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Our Disciplic Succession:
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"The Sun Never Sets on Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math":
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Sun, 16 February 2025
Proper Utility
'True renunciation is when people detach themselves from mundane enjoyment
and ardently become attached to the affairs of the Lord by accepting what is
favourable to the service of Krishna. If something is favourable to the
service of the Lord, we should not call such things "visaya" (material
things').'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Devotees' Character
'Can an ordinary devotee appeal to Krishna to help or protect them just as
Prahlad Maharaj appealed to Sri Nrisinghadev? If we should never ask the Lord
for protection, then what about "avasya raksibe krsna visvase palan",
which is one of the six limbs of surrender?'
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—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• SRI SRI PRAPANNA-JIVANAMRITA •
(9) WORDS OF NECTAR FROM THE SUPREME LORD
'Herein, collected from the Holy Scriptures headed by
Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita, are words of nectar
directly from the lotus mouth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is
the nectar to vanquish all sorrow and darkness for the souls surrendered to
the lotus feet of Sri Krishna, and also for those aspiring for exclusive love
for Krishna. It nourishes the lives of the devotees, pleasing their hearts by
fulfilling all their cherished desires for devotional service.'
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Sat, 15 February 2025
Pure Association, Residence and Practice
'What is called sadhu-sanga? How can one live in Mathura? One day,
Hiranyakasipu heard this conception of service from his son, Prahlad Maharaj,
and he said, "We always rely on our empirical experience and knowledge, but
what you have just told me is a new conception that none of us has ever heard
before."'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Account of
Krishna's Appearance
'I am telling you what Sri Sukadev Goswami spoke from the tenth canto of
Srimad Bhagavatam. This is a chapter about the mystery of Baladev's
and Krishna's appearance to destroy Kamsa.'
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—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• SRI SRI PRAPANNA-JIVANAMRITA •
(8) SURRENDER IN HUMILITY
'"O Lord, please protect me, protect me..." Such an internal sense of
heartbreak in the devotees, which causes their remembrance in love, in all
circumstances, of the extension of grace from the unequaled and unexcelled
ocean of compassion, Sri Hari, and which characteristically causes them to
ever remember their feeling of most lamentable destitution, is known by the
learned as Surrender in Humility.'
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Sripad Bhakti Premik
Siddhanti Maharaj.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
Religion of the
Heart
This book was prepared and published first in 2006 by His Holiness Sripad
Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj. It was received with great joy by His Divine
Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Presenting it now
online for reading and downloading: "We do not know how good we are,
but I see that what comes from our kitchen is very tasteful for the jiva
souls. I could not conceive that this book would be like this, and it is
coming from Sripad Siddhanti Maharaj, then neither I nor you know what will
be inside, but when I have seen it, then I can say this book has come out
perfectly." (Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
Fri, 14 February 2025
Collecting vs.
Begging
'Why do pure Vaishnavs do collection? This kind of collection is not the same
as when people go begging for themselves. Srila Prabhupad wrote about these
things in a very nice way. You should read this.'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Approaching
Krishna's Pastimes
'Gurudev told us to follow the rules set by Srila Sridhar Maharaj, so we read
Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita all day on this day. In the evening, after
chanting some songs, at 9 or 9.30 p.m., you can read something about the
pastime of Krishna's appearance.'
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—{ Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Treasury }—
• SRI SRI PRAPANNA-JIVANAMRITA •
(7) Full Self-Surrender
'To summarily offer everything—from body and its paraphernalia up to pure
soul—unto the lotus feet of Sri Hari, is known as Full Self-surrender. All
selfish pursuits are abandoned and every endeavor is for Krishna alone, and
that too, up to the point of completely depending on Krishna for one's
personal means and ends. Having thus cast oneself unto the holy lotus feet of
one's Lord, one can never be swayed from that position, and he engages in
pure devotional service with all his heart forever.'
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Thu, 13 February 2025
Make Effort
'We spend twenty-four hours a day busy with our work, so much so that we do
not even try to know what our real position is. The duty of intelligent
people is not to spend the hundred years of their lifespan on
sense-gratification, but to seek their own spiritual benefit.'
Свананда-сукхада-кунджа (часть 2):
В честь дня ухода Шрилы Бхактивинода
«Такой падший, низменный, материалистичный человек, как я, не в праве,
недостоин воспевать славу Тхакура Махашая и говорить о нём, поскольку то, что
принадлежит трансцендентному миру, невозможно увидеть материальными глазами.
Всевышний Господь недостижим, сколько ни говорить о Нём, сколько ни слушать о
Нём и сколько бы интеллекта у вас ни было. Как же тогда такой глупец, как я,
может рассказать окружающим обо всём этом? Тем не менее я стою сегодня перед
такими великими, эрудированными личностями, как вы, лишь по милостивому
наказу Гурупадападмы».
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Entering Another
Plane
"If you can fulfil Gurudev's desire, if you can follow everything and become
a 100% devotee, a surrendered soul, then you will have the strongest faith
that what Gurudev said ('If you follow Krishna consciousness properly, you
will not have to come again') is the truth."
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• SRI SRI PRAPANNA-JIVANAMRITA •
(6) Embracing the Lord's Guardianship
'"O Krishna, please protect me! My dear Lord, kindly accept me as Your
own." Such a prayer, as well as the prayer to obtain Sri Krishna as one's
lord and master, is the supreme solace to the hearts of the pure devotees,
and is known by them as Embracing the Lord's Guardianship.'
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Wed, 12 February 2025
Sheltered and
Shielded
'The moment we leave the Lord's shelter, all these enemies will pounce at us.
But when we take shelter in the Lord, when we give everything up to the Lord
to serve the Lord with our actions, mind and speech, then the Lord will
protect us. It is necessary to have faith in this.'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Misconceptions about Lord Krishna's Appearance
"Without Lord Krishna's appearance life is meaningless. If you read Srimad
Bhagavad-gita, you can easily understand the meaning of Janmastami and
who Krishna is. People can say many things, but our vision is not like
that—we see it in a different way."
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• SRI SRI PRAPANNA-JIVANAMRITA •
(5) CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD'S PROTECTION
'"Certainly Lord Krishna will protect me, because He is the friend of the
devotees. He will definitely bless us with all auspiciousness and success."
Within this chapter, such faith is sustained.'
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Today in the calendar:
Purnima. Sri Krishna's Madhurotsav. Appearance of Srila Narottam Das
Thakur.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Srila Narottam Das
Thakur:
In Praise of Srila Narottam Das Thakur [From Affectionate Guidance]
"Today is the Disappearance Day of Srila Narottam Thakur, so I would like to
say a few words to glorify him. Before Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur most of the
Vaisnava songs came from Srila Narottam Thakur. But although he wrote many
beautiful songs of devotion, Narottam Das Thakur was not just a song writer,
he was a great pandit and more than that, he was a devotee of Sri
Chaitanyadev."
Whole-Hearted
Service
"Narottam Das Thakur was born in Sripat Keturi (Bangladesh) and in his life
he composed many Vaishnav songs. Actually, all our Guru-varga serve the Lord
and serve their Guru whole-heartedly, with body, mind, and speech."
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Narottam Das
Thakur: Our Guru, Our Protector, Our Shelter
"Narottam Das Thakur is our Guru-varga. If you think how much he tried to
preach, you will wonder, 'How is it possible?' You can understand how much he
preached and how he protected our line if you think about his songs."
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Srila Narottam Das
Thakur: Bona Fide Benefactor
"Who will you call a Guru? A Guru is not someone whose profession is to make
disciples, who only takes your money. The Guru gives a conception, gives some
wealth, property, with which you can go to your real home..."
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Srila Narottam
Das Thakur's Separation
"How did he leave his body? It was unbelievable. It happened on the
panchami (fifth) day of the Kartik month, that is today... One day, he
was chanting and the devotees could see that he was saying, 'I want to go, I
want to go.' He said this in front of everybody..."
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(1.6 Mb, 5 min | 4 November 2012)
Srila Narottam
Das Thakur: His Mission in Bengal
"Three persons had promised to stay in Vrindavan, but they left their
promise and came to Bengal. When Narottam Das Thakur came to Bengal he found
so many great devotees who were not getting good association. He kept
Mahaprabhu's conception properly. We pray we can get some mercy and can serve
him, protect his line and preach about him."
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(2.6 Mb, 8 min | 4 November 2012)
Beware of Maya
"After some days there will come Guru Maharaj's appearance festival. We must
honour his appearance day properly... Always, at all times, be alert, be
aware of Maya. Maya does not mean some girl or a woman..."
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Kirtans: • Ye anila prema-dhana • Hari haraye nama
krsna.
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(2.7 Mb, 8 min | 4 November 2012)
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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"We have no quality, no qualification to serve the Vaishnavs. If we do not
got mercy from Vaishnavs, we cannot acquire, or get, service from the
Vaishnavs. That is why we always make Vaishnavs' tirobhav
(disappearance) festivals and remember such days.
"We are praying to that Vaishnav Thakur [Srila Narottam Das Thakur],
'Wherever you are staying, Prabhu, wherever you are living now, we want to
serve your servant! We want to serve your servant's servant.' We pray we can
get some mercy and can serve him, can protect his line and preach about him."
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Ki-rupe paiba seva |
কিরূপে পাইব সেবা
"I am so wicked, how will I ever get service? I do not have any attachment
to Sri Guru and Vaishnavs! Prabhu, please deliver Narottam this time!"
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Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর
"O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. In every birth I
aspire for the dust of your feet."
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Thakura vaisnava-gana |
ঠাকুর বৈষ্ণবগণ
"Narottam Das says, 'Seeing and hearing about my situation, I am stricken
with fear. Please rescue me and keep me by your side.'"
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Dhana mora nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ
"The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath. My mind is
intently fixed upon the remnants of Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the
name of Vaishnavs."
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Nitai-pada kamala
"Always aspire for Nitai's feet. Narottam is very sad: 'O Nitai! Make me
happy. Keep me beside your reddish feet.'"
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Sri
Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu daya kara more
"O Srinivas Acharya Prabhu! Be merciful! Narottam Das prays for the
association of Ramachandra Kaviraj."
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Gaurangera Duti Pada
"Whether he lives in a house or in the forest, Narottam Das begs for the
association of one who calls, 'O Gauranga!'"
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Sri-rupa-manjari-pada |
শ্রীরূপমঞ্জরী-পদ
"O Rupa! Please be merciful to me, give me shelter at your lotus feet.
Narottam is praying for your shelter."
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anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"Not finding the association of Sri Gauranga, who performed His Pastimes
with all these associates, Narottam Das weeps."
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Hari haraye nama krsna | হরি হরয়ে নমঃ কৃষ্ণ
"Aspiring for the lotus feet of Sri Guru and the Vaisnavas, Narottam Das
chants the Holy Name."
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Tue, 11 February 2025
External and Internal Contamination
'Forget your own happiness! Throw it in the Ganges! If you think about the
Lord, the Lord will think about you. What is the use going crazy with worry
about yourself? What is the point thinking about yourself?'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Prayerful
Meditation
"Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani are our meditation, we always worship
Them, but we do not want to become sahajiyas—it is not cheap, it is
the highest attainment! We must pray to the Lord today. We must express what
is our present position. We are in this situation at present—how can the Lord
rescue us from this kind of situation?"
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• SRI SRI PRAPANNA-JIVANAMRITA •
(4) REJECTION OF THE UNFAVORABLE
'The principle to reject everything opposed to the service of the Lord and
His devotee, and to similarly abstain from everything opposed to an attitude
of surrender, is known as pratikulya-vivarjjanam—Rejection of the
Unfavorable.'
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Mon, 10 February 2025 (Appearance of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu)
Seek Real Help
'Mercy, or kindness, to souls does not mean giving anybody money, clothes,
and so on – these things can only give temporary help; but if you can
practise Hari-bhajan, that will give you some valuable, permanent benefit. If
you bring genuine benefit to another jiva soul, then that jiva
soul's desires will be removed.'
SRI NITYANANDA-VANDANA
A complete collection of kirtans in glorification of Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu from our Math's Sri Gaudiya Gitanjali that are chanted on this
holy day as well as throughout the year.
Sri Ekachakra Dham Parikrama
Coming down early in the morning, His Divine Grace leads Sri Mangal Arati of
Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Prabhu and stays with the devotees to chant
morning kirtans and speak Hari-katha in glorification of Lord
Nityananda Prabhu. At about 9 a.m., everyone assembles in the courtyard of
the temple to start the much-awaited parikrama of Sri Ekachakra
Dham...
