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Sat, 21 December 2024
My Mission
'I am not part of some hired kirtan party – I am not coming here on
any contract. I am not coming to sing lila-kirtans or
pala-kirtans. I come here to say a few words for your spiritual
benefit – I come here to tell you who you are, why you have come to this
world, and what is the purpose of human life.'
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Fri, 20 December 2024
Your
Necessity and Interest
'We waste our whole lives thinking about our bodies. We never, not even once
think about our own benefit, our own interest. "Our own interest" means that
we must understand what is necessary for our souls. We think that we
need food, clothes, medicine and other things, but this is all related to the
body – we never think what is necessary for our actual selves.'
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Thu, 19 December 2024 (Disappearance of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)
Service,
Submission and Purity
'Krishna's thirst for enjoyment is unlimited, that is why He wants to enjoy
together with everyone. But how much is your capacity to enjoy? Although
Krishna can enjoy in an unlimited way through His senses, you cannot offer
Him dirty things. It is necessary to remove shortcomings, otherwise one
cannot enter Vaikuntha and be used for service.'
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Download / listen to the audio (38 Mb, 78 min | 13 December
2019)
Blessings and Guidance of Srila Prabhupad (spoken at the time of his
departure)
'I have caused anxiety to many people because I was bound to tell the truth
candidly; because I have told to practise Krishna consciousness without
deceit, many people may even consider me their enemy. To become eager to
sincerely serve Lord Krishna, leaving all other desires and deceit, I have
caused various anxiety to many people. Some day or another they will
understand what I am saying.'
শ্রীল
প্রভুপাদের অপ্রকট-কালীন আশীর্ব্বাণী
"আমি বহু লোককে উদ্বেগ দিয়েছি, অকৈতব সত্য কথা বলতে বাধ্য হয়েছি বলে, নিষ্কপটে
হরি-ভজন করতে বলেছি বলে অনেক লোক হয় ত’ আমাকে শত্রুও মনে করেছেন । অন্যাভিলাষ ও
কপটতা ছেড়ে নিষ্কপটে কৃষ্ণ-সেবায় উন্মুখ হবার জন্যই আমি অনেক লোককে নানাপ্রকার
উদ্বেগ দিয়েছি । এ কথা তাঁ’রা কোনও না কোনও দিন বুঝতে পারবেন ।"
Love for
Gaudiya
[by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad]
"We pray that your practice, behaviour, language, taste, moral regulations
and religious faith become aligned with the precepts of Gaudiya. Please
gradually give up non-gaudiya elements within your Gaudiya identity and show
the ideal of Gaudiya to the entire world. May you not mutilate the paramount
ideal of the Gaudiya precepts by coveting to participate in that which is not
Gaudiya."
গৌড়ীয়ে
প্রীতি
(ভগবান ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তিসিদ্ধান্ত সরস্বতী
ঠাকুর প্রভুপাদের হরি-কথামৃত)
"গৌড়ীয় ভাষার পাঠক, গৌড়-দেশের অধিবাসি, তোমাদিগের আচার, ব্যবহার, ভাষা, রুচি,
নীতি ও ধর্ম্মবিশ্বাস গৌড়ীয়ের মত হওয়াই প্রার্থনীয় । তোমাদের গৌড়ীয় পরিচয়ে যাহা
কিছু অগৌড়ীয়ের মত আছে বা হ’তে চলিয়াছে, তাহা ক্রমশঃ পরিহার করিয়া গৌড়ীয়ের আদর্শ
সমগ্রজগতের দেখ্বার মত কর ।"
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Chaturthi. Festival in honour of the disappearance of Bhagavan Sri
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad.
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. If you remember the glories of Vaishnavs, if you speak about the glories of Vaishnavs, they can rescue you from all kinds of material bondage. We have heard a hundred times that if we glorify Vaishnavs, it gives great benefit, but even though we have heard it a thousand times, how much are we able to glorify Vaishnavs from our heart? How much can we serve Vaishnavs with heart and soul? This is the question."
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Wed, 18 December 2024
Spiritual
Progress
'Even honouring prasad and taking rest can help you progress in your
spiritual life. It is also necessary to rest, to sleep, to take
prasad, and so on. All these things are necessary, too. You cannot
omit anything. We are not told to become yogis or false
renunciates.'
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Download / listen to the audio (38 Mb, 78 min | 13 December
2019)
Today in the calendar: Krishna Tritiya. Festivals at Bamunpara and Nadan Ghat, the places of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's appearance and youth pastimes.
"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."
Memorable Day
In Bamunpara
"One morning Gurudev went to Bamunpara. Only Gurudev, his driver, me, and
Gurudev's servant who cooked for him, went at that time. That day, Gurudev
showed me that place in Bamunpara where Mahaprabhu passed after taking
sannyas..."
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SONG:
Gopinath |
গোপীনাথ
"O Gopinath, is this Your judgement? Seeing me averse to You, You abandon
Your servant and do not grant him even a trace of mercy? O Gopinath, sit down
in my heart, subdue my mind, and bring me towards You!"
