— Translated from Gauḍīya, Vol. 15, Issue 40 (1935), published under the guidance of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda. The ālekhya-avatāra and the arca-avatāra are essentially one...
Sarasvati Gaudiya Writings 1
Editor’s response to Sree Vyasa-Puja Adresses
This response to the Sree Vyasa Puja (1936) by Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur was published in The Harmonist or Sajjana Toshani March 19, 1936. In today's great gathering of such...
Prārthanā Rasa–Vivritti(প্রার্থনা রস–বিবৃত্তি)
(The Unfolding of Nectarine Prayers of Śrīla Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura) by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvami Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Translated for first time in English dated 12.02.2025, Originally...
A Lecture on Śrī Nityānanda Trayodaśī
Overview This talk by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda was given on the evening of Śrī Nityānanda Trayodaśī at the Yogapīṭha in Śrīdhāma Māyāpura on 5th February, 1936. It was...
Upadeshamrita of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhant Saraswati Gosvami Thakur Prabhupada
Question 1—Is kīrtana the best limb of devotional service? Answer—Among all the limbs of devotional service (bhakti), kṛṣṇasaṅkīrtana is the most prominent and essential limb. One receives the...
Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā
By stealing Hari-kathā ,true Hari-kathā can never be spoken —Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvami Ṭhākura Prabhupāda (Hari-kathā at Bāguḍā) One cannot steal from the house of bhāva (divine...
Raga-katha is high, but in our small mouth it doesn’t look nice
In the following letters, appearing in the book Prabhupader Patravali, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvati Ṭhākura Prabhupāda clearly defines the qualification of raganuga bhakti: apnara patre...
Bhāi Sahajiyā (Part Two)
The second part of Bhāi Sahajiyā was first published in Sajjana Toṣaṇī Vol. 20, issue 1. In this section, Śrīla Sarasvatī Ṭhākura continues to point out the defects of various sahajiyā groups. While...
Bhāi Sahajiyā (Part One)
(By Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvami Ṭhākura Prabhupāda) This is the first part of a famous two-part article 'Bhāi Sahajiyā' written by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda...
Vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir…
By Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswati Gosvami Ṭhākura Prabhūpāda This article 'Vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir' was originally written by an unknown author under the editorship of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta...
Saṁbhoga and Vipralambha
(13th Volume, Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha, Saturday, 26 Śrāvaṇa, 1341; 11 August, 1934, Second Issue) In contemplative reasoning, vipralambha and saṁbhoga do not correspond to the achintya vaikuṇṭha...
Who Can be an Ācārya?
Śrīla Bhaktī Rakshak Śridhar Goswāmī Mahārāj QUESTION: Among these four āśramas – gṛhastha, brahmacārī, vānaprastha and sannyāsī – who can be an ācārya? Who has more qualification to become an...
Aṣṭottara-śata Śrī (108 Opulences of Śrīla Saraswati Thākura)
Based on and expanded from “Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvati Gosvāmī Prabhupāda” (Gaudīya 9.440-41), which was a list of sixty-five items authored by “Śrī-Caitanya-mathāśrita-sevaka-vṛnda” (the...
The conception of Gaura-nagari-bhava has been totally rejected by our Gaudiya Guruvarga
Date –31.12.2024 Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda said that—"To consider a nondevotee a devotee, and false bhakti as bhakti, is simply...