Akrodha Paramananda Nityananda Raya

Srila Gurudev has always emphasized on performing all the devotional practices with the sole purpose of satisfying the object of our worship Supreme Lord Sri Krishna. “Example is better than precept”, is his way of teaching. He showed the pastimes of utmost absorption in each and every devotional forms he enacted to practice. So does His pastime of performing Kirtans. Srila Bhakti Pramod Puri Goswami Maharaj, one prominent disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad, used to say that Nityananda Prabhu and Gauranga Mahaprabhu Himself get manifest and dance in Srila Gurudev’s Kirtan.

Apara Ekadashi

Observing Ekadashi is one important limb of the 64 limbs of devotion. There is a scriptural prescript to do Upavasa on Ekadashi Tithi. Upavasa means to stay near Supreme Lord. For a conditioned soul it is possible by performing Hari Kirtana alone, which is the Yuga dharma for Kali-yuga and is the only way.

Blessings

Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami Maharaj blesses Srila Gurudev, “Maharaj, Srila Prabhupad and Pujyapad Madhav Maharaj are showering grace on you constantly. They have bestowed everything upon you. You bring auspiciousness to the whole word. Through you many persons have gained, gaining and will gain auspiciousness. May you attain long life. May you preach the words of Mahaprabhu everywhere.”

Eighth Yam - Prem Sambhog

10:34pm to 3:22am. Jewel amongst all beloved gopīs Srīmati Rādhikā’s apophthegm—Śrī Krishna can crush this maid servant, devoted to His Lotus Feet, by firmly embracing me or mortifying me anywhere and everywhere by His profligate behavior with any of His beloved gopīs, yet He is my dearest beloved and nobody else.

Fifth Yam - Asakthi

3:22pm to 5:46pm. O Nandanandan, in spite of my being your eternal servant, due to predicament of my own deeds, I am drowned in the terrible ocean of births and deaths. Out of compassion kindly think me as dust particle of your Lotus Feet.

First Yaam - Shraddha

3:22am to 5:46am. Chanting of the Holy Name Śrī Kṛṣṇa, completely, loudly in the company of devotees and without tenfold offences, which can bestow seven attainments— viz. cleansing of the mind-mirror, extinguishing of the forest fire of birth, death and threefold afflictions, bestowing eternal soothing benefit like moonlight, life of spiritual learning i.e. awakening of the real self, increasing of the ocean of bliss, bestowing at every step sweet taste of complete transcendental ambrosia, holy immersion of body-mind-real self—be supremely glorified.

Fourth Yam - Ruchi

10:34am to 3:22pm. O Supreme Lord! I have got no desire for wealth, manpower or erudition (desire for deceitful Trivarga— worldly piety, money and lust or even to merge myself with the Impersonal Formless Brahma, i.e. ‘Mukti’— salvation, which is more deceitful). My only prayer is to get causeless one-pointed devotion to You.

Glories of Jahnavadevi by Srila Gurudev

This video features the glories of Śrī Jāhnavā Devī, the internal potency of Lord Nityānanda, as sung by Śrīla Gurumahārāja. This clip is taken from a recorded video conference held at Kolkata Maṭha in 2004.

Glories of Mohini Ekadashi

Giving up all sins, and with all good qualities, one who remains near Kṛṣṇa, totally relinquishing all enjoyments, has actually observed the vow of Ekādaśī. Upāvṛttasya pāpebhyaḥ: We are to give up all sinful activity. We are to refrain, to desist from committing all sins. On Ekādaśī-tithi this is the very least we should do and, while exhibiting all good qualities, we should remain near the Supreme Lord Who is All-Good, All-Existence, All-Knowledge and All-Bliss.

Guru Gata Pran

This video features the loving relation between a guru, Srila Param Gurudev and his most intimate disciple, Srila Gurudev. The exemplary conduct and surrender of Srila Gurudev and his simple heartedness won the heart of his Gurudev to such an extent that he personally used to keep watch on his activities and used to refrain him from doing services which could harm him by any means. And on the other hand, for Gurudev, his beloved Gurudev is his heart and soul. The love and dedication he had for his Gurudev were beyond the description of any mundane words. He is the embodiment of guru-bhakti. How fortunate we are to witness the transcendental madness of that love of the highest realm. May Srila Gurudev bless us to get even the desire to have an iota of that love and devotion towards him.

