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Our Disciplic Succession:
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"The Sun Never Sets on Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math":
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Sat, 25 March 2023
Examine Yourself
'There is one more thing that I tell you all the time. You must remember
this. We chant the Holy Name so much, but why are we not getting the result?
Even if you chant the Holy Name and hear about the Lord for millions of
lifetimes, you will not get the Lord. Why?'
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Practical
Choice
"(1) We cannot stop our spiritual practice. Otherwise
time will pass and our life will finish while we are waiting for all the
problems to go away. (2) Gurudev always thinks in a
practical way—the worship of Radha-Krishna is very high, but the worship of
Nitai Gaurachandra is simpler."
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2020)
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Fri, 24 March 2023
Power of
Sambandha-Jnana
'King Chitraketu had many subjects and queens, he had much wealth, but he was
not happy inside. Angira Rishi thought, "If I try to give him some good
advice, it will not enter his ears because he wants a son. No matter what I
tell him, he will only want to have a son."'
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Download / listen to the audio (35.7 Mb, 75 min | Bengali & Kirtan | 21 February 2020)
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Keep
Yourself Busy With Service
"You may have seen something, but it is not necessary to broadcast these
things. This is called gramya-katha and prajalpa. This is not
good for any devotee. Actually, devotees are always busy with their service,
when will they get time for all this? Do not waste your time on others'
faults."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.5 Mb, 6 min | 20 December
2020)
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Thu, 23 March 2023
Undiluted
Spiritual Life
'We must live following the proper line. The more you increase material
wealth, the more ego you will have. You keep thinking, 'What must I do?',
'What must I do?' and a lot of problems will come. One time, somebody gave
one rupee to Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj...'
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Download / listen to the audio (35.7 Mb, 75 min | Bengali & Kirtan | 21 February 2020)
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Preaching
Plan and Programme
"I have been attending some programmes before Gurudev's appearance day and I
will have more programmes after the festival. I want to make an assembly Sri
Dham Pracharani Sobha dedicated to the preaching of the glorification of Sri
Nabadwip Dham, guru-varga, as well as the glory and teachings of Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This is my view and my idea."
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2020)
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Wed, 22 March 2023
Pillars of
Spiritual Life
'One time, somebody asked Srila Prabhupad, "You have so many followers, are
they all your disciples?" Srila Prabhupad replied, "No. Not everybody who is
here is my disciple." Disciples are those who can take chastisement: who can
place it on their heads and mould themselves accordingly. The others are not
disciples. What is called a spiritual life? Srila Prabhupad explains it
also.'
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Sincerity and Chastity
[An extensive discourse of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj, spoken on 13 March 2007]
"We will follow what our Guru Maharaj follows. We do not want to know who
is good, who is bad, who is better, who is worse. It is not necessary to
criticise others. We will only be chaste to our Guru Maharaj, and we will
follow our Guru Maharaj's conception. This is the best."
Plane of
Adherence
"Always leave everything to the Lord—whatever His desire is, that will
happen. No one can stop it. It is not necessary to be afraid. If we surrender
ourselves to the Guru, to the Lord, then we will have no problem."
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Tue, 21 March 2023
How to Capture the
Lord
'Among the sixty-four limbs of devotion, there are five main practices, and
among those five main practices, there are two main: sravan and
kirtan. Many people think that they want to practise on their own –
they want to go to Vrindavan or Prayag, practise there and go to the Lord.
But it is necessary to rescue the jivas of this world also!'
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Perfect Time
For Preaching
"It is necessary to practise. Always practise Krishna consciousness, always
remember the Absolute. Everything has its proper time and it is necessary to
do things in good time. In this world, people say that the young age is for
enjoyment, but this is completely incorrect. If you do not try to preach and
practise from your young age, what will become of you in your old age?"
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2020)
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Mon, 20 March 2023
Where Is Substance?
'It is necessary to make some effort. You must want it, then you will get
mercy – until and unless you have a strong desire to get the mercy of the
Lord, you will not get it. It is necessary to have desire, and it is
necessary to try.'
