Guidance, Volume 3

Foreword

There have already been published the First and Second volumes of Sri Upades (Guidance, Bengali editions) composed from the holy nectarean discourses (hari-katha) emanating from the holy mouth of supremely worshippable Sri Gurupadpadma, the current President-Acharya of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Om Visnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. This fallen soul has got an opportunity to have the association of Srila Acharya Maharaj during the preaching programmes at various festivals and in various villages. At these spiritual gatherings His Divine Grace shed light on the holy guidance of Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, the preserver of Sri Gaudiya Vaishnav sampradaya and the establisher of the worldwide preaching of sri-bhakti-siddhanta-vani (the teachings of pure devotional conception), as well as the holy discourses of the Founder-Acharya of this holy Math Om Visnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and the hrt-karna-rasayana katha (discourses that are pleasing to the ear and heart) of my Sri Param Gurudev, the Sevaite-Acharya of this holy Math, Om Visnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

Today, on this gaura trayodasi bright moon day, is the appearance day of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu, mercy incarnate. Worshipping this supremely auspicious day that awards liberation and desiring the purification of his soul, this engulfed in ignorance soul has expressed his desire to publish the third volume of Sri Upades based on the holy talks emanating from the lotus mouth of Sri Gurupadpadma. Therefore, this holy book contains many spiritual solutions that warrant auspiciousness. The readers seeking spiritual benefit will surely obtain satiation of their hunger and feel nourished and satisfied by the subject matters contained herein.

O adosa-darasi readers (who do not see faults in others)! It is my prayer that you may please forgive my being unqualified in the matters of publishing, my lack of attachment to the service of devotees of supremely merciful Sri Sri Gaura-Nityananda, as well as all the mistakes and errors that have polluted this holy book.

Humbly,
very poor and lowly,
Publisher (of the original Bengali edition)
Sri Bhakti Tilak Niriha

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CONTENTS:

• Foreword
• (Preface) Meaning of Festival
• What Is Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and Its Distinctions
• "Without Lord Krishna Life Is Meaningless"
• The Unrenounceable
• Sri Radhastami
• Proper Renunciation
• Is Religion the Cause of National Downfall?
• Householders and Renunciates
• Provincialism and Service to the Lord
• Offenders
• Hell
• Devotional Mood (Bhakta-Bhav)
• Home-interest vs Math-interest
• Samsara and Bhakti
• Questions and Answers