A Person Related to A Devotee is Also Dear to Krishna

Dukhi is related to Srivas Pandit. A person related to a devotee is also dear to Krishna. Krishna or Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is not seeing other qualities. Similarly, there was a tailor who was Muslim by birth who used to sew garments of Srivas Pandit. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said he may be a Muslim but he has aptitude and desire to serve Srivas Pandit and his family members. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was satisfied. He has no other qualities. When Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was chanting and dancing He infused the divine love in that Muslim tailor and he also started dancing. By chanting of holy names he got all ecstatic feelings that muni rishis cannot get.

A Short Narration on Rathayatra

This audio clip is taken from Srila Gurudev’s harikatha held via video conference at Kolkata Math in 2004. He states that all the services offered to Lord Jagannath Dev at Puri temple are ordered by Jagannath Deva Himself and one of such services the Lord wanted to accept from His devotees is the cart festival. He narrates the mood of Sriman Mahaprabhu while taking Jagannath to Gundicha temple. He also explains the deep-rooted meaning of Rathayatra mentioned in Katha Upanishad.

Do Not Observe Ekadashi-vrata For Material Benefits

The material benefits of observing Ekadashi are mentioned in Karma-kandiya scriptures, but we should not observe vows for such material gains. If someone advises Ekadashi-vrata to any ordinary person, he would say, “I cannot follow the vrata like this, I might die without food.” But if a rich person comes and declares that he would give five lakh rupees to a person who will observe a complete fast and perform Kirtan for the full day and night without sleeping then, everyone of us will get ready for it immediately. Everyone will get ready to perform fasting for five lakh rupees, but not for the Supreme Lord! So the Supreme Lord is less valuable than five lakh rupees! If you think like that, then you do not know Him.

Gaudiya Math Minus Bhaktivinoda Thakur is ZERO

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur is the root of the daily activities in the Chaitanya Math, the Gaudiya Math, the Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, and its sister institutions. The Gaudiya Math institutions cannot be separated from him. These institutions are entirely indebted to his sublime contributions.

Glories of Advaita Acharya

In the initial part of Harikatha, Srila Gurudev remembers Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Prabhupad’s delivering lecture in Bengali language at Madras Gaudiya Math and emphasizes on the important teaching that devotion can be transmitted only by devotion not by any other means. In the later part, He sings the glories of Advaita Acharya describing his ontological identity and remembering his various pastimes with Mahaprabhu.

Glories of Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhanas Goswami Maharaj

In the year 1933, at the age of 56, Srila Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhanas Goswami Maharaj saw Srila Prabhupad’s portrait and just seeing his portrait, he understood that he is my Guru and surrendered to him at that moment itself. Can anyone recognize his Guru just by seeing his portrait? He went to Mayapur and got harinam and diksha that very year and was given the name Ujjvaleswar Das. Just after one year of that, in 1934, he was given sanyas by Srila Prabhupad and became Parampujyapad Parivrajakacharya Srila Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhanas Goswami Maharaj.

Glories of Bhakti Prasad Ashram Maharaj

Turyashrami Maharaj joined the Math when Srila Paramgurudev was residing at Sri Chaitanya Math. He often shared many recollections of that time. A few of those accounts are presented here. While remembering those days, he sings the glories of Srila Bhakti Prasad Ashram Maharaj, the first renunciate disciple of Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj.

Glories of Bhakti Srirupa Siddhanti Gosvami Maharaj

Remembering Srila Bhakti Srirupa Siddhanti Maharaj. Srila Gurudev emphasizes on one of his teachings in regard to paying attention while Jai-dhvani is being uttered. Srila Maharaj had made a rule in his Math that if someone is not uttering ‘Jai’ following the person who is giving Jai-dhvani then he will not be given Prasadam on that day! Srila Gurudev also mentions about his Bangla explanation of Govinda-bhashya which is written originally in the Sanskrit language by Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushan Prabhu. This is his unique contribution to the Gaudiya society.

Glories of Gadadhara Das Goswami, Dhananjaya Pandit and Srinivas Acharya

Gadadhara Das Gosvami is Srimati Radharani’s effulgence. Just as Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami is Srimati Radharani Herself, so Gadadhar Das is an avatāra of Her bodily lustre. Gurudeva has narrated how he even changed the mind of a Kazi and made him chant Harinam. Dhananjaya Pandit is a personal associate of Nityananda Prabhu. He is Vasudama-sakha, one of the cow-herd friends in Krishna-Lila.
Mahaprabhu says about Srinivas Acharya, "He is the embodiment of pure love for Me. All minds will be enthused upon seeing him". Srinivas Acharya preached Mahaprabhu’s teachings both through speaking on the Bhagavata and kirtan.
Mahaprabhu says about Srinivas Acharya, "He is the embodiment of pure love for Me. All minds will be enthused upon seeing him". Srinivas Acharya preached Mahaprabhu’s teachings both through speaking on the Bhagavata and kirtan.

