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Pranam mantras of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj

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His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev Goswami Maharaj’s Divine composition

PRANAM MANTRAS

Pranam mantras of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj

Originally published in Sri Gaudiya Darsan, Volume 1, Issue 4, Tuesday, 15 November 1955.

দেবং দিব্যতনুং সুছন্দবদনং বালার্কচেলাঞ্চিতং
সান্দ্রানন্দপুরং সদেকবরণং বৈরাগ্য-বিদ্যাম্বুধিম্ ।
শ্রীসিদ্ধান্তনিধিং সুভক্তিলসিতং সারস্বতানাম্বরং
বন্দে তং শুভদং মদেকশরণং ন্যাসীশ্বরং শ্রীধরম্ ॥

devam divya-tanum suchhanda-vadanam balarka-chelanchitam
sandrananda-puram sad-eka-varanam vairagya-vidyambudhim
sri-siddhanta-nidhim subhakti-lasitam sarasvatanam varam
vande tam subhadam mad-eka-saranam nyasisvaram sridharam

His divine form is adorned with garments the colour of the newly-risen sun. His speech is most pleasing, and he is an ocean of renunciation and knowledge. He is an abode of divine ecstasy, resplen­dent with pure devotion. He is a treasure-house of perfect conclusions, the leader of the tridandi sannyasis, and the best of Srila Saraswati Thakur’s followers. He is the only choice of the sadhus, the giver of all goodness, and my only shelter. I offer my obeisance unto my lord, Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

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Krishna story: The best and PRICELESS Murti!

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There was once a maker of Deities, who made three Deities, all exactly the same in every way.

Each was made using 100 grams of gold.

He brought it to the court of King Vikramaditya and told him I am not asking money for these; but I want to know if there is any one in your court who can put a price to them, and who can tell which of these is more valuable?

Many learned persons ( Vidhvans) were sitting in the court, and many of them came up to inspect the Moortis, but none of them could make out any difference at all!

The Karigar, or moorti maker told the king that I am disappointed that there is no one in your whole court who can make out the difference.

Then the King told Kalidas, who was also present, to check the moortis.

Kalidas discovered that the Moortis had a hole in the ear and he was intrigued.

So he took a thin wire and picked the first moorti and put it into the ear. It came out in the other ear.

Kalidas said this Moorti is totally useless.

Then he put the wire in the second Moorti, and it came out in the mouth.

Kalidas said this Moorti is worth a Thousand gold coins.

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Divine words of His Divine Grace

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Divine words of His Divine Grace
Srila Bhakti Rakshaka Sridhar Dev Goswami

The siksa-guru parampara should be considered the most substantial thing. Eliminating the sahajiya-vada which gives much importance to the outer cover, try to look within, and see things more deeply. Try to understand the deeper vibrations of the outside environment, and see within yourself also. Dive deep, and you will find the plane of the finest vibration which will carry that news to you, and you will see that truth.

We are slaves of the truth. We are beggars for the pure current of truth that is constantly flowing: the fresh current. We are not charmed by any formality. I will bow down my head wherever I find the river of nectar coming down to me.

Maya means ‘local interest’, to see things or read the environment by local interest, not from the standpoint of universal interest.

So if my inner voice, my spiritual conscience decides that a type of company cannot really help me, then I will be under painful necessity to give it up, and to run away towards my destination, in the direction that my spiritual conscience guides me. Otherwise it will be hypocrisy, and it will check our real progress.

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23.04.2021 About form of Lord Jagannath, Brihad Bhagavatamrita part 1

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Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj and Sripad Bhakti Kamal Tyagi Maharaj

Topics:
– About form of Lord Jagannath,
– Meaning of “Tripti”,
– Brihad Bhagavatamrita part 1

23.04.2021

 

India, Nabadwip, Kulia Gram, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.

 

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22.02.2021 Sri Advaita Probhu Apperence Day

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Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj

Topic: Sri Advaita Probhu Apperence Day.

22.02.2021

 

India, Nabadwip, Kulia Gram, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.

