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...
(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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
"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....
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...
The ceremony of the Nama Sankirtan Yagya together with Harinam Japa Yagya was observed at the Bhaktivinod –Gaura- Sarasvati Vani Seva Center on the auspicious occasion of Aksaya Tritiya tithi with...
By 𝑺́𝒓𝒊̄ 𝑺́𝒓𝒊̄𝒎𝒂𝒅 𝑩𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅𝒂̄𝒏𝒕𝒂 𝑽𝒂̄𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑮𝒐𝒔𝒗𝒂̄𝒎𝒊̄ 𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒂̄𝒓𝒂̄𝒋𝒂 “To tell the truth, seeing the present state [of the world] I do not have the desire to go anywhere anymore. Man’s heart is extremely...
[May 14, 2021 is Akṣaya Trītīyā in Vṛndāvana, India. It is also the first day of Candana Yātrā. The following is an excerpt from a bhāva anuvāda of the kathā given by Śrīla Bhakti Vijñāna Bhāratī...
śrī-caitanya-prabhuṁ vande bālo ’pi yad-anugrahāt taren nānā-mata-grāha- vyāptaṁ siddhānta-sāgaram (CC Ādi 2.1) I offer my obeisance’s unto to the Lotus Feet of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu,...
(From Search for Sri Krishna, Reality The Beautiful, Eighth Chapter by Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev Gosvami) The gradation of transcendental realisation has been explained by Srila Sanatan...