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Birth Centennial Annual of Om Vishnupad 108 Sri Srimad Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj, Acharya of Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math (Regd.)

Nobody can remain in this world completely idle. If you do not engage your sense organs, mind or intellect for the service of Krishna, they will be automatically engaged in other inferior things. The sense-organs will not sit idle.

Sreela Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj

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    Śrī Gaurī Dāsa Paṇḍita

    Gaurī Dāsa possessed the highest order of loving devotion. He had a great ability to deliver and receive kṛṣṇa-prema. He surrendered everything he had, including his own clan, to Nityānanda Prabhu and made Caitanya-Nityānanda the masters of his life and soul.

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    Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī

    Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī’s feet are my only possession. They are my devotional practice, my worship. They are the treasure of my life; they are my ornament, the life of my life.

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    Harikatha

    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.

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    Harikatha

    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.

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    Jhulan-yatra

    Traditionally, in the Jhulan-yatra (swinging festival), conditioned souls (ordinary aspirants) are not entitled to enter. Yet, our Guruvarga has introduced this. This is a type of worship of Supreme Lord. We can do this worship for 5 days as per Archan marg. So our guruvarga said you can do it through sankirtan, by praying for grace, for entering into the transcendental realm. But as long as there is material ego there is no possibility.

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    Baladeva Tattva

    Sri Baladeva Prabhu is the eighth avatar of the Dasavatar. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is the fountainhead of all avataras. His first expansion, Sri Baladeva—the original Sankarshana (Mula-Sankarshana), has the form of a cowherd boy in Vraja and that of a kshatriya in Dvarakapuri. Sri Baladeva, who is the Deity of the sandhini potency, serves Krishna in His five forms of Maha-Sankarshana, Karanodakashayi, Garbhodakashayi, Kshirodakashayi, and Shesh. In the shruti (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.4) it is said: ‘nāyamātmā balahīnena labhyaḥ’ — ‘Without the grace of Baladeva, no one can get God’. Sri Baladeva is the original spiritual master.


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      Without the Grace of Baladeva We Cannot Get Krishna

      Narrating about the Sri Baladev Tatva, Srila Gurudev, emphasizes on the explanation of our Guruvargas on the various pastimes of Lord Baladev. He elaborates on how we can get the grace of Baladev, Gurudev and Guruvarga without which we cannot get Krishna.

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      Lord Sri Baldev Removes Our Material Desires

      Srila Gurudeva elaborately explains the esoteric meaning of the killing of Pralambhasura and Dhenukasura. With very strong and powerful words, he emphasizes on removing the desires of illicit sex relations, material gains and name and fame from our heart. He narrates that if we take absolute shelter at the lotus feet of Baladeva, He will regulate and govern our heart and will remove those desires forcibly.

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      Glories of Lord Baladeva

      The Supreme Lord, although being one, can perform pastimes or spiritual activities in an infinite variety of forms. Sri Krishna Himself performs His own service in His form of Baladeva. Sri Baladeva—the original Sankarshan (Mula-Sankarshan), has the form of a cowherd boy in Vraja and that of a kshatriya in Dwarka-puri. Sankarshan, of the first catur-vyuha (quadruple expansion), in Dwarka is an amsa- avatar of Mula-Sankarshan (cowherd Baladeva).

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      On the Occasion of Baladeva Purnima

      In this harikatha, Srila Gurudeva narrates the glories of Lord Baladeva, who is non-different from Krishna. He explains the ontological aspect of Baladeva along with various pastimes He performed for the welfare of conditioned souls. He explains the deep significance of all His pastimes and imparts us the valuable teachings.

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      Harikatha

      Real Understanding of Balaram’s Rasa-Lila Pastimes

      In this harikatha, Srila Gurudev gives the real understanding of Balaram’s rasa-lila pastimes as heard from his Guruvargas. He emphasizes on the fact that without the grace of Balaram or Nityanand, it is not possible to get the love of Radha-Krishna.

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      Śrī Baladeva-avatāra

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      Kirtan

      Śrī Daśāvatāra-stotram

      The Daśāvatāra-stotra and Gīta-govinda, both written by Śrī Jayadeva Gosvāmī, are still sung daily before Lord Jagannātha Deva for His pleasure. The Daśāvatāra deities are worshipped daily in the Jagannātha Temple at Śrī Puruṣottama-dhāma and in many other temples across India. In the Vaiṣṇava lineages of Assam, harināma-saṅkīrtana is performed by singing about the appearance and pastimes of the ten avatāras. Out of the countless manifestations of the Supreme Lord, the Daśāvatāra occupy a special position.

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      Guru Tattva

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      गु-कारश चन्द्रकारः स्यात् रु-कारस तेज उच्यते
      अज्ञान नाशकं ब्रह्म गुरुर एव न संशयः।

      Viśvasār-tantra

      gu-kāraś chāndhakārah syāt ru-kāras teja uchyate
      ajñāna nāśakam brahma gurur eva na saṁśayaḥ

      The ‘gu’ syllable signifies darkness (ignorance) and the ‘ru’ syllable light. Therefore, it is true undoubtedly that the self-effulgent Parabrahma, whose light removes darkness, is guru.

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        Srila Gurudev's Kirtan Album

        Kirtans sung by Srila Gurudev on various occasions

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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.

        Calendar

        August 26, 2026

        August 04, 2026

        Shasti

        The disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami.

        August 06, 2026

        Ashtami

        The disappearance of Srila Lokanath Goswami.

        August 09, 2026

        Ekadashi

        Fasting for Kamika Ekadasi.

        August 10, 2026

        Dwadashi

        Paran by 6:17 am.

        August 12, 2026

        Amavasya

        The disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev Goswami Maharaj.

        August 16, 2026

        Chaturthi

        The disappearance of Srila Raghunandan Thakur and Srila Vamsi Das Babaji Maharaj.

        August 23, 2026

        Ekadashi

        Beginning of Jhulan Yatra Festival of Sri Sri Radha Govinda.

        August 24, 2026

        Dwadashi

        Fasting for Vyanjuli Mahadvadashi.

        August 25, 2026

        Dwadashi

        Paran before 5:53 am. The disappearance of Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri Das Pandit Goswami.

        August 28, 2026

        Purnima

        Fasting for the Appearance of Sri Baladeva. End of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda.

        August 29, 2026

        Pratipad

        Paran by 9:33 am.

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