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...
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Our only duty is to serve Krsna
By Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Thakura Prabhupada Some people attempt to become heroes through action (karma), some strive to fulfil other desires (anyabhilasa), others (jnanis) strive...
Observance of Cātur-māsya
From 1897, Śrī Siddhānta Sarasvatī began to observe Cātur-māsya. Although this four-month vow of austerity is enjoined for all followers of the Vedic path, Gauḍīyas had been neglecting it, largely...
Morality
(Full article from The Harmonist, Vol. 4, April 1932, Pages 332 to 336, by His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Jagad Guru Prabhupada). The appearance of the ideas of right and...
Gaudiya Maṭha has nothing to do with Deceitful Pseudo -followers
(By Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda) Some people think that they have been fully initiated in the Gauḍīya Maṭha when they have no, yet completed the initiation...
The Ācārya’s Unequalled and Unsurpassed Greatness
A translation of “Ācāryera Asamordhva Mahattva” (Gauḍīya 6.28–33) (By Srila Bhakti Siddhanata Sarasvati Gosvami Thakur Prabhupada) Many people think that the path of bhakti is covered with a soft...
What Gaudiya Math is doing?
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The mentalities of living in the dhama and enjoying the dhama
Letter by Srila Prabhupada Bhakti Siddhanta (Sri Gaudiya Matha, Calcutta, July 29, 1935) Yesterday morning we arrived at Calcutta Gaudiya Matha. I am glad to hear that your mother is living in...
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Thakur Prabhupada’s concern for women devotees
On September 21, 1925, Prabhupada gave a long lecture to the devotees assembled at the Gaudiya Math about how to lead an exemplary, devotional life. An excerpt from that lecture follows:All of you...
Amara Prabhura Katha
Excerpts FromMy Master and His Teachings(Amara Prabhura Katha) by Sri Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada We are presenting herein excerpts from a series of articles by jagad-guru...
The One Absolute
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya told us that we should first acquire self-determination, without which we will mistake the mind for the soul. Mind is quite different from soul. The mind conducts all the...
Sri Gaura ki Vastu? (Who is Sri Gaura?)
(This article by Srila Sarasvati Thakura was originally written in Bengali in 1918 for the ‘Sajjana-tosani’magazine, Volume 11, Issue 2.) The principal personality amongst Sri Gaudiya Vaisnava...
Srimad Bhagavatam–Lecture Two
(These explanations of Srimad Bhagavatam were published in the weekly Gaudiya magazine during Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakura´s time. Later on, they were published in the monthly Gaudiya...
Sambandha. Abhidheya & Prayojana
by Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda In His instructions to Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī (sanātana-śikṣā), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has said, “The Veda discusses sambandha (the...