Question 1—Is kīrtana the best limb of devotional service? Answer—Among all the limbs of devotional service (bhakti), kṛṣṇasaṅkīrtana is the most prominent and essential limb. One receives the...
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...
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 /...
In the following letters, appearing in the book Prabhupader Patravali, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvati Ṭhākura Prabhupāda clearly defines the qualification of raganuga bhakti: apnara patre...
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...
(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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
— Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Wherever detachment/Neutrality (nirapekṣatā) is absent, there reside lust (kāma), anger (krodha), greed (lobha), illusion (moha), and pride...
(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...
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...
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...