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Fri, 27 May 2022
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Dvadashi. (Ekadasi paran is between at 4:56–9:21 a.m.) Appearance
of Srila Vrindavan 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."
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In honour of Sri Chaitanya-Vyas
Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur:
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~ Pranam-mantra ~
dasa-vrndavanam vande krsna-dasa-prabhum tatha
chhannavatara-chaitanya-lila-vistara-karinau
dvau nityananda-padabja-karuna-renu-bhusitau
vyakta-chchhannau budhachintyau vavande vyasa-rupinau
sri-guru-gaura-gandharva-govindas cha ganaih saha
jayanti pathakas chatra sarvesam karunarthinah
"I offer my obeisances to Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur and Srila
Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami, who made public the pastimes of the hidden
avatar, Sri Chaitanya. They were both adorned with the mercy-dust of
the lotus feet of Nityananda. I offer my obeisances to these two
inconceivable sages who assumed the form of Vyasadeva, one—explicitly
(Vrindavan Das Thakur), another—hiddenly (Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami).
Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda and Their associates
are ever victorious and we, the students, pray for Their
mercy."
(Composed by Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
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Srila Vrindavan
Das Thakur
His holy birthplace (Mamgachhi), his holy Deities (Sri Sri Gaura Nitai), his
holy pastimes place (haritaki tree), and his holy samadhi
(Denur)...
Land of Childhood Pastimes of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur
[From Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-Mukta-Mala]
An extensive chapter about the pastimes and glory of Srila Vrindavan Das
Thakur and two special profound dedicated articles presented in the book from
the previous publications of our Math.
Under a Haritaki Tree
"Vrindavan Das Thakur's mother's name is Narayani, and she was a niece of
Srivas Pandit. Mahaprabhu always held kirtans in the house of Srivas Pandit,
and Narayani lived in that same house. When she was very little, she got
Mahaprabhu's mercy..."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 8 min | 31 December 2012)
Clasping Nityananda
Prabhu's Feet
"Nityananda is nondifferent from Guru-tattva: without mercy of the Guru you
cannot get the mercy of Krishna. When will Nityananda Prabhu give me some
mercy? When will He be compassionate to me and relieve me from the mundane
illusion?"
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Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min | 20 October 2015)
Vrindavan Das
Thakur: A Life of Chastity
"Vrindavan Das Thakur is a disciple of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu and is the
main servitor of Nityananda Prabhu. He has so much chastity for Him..."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 5 min | 18 May 2015)
Composed by Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur:
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SONG:
Nitai amara dayara avadhi |
নিতাই আমার দয়ার অবধি
"O brothers! My Lord Nitai's mercy is limitless! Bestowing His mercy upon
the souls of this world He wanders from place to place perpetually offering
the great treasure of ecstatic spiritual love to all."
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SONG:
Bimala hema-jini |
বিমল হেমজিনি
"His spotless figure defeats pure gold! Various flowers garlands adorn Him highlighting His beauty, and, in His ecstatic thrill, the hairs on His body standing erect defeat the stamens of kadamba flowers! His body is covered with drops of perspiration..."
Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
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SONG:
Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর
"O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. O saviour of the
fallen, without you there is no one. In every birth I aspire for the dust of
your feet."
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SONG:
Ohe Vaisnava
Thakura |
(ওহে) বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর
"O worshippable Vaishnav, ocean of grace, be merciful to this servant.
Give me the shade of your feet and purify me. I clasp your feet. You can give
Krishna, you have that power. Calling, 'Krishna!' 'Krishna!', I run after
you."
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SONG:
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, you see no fault in others, you are the saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!"
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SONG:
Dhana mora nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ
"The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath, Vaishnavs'
name is the water oblation. My mind is intently fixed upon the remnants of
Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the name of Vaishnavs."
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Thu, 26 May 2022 (Sri Apara Ekadasi)
Attachment to Sadhus
"It is said in the scriptures that a cloudy day is not a bad day. What day is
a bad day? A bad day is the day when we do not get to hear about the Lord.
Serve Radha Krishna in your mind; do not gossip or engage in idle talks. For
this, you need to take good association."