Glories of Gambhira and Siddha Bakul

In this harikatha, Srila Gurudev narrates the glories of Gambhira where Mahaprabhu performed the most intense pastimes of being fully absorbed in the divine mood of Srimati Radhika. He also narrates the glories of Siddha Bakul where Haridas Thakur, a personal associate of Mahaprabhu performed intense bhajan and from where he entered into nityalīlā. While narrating a few important pastimes, Srila Gurudev strongly emphasizes the teachings Mahaprabhu and Haridas Thakur gave us through their lives and how a sadhaka should spend his life with only one goal of satisfying the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna.

Glories of Giriraja Govardhana

Srila Gurudev first narrates about how Giriraja Govardhana comes to this world and then about His coming to Vrindavan. In the later part of the harikatha, he elaborately describes the Govardhana Puja pastimes and emphasizes on how Krishna Himself has introduced the worship and circumambulation of Giriraja Govardhana.

Glories of Gopal Bhatta Gosvāmī and Ramachandra Kaviraj

Hari (Krishna) is transcendental. Likewise, His devotees are also transcendental. Hence, nobody can sing their glories by going through scriptures with mundane intellect or mind. The Supreme Lord and His devotees descend to the sanctified heart of a completely surrendered soul and likewise, their glories also descend to the heart of such a soul only. In this Harikatha Srila Gurudev while narrating the divine life and glories of Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami and Sri Ramachandra Kaviraj, also speaks about their diksa and siksa gurus who are all associates of Mahaprabhu.

Glories of Govind Ghosh

In Krishna-lila the Ghosh brothers, Govind Ghosh, Madhav Ghosh and Vasudev Ghosh sing songs to the Divine Couple under Vishakha sakhi in their real forms as sakhis. In Krishna-lila they are Kalavati, Rasollasa and Gunatunga respectively. In Gaura-lila, Gaura-Nityananda dance in ecstasy when Govind Ghosh and Vasu Ghosh perform kirtan.

Glories of Haridas Thakur

Srila Gurudev spoke about Srila Hari Das Thakur’s real identity and the reason behind his birth in a mleccha family. He then narrated the incident of Hari Das Thakur giving mercy even to the prostitute, Lakshahira, sent by Ramachandra Khan to ruin his increasing reputation by showing a flaw in his character. Through Hari Das Thakur’s mercy, the prostitute became a great Vaishnavi. At the end Srila Gurudev narrates the Samadhi pastimes of Srila Hari Das Thakur.

Glories of Harinam by Srila Bhakti Vichar Yayavar Goswami Maharaj

Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirth Gosvami Maharaj while singing the glories of Srila Yayavar Gosvami Maharaj tells, "He used to do Bhagavat-path with intense absorption. His recitation of Srimad Bhagavatam was very sweet." This audio recording gives us an opportunity to listen to Srila Maharaj's transcendental voice. He is singing the glories of the Holy Name.

Glories of Lochan Dasa Thakura

Speaking on His appearance day, Srila Gurudev narrates the glories of Lochan Dasa Thakura, emphasizing how his Gurudev, Narahari Sarakara Thakura, being satisfied by his service, blessed him by making a Divine arrangement to free him up from the worldly bondage. From Lochan Dasa Thakura’s connection to Shrikhand, the place of Narahari Sarakar Thakura, Srila Gurudev remembered Raghunanadan Thakura and narrated his glories in the rest part of this harikatha.

Glories of Lochan Dāsa Ṭhākura Spoken on His Disappearance Day

In this harikatha, Srila Gurudev imparts to us the very essential teaching he received from his Gurudeva and Guruvarga that we should remember and pray for the grace of Guru, Vaishnava and Bhagavan always, especially on their appearance and disappearance days. He says, in fact remembering them is the sole objective of performing all our devotional practices. Later he narrates how Lochan Das Thakur dedicated his life fully for the service of his Gurudev and how his Gurudev made arrangements to fulfill his desires. He emphasized on the need of full surrender to get the grace of the Supreme Lord citing the pastime of Draupadi’s gradual surrender while calling out Krishna for help.

