Observing Vaisnava Festivals in Succession
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- Wednesday, 27 January 2010
- Last Updated on Sunday, 24 February 2013
Gaudiya Vaisnavas observe all Visnu tattva appearance days along with special fasting. Sometimes these days come next to each other or next to an Ekadasi or Dvadasi tithi which is meant for fasting. This happens every year somewhere in the world for Lord Varaha Dvadasi and Lord Nityananda Trayodasi, but not at all locations due to different sunrise times.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura's Glories
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- Sunday, 30 December 2012
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We are now approaching the auspicious disappearance day (Jan. 1st in India) of our divine preceptor, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada. Instead of sending you only one of Srila Gurudeva's lecture on Srila Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada’s glories, we are sending you several. The lectures are situated in a very interesting website (created in Srila Prabhupada’s honor) called The Unconventional Teachers. Read more...
New Braj Update - Progress Report
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- Tuesday, 18 December 2012
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A reflection upon what has transpired over the last 2 years in New Braj Dham, a spiritual community in the Sierra Mountians of California...
Invitation to the 2012 Sri Rupa Goswami Conference on Vaishnavism
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- Wednesday, 25 July 2012
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A three-day conference to discuss the glories of Srila Rupa Goswami will be held July 30-31 and August 1st in Vrindavan. Sri Rupa Goswami is revered in the Gaudiya Vaishnava community as the chief of the Six Goswamis, the direct disciples of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. His voluminous writings, dramas and songs have elaborated upon the instructions of Sriman Mahaprabhu and comprise the theology of Gaudiya Vaishnavism...
The Beginning of Caturmasya - 3 July 2012
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- Sunday, 01 July 2012
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July 3rd or July 4th (see calendar) is the beginning of Caturmasya, the four month period each year from July into November, in which devotees observe certain rules and regulations in order to advance in their bhakti. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to follow all these rules very strictly...
Remembering Srila Prabhupada
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- Sunday, 01 April 2012
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 April 2012
The annual celebration of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura took place at Sri Rupanuga Sevasrama at Radha Kunda on February 12, 2012. About 500 devotees attended the festival, which was organized by the association of all the Gaudiya Mathas in Vraja, the Vraja Sarasvata Gaudiya Vaisnava Sangha. Every year the association publishes a magazine in Hindi with Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvarti Thakur Prabhupada's lectures and letters. This is the first year that the magazine, which is distributed for free, was translated into English. Please download one of the following: English Hindi