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Sri Nityananda Dvadasakam
"Dear Lord, O Nityananda Prabhu, emperor of the associates of Sriman
Mahaprabhu! Graciously grant this fallen soul firm and faithful devotion for
Sri Gauranga, the supreme embodiment of the taste of the sweet nectar of the
ecstasy of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna's Pastimes. By neglecting the lotus feet of
Nityananda Prabhu all sadhana or bhajan—spiritual practices, services or
worship—become an illusion, just like a dream. I worship and adore with all
my heart that gracious giver of Sri Gaura, the benevolent bestower of His
shelter to the fallen souls—Sri Nityanandachandra."
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The Nectarean Glories
of Sri Nityananda Prabhu
Compiled from lectures of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj, accompanied by a compilation of scriptural verses,
kirtans, and Sanskrit compositions glorifying Lord Nityananda Prabhu,
the book is now available for online reading.
At Sri Ekachakra Dham: Nityananda Prabhu's Kirtans
• Vandana
• Krsna haite chaturmukha
• Gurudev! Bada krpa kari
• Sri Krsna Chaitanya daya kara
• Kabe Sri Chaitanya more karibena daya
[The following eight kirtans, rarely sung, are from Sri Nityananda
Mahimamrta]
• Nitai amara dayara avadhi
• Nitai mora jivana dhana
• Daya kare more Nitai
• Jayare jayare jaya Nityananda Raya
• Rarha majhe eka-chaka name achhe grama
• Iha Kali-yuga dhanya
• Ei bara karuna kara Chaitanya Nitai
• Nitai Chaitanya donhe bara avatara
• Hari Hari viphale
• Jaya Radha Madhava
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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In honour of the
forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance
day:
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— { Year 2021 } —
Lord's
Arrangement
"Gurudev said from time to time, 'If one door closes, another door will
open.' This is my hope. If some devotees do not help, it is not a
problem—Krishna arranges everything for His service Himself."
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Service Field
"In the coming three-four days, thousands and thousands of people will come
and take prasadam every day here at the Ekachakra Temple. You also
contribute to this festival from far away, it is good for you, and it pleases
Lord Nityananda Prabhu."
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Gist of
Guru-Mahima
"Try to understand the meaning of these words. That is Guru-Mahima (glories
of Sri Guru), and that came from Mahaprabhu's lotus mouth. Even Lord Brahma
worships Nityananda Prabhu. And now, so many devotees have come to the holy
appearance place of this Nityananda Prabhu..."
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Eternal Bond
with Sri Ekachakra Dham
"I know many cannot come this year because of the situation, what can I say?
It makes me very sad, and I miss them, but I hope that they will celebrate
this day in their own centres, at their own homes. Every house should make a
programme on this day, that is our happiness because we cannot conceive of
anything in our life without the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu."
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Sri Gauda
Mandal Parikrama
"I wanted to make a Gauda Mandal parikrama this year, but I wanted to
make it with foreign devotees, and because not so many devotees are coming
for Gaura Purnima this year, I cannot make it this year. I have decided to
postpone it until next year."
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Construction
Pastimes
"They have finished the goshala today. We have made a new
goshala here in Ekachakra, because there are so many cows now, and the
old goshala had become too small. So, I have expanded it..."
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Pride in Our
Identity
"It is unfortunate that people become big, great Ph.D. and become very proud
of that. What should we be proud of? We must be proud of being eternal
servants of the servants of devotees. This is our main pride. Yet we become
proud of our mundane education. Real education is when you learn to be a
devotee."
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At Sri Ekachakra Dham: Evening Kirtans (Part One)
• Sri Guru-parampara
• Gurudev bada krpa kara
• Sri Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu daya
kara
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This Is Not a
Playground
"You must come here surrendering your all—all your heart, soul, mind,
everything—at the lotus feet of the Lord. We always blame the Lord for making
us suffer, but we do not blame ourselves for not being able to surrender to
the Lord. You blame the Lord, but have you become surrendered to the Lord?
You must ask yourself this question."
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Wrong Worries
"You have no faith, that is why you have no devotion. Bhakti Devi always
wants a clean place. Devotion (Bhakti Devi) does not stay where there is no
faith—she runs away from such places. If you stuff the room with other
things, then where will you seat your Thakur?"
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Pure Identity
"We must have jnana-sunya bhakti—'I do not know anything, I do not understand
anything. O Lord, I am a low and fallen soul.' We must watch out that we do
not get the ego that 'I have become a big Vaishnav!' What did Mahaprabhu say
when describing His own identity?"
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Worshipful
Devotion
"I will consider myself your slave, and I will leave all ego of guru. When
Vaishnavs take prasadam, I will take the remnants of their
prasadam. Such was Kalidas's character. How beautiful this is. Such
are Nityananda Prabhu's associates."
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Meaning of
Discipleship
"If you tell one word to the disciple, they get angry. They live as they
please. We think that we sing a song and this is it, we have practised
Krishna consciousness. No. Krishna consciousness means following what your
Gurudev says and serving your Guru and Vaishnavs; it means to please
them."
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Free Mercy,
Exclusive Rights
"There is no one as merciful as Mahaprabhu is! To rescue such low and fallen
souls as ourselves, He came to this world performing human pastimes. He went
door to door calling out to everyone. But who has the right to chant
kirtan?"
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Path of Devotion
"If I had not come to your house, you would not have come here today, you
would not have got a chance to hear these holy talks, you would not have been
able to get the mercy of Lord Nityananda Prabhu. That is why I roam the land,
going house to house. This is all that I tell everyone: practise Krishna
consciousness."
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Krishna Conscious
Life
"We are alive in this world at the expense of killing so many jiva
souls. The only way out of this kind of life is to turn your whole life into
Krishna conscious life. It means that you will cook, you will work, you will
do everything, but you will do it for the Lord."
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Sri Nityananda
Prabhu's Glory (1)
"A low and fallen soul such as myself is not capable of glorifying Sri
Nityananda Prabhu; however, if Gurudev and Nityananda Prabhu give their mercy
and say something through my mouth, then only can it be possible."
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Sri Nityananda
Prabhu's Glory (2)
"Many worship Gauranga bypassing the Guru, but Nityananda Prabhu said that
this was thievery. It is impossible to get mercy without Nityananda Prabhu.
We have not got there yet; we do what our minds wants. Gurudev gave me
initiation, so this body is now his—I will do whatever Gurudev wants me to
do."
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Sri Nityananda
Prabhu's Glory (3)
"Apart from Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, there were other great personalities
who received Sri Nityananda Prabhu's mercy. Two of them are Srila Krishna Das
Kaviraj Goswami and Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur. You know that Srila Vrindavan
Das Thakur was the son of Narayani, Srivas Pandit Prabhu's niece..."
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Sri Nityananda
Prabhu's Glory (4)
"Another person who received Sri Nityananda Prabhu's mercy was Srila Krishna
Das Kaviraj Goswami. Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami said that there were
only three persons in this world who knew Mahaprabhu, but Gurudev said that
there was one more person. Who is it? Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami
himself."
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Clean Mood
"Always chant the Holy Name—when you are eating, when you are sleeping.
Always keep your heart and mood clean. If we practise Krishna consciousness
with proper decorum, then our ego will be removed."
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At Sri Ekachakra Dham: Morning Kirtans (Part One)
• Sri Dasavatara Stotram
• Gaya Gaura madhur svare
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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Clear Your
Path
"It is necessary to always chant Krishna-kirtan. You are worrying about your
money, food, clothes, gossips at every moment passing your whole life like
that. It is necessary to control the six urges, it is necessary to correct
six defects in yourself, and it is necessary to keep good association. Keep
enthusiasm for Hari-katha, for the Lord's service. If you do not read about
it, if you do not follow it, you will not get any result."
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Nurture
Exclusive Desire
"Can you control all these senses? How is it possible to do it? If senses
become very strong and we feel too much lust, anger, greed, illusion, etc.,
we will be removed from Krishna consciousness. There is ananya-abhilas
(exclusive desire) and there is anya-abhilas (other desires)..."
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Sri Ekachakra
Dham: Our Fortune To Be Here
"We have come here by a great fortune. If you only think about the dust of
this holy dham, then you will think that you must circumambulate this holy
abode walking on your head. The Lord Himself wandered in this land.
Nityananda Prabhu is non-different from Mahaprabhu, the Lord Himself."
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Forging Your
Destiny
"Not everybody comes to practise Krishna consciousness. Some come to goggle,
some come for entertainment. There are different kinds of desires. Everybody
does not have the same desires. That is why, we cannot bring everyone to this
path. Those who have such fortune, who are destined to come, they come."
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Extreme Mercy
"Krishna is so merciful, but Gaura is even more merciful than Him.Gauranga
Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu distributed Krishna-prema without any
price! They gave Krishna-prema to the entire world. This is so
beautiful."
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About
Nityananda Prabhu
"Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami says that Nityananda Prabhu's glory is
unlimited; if you get a slightest touch of His mercy, you will understand His
glory. Nityananda Prabhu freely scattered His mercy to all fallen souls. The
Lord came to this world to deliver all fallen souls."
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Sri Ekachakra
Temple
"It was Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur's desire to establish a temple
in Sri Ekachakra Dham, but he did not live a long life—he only stayed in this
world for sixty-four years—and he did not live to fulfil his desire. Yet by
his mercy, by the mercy of Param Gurudev and by Gurudev's desire, we managed
to acquire this land here in 2008."
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Parental
Sacrifice
"Nityananda Prabhu's parents could not let the sannyasi go
empty-handed, so they agreed to give him whatever he would ask for. However,
the sannyasi asked for their only son, Nityananda Prabhu. They made
such a great sacrifice in their life!"
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Full Service
Sway
"Balaram (Nitai) arranges to appear as the elder brother to be able to serve
the Lord. This is the glory of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Nityananda Prabhu is
hidden and extremely esoteric. We actually have no quality or qualification
to speak about His glory."
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Life in Kirtan
"You have your mouth, but one will not hear the Holy Name coming out of it,
only other talks come out of it. That is why, I always keep on telling you
about Mahaprabhu's advice to Srila Raghunath Das Goswami Prabhu..."
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Please Give
These Alms
"Our consciousness is covered by illusory environment, but Gurudev and
Vaishnavs mercifully give us an opportunity to hear and speak about the Lord.
I am asking you to give your mind, body, heart, everything at the holy feet
of the Lord as alms for one-two hours. One day you will understand the
benefit..."
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Remembering Glories of Sri Nityananda Prabhu
"This Sri Ekachakra Dham is a pure land. Sri Jagannath, Baladev, and Subhadra
are also here. There is also Radha Kunda and Shyama Kunda here. Here is also
Sri Ekachakleswar Sivji Maharaj.Here is also Kadam Khandi..."
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Sri Sivananda
Sen's Mercy
"Sivananda Sen's house is in Kulingram. Mahaprabhu said, 'I love Kulingram
devotees so much. I love even the dogs from Kulingram! I love even the
parrots from Kulingram for they chant the Holy Name of Krishna!' It is near
Jogram station. I have been to that place a few times when I was doing
collection..."
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Sri
Nityananda Prabhu's Eccentricity
"When Mahaprabhu took sannyas, He first came to Sri Advaita Acharya
Prabhu's house, and from there He was going to go to Vrindavan. However, He
changed His mind and finally went to Puri. On the way to Puri, Sri Nityananda
Prabhu contrived a plan...."
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Srila
Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami's Gratitude
"Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami writes, 'I have got Sri Vrindavan Dham by
the mercy of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. He ordered me to Vrindavan saying I would
get all possible benefit there. When I came there, I attained the mercy of
Mahaprabhu's dearmost devotees.'"
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Unblemished
Nitai
"If Nityananda Prabhu had not come, we would not have known anything about
the transcendental pastimes of Sriman Mahaprabhu. Fire can remove all
impurities, but fire is not affected by that. In the same way, even if
Nityananda Prabhu transgresses the religion of a sannyasi, He has no
fault. He is higher than any rules and regulations."
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Sri
Nityananda's Supreme Mercy
"Sri Nityananda Prabhu is my only hope. He is supremely magnanimous, He is
merciful, and it is easy for us to receive His mercy. Sri Gaura Hari cannot
reject somebody who has been approved by Sri Nityananda Prabhu..."
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Our Only
Wealth and Shelter
"I am telling you that He is the greatest and most qualified personality on
this path of devotion, and if we throw ourselves at His holy feet, our life
will be successful. Our only wealth in spiritual life is to surrender
everything and take exclusive shelter at the holy lotus feet of Sri
Nityananda and Gurudev, who is non-different from Him."
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Mahaprabhu's Private Order
"One day, when They were in Sri Puri Dham, Mahaprabhu called Nityananda and
spoke to Him privately. In those days, it was not possible for a
sannyasi to mix with public closely, there were many rules and
regulations for renounced persons. However, Sriman Mahaprabhu wanted the Holy
Name to be preached in every corner of the world..."
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Nityananda Prabhu's Campaign
"Such was Sri Nityananda Prabhu's enthusiasm. From the beginning, He raised
the banner of rescuing the fallen souls of this world and cleared the path
for them to become attracted to the holy lotus feet of Sriman
Mahaprabhu."