Glories of Lord Shiva (Hindi)

Srila Gurudev explains Shiva-tatva in detail and the mood with which Vaishnavas worship Shiva. Giving evidence from Srimad Bhagavatam, he states that Shiva is the topmost amongst all the Vaishnavas. He also instructs us to pray to Shiva to get entrance in the Dham (the abode of Supreme Lord) as he is the protector of all of the Dham and without his permission no one can enter in Dham. He advises us not to lose the opportunity to pray Shiva on the Holy Shivaratri Tithi which is very dear to him. His grace can award us Krishna-bhakti.

Glories of Madhvacharya

At the age of twelve, Madhvacharya took sannyas (renounced order of life) from Sri Achyutapreksa without the knowledge of his parents. His sannyas name was Sri Purnapragya Tirtha. After coronation ceremony, he was known as Ananda Tirtha and after he exhibited the pastime of an acharya he was known as Sri Madhvacharya. He is our founder Guru (Mool Guru). He is extremely powerful.

Glories of Mokshada Ekadashi, 2001

Srila Gurudev first narrates the importance of sadhusanga. He says that glories of Lord's Name and Dham will be revealed only by sadhusanga. He narrations about the appearance of Ekadashi and sings the glories of Mokshada Ekadashi. Emphasizing the real purpose of observing Ekadashi, he says that if refraining completely from food leads one to constantly think about his stomach then one should accept Anukalpa, the food items which are allowed during Ekadashi, and perform Harikirtan.

Glories of Radhakund (English)

29 October 2002, Vraja-mandal Srila Gurudev narrated the appearance pastime of Radhakund. He narrated the shloka of Rupa Goswami in which he proclaims that Radhakund is the highest amongst all the pastime places. He then explains the reason behind Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Thakur not taking bath in Radhakund.

Glories of Ramanand Raya

The Lord said to Ramanand Raya, “You are a great devotee, indeed you are the best amongst them. All those who behold you are immediately affected so that their hearts melt. What to speak of others—I am a mayavadi sannyasi, yet I feel the onset of Krishna prema when I touch you.”

Glories of Rāmānujāchārya

Srila Gurudev first narrates the family history of Sri Ramanujacharya and then the important teachings propagated by him throughout the world. He also emphasizes on the importance of taking mantra from a bona-fide preceptorial channel. Later he narrates on how Sri Ramanujacharya’s teacher, Sri Yadavaprakash who was initially a believer of Mayavadi ideology got astonished to witness the extraordinary qualities of Sri Ramanujacharya and became his disciple. Srila Gurudev also narrates the incident of the poor disciple of Sri Ramanujacharya, Sri Varadarya showcasing his exemplary surrender to his Gurudev.

Glories of Sita Devi

While singing the glories of Srimati Sita Devi, the internal potency of Lord Ramachandra, Srila Gurudev emphasized her deep devotion to Lord Ramacandra and how she became His dear-most. If we remember Lord Ramachandra and Srimati Sita Devi from the core of our hearts, all worldly desires, sinful inclinations, and ulterior motives that bind us to this material world will vanish.

Glories of Sri Jagadish Pandit

Jagadish Pandit and his wife Dukhini had the same kind of parental affection for the little Nimai as Jagannath Mishra and Sachi Devi themselves. Dukhini was like a mother to Him and even sometimes acted as His wet-nurse. Nimai, the son of Sachi, is none other than the son of Yashoda, the Supreme Lord Krishna. It is not possible for anyone but an eternal associate of the Lord to have the good fortune to treat Him like a son in this way.

Glories of Sri Jayadeva Goswami

In the initial part of harikatha, Srila Gurudev emphasises on the importance of surrendering and praying for the grace of bonafide preceptorial channel. He then sings the glories of Jayadeva Goswami narrating different incidences from his life. He instructs us that even if we get a slightest of Jayadeva Goswami's grace then we will get the highest Divine love.

Glories of Sri Madhavendra Puri

Supreme Lord is subdued by the pure love of His devotees and He delights in accepting their loving services. Bound by the pure love of Sri Madhavendra Puri, Gopal ordered him to get Malayaja sandalwood from Jagannath Puri and smear it upon His transcendental spiritual body. Overjoyed to receive the Lord’s direct order, Madhavendra Puri, after engaging a qualified person to serve Gopal, started on a journey to the east to find Malayaja sandalwood. Who can comprehend the transcendental loving relations between the Lord and His devotees!

Glories of Sri Vakresvara Pandit (Bangla)

Vakresvara Pandit is the Lord’s dear servant who danced without rest for seventy-two hours. Mahaprabhu personally sang when Vakresvara Pandit danced, and thus Vakresvara Pandit fell down at the Lord’s feet and said, “O moon-faced Lord! Give me ten thousand Gandharvas! It will make me happy if I can dance as they sing.” The Lord answered, “I have only one wing like you. If I had another, I could fly in the sky!”