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
"May our
pilgrimage be successful"
"Actually, we are going to Dvaraka to learn something about the pastimes of
Krishna. If we are fortunate, by Krishna's mercy, we can get the
darshan of this place. We pray to Gurudev and to the Lord that our
pilgrimage may be successful."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | 31 October 2018)
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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.
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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:
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"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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Wed, 25 May 2022
Remembering Pastimes
"All these pastimes are written in the book Sri Nabadwip Dham
Mahatmya-Mukta-Mala. When we go on Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama, we
also go to the house of Sri Sridhar Prabhu. The pastimes at that place are
very, very beautiful..."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.1 Mb, 3 min | 13 February 2021 | Bengali)
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
En Route to
Dvaraka
"I am speaking now from the train because this is an almost three-day journey
from Kolkata to Dvaraka. I myself have never actually been to Dvaraka, but
this year devotees told me, 'Maharaj, we want to go to Dvaraka with you,'
that is why we have arranged some programme and going there now with more
than two hundred devotees; but our main spiritual things, our target is
always Vrindavan and Govardhan."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.5 Mb, 10 min | 31 October 2018)
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Tue, 24 May 2022
Remembering
Saranga Murari
"If we do not listen to these pastimes and glories of the holy abode, then
how do you do a parikrama? Who will tell you these things if you go to
Mayapur by bus? Another place we go to during Sri Nabadwip Dham
parikrama is Mamgachhi, and the place I want to tell you about is
visited just before Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur's birthplace."
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Pure Principles
"Mahaprabhu is the Lord Himself, but He served others and practised Krishna
consciousness strictly—He preached very strictly and followed all rules and
regulations very strictly. We should learn from our Gurudev, we should
learn from our Guru-varga."
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Navami. Disappearance of Sripad Santosh Krishna Das-Adhikari
Prabhu.
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."
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In honour of Sripad Santosh
Krishna Das-Adhikari Prabhu:
"Many do not know about the service of late Sripad Santosh Krishna Prabhu
and he himself also during his life often said that he had not been able to
become even an insignificant servant of the Math; but seeing how strong was
his attachment to the interest of the Math in the many small services he did,
it puts us to shame now. He never once even saw the accounts of his material
property; neither did he ever try to increase his wealth even by a cent; but
it is inconceivable how much this person tried, with heart and soul, to
collect and beg for the Math. Nobody ordered him, nobody encouraged him—he
took care of the Math's various paraphernalia like an expert householder of
his own accord, he would be always seen very busy with all kinds of works of
the Math; at the same time, he never once gave anyone even a slightest hint
of the service and works he was doing. Some of us help the Math's preaching
with some money, etc., give physical labour, but if we do not see any mention
about us in a newspaper column, at the preachers' assembly at a holy dham, or
in an eulogy written by Sri Guru and Vaishnavs, then we decide, 'There is no
use serving the Math. They are prejudiced. They do not praise me, do not give
me 'jay', so I better rough it at home than waste time, money and life for
the interest of the Math.' However, the great soul who we have mentioned
before, gave so much money for the service of 'Jayasri', continuously toiling
as a low menial worker—it is impossible to mention everything. However, he
never once said anything that would give a slightest hint that he wanted to
see his praise in a newspaper column or even more so to see his name included
in the Math's Calendar; but we have seen that his effort to look after the
interests of the Math was gradually making him great."
(Om Vishnupad
Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj, Guidance, Volume 3)
On
passing away of Sripad Santosh Prabhu
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj's
written statement addressing the worldwide devotee community in relation to
the passing away of Sripad Santosh Krishna Prabhu, written on 2 June
2016.
Photo Album: In
Honour of Sripad Santosh Prabhu
(45 photographs, 5.3 Mb)
A dedicated photo album prepared in memory and honour of Sripad Santosh
Krishna Prabhu whose glories devotees remember and worship today all over the
world.
