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Shree Madhvacharyya
If the jeeva wants to serve Godhead according to his own judgment his inclination is nothing less than a form of unwillingness to serve at all. Because he must know very well that the guidance of the Plenary Potency is identical with that of Godhead Himself. It is; therefore, imperatively necessary to prevent any possible misconception of the difference that separates the jeeva from Godhead and His Proper Agent in Her Benign Undeluding Aspect. The jeeva is no servant of Godhead except by permission which has to be earned by a disposition of active loyalty in obeying unconditionally the Guidance of the Spiritual Potency.
Śrī harināma (a speech by Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktivinod Thakur)
Without kṛpā (mercy) of Parameswara no other way to cross over this impassible material ocean. Though superior to inert object (matter) still the jīvas are very weak and subjugated. Only Supreme Lord is the ultimate controller and caretaker. The jīva is anu Caitanya, so as a result is under the control of Parama Caitanya and is His servant. Parama Caitanya Bhagavan is the shelter of the jīva. This material world is made up of māyā. The presence of the jīva in this material world is only like a prisoner to suffer punishment for punishable criminal activity. The Bhagavat aversive mood of jīva is the cause of this māyā trap. Without Bhagavat seva mood no other way out for jīva to get rid of māyā. Bhagavat aversive jīva is but –māyā baddha. The jīva, who has a submissive mood towards Bhagavan is mukta.
Accharan is the most vital thing for a sādhu, even thousands of lectures cannot stand in front of that.
He, who is following perfect accharan, even when he is not going to speak anything, still his exclusive unique and excellent pure perfect accharan can speak hari-kathā by the help of his accharan, just as if crores of tongues are engaged in hari-kathā. On reaching the proximity of accharansil personality with a positive mood of sevā, immediately someone can feel shy of his anyābhilās present inside his heart and those can get become curbed to leave his heart.
Aṣṭakāla-līlā smaraṇa
Those who are going to spread the most secret rāgānugā bhajan topics here and there or in the name of anushilan (practice), they try to satisfy sense gratification (passive kāma), –they are surely prākṛta-sahajiyā. They can never get entry into kṛṣṇa-līlā.
Don’t fear, try to jump into the ocean of guru-vaiṣṇava sevā ananda
Śrīla Prabhupāda wanted to point out our poor condition because we want to maintain all our personal comforts, and never like to jump into guru-vaiṣṇava-sevā-ananda. Life is very unstable, any moment we can leave this world. So we must do guru-vaiṣṇava-sevā .
“Paraṁ vijāyate-śrī-kṛṣṇa-sankīrtanam” is the only slogan of Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha
What is the main duty of those members of Gauḍīya Maṭha? All the members of Gauḍīya Maṭha must be ready to sacrifice their life for the saṅkīrtan-yajña- agni enlightened by Śrīman Mahaprabhu at Śrīvas Angan. Śrīman Mahaprabhu is saṅkīrtan- pitha, so to give Him full satisfaction, nama-saṅkīrtan-yajña- agni is the best possible way. It is our main duty to add more and more fuel (ghee) to the saṅkīrtan–yajña- agni. Ghee means our honest effort or sacrifice to do nonstop harinam-saṅkīrtan for the complete satisfaction of the saṅkīrtan-pitha-śrī- gaura -hari.
Śrī Nāma
People want to disturb you in your sadhana, because they never want to cultivate it seriously. So we must see if something is impeding our sadhana, then we must give it up. This is the duty of a sadhaka. The mahatmas, the great souls, their duty is to help others. But we are beginners. We are at the bottom of bhakti. We have not climbed the tree. We must work and try hard to reach the top of the tree where the fruit is. The prema-phala is there on the top.
Yoṣit-saṅga is the most dangerous thing in the life of a sādhu
As per Gaudiya-darśana yoṣit-saṅga has some deep inner meaning. All other sampradāyas can have their literal meaning of this word yoṣit-saṅga, but as per Gaudiya-darśana Śrīla Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura and Śrīla Prabhupāda used to say that yoṣit-saṅga means—The enjoying mood developing from any object or any men or woman.
My rūpānuga-bhajana is only to follow my Gurudeva
Śrīla Vamana Gosvāmī Mahārāja used to say that—“All those scriptural instructions are for me, so I will have to follow everything in toto.” But nowadays we can see just the opposite of what he said, I mean all those scriptural instructions all for others, not for the preacher or who is acting as Guru.
The great free service for the whole world on behalf of Śrī Gaudiya Matha
Gaudiya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Jagad Guru told that— “Nowadays a pure sādhu cannot get honour and respect. The common people nowadays cannot understand a pure sādhu. Almost everybody tries to avoid a pure sādhu. Just like the case of Shankar Bhagavan, because most of the people can misunderstand him by his external appearance. They cannot understand that he is the topmost Vaiṣṇava.