Glories of Sri Vakreswara Pandit (Hindi)

Vakreswara Pandit is the Lord’s dear servant, who danced without rest for seventy-two hours. Mahaprabhu personally sang when Vakreswara Pandit danced, and thus Vakreswara Pandit fell down at the Lord’s feet and said, “O moon-faced Lord! Give me ten thousand Gandharvas! It will make me happy if I can dance as they sing.” The Lord answered, “I have only one wing like you. If I had another, I could fly in the sky!”

Glories of Srila Bhakti Vichar Yayavar Goswami Maharaj

Srila Gurudev glorifies Srila Bhakti Vichar Yayavar Goswami Maharaj, remembering his visits to his Math and the sweetness of Maharaj's kirtans and his Bhagavat-path. He also glorifies his expertise in correcting others while preparing the offerings for the Supreme Lord and Vaishnavas.

Glories of Srila Gadadhara Pandita Goswami

In this Harikatha, Srila Gurudev sings the glories of Gadadhara Pandita, who is the fountainhead of all sakti-tattva, non-different from Mahaprabhu and the embodiment of love, Vrndavanesvari Srimati Radhika. He narrates how dear Gadadhara is to Mahaprabhu and how Mahaprabhu is the life and soul of Gadadhara. While narrating his life, Srila Gurudev also emphasizes valuable teachings from his exemplary life.

Glories of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami

This harikatha was spoken by Srila Gurudev on 15th July 2006 at Kolkata Math on the disappearance day of Gopal Bhatta Goswami. Srila Gurudeva, following the instructions of Guruvarga, gives utmost importance to remember Vaishnavas, pray for their mercy and sing their glories on their appearance and disappearance days. He says, “Vaishnava are all powerful and remembering them is the powerful devotional practice which can award us the highest good.”

Glories of Srila Jiva Gosvami

Srila Gurudev narrates how Srila Jiva Gosvāmī defeated the dig-vijayi scholar, eager to amass mundane prestige, who came to Rupa Gosvāmī and Sanatan Gosvāmī to get their signature as an admission of defeat in debate. He also explains in detail why some of Jiva Goswami’s followers demonstrated a preference for the svakīyā-vāda. Jiva Goswami recognizing their limitations to comprehend the transcendental nature of the pārakīyā-rasa, gave credence to the svakīyā doctrine. At the end Srila Gurudev narrates a person’s life who earlier did not have any faith on Mahaprabhu but after having read Srila Jiva Goswami’s ‘Priti-sandarbh’ got deeply attached to Mahaprabhu; he then also established a temple of Him in Bolpur, Shantiniketan in West Bengal.

Glories of Srila Lokanath Goswami

This Harikatha was delivered on 18th July 2006, on the disappearance day of Srila Lokanath Goswami. Srila Gurudev gave important teachings while narrating the glories of Srila Lokanath Goswami. He recalls two incidents of Srila Paramgurudev giving instructions to the devotees in the Math. He then recalls one incident from his childhood and narrates how his mother, out of great affection for them, would care for them even when her own health was poor. He teaches us that wherever there is love and affection, service naturally follows.

Glories of Srila Narottam Thakur

Narottam Dās Thakur is Champaka Manjari in Kṛṣṇa-līlā. who is subordinate to Rupa Manjari. If we want to make progress in devotion, we should pray for the grace of the vaishnavas. Remembrance of vaishnavas will remove all our ulterior desires and will bestow on us the highest objective which is attaining Kṛṣṇa-prema. We cannot pray for their grace by our material minds. We do not know how to pray for their grace. We are even scared to pray for their grace. While praying grace we desire from them worldly benefits.

Glories of Srila Sridhar Deva Goswami Maharaj

Srila Gurudev sings the glories of Srila Sridhar Deva Goswami Maharaj. He remembers how Srila Maharaj used to shower his mercy by being present in all the Math functions till the time he performed his pastimes of being in good health.

Glories of Srila Srinivas Acharya

Mahaprabhu called Govinda and said in a deep voice, as if from a trance state: “Chaitanya Das desires to have a child. Indeed, his wife will soon give birth to a jewel of a son, who will be named Srinivas. He will be the manifest form of My love and will increase everyone’s enthusiasm for devotion. I will bring scriptures into the world through Rupa Gosvami and others; through Srinivas I shall distribute them. Srinivas is the embodiment of pure love for Me. All minds will be enthused upon seeing him.”

