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Preaching Programme in Kajiakhali

Saturday, 19 December, 2020
Kajiakhali, Uluberia, Howrah District, West Bengal
Photographs courtesy of Sripad B.N. Sadhu Maharaj

 

 

pujya-sri-guru-varga-vandita-mahabhavanvitayah sada
paurvaparya-parampara-prachalita-prajya-pramurtakrteh
bhakter nirmala-nirjharasya nibhrtam samraksakam sadaram
vande sri-gurudevam anata-sira acharya-varyam nijam

"I bow my head in eternal obeisance to my Gurudev, the best of acharyas, Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. He is the ever vigilant, stalwart guardian of the current of pure devotion whose highest form flows from our most worshippable Sri Rupanuga Guru-varga in their exclusive dedication to Mahabhav, Srimati Radharani."

mahanta-svabhava ei tarite pamara
nija karya nahi tabu yana tara ghara

"It is the general practice of all saintly people to deliver the fallen. Therefore they go to people's houses, although they have no personal business there."

vaisnavera pada-dhuli tahe mora snana-keli
tarpana mora vaisnavera nama
vaisnavera uchchhista tahe mora mano-nistha
vaisnavera namete ullasa

"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 at the name of Vaishnavs."

gangara-parasa ha-ile paschate pavana
darsane pavitra kara—ei tomara guna

"If the Ganges touches someone, they are purified some time later; but one becomes purified just by seeing you, O Vaishnava Thakur. Such is your power."

 

 


 


 


 


 


 


 

       
Devotees chanting the Holy Name during the yajna on the order of His Divine Grace.

 


 


 


 


 


His Divine Grace reads from Guidance 3:
Question: What is the difference between a Vaisnav and a brahman?
Answer: A Vaisnav is a devotee of Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and a brahman is a devotee of nirguna Brahman (impersonal aspect of the Lord situated beyond the influence of the material modes of nature). The knower of the impersonal aspect of the Supreme Lord is called a brahman, and the knower of personal aspect of the Lord is called Vaisnav. If a brahman practises Krishna consciousness in realisation of sambandha-jnana, then he can become a Vaisnav—by the mercy of Vishnu, he can be saved from the hands of impersonalists and become an 'unadulturated brahman', or Vaisnav. Sri Jiva Goswami writes in his book Bhakti-sandarbha (177), referring to Sri Vyasadev's Garuda Purana, that one priest performing sacrifices is higher than a thousand ordinary brahmans, one person learned in the Vedas and all the other scriptures is higher than a thousand such priests, a Vaisnav is higher than millions of such learned experts, and just one devotee is higher than thousands of Vaisnavs. All Vaisnavs are brahmans, but brahmanism stands on the lowest steps of the ladder of Vaisnavism. Vaisnavs' qualities are much greater than the qualities of brahmans. Brahman is a servant of Vaisnavs: just as when a man has a lakh of rupees, he also has a thousand rupees, the same is true here too—if someone is a Vaisnav, they are automatically a brahman as well. The qualities of a brahman are included within the qualities of a Vaisnav.

At the end of the class, His Divine Grace chants a new kirtan in glorification of Vaishnav Thakur "Kripa kara Vaisnava Thakura" and explains its purport.

 


Devotees humbly honouring maha-prasadam of the Lord.

 


 


Arriving at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Uluberia.

 


On the right: grand iron entrance gates are ready and stored for installation.

 


 


 


 

      

 


 


 


 

 

Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:

"When we hear that there is a festival held in the Vaisnav tradition or any other tradition, we understand the word ‘festival' (utsav) as a social function, but when Vaisnavs make a festival, it is called ‘mahotsav' (‘grand festival'). Vaisnavs make mahotsavs. In vernacular language it is often called ‘mochchhav' and sometimes we hear people say, 'Oh, Vaisnavs are making a mochchhav today. Come, we will get some prasad there,' but the real meaning and purpose of a mahotsav is actually realised when Vaisnavs are served properly. Even if you serve non-Vaisnavs for all eternity, it will be not be a mahotsav. Only when there is Vaisnav-seva, can it be a mahotsav. The purpose of a mahotsav is to please Vaisnavs. We see such mention in the scriptures. Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur discussed this matter in his books very earnestly and gave it much importance. He says that if one serves Vaisnavs—even if it is two-four Vaisnavs only, but if they are pure Vaisnavs—then the purpose of the mahotsav is fulfilled."

 

 

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