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 MoreSri Navadvipa Dhama Parikrama 2017
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In Govardhana, at the end of Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2010, 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, for the rest of our lives. On his behalf, we therefore humbly invite you to attend Sri Navadvipa-dhama Parikrama 2017...
Deity installations, Temple Opening - Fall 2016
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November 2nd 2016, Srila Gurudeva's Deity installation will be held at Sri Giridhari Gaudiya math. November 19th & 20th 2016, Sri Mandir opening & Sri Deity installation at Siliguri, India ...
Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama- 16th October to 14th November 2016
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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. For these reasons, Vraja-mandala parikrama was given much emphasis by our beloved Srila Gurudeva....
Sri Navadvipa Dhama Parikrama 2016
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Our beloved Gurudeva Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, awaits your presence at the Holy Dhama of Sri Navadvipa. Before entering his eternal pastimes, he instructed all his sons and daughters to approach him in Sri Navadvipa dham for a loving rendez-vous...
Srila Gurudeva's Murti installation in Navadvipa Postponed
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Dear Devottes,
Our beloved Srila Gurudeva, Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja’s manifestation in his Divine deity form was scheduled to take place on 17 March as mentioned in the 2016 Navadvipa Parikrama announcement. We feel sad to inform you that due to circumstances this festival has been postponed. We deeply regret the inconvienances that is caused...
New Braja Harikatha Festival, Badger, CA USA, 14-20 June 2016
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We are happy to announce the upcoming 21th annual New Braj Festival 2016! The festival will begin on Tuesday June 14th, 2015 – Monday June 20th, 2016. 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. New Braj Seva Team...
Pure Bhakti Academy February 2016
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Dear Devoted Brothers and Sisters,
We are very excited that the Pure Bhakti Academy will take place once again in Jagannath Puri from 15th of February till 5th of March 2016.
Classes start on the 15th of February 2016...
Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama- 27th October to 25th November 2015
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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. For these reasons, Vraja-mandala parikrama was given much emphasis by our beloved Srila Gurudeva....
The Extra Month of Purusottama
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This leap-year, 2015, the auspicious Purusottama Month is from June 16th – July 16th (most locations, see calendar). In this month we increase our worship and devotional practices such as hearing, chanting, remembering, mangala arati, tulasi worship, proper honoring of maha-prasadam, and so on. We fast from tomatoes, eggplant, sesame, mustard seeds and mustard oil, honey, and urad-dahl, just as in the month of Kartika, and we avoid criticizing others...
Gaudiya Vedanta Publications Financial Report
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GVP is the English branch of Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja's publishing endeavors. To better understand how GVP functions, since book distribution is very dear to his heart, an attempt is being made to share information in an exectutive summary of GVP's financial records...
New Braja Harikatha Festival, Badger, CA USA, 16-22 June 2015
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We are happy to announce the upcoming 20th annual New Braj Festival 2015! The festival will begin on Tuesday June 16th, 2015 – Monday June 22th, 2015. 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. New Braj Seva Team...
Sri Navadvipa Dhama Parikrama 2015
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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...
New E-reader Titles
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With the hopes of nourishing the devotees' enthusiasm to celebrate the month of Kartika, Gaudiya Vedanta Publications is pleased to announced the release of its latest ePub titles, Dāmodarāṣṭakam and Śrī Vraja-maṇḍala Parikramā. Though you may not be able to be physically present in Vraja-dhāma this year, you can certainly be there mentally by careful study of these books...
Nectar of Bhagavatam Floods Kashipur
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Kaśipur India's Sanatana Dharma Committee organized a Bhagavat Saptha with guest speaker Sripad Bhaktivedanta Madhusudan Maharaja on August 24, 2014...
Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama- 8th October to 6th November 2014
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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. For these reasons, Vraja-mandala parikrama was given much emphasis by our beloved Srila Gurudeva....
Sri Rupa Goswami Conference - August 8-9, 2014
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It is my honor on behalf of the conference to invite you to attend the Sri Rupa Goswami Conference on Vaishnavism. An international assembly of distinguished scholars will be speaking and we welcome your participation...
