Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!

Extracts of the sermons delivered by His Divine Grace of Om Vishnupad 108 Sri Srimat Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj, Founder of Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math Registered Organisation on the Holy Day of His Advent on Utthan Ekadashi Tithi in 1967 at Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, 35, Satish Mukherjee Road, Calcutta-26



To me Gurudeva manifests Himself in four forms, viz :-



(1) Gu + Ru - Who destroys ignorance. Appearance of Absolute Knowledge Bhagavan removes ignorance. Hence, Original Guru is Bhagavan.

(2) He who has engaged me in the service of Bhagavan directly is the second
appearance of my Srila Gurudeva Most Revered Nityalilapravishta Prabhupad
Srimat Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Gosvami Thakur, Founder of the world-wide
Sri Chaitanya Math and Sri Gaudiya Math Organisation.

(3) Vaishnavas are the third appearance of Gurudeva. What do they do? As Gurudeva always engages His disciples in the service of His object of worship, vaishnavas also do the same.

(4) Disciples are the fourth manifestation of Guru. They, as disciples, actually do the work of a Guru, i.e. they engage myself always in the service of Gurudeva. There is no scope of doing any anti-devotional act of violation. If there is any violation, they will detect it. Hence, disciples are also my Guruvarga. Disciples perform Gurupuja by singing the glories of Gurudeva, Iperform Gurupuja by hearing. But by hearing the glories, if I have got the evil motive of misappropriating it, it will not be Gurupuja. As chanting is bhakti, hearing is also bhakti. In whatever way devotees may express their hearts, they are all my objects of worship.


--- His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirth Goswami Maharaj



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