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SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI : INTRODUCTION

Daily Kirtan Guidelines

MORNING

Arati
• Designated kirtans (samadhi temples; Nitai-Chaitanya arati; Sri Giriraj arati, etc.)
• Kali-kukkura-kadana
• Yasomati-nandana
• Jaya sachi-nandana
• Jaya Dhvani

Tulasi & temple parikrama
• Gurudev! krpa-bindu diya
• Udila aruna
• Jiva jaga jiva jaga
• Namo namah tulasi
• Jaya Dhvani

Morning kirtans
• Vandana
• Gurudev’s, Guru Maharaj’s arati kirtans (if not chanted earlier during arati)
• Samsara-davanala
• Sri-krsna-chaitanya prabhu jive daya kari’
• Bhaja re bhaja re amar
• Thakura vaisnava-gana
• Nitai gunamani / Akrodha paramananda
• Gaurangera duti pada
• Vibhavari sesa aloka
• Optional: any saranagati kirtan
• On ekadasi days: Sri-hari-vasare hari

Reading from Sri Chaitanya-bhagavata
• Hari haraye namah krsna
• Jaya Dhvani

NOON

Arati
• Bhoga-arati (Bhaja bhakata-vatsala)
• Designated kirtans (same as in the morning)
• Yasomati-nandana
• Jaya sachi-nandana
• Jaya Dhvani

In late afternoon (about 4 p.m.):
reading from Srimad Bhagavatam

EVENING

Arati
• Designated kirtans (same as in the morning)
• Jaya jaya gorachander
• Jayare jayare jaya gaura
• Jaya Dhvani

Tulasi & temple parikrama
• Gurudev! krpa-bindu diya
• Kabe sri chaitanya more
• Namo namah tulasi
• Jaya Dhvani

Evening kirtans
• Vandana
• Gurudevs’s arati songs
• Sri-guru-charana-padma
• Sri krsna chaitanya prabhu daya kara more
• Ohe vaisnava thakura dayara sagara
• Nitai pada-kamala
• Emana durmati
• Jaya radhe jaya krsna
• Sujanarvuda-radhita
• Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram (10 verses, count starts from every Saturday)
• On ekadasi days: Suddha-bhakata-charana-renu

Reading from Sri Chaitanya-charitamrta
• Hari haraye namah krsna
• Jaya Dhvani

* Everyone is advised to chant five kirtans every morning and evening: guru-vandana, Vaishnav-vandana, Nityananda Prabhu vandana, Mahaprabhu vandana and saranagati kirtan or Radha-Krishna vandana. Presented above is the full temple programme followed at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math (Nityananda Prabhu vandana, Mahaprabhu vandana and saranagati kirtan or Radha-Krishna vandana may vary; the rest is fixed).
* Each time before honouring prasad, ‘Maha-prasade govinde’ and ‘Sarira avidya-jala’ are recited.
* After Jaya Dhvani at the end of Tulasi parikrama, the following prayers are recited when offering obeisances:

vrndayai tulasi-devyai priyayai kesavasya cha
krsna-bhakti-prade devi satyavatyai namo namah

I offer my obeisances to Vrinda Devi, who is very dear to Lord Kesav, who bestows devotion to Krishna and is known as Satyavati.

vanchha-kalpatarubhyas cha krpa-sindhubhya eva cha
patitanam pavanebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namah

I offer my obeisances to the Supreme Lord’s devotees, who are saviours of the fallen, oceans of mercy and wish-fulfilling trees.

sakala vaisnava-charane mora koti namaskara
ithe na hauk amara kichhu aparadha

I offer my obeisances at the holy feet of all Vaisnavs and pray that I may not commit any offence to them.

haiyachhena haibena yata prabhura bhakta-jana
ami vandana kari sabara charana

I offer my obeisances at the holy feet of all Lord's devotees who appeared in the past and will appear in the future.

* Chanted on the appearance days of the guru-varga:
• Sri Guru-Parampara kirtan (‘Krsna haite chatur-mukha’)

* Chanted on the disappearance days of the guru-varga:
• ‘Ei-bara karuna kara vaisnava gosani’
• Viraha Giti (‘Ye anila prema-dhana’)

* Chanted during the Kartik month:
Morning:
   • Sri Sriman Mahaprabhu’s Sata-Nama (‘Nadiya-nagare nitai’)
   • Sri Krsnera Vimsottara Sata Nama (‘Nagare nagare gora gaya’)
   • Sri Sri Damodara Astakam (‘Namamisvaram’)
Evening:
   • Sri Sri Siksastakam verses and kirtans.

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