folklore)
When are we going to leave this world? We keep coming to this world again and again, but it is all a waste—we simply come and go. If you do not worship the holy feet of Nitai, then your life is a waste ("Nitai-charan na bhajila yaoya asa sara haila"). You hear kirtans, but if you chant understanding the glory and meaning of these kirtans, then it is very good.
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