Gurudev's Virahasabha at Mayapur

This video features the Virahasabha held at Mayapur on the next day of Samadhi, to remember and pray for the blessings of Srila Gurudev. Acharyas of many Gaudiya institutions had come to get his blessings by submitting their offerings at his lotus feet. The assembled devotees were showered in the rains of glories of Srila Guru Maharaj. They were overwhelmed to hear the personal experiences on how much love and affection Srila Guru Maharaj has given to everyone who came in contact with him. The morals and high standards set by him will be remembered for the life after life to come. He has become the role model for all the Gaudiya Vaishnavas. Everyone was short of words to sing the glories of the magnanimous legendary personality of this era.

Guruji Offering Pranams

Have you ever seen Srila Gurumaharaj offering obeisance and flowers to his Gurudev in his bhajan-kutir? His ecstatic emotions for each and every moment he spends there? Those moments establish the fact that he is witnessing his Gurudev's direct presence even while in separation from him. And that gives us a great teaching that for the Supreme Lord and His associates, there is no difference in their transcendental manifested form and their pictures. This video is a collection of Srila Gurumaharaj's such divine moments in the bhajan-kutir of his beloved Gurudev.

Harikatha On Nrisimha Chaturdashi by Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj

Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj reads the narration of Nrisimha Deva Appearance from Srimad Bhagavatam.

Harikatha on 'Life of Dhruva'

In this Harikatha Guru Maharaj stresses that a person with ulterior motives cannot speak Harikatha. Guru Maharaj speaks about Mahaprabhu's pastimes of listening to the life stories of Dhruva and Prahlad Maharaj from Gadadhar Pandit more than 100 times and about His wish to hear them repeatedly.

Harikatha on Ramnavami Tithi (Video)

In this harikatha Gurumaharaj speaks about the highest ideals established by Lord Ramachandra, Lakshman, Bharat and Sitadevi. He emphasizes on the main teachings from the pastimes of Lord Ramachandra. Guruji also have spoken about his gurudev, Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj, his personality, conduct and teachings.

His All Powerful Narasimha Kirtan

Srila Turyashrami Maharaj remembers, “ One special thing I have seen in Maharaj. When he does kirtan, he forgets everything about his surroundings and becomes indifferent to this world. One time, there was Nagarkirtan held in Kolkata. Maharaj was leading the kirtan and he lifted his hands and immediately got immersed in the kirtan. His body turned to red. He forgot whether the devotees were catching up with his speed of walking or not. He is not putting his hands down for a moment! He is incessantly dancing in transcendental ecstasy! And along with him, I and one more Prabhu came far ahead of the devotees. One was playing mridanga and the other was with kartal. It so happened, that only three of us were seen doing kirtan on the road near Rasbehari in Kolkata! Then I stopped playing kartal. Maharaj’s trance broke and he asked why have you stopped? I replied we have come very far ahead of our group and we will have to wait for them. Such an immersion he has for any activity he used to get involved in! He used to always be in such ecstatic mood.”

In a Kirtan With Srila Trivikram Maharaj

This video features an ecstatic Kirtan by Srila Gurudev in which Srila Bhakti Sharan Trivikram Maharaj, the disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupad, is performing Nritya-kirtan along with him and other devotees during the last day of Mayapur Parikrama.

Nagar Sankirtan, 1985

This video was shot in 1985, six years after His Divine Grace Srila Bhati Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj became the president of Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math. Along with Him were many exalted, senior sannyasis and vaishnavas of the organization.

Narasingha Caturdashi

Video of Srila Gurudeva's Harikatha on Narasingha caturdashi during his tour of England in 2000.

Offering Obeisance to Srila Santa Gosvami Maharaj

This video features Srila Gurudev visiting and taking blessings of Srila Bhakti Kumud Santa Gosvāmī Maharaj at his Math at Behala, Kolkata in the year 2011.

Second Yam - Sadhu Sange Anartha Nivritti

5:46am to 8:10am. O Supreme Lord! Your Holy Name bestows all kinds of eternal welfare to the conditioned souls. For that reason, your Holy Names have no direct or indirect connection with the non-eternal material world. These Holy Names have descended in this world. Supreme Lord has bestowed all powers to His Names and no restriction is imposed to utter the Holy Names. No restriction of time, space— rules and regulations, for utterance and remembrance of the Holy Names. O Lord! You are so merciful, out of compassion you have made easy for the conditioned souls to remember and chant Holy Names, but due to my tenfold offences and my greatest misfortune I have got no liking for Holy Name which has been made so easily obtainable.

