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Sri Bhajana Rahasya
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Date added: 09/11/2007 |
 | Sri Bhajana-rahasya is compiled by Srimad Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya. He has collected into the form of a book several confidential hints from his own method of bhajana to guide sincere sadhakas who are performing bhajana under his direction. Some years ago, this destitute person observed him performing bhajana. He was constantly reciting and relishing verses such as the ones in this book, thus becoming overwhelmed with bhagavat-prema. For sadhakas whose faith is on the neophyte platform, the system of arcana is provided. Many people are unable to understand the distinction between arcana and bhajana and therefore use the word bhajana to refer to arcana. One can practise bhajana by performing the nine kinds of devotion, navadha-bhakti. Because arcana is included within navadha-bhakti, it is also considered a part of bhajana. There is a difference between complete bhajana and partial bhajana. Arcana means to worship the deity with awe and reverence; that is, with knowledge of the Lord~Rs opulence and by observing etiquette. It is also arcana to serve Bhagavan with various paraphernalia according to rules and regulations and with the mundane conception of identifying oneself with the material body. In visrambha-seva, service rendered with intimacy and a sense of possessiveness, the hot rays of awe and reverence are still apparent to a small degree, but no one can refuse the excellent sweetness of its cool, pleasant moonbeams. A brief arcana-paddhati has been added as an appendix to this book. | |
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Arcanadipika
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Date added: 09/25/2007 |
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The title of this book, Arcana Dipika, means "the lamp that illuminates archana." The term arcana signifies honour or worship. As one of the nava-laksana, the nine processes of devotional service, it refers to worshipping the Deity form of the Lord. Arcana Dipika teaches us how this service is performed and how to please the Lord through this process of worship. By the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; the Six Gosvamis and other contemporary followers of Sriman Mahaprabhu; and more recently Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja the process of Deity worship, which is the authentic method of approaching Sri Bhagavan, has been successfully introduced to the entire world.
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Beyond Nirvana
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Date added: 09/25/2007 |
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This book especially investigates the philosophy of Sri Sankaracarya, whose philosophical misinterpretations of the Vedas were so influential that not only did he succeed in driving Buddhism out of India, but what most of us now think of as Hinduism is fundamentally nothing but his brand of impersonal Mayavadism. To quote the author, “...it can be safely concluded that in truth – any philosophy which has the propensity to dilute, divide, and confuse the rational, logical or factual understanding of the Supreme Lord’s personal form, has at some juncture been influenced by the deceptive forces of Mayavadism.” Furthermore, ‘Beyond Nirvana’ demonstrates that Sankaracarya's teachings are in the final analysis ironically nothing but a recycled form of Buddhism – and in no way true to the original Vedic wisdom known as Sanatana-dharma.
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Sri Brhad-Bhagavatamrta
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Date added: 09/25/2007 |
 | Srila Sanatana Gosvami's Sri Brhad-bhagavatamrta occupies a special place in the realm of Vaisnava literature. It is unparalleled in its delineation of siddhanta, rasa, bhava and lila. Its glories are limitless, and it is without question one of the most beneficial books for the progressive sadhaka. It is divided into two parts, and both parts tell the story of parivrajaka; that is, one who refuses the comforts of a permanent residence and constantly wanders in search of the essence of life. | |
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Confidential Secrets of Bhajan
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Date added: 09/25/2007 |
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Confidential Secrets of Bhajana is compiled from the lectures of Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja, which were given during the Karttika of 1996 in Vrindavana on the Bhajana-rahasya of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
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Five Essential Essays
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Date added: 09/25/2007 |
 | This exceptional book is a compilation of five different essays which Srila Gurudeva has written over the past 20 years in defense of Gaudiya sampradaya tattva siddhanta. Each refutation is elaborately and conclusively proven with evidence from sastra.
Included in this edition are two lectures by Srila Gurudeva which glorify and follow the example of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada who boldly re-established the true conceptions of Sriman Mahaprabhu and the gosvamis, and began the preaching mission which is today bringing this pure bhakti tattva siddhanta to every country in the world. | |
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Sri Gaudiya Gita Guccha - 2003
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Date added: 09/25/2007 |
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An unprecedented collection of devotional songs Sanskrit, Bengali and Hindi devotional poems, prayers, songs and bhajanas written by the Gaudiya Vaisnava acaryas and compiled for the practicing devotee.
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Sri Gita Govinda
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An excerpt from a lecture entitled "The Jewel Book":
"Sri Gita-Govinda is a "jewel book" brought by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. We all know that Sri Jayadeva Gosvami has written this beautiful Gita Govinda, but without Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu it would have remained locked like a pearl in the oyster shell or a jewel in a locked case. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu manifested the glories of Sri Gita Govinda. Just as without Srila Rupa Gosvami no one would have known the inner moods of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, similarly, by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu relishing the moods of Sri Gita Govinda its glories became manifest for the whole world. I have explained this very high-class philosophy, but only rare devotees in this world can understand it. I have called you here only to give you this."
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Guru-devatatma
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Date added: 09/25/2007 |
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Accepting Sri Guru as One's Life and Soul Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja speaks on the importance of accepting a bona fide guru, who is more dear than life itself, the absolute necessity of second initiation, and other topics of guru-tattva.
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Happiness in a Fool's Paradise
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Date added: 09/25/2007 |
 | The futility of material enjoyment "Everyone wants to be happy, but generally we can find only a little happiness and affection in this world." | |
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Sri Hari Kathamrta Vol.1
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Date added: 09/25/2007 |
 | Hari-katha is the life-giving elixir for anyone on the path of devotion. This book is a compilation of sweet Hari-katha given by Srila Narayana Maharaja in the Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha in Mathura. | |
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Sri Hari Kathamrta Vol.2
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Date added: 09/25/2007 |
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The second volume of Hari-katha, translated from the Hindi and Bengali lectures of Srila Narayana Maharaja, is another exquisite selection of lectures filled with the deep siddhanta of Gaudiya Vaisnavism. | |
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Sri Harinam Mahamantra
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Date added: 09/25/2007 |
 | The transcendental holy name of the Lord "When a qualified person chants harinama, this light diffuses, thus keeping the darkness of illusion away from the soul." | |
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Jaiva Dharma (V2)
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The groundbreaking spiritual novel by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Jaiva-dharma reveals the ultimate development of the path of pure devotion to the English-speaking world.
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Letters From America
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Date added: 09/25/2007 |
 | This booklet contains seventeen previously unpublished letters written by Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to Srila Narayana Maharaja during his first years in America. | |
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