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...
Sat & Asat saṅga
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Upadesha
“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...
The eternal Ācārya-ship of Gauḍīya Goṣṭhi Pati Paramahaṃsācārya Varya Śri Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākur Prabhupāda
There are three types of Ācārya-ship, one is selected or elected through public vote. But Śrīla Prabhupāda told that – “An ācārya can never be appointed by selection or election. An ācārya is...
Observing Ūrja-vrata
(Excerpts from the writings of Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja) I was delighted to know you are observing Ūrja-vrata with your mother. In the month of niyama-sevā, one must, in a...
Krsna and Sudama
This is the last portion of the Service to Guru series, which is taken from a collection of articles by Bhakti Promode Puri Maharaj, originally published in Chaitanya Vani, the magazine of the...
Duties of a Married Man
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada was traveling trough Orissa with his disciples. On one day as he was coming back from Saksi Gopal’s temple, some people on the way asked for alms from the married...
The Importance of Observing Cāturmāsya-vrata
(Excerpts from the writings of Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja) All are to observe Cāturmāsya-vrata Even though Cāturmāsya-vrata is not mentioned among the sixty-four limbs...
64 Quotes from Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
1. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s instructions in Sikastakam, “param vijayate Sri-Krishna -Sankirtanam” is the only motto of the Gaudiya math.2. The Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna is the only...
What do you mean by sin, crime & apparadha
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga (The following is an article written by Srila Shyam Das Babaji Maharaj. A High court judge asked for an analysis as to essential differences between...
“Pleasing Śrīla Gurudeva Gives Me Life”
"Many of the disciples of our Śrīla Gurudeva, jagad-guruparamārādhyatama Śrī Śrīla Prabhupāda, gave their bodies, minds, words and wealth to assist in fulfilling his heart’s deepest ambitions....
The Lotus feet of Sri Guru
If I disobey the law that has come down to me through the chain of preceptorial succession, the offense due to omission to carry out the command of the guru will sever me from the lotus-feet of Sri...