Gaudiya Darshan:
The Wonderful Nature of
the Vaisnava
"There is no doubt that our Guru is supreme in our life, but the Vaisnava is
also not less than that. The Vaisnava can give us Krsna. Guru always lives on
a higher level of honour, but the Vaisnava is the general helper for the
conditioned soul. The Vaisnava's position is very merciful for the
conditioned soul. The Vaisnavas also very affectionately try to help each
other..." >>>
Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
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SONG:
Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর
"O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. O saviour of the
fallen, without you there is no one. In every birth I aspire for the dust of
your feet."
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SONG:
Ohe Vaisnava
Thakura |
(ওহে) বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর
"O worshippable Vaishnav, ocean of grace, be merciful to this servant.
Give me the shade of your feet and purify me. I clasp your feet. You can give
Krishna, you have that power. Calling, 'Krishna!' 'Krishna!', I run after
you."
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SONG:
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, you see no fault in others, you are the saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!"
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SONG:
Dhana mora nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ
"The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath, Vaishnavs'
name is the water oblation. My mind is intently fixed upon the remnants of
Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the name of Vaishnavs."
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SONG:
Ye
anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"Where has Advaita Acharya gone? Where are my Svarup, Rupa, Sanatan? Where
is my Raghunath? Where are the saviours of the fallen souls?"
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Mon, 23 May 2022
Remembering
Chapahati
"We have very little time today, I will speak more at the evening class, but
now I will tell you two stories. When we go to Sri Nabadwip Dham
parikrama, we go to Chapahati on the last day. So, I want to tell you
two pastimes, one in Chapahati, and the other one is Mamgachhi. This is the
first story..."
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Surrendered
Soul's Stance
"It is not necessary to be a pujari—if we can become a dog of the
Deities, that is sufficient for us. You can tie me and keep me near You, and
I will not allow anybody who is against You to come close to You without Your
permission. That will be my duty. I will honour the remnants of Your dearmost
devotees."
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Sun, 22 May 2022
Pure Name
Comes from Pure Heart
"It is necessary to chant the Holy Name giving up offences! Chanting all the
'social' kirtans is no use. I have told you before: I have not come
here to chant kirtans, I have come to make you chant
kirtans."
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Honest Surrender
"Surrender comes through faith, and it is the most important thing for our
spiritual life. When you surrender fully, do not take anything on your
shoulder—give everything to your Guru, to your Lord—then you will see how
happy you will be if you do that."
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Sat, 21 May 2022
Devotional Substance
"If you do something avoiding the Lord, if you take something without
offering it to the Lord, it will be stealing. Do you think that if you give
something to the Lord, He will take it all away? You worship the Ganges with
the Ganges water!"
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Beyond Ego and
Prejudice
"We pray all the devotees of Chaitanya Saraswat Math will come again. I know
some are a little disheartened, some want to stay alone, some live in a
family as householders, but we do not look who is a householder, who is a
brahmachari, who is a sannyasi."
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Fri, 20 May 2022
Devotional Ingenuity
"Krishna said, 'I do not know anyone except My devotees, and My devotees also
do not know anyone except Me.' When devotees cook, they always think about
their Gurudev. You must serve your Guru and Vaishnavs extracting and smearing
mellows of deep love from your heart."
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Maintaining
Legacy
"There are certain things that have to be maintained and that are necessary
for a practitioner's life, and you must follow these things properly. I am
happy with all the devotees and I am trying to keep the Mission of Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math as it was before."
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Ray.
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."
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In honour of Srila Ramananda Ray Prabhu:
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sri-svarupa-raya-sanga-gambhirantya-lilanam
dvadasabda-vahni-garbha-vipralambha-silanam
radhikadhirudha-bhava-kanti-krsna-kunjaram
prema-dhama-devam eva naumi gaura-sundaram
Diving deep into the reality of His own beauty and sweetness, Lord Govinda
stole the mood of Radharani and, garbing Himself in Her brilliant luster,
appeared as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. For the last twelve years of His
manifest Pastimes He was deeply absorbed in union and separation, and He
shared His heart's inner feelings with His most confidential devotees such as
Swarupa Damodara and Ramananda Ray. Volcanic eruptions of ecstasy flowed
from the heart of Sri Gauranga in the agony of separation from Krishna. This
Golden Lord, who appeared like an intoxicated elephant, is none other than
Lord Govinda. I offer my obeisances to that beautiful Golden Lord,
Gaurangasundar, the divine form of Krishna prema.
