100 Years
in Celebration
Birth Centennial Annual of Om Vishnupad 108 Sri Srimad Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj, Acharya of Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math (Regd.)
After innumerable births, we have been born as human beings. Therefore, this human birth is very rare. Although it is impermanent, it bestows the highest benefit of serving Supreme Lord and to get the highest object permanently.
Sreela Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Today
Ashwin, October 22, 2026
Ekadashi
Fasting for Pashankusha Ekadashi. Kartik Vrata begins.
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Harikatha on Pashankusha Ekadashi Tithi
Srila Gurudev first emphasizes on the real purpose of observing Ekadashi-vrat. He then narrates on the utmost necessity of performing haribhajan giving the understanding that our gross and subtle bodies and we, ourselves, belong to Sri Krishna and as the potency should be utilized for the service of the processor of the potency so our only duty is to serve the Supreme Lord. He then narrates on who all will have inclination in the topics of ‘Bhajan Rahashya’ and who will not. He concludes by giving us teachings from the last instructions of Srila Prabhupad.
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Gajendra's Prayers - 1
It is advised by our Guruvargas to hear Srimad Bhagavatam daily in association of exalted Vaisnavas, if possible. Preference should be given in favour of hearing the scriptures from Sadhus. During Damodar month, it is most beneficial to recite and read Gajendra Moksha Lila-stava from 8th canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, which teaches complete surrender to the Supreme Lord.
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Day 1 : First Yaam
3:22am to 5:46am. Chanting of the Holy Name Śrī Kṛṣṇa, completely, loudly in the company of devotees and without tenfold offences, which can bestow seven attainments—viz. cleansing of the mind-mirror, extinguishing of the forest fire of birth, death and threefold afflictions, bestowing eternal soothing benefit like moonlight, life of spiritual learning i.e. awakening of the real self, increasing of the ocean of bliss, bestowing at every step sweet taste of complete transcendental ambrosia, holy immersion of body-mind-real self—be supremely glorified.
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Day 1 : Second Yaam
5:46am to 8:10am. O Supreme Lord! Your Holy Name bestows all kinds of eternal welfare to the conditioned souls. For that reason, your Holy Names have no direct or indirect connection with the non-eternal material world. These Holy Names have descended in this world. Supreme Lord has bestowed all powers to His Names and no restriction is imposed to utter the Holy Names. No restriction of time, space— rules and regulations, for utterance and remembrance of the Holy Names. O Lord! You are so merciful, out of compassion you have made easy for the conditioned souls to remember and chant Holy Names, but due to my tenfold offences and my greatest misfortune I have got no liking for Holy Name which has been made so easily obtainable.
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Day 1: Fourth Yaam
10:34am to 3:22pm. O Supreme Lord! I have got no desire for wealth, manpower or erudition (desire for deceitful Trivarga— worldly piety, money and lust or even to merge myself with the Impersonal Formless Brahma, i.e. ‘Mukti’— salvation, which is more deceitful). My only prayer is to get causeless one-pointed devotion to You.
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Śrī Madhvāchārya
Śree Madhvāchārya had refuted the Māyāvāda school of thought and established tattva-vād, hence his lineage became very renowned. Śree Madhvāchārya is the third incarnation of wind god (Vāyu) after Śree Hanumān and Śree Bhīma. For this reason, Śree Madhvāchārya was a very mighty person with inconceivable power.
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Instructions for Kartik
Srila Gurudev's instructions for Kartik month that we should observe.
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On Vijaya-Dasami, the Adhivas Tithi for Kartik-Vrata
Srila Gurudev first narrates about Mahaprabhu’s pastimes on Vijaya-dasami Tithi and the significance of this Tithi as described in Chaitanya Charitamrita. He then remembers an incident of Uddharan Prabhu, a disciple of Prabhupad, to show how a person having service attitude can accomplish any difficult task assigned to him. Srila Gurudev then sings the glories of Madhvacharya in brief. And the third topic he has elaborated on is about the practices to be performed during Kartik-vrata and their significance. Total absorption in service is possible when there is deep love for the object of worship and the steps to enter into that state are given in ashta-yaam.
