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Regarding offering of prasadam
Regarding offering of prasadam (for Beginners) Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada used to say that—“ Bhakti is the natural function of our soul.” On the basis of this Siddhanta we can easily realize that due to the influence of Maya we cannot realize how...
How to take care & worship Srimati Tulasi Devi.
Srimati Tulasi Devi is Bhakti Devi, so we must be very careful to worship Tulasi Devi. Darshan (to see), Sparshan (to touch), Dhyan (to meditate), Rupon (to plant seed), Sechan (to give water), Pujan (to worship), Parikrama (to move around Tulasi Devi) etc. seva of...
Stick firmly to your cherished goals
Gaudiya Gosthi Pati Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja told that—“ Material people will always go on speaking all material topics in front of you, you cannot stop them, but try to remain indifference to such bazaar gossips, stick firmly to your...
Sri Srimad Bhakti Pramoda Puri Gosvami Maharaja
(Here you can find some extracts from the Harikatha of Shri Shyam das Babaji Maharaja spoken either on Avirbhava or Tirobhava tithis of Sri Srimad Bhakti Pramoda Puri Gosvāmī Mahārāja ) Gaudiya Gosthi Pati Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Gosvami Prabhupada...
Without Srimati Radha Rani who is going to arrange kripa for everyone?
patrapatravicaranam na kurute na svam param viksyate deyadeyavimarsako na hi na va kalapratiksah prabhuh sadyo yah sravaneksana-pranamana-dhyanadina durlabham datte bhakti rasam sa eva bhagavan gaurah param me gatih ( Sri Caitanya Candramrtam Vers 77) The fully...
To become a dust particle unto the Lotus feet of Srila Rupa Gosvami Pad
Gaudiya Gostih Patih Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Gosvami Prabhupada told that--“ We Gaudiya-- It is our ultimate goal to became a dust particle unto the lotus feet of Srila Rupa Gosvami Pad." To become a dust particle unto the Lotus feet of Srila Rupa...
Srila Prabhupada never told that we can never follow Raga- Marga
Gaudiya Gosthi Patih Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Thakura Prabhupada told that—“ We are actually patient, we are suffering from material disease, in this condition if we are going to take rich food than death is unavoidable. For bondage soul, it is...
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...