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Sri Ramananda Ray Prabhu
[By His Divine Grace Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj]
"Ramananda Ray was very strong and a very good administrator. He controlled
the whole situation and the whole atmosphere after Mahaprabhu's disappearance
and gave full nourishment to the devotees. Ramananda Ray stayed alive until
finally, today, when everything had become peaceful and settled, he also
disappeared..."
Visiting Sri Godavari (Kovvur)
(5 January 2019 | 37 photographs, 3.5 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj visits Sri
Ramananda Gaudiya Math and the holy bank of Sri Godavari River on the third
day of his South Indian preaching tour. There, His Divine Grace graces the
fortunate souls with the extensive narrations of exclusive pastimes of Raya
Ramananda and Sriman Mahaprabhu.
Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur
(Godavari): Part One
"We are very fortunate to be able to come here for the first time, to be able
to visit this place. I have no qualification, I am a very fallen soul, but by
the mercy of devotees, I have come here with you all and I can pay obeisance
such a great place as this..."
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Hari-Katha in Sri
Kovvur (Godavari): Part Two
"Today we are briefly reading the chapter that describes the meeting of Raya
Ramananda and Mahaprabhu. Listen to it properly, it is the highest
conception. 'Mahaprabhu was bathing and chanting the Holy Name, and at that
time Ramananda Ray came—he came very gorgeously, with a band and party.'"
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur
(Godavari): Part Three
"Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu then embraced Sri Ramananda Ray very firmly. Their
natural love for each other was awakened in them both, and they embraced and
fell to the ground."
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur
(Godavari): Sri Ramananda Sambad
"Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ordered Ramananda Ray, 'Recite a verse from the
revealed scriptures concerning the ultimate goal of life.' Ramananda replied,
'Devotion to the Lord is the execution of the prescribed duties of one's
social position'..."
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur
(Godavari): Sri Ramananda Ray's Answers
"Later, Mahaprabhu again met with Ramananda Ray, and this time Mahaprabhu
asked questions and Ramananda Ray gave answers... In the end, Ramananda Ray
said, 'My dear Lord, please give up all these serious talks. Please do not
conceal Your real form from me.'"
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Hari-Katha in Sri Kovvur
(Godavari): Sri Ramananda Ray's Expertise
"Later, when Ramananda Ray stayed in Puri, one day a brahman named
Pradyumna Misra came to Mahaprabhu and asked Him if he could hear
Krishna-katha from Him. Mahaprabhu replied, 'I do not know Krishna-katha. Go
to Ramananda Ray...'"
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At Ramananda Ray's
Garden
"Pradyumna Misra came to Mahaprabhu and asked, 'Prabhu, can You speak some
Krishna-katha?' Mahaprabhu replied, 'I do not know so much, but Ramananda Ray
knows more than Me...'"
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Chapter 16:
Reality
the Beautiful
[From Search for Sri Krishna, Reality
the Beautiful]
Ramananda Raya was a married man, but he was recognized by Sri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu as a master of his senses to the extreme degree. Once a brahmana
priest named Pradyumna Misra came to Mahaprabhu and told Him, 'I would like
to hear about Krishna from Your lips'..."
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SONG:
Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর
"O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. O saviour of the
fallen, without you there is no one. In every birth I aspire for the dust of
your feet."
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SONG:
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! It is not possible to conquer maya by engaging in
maya. I see no other way to get relief except for the mercy of sadhus."
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SONG:
Ohe Vaisnava
Thakura |
(ওহে) বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর
"O worshippable Vaishnav, ocean of grace, be merciful to this servant.
Give me the shade of your feet and purify me. I clasp your feet. You can give
Krishna, you have that power. Calling, 'Krishna!' 'Krishna!', I run after
you."
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SONG:
Ye
anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"Where has Advaita Acharya gone? Where are my Svarup, Rupa, Sanatan? Where
is my Raghunath? Where are the saviours of the fallen souls?"
