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Dharmāḍhambara (A Display of Religion)
Many make great endeavors to show their religiosity externally. People will call them devotees, they will call them pious, and the desire for this is strong within them. Indeed, there is very little religiosity within them internally, for truthfully, when they have no feelings towards Bhagavān, they introduce themselves externally as supremely pious. It seems that they are not doing much. But what a grave offence it is to be at the feet of Bhagavān, not realising even once how far one has fallen. There is one song in which Bhagavān says:
Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja Biography
O Srila Gaurakisora, you abandoned the association of worldly people and went to live alone at Kuliya in the island of Koladvipa, where you accepted the service of Sri Dayita dasa. Your effulgent personality illuminates the temple of Sri Dayita dasa in the sacred abode of Sri Mayapura dhama. I eternally offer my obeisances unto you, Srila Gaurakisora.
Srila Gaurakishoradas Babaji Maharaj
The apparently inactive conduct of the paramahansa, exhibited by Babaji Maharaj, must not be considered as in any way less beneficial to the world than the activity of preaching the Word in a visible form that is sometimes displayed by the eternal servitors of Sree Krishna by their auspicious descent to the mundane plane.
The Srimad Bhagavad-Gita and the Sacredness of All Cows
Cows are equivalent to our mothers for when the mothers milk has dried up the cow gives her milk unselfishly to noursih and strengthen us. How can one who has ever drunk cows milk justify the killing and eating of such a mother as the sacred cow.
Sri Gauranga Samaja – The Society of Sri Gauranga
Only those who have faith inSri Gauranga Mahaprabhu are part of His society After thorough deliberation we have concluded that mankind will greatly benefit through Sri Gauranga Samaja, the society of Sri Gauranga. Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura has said “ye va mane, ye...
The worship of the Govardhan-sila
A Govardhan-sila was given by Sriman Mahaprabhu to Raghunath Das Goswami. As the Salagram-sila is respected amongst the brahmans in the varnasram system, so the Govardhan-sila is worshipped amongst the Vaisnavites. The Salagram-sila is also called the Gandaki-sila
The Festival of the Peak of Food
The food must not be taken for any earthly purpose. For example it must not be eaten for the purpose of nourishing the body or the mind. It must not be taken even for the purpose of maintaining life. It is not the act of eating in itself which is really the cause of bodily or mental health or preservation of life.
His attention was always towards the basis, and the fruit will come of itself
By Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaja, from the article “Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread” There are many things below, but the charm and reasonableness of the higher plane, that is enough to convince a person to come this side, and these high Lilas should be left...
Kṛṣṇa’s Mercy is Dependent on Snehamaya-sevā
Mercy is the result of service Many people come to me and request, “Mahārāja-jī, please bestow your mercy and extend your blessings to us, so that we may attain śuddha-bhakti (pure devotional service) and ultimately attain prema for Śrī Bhagavān.” But truly speaking,...
Nāma-cintāmaṇi
(Excerpt from the book Visuddha Caitanya Vani, by Sri Srimad Bhakti Vijnana Bharati Gosvami Maharaja ) The beggar’s fortune There was once a beggar who was unable to eat properly, even after a full day of collecting alms. One day while walking alone through the...