Our Bhakta Bandhav Transcriptions of Srila Gurudeva’s hari-katha.
…Do not criticize. Guru can criticize and chastise. We are not masters to chastise. Be very humble, hankering for bhakti, so that your hearts will melt. Try to serve Vaisnavas and Guru. If you chastise Vaisnavas, not honoring them, and at the same time you are doing so abundant service to Gurudeva, Gurudeva will not accept your service…
Each activity of worship has its own mantra. I think that not all of you have received second initiation, so I should not declare all the details in public. Instead, I am giving only an outline. We will have to chant a mantra when we give anything to Thakurji (the deity). Do not think, “I am offering;” otherwise your offering will be rejected. Do you understand why? We do not possess even saranagati (the six types of surrender). Saranagati includes the conviction that “Krsna will support me; He will nourish me; He will certainly save me…
…He (Param Gurudeva) used to sometimes be awake all night thinking how to help bring the jivas to Krsna. Although he was of a landlord family he used to work so hard for Krsna and Caitanya Mahaprabhu, we cannot imagine. I was serving him, very near to him just like Navin serves me, so I know him…
…Our Guru Maharaj was so siddhanta-vid, that all used to fear him and they had great respect for our Gurudeva. Though Pujyapad Sridhara Maharaja gave him sannyasa, our Gurudeva was senior in coming to the matha. Gurudeva went to the matha of Prabhupada in 1916 and took first initiation. He took second initiation in 1919 and then became a brahmacheri in the matha…
Secondly, he should always chant 64 rounds and, mahāprabhoh kīrtana-nrtya-gīta-vāditra-mādyan manso rasena—He is expert in serving Krsna and Caitanya Mahaprabhu and engaging in kirtana. If he is not expert in this, he cannot do arcana or do anything, cannot serve Her, cannot dance or sing, then how will he do this? All qualities should be there—mahaprabhu kīrtana-nrtya-gīta-vāditra-mādyan manso rasena, and also by chanting and remembering the pastimes of Krsna and Caitanya Mahaprabhu…
If anyone is in friendly terms with Krsna, thinking that Krsna is my sakha, then, following this, they can worship Gaura Nityananda, but if they are like Svarupa Damodar, Raya Ramanada, Rupa Gosvami, then they always serve Sri Sri Gaura Gadadhar. Others like Abhirama Gosvami and those that were sakhas of Nityananda Prabhu, they worship Gaura Nityananda. Gaura Gadadhar are for those worshipping in the madhurya mood. The devotees of Gaura Gadadhara are rare, only those that have deeply gone in to the mood of…
My Gurudeva used to do the arcana, this is all in the Vyasa-puja paddhati. If we neglect any of the acaryas, then we are neglecting all. So don’t think our Guru is the only one and we will not honor anyone else, or he will also give you up…
There must be some relation with Krsna, and according to that relation, you can serve Krsna. If there is no relation you cannot serve. If a man has no relation and he falls down on the road, we can help them somewhat, but we eventually will have to give them up and go away. That is because of no relation. We cannot spend so much money on him. However, if it was your daughter who fell down, then we are willing to spend lakhs and lakhs of dollars on them, because relationship is there….
Even from a very remote village we can see and hear that right now the Labour Party has come in power in England. One can see cricket and all sorts of sports from all over the world and enjoy. However there is a cost of this new civilization. Even though we are nearer, still we feel no sympathy or affection for our neighbor or even our wives and husbands. There is no faith between spouses and thats why they even have separate bank accounts and everything. Children have separate accounts, husband has separate, all have separate, because of no faith and actually no love for anyone. Someone may live in the same building and be dying but nobody cares and they don’t even know who that person is. So this is the problem of the new civilization. There is no love and affection for anyone…