Rays of The Harmonist
- "Serving" Jīvas
- Unalloyed Theism
- To Refute Misconceptions is Guru-sevā
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by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Māhārāja
❝The terms jīva-sevā (service to other entities) and jīva-prema (eternal love for other entities) are fictions, contrary to conclusive truth, and are illogical. One will never attain the result of service to Śrī Bhagavān by serving the conditioned souls’ gross senses and becoming a regular purveyor of their bodily and mental demands. One can never attain a transcendental life of service by serving that which is inert or loving the illusory objects produced by māyā.❞ ...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
❝Factually, our restricted perspective in relation to the phenomenal domain should not be imposed on the Personality of a thoroughly Independent Integer. The Personality of Godhead is to be humbly approached, not subjected to our sensuous inspection, as though He were an accused in the court. We should accept that all existences are, and ought to be, His own. This method of approach is known as unalloyed theism.❞ ...
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by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Māhārāja
❝To refute misconceptions is guru-sevā. If, at any point, one can understand that someone is giving misleading teachings, one should, in a civil manner, refute them and establish the faultless siddhānta. Doing so is the ideal of conviction in service to guru. If, despite knowing and hearing the truth, one conceals it, hypocrisy finds its outlet, and that entails a lapse of duty. This (refuting someone’s views) is never contrary to humility or amānī-mānada-dharma.❞ ...
Read MoreBerlin Jagannath Shobha-Yatra Festival 6th-10th June 2014
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We are happy to announce the invitation for Jagannatha Shobha Yatra-Festival in Berlin.By the divine mercyofHis Divine Grace Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada and all of our Rupanuga Guru Varga, Sripada BV Vana, following their footsteps,is leading this Jagannath Shobha Yatra with nectarean Hari-Katha in many cities of the world, as well as in Berlin...
New Braja Harikatha Festival, Badger, CA USA, 17-23 June 2014
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We are happy to announce the upcoming 19th annual New Braj Festival 2014! The festival will begin on Tuesday June 17th, 2014 – Monday June 23th, 2014. 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...
GVP Launches First E-Publications
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As of today, May 2nd, 2014 (Akṣaya Tritīyā), nineteen titles are available via Amazon.com in the Kindle format. All titles available on Amazon.com will also be released shortly on the Barnes and Nobles store (for the Nook) and the iTunes iBook store (for iOS devices)...
Grand Opening Festival Invitation - Trinidad and Tobago - 1 May 2014
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We cordially invite you to join devotees from all over the world in attending the seven-day Grand Opening Festival of the newly reconstructed Sri Sri Radha-Govinda Gaudiya Matha of Trinidad and Tobago...
Sri Vyasa-puja 2014 Report from Navadvipa
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This year, 2014, Sri Vyasa-puja, the festival honoring the blessed appearance of our paramaradhyatama-sri-gurupada-padma, rasika-kula-cudamani nitya-lila-pravistha om visnupada 108 Sri Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, was celebrated at his transcendental maha-samadhi pitha in Sri Navadvipa Dhama...
A Photo Preaching Report from Srila Gurudeva’s Janma-sthana Siddha-pitha Tivaripur
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This February the second annual Sri Bhagavat-Kathamrta Mahotsava (Srimad Bhagavat Saptaha) was performed by prapujyapada Srimad Bhaktivedanta Madhusudana Maharaja in siddha-pitha Tivaripura-gram, the divine appearance place of our holy master, sri rupanuga-pravara nitya-lila-pravistha 108 Sri Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. During his manifest pastimes...
Sri Navadvipa Dhama Parikrama 2014
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Our beloved Gurudeva Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, awaits your presence at holy dhama of Sri Navadvipa. Before entering his eternal pastimes, he instructed all his sons and daughters to approach him at Navadvipa for loving rendezvous...
Sri Navadvipa 2014 Extra Parikrama
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From 27th February until March 4th, devotees will be touring Sri Navadvipa-dhama and meeting together afterwards for discussions. If you would like to participate, read on...
Bhagavat Saptaha - Tiwaripur, India
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You are invited to attend a Harikatha festival in Srila Gurudeva's birthplace 7th - 13th February 2014.
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...
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...