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Thu, 19 May 2022
Heartfelt Prayers
"I have no strength, I have no intelligence, I am very poor! Please hijack
me! Please give me strength so that I may be able to tolerate everything. I
do not want any honour or respect to myself. I want to give honour to
everyone. Please give me such strength. It is necessary to always chant
kirtans in this way."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | 12 February 2021 | Bengali)
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Establishing
Faith
"Krishna gave us this human body to serve, to come to Krishna consciousness,
to chant the Holy Name of the Lord, to serve to Gurudev and to be established
in our faith in our Gurudev and all the Vaishnavs. If you have faith, then
the strongest faith is necessary."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.9 Mb, 6 min | 26 October 2018)
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Wed, 18 May 2022
Vaishnavs' Nature
"People become pure by touching the Ganges, but one can become pure just by
getting the darsan of a Vaishnav. Who is a Vaishnav? One who dresses
as a Vaishnav, wears tilaks and neckbeads and chants on beads? Vaishnavs are
those who practise Vaishnavism. Always remember this."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.5 Mb, 9 min | 12 February 2021 |
Bengali & Kirtan)
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Siksastakam
"We are singing the Siksastakam songs every day [in Kartik month].
Mahaprabhu is Radha-Krishna's combined form and Siksastakam is His
teaching. It is very nice. We must practise these songs."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.1 Mb, 7 min | 25 October 2018)
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Tue, 17 May 2022
Remembering Sri Ekachakra Dham (2)
"There are so many pastimes and glories of Nityananda Prabhu. Nityananda
Prabhu stayed at Srivas Pandit's house. At that time, Srivas Pandit's spouse
Malini Devi must have been about seventy years old, and Nityananda Prabhu
called her 'Mother'..."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.4 Mb, 9 min | 12 February 2021 | Bengali & Kirtan)
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Damodarastakam
"We sing Damodarastakam about the pastimes of the Lord written by
Satyavrata Muni every Kartik month. That is a very important song in our
spiritual life."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.3 Mb, 7 min | 25 October 2018)
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga
Goswami Maharaj (a great prominent disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad, and a sannyas disciple of Srila Bhakti Raksak
Sridhar Dev-Goswami 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."
"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."
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In honour of Srila Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj:
divyam dirgha-bhujaravinda-nayanam sarasvatam sundaram
tejo-dipta-vapur budhaika-suhrdam karbura-garvapaham
pasandasura-chanda-danda-dalanam dambhadri-dambholikam
vande vandya-kulabja-bhaskara-vibhum saranga-gosvaminam
"I offer my obeisance unto the beautiful follower of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Thakur, Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj. He has a radiant
form, long arms, and lotus eyes. He crushes the pride of the wicked and
squashes the cruel oppression of the heretics and demons. He is like a
thunderbolt on the mountain of hypocrisy. He is the sole friend of the
intelligentsia and a shining sun above the lotus of the aristocracy."
(Composed by Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
Reviving
Srila Prabhupad's Preaching
"...At that time Srila Sridhar Maharaj decided to go to Vrindavan and do
bhajan, but when he got some akash dhvani, "What did I give you sannyas
for? For your own self?" he hurried away from Vrindavan..."
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The Root of Our
Fortune
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj came in this world to rescue us, and he
created our Guru—by his grace we have got shelter of our bona fide
Guru. So, we must worship his lotus feet."
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Godbrothers'
Bond
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj tells about
the close and reverent relationship that Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar
Dev-Goswami Maharaj had with his godbrothers, Srila Bhakti Saranga Goswami
Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj, and Srila Krishna Das Babaji
Maharaj.
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Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 4 min | 19 September 2009)
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SONG:
Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর
"O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. O saviour of the
fallen, without you there is no one. In every birth I aspire for the dust of
your feet."
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SONG:
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! It is not possible to conquer maya by engaging in
maya. I see no other way to get relief except for the mercy of sadhus."
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SONG:
Ohe Vaisnava
Thakura |
(ওহে) বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর
"O worshippable Vaishnav, ocean of grace, be merciful to this servant.