Glories of Srila Vasudeva Ghosh

In Krishna-lila the Ghosh brothers, Vasudeva Ghosh, Madhava Ghosh and Govinda Ghosh sing songs to the Divine Couple under Vishakha-sakhi in their real forms as sakhis. Vasu Ghosh, Madhava Ghosh and Govinda Ghosh are Kalavati, Rasollasa and Gunatunga, respectively, in Krishna-lila. In Gaura-lila, Gaura-Nityananda dance in ecstasy when Govinda Ghosh and Vasu Ghosh perform Kirtan.

Glories of Vaman Deva

Service of the Lord and self-surrender to His lotus feet never result in loss for anyone. Out of foolishness, the ignorant living entity prays for insignificant things from the Supreme Lord. One can achieve the completely blissful Supreme Lord by sincere surrender or devotion without ulterior motive. Bali Maharaj achieved the Supreme Lord by the ātma-nivedana (self-surrender) process of Bhakti.

Glories of Virachandra Prabhu

Srila Gurudev narrated the glories of Virachandra Prabhu in the initial part of the Harikatha. Later, he sings the glories of Sri Jahnava Devi, the spiritual master of Virachandra Prabhu, by explaining the esoteric meaning of the hymn written by Bhaktivinoda Thakur, ‘bhavarnave pade mora akula paran'.

Glories of Vrindavandas Thakur

In this harikatha, Srila Gurudev narrates the life of an exalted devotee and the personal associate of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Vrindavan Das Thakur, who is considered non-different from the revered sage Vedavyasa. Vrindavan Das Thakur authored Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat, wherein he delicately portrays the divine pastimes of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, aiming for the spiritual upliftment of all the conditioned souls.

Harikatha on Ganga-puja Tithi

Srila Guru Maharaj gives utmost importance to remembering and praying for the grace of vaishnavas on their appearance and disappearance days. In this Harikatha he first narrates about the descent of Sri Ganga Devi in this world and then sings the glories of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini and Sri Baladev Vidyabhusan Prabhu.

Harikatha on Sri Ramanand Raya, Holland 2002

Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur writes, “The love that awakened in Ramananda and Mahaprabhu when they met was the same as the love that Vishakha had for Radha and Krishna in Vraja, and that which Radha and Krishna had for Vishakha.” Thus it is clear that Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur saw Ramananda Raya as Vishakha. Ramananda Raya was one of the Lord’s three and a half most intimate associates.

Harikatha on Vasant Panchami

Srila Gurudev always emphasizes on remembering Vaishnavas on their appearance and disappearance days. In this Harikatha on Vasant Panchami day he sings the glories of Vishnupriya Devi, Pundarik Vidhyanidhi, Raghunath Das Goswami, Raghunandan Thakur and Viswanath Chakravarti Thakur whose appearance and disappearance days all coincide and fall on this holy tithi.

Harikatha on the Day of Gundicha Marjan

In this harikatha, Srila Gurudev narrates about Gundicha-marjan-lila. He starts with explaining the meaning of Gundicha and how Gundicha-marjan was started by Mahaprabhu. He explains Mahaprabhu’s mood while having the darshan of Jagannath Dev and also narrates the pastime of Lord Krishna’s meeting the Vraja-vasi at Kurukshetra. The Vraja-vasi wants Krishna to go to Vrindavan along with them and they request this of Him. Sriman Mahaprabhu, in the mood of Radharani, pulls Jagannath’s chariot taking Him from Kurukshetra to Vrindavan.

Holy Arrival of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu at Sripat Panihati

Srila Gurudev narrates about Mahaprabhu's visit to Sri Panihati. In this regard, he then sings the glories of Raghava Pandit on how he used to please Mahaprabhu by his service.

How to follow limbs of Devotion

Khola-beca Sridhar Pandit

Srila Gurudev sings the glories of Sridhar Pandit who is one of the twelve Gopals in Krishna lila named Kusumasava. He was given the nickname khola-beca, bark-seller.

Lord Krishna Himself Provides Everything

Mahaprabhu responded to Srivas Pandit’s statement by giving a roar and repeated the blessing He had given him before in Navadvipa, “Even if the Goddess of Fortune has to go begging, you will never know want in your home. Lord Krishna Himself provides everything that His exclusive devotees need.”

Lord Nityanand's Potency: Jahnava Devi

Nityananda Prabhu expands his divine potencies to shower mercy upon the enslaved jivas, offering himself as the sole support for the fallen. His marriage to Vasudha Devi and Jahnava Devi is a transcendental event. During the wedding, Nityananda Prabhu manifested Himself as Balarama, accompanied by His consorts Revati and Varuni, bestowing divine darshan upon all those present.

