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This response to the Sree Vyasa Puja (1936) by Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur was published in The Harmonist or Sajjana Toshani March 19, 1936.

The prayers of Śrīla Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura are particularly precious for those who tread the path of rāgānugā-bhakti, as they embody the raw, unfiltered longing for divine service that characterizes the highest expressions of devotion. His words are not mere poetic compositions but the outcry of a heart consumed by the flames of separation, yearning for entrance into the eternal, loving pastimes of the Divine Couple in Vṛndāvana.

This talk by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda was given on the evening of Śrī Nityānanda Trayodaśī at the Yogapīṭha in Śrīdhāma Māyāpura on 5th February, 1936. It was first published in The Gauḍīya, Vol. 16, issue 39.

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 qualification to advance in the life of paramārtha (devotional service)...

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 sentiment) and expect to speak the transcendental narrations of the...

In the following letters, appearing in the book Prabhupader Patravali, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvati Ṭhākura Prabhupāda clearly defines the qualification of raganuga bhakti.

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 some of his points are generic criticisms, Sarasvatī Ṭhākura is primarily aiming his criticism at one of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s wayward disciples, Śrī Sītānātha Bhakti-Tīrtha of the Prapannāśrama in Sāuḍī, Bengal.

This is the first part of a famous two-part article ‘Bhāi Sahajiyā’ written by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda which was first published in Sajjana Toṣaṇī, Vol. 19, Issue 11 in 1917. The article addresses the general sahajiyā community and their various kinds of deviancy, but Sarasvatī Ṭhākura writes it in the form of a letter to an individual whom he calls ‘bhāi sahajiyā’ (‘brother sahajiyā’). Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s exposé of the peddlers of so-called ‘rasa’ is filled with scathing sarcasm and acts as a warning against cheap spiritual pursuits.