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The qualities of the real preacher (Part 1)
Bhaktivinod Thakur said that a sincere soul must wait with full patience for a Sat-Guru, one who is surely a tattva-vit Guru, to come into their life.
This is preaching or cheating?
Gaudiya Gostih Patih Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Thakur Prabhupada told: “ Those who are going to collect opulence’s in the name of Bhagavat-seva or Guru-seva, if at all they are going to use that for their personal (lab , puja, prathista ) then surly...
THE CORRECT ANGLE OF VISION
A Conversation with Major Rana N. J. Bahadur at Armadale, Darjeeling, on 14 June 1935. Originally published in The Harmonist (Vol. XXXI, No.21) on 27 June 1935 Question: I cannot understand this world. Answer by Gaudiya Gosthi Patih Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati...
For preaching strong resolution to be taken by a preacher
Before going for preaching one must take strong resolution to distribute exact siddhanta vicar as per shrouta vani (Guruparampara) about that absolute truth, so that innocent people can grow faith and bhakti unto the Lotus feet of supreme Lord day by day. Gaudiya...
Srila Sarasvati Thakur in Nilachal Kshetra
(From the book Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Vaibhava) Next day the devotees toured the main holy places of Puri while performing sankirtana, finally arriving at the Simha-dvara gate of the Jagannatha temple. Here Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati quoted a verse spoken by the...
The Car Festival of Sri Sri Jagannath Deva
(FROM THE HARMONIST OR SHREE SAJJANATOSHANI VOL. XXVIII JULY 1930, Chaitanya-Era 444 | NO. 2) The Car Festival of Sri Sri Jagannath Deva was celebrated on the 28th of June. It proved to-be a day of heavy rain. The devotees of Sri Purushottam Math in pursuance of...
Srila Thakur Bhaktivinod
( From The Harmonist, No.2 VOL.XXVI ) By Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Thakur Prabhupada It is not possible to understand Thakur Bhaktivinode by dissociating him from Sri Chaitanya and His most illustrious followers and associates. He did not set up as...
Why Laksmi devi going to ride owl ?
Why does Laksmi devi ride an owl? The answer is going to make a laughing-stock of the conditioned soul bound by lobha (greed). Though it is humorous as well as tragic, the following should nonetheless be accepted as perfect siddhanta. On whom does Laksmi devi ride and...
Our tongue is a great Sadhu!
The nature of our tongue is very nice, never having hostile mood ( attacking mood), just like a sadhu living amidst all enemies. The tongue is very humble living inside the trap of 32 teeth. But never fear about them because a sadhu never afraid of any enemity. May be...
Without Faith One Cannot Have Darshan
“I see the statue.” — This kind of thinking is in the spirit of enjoyment, whereas “The deity sees me, my uncovered pure self,” is deity darśana. If in the same way that I see a movie, drama, or gymnastic display or hear a song, I think “I can see the...