Seventh Yam - Prem Vipralambh

5:46pm to 8:10pm. Symptoms of separation grief— even a moment’s separation from Govinda will be considered as an epoch, tears will roll down from the eyes like rainfall, realization of the voidness of the whole world.

Singing the Glories of His Gurudev (Bengali)

Our Gurudev is a shuddha bhakta. He is not in front of us now but he is doing everything. In general we think that we will do this but what he will do that is correct. No one has done anything according to his own wish and nor will be done in future also. What Gurudev decides that only will happen. Like one time, I told I am not eligible to take the renounce order of life so I won’t take. Gurudev stayed silent. I felt sad inside. But he has done something which forced me to say, "Whatever you think is good for me, you do that."

Singing the Glories of His Gurudev (English)

Witnessing the transcendental ecstasy in him while glorifying his Srila Gurudev is topmost fortune amongst all the fortunes. His these moods prove that one cannot sing the glories of Guru, vaishnav and Bhagavan without being intoxicated by the divine love. His madness while glorifying his Gurudev reminds Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur's prayers to Sri Krishna, "pilayiya prem matta kari more suno nij gun gan, please make me drink the divine love and intoxicate me so that I can sing Your glories". Being intoxicated by the love and affection of his Gurudev, Srila Gurudev sings his transcendental glories. This video is a collection of a few glorification clips in English language by Srila Gurudev.

Singing the Glories of His Gurudev (Hindi)

Guruji told me, "You serve all our maths and all vaishnavas. Then you will get actual welfare. When we think that I have become acharya. I can control others, then you will fall down. I have not given this responsibility to you for that purpose. Being president to Gaudiya Math or spiritual organization is not like president of the mundane world. Serve all these vaishnavas and all the Maths, it will bring auspiciousness."

Sixth Yam - Bhava

5:46pm to 8:10pm. Due to offences, our heart has become hard as a thunderbolt. There is no ecstatic transformations when I chant Your Name. O most merciful treasure house of compassion, give me a few drops of feeling for You and save my life.

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?

Srila Gurudev at Sri Narasimha Palli

Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur says in one of his kirtan, “O Krishna, the places or paraphernalia which stimulate your remembrance are the very source of my life”. Srila Gurudev is the manifestation of Lord Krishna’s mercy. So we also pay our innumerable prostrated obeisance to those moments and paraphernalia which remind us of our beloved Gurudev and pray for his causeless mercy to make them the very source of our life. This video features such memorable moments with Srila Gurudev at Narasimha Palli dham on the third day of Mayapur parikrama for the year 2004 and 2005. For those who have not got the opportunity of performing the holy dham parikrama with Srila Gurudev, this video will make them witness Srila Guru Maharaj’s ecstatic mood and the fortune of the devotees enchanted by his divine presence during the circumambulation of the holy dham.

Srila Gurudev's Samadhi Ceremony

Srila Gurudev entered into Nitya-lila on April 20, 2017 at 10.15 PM in Kolkata. This video features the events that happened from that time till the samadhi which was given on April 22, 2017. Fortunate are the souls who have got the opportunity to witness such transcendental pastimes of Srila Gurudev. The maha-sankirtan yatra of Srila Gurudev from Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Kolkata to Ishodhyan, Mayapur reminds of Mahaprabhu’s ecstatic kirtan pastimes at the time of Srila Haridas Thakur’s samadhi. Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami after narrating Srila Haridas Thakur’s samadhi pastimes acclaims that whoever even hears those pastimes will get one pointed devotion to Supreme Lord Sri Krishna. Associates of the Supreme Lord mercifully give opportunities to the conditioned souls to imbibe the strong impressions of spiritual vibrations during such divine pastimes which become their eternal wealth.

Third Yam - Nistha

8:10am to 10:34am. The aspirant who is more humbler than a blade of grass, more forbearing than tree and who is completely devoid of desire for getting respect from others but giving due respect to all is eligible for doing Hari-kīrtan always.

Viraha Sabha @ Ahmedabad