The Potency of Transcendental Sound Vibration We know that one who has sakti, potency is indeed saktimana, the possessor of sakti. Therefore, that sound (word) which is endowed...
Sabdera Sakti
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Sarasvati Gaudiya Writings 1
Associates of Shree Chaitanya
From The Harmonist or SHREE SAJJANATOSHANI VOL XXIX JUNE 1931, Chaitanya-Era 445 NO. 5 SHREE Krishna Chaitanya is Shree Krishna Himself, The Associates of Shree Krishna Chaitanya are...
Śrī-Mūrti-sevā o Pautalikatā (Deity Worship and Idolatry)
In this undated article, Śrī-Mūrti-sevā o Pautalikatā (‘Deity Worship and Idolatry’) which was published in the monthly Gauḍīya magazine, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains the fundamental difference...
Paresanubhuti
The knowledge that the jivas acquire at different levels of consciousness is not the same qualitatively nor is it the same quantitatively. Furthermore, knowledge gathered on one level will not...
Dharmāḍhambara (A Display of Religion)
Dharmāḍhambara (A Display of Religion) was a short article published in Sajjana Toṣaṇī, Vol.9, issue 4 in 1897. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura targets those persons who make an external show of religion and...
Sri Gauranga Samaja – The Society of Sri Gauranga
Only those who have faith inSri Gauranga Mahaprabhu are part of His society After thorough deliberation we have concluded that mankind will greatly benefit through Sri Gauranga Samaja, the society...
The worship of the Govardhan-sila
By Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Gosvami Maharaj Student: I would like to ask your blessings to worship the Govardhan-sila. I thought that it would help me in my chanting, my kirtan. Srila...
The Festival of the Peak of Food
The Harmonist or SHREE SAJJANATOSHANI VOL XXVIII JUNE 1930, Chaitanya-Era 445 NO. 4 The festival of the Peak of Food was celebrated in the new Buildings of the Gaudiya Math on the 22nd of...
His attention was always towards the basis, and the fruit will come of itself
By Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaja, from the article “Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread” There are many things below, but the charm and reasonableness of the higher plane, that is enough to...
Kṛṣṇa’s Mercy is Dependent on Snehamaya-sevā
Mercy is the result of service Many people come to me and request, “Mahārāja-jī, please bestow your mercy and extend your blessings to us, so that we may attain śuddha-bhakti (pure devotional...
Nāma-cintāmaṇi
(Excerpt from the book Visuddha Caitanya Vani, by Sri Srimad Bhakti Vijnana Bharati Gosvami Maharaja ) The beggar’s fortune There was once a beggar who was unable to eat properly, even after a full...
Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread
Transcribed from an informal talk at Nabadwip Sri Caitanya Sarasvata Matha on 13th March, 1981. "Guru Maharaja, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, preached exclusively this Madhurya-rasa, but...
To Be a Vraja-vasi
On 8 October 1932 in Mathura, in the presence of pilgrims assembled for the upcoming Vraja-mandala Parikrama, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati requested Srimad Bhakti Vilasa Gabhastinemi Maharaja to...
SOME TEACHINGS BY ŚRĪ RŪPA GOSVĀMĪ PAD
By Srimad Bhakti Vijnana Bharati Gosvami Maharaja The topmost manifestation of bhakti – the ultimate fruit of sādhana-bhakti - is prema-bhakti. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has described the symptoms of the...