 

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Science of Devotion Proper

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Real progress towards the Infinite gives the idea that, “I am nothing, I am in great danger.” Progress towards the Infinite is like that. Thinking, “I have it, I am above,”—this is a foolish feeling, a foolish statement. The very nature of advancement is that, “I am low, I am undone, I am the most helpless.” The closer we are, the further away we will feel, whereas the further away we actually are from divinity, we may complacently feel we are close. As much as we come into the relativity of the Infinite, we cannot but conceive ourselves to be the lowest of the low.

That is the criteria.

The very sign of real progress will show I am nothing, I am the most needy, the most wretched and the most helpless. The negative aspect must be improved to attract the positive. If one point of the negative will say, “I am positive” then immediately it will be rejected, you are under the false control of måyå.

His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami

Invitation for Sri Sri Navadvipa Dhama Parikrama 2021

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Glories of Sri Gauranga

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Herein lies the secret of secrets which the living entities bound by Maya cannot discern. One who does not attain love of God after worshipping Krishna birth after birth has certainly committed heaps of offenses. For only by chanting Krishna’s name without offenses can one attain incessant Krishnaprema. Sri Chaitanya’s incarnation, however, is most uncommon. By His mercy, a serious person, though filled with offenses, can quickly obtain love of God. When someone calls out the names of Nitai and Chaitanya, Krishna-prema comes looking for him. Offenses do not hinder his progress, and he soon sheds tears of ecstasy out of pure love of God. By the mercy of Sri Chaitanya, all the offenses quickly flee away, the heart becomes pure, and love of God fully blossoms. Because people in Kali-yuga commit unlimited offenses, which are difficult to check, there can be no means of deliverance other than Gauranga’s name. Therefore, in Kali-yuga, I see no alternative to Sri Gauranga. This is also the proclamation of the scriptures.

— Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya

07.02.2021 About Brihad Bhagavatamritam

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Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj

Topic: About Brihad Bhagavatamritam.
 
07.02.2021

 
 

India, Nabadwip, Kulia Gram, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.

 

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Vsanta Panchami Day – A Holy Day

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Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj

1. The Appearance of Srimati Visnupriya Devi

Today is the Holy Day of Vasanta pancami (the fifth day of the light fortnight of the moon, month of Magh, when Krsna is worshiped with the new flowers of spring. On this day, the holy advent of Srimati Visnupriya Devi occurred. Her father was Sri Sanatana Misra of Nabadwip, who was a Brahmana and great devotee of Lord Visnu. Srimati Visnupriya Devi is the Eternal Con¬sort of Sri Gaurasundar in His feature of Gaura-Narayana, and according to Sri Gauraganoddesa dipika she is directly Satyabhama in Krsna’s Dvaraka lila.
She was the second wife of Sriman Mahaprabhu in the householder period of His Pastimes. From childhood, she was devout in the Divine Service of the Supreme Lord. Kasinatha Pandit was the intermediary in Her marriage to Mahaprabhu.
She was the ideal of Divine Self surrender at the Lotus Feet of Mahaprabhu. When she was only fourteen, Mahaprabhu took sannyasa, and after that she lived the rest of Her life in penance. From early morning she would take the Holy Name the whole day, and for every Mahamantra that she chanted, she would put one grain of rice into a clay pot. After chanting her quota, she would take that rice and cook it and offer it to the Lord. That was all she would take for her subsistence, so gradually she became emaciated. She passed her days in this way.
Her brother was her guardian after Saci-devi departed, and ultimately she had a Sri Murti (Deity) of Maha¬prabhu, and she would worship Him in that Form. And since the time of Visnupriya, that worship is being con¬tinued up to the present in the Temple here in Nabadwip known as ‘Mahaprabhura Badi’ (the Home of Maha¬prabhu). So this day of the year is connected with her holy memory, and we may achieve her Grace if we honor this time in her name, discussing her Pastimes. She will be propitiated and Sri Chaitanyadev will also be pleased with us, giving us a step forward in our transcendental march towards Him.

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