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...
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Gaudiya Gosthi Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvami Ṭhākura Prabhupāda told that—Those exalted, elevated devotees those who trying their best to follow Śrī Caitanya Mahaprabhu in toto,...
To Refute Misconceptions is Guru-sevā
Excerpt from the newly-published book A True Servant, A True Master, a collection of letters from Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja, 28/3/1977 (Letter 41) If one does not have...
The moment we stop discussing Srimad-Bhagavatam, our minds will become fully occupied by material subject matters
We are living in the material world where all activities are performed by the material senses. In the spiritual world, there is no conflict of interest and no abomination. All transcendental...
Associating with Sādhus
Those who have direct darśana often risk a misunderstanding. The proverb “Too much familiarity breeds contempt” is proof of that. Though proximity to śrī guru and Vaiṣṇavas has...
Two kind of darshan can be there, one is Guru darshan and the other is laghu darshan
Guru darshan means to realize each and everything meant for Guru-puja not for our sensual enjoyment. Whereas laghu darshan means to watch everthing with enjoying mood. The term “Darshan” is not the...
Who is ready to sell his own head unto the lotus feet of the paramahaṁsa sād-guru, to attain absolute success?
If we are not able to sell our head unto the lotus feet of sād-guru, up to then we cannot get one hundred percent kṛpā of gurupādapadma, whereas we know it for sure that guru-kṛpā means...
Trap of Emotion
Letter from Svami Sadananda Dasa to M., Calcutta 18.2.54Dear friend! I know everything of how you got the deep shock, suddenly remembering whatyou knew long, long before you got your physical and...
Smriti and vi-smriti (Memory and loss of memory)
All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga (By the causeless mercy of Śrī Guru Gaudiya) (Edited by Shri Shyam Das Baba Mahārāja) “Smriti and vismriti” (memory & lost...
Sat & Asat saṅga
All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga (By the causeless mercy of Guru Gaudiya) (Edited by Shri Shyam Das Baba) Almost in all śāstras such judgment of sat and asat can be...
“Saṅga & Smriti” (Association and memory)
All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru und Gaurāṅga (By the causeless mercy of Guru-Gaudiya) (Edited by Shri Shyam Das Baba Mahārāj) Mahat saṅga and continuous cit vilas smriti out of that satsaṅga we...
Śrī Nāma
Śrīla Bhakti Vaibhava Purī Mahārāja (Excerpts from the book “Śrī Guru-vāṇī” by Śrīla Bhakti Vaibhava Purī Mahārāja) Sit alone, concentrate your mind, don’t talk to anybody, repeat Nāma. Then you...
My rūpānuga-bhajana is only to follow my Gurudeva
Śrīla Bhaktivedanta Vamana Gosvāmī Mahārāja never claimed that he is a disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda, he was so humble. Some of his disciples asked him, can we call Śrīla Prabhupāda as our param...
The great free service for the whole world on behalf of Śrī Gaudiya Matha
honour or dishonour-- all the same for pure Gaudiya Devotees Gaudiya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Jagad Guru told that— “Nowadays a pure sādhu cannot...