Source: Encounters with Divinity, by Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Dev Gosvāmī Mahārāja Yāre dekho tāre kaha kṛṣṇa upadeśa. Once I went to Kṛṣṇanagara court. There the lawyers put to me, “Why do all...
War on Maya
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Sarasvati Gaudiya Writings 2
Yoga–Māyā and Mahā–Māyā
by His Divine Grace Śrīla Bhakti Promode Puri Gosvami Maharaj Mahārāja Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thakur has written of the principle of energy. The three modes of material nature are material energy called...
Happy New Year announcement
All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga Dear/Blessed Devotees Daṇḍavat praṇāms to you all 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐘𝐎𝐔 In the name of our Śrī Bhakti Siddhānta Vāṇī Trust we would like to wish all...
Jesus and Judas : Love for betrayal
By Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj Source : Spoken on 29 September 1982. Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Maharaj: Do you know of Judas in the Christian teachings? Disciple: Yes, he...
TO LOVE GOD
By Śrīla Sacidananda Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura To Love God is a short English article written by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in 1871, describing bhakti (love) as the religion of the soul. The piece is based on...
Real Chanting and Preaching
Student: I have one question about chanting the Hare Krishna mantra on beads (japa-mala). My spiritual master has given me many preaching duties, so sometimes when I am trying to concentrate on my...
Difference between a servant and a trader
By Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj "We should note the difference between a servant and a trader. Many approach with some trading purpose, but the character of the real devotee...
Preaching and Self-Practice
by His Divine Grace Śrīla Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja During His tour of South India, Śrīman Mahāprabhu had converted many local people of that part of the country into Vaiṣṇavism by...
The Vijaya-daśamī
(Śrīla Bhakti-Hrīdaya Bon Goṣvāmī Mahārāj delivered this lecture at 21 Cromwell Road, London, S.W. 7, on September 28, 1933. Sir Bhupendra Nātha Mitra, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., the High Commissioner for...
Nectar drops from Śrīla Bhakti Pramode Purī Gosvāmī Maharaj’s Harikatha
1., Association of sadhu One gets one’s nature from one’s association. Whatever association one has, one’s nature will develop accordingly. The nature one inherits from the association one had in...
THE CHARACTER OF RENOUNCED VAISHNAVAS SHOULD BE SPOTLESS
Om Viṣṇupāda Śrī Śrīla Saccidānanda Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura “Above All The Character of Renounced Vaiṣṇavas Should Be Spotless.” The above instruction was given by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. All...
An Era Not To Be Forgotten–Srila Gaurakisora Still Lives in Our Hearts
by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda namo gaura-kiśorāya sākṣād-vairāgya-mūrtayevipralambha-rasāmbodhe padāmbujāya te namaḥ I offer my respectful obeisances unto Gaurakiśora dāsa...
The True Spirit of Separation
(Śrīla Bhakti Pramode Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāj) After Gaura Hari, who descended to purify this age of Kali, made Himself invisible to the eyes of the world, the preaching of His religion of love carried...
Selected Nectarean Advice of Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Śrīrūpa Siddhānti Gosvāmī Mahārāja
Selected Nectarean Advice of Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Śrīrūpa Siddhānti Gosvāmī Mahārāja 1. Obtaining the shelter of the lotus feet of a genuine guru is, without a doubt, a matter of both great fortune and...