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Humility and
Deep Faith
"We must always be humble. I have told you before: the higher a Vaishnav is,
the more humility they have. Those who understand what Nabadwip Dham is, who
have deep internal faith live in the land of Vraja."
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Save Yourself
"When will Sri Nityananda Prabhu give His mercy to me? When will I be free
from material illusion? How can I save myself from this ocean of material
existence? You must practise Krishna consciousness giving up all bad
practices and embracing Krishna's family. You are uselessly wasting your
time..."
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Supremely
Worshippable Day
"Today is the holy appearance day of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu—He without
whose mercy this world is plunged into darkness, He without whose mercy we do
not see and will never see any light, He without whose mercy the door of
Goloka Vrindavan will never open for us, He without whose mercy we can never
save ourselves from this illusory environment."
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Do Not Pass
Your Life in Vain
"Each of you lives in a house—you are all proud of the place where you stay
and call it 'home'—you live comfortably; but you come here and struggle so
much. If you want this struggle to be worth it, you must take advantage of
Hari-katha and kirtan."
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Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness
"You can see how you make your own bed—every day you first dust and clean it
nicely, then you lie down. You must treat the Lord, the Deities like that
too. The archan of the Deities means to keep the Deities' room clean. It is
necessary to keep everything clean. Temple must be always clean and
neat."
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Meaning of
Discipleship
"You live at your house and you know how you serve your husband, wife, and
children. In the same way, you must love the Lord with your heart and soul;
you must love the Lord's temple with your heart and soul."
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Ask
Yourself, "Am I Practising?"
"You must ask yourself, 'Have I become a surrendered soul?' I do not come to
examine or test you, but you should ask yourself, 'Am I really practising
Krishna consciousness? Do I live following what my Guru tells? Do I live in
strict adherence to my Guru or not?'"
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Become Pure
"You must prepare yourself so that the Lord could accept you. If you do not
clean yourself, do not make yourself pure, the Lord will not accept you. You
do not become pure just by bathing in the Ganges. Your heart must become
clean."
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Who Is
Nityananda Prabhu?
"There is Gaurasundar, the original personality of Godhead, and there is also
His personal expansion, Sri Nityananda Prabhu. So, Sri Nityananda Prabhu is
Sriman Mahaprabhu's dearmost associate and the Lord Himself."
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How and When?
"When will my mind become pure and I behold Sri Dham Vrindavan? When will
material desires leave me? There is meditation, knowledge, etc. in this
world, but when will I leave all material things, when will my mind become
pure and when will I be able to feel, see, know, etc. the wealth of Vaikuntha
world?"
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Scattered
Heart
"Just as an ant always crawls everywhere looking for a hole, Maya is also
always around us, always looking for hole to catch you. As soon as you forget
the Lord and think about something else, Maya will jump on you."
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Learn the
Truth
"It is necessary to know what the truth is. Everything in this world that you
see is false; the Holy Name is the only truth. Everything else that is
created will go away. It is said in Srimad Bhagavad-gita also that
everything in this world will be destroyed one day."
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What Do You
Need?
"Those who desire the highest benefit need only one thing—the shelter of Sri
Nabadwip Dham; their duty is to take shelter at the holy lotus feet Sri Gaura
Nityananda; their duty is to serve Their Name, holy dham, and
desire."
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Sri Advaita Prabhu's Nityananda Stuti
"One day, Nityananda Prabhu came to have a meal in Sri Advaita Prabhu's
house... Mahaprabhu saw them and laughed thinking, 'Maha Vishnu and the Lord
have met, and They are having a fight!'"
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Sriman
Mahaprabhu's Nityananda Stuti
"When Sriman Mahaprabhu was in Panihati, He sang in praise of Sri Nityananda
Prabhu. Mahaprabhu says, 'Those have faith for Nityananda Prabhu, actually
have faith in Me. You can never get Me without faith in Nityananda
Prabhu.'"
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Approaching Nityananda Prabhu
"Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami says, 'I am not fit to speak about
Nityananda Prabhu's glory, which are as sacred as the topics of the Vedas,
but I am speaking about it to reveal His mercy to the world. If there is any
fault in what I say, please forgive my offence.'"
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Know Your
Place
"Those who have the right to do something, they can do it. Many imitate
Nityananda Prabhu and take two wives, for example. Those who have the right
can do that, they can eat everything, but you do not have this right to cross
the viddhi-marga. That is why we do not eat anything and everything
without discrimination..."
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Amidst 'Dal' and
'Gal'
"People want very good quality ghee and good quality of rice. They say, 'Oh,
I do not want to live at the temple! I would rather stay at home and eat
nice ghee and nice rice!' Our life is not eternal: we will have to leave one
day; but we are all eternal servants of Krishna, and not for two-three or
four days only. No. We are eternal servants."
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Increase Your
Fortune
"We have to leave this world, but how much have you chanted the Holy Name?
How much have you listened to Hari-katha? You will have to answer these
questions. You have come to this holy abode of Nityananda Prabhu by a great
fortune."
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At Sri Ekachakra Dham: Evening Kirtans
• Gurudev, bada krpa kari
• Krpa kara Vaisnava Thakura
• Parama Karuna pahu dui jana
• Emana durmati
• Janama saphala tara
• Jaya Radha Madhava
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra
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Free Yourself
From Deceit
"In one or another, many do some service, and those who do service are very
fortunate. If you behave deceitfully and try to cheat, you can never succeed
like that—you cannot hide anything from Gurudev, you cannot hide anything
from Nityananda Prabhu."
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Be Truthful,
Pious, and Sincere
"You wear tilaks, wear beads on your necks, but inside you do
wrong—one day, sooner or later, your character will be exposed. You will not
get anything by hiding something from the Lord, and you cannot hide anything
from Gurudev. What you do at your home or not do—Gurudev can understand
everything. When you come to practise Krishna consciousness and do something
wrong, keep some fault inside, then all fault falls on the body of your Guru.
Your Guru has to suffer for your wrongdoing..."
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Chastity In
Preaching
"We must serve Gurudev—we must not use Gurudev. We have not
come here to do business, and we do not want to do anything covering up with
the name of Gurudev. We must preach in the same way that Gurudev preached,
and we must preach his teaching—we must understand properly, truly what
Gurudev's teaching and preaching mood are."
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Cry, Pray, and
Serve
"When will I leave material world and my mind become clean? When will
material desires be removed from me? We must always cry and pray for this. We
have become entangled in the material life just as ants get stuck in
molasses..."
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Service: Labour
of Love
"How many things one person must see to! Making temples, buildings is not a
big matter, but it is important to maintain them. It is necessary to have
service mood. Tad viddhi pranipatena, pariprasnena, sevaya."
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Service:
Adherence and Attachment
"There is no Krishna consciousness without anugatya. You must remember
this. If somebody practises Krishna consciousness without strict adherence
and devotion to a Guru, it is Maya (illusion). Krishna consciousness means we
must please our Gurudev."
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Forging
Fortune
"It is natural one will leave; rather, it is unnatural (uncommon) that one
would stay. How many people can stay at the temple? Who can tolerate the
austerities and practise Krishna consciousness, do service? Who has such a
fortune?"
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Concentrate Your
Mind on Nityananda Prabhu's Service
"Many say, 'I will leave my family' by mouth, but in the meantime, the poison
of material life is slowly growing... but if you listen to what the Guru and
sadhus say and can put aside material desires—if Nitaichand gives His
mercy—then all desires will become trifle. Therefore, concentrate your mind
on the service of Nityananda Prabhu, always serve Nityananda Prabhu."
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Direct
Your Mind to Bhagavatam
"Loving search for the lost servant. When a son is lost, the father searches
for him—he gives an advertisement on TV, in newspapers, declares the boy
missing, etc. In the same way, the Lord has lost His children, and He is
searching for us everywhere, 'When will these souls start practising Krishna
consciousness and come back to Me?'"
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Keep Yourself
On Track
"Those who have wealth should serve with wealth; those who have a body should
serve with their body; those who have a mind should serve with their mind;
those who have life in them should serve with their life. Whatever your
capacity is, whatever your qualification is, everyone must serve your Guru in
that capacity. Actually, we have no qualification: Gurudev's mercy is
everything. How can we get that mercy?"
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Are You Getting
Off?
"Gurudev has got you a ticket to Vrindavan, but you get off half way to
Vrindavan and go to Kashi. You must understand what I am saying. Gurudev has
given you a ticket to Vrindavan, but you get off in Kashi. We must get on the
train that Gurudev is taking us in. You must go with your Guru."
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Gentle Clean
Hearts
"Many say with their mouth, 'I will leave my material life!' but you must get
there to feel with all your being, all your heart that your family (your
material life) is trifling. You must make so that all material desires become
insignificant. May only attachment and devotion to the Lord come to you."
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Do Not Give Up
"Param Guru Maharaj (Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj) always said,
'Start the fire, and the wind will come on its own,' 'Even if your boat is
sinking, keep rowing!' Srila Prabhupad also said, 'When you go to preach, you
must sweat and fight to preach about the Lord!'"
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False
Attachments
"We want to leave the material life, but the material life does not want to
leave us. It is not so easy to practise Krishna consciousness. In Sri
Bhakti Raksak Harikathamrita, Srila Guru Maharaj wrote about one
story...."
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Evening Kirtans: Sri Ekachakra Dham
• Gurudev, bada krpa kari
• Ohe Vaisnava Thakura
• Nitai-pada-kamala
• Gaurangera duti pada
• Yasoda Nandana Krsna
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra
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Main Festivals
"Without Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, we cannot enter the kingdom of spiritual
life. It is first necessary to have Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, and Nityananda
means Gurupadpadma. They are asraya-vigraha (worshippable embodiment
of shelter)."
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Serve with
Faith
"Initiation means service to the Guru. Service can be different—one can serve
close to Guru, and one can serve from far too. We must have this faith:
Krishna is my protector, Krishna is my maintainer. As soon as you lose this
faith, Maya will catch you."
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Service Duty
(1)
"We love our wife, sons, brothers, sisters, we have a relationship with them,
but that kind of love must be there for our Guru, the temple, and the Lord.
This is the Lord's house—this is what must be our consciousness like. We must
prepare (mould) ourselves. If we can serve the Lord twenty-four hours a day,
we will get the highest benefit."
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Service Duty
(2)
"You are spending your life thinking all the time about material things, but
one day will come when you will be asked, 'You have been at My place for so
many days, what have you been doing there? How did you take care of My
house?'"
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Heed My Word
"There is no lack of anything. Those who think this is some want are the ones
who lack a lot: those who run behind money always feel they lack, and their
lack will never be fulfilled. If you rely and depend on the Lord, then the
Lord will no doubt arrange everything for you."
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Perverted
Tastes and Habits
"Listen to what I am saying. If you do not learn to be like that, you will
never be able to practise Krishna consciousness. Those who make offences
against Vaishnavs can never get any good result—they cannot even chant the
Holy Name no matter how much they count the beads."
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Snowball of
Offences
"If you keep making and making offences, then these offences will go up to
the Guru. You can never get any benefit like this. Such people become
alienated from others—nobody likes them..."
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Path to
Indigestion
"Can you eat the same amount as a young person? You cannot. Therefore, a
young person has more qualification and right to eat than you. If you speak
about things that are beyond your right, you will have indigestion—your
devotion will be destroyed."
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Memorable
Pastimes
"I have remembered one story that Srila Gurudev told me. The name of Srila
Prabhupad's guru was Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj. When Srila Gaura
Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj came to Nabadwip from Vrindavan, people thought he
was like a madman..."
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Kali Yuga
Brahmans
"Who is great, a brahman or a Vaishnav? If you have 100,000 rupees, it
automatically means you have 1,000 rupees as well. So, 1,000 rupees is
brahman, and 100,000 rupees is Vaishnav—it means that those who have
the qualities of a Vaishnav automatically have all qualities of a
brahman."
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Overflowing
and Grand Festival
"I was very busy with the festival of Nityananda Prabhu's appearance day in
Sri Ekachakra Dham last week. So many devotees came to this festival—crowds
and crowds of people. The temple was overflooded. This is only the mercy of
Nityananda Prabhu and Gurudev."
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Mission in
Sri Ekachakra Dham
"Nityananda Prabhu bestowed his mercy all over the world. We can see the
influence of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu even in Srila Sridhar Maharaj's life
also and we can understand from all of this how glorious Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu is."
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Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu's Line
"Mahaprabhu said to the effect, 'If you worship Nityananda Prabhu, it is the
same as worshipping Me, but if you worship Nityananda Prabhu, I am
pleased by that more than by anything else.' So many nice things are told
about Sriman Nityananda Prabhu...."
