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“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.
The Holy Birth-Place of the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya
It is only after we have been enlightened as to the real nature of Sridhama by the mercy of the Vaisnava that it is possible for us to serve Her rationally and willingly. In the realm of the spirit there is no such thing as ‘blind’ faith. There is no such thing as service of Vaisnavas and the Power Divine except by enlightenment through grace.
The slippery way of Bhakti
Gaudiya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Jagad Guru told that— “So long as people are going to depend upon their own power and intellect, till then they cannot meet with sad-guru”.
Kṛṣṇa´s Damodar līlā
The purpose of listening to the Dāmodara-līlā is not to satisfy man’s craving for knowledge. In the heart of those who want to serve, listening can awaken the desire to become, in a future life – through the mercy of God and those who are His Own – a particle of dust under the feet of those who are His Own eternal associates …
Śrī Vaiṣṇavera Varṇāśrama (The Varṇāśrama of a Pure Vaiṣṉava)
Śrī Vaiṣṇavera Varṇāśrama (‘The Varṇāśrama of a Pure Vaiṣṉava’) was first published in Sajjana Toṣaṇī, Vol. 11. Issue 10 in 1900. In this article, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains how pure Vaiṣṇavas are transcendental to varṇa and āśrama because all of their activities are meant for cultivating kṛṣṇa-bhakti.
Your Son Is a Servant of Kṛṣṇa
Read Śoka-śātana and Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata. When Mahāprabhu accepted sannyāsa, he told his elderly mother, his wife Viṣṇupriyā-devī, and the residents of Navadvīpa: “I am but a human being. I am connected to you in a variety of relationships. When I go, you should establish all those relationships with Kṛṣṇa, instead of with Me, and thereby give Me the chance to serve Hari independently.”