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...
TO LOVE GOD
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Sarasvati Gaudiya Writings 2
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...
Chanting a Lakh Names
By Śrīla Bhakti Pramode Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja We attempt to speak about Kṛṣṇa, but what can we really say? We memorize a few verses and recite them like a parrot, and that is the extent of our...
Ācāra o Pracāra (Ācaraṇa & Preaching)
Overview : Gauḍīya Goṣṭhipati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Paramahaṃsa Jagat-Guru said that,— “To get established in the ācaraṇa shown by Śrīman Mahāprabhu...
Sampradāya Praṇālī (The system of Sampradāya)
All glories Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga — Śrī Śrīla Saccidānanda Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura An Overview : Sampradāya-praṇālī (system) is not at all a prejudicial conception to maintain biasness in...
“A Glorification Discourse upon the Article( Where East and West can meet) Authored by Śrīpāda Sadananda Brahmacārī (Later Known as Svāmī Sadananda Dāsa)” by Śrīla Prabhūpāda— Part 3
(Translated from Weekly Gauḍīya Patrikā, Volume 15, Issue 10) Year 1935 "That which transcends not only the pratyakṣa (direct), parokṣa (indirect), and aparokṣa (intuitive) planes of perception is...