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Sriman
Nityananda Prabhu: Ocean of Mercy
"May those who desire to cross over the material existence and dive in the
ocean of devotion serve Sri Nitaichand. Nityananda Prabhu does not consider
who is good and who is bad, He saves anyone who falls before Him."
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Sri
Ekachakra Festival: Beyond Imagination
"The festival lasted finally four days—ekadasi, dvadasi, trayodasi,
and chaturdasi; and everybody started coming one day before that.
2,500 kg rice total for this festival, and 1,000 on Nityananda Prabhu's day.
Everything was finishing all the time. Our idea of the scope of this festival
proved a failure."
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Real Family Life
"You must force yourself. Do everything properly. Wake up early in the
morning, do mangal arati, cook bhoga, do the offering, etc. It
must be a real family life without attachment. Ask yourself—do you worship
Krishna or do you worship your material life?"
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"My Life Is for My
Gurudev"
"So many things happened, I even risked my life, everything, but I know that
my life is not for me—my life is for my Gurudev, for the devotees. If I run
away with my life, what is this? I have never run away and I never will. I am
still alive and I am with you all because I live for the devotees and you
also live for me and for Gurudev's service."
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Photographs taken during the Festival:
From Sri Ekachakra
Dham
Photographs from the pre-festival day at Sri Ekachakra Dham. As devotees
busily engage in various services around the temple in preparation to the
festival, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
makes final arrangements for the festival and spends the evening with the
devotees bestowing upon all fortunate souls the nectar of Sri Hari-kirtan and
Sri Hari-katha.
Sri Ekachakra
Festival: Day One
The first day passes gloriously as hundreds of devotees flock in and busily
partake of the service festival in the shelter of the holy lotus feet of His
Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. Sharing
photographs taken throughout the Bhaimi Ekadasi day.
Sri Ekachakra
Festival: Day Two (Festival Adhivas)
Photographs from the Varaha-dvadasi and adhivas (eve) of the Grand
Festival of Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Prabhu observed by the most
fortunate devotees in the shade of the holy lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, who is non-different from
Sriman Nityananda Prabhu Himself.
Sri Ekachakra
Festival: Appearance of Lord Nityananda Prabhu
Supremely fortunate to be in the shade of the holy lotus feet of His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, devotees observe the
holy appearance day of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu in a lavish current of Sri
Hari-katha and Sri Hari-kirtan gushing in all four directions. We are
honoured to share droplets of the nectar of this holy festival in photograph
form. May this holiest of days bring auspiciousness to every heart of the
universe.
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Sun, 9 February 2025 (Appearance of Lord Varahadev)
Nityananda
Consciousness
'We must pray at the holy lotus feet of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu. Without His
lotus feet, we have no other way, no other shelter. Without His mercy, we
cannot have any devotion – everything will ruined. Therefore, we must always
appeal, pray and cry out to His holy lotus feet. We must always hanker for
His mercy.'
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Dvadasi. Appearance of Lord Sri Varahadev. Ekadasi paran is at
6:17:41–9:59:51 after offering worship to Lord Varahadev.
Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj about the appearance day of Sri
Varahadev: "Varahadev is the master of Koladwip. Make a very nice sweet
rice offering for Varahadev, with best rice, nuts, raisins, good milk,
etc."
Varaha Avatar
"Today is the day when we must worship Varahadev. He is the master of
Koladwip, so today at the time of His worship we must make a special
offering. The Lord took the form of a boar and killed Hiranyaksa..."
Lord
Varahadev's Appearance
"Today is the appearance day of Lord Varahadev. There were two gatekeepers,
Jay and Vijay, in Vaikuntha. They guarded the door of Lord Narayan's room and
made sure no disturbance came to Lord Narayan and Laksmi Devi."
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SONG:
Dasa-avatara-stotram |
দশাবতারস্তোত্রম্
"The earth sits fixed atop the tip of Your tusk like a dark spot upon the
moon. O Kesava who assumes the form of a boar! Glory to You, O Lord of the
universe, O Hari!"
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj's Holy Guidance:
"The holy appearance day of Sri Nityananda Prabhu is coming soon—there will
be a big festival in Ekachakra on Nityananda Prabhu's trayodasi tithi.
Ekachakra is the birthplace of Nityananda Prabhu, and we have a temple of Sri
Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Prabhu there that was founded on the appearance day
of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu.
"We are inviting you all to join this festival—if you cannot come physically,
you can join this festival through your heart, through your mind. I know that
you cannot come for the Ekachakra festival this year [...] but you must
observe this day from your house. Make glorification of Nityananda Prabhu,
speak about His glories, make some good prasadam for Nityananda
Prabhu. Observe this day in this way, it will be good for you. You can make
this festival from your house, you can remember this day very nicely. The
festival is on [...] a working day, but what can you do? Make the festival in
the evening or in the morning then, it will be good, but you must remember
Sriman Nityananda Prabhu all day, it will be good for you. We are very fallen
souls – we cannot proceed in our spiritual life without Nityananda Prabhu's
mercy. Therefore, we must remember Nityananda Prabhu properly, full day, on
His appearance day."
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In honour of the
forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance
day:
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— { Year 2020 } —
Facing Austerity
"Whatever you want to do, you must have the strongest desire. Even in the
material life, does anything come without austerity? No. Therefore, 'I want
austerity! I want problems! If more problems come, it is OK, let them come! I
want to see how many problems you can give me, Prabhu.'"
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2020)
Distinction
of Sri Rupanuga Line
"In this world, people serve the Lord in three ways. First, somebody worships
the Lord because they are afraid. Second, people worship the Lord because
have some material desire. Third, somebody worships the Lord out of duty.
This is not right."
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2020)
Treacherous
Desires
"If you have some material desire and want it to be fulfilled, Krishna will
give that to you happily. On the other hand, Krishna says, 'I am not a
fool—why will I give them visaya? Instead, I will give them My lotus
feet and make them forget visaya!"
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2020)
Inconceivable
Mercy
"We can understand Krishna consciousness if we have a desire to serve the
Lord—if we have enthusiasm. You can see how merciful Lord Krishna is, but
Mahaprabhu is more merciful than Krishna, and Nityananda Prabhu is even more
merciful than Gauranga."
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Victory over
Visaya
"If we take prasad, all kinds of bad elements, bad diseases will be
removed; if we chant the Holy Name, all Nama-aparadhas will go away;
if we do service, all seva-aparadhas will go away—we do it, but why
are we not getting the result?"
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2020)
Power of Sukriti
"Sanda and Amarka taught Prahlad Maharaj nonsense things, but Prahlad Maharaj
did not take that association. Prahlad Maharaj had some previous
sukriti (actions related with the Lord), and through that
sukriti he could receive the proper teaching from Narad
Goswami."
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Atma-Buddhi
"If you have fifty kilogrammes of rice on your head, you feel so much
pressure—even if you come into an A/C room, you will not get any comfort
there because you have heavy things on your head. We still have ego, we still
cannot even understand that we are eternal servants of the Lord."
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Buddhi-Suddhi
"You recite mantras for the archan, you chant that the cloth is clean,
the chamara is clean, the peacock fan is clean, the
pancha-pradip is clean, etc. Everything is clean, but do you ever
think, 'Is my mind clean?'"
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Zest for Service
"I think that the Lord arranges everything that is necessary for His
service—only our desire, wish, will is necessary. If you have desire ('I will
do it!'), you will succeed. It is necessary to have desire, otherwise sitting
idle, laziness will not take you far."
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Service
Quality
"It is necessary to always be alert and make sure there is no defects in
your service. When you are giving something to your Guru, you must always see
if that thing is clean and neat or not. We make sure everything is clean, but
last we should see whether our mind is clean or not."
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Deeply Anxious
to Serve
"Many of you are householder devotees, living in your homes—you also offer
bhog to the Lord every day and take prasad, but can you say
that your material illusion (prapancha) has gone away? Why is it not
going away?"
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2020)
Spiritual
Trade-Off
"Dhruva Maharaj went to the forest and spent there five years sitting in one
place, unswervingly meditating on Krishna. He did not meditate on the Lord to
get the Lord—he actually meditated on the Lord to get the throne of his
father's kingdom!"
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Greatest
Wealth
"We say all these big, big things, we give lectures, but to what extent are
we able to practise it? Just think about it—how hard it is to practise
atma-nivedanam, how hard it is to give everything to the lotus feet of
the Lord..."
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2020)
Never Too
Early, Never Too Late
"If you serve and run behind the Lord's devotees—then the Lord Himself will
run behind you to serve you! You will not have to run behind the Lord, the
Lord Himself will run behind you to catch you—if you can serve devotees
properly. However, you cannot serve devotees without being a devotee
yourself..."
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2020)
Capturing Lord's
Heart
"Krishna is very merciful. If you can do just some small service to Him with
heart and soul, you can capture the Lord. Krishna is saying, 'I do not give
My mercy to anyone so easily, but when I do give My mercy to someone, I do
not leave them.'"
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2020)
Life of Loving
Service
"You must remember one thing. There is no relationship between our bodies and
the Lord. It is our soul, what we call 'I', that has a relationship with the
Lord, and the soul (atma) knows perfectly well what Paramatma wants,
what Paramatma needs. The body does not and cannot know this."
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Our Dearmost
"Who is there in this world who is truly close and dear to you except for
Nityananda Prabhu? Who else can you call your dear and near? If you can get
the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, you will get the mercy of Gauranga.
Nityananda Prabhu is Guru-tattva. You cannot get anything without the mercy
of Gurudev..."
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Worshipful
Mood
"...We worship Suddha Saraswati, it is necessary if you want to get the
result. Unless we get the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, we will not have any
brain. We must have the mercy of Nitaichand. When will we attain His
mercy?"
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2020)
Eternal Life
Membership
"What makes the Lord happy? Where does the Lord mostly stay? He is there
where devotees speak about Him. When such discussions take place here in Sri
Ekachakra Dham, Nityananda Prabhu becomes very happy, and Hadai Pandit,
Padmavati Devi become even happier—devotees comes and talk about their son,
glorify their son. If you listen to such talks with heart and soul, very
attentively, Nityananda Prabhu truly becomes happy and pleased with you."
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Evening Kirtans
• Sri Guru-charana-padma
• Kabe Sri Chaitanya more karibena daya
• Ohe Vaisnava Thakur
• Nitai-pada-kamala
• Emana durmati
• Suddha-bhakata-charana-renu
• Jaya Radhe Jaya Krishna
• Hari Haraye Nama Krsna
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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At Sri Ekachakra Dham: Morning Kirtans
• Sri Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu jive daya
kari
• Thakura Vaisnava-gana
• Nitai-guna-mani amara
• Gaurangera dyuti pada
• Dasavatara Stotram
• Gaya Gora madhur svare
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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Spiritual
Diligence
"Students study a little by little every day and at the end of the year they
take an exam, when it is understood whether or not they have been studying
diligently or not. In our spiritual life also, we must study and learn little
by little every day."
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Perfect
Chastity
"You are always so busy with your work—you are always so busy only with the
happiness of your body, with money, food, clothes... You must follow this. If
a doctor gives you prescription but you do not follow it, your disease will
not be cured."
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Follow
Mahaprabhu's Teachings
"It is not easy to understand how much devotion who has. That is why, Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu always taught others, and it is necessary to discuss
what Mahaprabhu taught us. We must always try to understand it and follow
it."
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2020)
Lord
Varahadev's Appearance
"Today is the appearance day of Lord Varahadev. There were two gatekeepers,
Jay and Vijay, in Vaikuntha. They guarded the door of Lord Narayan's room and
made sure no disturbance came to Lord Narayan and Laksmi Devi."
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2020)
Embracing
Hardships
"Troubles, problems, disturbances—so many things will come. If you run away,
then you must know that you could not do any service. If you can overcome all
obstacles and troubles, then you will be a gainer. The most important thing
is to have patience."
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2020)
Service: Labour
of Love
"If you spend your days in laziness and sleep, this is not Krishna
consciousness. We do not want to live amidst austerity, but those who are
truly Gaudiya Vaishnavs, they want austerity. 'O Lord, whatever austerity You
give me amidst Your service, give it! I do not mind any unhappiness as long
as You are happy.'"
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Parikrama
Plans
"One year, I want to make a parikrama of Gauda Mandal. I will see if I
get an opportunity this year, after Gaura Purnima. We have not made this
parikrama for a very long time. Also, I have told you before that I
will extend the parikrama by one day, and then we will be able to take
darsan of all places."
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Service Plans
"Now all works are finished here, and I had one more thought last night when
you were taking prasad. During the festival, you have to sit in the
cold. I am looking now for a place where I can make a place for a prasadam
hall..."
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2020)
Spend Your Time
Wisely
"When your eyes close (when you die), you will have to leave everything
behind. You must all try to do some service. Even if you just sweep the dust
of this holy abode, it is good. Nobody knows what kind of sukriti you
get when you clean the temple of the Lord..."
