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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...
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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...