By stealing Hari-kathā ,true Hari-kathā can never be spoken —Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvami Ṭhākura Prabhupāda (Hari-kathā at Bāguḍā) One cannot steal from the house of bhāva (divine...
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Sarasvati Thakur
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 /...
Raga-katha is high, but in our small mouth it doesn’t look nice
In the following letters, appearing in the book Prabhupader Patravali, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvati Ṭhākura Prabhupāda clearly defines the qualification of raganuga bhakti: apnara patre...
Bhāi Sahajiyā (Part Two)
The second part of Bhāi Sahajiyā was first published in Sajjana Toṣaṇī Vol. 20, issue 1. In this section, Śrīla Sarasvatī Ṭhākura continues to point out the defects of various sahajiyā groups. While...
Bhāi Sahajiyā (Part One)
(By Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvami Ṭhākura Prabhupāda) This is the first part of a famous two-part article 'Bhāi Sahajiyā' written by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda...
Vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir…
By Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswati Gosvami Ṭhākura Prabhūpāda This article 'Vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir' was originally written by an unknown author under the editorship of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta...
Saṁbhoga and Vipralambha
(13th Volume, Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha, Saturday, 26 Śrāvaṇa, 1341; 11 August, 1934, Second Issue) In contemplative reasoning, vipralambha and saṁbhoga do not correspond to the achintya vaikuṇṭha...
Aṣṭottara-śata Śrī (108 Opulences of Śrīla Saraswati Thākura)
Based on and expanded from “Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvati Gosvāmī Prabhupāda” (Gaudīya 9.440-41), which was a list of sixty-five items authored by “Śrī-Caitanya-mathāśrita-sevaka-vṛnda” (the...
The conception of Gaura-nagari-bhava has been totally rejected by our Gaudiya Guruvarga
Date –31.12.2024 Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda said that—"To consider a nondevotee a devotee, and false bhakti as bhakti, is simply...
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...
Om̐ viṣṇupāda Srī Srīmad Bhaktisiddhānta-Sarasvatī -gosvāmicaraṇānāṃ -nityalīlāpraveśamuddiśya Vilāpakusumāñjaliḥ
(Translated from the weekly Gauḍīya Patrikā,,Viraha-Sankhya, 15th Volume, Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha, Saturday, 3rd Māgha, 1343 (Bengali calendar); 16th January, 1937, Issue 23-24) Dedicated in the name of...
How to develop Ruchi in Harināma?
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswati Ṭhākura Prabhūpāda ( Translated for first time in English dated 17.12.2024 from Bhāgvata Patrikā Year 18_1972 -73 _issue_12, and Weekly Gaudīya Patrīka). Dedicated in...
The Personal Account of Service (A Personal Accounting) [Sevaar Khatiyaan]
Translated from the weekly Gauḍīya Patrikā, Volume 13, year 1933-34, composed under the guidance of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda, authored by one of his devoted disciples...
Tridandi
The following lecture by Srila Sarasvati Gosvami Thakur Prabhupada was first published in The Gaudiya, Volume 11, No. 22, January 1933 and is being presented here in English for the first time. At...