Mukund Datta Thakur

Srila Gurudev sings glories of Mukunda Datta Thakur on his disappearance day. He is remembering the deep affection held by Mukunda Datta Thakur for Mahaprabhu and his expertise in singing kirtan.

On Sri Murari Gupta’s Disappearance

Srila Gurudeva emphasizes on Murari Gupta’s staunch and firm faith in his object of worship, Lord Sri Ramachandra.

On The Adhivāsa Of Sri Gaura Purnima

It is important that you should perform ‘adhivāsa’, preliminary function, one day earlier. Adhivāsa, is preparing yourself, all arrangements should be done for puja, ritualistic performance before the appearance of Supreme Lord. The main reason for observing adhivāsa is to sanctify the heart. Supreme Lord is appearing continuously in unlimited brahmāṇḍa. That is why it is called as nitya-līlā. He appears in the heart of devotees who have viśuddha-antaḥkaraṇa—sanctified heart.

On The Appearance Day Of Sri Varaha Deva

Lord's appearance is eternal and He also appears, revealing Himself in the sanctified heart of a Suddha bhakta. So, Srila Gurudev says we have to sanctify our hearts first so that the Lord can appear there. He then sings the glories of Lord Varaha Deva and mentions how Lord Varaha Deva appears twice in a day of Brahma. He joyfully narrates the pastime of the Lord's fight with Hiranyaksha who awards him the great fortune of getting killed by Him. In the concluding part, Srila Gurudev makes a very important point that if we get even the slightest of realization of any of the forms of the Supreme Lord, we will get completely attached to that form and will not be able to leave that taste at any cost.

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.

On the Appearance Day of Vamsivadan Thakur and Shyamanand Prabhu (Hindi)

In this Harikatha, Srila Gurudev narrates the glories of Sri Vamsivadan Thakur who is Krishna’s dear flute in Vraja-dham and Sri Shyamananda Prabhu who is dear to Srimati Radharani. By Radharani’s transcendental mercy, Shyamananda Prabhu found Her ankle bracelet (nupura) lying on the ground while sweeping the Rasa Mandala in Vrindavan, absorbed in ecstatic trance.

On the Appearance Day of Vamsivadanthakur and Shyamanandprabhu (Bangla)

In this Harikatha, Srila Gurudev narrates the glories of Sri Vamsivadan Thakur who is Krishna’s dear flute in Vraja-dham and Sri Shyamananda Prabhu who is dear to Srimati Radharani. By Radharani’s transcendental mercy, Shyamananda Prabhu found Her ankle bracelet (nupura) lying on the ground while sweeping the Rasa Mandala in Vrindavan, absorbed in ecstatic trance.

On the Appearance of Radhakund (Hindi)

29 October 2002, Vraja-mandal Srila Gurudev remembers Dr. S. N. Ghosh who took mantra from Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Thakur and gave his entire life to the service of Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math. Emphasizing on kirtan (singing) and smaran (remembrance), he instructs that the only objective of all our devotional practices is to do kirtan and smaran without which we will not get any benefit. He then narrates the glories of the appearance pastime of Radhakund.

On the Disappearance Day of Srila Ramanujacharya

Srila Ramanujacharya appeared in a pious brahmin family in Sri Perambadur in South India in 1017 AD. He became the foremost acharya in the Sri Sampradaya, one of the four most prominent Vaishnava sampradayas. He was reputed to be the incarnation of Laksmana, the younger brother of Lord Ramachandra. His philosophy is visistadvaita And he travelled throughout the country spreading the message of visistadvaita. His greatest literary contribution is ‘Sri Bhasya’ on the Vedanta-sutra of Sri Vedavyasa. He instructed his disciples both by example and by precept. Two of his most important teachings are surrender to guru, and serve the vaishnavas.

On the Disappearance of Rupa Goswami and Gauri Das Pandit

Just as the Lord enlightened the heart of Lord Brahma with the truths about His own self, so did Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu eagerly impregnate the heart of Rupa Goswami with spiritual potency so that he could revive Krishna’s Vrindavan pastimes which had almost been lost to memory due to the influence of time. The Lord explained the rasa-shastra to Rupa Goswami.

On the Disappearance of Srila Yayavar Goswami Maharaj

Srila Gurudev glorifies Srila Yayavar Goswami Maharaj remembering his visits to his Math. He remembers the sweetness of Maharaj’s kirtans and his Bhagavat-path. He also mentions about his expertise in correcting others while preparing the offerings for the Supreme Lord and Vaishnavas.

