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To Be a Vraja-vasi
On 8 October 1932 in Mathura, in the presence of pilgrims assembled for the upcoming Vraja-mandala Parikrama, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati requested Srimad Bhakti Vilasa Gabhastinemi Maharaja to sing from Prarthana the song beginning "ara kabe palatibe dasa" and...
SOME TEACHINGS BY ŚRĪ RŪPA GOSVĀMĪ PAD
By Srimad Bhakti Vijnana Bharati Gosvami Maharaja The topmost manifestation of bhakti – the ultimate fruit of sādhana-bhakti - is prema-bhakti. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has described the symptoms of the various stages of bhakti in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.17): kleśa-ghnī...
Questions & Answers
From the book "THE BHAGAVATA ITS PHILOSOPHY, ITS ETHICS, AND ITS THEOLOGY" By Srila Saccidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura In the common-place books of the Hindu religion in which the rajo and tamo-guna have been described as the ways of religion, we...
Non-duplicity and Compassion
Prerequisites for the Sincere Observance of Bhāgavata-dharma by Sri Srimad Bhakti Vijnana Bharati Gosvami Maharaja In the beginning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,Śrīla Vedavyāsa has stated: dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo ’tra paramo nirmatsarāṇāṁ satāṁvedyaṁ vāstavam atra vastu...
What is Ista Gosthi ?
If all of our Ista Deva is Sri Gauranga, in that case there can not have or must not have any major difference of views amoung ourselves. If our final goal is same with the same mood of exclusive seva to satisfy our Ista Deva-- the supreme Lord, in that case what...
Srila Prabhupada and his Radha Dassya
(Extract from the class on 13.9.2020 : The Prabhupada and his Radha dassya, Shri Shyam das Baba) Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Thakur Prabhupada told that—“ For the actual preaching of Gaura Vani , I can come down to any level". This kind of statement we...
SRI SRI PREMA DHAMA DEVA STOTRAM
by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj A unique compilation of Sanskrit verses that contain most Pastimes of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, written by Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Sri Sri Prema Dhama Deva Stotram has...
The Glories of Sri Purusottama Month
by Srila Saccidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura Two divisions of sastra—smarta and paramartha The Vedic arya-sastras are divided into two sections—smarta (literature based on smrti) and paramartha (transcendental literature based...
The sweet playing of the supreme Lord
Nitya muktas they don’t know what is suffering because they are eternally mukta. They all serving the Supreme Lord in different way and in indifferent chambers. But bonded Jivas are conditioned souls, so they have to suffer so much according to their respective karma...
Aprakrita Vani Seva is not a matter of joke, how much perfection, how much bhakti should be there to get the scope of genuine Vani-seva
Once my Gurupadapadma was asked by some disciples--“You are writing so much, who going to read all these writtings?“ Maharaj started replaying in a very smiling mood, I am not writing to get labha , puja , prathista , only I like to carry out the order of Srila...