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.)
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 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 an 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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Śrī Mukunda Datta Ṭhākura
Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita inquire Mahāprabhu if there was any chance of getting His darśana ever? Mahāprabhu replied, “ He will get My darśana after ten million of his births.” Hearing Mahāprabhu's reply, Mukunda danced in a trance while uttering repeatedly, “ Mahāprabhu's words will never be untrue.” In a moment Mukunda's ten million births got destroyed. Mahāprabhu freed him from his offenses and showed him His opulent form at that very moment. Mahāprabhu, accepting His defeat, said, “ I perpetually reside on Mukunda’s tongue. Wherever I appear, you will get the service to sing for Me.”
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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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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.
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July 05, 2026
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The appearance of Srila Vakreshwar Pandit.
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Navami
The disappearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.
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
श्रीमद्-भागवतम् [११.३.१९]
नित्यार्तिदेन वित्तेन दुर्लभेनात्ममृत्युना ।
गृहापत्याप्तपशुभि: का प्रीति: साधितैश्चलै:॥
11.3.19
gṛhāpatyāpta-paśubhiḥ kā prītiḥ sādhitaiś calaiḥ
The human beings who are covetous to get money for their happiness commit a blunder because worldly wealth is always painful. If they do not get money they are unhappy as they cannot fulfill their desires. Secondly, at the time of earning money, they undergo immense tribulation and worries. Furthermore, there is extreme tension of mind to preserve the earned money. When money is lost or taken away, they have extreme separation grief. Everything in this world is such—if we do not get we are unhappy, if we get we are unhappy, if we lose it we are unhappy. Even at the risk of life human beings are trying to earn money.
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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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