On the Occasion of Disappearance of Sri Bhugarbha Goswami, Sri Kashishwar Pandit and Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami Maharaj (2008, New Delhi)

Srila Gurudev sings the glories of all the three associates of Sriman Mahaprabhu and elaborates on different teachings from their life.

On the Occasion of Disappearance of Bhugarbha Gosvami, Kashishwar Pandit and Bhakti Pramode Puri Gosvami Maharaj (2002, Vraja-mandal)

Srila Gurudev sings the glories of all the three associates of Sriman Mahaprabhu and elaborates on different teachings from their life.

On the Occasion of Lalita-saptami

Srila Gurudev speaks about Radharani—the complete spiritual potency of Sri Krishna and Her principal confidant Lalita. He emphasizes on not worshipping Lalita-sakhi for getting any material benefits. Explaining a few lines of Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s kirtan, ‘radha krishna pad kamale mana’, he states that Gaudiya Vaishnavas belong to Lalita-sakhi’s group.

On the Occasion of Rasa-yatra

Srila Gurudev strongly emphasizes on who can remember and speak about the rasa-yatra pastimes of Radha-Krishna. He also warns about the danger involved in remembering them or speaking about them for a person who is not eligible for that.

On the Occasion of Rasayatra and Disappearance of Srila Sundarananda Thakur and Appearance of Srila Nimbarka Acharya.

Srila Gurudev sings the glories of Srila Sundarananda Thakur and Srila Nimbarka Acharya and elaborates on different teachings from their life.

On the appearance Day of Advaita-shakti Sri Sitadevi

Srila Gurudev narrates the glories of Advaita Acharya and His potency Sri Sitadevi. Without the mercy of the potency nobody can get the grace of possessor of the potency. He explains the meaning of a kirtan composed by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, ‘āmār samān hina nāhi e saṁsāre’ in which Srila Thakur prays for the grace of Yogamaya, the internal potency of Supreme Lord. While narrating the glories of Sitadevi and Advaita Acharya, Srila Gurudev also emphasizes on the important teachings for a sadhaka to progress on the path of devotion.

Only Listening will not be Beneficial

Hari Nama Sankirtan is the Yuga Dharma of Kaliyuga. Teachings of Sadhu should be implemented in our life for our eternal benefit.

Pujyapad Bhakti Niketan Turyashrami Maharaj On Srila Param Gurudev's Assam Tour

The following is a transcript of harikatha spoken by Pujyapad Bhakti Niketan Turyashrami Maharaj in Kolkata Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, late 2018. Srila Maharaj narrates his personal experiences elaborately about Srila Paramgurudev's Asam preaching tour.

Raghunath Das Goswami, Raghunath Bhatta Goswami & Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami Disappearance

This Harikatha was spoken by Srila Gurudev on October 24, 2004, at the Bhatinda on the disappearance day of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, Raghunath Bhatta Goswami and Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami. Srila Gurudev, following the instructions of the Guruvarga, gives utmost importance to remembering Vaishnava, praying for their mercy, and singing their glories on their appearance and disappearance days.

Ravan Kidnapped the Illusory form of Sita Devi

Mahaprabhu told him, “Ravan is in the mode of ignorance, while the Supreme Lord and His potency is above the three modes of material nature. How can he have the sight of the Lord’s potency? No one can see Her with material eyes; no materialist has such power. To say nothing of touching mother Sita, a person with material senses cannot even see Her.

Raya Ramanand Samvad

Srila Guru Maharaj narrates the conversion between Supreme Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His dear most associate Sri Ramanand Raya. Here, the Supreme Lord empowered His devotee to speak and He Himself became the listener. Mahaprabhu inquires about the highest form of worship and worship-able object. In reply Ramanand Raya describes the gradual development of theism.

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.

Remembering Raghunandan Thakur

Raghunandan was just a child and in his simplicity, he said to Gopinath, “Eat! Eat! I am a small child, my father ordered me to offer to You.” Saying like this, he started crying. We do not believe. He was not an ordinary child. He is one amongst Krishna's friend in Vraja-dham who used to offer Him with various things to eat. They have very strong love for Krishna. They consider Krishna to be equal to them.

Remembering Srila Bhakti Kumuda Santa Gosvami Maharaj

I got the opportunity to listen to his kirtans at Sree Gauranga Math, Kesiadi. He sang the kirtan 'Gopīnāth, mama nivedana śuno'. He knew all the kirtans by heart and his performance of nritya(dance)-kirtan would leave the audience spellbound. I have not seen anybody perform kirtan like him ever, for hours together. His voice was mesmerizing. Also, he was a very powerful speaker.