Give me the shade of your feet and purify me. I clasp your feet. You can give
Krishna, you have that power. Calling, 'Krishna!' 'Krishna!', I run after
you."
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SONG:
Ye
anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"Where has Advaita Acharya gone? Where are my Svarup, Rupa, Sanatan? Where
is my Raghunath? Where are the saviours of the fallen souls?"
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Devotion
Conquers—
Ego Repels
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Kaliya-daman Lila, Saubhari Muni, Sudama Vipra, the sun, a vessel, a drum, a pig,
and a drop of water—all these are woven together to guide us towards perfect
devotion.
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Sri Sri
Prema-Vivarta
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“The Lord bestows greater mercy upon the humble, and pride and humility
do not co-exist.”
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CALENDAR FOR 05/2022
24 May (Tue).
Krishna Navami.
Disappearance of Sripad Santosh Krishna Das Adhikari Prabhu.
26 May (Thu).
Krishna Ekadasi.
Apara Ekadasi.
27 May (Fri).
Krishna Dvadasi. Paran is at 4:56–9:21.
Appearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
31 May (Tue).
Gaura Pratipad.
Temple Anniversary: Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Dum Dum
Park, Kolkata (installation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Madan
Mohan jiu).
CALENDAR FOR 06/2022
3 June (Fri).
Gaura Chaturthi.
Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Gaurava Giri Maharaj (Sripad Paramananda
Vidyaratna Prabhu).
9 June (Thu).
Gaura Dasami.
Dashahara.
Sri Ganga Puja.
Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini.
Disappearance of Srila Baladev Vidyabhushan Prabhu.
10 June (Fri).
Gaura Ekadasi.
Nirjal Ekadasi.
11 June (Sat).
Gaura Dvadasi. Paran is at 7:07–7:23.
12 June (Sun).
Gaura Trayodasi.
Sri Chida-dahi Danda Mahotsav: Festival of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami at
Sripat Panihati.
14 June (Tue).
Purnima.
Snan Yatra (bathing) of Sri Jagannathdev.
Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta.
Disappearance of Srila Sridhar Pandit.
15 June (Wed).
Krishna Pratipad.
Disappearance of Srila Shyamananda Prabhu. Disappearance of Sripad
Rishabdev Das Adhikari.
16 June (Thu).
Krishna Dvitiya.
Disappearance of Sri Gaurahari Bhakti Sampad Prabhu.
19 June (Sun).
Krishna Panchami.
Appearance of Srila Vakreshvar Pandit.
24 June (Fri).
Krishna Ekadasi.
Yogini Ekadasi.
Disappearance of Sriyukta Rama Devi.
25 June (Sat).
Krishna Dvadasi. Paran is at 7:24–9:26.
29 June (Wed).
Amavasya.
Disappearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit.
Disappearance of Srila Sachchidananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur.
30 June (Thu).
Gaura Pratipad.
Gundicha Marjan: cleaning at the Gundicha Temple at
Sri Puri Dham, and cleaning of all Temples of the Lord.
JULY 2022
1 July (Fri).
Gaura Dvitiya.
Ratha Yatra of Sri Jagannathdev.
Disappearance of Srila Svarup Damodar Goswami Prabhu.
4 July (Mon).
Gaura Panchami.
Hera Panchami. Sri Sri Laksmi Vijay.
7 July (Thu).
Gaura Astami.
Disappearance of Sripad Ajita Krishna Brahmachari.
9 July (Sat).
Gaura Dasami.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.
Disappearance of Sriyukta Krishnamayi Devi.
Punar Yatra of Sri Jagannathdev (Return of the Chariots).
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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'Sri Guru is an ocean of mercy and the friend of the fallen. He is the lord and life of all people. O master! Be merciful. Give me the shade of your feet. This fallen soul has taken shelter of you.'
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শ্রীগুরুচরণ-পদ্ম |
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"HUMILITY, TOLERANCE, GIVING HONOUR TO OTHERS | HUMILITY, TOLERANCE, GIVING HONOUR TO OTHERS"
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