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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...
The Supreme Lord reserves the right to not be exposed to our sense organs ( Part 2)
The Supreme Lord reserves the right to not be exposed to our sense organs (Part 2) I request you to always follow a Pure Vaiṣṇava and hear Hari-Kathā from him. Take his shelter for a long time. Do Harīnām and develop your sevā mood. Day by day you should increase your...
The Greatness of the Acharya
Gaudiya Gosthi Patih Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Gosvami Prabhupada told : Despite knowing that one’s hands may be injured while uprooting thorny bushes, and that wild animals or cruel snakes residing in the bushes may bite, one engaged in such work...
The Supreme Lord reserves the right to not be exposed to our sense organs (Part 1)
Guru-Vaishnava is the only source of transcendental sound so we must depend upon them. If we can fully believe in this transcendental sound vibration, and if we go on hearing Harikatha from a pure Guru-Vaishnava for a long time, and also if we chant Harinam sincerly, then one day we can automatically find that Harinam will show his actual feature in front of us.
Bhaktisiddhanta Vani
( Extract From The Harmonist 26.249–50 (April 1929); SCT 362–63.) Gaudiya Gosthi Patih Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhnata Sarasvati Thakur Gosvami Prabhupada told : Those who perpetually serve the truth with all their faculties, and who have no...
Is the soul benefited by eating ?
( From Sree Sajjana Toshani, VOL. XXVI ) We find that the holy Scriptures give a definite reply. They forbid us to eat. They tell us that we must do nothing but serve the spiritual. By eating any kind of food which is a material substance only the mind and body...