Śrīla Gour Govinda Swāmī "Pushpa Samadhi" Mayapur.

17/11/2025

12/11/2025

☆You are the servant ot the Lord, 'jivera svarupa haya- krsnera 'nitya- dasa.' This is the constitutional position of jiva - eternal servant of the Lord; you have to serve the Lord. How can you serve The Lord? Where is the Lord? Is He equal to you? Where are you? You are a conditioned soul, fallen down here in the whirlpool of maya, you are drowning. Where is the Lord? He's above the three modes of material nature, so how can you serve Him? The service begins from the service of sādhu- guru- vaishnava. Otherwise, there is no question of service. The Supreme Lord never showers His mercy directly on anybody, No! He showers His mercy through sādhu- guru- vaiśnavas. In the form of guru,
He showers His mercy on His devotees. Therefore, one of the names of The Lord is Sadanugraha. Anugraha means mercy received through devotees.

【"Bhubaneswar, 19 March,1993"】
🪷Śrīla Gour Govinda Maharaja🪷

28/10/2025

Śrīla Prabhupada:
☆Consciousness is therefore the platform of attachment. It is clearly stated here that when we simply purify the consciousness from material consciousness to Krsna consciousness, we attain Liberation. Despite the statement that one should give up attachment, desirelessness is not possible for a living entity. A living entity, by constitution, has the propensity to be attached to something. We see that if someone has no object of attachment, if he has no children, then he transfers his attachment to cats and dogs. This indicates that the propensity for attachment cannot be stopped;
it must be utilized for the best purpose. Our attachment for material things perpetuates our conditional state, but the same attachment, when transferred to the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His devotee, is the source of liberation.

【Purport to Srimad -
Bhagavatam 3.25.20】

11/10/2025

💞💞Śrīla Prabhupada:
Unless one is a resident of Krishna Loka, one can not be a Spiritual Master. That is the first proposition. A layman can not be a Spiritual Master, and if he becomes so, then he will simply create disturbance. And who is a liberated person? One who knows Krishna. It is stated in BG AS IT IS, in the fourth chapter, that anyone who knows Krishna in truth is immediately liberated, and after quitting the present body, he immediately goes to Krishna. That means he becomes a resident of Krishna Loka. As soon as one is liberated, he is immediately a resident of Krishna Loka, and anyone who knows the truth of Krishna can become Spiritual Master. That is the version of Lord Caitanya. So, to summarize the whole thing, it is to be understood that a bona fide Spiritual Master is a resident of Krishna Loka.

【Ref. Veda Base.
Letter to Mukunda
New Vrindaban,
10 June,1969】

31/07/2025

🪷🪷Excerpts from Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja's Class,1996. Bhubaneswar.🪷🪷

☆ You have been given this rare human birth, but you do not understand its value. You are wasting your time in so many useless activities. Do you not know that this life is meant for developing Krishna-prema, pure love for Krishna?

•Every moment is precious. Do not waste it. The moment you lose is gone forever; it will never come back. Use every moment to cry for Krishna. Beg for His mercy. Chant His holy names with a sincere heart. Only then can you make progress in your spiritual life. Krishna is the all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead.

•But He is controlled by love. He is not controlled by wealth, knowledge, or power. Only love can control Krishna. And the highest love is found in the hearts of the gopis of Vrindavan. They are the topmost devotees because they love Krishna without any selfish desire.

•Their love is pure and unalloyed, free from any material contamination. We must aspire to develop such love. This mood of separation — vipralambha-bhava — is the highest expression of love for Krishna. When Krishna left Vrindavan, the gopis felt unbearable pain and anguish.

•They could not live without Him even for a moment. They cried and cried, calling out, 'O Krishna! Where are You? Please come back to us!' Their hearts were breaking in separation from Krishna. This is the mood that attracts Krishna the most. This is the mood we should develop if we want to attain Krishna-prema.

•But how can you develop this mood if your heart is hard like stone? If you are attached to so many material things, if you are full of pride, envy, and offenses, how can you cry for Krishna?

•Your chanting is not sincere; it is just a ritual, a mechanical process. You chant with your lips, but your heart is not involved. You must chant with feeling, with emotion, with tears in your eyes. You must cry out to Krishna, 'O Krishna! Please accept me! I am fallen, I am insignificant, but please be merciful to me!' Only then can you develop true love for Krishna.

•Do not think that Krishna is far away from you. He is in your heart. He is always with you. But ...🙏(see comments)