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Homage to Śrīlā Bhakti Promode Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja on his 100th Vyāsa Pūjā
Śrīlā Gurudev, first, writes Śrīlā Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Tḥākura’s viewpoint on Vyāsa Pūja. He then narrates the transcendental glories of Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj.
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Glories of Srila Bhakti Pramod Puri Goswami Maharaj
Srila Gurudev remembers his Shiksha Guru Srila Bhakti Pramod Puri Goswami Maharaj and narrates on how close Srila Maharaj was to our Param Gurudev Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj. He remembers the incident of his initial days of Math-life in which Srila Puri Goswami Maharaj affectionately ordered him to pay obeisances to the assembled disciples of Srila Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad and to him also!
Upcoming Events
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October 23, 2026
Dwadashi
Paran by 9:28 am. The disappearance of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta Goswami and Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami
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October 24, 2026
Trayodashi
Kartik Maas Vrat
Damodar Vrata
Kartik also known as Damodar, is the best, the purest of purifiers, and most glorious of all months. Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math devotees observe the intense sadhana of eight period of devotional service as mentioned in Bhajan Rahasya. Eight verses of Sikshastak of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu are in conformity with the pastimes of SriKrishna of the eight periods (Astayama). Pastimes of Radha-Krishna will be gradually manifested by incessantly thinking, remembering and singing of the eight verses of Sikshastak. This collection features the videos of all the sikshastak shloka explanation by Srila Gurudev followed by narration of Radha-Krishna’s divine pastimes for all the eight periods.
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First Yaam - Shraddha
3:22am to 5:46am. Chanting of the Holy Name Śrī Kṛṣṇa, completely, loudly in the company of devotees and without tenfold offences, which can bestow seven attainments— viz. cleansing of the mind-mirror, extinguishing of the forest fire of birth, death and threefold afflictions, bestowing eternal soothing benefit like moonlight, life of spiritual learning i.e. awakening of the real self, increasing of the ocean of bliss, bestowing at every step sweet taste of complete transcendental ambrosia, holy immersion of body-mind-real self—be supremely glorified.
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Second Yaam - Sadhu Sange Anartha Nivritti
5:46am to 8:10am. O Supreme Lord! Your Holy Name bestows all kinds of eternal welfare to the conditioned souls. For that reason, your Holy Names have no direct or indirect connection with the non-eternal material world. These Holy Names have descended in this world. Supreme Lord has bestowed all powers to His Names and no restriction is imposed to utter the Holy Names. No restriction of time, space— rules and regulations, for utterance and remembrance of the Holy Names. O Lord! You are so merciful, out of compassion you have made easy for the conditioned souls to remember and chant Holy Names, but due to my tenfold offences and my greatest misfortune I have got no liking for Holy Name which has been made so easily obtainable.
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Third Yaam - Nistha
8:10am to 10:34am. The aspirant who is more humbler than a blade of grass, more forbearing than tree and who is completely devoid of desire for getting respect from others but giving due respect to all is eligible for doing Hari-kīrtan always.
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Fourth Yaam - Ruchi
10:34am to 3:22pm. O Supreme Lord! I have got no desire for wealth, manpower or erudition (desire for deceitful Trivarga— worldly piety, money and lust or even to merge myself with the Impersonal Formless Brahma, i.e. ‘Mukti’— salvation, which is more deceitful). My only prayer is to get causeless one-pointed devotion to You.
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Fifth Yaam - Asakthi
3:22pm to 5:46pm. O Nandanandan, in spite of my being your eternal servant, due to predicament of my own deeds, I am drowned in the terrible ocean of births and deaths. Out of compassion kindly think me as dust particle of your Lotus Feet.
