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The Holy Name and Anti-Pollution
If you are abusing anyone, criticizing anyone, or quarreling with anyone, these sounds will evaporate in the air and it go throughout the whole universe. If you are speaking any nonsense it will not 'go in vain.' It will go throughout the whole world by air. An example may be given of a big pond.... Read More
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Our Master - His Life
Read MoreA most endearing hallmark of his preaching was the heart-stealing affection he showed to all. As an uttama-bhāgavata, he entered the deepest recesses of the heart to give the unmistakable reassurance that he is one's eternal well-wisher. The depth of his affection is a tangible reality for all who have experienced it, and this in itself bears subjective testimony to the fact that he was a true emissary of the Supreme Lord.
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Namah
Read MoreAs long as Śrīla Gurudeva, the beloved of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is physically manifest, it is wise to render intimate service to him, and thereby attain perfection. But if we are not able to attain perfection because we have failed to develop attachment to him, attachment wherein we consider him to be the lord of our heart; if we have failed to serve him by giving him our full heart in complete sincerity and selflessness, then we have certainly been deprived...
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The Most Compassionate
Read MoreSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is certainly more intelligent than each and every one of us, and He knows how to make the fallen souls of Kali-yuga best understand His high-level teachings. Indeed, His teachings are comprehensible by all. Still, our misfortune prevails. First, we do not accept His teachings. Second, to impress others with our prowess we mix something of our own with them...
Rays of The Harmonist
- The Genuine Commentary on The Source of Religion
- Preach the Truth Without Fear of Death
- When Will I Realize that The Holy Name is Directly Krsna?
by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
The author of the aphorisms detected within himself an apprehension that such insinuations might arise, so he undertook the task of furnishing a true interpretation that might check the potential exploiters, reveal their ridiculousness, and thus prevent them from diverting the people from the Absolute Truth....
by disciples of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada
Prahlada’s only ‘fault’ was that he began preaching about the Absolute Truth. If, in preaching the Truth, even a father can become the enemy of his own son, is there anything surprising if those who are adverse to the Absolute Truth and prone to selfishness deem the expounders of Reality their enemies?...
Read Moreby Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
While regularly chanting the holy name, His form, qualities and pastimes shall be naturally realized... One need not endeavour to artificially remember them... For those who chant the holy names the egoistic gross and subtle bodies are removed and their eternal constitutional form is awakened. And śrī nāma alone awakens one’s eternal constitutional activities, thereby causing attraction to Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental pastimes... “Service to the holy name” includes any essential activities the practitioner must perform – such as maintaining the body – in order to continue chanting the holy names...
Featured - Rays of the Harmonist - No. 22
For fifteen years, Rays of The Harmonist has made available in English the articles of mahā-bhāgavata Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas that hitherto were published only in Bengali. This unique feature of the magazine puts it in a league of its own in the realm of spiritual periodicals. The magazine is graced with treatises by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and also by Śrīla Prabhupāda Sarasvatī Ṭhākura and his esteemed disciples, who received his direct guidance. There are also articles by his pure grand-disciples, who have perfectly realized his teachings. The insights given within these pages bring piercing and vitalizing clarity to our developing understandings and practice of bhakti, especially in regard to guru-tattva. Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja founded this magazine to facilitate our continued guidance by those in the true line of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama - 11th October - 10th November 2011
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- Saturday, 20 August 2011
Every year, om visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja personally invited all of us to attend Sri Vraja-mandala parikrama in the holy land of Sri Vrindavana-dhama...
Janmastami Glorification Of Sri Radha
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- Saturday, 20 August 2011
Sri Jayadeva Gosvami's kirtana, Sri Mangala-Gitam, glorifies Bhagavan Sri Krsna, but moreover it indicates the glories of Srimati Radhika. This is because Lord Krsna's highest glories are not manifest without His being in Her association...
Srimad Bhagavat Saptah - Bangalore - 15-21 August
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- Wednesday, 17 August 2011
You are invited to attend Srimad Bhagavat Saptah followed by grand Janmastami Celebration in Bangalore...
