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Our duty as Gauḍīya Maṭha devotees
Just like a real physician, quite often the real spiritual masters and saintly persons also dissect some of the knots in the obstinate mind of living entities by way of apparently distasteful injunctions and instructions varying on the degrees of entanglement. But the suffering entity is hardly inclined to agree with such injunctions and instead, misapply a lot of harsh words to those saintly persons blaspheming them as their enemies and extremely merciless executioners.
Prajapati Brahma, Indra and Virovana
By Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja The guru of the universe, Prajāpati Brahmā, once said: “The ātma, or soul, is beyond piety and impiety, old age and death, lamentation, hunger and thirst, and acceptance and rejection. Only he who...
Sambandha. Abhidheya & Prayojana
In His instructions to Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī (sanātana-śikṣā), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has said, “The Veda discusses sambandha (the relationship between the living entity and the Supreme Entity), abhidheya (the means for attaining the object of pursuit) and prayojana (the very object of pursuit). Śrī Kṛṣṇa, whose service is to be attained, is the person with whom we are to have sambandha.
Pisi Ma and Gopeshvara Goswami
There is a small Gaura-Nitai temple right across the street from Bankandhi Mahadev temple in Vrindavan. The temple looks more like double story house, but its humble facade hides the glorious pastimes and history of the Gaura-Nitai deities inside. First worshipped by...
Those sahajiyā proclaim–“We should not follow Gaudiya Matha”
“Nowadays even brand new devotees are reading Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛtam and saying, ‘Oh, very good’. They also reading Govinda-līlāmṛta and thinking that—“The Gauḍīya Maṭha Devotees they know nothing about rasa-tattva. Oh, we are always in excellent rasa.” We should not follow them (Gauḍīya devotees) their strict siddhanta-vichar.
Two types of mukti
In many scriptures like Śiva Purāṇa, Vedas etc. it is written that those who leave body in Vārāṇasī they can attain mukti (liberation), but there is a question that what type of mukti? We know that it is written in śāstra “kasi maranat mukti”, and it is surely not wrong, but what type of muki is meant here in this case, that is the main question.
Viraha-tattva (The truth about divine seperation)
Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja A Festival of Bliss, not Sorrow Separation is a source of great pain for every living entity, so why, yearly, do we make elaborate arrangements in honour of the departure of a great Vaiṣṇava, simply to experience agony?...
Kunigunde
It is just nonsense if someone rattles off the Names of Krishna without knowing who Krishna really is. Only an avatara can bestow shakti upon a jiva to get immediate realization, i.e. to immediately understand the nature and the mutual relations between God, jiva and maya [sambandha-jnanam] and to repeat His Names without misunderstanding.
Trap of Emotion
There is a simple self test; try to think like this: I, my mind, body, soul, house, husband, children are His property. I am like a trustee appointed by Him and obliged to see that His property is kept well and prospers. – We must stand with both legs in this world of bitter realities and try to make it fragrant with Krishna’s fragrance.
Pranam Mantra of Sadananda Svami
We like to bow down unto the lotus feet of that Sadananda Svami Guru—who is the dear most associate of Sri Gaura—now appeared on this earth.