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Sixth Yaam - Bhava
5:46pm to 8:10pm. Due to offences, our heart has become hard as a thunderbolt. There is no ecstatic transformations when I chant Your Name. O most merciful treasure house of compassion, give me a few drops of feeling for You and save my life.
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Seventh Yaam - Prem Vipralambh
8:10pm to 10:34pm. Symptoms of separation grief— even a moment’s separation from Govinda will be considered as an epoch, tears will roll down from the eyes like rainfall, realization of the voidness of the whole world.
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Eighth Yaam - Prem Sambhog
10:34pm to 3:22am. Jewel amongst all beloved gopīs Srīmati Rādhikā’s apophthegm—Śrī Krishna can crush this maid servant, devoted to His Lotus Feet, by firmly embracing me or mortifying me anywhere and everywhere by His profligate behavior with any of His beloved gopīs, yet He is my dearest beloved and nobody else.
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Recitation of Gajendra's Prayers by Srila Gurudev
This is the recitation of all the verses of Gajendra's Prayers by Srila Gurudev. This was recorded during the Kartik month at Sri Vraja-mandal in 2002.
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Sri Damodarastakam
Satyavrata Muni has sung in adoration the glories of Lord Damodar (Krishna with corded belly) in eight verses which we recite daily during the Kartik-vrata. (Found in Padma Purana, author: Sri Krishna Dvaipayan Veda Vyasa Muni)
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Shikshashtaka
It is prescribed by our Guruvarga that we should remember the eight verses of Sri Shikshashtaka given by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Himself, to enter into the eternal eight periods (astayama) pastimes of Sri RadhaKrishna. When we get established in Sri Shikshastaka, then the pastimes will be gradually manifested. So, this is very important.
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Introduction to Śrī Bhajan-Rahasya’
Introduction to Śrī Bhajan-Rahasya 'Śrī Bhajan-Rahasya'—Book is compiled by Revered Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur. He has shown a few hints about his own mode of worship in the form of a book as an instance to his own devoted followers. The introduction of this book is written by Srila Bhaktisiddhant Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad.
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Guru Tattva
मुंडका श्रुति [१.२.१२]
परीक्ष्य लोकान्कर्मचितान्ब्राह्मणो
निर्वेदमायान्नास्त्यकृतः कृतेन ।
तद्विज्ञानार्थं स गुरुमेवाभिगच्छेत्समित्पाणिः
श्रोत्रियं ब्रह्मनिष्ठम् ॥
1.2.12
nirveda māyān nāstyakṛtaḥ kṛtena
tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet
samit-pāṇiḥ śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham
A brāhmin should have the knowledge that the fruits of karma are non-eternal and that eternal reality cannot be attained by karma. As such a brāhmin has no attachment to karma and therefore he takes absolute shelter at the lotus feet of a bona fide guru.
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Highest Munificent Form of Godhead
A votary, to satisfy Chaitanya Mahāprabhu and the Supreme Lord Śrī Krishna, should at least practice the first and third verses of Śikṣāṣṭaka sincerely from the core of the heart. Chaitanya Mahāprabhu has taught in the first verse, mainly seven principal attainments or more correctly all attainments while doing Śrī Rādhā-Krishna sankīrtan.
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His kīrtana is Only for Bhagavan’s Pleasure
Krishna is telling Narada Goswami ‘mad-bhaktā yatra gāyanti tatra tiṣṭhāmi nārada’ (Padma Puran). 'Wherever My devotees assemble and sing the glories of My Name, Form, Attributes, Pastimes and Personal Associates is the place that I stay.' Also, Srila Gurudev would refer to Sri Vyasa Deva’s pastime of attaining eternal bliss after he wrote Srimad Bhagavatam exclusively for the pleasure of the Lord on the advice of his Guru Narada Goswami. Here Srila Bhakti Kushala Padmanabha Maharaj is affectionately remembering the same teaching of Gurudev through his kirtans and harikatha. that all the limbs of devotion should be performed with the sole purpose of propitiating the Supreme Lord and nothing else.
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