His Divine GraceBHAKTISIDDHANTA SARASVATI THAKURA PRABHUPADA Place: Sri Madhva Gaudiya Matha, Navabpura, Dhaka.Date: Tuesday, 7th October, 1924 (on the occasion of Sri Madhva's appearance day)...
Sarasvati Gaudiya Writings 1
Unalloyed Theism
Among all the sentient entities who interact with this phenomenal world, man holds the supreme position, and he entertains the hope of remaining in such a position into the future, even after the...
The Deep Meaning of Akhanda Guru-tattva
A letter written by Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Vamana Gosvami Maharaja Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga Jayatah Sri Goloka-ganja Gaudiya MathaGoloka-ganja, (Dhubadi)Assam[India]6th June 1972 [The name of the...
Bhakti Siddhanta Vani
Devotees dedicated to the Lord's service are eternal servants of Sri Guru and eternal servants of Sri Krishna. Devotees eternally serve Sri Krishna following faithfully (anugatya) their Guru. If...
Upamanyu – The Ideal Guru-sevaka
(By Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda) The great ācārya Āyodadhaumya Muni had a disciple named Upamanyu. He once instructed Upamanyu to take the cows out to graze every day and...
The evil effect of the association of Dharma Dvaji–(The flag holders of Bhagavat Dharma)
Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pathi Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda told that—"Those who are the flag holder of Bhagavat Dharma, their acharan can lead all bonded soul into...
Only and only the authentic source of Hari-kathā can save us from Maya, nothing else.
Question by Nafar Babu: Why do you not allow any pūrva-rāgadi-līlā- kīrtan or padavali kīrtan by those professional kīrtaniyas at Mayapur or at any Gaudiya Maṭha? The answer by Śrīla...
The Nature of True Devotees
Devotion to God is attained by associating with those who serve both Him and His devotees. They have made service to God the very essence of their life. They have made the narrations of the names,...
Circumambulation of Sree Nabadwipdham
(An article taken from the Sajjana Toshani (The Harmonist) VOL.XXIX, Februrary 1932, Chaitanya-Era , No. 8) The Circumambulation of Sreedham Nabadwip will commence this year on the 12th March and...
Shree Madhvacharyya
(Article from The Harmonist (Sree Sajjanatoshani) VOl.XXIX, January 1932, No.7) The point in the system of Shreeman Madhvacharyya that led Mahaprabhu Shree Krishna Chaitanya to prefer it to the...
The Holy Birth-Place of the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya
(This article was published in The Harmonist, Vol. 28, Jan 1931) The fundamental categories are five in number, viz.--(I) Godhead in Himself as the One, (2) His unmanifested power or essence as the...
Kṛṣṇa´s Damodar līlā
Rendering based on passages from Srimad Bhagavatam, Gopala-Campuh and Ananda-VrindAvana-Campuh Swami Sadananda Dasa Translated into English byKristina Hedtjärn, Bengt Lundborg and Kid Samuelssonfrom...
Śrī Vaiṣṇavera Varṇāśrama (The Varṇāśrama of a Pure Vaiṣṉava)
Śrī Vaiṣṇavera Varṇāśrama (‘The Varṇāśrama of a Pure Vaiṣṉava’) was first published in Sajjana Toṣaṇī, Vol. 11. Issue 10 in 1900. In this article, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains how pure Vaiṣṇavas...
Your Son Is a Servant of Kṛṣṇa
A letter written by Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Thakur Prabhupada Sneha-vigraheṣu (personification of my affection)—Today, in the morning, I arrived at Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha from Purī...