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On 1 April 1961, upon the repeated and insistent request of the devotees in Assam, Srila Acaryadeva came to preach sanatana-dharma (pure vaisnava-dharma) very strongly for one month in Goloka-ganja Gaudiya Matha, Cadaikhola, Tokre Chada,…
Read more...He accomplished a miracle in his last ten years. In the midst of oceans, in forests and cities, on the tops of mountains and almost everywhere else, his glory is manifest. But I think his…
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...There was a devotee called Arjuna Misra. He would regularly read and explain the Bhagavad Gita. On one such perusal of the Bhagavad Gita, he came across the line, “Yoga-ksemam vahamy aham.” Thinking that Krishna…
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Unless you lose your faith in these material personalities, then you will continue to be in material bondage. On the other hand the only type of bondage for us is doubt. As long as we…
Read moreWhat is loyalty to guru? You should know that a real and qualified guru is not like an ordinary person. Do not think that guru dies like a mortal person. I have never told anyone…
Read moreHāsya (laughter), adbhuta (astonishment), vīra (heroism), karuṇa (compassion), raudra (anger), bhayānaka (fear) and bībhatsa (disgust) – these seven are known as gauṇa-bhakti-rasa. These gauṇa-rasas are seen to arise in the five types of devotees previously…
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Svamiji has never controlled or ordered anyone. They were controlled by his love and affection. We should control devotees with love and affection so they do not give up their holy master’s lotus feet. Those…
Read moreWho is the root of Ananta Śeṣa? Baladeva Prabhu is the root. The catur-vyūha of Dvārakā—Saṅkarṣaṇa, Aniruddha, Vāsudeva, and Pradyumna—are the expansions of Baladeva Prabhu. The part of Mūla-Saṇkarṣaṇa in Vaikuṇṭha is called Mahā-Saṇkarṣaṇa. The…
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When Srimati Radhika began praying like this, did she first teach the Gopis to sing after Her? Like when people sing in kirtan, they follow a book or repeat after the main singer. However, after…
Read more...Baladeva Prabhu then told Śrī Kṛṣṇa, “For the sake of the Vrajavāsīs, gopas and gopīs, You must return to Vṛndāvana. The only reason they remain alive is that they remember your promise and think, ‘Kṛṣṇa…
Read moreIn India it is very difficult to divorce. But nowadays, a contagious wind from the West is blowing on India, and the Indians are falling prey to it. Here [in UK], a lady or a…
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He was a very, very renowned astrologer. That is why he was given the name, “Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati". The prefix — bhakti was added later. Prabhupada made a calendar; we follow that calendar. He has done…
Read more...Sri guru-puja is also known as vyasa-puja. Gurus are of two kinds: diksa-guru, who first gives the mantras, and siksa-guru, who gives further instructions. Srila Vyasadeva is giving instructions (siksa) and is therefore siksa-guru. In…
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Ravana wanted to build a staircase to heaven; he proposed to build it on the same day he was going to fight with Ramacandra. The war between Ramacandra and Ravana was fought for many days,…
Read more...If you are sat-sisya, a disciple in the real sense and you know factually what is krsna-prema and you are drinking that prema, such a disciple can realize the glories of his Guru; otherwise one…
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“I am no less than anyone. I am the dearmost of God. I am the dearmost of Krsna.” In this way so much pride came within the sadhana-siddha-gopis, and they did not respect Srimati Radharani…
Read moreWhen Nanda Bābā took Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to Mathurā, all the cowherd boys went with Him. One second felt to them like a catur-yuga, so many hundreds of thousands of years. Only one who has…
Read moreIn some devotees there is a mixture of the three rasas of dāsya, sakhya and vātsalya. In those devotees one of these rasas will be dominant and the others will be subordinate. The sakhya-rasa of…
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Read moreOn the third day, Srila Acaryadeva delivered another profound lecture at the same place. The subject was ‘The original nature of vaisnava-dharma’. Lawyers, teachers and other educated people of the city were fascinated by his…
Read moreŚrīmatī Rādhikā is worshiped in countless universes by all great personalities such as himādrijā, who is born of the Himālaya Mountain, and is therefore Pārvatī-devī, pulomajā, who is Śacīdevī, the wife of King Indra, and…
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