Rays of The Harmonist
- Śrī Nāma-saṅkīrtana
- This Mahāpuruṣa
- The Necessity of Guileless Humility
by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
In the very beginning of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, in its middle and at its end, we have been repeatedly advised about the efficacy of śrī nāma-saṅkīrtana. ...
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by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Māhārāja
❝By the mercy of this mahāpuruṣa [Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja], in the time spanning the past twenty-six years, Kali has not yet been able to exert any influence over me. I offer my śraddhā-puṣpāñjali unto the lotus feet of this mahāpuruṣa.❞ ...
Read Moreby Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
An external exhibition of humility is not the quality of lowliness that makes one humbler than the blade of grass. A mere show of humility is nothing but insincerity, or hypocrisy. Calling out in a manner that our subordinate will respond to does not reach Godhead. ...
Read MoreFeatured: Sri Upadesamrta
This unprecedented edition contains the commentaries Srila Radha-ramana dasa Gosvami, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada. Translated from the Hindi edition of Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, Sri Upadesamrta gives instructions indispensable for practitioners of the devotional path. Without following these instructions, entering the realm of pure devotion and especially following the intricate and elevated path of spontaneous devotion (raganuga-bhakti) is not only difficult, but impossible.
On Good Communication
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First try to give up all the manifestations of your false ego - like anger. If you have so much anger, you cannot understand topics about bhakti.
Try to be very humble:
trnad api sunicena taror api shaisnuna amanina manadena kirtaniyah sada harih
Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama- 18th October to 17th November 2013
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For more than fifty years, om visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja performed and conducted Sri Vraja-mandala parikrama. This month long festival affords the opportunity of visiting and hearing about all of Krsna’s pastime places in Vraja, of regularly hearing the philosophical conclusions of Gaudiya Vaisnavism, of performing kirtana morning, noon and night, and of being in the company of sincere devotees from around the world...
Sri Radhastami, The Day of Her Advent
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
There is one person whose name is never mentioned in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. And yet Bhāgavatam’s steadfast readers constantly nurture the ardent hope of becoming that person’s devout, one-pointed servant. May that person, who means everything to Śrī Bhagavān, kindly destroy our false ego in all its various forms and bestow upon us the shelter of Her lotus feet. Today is the day of Her advent....
Yoga of Life Festival - Russia: 2nd-8th September 2013
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Om visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja has personally invited all of us to attend annual International Cultural Educational Festival “Yoga Of Life” in the mystical land of the Altai Mountains in Russia. This year will be the 3rd annual festival.
The Grand Opening of Sri Govindaji Gaudiya Matha: A Report
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Early on the morning of Saturday, July 13, 2013, under a clear blue sky, when most of the city was still fast asleep, a special corner of the northwestern part of Houston, Texas was pulsating with activity. Four years ago, this land had been consecrated in an elaborate bhumi-puja conducted under the guidance of Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, and the following year, had received its first foundation stone from Gurudeva's own lotus hands...
Houston Temple Inauguration Festival - 11-14 July 2013
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On behalf of our Dear most Divine Spiritual Master, Om Vishnupada 108 Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja, the devotees of Sri Govindaji Gaudiya Matha in Houston, Texas humbly request the grace of your presence at the ‘Temple Inauguration & Deity Installation Festival’ of the new temple...
New Braja Harikatha Festival, Badger, CA USA, 18-24 June 2013
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We are happy to announce the upcoming 18th annual New Braj Festival 2013! The festival will begin on Tuesday June 18th, 2013 – Monday June 24th, 2013. There will be 7 full days of bliss. Please mark your calendars and make plans to join us in Badger, CA
Join us for 7 full days of Hari Katha and spiritual activities in the beautiful foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Registration information will be announced soon...
The Powers of an Ekadasi Family
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For us fallen conditioned souls, Krsna has personally become Ekadasi. Ekadasi has no consideration of caste or creed. For example, it is not that Ekadasi will give its fruit only to someone who is initiated by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. If anyone, irrespective of caste or creed or any designation follows Ekadasi, he will gain internally and externally...
Sri Navadvipa-mandala Parikrama 2013
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Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja personally invited all of us to attend Sri Navadvipa-mandala Parikrama in the holy land of Sri Navadvipa-dhama. This parikrama will be very special for those that make the journey...
Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama- 29th October to 28th November 2012
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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...
Yoga of Life Festival - Russia
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Dear devotees, friends and well-wishers! We invite you, your friends, relatives and acquaintances to visit a wonderful holiday of bhakti-yoga which will take place under the guidance of Nitya-lila pravista Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja and which is organized by his disciples and followers from 27 of August – 03 of September 2012...
Invitation to the 2012 Sri Rupa Goswami Conference on Vaishnavism
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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...
New Braja Harikatha Festival, Badger, CA USA, 19-25 June 2012
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Srila Gurudeva has predicted that many devotees will come to New Braja Dhama and discuss and remember him and his harikatha while weeping in separation. Last year's festival certainly fulfilled this prediction...
Good Questions, Great Answers
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Devotee: Gurudeva, I am looking for a guru. What are the qualities of a good guru – a bona fide guru?
Srila Gurudeva: He knows all sastra – Vedas, Upanisads, and all other Vedic scriptures – and thus he can remove devotees' doubts. He has some realization of the Supreme Lord, and by that realization he is able to transfer Krsna from his own heart to his disciple...
Remembering Srila Prabhupada
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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
Sri Navadvipa-mandala Parikrama 2012
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Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja personally invited all of us to attend Sri Navadvipa-mandala Parikrama in the holy land of Sri Navadvipa-dhama. This parikrama will be very special, for it will only be ...
