Without taking medicine nobody can be cured. Without doing anything positively, we cannot get effective result. In spite of our evil desires imbibed in the mind through cycles of births and deaths,...
Medicine for the Mind
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Upadesha
First of all it is our duty to cultivate our heart in such a way so that we can receive the full kripa from Guru and Vaiṣṇava
Śrī Śrīla Shyām Dās Bābā Mahārāj We have heard from our guruvarga that even during the prakaṭa-līlā (manifesting līlā) of Śrīla Prabhupāda, some left his anugatya, some of them developed loose...
A Vaiṣṇava never leaves his service
Śrī Śrīla Shyām Dās Bābā Mahārāj Once, a brāhmacārī was admitted to a hospital. When treatment was going on, a nurse approached him to give him some injection as per the order of the doctor...
A serving temperament means the capacity to tolerate
Śrī Śrīla Shyām Dās Bābā Mahārāj One who truly wants to be engaged in Guru-Vaishnava sevā must cultivate nirapekṣatā (neutrality), saralatā (simplicity and honesty of heart), and dhīratā (steadiness...
Bhagavān Alone Is the Ultimate Protector
— Śrī Śrīla Shyām Dās Bābā Mahārāj Bhagavān alone is the only protector of us all. When all material arrangements for our protection become failure, then His mercy alone can become our shelter. I...
The Noble Ideal of Cāṇakya Paṇḍita
— Śrī Śrīla Shyām Dās Bābā Mahārāj Śāstra always teaches us that ācāran is the most vital thing in our life. In this connection the exemplary life of Cāṇakya Paṇḍita (although he was not Vaishnava)...
Preaching is not a matter of joke, always try to remember this point
— Śrī Śrīla Shyām Dās Bābā Mahārāj Those who are always busy with foreign preaching, be sure that in most of the cases there can be some hidden motive behind it. Very often it is seen that all those...
Scriptural quotes to prove that it is sahajiyaism to approach Rādhā Kṛṣṇa and Harinama directly without constantly remembering Gaur–Nitai first
Is shajiyaism harmful for normal devotees? (1) Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura writes in Prema Pradipa Tenth Ray: ei rupa sabhaa ami taha vyakti karile anadhikarir pakse visesa amangala haite pare /...
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura at the Bhajana Kuṭīra of Śrīla Jagannātha Dāsa Bābāji
Should one constantly chant or just do service? This eternal question on the lips of every sādhaka is answered by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda in this instructive pastime...
Scientific Understanding of Ekādaśi
The relationship between service and rasa. By Śrīla Bhaktī Raksak Śridhar Dev-Goswami Mahārāj Student: Maharaj, since today is Ekādaśi, I was wondering if you could tell us a little something about...
Neutrality (Nirapekṣatā)
— Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Wherever detachment/Neutrality (nirapekṣatā) is absent, there reside lust (kāma), anger (krodha), greed (lobha), illusion (moha), and pride...
Pañca Saṁskāra (The Five Purificatory Processes)
Pañca Saṁskāra (The Five Purificatory Processes) was originally published in Sajjana Toṣaṇī (Vol. 2. Issue 1) in 1885. Herein, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura describes the five divisions of initiation...
The Gravity of the Post of Ācārya
Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vijñāna Bhāratī Gosvāmī Mahārāja used to mention, “Prior to performing every significant activity, Guru Mahārāja would first call upon different devotees in private to seek their...
Observance of Cātur-māsya
From 1897, Śrī Siddhānta Sarasvatī began to observe Cātur-māsya. Although this four-month vow of austerity is enjoined for all followers of the Vedic path, Gauḍīyas had been neglecting it, largely...