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Chasing
Away Ghosts and Nonsense
"You know, sometimes you become possessed by a ghost—this is when you start
thinking about your house or you think about other things. What is the remedy
for this?"
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Devotion Is Not
Cheap
"Nityananda Prabhu's mercy is such that He rescues whoever simply falls
before Him—He does not consider who is higher, who is lower. However, the
problem is that if you fall at His feet but think about other things in your
mind, then what result will you get?"
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Hens, Bats, and
Bananas
"The Lord does not want any tune, melody or anything like that. If you just
call the Lord by chanting His Name ('Krishna! Krishna!'), that is sufficient.
He does not want any tune. The Lord wants to know if your heart, mind, soul
and everything else is at His feet or not."
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Nityananda Prabhu's Arrangements
"When Mahaprabhu took sannyas in Katwa, Mahaprabhu became extremely
agitated and anxious to go to Vrindavan, and Nityananda Prabhu confused Him
and took Him from Katwa to Shantipur. Another time, when Sivananda Sen,
together with Nityananda Prabhu, was taking all the devotees to Puri, they
were passing a village called Denur..."
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Importance of Hearing and Listening
"Those who hear about the Lord from their Gurudev with heart and soul, very
quickly become fixed in their spiritual life and develop attachment to the
Lord and their service. Those who do not listen will not get this
result."
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Fighting
Prejudices
"The Holy Name of the Lord can be chanted at any time. It means that there is
no certain time when you can chant the Holy Name and there is no certain time
when you cannot chant the Holy Name. If you can chant the Holy Name even at
the time of death, you will reach perfection."
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Eagerness and
Enthusiasm
"It is those who have eagerness and enthusiasm that have come. You cannot get
Nityananda Prabhu's mercy by sitting at home and doing nothing—it is
necessary to step forward. You must come forward..."
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Clean Hearts
"Because we cannot give up these small things, we will not be able to get
Nitai—we will not get Gauranga. Until and unless your heart becomes pure, how
can Bhakti Devi come to your heart? You must have place for her to come—she
wants to come to a clean place."
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Material
Perils
"If you dig in the west, you will get one thing, if you dig in the south, you
will get another thing; if you dig in the north, you get something else; but
if you dig in the east, you will get the true wealth—you will get devotion.
Desires for enjoyment, liberation, and perfections will be all around you,
but the real treasure—devotion—is only in one direction."
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Learn to Rely
on the Lord
"What a bad position the jiva souls of this world are in! They cannot
rely and depend on the Lord. They do not understand that the Lord is the
protector. As soon as you think, 'I have no guardian,' enemies will attack
you from all sides and enter your heart."
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Digesting
Mercy
"If somebody accepts a guru but does not accept the guru's chastisement and
guidance, then you can understand that this is not a disciple. There is a
seed of spiritual benefit planted within chastisement and guidance."
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Our Primary
Need
"We must understand how necessary Sriman Nityananda Prabhu is for our
spiritual life. Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's glory is unlimited. It is not
possible at all for such a low soul as myself to speak about them, so I am
finishing here and I am again begging you all—please engage yourself in the
service of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu."
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Value Your
Time
"We have time to practise Krishna consciousness now, and we must value this
time. Time and tide wait for none. Day by day, our age is not increasing—it
is decreasing. We have to spend half of the time we are alive on sleeping,
but how much of the other half of our time do we give to the Lord?"
Gaudiya
Vaishnavs' Service
"Taking shelter of Gurudev and surrendering to him, we should come to Gurudev
and listen about the glories of the Lord not with the hope to get something
but out of love. Gaudiya Vaishnavs and the Vaishnavs of Sri Rupanuga
Sampradaya worship and serve the Lord out of love."
Perverted and Transcendental Charm
"What will you get by going there and staying in a hotel? All kinds of
wrongdoings and atrocious things happen there. You will find only all dirty
things there, but there is a very beautiful place right next to it, a place
where Nitayananda Prabhu's worship is going on eternally."
Our
Greatest and Only Friends
"Gurudev and Nityananda Prabhu are your greatest friends. They show us the
road to Krishna, 'If you take this road, you will come to the Lord.' The holy
lotus feet of Sri Guru and Nityananda are our only hope! There is nothing in
this world except their holy lotus feet. Do you understand it?"
Faith vs
Acceptance
"It can be seen in this world that those who are proud of their knowledge can
develop faith in the Supreme Lord, but when they debate about the basics of
grammar, it can be detected whether they have accepted the Lord. When our
material desires stop completely, then the teachings and pastimes of Sri
Rupa-Raghunath will enter our ears—not before that."
Pull of Maya
"Having opened many temples, our Guru-varga has given us many opportunities
for service, but what of that? Are you able to stay without illusory bondage?
It is not easy for us to leave the world of Maya and come here. Maya will
keep pulling you in the other direction."
Wrong
Preoccupation
"We always think about our bodies and homes—we always think how to live and
sleep comfortably. We feel attached to trifle things. That is why it is
necessary for everyone to take shelter of Nityananda Prabhu. The problem is
that because of small, trifle things, because of various obstacles and
problems, we cannot come to this line easily."
World of
Uncertainty
"'I will practise spiritual life at the end of my life, but now I will enjoy
family life at home.' Intelligent people will never say this. You can never
say when one is going to die..."
Inglorious
Life
"It is necessary to do first of all that without which your life will pass in
vain. If you do not do other things, there is no loss. Those who sacrifice
their life for the service of the Lord are very fortunate, and their life is
glorious."
Life in
Sadhu-Sanga
"If we practise sravan and kirtan in sadhu-sanga, if we
hear Hari-katha from the holy mouth of Sri Guru and sadhus, we will
get supreme benefit. If you do not have taste for hearing it, then discourses
about the Lord will never enter your ears. It is necessary to hear about the
Lord the whole day, twenty-four hours a day."
Immerse
Yourself in Kirtan
"The most important for us is Nama-sankirtan in sadhu-sanga: chanting
the Holy Name in holy association. Even if you practise meditation or yoga,
you will not feel as much joy as you can get by singing kirtans."
Path to
Promotion
"If you can get this job and can do it properly, then you will always be
promoted, never demoted. If we can stay at the temple and practise Krishna
consciousness, if we can serve Sri Guru and Vaishnavs, then all difficulties,
pain, struggle and suffering will be nothing."
Service Is
Not Formality
"The Lord is so merciful—He will never suck your blood. He does not want your
blood. If you can give your heart and soul to the lotus feet of the Lord and
His devotees, then you will get the highest benefit."
Eternal
Service Consciousness
"Service must be eternal. Just as we eat, sleep and go to the bathroom every
day, we must similarly serve the Lord every day. It is necessary to think
what is necessary for the Lord; you must think about the interest of the
temple and Gurudev, then it will be service to Gurudev."
Giving and
Taking Prasad
"We will not stay in this world for long. We have crossed innumerable
lifetimes—even if we live for one hundred years, what is one hundred years
compared to eternity? If you spend your time laughing and playing, gossiping
and talking nonsense, then such a life is useless."
Control Your
Urges
"Nobody prohibits you to sleep, but remember that the more you increase your
sleep, food, fear and sex (ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithunam cha), the more
it will increase. The more you eat, the more you will want to eat; and the
less you eat, the less you will want to eat."
Sinful Souls'
Scrape
"Is there anyone as merciful as Nitai in this world? He rescues all the
fallen, lowly souls like ourselves. We are stricken with so many faults and
flaws. We live committing so many mistakes, amidst so many faults! How long
we have been living committing mistakes, how many offences we have been
committing birth after birth!"
Two
Unexpected Questions
In the middle of the class at the holy Sri Ekachakra Dham, on the holy
appearance day of Lord Nityananda Prabhu, an elderly devotee suddenly gets up
and ardently asks His Divine Grace...
Do Not Lose This
Pull
"I pray at the holy feet of Nityananda Prabhu that everyone may practise
Krishna consciousness, so that you may feel this pull towards Nityananda
Prabhu every day and that you may not fall into the bondage of the illusory
environment once you return to your homes."
Great Mercy
for Great Hearts
"You say all the time, 'Please give me mercy,' but these are just some words
you learn by heart and keep repeating. 'Gurudev, please give me your mercy',
'Gurudev, please give me your mercy'—but do you really want mercy? Ask
yourself this. Do you really want your Guru's blessing?"
Kali-Yuga
Servants
"When we do service, we do not think it is service—we do it as a duty. We
always think about our own happiness. We do not do service; instead, we dump
work on our Gurudev, expecting him to do it, because we do not have the
qualification to do service. This is our situation in this Age of Kali."
Why Have You
Come?
"You have come to Lord Nityananda Prabhu. I saw people coming to Nityananda
Prabhu and throwing money at Him. Is this service, tell me? People also throw
prasad, and it sometimes falls somebody's leg. People used to often do
this before. Do you know why?"
Practise and
Pray
"It is necessary to always maintain chastity. We must not go anywhere and
everywhere. everyone has come with a return ticket and will jump back into
the ocean of Maya again—drowning and struggling in that ocean, you will
become busy with your lives. Leave this family of Maya and come to the family
of Krishna."
Grand Festival
"Without Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, without Gurudev's mercy, we are not able
to do it. We do not know for how many days in this life we can do this
service like this, but we are always enthusiastic, we are always trying to
serve Gurudev or Nityananda Prabhu, and it is Their matter whether they will
accept our service or not."
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My Gratitude
"So many devotees are helping us with this festival—somebody cannot help
physically, but they are helping through their mind, through their funds,
etc. I am not only thanking them, I am very grateful to them because they are
doing so much for Gurudev."
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2020)
Guard Your Service
Life
"Whatever problem comes, we will not run away from our service. Problems will
always come—we are in the battlefield, and we will fight against maya until
our death. That is our conception. We will not fight against men, but we will
fight against ourselves."
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2020)
Do Not Fear
Sacrifice
"Life should be for service. What the guru and Vaishnavs tell, that is
service, and you must serve with love. You must sacrifice in your life. Those
who can make sacrifice in their life, they get the real benefit."
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2020)
Hidden Service
"Srivas Pandit's faith is super strongest. Everybody's faith is not like
that. When somebody puts some poison in others' brain, they change their
mind. Our faith must be strong. Practise, practise and practise."
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2020)
Spiritual
Promotion
"You struggle so much in your life, but how many days have we got in this
lifetime? We do not want to be demoted. We want to be promoted, and this
promotion will come through service—through the service to the guru and
Vaishnavs. That is the main thing."
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2020)
Puja with Love
"Pujari must serve with love and affection. When you do puja,
you must do it with love, wearing clean clothes, etc. Actually, I have always
been afraid to do puja. I never go inside the Deities' room. Gurudev
also said he was afraid..."
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Photographs taken during the Festival:
2 February 2020 | 34 photographs, 3.3 Mb
Arrival at Sri
Ekachakra Dham
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj takes
devotees to Sri Ekachakra Dham and proceeds to a preaching programme. In the
meantime, devotees busily engage in the many services around the temple that
are left to complete in the few days remaning before the grand festival.
3-4 February 2020 | 23 photographs, 1.8 Mb
Service at Sri
Ekachakra Dham
The preparations for the festivals are in full swing as devotees clean,
scrub, wipe and dust the temple and Sevak Bhavan. In the evening, His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj returns from
preaching.
5 February 2020 | 44 photographs, 3.9 Mb
Grand Festival at
Sri Ekachakra Dham (1 | Ekadasi)
Photographs taken during the first day of the grand annual festival at Sri
Ekachakra Dham in the shade of the holy lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. Devotees joyfully reunite with
each other and prepare for the main festival.
6 February 2020 | 61 photographs, 6 Mb
Grand
Festival at Sri Ekachakra Dham (2 | Varaha Dvadasi)
Photographs taken during the second day of the grand annual festival at Sri
Ekachakra Dham in the shade of the holy lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and in the assembly of holy
Vaishnavs from all over the world.
7 February 2020 | 113 photographs, 12 Mb
Grand
Festival at Sri Ekachakra Dham (3 | Nityananda Trayodasi)
Taking shelter at the holy lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, supremely fortunate devotees
celebrate the appearance day of Lord Nityananda Prabhu all over the world,
crying for His inconceivable mercy. We are honoured to share photographic
glimpses of the grand celebration at Sri Ekachakra Dham, the very
appearance place of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu, for the pleasure of His Divine
Grace and all devotees worldwide.
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Sat, 8 February 2025 (Fast on Sri Bhaimi Ekadasi)
Effulgent and Munificent Lord Nityananda Prabhu
'Who in this world but Nityananda could show His mercy to such an abominable
person as me? Because He is intoxicated with ecstatic love and is an
incarnation of mercy, He does not distinguish between the good and the bad.
Sriman Nityananda Prabhu travelled across India with two purposes in mind: to
preach about divine love for the Lord and to subdue heretics.'
