Śrī Bhagavān has said: “A truly intelligent person should shun evil company but seek the association of holy saints who, with their instructions, gnaw away the knot of our mind’s worldly...
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Sarasvati Gaudiya Writings 1
Offering for the Worship of Sri Sri Vyasadeva
My humble offering of the heart's exclusive devotion at the holy feet of my affectionate and Divine Master. (From The Harmonist As it is, edited by Srila Bhakti Siddhanta...
What is Rasa?
Letter from Svami Sadananda Dasa to Vamandas 16.4.1956 The worldly rasa is dependent on a special technique of the poet, who himself experiences an aesthetic pleasure and whose work creates a...
The Nature of Gopi-Seva
(Into English, with bold letters and within square brackets: Kid Samuelsson; last changed 2.7.19..) [...] Here [in the rasa-lila chapters of the Bhagavatam] we are given an insight into the nature...
Real Darśana of Śrī Jagannātha-deva
Excerpts from the writings of Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja Śrī Jagannātha-deva is the possessor of all potencies and His form is saccidānanda Sent by Bhagavān, the eternally...
My Advice
(Published in “Sri Sajjana Toshani –or The Harmonist No.6 Vol.XXX, June1932) Editor's speech at the farewell-meeting held at Sree Gaudiya Math, Calcutta, on March 18, 1933, in honour of the...
THE GAUDIYA CREED
From SREE SAJJANA-TOSHANITHE HARMONISTSeptember, 1934 It is probably the most hopeful trait of the Western mentality, that it has been capable even now of expecting to be enlightened by “Men from...
Slow and Steady
amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ We should take resort to kīrtan always, but Mahāprabhu recommends that our attitude should be such: tṛṇād api sunīcha, taror api sahiṣṇu, amānī mānada. It...
God-realization
(By Sri Srimad Bhakti Saranga Gosvami Maharaja) The Mind: Unsteady and Prejudiced To err is human. However learned and intelligent a man may be, he is prone to error and evil. The greatest...
Society – Community – Math
By E. G. Schulze (Sadananda Svami) from The Harmonist (Shree Sajjanatoshani) VOL. XXXII, MARCH 19, 1936, No. 14 (1) Social life is made possible either by a mutual reasonable, general adjustment of...
One Must Correctly Identify a Vaishnava
(An article from Sri Gaudiya Patrika, Year 7, Issue 2, by Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja) Some Misconceptions : The mercy of Sri Guru and the Vaishnavas is the one and only...
Recognizing a Praṇayi-bhakta
(Excerpt from the book “My Beloved Masters” by Srila Bhakti Vijñāna Bhāratī Gosvami Maharaja) The meaning of ‘praṇayi-bhakta’ The term praṇayi has been used by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his...
Harmonising Instructions of the Upper House
From Golden Staircase; Chapter Two, The Eye to see Sri Guru, section: Devotee: It is said there are five principles for bhakti: associating with devotees, chanting Harinam,...
Bhakti is not for the weak, timid and cowardly
(A letter written by Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaj, Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha, Kamsa-tila, Mathura (U.P.) , Date 27/01/1962) My dear --- Maharaja, I was saddened to hear about the...