Remembering Srila Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Gosvami Maharaj

Gurumaharaj remembers Srila Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Gosvāmī Maharaj who had given his Kaliyadah Math to Srila Param Gurudeva. Gurudeva also narrates an incidence in which he personally offered Srila Maharaj potato-curry and puris!

Remembering Srila Sridhar Deva Goswami Maharaj

Srila Gurudev sings the glories of Srila Sridhar Deva Goswami Maharaj. He remembers how Srila Maharaj used to shower his mercy by being present in all the Math functions till the time he performed his pastimes of being in good health.

Remembering Srila Swami Maharaj Gosvami (Hindi)

Srila Gurudev glorifies Srila Swami Maharaj, "To fulfill the desire of his Gurudev, with so much trouble he went outside India. And whenever I heard his sermon, he used to pray the grace of Narottam Thakur and Bhaktivinod Thakur through their kirtans, ‘nitai guna-mani amar’ and others. He was always praying them for their grace so that he can fulfill the desire of his Gurudev. At the very advanced age, he was moving in the whole world."

Remembering Srila Swami Maharaja and Other Guru-Vargas (English)

Srila Gurudev sings the glories of Param-pujyapada Srila Bhakti Vedanta Swami Maharaj saying, “He did a very marvelous, wonderful service within a short time.” He advises his disciples, “His institution should be retained at all cost. And this will be a great service opportunity for you”.

Sri Rupa Shiksha - The Teachings Imparted to Rupa Goswami

Through Rupa Goswami, Mahaprabhu taught the world about Krishna’s Vrindavan pastimes and the process for attaining Vraja-prema. The Lord explained the rasa-shastra to Rupa Goswami, in a way He did no other person, for Rupa Goswami was the dear friend of Swarupa Damodar. His true identity was that of the Lord’s beloved, his nature was that of divine love itself, and he was also possessed of natural physical beauty.

Srila Bhakti Prasad Parmarthi Maharaj Sings the Glories of Srila Gurudev

This is the English translation of glorification of Srila Gurudev by Srila Bhakti Prasad Parmarthi Maharaj, a disciple of Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj, recorded at Mayapur, Virahsabha 2017. Here by remembering two incidences from his personal interactions with Srila Gurudev, Srila Maharaj emphasizes on his matchless vaishnava qualities. While remembering, he relishes the bliss of sublime teachings he had received from Srila Gurudev.

The Boundless Mercy of Vrindavan Das Thakur

Vrindavan Das Thakur exemplified boundless mercy towards the fallen souls. As a devoted servant of Nityananda Prabhu, an incarnation of Vyasa and a revered teacher of the Vaishnava tradition, Vrindavan Das Thakur's mere touch had transformative power. It was believed that if even a speck of dust from his foot would fall upon a sinner's head, that individual would be blessed, with all sinful inclinations inevitably eradicated. The compassion exhibited by Visnu and the Vaishnavas transcends the understanding of those who fail to recognize their true welfare. Anyone who follows in the footsteps of Vrindavana Das Thakur and both practices and preaches pure devotion to Gaurakrishna will always be engaged in an effort to bring about everyone’s ultimate well-being. While he outwardly appeared stern towards the adversaries of the Lord, his heart overflowed with boundless compassion towards them.

Turyashrami Maharaj sings the glories of Srila Gurudev

Srila Bhakti Niketan Turyashrami Maharaj spoke on how Srila Guru Maharaj was different from others starting from his initial days of Math life itself. He narrated a few incidents on how Srila Param Gurudev Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj used to take care of Srila Guru Maharaj wherever he used to go. He also spoke about Guru Maharaj’s entering into trance while performing kirtans.

Vamsidas Babaji Maharaj and Raghunandan Thakur's Disappearance Day

In this harikatha, Srila Gurudev narrates the glories of Vamsidas Babaji Maharaj and Raghunandan Thakur. He emphasizes on the benefits of remembering vaishnavas always and specifically on their appearance and disappearance days and explains the same giving evidences he had heard from his Gurudev and from scriptures.

Śrī Devānanda Paṇḍita’s Deliverance from Vaishnava Aparadha

Anyone who commits offences to Vaishnavas cannot develop devotion to the Supreme Lord by any means whoever XYZ he maybe. It is impossible for devotion and Vaishnav aparadha to co-exist simultaneously. Committing Vaishnav offence is compared to Hāti-mātā (a mad elephant entering into a garden and uprooting the creeper of devotion). The creeper of devotion will dry up and everything will be destroyed.