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2019)
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Ekadasi. Fast on Bhaimi Ekadasi and in honour of Lord Sri
Varahadev's appearance (tomorrow).
Regarding tomorrow's holy appearance of Lord Varahadev:
Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj about the appearance day of Sri
Varahadev: "Varahadev is the master of Koladwip. Make a very nice sweet
rice offering for Varahadev, with best rice, nuts, raisins, good milk,
etc."
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In honour of the
forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance
day:
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— { Year 2019 } —
Remembering Our
Fortune
"We have come here by the mercy of Gurudev, by the mercy of Lord Nityananda
Prabhu. Without their mercy we cannot be present here. Out of His mercy,
Nityananda Prabhu has given us some small place at his birthplace where we
can stay."
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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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2019)
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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2019)
Serve Nitai
without Deceit
"By the mercy of Gurudev we have got an opportunity to serve this
place—Nityananda Prabhu's appearance place—we must take advantage of this
opportunity. We must understand how necessary it is to serve Sriman
Nityananda Prabhu and His devotees."
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2019)
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.'
Genuine
Advice of Genuine Guru
'We are in great danger – we have fallen into this ocean of material
existence. Wake up! Wake up! Do not waste your time! You must think about
Nityananda Prabhu, you must think about your guru, you must think
about your service. There is no time at all for all those other things. We
must always talk only about Krishna.'
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Sincere, Firm and
Ardent
'Faith (the strongest faith) is the most important thing in our spiritual
life. We must ardently pray at Nitai's feet and always remain firm. You must
love with your heart. External show of love is not love! We must love our
guru with our hearts, we must have sincere love for Nitai's holy feet.
Such love must come to us.'
Immerse Your
Life in Kirtan
'You have heard glorification of Nityananda Prabhu, and you must also chant
these kirtans yourself. You think, "You all sing, and I will listen."
It will not do. You must sing yourself. If I eat, will your stomach be
full?'
Gayatri
Initiation
'I am giving you initiation now, and I do not want to ever hear that you
behave like chandals in your speech and actions. Even if somebody
tells you something, you must tolerate everything.'
The Holy Sannyas
Order
"You are all already serving Gurudev, and I am only helping you by giving you
this sannyas. I know you took initiation and shelter from Gurudev many
years ago and you have been doing much service in his mission, but now the
time has come to take more and more service."
Students'
Chastity
'If you want to get Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, you have to put up with some
austerity. The Lord is testing your tolerance. This king of material world is
a place of examination for devotees. We all must pass this examination.'
Parikrama
Outline
'Remember these things. You must grasp them and keep them in your hearts. You
must not listen to Hari-katha with your mind – you must listen to it with
your hearts. It must get through your ears to your hearts, and when
you later speak about these things, they should come out of your hearts to
your mouths, then it will be sravan and kirtan.'
We
Cannot Ignore Nityananda Prabhu
'If we ignore Nityananda Prabhu, all our spiritual life, all our practices
and attempts will become as false as a mere dream. Nityananda Prabhu is so
very necessary in our lives! If we cannot understand this, then all our
attempts, all our spiritual life is a dream-like farce – there is nothing
left then. We want Nitai's mercy!'
Reaching
Out to Nityananda Prabhu
'You have been living in your family your whole life, wasting time. We ended
up in this world because we chose to live in Maya's family, but we must try
to come out of it and become members of Krishna's family. That is why we must
cry, "When will Nityananda Prabhu take pity on me? When will this illusory
environment let go of me?"'
Dasya-Abhiman
'This is not something that we say only with our mouth – we must always serve
the Lord with heart and soul. Many of us do not know these things. We say
that we have taken initiation from our gurudev, but our initiation is
just a show. That is why we cannot become genuine servitors of our
gurudev and cannot serve our gurudev properly.'
Be Sincere and
Serious
'We must live following gurudev's instruction. You are always thinking
about your own interest, about material world, but is there time left for all
that? A few more days, and your time will be up. How long do you think you
will live in this world? You can leave this world at any moment. There is no
time! We must aways practise Krishna consciousness.'
Worship Nitai!
'There will be another festival next year and you will be thinking about
Nityananda Prabhu, but you must not think about Nityananda Prabhu only a year
later. Even when you go to your houses, you must always call out to Him,
"Doyal Nitai! Doyal Nitai!" Will you do it? Call out to Him and cry, shed
tears. We need Nityananda Prabhu's mercy. If you serve Nityananda Prabhu, I
will always stay with you.'
Illusion of
Devotion
'Service to devotees is the root of devotion. If a tree has no root, it
cannot live; in the same way, without service to devotees, there can be no
hope to come to the Lord or to even know the Lord. Many people sing
kirtans, but how many people actually practise what they sing, tell
me?'
Vaishnavs'
Qualities
'Many people want to become Vaishnavs without serving Vaishnavs, but it is
not possible to become a Vaishnav without service to Vaishnavs, just as it is
not possible to become a devotee without service to devotees. When you serve
devotees or Vaishnavs, you become a devotee or a Vaishnav yourself.'
Who Are You
Serving?
'We live in this world as servants and maidservants of Maya! By the mercy of\
the guru and Krishna, some fortunate souls get the seed of the
devotional creeper. But there are many gurus and sadhus roaming
this world to satisfy their own senses and desires – they never think about
your benefit.'
Learn to
Appreciate Service
'How can you get the right to serve Krishna? Whom does Krishna belong to? He
belongs to Radharani, and Radharani is non-different from the guru, so
it is only the guru who can give you the right to serve Lord
Krishna. We must learn what genuine Krishna consciousness is. Krishna
consciousness is not something you do for one day – it is necessary to have
sincerity.'
Lesson
for Householder Devotees
'I am telling all the householder devotees that you must learn how to live a
proper life. Learn from the example of Srivas Pandit's devotion. Mahaprabhu
told all householder devotees, "Make sure that not a single day passes
without chanting the Holy Name and without vaishnav-seva." How do you
do vaishnav-seva? Does it mean feed Vaishnavs every day?'
Covering Up
Prejudices
'These are all misconceptions; these are the things going on in this world.
If these things did not exist, how would the guru business run then?
If everybody was to hear Srila Prabhupad's teachings of Gaudiya Vaishnavism,
then all this would go away – they would not be such people in this
world.'
Devotion to
Devotion
'Real grihasthas are not devoted to their homes – they are devoted to
Krishna. Real sannyasis are those who do not renounce Krishna and
kasna (servant of Krishna) – they live as members of Krishna's family,
or they are attached to the house of the Lord and His devotees.'
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?'
Shower
of Nityananda Prabhu's Mercy
'If somebody ever says anything about Nitai behind His back, they will have
no relief in this world – there is nobody in this world who can save them! Go
and be careful, and tell everyone what you have heard from Me.'
Photographs taken during the Festival:
Arriving in
Sri Ekachakra Dham
At long last, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj arrives in Sri Ekachakra Dham bringing devotees for the annual
festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance day. To participate and
witness the innumerable services and devotional programmes at this very
special place, devotees start flocking from all over the world.
From Sri Ekachakra
Dham
The day before the beginning of the festival is filled with service: devotees
clean the Temple and Smriti Kunja buildings, cook, set rooms and welcome the
fortunate devotees coming for Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's festival as His
Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj gives morning
and evening classes and goes out for collection in the afternoon.
Auspicious Morning
in Sri Ekachakra Dham
Photographs from a very special morning in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat: our family
is rejoicing at seeing three new generals taking up the vows and order of
renounced life to dedicate their holy lives to the service of the holy lotus
feet of Sri Gurupadpadma. With joy and hopeful pride, His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj confers sannyas order onto
Rohini Nandan Prabhu (Venezuela), Vesudev Krishna Prabhu (India/Malaysia),
and Vraja Kishor Prabhu (Venezuela/UK).
Evening Programme
in Sri Ekachakra Dham
Photographs taken during the evening programme: with most of the devotees
having arrived from all corners of India, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is quite pleased with the grand attendance of
the festival.
Sriman
Nityananda Prabhu's Festival in Sri Ekachakra Dham
Photographs from the grand annual festival in honour of Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu's appearance observed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat in the shade of the
holy lotus feet of Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj.
Concluding the Festival in Sri Ekachakra Dham
Much to the joy and satisfaction of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj, the festival has passed in a smooth and happy mood, with an
unprecedented attendance this year. Today, having relished kirtans,
sadhu-sanga, and holy service to Sri Guru and Vaishnavs, the festival
finishes and the devotees start leaving Sri Ekachakra Dham. His Divine Grace
repeatedly asks everyone to always remember Sriman Nityananda Prabhu—not
only one-two days a year during the festival, but day after day, to cry and
pray to Lord Nityananda Prabhu all the time: "You have your Guru, you have
your Nityananda Prabhu, what else do you need?"
Evening Programme
in Sri Ekachakra Dham
Photographs taken during the evening arati of Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda
Prabhu and the class of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
during which His Divine Grace gives final guidance on proper practice of
Krishna consciousness for the devotees to keep it in their hearts while
serving at their homes.
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Sri Ekadasi Guidance
Guidelines on how to observe and honour this holy day: Ekadasi takes an
indispensible part in the life of a sincere practitioner. At Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math, Ekadasi and paran are observed with affection and without
fail according to the dates given in the Calendar.
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj about fasting on ekadasi and
accepting material facilities:
"One time, a devotee came here from Vrindavan on the day of
ekadasi. He reached in the evening and, after taking bath in the
Ganges, attended kirtans, danced, circumambulated the temple and so
on. Then, I asked him whether he would take any anukalpa. He replied,
'Generally, I do not take anything, but if you like, then, of course, I must
take anukalpa. Your will is greater than my fasting.' That was his
decision.
"My Guru Maharaj (Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)
always wanted maximum energy: you should take good food and do good service.
That was his maxim. Krishna is not a liquidated party: take full
prasadam and do full service. Do maximum service, and you should take
whatever is necessary for that. You are to take it for the cause of Krishna,
not for your own cause. You are Krishna's, so if you grow weak, His service
will be hampered, and both you and Krishna will be losers thereby. 'My
soldiers will be well-fed and well-working.' That was our Guru Maharaj's
principle. Napoleon said, 'One full-fed soldier is equal to ten half-fed
soldiers.'
"So, prasad-seva: if it is service, then it must be taken in a
serving mood, of course. But, at the same time, the individual position of a
devotee should be taken into consideration. Sahajiyas do not Fast on
ekadasi at all: 'Oh, we are in Vrindavan, and there is no fasting in
Vrindavan.' But Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Srila Prabhupad did not like that –
it is sahajiya (imitation) if you go on feeding your senses in the
name of Krishna-bhakti (devotion to the Lord). For the service to Krishna, it
is necessary to keep up the body and to provide nourishment to it, so we must
take what is necessary for service. We do not like it if by fasting a loss of
energy is effected. If fasting does not hamper your service, you may go on
fasting – perhaps, your gurudev wanted that...
"For service, I must accept what is necessary to make me physically
fit so that I can render more service. So, accepting material things is not
objectionable. It is fruitful, not detrimental. Rather, it produces something
of a pure character, which helps everyone. This is how a disciple receives
and accepts things. At that same time, he may even blame himself, 'I cannot
go on with my worldly life without the help of this or that!' He will blame
himself, but the underlying spirit must be, 'If I do not take it, I shall be
unfit; I will not be able to do my bit of service to the Lord, to my
gurudev.'
"Moreover, by taking up renunciation, I will be a loser. I will incur
a loss for myself, for the world, and my guru's service will be
hampered. In this spirit, devotees are to take everything. For the cause of
Krishna, for the cause of their guru, they will accept anything.
"Suppose there is a very miserly karmachari (manager). Because
he does not want to spend money, he may not attain a particular result; then,
some difficulty comes, and the opportunity is lost. This manager will be held
responsible by the proprietor: 'Why did you not spend money? Why are you
afraid of spending money from my store? Because of your miserly habit, the
opportunity has been lost! Why should you not spend My money for My
interest?' So, to render service to Krishna, to my gurudev, to
Vaishnavs, to the world, to everyone, I must keep up this mundane body, and I
am entitled to take something for that.
"Miserliness is mayavada; it is the renunciation spirit, and it
will mar Krishna's interest. What we need is yukta-vairagya: I shall
take from the store of Krishna to keep myself fit and to do service. It is
Krishna's account, and if I do not do that, I should be a separatist, a
mayavadi, a renunciationist. I shall render maximum service to
Krishna, and I must take without any hesitation whatever is necessary to make
myself fit for the service; otherwise, I shall be punishable."
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"Sri
Ekadasi"
(Sri Sri Prema Vivarta)
"One day, Gaurahari left the Gundicha Temple and sat in the Jagannath
Vallabha garden. It was pure Ekadasi, and the Lord spent the whole day and
night chanting the Name of Krishna..."