Sri Bamunpara
Temple (201 photographs, 7.5 Mb)
A dedicated photo album of Sri Bamunpara Temple, the holy birthplace
of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, manifest by
the mercy and energy of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
Sri
Bamunpara Pilgrimage (36 photographs, 3.1 Mb)
Photographs taken today as His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal
Acharya Maharaj takes the devotees to the holy Sri Nandan Ghat and Sripat
Bamunpara Dham.
Sri
Bamunpara Pilgrimage (2014) (56 photos, 7.8 Mb)
Every year, on the day following the Vyasa Puja of Srila B.S. Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj, devotees come to Sri Bamunpara, the birth place of His
Divine Grace, Nadan Ghat, the place of Srila Gurudev's childhood pastimes, as
well as the nearby Sri Haritaki tree and Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur's
house.
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GUIDANCE 2021 (epub)
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CALENDAR FOR 12/2024
DAMODAR
26 DECEMBER (THU). Krishna Ekadasi. Fast on Saphala Ekadasi. Disappearance of Srila Devananda Pandit and Srimad Bhakti Prakas Aranya Maharaj.
27 DECEMBER (FRI). Krishna Dvadasi. Ekadasi paran is at 6:20:54–9:52:08. Disappearance of Sripad Bhakti Bhudev Srauti Maharaj.
28 DECEMBER (SUN). Krishna Trayodasi. Disappearance of Srila Mahesh Pandit and Srila Uddharan Datta Thakur.
30 DECEMBER (MON). Amavasya.
31 DECEMBER (TUE). Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.
JANUARY 2025
2 JANUARY (THU). Gaura Tritiya. Disappearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu and Srila Jagadis Pandit.
10 JANUARY (FRI). Gaura Ekadasi. Fast on Putrada Ekadasi. Appearance of Srila Jagadis Pandit.
11 JANUARY (SAT). Gaura Dvadasi. Ekadasi paran is at 6:24:10–7:42:48.
13 JANUARY (MON). Purnima. Pusyabhisek Yatra of Sri Krishna. Departure of Sripad Bhakti Saran Vaisnav Maharaj.
MADHAV
14 JANUARY (TUE). Krishna Pratipad. Makar Sankranti. Remembering Sriman Mahaprabhu's pastime of leaving home.
15 JANUARY (WED). Krishna Dvitiya. Sriman Mahaprabhu takes sannyas. A three-day remembrance festival in honour of Sriman Mahaprabhu's sannyas-lila.
16 JANUARY (THU). Krishna Tritiya. Appearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu and disappearance of Srila Ramachandra Kaviraj.
17 JANUARY (FRI). Krishna Chaturthi. Disappearance of Sripad Yadavendu Bhakti-Chandan.
20 JANUARY (MON). Krishna Sasthi. Disappearance of Srila Jayadev Goswami Prabhu.
22 JANUARY (WED). Krishna Astami. Disappearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.
25 JANUARY (SAT). Krishna Ekadasi. Fast on Sat-tila Ekadasi.
26 JANUARY (SUN). Krishna Dvadasi. Ekadasi paran is at 6:23:37–10:00:39.
29 JANUARY (WED). Amavasya.
30 JANUARY (THU). Gaura Pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhanash Maharaj and departure of Sri Haripada Chaudhuri Das-Adhikari.
31 JANUARY (FRI). Gaura Dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Saran Santa Maharaj.
FEBRUARY 2025
2 FEBRUARY (SUN). Gaura Chaturthi. Appearance of Om Visnupad Srila Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj.
3 FEBRUARY (MON). Gaura Panchami. Sri Krishna's Vasanta Panchami. Appearance of Sri Sri Visnupriya Devi. Appearance of Srila Pundarik Vidyanidhi, Srila Raghunath Das Goswami and Srila Raghunandan Thakur. Disappearance of Srila Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Vivek Bharati Maharaj and Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Svarup Parvat Maharaj. Sri Saraswati Puja.
4 FEBRUARY (TUE). Gaura Saptami. Appearance of Sri Mahavisnu Avatar Sri Advaita Acharya.
5 FEBRUARY (WED). Gaura Astami. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Prapanna Parivrajak Maharaj and departure of Sripad Virendra Krishna Prabhu.
6 FEBRUARY (THU). Gaura Navami. Disappearance of Sripad Madhvacharya.
7 FEBRUARY (FRI). Gaura Dasami. Disappearance of Srila Ramanuja Acharya.
8 FEBRUARY (SAT). Gaura Ekadasi. Fast on Bhaimi Ekadasi and in honour of Lord Sri Varahadev's appearance (tomorrow).
9 FEBRUARY (SUN). Gaura Dvadasi. Appearance of Lord Sri Varahadev. Ekadasi paran is at 6:17:41–9:59:51 after offering worship to Lord Varahadev.
10 FEBRUARY (MON). Gaura Trayodasi. Appearance of Sri Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Fast until noon. Annual festival in honour of the manifestation anniversary of Sri Guru Sri Gaura Sri Nityananda at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Sri Ekachakra Dham.
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.
Sri Gaudiya Calendar 2024–2025 (pdf)
THE HOLY NAME:
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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“We
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