Maintaining Gurudev's Legacy

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Kolkata-Worldwide, 19 July 2020, part 3

I will speak about Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's disappearance tomorrow—I will give a class and speak more and more about Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, about what Gurudev told everybody and told to me also.

In Gurudev's time, when Gurudev left Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Nabadwip, he gave me two keys and said, "This is the key from Guru Maharaj's [Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's] veranda and the key from his almirah." He gave those keys to me, and I know that Gurudev does not like to open Guru Maharaj's bhajan kutir for everybody to go there and disturb Guru Maharaj. So, it is very sad to say this, but now those who live in Chaitanya Saraswat Math open Guru Maharaj's bhajan kutir for everybody. Some devotees go there, touch Srila Sridhar Maharaj's mala, put his mala on their heads and post such pictures in facebook. I have heard about it. They think, "Oh, I have become very powerful because I have touched Srila Sridhar Maharaj's mala and put it on my head! I have got pure devotion!" They do this but they cannot understand how much offence they are making.

Gurudev never allowed anyone to Srila Sridhar Maharaj's bhajan kutir. Only some special devotees could go there, or on some special occasions like Srila Prabhupad's disappearance and appearance festivals, Gurudev would go there himself, otherwise he did not allow everyone to go there. Gurudev always kept that place closed. Those who served the bhajan kutir, it was only one person, they would go there and quietly clean the place and come out, other than that nobody could go and disturb Srila Guru Maharaj's place.

Now they open the place for anyone—even outside people, who are not initiated, who are initiated, everybody can go there, and they earn money from them. Those who are foolish think, "Oh, it is a very nice pastime! I have visited Srila Sridhar Maharaj's bhajan kutir! I have touched his mala! I am a great devotee! I have got pure devotion!" This is foolishness. How much they disturb Guru Maharaj and Gurudev!

We do not understand that those devotees [who stay in Nabadwip now] could never stay in the temple with Gurudev—in Gurudev's time they would always come from behind and they would not even be allowed to enter Gurudev's veranda. Now they have become great devotees and run in this way...

We must understand how to make Gurudev happy, how to follow Gurudev's line, and how to maintain Gurudev's legacy. We must think about these things.

I have written a little bit about the guru-disciple relationship, you can read about it Guidance, Volume 4. I was busy the whole day yesterday, but this afternoon I got some time and read also a little. [His Divine Grace then reads 'Related Vaishnavs are worshippable for everyone' chapter from Guidance 4:]

We must understand this and such should be our vision.

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