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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : INTRODUCTION

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Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj:

‘Faith should be developed with the help of scriptures and saints. They will help us understand that the spiritual world is real and this world is unreal. At that time, this material world will be night to us, and that will be day. Presently, the eternal world is darkness to us, and we are awake in this mortal world. What is night to one is day to another. Ordinary persons cannot see what Einstein and Newton saw, and what the ordinary man sees is ignored by a great man. So, we have to awaken our interest in that plane, and ignore the interests of this plane.’

Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:

‘If the priest or the person who is doing a sacrifice lastly chants the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, he will think that the sacrifice has been done with full satisfaction. Whatever we do, we will do it with Krishna-Nama-sankirtan: “Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.” Then, if we do everything with this mantram, it will be fulfilled and satisfying to Krishna and Guru-Gauranga.’

Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj:

‘I sing every day for your practice, to engage you in kirtan. Every day I sing the same songs, morning and evening – what for? I can sing all songs, but I do not do that because you must practise.

‘You, too, must sing the same songs every morning and evening at the place or temple where you live. Sometimes you will not get taste, but you should think, “Why am I not getting taste?” You must think, “Something bad has come into my mind, that is why I am not getting taste through chanting.” Somebody may not be a good singer, somebody cannot sing the Hare Krishna maha-mantra very well, but Krishna does not want your tune – Krishna knows what you are singing, what you want to say, Gurudev knows it. If you understand the meaning of the song, you will get more pleasure, then it will be kirtan. And we do not actually sing songs – we do kirtan. Singing a song and doing kirtan is not the same. Most people sing songs without knowing their meanings, but if you know the meaning of the song, you will actually get pleasure. Nistha (to be fixed) means “whatever I do, I will do it every day”. Not everybody has this kind of service mood, seva-pravrtti. “I am doing it only today, and the next day I am not doing it” – this is not devotion, this is emotion.

‘When you remember devotees’ pastimes, your heart becomes clean – and this remembrance must be eternal, daily.

‘We must have sincerity. The main thing is “kirtana-prabhave smarana haibe”: you can remember the Lord’s and the Lord’s devotees’ pastimes through kirtan. When you sing, “Nitai-pada-kamala koti-chandra-susitala: Nitai’s lotus feet are cooling like ten million moons,” you can remember Nityananda Prabhu at this time (Nityananda Prabhu’s face will appear in front of you). When you sing, “Gurudev krpa-bindu diya kara ei dase: gurudev, please give a drop of your mercy to this servant”, you can remember Gurudev’s face at that time. “Kirtana-prabhave smarana haibe: chanting (kirtan) arouses remembrance (smaran).” You can remember everything through kirtan. Sravan-kirtan is the main practice for us. Even when you are alone, you must always chant kirtan. I always tell all devotees that you must remember and always recite five songs: chant five songs in the morning and five songs in the evening. Chant all the time.’