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
'You Are My All-In-All'
"Everybody should remember Gurudev's appearance day, always think about it
every day. When Gurudev left this world, I thought my head, shoulders,
everything was gone, I was like a doll, or a statue, but when I see you all,
I get back my life, my heart, etc."
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2020)
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Sun, 19 March 2023
Essential
Admonition
'We chant the Holy Name a lot, but if you keep pouring water into a glass and
see that it does not become full, it means there are some holes, and all the
water is flowing out. We chant so much, we do so many things, but why is
nothing happening to us?'
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Dvadasi. Ekadasi paran is at 5:46:53–5:55:44. Festival in honour of
Sriman Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival (vijay-mahotsav) at Varaha Nagar.
Disappearance of Srila Govinda Ghosh Thakur. Departure of Sripad
Satyendrachandra Bhattacharya Mahodaya.
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."
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Sober Interaction
"If you follow our guru-varga, then 'sweet relationship' means you
sometimes talk with others, but you talk for service. Except for
Krishna-katha, everything else is nonsense talks. So, it will be better if
you talk with others only about Krishna-katha. Try to avoid other kinds of
relationship, it will be good for you, good for everybody also."
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শ্রীগৌড়ীয়-পর্ব্ব-তালিকা (১৪২৯–১৪৩০) [Bengali]
SRI GAUDIYA CALENDAR FOR 2023–2024 [English]
The calendar of auspicious days, festivals and fasting celebrated and
observed at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math for the following year (Sri Gaurabda
537–538, or 2023–2024) is now available online. It can be viewed online and
downloaded on mobile phones and tablets and as an illustrated
brochure (see the links below or in the Calendar section).
His Divine Grace instructs: "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."

English (16 Mb, Updated 8 Mar 2023) |
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Calendar for the next year, prepared by His Divine Grace
Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj for Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math devotees worldwide (based on P.M. Bagchi calculations, as followed by
our guru-varga). Presenting it today as a downloadable electronic PDF
booklet in English and Bengali. |
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Bengali (14 Mb) |
EKADASI LISTS:
English |
Bengali.
FOR MOBILE PHONES / TABLETS:
.ics File (Apple, Android) |
Google Calendar.
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Discard Your Mind
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'Whether happiness comes or sadness comes, it is the same; whether your enemy
comes or your friend comes it is also the same. It is not even necessary to
think who is your enemy and who is your friend.'
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CALENDAR FOR 03/2023
VISHNU
21 March (Tue). Amavasya.
26 March (Sun). Gaura Panchami.
Appearance of Sripad Ramanuja Acharya. Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad
Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj.
28 March (Tue). Gaura Saptami.
Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj.
30 March (Thu). Gaura Navami.
Sri Rama Navami: Appearance of Lord Sri Sri Ramachandra. Fast until noon.
APRIL 2023
1 April (Sat). Gaura Ekadasi.
No fast.
2 April (Sun). Gaura Dvadasi.
Fast on Vyanjuli Mahadvadasi. 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.
3 April (Mon). Gaura Dvadasi.
Vyanjuli Mahadvadasi paran is at 5:32:18–6:13:45.
6 April (Thu). Purnima. Vasanta
Rasa of Sri Krishna. Rasa Yatra of Sri Sri Balaram. Appearance of Srila
Vamsi-vadananda Thakur and Srila Syamananda Prabhu.
MADHUSUDAN
11 April (Tue). Krishna
Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Krishnadas Babaji Maharaj.
12 April (Wed). Krishna
Saptami. Disappearance of Srila Abhiram Thakur.
15 April (Sat). Krishna Dasami.
Disappearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
16 April (Sun). Krishna
Ekadasi. Fast on Varuthini Ekadasi.
Disappearance of Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu.
17 April (Mon). Krishna
Dvadasi. Ekadasi paran is at 5:19:08–9:30:42.
18 April (Tue). Gaura
Trayodasi. Manifestation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha
Vrindavan-chandra jiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Uluberia.
19 April (Wed). Krishna
Chaturdasi. Festival in honour of the disappearance
of Om Visnupad Parivrajakacharya-varya Astottara-sata-sri Sri Srimad Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
FULL CALENDAR >>
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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