100 Years
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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.)
As much we can increase our eternal devotional impressions in our heart, to that extent we can detach ourselves from our attraction to non-eternal relations and non- eternal impressions. Even Ambarish Maharaj, who was a great devotee, could only conquer all worldly desires gradually.
Sreela Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
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Śrī Vakreśvara Paṇḍita
Vakreśvara Paṇḍita is the fourth member of the catur-vyūha, Aniruddha. He brought happiness to the Lord by dancing in the absorption of Kṛishna. He would sweetly say to Mahāprabhu, “O merciful Lord! Give me a thousand singers so that I can dance.” Radha’s dear sakhi Sasirekha also entered into him.
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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!”
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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!”
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Śrī Śyāmānanda Prabhu
An extraordinary incident which took place in Vrindavan demonstrates how dear Śyāmānanda Prabhu was to Rādhārāṇī. One day Śyāmānanda Prabhu was sweeping the Rāsa-maṇḍala in Vṛndāvan absorbed in ecstatic trance. Suddenly by Rādhārāṇī’s transcendental mercy he found Her ankle bracelet (nūpura) lying on the ground.
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Śrī Śrīdhara Paṇḍita
Who is capable of recognizing a devotee? He may possess all perfections, but we see only his poverty. The seller of banana products, Śrīdhara Paṇḍita, is a living example of this. He disregarded the eight mystic perfections in order to accept only devotion as a benediction. However much misery you see in a devotee’s life, you should know that in fact, he is blissful in devotional service. Those who are absorbed in sense gratification and intoxicated by learning or wealth can never recognize a Vaiṣṇava.
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June 20, 2025
Navami
The disappearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.
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June 22, 2025
Dwadashi
Fasting for Yogini Ekadashi.
Snana Yatra
The Supreme Lord is most affectionate to His devotees and is conquered by their love. How many different stratagems He engages in just to accept the service of His devotee! Though served in Goloka by hundreds of thousands of goddesses of fortune, Govinda still seems not to have enough people to serve Him. How many tricks He plays in order to engage the devotee He wants in His service. Astonishingly, the Lord Himself instructed Indradhyumna maharaj on what are the special services He would like to accept from him. One amongst those services is the transcendental bathing of Jagannath, Baladeva and Shubhadra which is performed on the appearance day of the deities.
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Harikatha Delivered on the Day of Snana Yatra
In this harikatha, Srila Gurudev elaborately narrates the Holy appearance of Lord ‘Jagannath’, ‘Baladeva’ and ‘Subhadra’ in Nilachal Dham. While mother Rohini was narrating the glories of the love vraja-gopis have for Krishna, Krishna and Balaram came there and listening to those glories, a great change of feeling came over Krishna, Balaram and Subhadra, so great that Their arms and legs entered Their bodies. Out of boundless compassion for His devotees, the Lord agreed to give His darshan in that form, manifested out of the love of the gopis. Guru Maharaj also narrates how Lord Jagannath came to Chakdaha, bound by the love of His dear most devotee Jagadish Pandit.
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The Holy Arrival of Jagannathdev in Chakdaha
Lord Jagannath saw Jagadish Pandit crying and so mercifully appeared to him in a dream and told him to take His vigraha and serve. Simultaneously, He appeared to the king of Orissa and ordered him that at the time of the nava-kalevara, when the wooden deity of Lord Jagannath is renewed, the outgoing form should be given to Jagadish Pandit. As a result of this dream, the king felt greatly honored to meet Jagadish Pandit and gave him Lord Jagannath’s outgoing form, which is known as the samādhi-stha-vigraha.
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Wonderful Pastime of Voluntarily Offering His Service
The Lord Jagannath and Gaura-Gopal deities, at Jashora dham, who were worshiped by Nityananda Prabhu’s dear associate, Jagadish Pandit, have displayed the wonderful pastime of voluntarily offering Themselves to the great devotee, Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhava Maharaj, in order to accept his service.
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Snana Yatra and the Illness Pastimes of Lord Jagannath Dev
This article narrates about the Snana yatra and the sequence of various sweet pastimes of Lord Jagannath that take place after the Snana yatra. Fourteen days after Snana Yatra temple remains closed for darshana on the plea that jagannath swami has caught a cold. The illness pastime of the Lord is known as Anavasara. During those days Lord Jagannatha lives in seclusion enjoying svakiya rasa in the company of His wife, Lakshmi. This resting and renovation period is also called Nibhrita. Netrotsava (Reappearance) is when after two weeks of absence, Lord Jagannath reappears. After that, He asks permission from Lakshmi to leave and come out for His Rathayatra chariot festival.
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Srila Gurudev at Snana Yatra Festival, Chakdaha, 2010
Lord Jagannath and Gaura-Gopal deities who were worshiped by Nityananda Prabhu’s dear associate, Jagadish Pandit, have displayed wonderful pastime of voluntarily offering Themselves to Srila Param gurudev to accept his service at Chakadah. No Rathayatra festival is held here, though His Snana-yatra is celebrated with great pomp. On that occasion, the deity is carried from the temple to an altar built in a large field not far from the temple for the purpose of the bathing ritual. This video features, the transcendental bathing of Lord Jagannath dev by Srila Gurudev at Snana-yatra festival, 2010. How fortune we are to witness these precious moments of the Lord accepting direct service from His dear most associate?
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Glories of Jagannathdev’s Maha-prasada
In Puri, there is no distinction between low and high casts for taking Jagannath maha-prasad. Jagannath maha-prasad is the source where the shastras say that even if a brahmana takes maha-prasad from the mouth of a dog. It can never be contaminated.
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Sri Jagannathastakam
The Lord of the Universe—Sri Jagannath Deva is also known as Purushottam. Puri is known as Purushottam Dhama. Sree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu used to sing Sri Jagannath-ashtakam, eight verses of the glory of Jagannatha in Puri. It is written by Sri Adi Sankaracharya, and is still being sung daily before the Deity of Lord Jagannatha for His pleasure. It is respected everywhere in India.
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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।
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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Human Birth is Rare
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. It is the actual duty of all human beings to try utmost to achieve the highest welfare.
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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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