If Rupa Gosvami Had Not Come
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- Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Srila Rupa Gosvami is the life of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas. He is the crest-jewel of the rasika-bhaktas (devotees who taste transcendental mellows) and it is he alone who fulfills the mano-bhistham, the heartfelt desire, of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. We have performed our worship of Srila Rupa Gosvami, and we pray to his lotus feet that his conceptions may manifest in our heart. We pray that the manner in which he served Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu and Sri Sri Radha-Krsna may also manifest in our heart.
After The Walk - Darsana
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- Monday, 25 July 2011
Those who are more advanced can remember Sri Krsna's asta-kaliya-lila (His pastimes throughout each twenty-four-hour period), and those who are still more elevated can remember something more. There is no single instruction or meditation that applies to all. The devotees' remembrance accords with gradation and qualification in bhakti...
Sri Guru-puja at Srila Gurudeva's Samadhi
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- Tuesday, 19 July 2011
15 July 2011 was the day of Srila Vyasadeva's Appearance Day, also called Guru Purnima day because on this day it is customary for all disciples to offer Guru-puja or Vyasa-puja to one's beloved Guru Maharaja, the representative of Srila Vyasadeva in this world. Just after the Ratha Yatra Festival, our devotees in Sri Jagannath Puri dhama proceeded to Srila Guru Maharaja's Mahasamadhi Peetha at Sri Navadvipa-dhama ...
Vilap-kusmanjali - Verse Seven
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- Thursday, 14 July 2011
There are two kinds of bhajana. The first is in vipralambha-lila, and that is performed by chanting and remembering the pastimes of separation. The second is in sambhoga-lila, and it is performed by remembering the pastimes of meeting.
Yoga of Life Festival - Russia, 12-18 September 2011
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- Wednesday, 29 June 2011
We are cordially inviting you, as well as your friends and relatives, to visit the wonderful Bhakti-yoga festival in exotic Altai Mountains area of Russia, conducted under the guidance of Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja and organized by his disciples and followers.
Srimati Uma didi in UK, 8-14, July 2011
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- Saturday, 09 July 2011
Please take advantage of this great opportunity to hear harikatha from a very special Vaisnavi! She has been in Associaiton with Srila gurudeva her entire life and was even held by Param gurudeva, Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Maharaja as a small child. She spent many many years living in Srila Gurudeva’s temple in Mathura. She gives guidance and sweet harikatha to all who have the fortune to come in her presence!
Love & Affection Festival with BV Tirtha Maharaja - UK - 4-7 August 2011
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- Sunday, 03 July 2011
We are excited and pleased to announce a UK festival from 4-7 August 2011, with Pujyapada BV Tirtha Maharaja plus Sripada BV Ashram Maharaja and Sripada BV Giri Maharaja with Sriman Jiva Pavana Prabhu as MC.
Ratha-yatra 2011 Videos
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- Thursday, 07 July 2011
For the pleasure of the vaishnavas, I would like to share glimpses of our Ratha Yatra experience here in Sri Jagannath Puri dhama this year. Like last year, our sankirtan party led everyone to a transcendental madness in singing Harinama and the glories of Vraja dhama and Radhika that quickly pulled the Lord’s Chariots away from Dwarka (Jagannath Temple) and back to Sweet Vrindavan-dhama (Gundica Temple)...
Gundica Mandira Marjana
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- Thursday, 30 June 2011
Today is the day of gundica-mandira-marjana, the cleansing of the Gundica Temple. Sri Caitanya-caritamrta states that the temple of Jagannatha represents Dvaraka, while the temple at Gundica is called Sundaracala and represents Vrndavana. All the gopis, such as Lalita, Visakha, and Srimati Radhika, are there in Vrndavana, and so are Nanda Baba, Yaçoda, and all the other Vrajavasis. Vasudeva, Devaki, Baladeva, Subhadra, and all the other Dvarakavasis reside in Dvaraka...
