I want to give an explanation of Sri Guru – what are the symptoms of a bona fide guru – and to show you examples that have been given in the epics [Vedic scriptures]. You can apply this to your own guru. Our Sri Guru is akhanda-guru-tattva, Sri Baladeva Prabhu or Sri Nityananda Prabhu, so all teachings should be applied to him and to others who are following this...
It is with great sorrow we inform you that on Saturday 31st August 2024, on the Trayodaśī of the dark fortnight of the month of Bhādra, at 3:15 AM, the well-known and ever-dedicated servant of Śrī Guru and Vaiṣṇavas, former ācārya of Śrī Sārasvata Gauḍīya Āsana and Mission, Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Rañjana Sāgara Gosvāmī Mahārāja, at approximately 94 years of age, entered into the eternal service of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Dayita Prāṇajī at the Śrī Sārasvata Gauḍīya Āsana Maṭha in Kolkata...
by Śrīla Saccidānanda Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
To the degree that we endeavour to develop ourselves spiritually, to become religious, to maintain a renounced life, and to deliberate on and discuss jñāna, we desire our own honour and distinction (pratiṣṭhā). This desire contaminates our hearts and pollutes our characters. Although we make a great effort to control lust, anger, greed, illusion and envy, and although we perform severe austerities to control the senses, concealed within our hearts the desire for pratiṣṭhā, in the form of a wild infant animal, continues to grow...
by Śrīla Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja
Whatever we know about birth and death in this world does not apply to Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. In fact, instead of saying ‘birth’ and ‘death’, the Vaiṣṇavas use the terms āvirbhāva and tirobhāva, ‘appearance’ and ‘disappearance’, prakaṭa and aprakaṭa, ‘manifested’ and ‘un-manifested’, and so forth...