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SONG:
Suddha-bhakata |
শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু
"I carefully observe the holy days related to Madhava, they are the mother
of devotion."
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SONG:
Sri hari-vasare |
শ্রীহরি-বাসরে হরি
"On the holy day of Sri Hari, Sriman Mahaprabhu, the life and
soul of the universe, began dancing..."
ADDITIONAL READING:
"You do not need to know the meaning of each ekadasi tithi because if
you know it, you will want to get this result, that result, etc."
(Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
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Fri, 7 February 2025
Our Hope and
Solace
'We live in this world surrounded by all sorts of problems and cannot place
trust anywhere here. The only hope is that Mahaprabhu is the Master of
Nityananda Prabhu, and I have got this Nityananda Prabhu as my Master.'
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Download / listen to the audio (49 Mb, 102 min | 17 February
2019)
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Dashami. Disappearance of Srila Ramanuja Acharya.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
In honour of Srila Ramanuja
Acharya:
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Service: Faith
and Surrender
"Gurudev told the story of Dhanur Das and his wife, Ramanuja Acharya's
disciples, and how they maintained their family life..."
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How
to See the Guru: Chastity
"Ramanuja Acharya heard there was a Guru in Alwar (South India). He came
to that Guru and asked, 'You know one mantra that can give liberation.
I want to get this mantra...'"
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Odds and Ends:
Ramanuja Acharya's bed
"One time Ramanuja Acharya he went to Tirupati and stayed one month at one
ashram there. He had a good servitor called Govinda who always served
him..."
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In honour of the
forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance
day:
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In honour of the forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu's appearance:
— { Year 2018 } —
Our Hope
and Heart-Felt Gratitude
"By the mercy of our Gurupadpadma, by a great fortune, we have arrived today
at the holy land of Nityananda Prabhu. If you want to get the Lord, you must
want the mercy of Lord Nityananda—without His mercy we cannot proceed, cannot
progress in our spiritual life."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.5 Mb, 8 min | 26 January
2018)
Learn from
Mahajanas
"When I read about mahajanas (life history of many highly qualified
gurus), I see how their life went and how difficult it was in so many ways.
We can learn from them—we can learn to be humble, to be tolerant and give
honour to others."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 8 min | 26 January
2018)
Seeking Mercy
"Be humble and try to understand the proper teachings that Gurudev gave you,
and preach in this way. We did not come to this world for buildings or other
things. Wherever we live, we must follow spiritual practice, that is the main
thing in our spiritual life."
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Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | 26 January
2018)
Revealing
Nityananda Prabhu
"Chandrasekhar Acharya and Srivas Pandit went to search for Nityananda
Prabhu, but they were unable to find Him because Nityananda's glories are
actually very guro—very sacred and of a very high level. It is not easy to
find Him."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | 26 January
2018)
Mahaprabhu's
Stay in Shantipur
"Nityananda Prabhu understood devotees' feeling and somehow managed to take
Mahaprabhu to Shantipur instead of taking Him straight to Vrindavan. In
Shantipur, Mahaprabhu gave lecture, He sang and danced the whole day and
night without stop..."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.7 Mb, 8 min | 26 January
2018)
Preaching Ideal
"Our duty is to learn what the main teachings of Mahaprabhu are. For as many
days you are alive in this world, you must preach Krishna-katha,
Gauranga-katha, Guru-katha, Guru Maharaj's katha. If you preach that, what is
the need for you to worry about your future?"
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Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | 26 January
2018)
Learn and
Distribute
"You must learn from Visvanath Chakravarti, from Prabodhananda Saraswati,
from Gopal Bhatta Goswami, Rupa Goswami, Sanatan Goswami. If you learn what
they teach, what they do, what their lifestyle is like, you can understand
everything easily then."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 5 min | 26 January
2018)
Great Good
Fortune
"By the mercy of Guru and Vaishnavs, by the mercy of the Lord, we have
arrived in this Sri Ekachakra Dham where our most beloved Lord Nityananda
Prabhu appeared. This is not a matter of small fortune—not everybody gets
such fortune."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.4 Mb, 10 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
Bhava-Rog Doctor
"When you get sick, you see a doctor—the doctor gives you medicine, you take
it and get well. Here, to cure your disease of material existence, the doctor
actually comes to your house and tells you what things you must avoid to
remove your illusory environment."
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Download / listen to the audio (0.9 Mb, 3 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
Foster
Devotional Feelings
"What do I want? I do not want wealth, knowledge, beautiful companions—all
these things that the outside people are so proud of... If you run behind
the illusory environment—enjoyment and liberation—Krishna will give it to
you, but what will you think after that?"
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Download / listen to the audio (2 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
Association
and Assimilation
"Remember Nityananda Prabhu's tolerance and patience. If somebody tells you
something bad, you become upset, you get angry, but this is not your
conception—your Gurudev never taught you this, Nityananda Prabhu never taught
you this."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 8 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
Enthusiasm for
Service
"It is necessary to do eternal daily service with sincerity. 'How can I use
myself in the service of the lotus feet of my Gurudev? What service can be
done through me?' We must think about this at every moment. We must live
thinking about this."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
All Loss, All
Gain
"There are so many people, so gurus—they all stand in one line, but Bhakti
Devi is guarding the door and does not let anyone enter. Bhakti Devi will let
on the boat only those who have devotion, who have earned the qualification,
who have the ticket, and others will be denied entry, they will have to go
back."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
Crest Jewel
"Mahaprabhu gave Gaura-dham, Gaura-nam—He gave everything to Nityananda
Prabhu. It is by the unlimited mercy of this Nityananda Prabhu that we have
come to His dham and have got this opportunity to chant His glories.
Come, come for Nityananda Prabhu."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
Capital
Misjudgement
"A thief thinks every man steals. We think that everyone is like us. Some
shave their heads during the shraddha ceremony and some shave their
heads on Nityananda trayodasi—do you think it is the same?"
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Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
Muddled Mind
"Srila Prabhupad also told another story about Lalu and Kalu. We are like
that too—even though we are taught to chant the Holy Name, but nobody wants
to say Hare Krishna."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
Clasping for
Shelter
"It is said that Nityananda Prabhu is actually very hidden (esoteric)—it is
very difficult to find Him. Unless one is a very fortunate soul, one can
never find Him."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
You Be an
Instrument
"Gurudev and the Lord are the drivers and we are only Their instruments. If
you serve Vaishnavs, then the Lord Himself will come to serve you—the Lord
Himself will come and do the service through you. It is necessary to have
such faith, to always think about this."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.8 Mb, 8 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
Hidden
Practice and Broad Preaching
"We pray to you—wherever you go, wherever you stay, only chant Krishna's
Name, chant 'Nitai Gaura Hari bol' to yourself. You do not need to show
anything to others. If people criticise you, it will be your offence. You
must keep your spiritual practice to yourself."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.9 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
Love to Death
"When the ego of servitors increases, the Lord can get annoyed. It happened
to Uddhav Maharaj also—he thought, 'I always stay with Krishna, I am a big
devotee!' but the Lord showed him that the gopis were the greatest
devotees. But what are nowadays' wives like?"
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Download / listen to the audio (1.9 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 27 January
2018)
Ditching the
World
"We have come here by a great fortune. Not everybody can come here. We must
take the dust of this place, we must take prasad at this place. Do you
see our condition? We must cry, 'When will material attachment be removed
from my heart? When will that happen?'"
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Download / listen to the audio (5.2 Mb, 15 min | Bengali | 29 January
2018)
Masterminding the
Escape
"If you take a tip of a hair and divide it ten thousand times, this is the
size of the soul—but we are so proud, we think we are so great. It is all
useless. Only if you get the mercy of sadhus and Guru, can Maya be defeated.
Otherwise not. Maya always surrounds us."
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Download / listen to the audio (4 Mb, 12 min | Bengali | 29 January
2018)
Look for Purity
"You have two cups with milk. Both look the same, but if you drink one you
will get nourishment and if you drink the other one that has snake poison in
it you will die. If you hear the Holy Name, you will get benefit, but if you
hear Nama-aparadh, you will die."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 11 min | Bengali | 29 January
2018)
Lord Nityananda
Prabhu's Sakti
"The Lord has tried to save the souls bounded by maya in so many ways
in this Kali-yuga. He was the only child of Hadai Pandit and Padmavati Devi
and He left them when He was twelve. Later, He was introduced to Jahnava
Devi."
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Download / listen to the audio (4.7 Mb, 14 min | Bengali | 29 January
2018)
Photographs taken during the Festival:
Arriving at Sri
Ekachakra Dham
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj brings fortunate
devotees to the land of Sri Ekachakra Dham to celebrate the annual festival
in honour of the appearance day of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu.
Morning and
Noon at Sri Ekachakra Dham
The morning and afternoon pass busily as devotees prepare for the festival.
More and more family members begin to flock and everybody happily meets each
other—with obeisances, embraces and joyful hearts, happy to be brought back,
happy to again get devotee association.
Evening at Sri
Ekachakra Dham
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj leads the evening
arati, parikrama and class, nourishing the fortunate assembled
devotees with Hari-katha. (When asked at the end if they were hungry, the
devotees jointly replied, 'No,' eager to hear more, and His Divine Grace
continued to speak for another half an hour.)
Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu's Appearance: Sri Adhivas Day
As the festival approaches, the temple is becoming filled with devotees and
everybody happily prepares for the festival—staying in devotee association
and various services, the day passes peacefully and happily in the shade of
the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya
Maharaj.
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Morning
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Parikrama
(36 photographs, 2.7 Mb)
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Noon Programme
(45 photographs, 3.7 Mb)
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The glorious festival in honour of the divine appearance of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu
passes peacefully and beautifully as devotees take part in numerous services and
programmes around the temple under the guidance and in the shelter of the holy lotus
feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj.
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Thu, 6 February 2025
Live in
Eternal Shelter
'Just as a mobile phone does not work unless it is charged, you will forget
Nitai unless you take time to remember Him. So, calling out, "Nitai, Nitai"
just once a year will not. You are eating today, and you will eat tomorrow,
the day after tomorrow and the day after that – you eat every day, and in the
same way, you must serve Nitai every day, too.'
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Download / listen to the audio (49 Mb, 102 min | 17 February
2019)
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Navami. Disappearance of Sripad Madhvacharya.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
In honour of Srila Madhva
Acharya:
"Madhva Acharya also stayed here with his disciples for some time as a
resident of the Nabadwip Dham. Gauranga-sundar mercifully revealed His most
enchanting form to Madhva Acharya in a dream. Smiling, Gaurachandra said to
Madhva Acharya, 'Everyone knows that you are My eternal servant. When I
appear in Nabadwip, I will follow your lineage. Now, carefully eradicate
illusionism and false scriptures from all regions, and establish the glory of
the Lord's Deity form. Later, I will develop your pure conception.' Saying
this, Gaurachandra disappeared. Madhva Acharya awoke and then fainted. Madhva
Acharya then cried, wondering, 'Will I ever see that beautiful golden form
again?' Then a divine voice came from the clear sky, 'Serve Me secretly, and
you will come to Me.' Madhva Acharya became resolute and defeated the
mayavadis in all directions."
Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya, Chapter 15
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In honour of the
forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance
day:
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— { Year 2017 } —
Sri Ekachakra
Dham: Exclusive Land
"By the mercy of our Gurupadpadma, by a great fortune, we have arrived today
at the holy land of Nityananda Prabhu. If you want to get the Lord, you must
want the mercy of Lord Nityananda—without His mercy we cannot proceed, cannot
progress in our spiritual life."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.5 Mb, 8 min | 7 February
2017)
Cry and Call,
"Doyal Nitai!"
"Who will give mercy to such a low fallen soul as myself except Nityananda?
Except Nityananda, there is no one in this world who can give mercy to
me. We must worship this Nityananda Prabhu."
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Download / listen to the audio (5.3 Mb, 12 min | 7 February
2017)
Clean Heart, Open
Door
"We are sitting in the nat mandir and this is not a place for idle talks. If
you engage yourself in sravan and kirtan, then all dirt from your heart will
go away, but if you do not clean the dirt from your heart, Bhakti Devi will
never come there."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.7 Mb, 8 min | Bengali | 8 February
2017)
Nityananda: Our
All in All
"It is necessary to always meditate on this in your heart: 'When will
Nitaichand give His mercy to me? When will my desires become insignificant?
When will Nityananda be merciful to me and relieve me from the material
illusion?'"
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Download / listen to the audio (3 Mb, 7 min | Bengali | 8 February
2017)
Mercy
Through Surrender and Service
"There is only one way how to get out of this suffering—we must take shelter
of the lotus feet of Nitai. We must not use Nitai, we must serve Him.
