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Proper pātra should be there to receive prema
Śrī Śrīla Shyam Das Baba Maharaj Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is mahā–vadānyāya avatāra, the most munificent incarnation, because He gives kṛṣṇa–prema. No other incarnation gives kṛṣṇa–prema. He never discriminates whether one is very elevated or very degraded and He never...
EKALAVYA’S FAULT
Gaudiya Gosthipati Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Thakur Prabhupada Srila Saraswati Thakur in his book of essays entitled Upākhyāneupadeśa, “Instructions in Stories”, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur gives the following commentary...
THE LIVING MRIDANGAS OF SRI CHAITANYA
Gaudiya Gosthipati Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada The following is an excerpt from a lecture given by Srila Saraswati Thakur on the occasion of sending his first sannyāsī preachers to the West. All persons of this world are superior to us in every...
What does real diksa (initiation) mean?
A person should not consider him diksita (initiate) as long as divya jana (transcendental knowledge) has not truly manifested in his heart. Some are maybe 50 % inclined, some 70%, some 90%, some even 99% but still one percent is missing, that is the arrangement of...
Gaudiyas don’t pray for a peaceful life
Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada told that-- "If somebody says I like to live a very peaceful life so that nobody is disturbing me, then this is also one kind of kama-- passive kama. You cannot see it but it is some kind of self-satisfaction. This...
IS CORONA A CURSE OR BLESSING? (Part-3).
Knowingly or unknowingly each and every Jivatma is a Vaishnava. If we can see the whole world in relation to the Supreme Lord it is quiet natural for us to discover our duty to each other. If this happened right now then the whole world would automatically become free of any Corona effect
Material people always thinking “I am not going to die”
In the Niti-shastra it is written that those who are going to acquire some material knowledge, wealth, education etc., they always have to think that “I am not going to die”; otherwise they can feel no inspiration
Lip and life
Preaching of the word of God is the function of the Acharya who practises what he preaches. It is only when the conscious service of the Lord has been fully attained that one is fit to be styled an Acharya
IS CORONA A CURSE OR A BLESSING? (Part-2)
All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga. sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ (Bg. 18.66) “Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do...
Gaudiya Math and Politics
(VOL.XXXI. The Harmonist, July 26,1935, No.23, Tridandiswami B. H. Bon.) The relation between Church and State is one of the important subjects that continue to engage the attention of both. The modern state takes its stand on common sense. It is in the habit of...