(8/14) Concentrate Your Mind on Nityananda Prabhu's Service

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Lord Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance, evening class
Sri Ekachakra Dham, 25 February 2021, part 8
Translated from Bengali

Gurudev always chanted the Holy Name smiling and speaking sweetly. He would say, ‘People brag that they chant 100,000 Holy Names, but when I chant just four rounds, I start sweating so much!’ One time, a servant told Param Guru Maharaj, Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, who had become virtually blind by that time, ‘Maharaj, shall I give you your mala?’ Param Guru Maharaj replied, ‘Give that mala to Govinda Maharaj. I will not chant on my mala anymore.’ He did not chant on his mala during his last two years – he withdrew into his internal bhajan and only kept saying, ‘Nitai Gaura Hari bol, Nitai Gaura Hari bol, Nitai Gaura Hari bol. Doyal Nitai. Doyal Nitai.’ He chanted in this way. He did not know anything except Nitai.

Srila Sridhar Maharaj appeared in this world on the same day as Sri Virachandra Prabhu, Nityananda Prabhu’s son (navami-tithi, the ninth lunar day). His name at first was Ramendra Bhattacharya…

Param Guru Maharaj forcefully took Gurudev by the hand and made him the acharya. At the temple, many criticised Gurudev and said many bad things about Gurudev. They said that Guru Maharaj’s decision was wrong. They criticised Srila Guru Maharaj’s(!) decision… But where are they now? Now everyone can understand who was the recipient of Srila Guru Maharaj’s mercy. Never in this world has there been a guru like our Gurudev. He could chastise you, and he could also treat you with affection…

Gurudev is always merciful. This is what a guru must be like. The guru always thinks about everyone’s spiritual benefit – he always thinks about how we can get attachment to Lord Krishna, love for Lord Krishna, how we can practise Krishna consciousness…

সংসার সংসার করি মিছে গেল কাল ।
লাভ না হইল কিছু ঘটিল জঞ্জাল ॥

samsara samsara kari michhe gela kala
labha na haila kichhu ghatila janjala

‘Time has passed as I have been busy with my material life, and the result is nothing – only garbage.’

(Sri Kalyan-Kalpataru, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur)

People do not understand what Sri Guru’s mercy is. When you are given some service, that is mercy, and if you can do that service, that should be your joy. Austerity will come, it must come, but:

তোমার সেবায়, দুঃখ হয় যত,
সেও ত’ পরম সুখ ।

tomara sevaya, duhkha haya yata,
seo ta’ parama sukha

‘Even any unhappiness that may come in Your service is my greatest happiness.’

(Saranagati, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur)

If you can do your service, that should be a source of joy for you.

Many think, ‘I will leave my family!’ – they say this with their mouths, but in the meantime, the poison of material life is slowly growing… If you listen to what the gurus and sadhus say and can put aside your material desires – if Nitaichand gives His mercy to you – then all desires will become trifle. Concentrate your mind on the service to Nityananda Prabhu. Always serve Nityananda Prabhu.

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1) Free Yourself From Deceit
2) Be Truthful, Pious, and Sincere
3) Chastity In Preaching
4) Cry, Pray, and Serve
5) Service: Labour of Love
6) Service: Adherence and Attachment
7) Forging Fortune
8) Concentrate Your Mind on Nityananda Prabhu's Service
9) Direct Your Mind to Bhagavatam
10) Keep Yourself On Track
11) Are You Getting Off?
12) Gentle Clean Hearts
13) Do Not Give Up
14) False Attachments