Only when you serve Him can you get His mercy."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.5 Mb, 8 min | Bengali | 8 February
2017)
Chaste and
Sincere Service
"We must be chaste, we must be sincere, we must accept these teachings.
Taking shelter of Guru and Vaishnavs, serving the Guru and Vaishnavs is what
is called bhajan. What service have we done at the temple of our Guru
Maharaj? We must think about this."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 6 min | Bengali | 8 February
2017)
Highest
Benefactors
"A Guru takes a disciple so that the disciple can serve the Lord. So, we must
ask ourselves and judge it for ourselves, 'How much service have I done?' Who
has the right to do kirtan? Those who have humility, tolerance and who
can give honour to others."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 5 min | Bengali | 8 February
2017)
Sadhus' Target
"Sadhus come to hijack souls from the family of Maya and bring them to
the family of Krishna—your father thought I had come to steal something from
you, that I had come to take your money, but actually I had come to steal
you."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 7 min | Bengali | 8 February
2017)
Beyond I and Mine
"We always take untruth as truth—we believe that His things are ours. We
always think in terms of 'my' and 'I'. We are slaves of our tongues, but look
at the examples of the Vaishnavs."
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Download / listen to the audio (0.9 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 8 February
2017)
"Please Do Not
Forget"
"I am requesting you all—please do not forget service to the Lord. You can
make a temple in your own room or house. When you do everything for the Lord,
when you use your room for the Lord, then your room becomes a temple..."
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Download / listen to the audio (0.9 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 8 February
2017)
Eternal and
Internal Devotion
"The house where the eternal service of the Lord is going on every day, where
eternal kirtan is going on, is Goloka Vrindavan. Many of our devotees
live like that. They offer the bhog to the Lord and do not take or
enjoy anything except prasadam."
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Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 8 February
2017)
Pandav Tala
"There is also Pandav tala near our temple. When the Pandavs were exiled from
their kingdom, they started travelling to many different places, and when a
few years passed, they came here to Ekachakra..."
Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu' Festival: Anxiously Awaiting
"We had waited for this day all year thinking, 'When will this day come in
our life? When will this festival come?' We have read about Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu, glorified Sriman Nityananda Prabhu for these few days, but it is
actually not so easy to glorify Him..."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 7 min | Bengali | 10 February
2017)
Photographs taken during the Festival:
Arriving | Sri
Ekachakra Festival 2017
(24 photographs, 1.5 Mb | 7 February 2017)
This morning, His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj,
accompanied by about fifteen devotees, arrives from Sri Nabadwip Dham in Sri
Ekachakra Dham to observe the holy appearance day of Sri Nityananda
Prabhu.
Sri Varaha
Dvadasi | Sri Ekachakra Festival 2017
(40 photographs, 3 Mb | 8 February 2017)
Photographs of Sri Varaha Dvadasi, paran and Sri Nityananda Trayodasi adhivas
observed at Sri Ekachakra Dham in the shade of the lotus feet of His Divine
Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
Sri
Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance Day
(68 photographs, 5.4 Mb | 9 February 2017)
The most auspicious festival of the appearance day of Lord Nityananda is
observed smoothly and happily here at Sri Ekachakra Dham. We bow down at the
lotus feet of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and pray
for his causeless mercy to get the ability to appreciate and worship this day
properly.
Final Day | Sri
Ekachakra Festival 2017
(32 photographs, 2 Mb | 10 February 2017)
Taking the footdust of Sri Gurupadpadma Sri Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj, devotees slowly start leaving and yet one more annual festival at
Sri Ekachakra Dham draws to its end leaving the devotees nourished and yet
hungry for the mercy of Lord Nityananda.
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GUIDANCE 2021 (epub)
(Last update: 7 Apr. '24)

The Bliss of
Solitude
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Are you tired of the world around and feel like being alone? An educational
story told by Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur may help you curb that
desire—and all other material desires as well.
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CALENDAR FOR 02/2025
MADHAV
12 FEBRUARY (WED).
Purnima.
Sri Krishna's Madhurotsav. Appearance of Srila Narottam Thakur.
GOVINDA
15 FEBRUARY (SAT).
Krishna Tritiya.
Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Sripad Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj.
17 FEBRUARY (MON).
Krishna Panchami.
Grand Sri Sri Vyasa-puja festival in honour of the
holy appearance day of Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami
Thakur. Annual festival at Sri Gupta-Govardhan Mandir (Sri Govinda Kunda,
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip). Disappearance of Srila Purusottam
Thakur.
18 FEBRUARY (TUE).
Krishna Sasthi.
Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.
19 FEBRUARY (WED).
Krishna Saptami.
Annual three-day festival in honour of the manifestation of Sri Sri Gaura
Nityananda and Sri Sri Gandharva Govinda-sundar jiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Seva-sadan in Sri Ganga Sagar.
24 FEBRUARY (MON).
Krishna Ekadasi.
Fast on Vijaya Ekadasi.
Passing away of Sripad Krishna Govinda Das-Adhikari.
25 FEBRUARY (TUE).
Krishna Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 6:07:06–9:55:38.
27 FEBRUARY (THU).
Krishna Chaturdasi.
Sri Sri Sivaratri-vrata (optional fast).
Departure of Srimad Bhakti Nivas Bhagavat Maharaj and Sripad Yudhamanyu
Prabhu Seva-Vikram.
28 FEBRUARY (FRI).
Amavasya. Sri Sivaratri paran for those
who fasted is at 6:04:31–6:55:23. Manifestation anniversary of Sri Sada-Siva
Gangadhar on the bank of Sri Govinda Kunda at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in
Nabadwip; manifestation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gaura Radha Madan-Mohan
jiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Tarakeswar; and manifestation
anniversary of Sri Sada-Siva in Sri Kadigachha.
Gaura Pratipad (falls on the same day).
Disappearance of Vaishnav Sarvabhauma Srila
Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj, Srila Rasikananda Dev-Goswami and
Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Maharaj.
MARCH 2025
1 MARCH (SAT).
Gaura Dvitiya.
Appearance of Om Visnupad Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj.
2 MARCH (SUN).
Gaura Tritiya.
Manifestation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva
Radha-Raman-sundar at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Krishnanusilana Sangha in
Kaikhali, Kolkata.
3 MARCH (MON).
Gaura Chaturthi.
Appearance of Srila Purusottam Thakur. Departure of Sripad Tulasi Das
Das-Adhikari Prabhu.
4 MARCH (TUE).
Gaura Panchami.
Disappearance of Sriyukta Tarangini Devi.
8 MARCH (SAT).
Gaura Navami.
Adhivas festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama.
Beginning of the annual seven-day gathering and festival.
9 MARCH (SUN).
Gaura Ekadasi.
Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama begins.
Parikrama of Sri Antardwip (darsan of Sri Chaitanya Math, Sri
Nandan Acharya Bhavan, puspa-samadhi mandir of Srila A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad, Sri Yogapith, Srivas Angan, Sri
Advaita Bhavan, Sri Gadadhar Pandit Bhavan, Sri Chaitanya Math, Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad's samadhi mandir, Srila
Gaura Kisor Das Babaji Maharaj's samadhi, Sri Chad Kazi's samadhi) and
Sri Simantadwip (darsan of Sri Jagannath Mandir, Sri Sridhar
Angan).
10 MARCH (MON).
Gaura Ekadasi.
Fast on Amalaki Ekadasi.
Parikrama of Sri Simantadwip and Sri Rudradwip.
11 MARCH (TUE).
Gaura Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 5:54:28–9:29:39. Disappearance of Sripad
Madhavendra Puripad. Parikrama of Sri Koladwip: darsan of
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Vriddha Siva, Sri Prauddha MAYa, Sri
Visnupriya Devi's Deity of Sri Gauranga, the samadhi mandir of Srila
Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj.
12 MARCH (WED).
Gaura Trayodasi.
Parikrama of Sri Godrumdwip and Sri Madhyadwip: darsan of Sri
Surabhi Kunja, Svananda-sukhada Kunja, Sri Suvarna Bihar Gaudiya Math, Sri
Harihara Ksetra, Hamsa-vahan and Sri Nrisimha Palli.
13 MARCH (THU).
Gaura Chaturdasi.
Adhivas of the grand festival of Sri Gaura Purnima: the eve of Sri
Gauranga's appearance. Parikrama of Sri Koladwip, Sri Ritudwip, Sri
Jahnudwip and Sri Modadrumdwip: darsan of Sri Samudragad, Sri Sri
Gaura-Gadadhar Mandir (Sri Champahati), Vidyanagar (Sarvabhauma Gaudiya Math,
Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya's birthplace), the Deity served by Sri Saranga
Murari and Sri Vasudev Datta Thakur, Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur's appearance
place.
14 MARCH (FRI).
Purnima.
Sri Gaura Purnima: Divine appearance of Sri
Gauranga. Fast until moonrise, then no grains
(anukalpa).Vasanta-utsav and Dol Yatra of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda. Special
offering of bhoga, worship and arati at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
and all its branches worldwide, continuous reading of Sri
Chaitanya-charitamrita and a great festival of sankirtan.
Start of 539 Sri Gaurabda.
VISHNU
15 MARCH (SAT).
Krishna Pratipad.
Sri Gaura-Purnima paran is at 5:50:36–9:47:24. Anandotsav (great, joyful festival) of Sri Jagannath
Misra. A grand festival and mahaprasad distribution at Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Sri Nabadwip Dham.
19 MARCH (WED).
Krishna Panchami.
Manifestation Anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Gopinath jiu at Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Asram in Sripat Hapaniya Dham and Pancham Dol festival.
Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Saran Santa Maharaj.
22 MARCH (SAT).
Krishna Astami.
Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.
23 MARCH (SUN).
Krishna Navami.
Disappearance (tirobhav) of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Vigraha
Bhiksu Maharaj.
25 MARCH (TUE).
Krishna Ekadasi.
Fast on Papa Vimochani
Ekadasi.
26 MARCH (WED).
Krishna Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 5:39–9:41. Festival in honour of Sriman
Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival (vijay-mahotsav) at Varaha Nagar.
Disappearance of Srila Govinda Ghosh Thakur. Departure (niryan) of
Sripad Satyendrachandra Bhattacharya Mahodaya.
29 MARCH (SAT).
Amavasya.
APRIL 2025
2 APRIL (WED).
Gaura Panchami.
Appearance of Sripad Ramanuja Acharya. Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad
Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj.
4 APRIL (FRI).
Gaura Saptami.
Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj.
6 APRIL (SUN).
Gaura Navami.
Sri Rama Navami: Appearance of Lord Sri Sri
Ramachandra. Fast until noon.
8 APRIL (TUE).
Gaura Ekadasi.
Fast on Kamada Ekadasi.
9 APRIL (WED).
Gaura Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 5:25–9:34.
Festival in honour of the disappearance of Om
Visnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya Astottara-sata-sri Sri Srimad
Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Lord Krishna's Damanaka-ropana
festival.
12 APRIL (SAT).
Purnima.
Vasanta Rasa of Sri Krishna. Rasa Yatra of Sri Sri Balaram. Appearance of
Srila Vamsi-vadananda Thakur and Srila Syamananda Prabhu.
MADHUSUDAN
18 APRIL (FRI).
Krishna Panchami.
Disappearance of Srila Krishnadas Babaji Maharaj.
20 APRIL (SUN).
Krishna Saptami.
Disappearance of Srila Abhiram Thakur.
23 APRIL (WED).
Krishna Dasami.
Disappearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
24 APRIL (THU).
Krishna Ekadasi.
Fast on Varuthini Ekadasi.
Disappearance of Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu.
25 APRIL (FRI).
Krishna Dvadasi.
Ekadasi paran is at 5:13–8:08.
26 APRIL (SAT).
Gaura Trayodasi.
Manifestation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Vrindavan-chandra
jiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Uluberia.
Krishna Chaturdasi (falls on the same
day).
Festival in honour of the disappearance of Om
Visnupad Parivrajakacharya-varya Astottara-sata-sri Sri Srimad Bhakti Nirmal
Acharya Maharaj.
27 APRIL (SUN).
Amavasya.
Appearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami.
28 APRIL (MON).
Gaura Pratipad.
Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.
29 APRIL (TUE).
Gaura Dvitiya.
Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.
30 APRIL (WED).
Gaura Tritiya.
Aksaya Tritiya (an auspicious day to start some works). Beginning of the
21-day Chandan Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannathdev.
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THE TEN OFFENCES TO THE HOLY NAME:
1) Criticise sadhus, Vaishnavs
2) Consider Lord Siva and gods to be independent of Lord Krishna
3) Consider Guru to be an ordinary mortal man
4) Criticise scriptures
5) Interpret the Name with the help of a dictionary, etc.
6) Consider the Name imaginary.
7) Sin and chant to remove the sin.
8) Consider chanting equal to pious activities.
9) Instruct faithless people in chanting; inattentive chanting.
10) Remain attached to things, your body, etc.
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