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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
This issue presents the following articles in English for the first time: an editorial by Śrīla Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja that succinctly presents the qualities of all bona fide devotional literature and all bona fide devotees; an astounding prayer to Śrīla Prabhupāda Sarasvatī Ṭhākura revered by all Gauḍīyas; "Mātsarya" (Envy) by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura; "Only Hear from Śrī Guru" by Śrīla Prabhupāda Sarasvatī Ṭhākura; Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Gosvāmī Mahārāja's expression of love for his godbrother Narahari Seva-vigraha Prabhu; a ruthless revelation of the symptoms of Kali-yuga by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Mahārāja; and much more. It also contains Śrīla Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja's words of loving appreciation of Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja.
Initiations and Other Topics
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- Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Somebody may say that because in some societies there are no high-class Vaisnavas, there is a need for kanisthas to give initiation...
Tour Report- Viraha Mahosava Festivals -India
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- Thursday, 20 January 2011
There are no words in the English language to describe these four viraha-mahotsava festivals, held in honor of the divine disappearance of our most worshipful Srila Gurudeva, nitya-lila pravista om visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja.
Mp3 recordings of Viraha Sabhas
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- Monday, 17 January 2011
Pujyapad Bhaktivedanta Tirtha Maharaja was here in Mathura for a few days to join the Viraha Sabhas in honor of our most worshipful Divine Master nitya-lila pravista om vishnupad Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja that took place in Govardhan, Vrndavan and Mathura...
Viraha Mahotsavas - 9th,10th,14th& 15 January 2010
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- Thursday, 06 January 2011
We have organized viraha-sabhas, gatherings for the purpose of offering deep, heartfelt śraddhā-puṣpāñjali and remembering the transcendental glories of Śrīla Gurudeva...
Srila Gurudeva’s Samadhi Ceremony - Viraha Mahotsava
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- Saturday, 01 January 2011
On December 29, 2010, at 3.00 am, in Sri Jagannatha Puri-dhama, our beloved Srila Gurudeva nitya-lila pravista om visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja left the external vision of the souls in this world and accepted maha-samadhi.
Our Beloved Gurudeva Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja enters Samadhi
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- Wednesday, 29 December 2010
Today, Sri Krsna Navami Tithi, the 29th of December, on the most auspicious day of the appearance of nitylila pravista om vishnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Vaman Gosvami Maharaja, our most beloved Gurudeva, Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayan Gosvami Maharaja has entered the eternal pastimes of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna at 03.00 AM in Sri Jagannath Ksetra Dham, the transcendental residence of Sri Jagannath Deva, Sri Baladeva and Srimati Subhadra.
Unconventional Teachers
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- Saturday, 25 December 2010
"'However, most of my time was spent in cutting the "jungles" of mayavada, sahajiya-vada, sakhi-bekhi and all other non-devotional ideas. If there is a mayavada jungle, the seeds of bhakti will not sprout. I therefore had to cut so many jungles, and still there are so many jungles left throughout the world. Most of my time was spent in clarifying philosophical points.'
"Saying this, his mood changed and his face became reddish. Then he spoke the following verse:
Morning Walk - Malaysia
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- Sunday, 19 December 2010
It does not matter whether the karma or jnana is 'favorable' or 'unfavorable.' We must give it all up. We must give up the desire for taking birth in the heavenly planets and for moksa (impersonal liberation), and for all things other than the service of Krsna.
Mahat-sanga Changes Your Body
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- Tuesday, 07 December 2010
Vidura was the prime minister of King Dhrtarastra. He was an extremely religious person, a very high class of devotee who was fully surrendered to Sri Krsna. He knew past, present and future. He saved the five Pandavas from burning in the house of lac and he protected them on several other occasions...
No Separation Between Us
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- Thursday, 25 November 2010
After hearing from the gopis, and especially after hearing Brahmara-gita from Srimati Radhika, Uddhava was astonished. He was especially astonished to hear and see Srimati Radhika's divyonmada, of which citra-jalpa is one of the features, and which is one of the symptoms of Her adhirudha-modana-mahabhava.
Weeping in Separation
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- Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Krsna has now returned to Mathura from Sandipani Muni's gurukula. One day, having ascended to the roof of His palace in Mathura, He looked towards Vrndavana. Weeping, He was remembering past days, when He was in Vraja...
Was Krsna's Promise Broken?
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- Monday, 08 November 2010
How are we to reconcile this? Krsna is the Supreme Lord. Everything is possible for Him. He performs all His pastimes under the direct shelter of His yogamaya potency, His trancendental spiritual deluding potency. So how should we understand this pastime?
