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Please, Be Merciful To Me
We see that there is no difference between God and Krsna. It's the same idea. Krsna is very merciful. If we pray to Him and glorify Him by any song, or by any word, He…
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Hari-katha 6 min read
Love is Perpetual. Politics is Not...
This is a policy. Policy means a political thing. I don’t want to go to any politics. I want to help all the little beings, the living entities like Svāmījī has done. I am helping…
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Pujyapada Premananda Prabhu Gopal-campu - Prabhuji 26 June 2020
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Real Sādhana
If you do not have a goal for your activities, then it is not sādhana. First, we must know what our sādhya (goal) is, then we can decide what our sādhana is...
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Srila Narottama Thakura
Srila Narottama Thakura, accompanied by Srila Syamananda Prabhu and Srinivasa Acarya, came to Vrndavana, seeking the shelter and guidance of a Vaisnava. The three of them approached the lotus feet of Srila Jiva Gosvami, who…
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Five Kinds of Knowledge
Pratyakṣa—this knowledge refers to what we realize by our five kinds of senses and by what we see. This is pratyakṣa. But pratyakṣa is not helpful. It is not real. It is only the shadow;…
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SRIMATI RADHARANI'S RATHA-YATRA
That is the meaning of Ratha-yātrā? Ratha-yātrā is not Jagannātha’s chariot festival; it is Śrīmatī Rādhārānī’s chariot festival. In this celebration, Rādhārānī comes to bring Kṛṣṇa back to Śrī Vṛndāvana...
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Sri Janmastami-vrata and Sri Nandotsava in Chunchura Matha
Some time later, in August (Sravana), Sri Janmastami was celebrated with great festivities at the Samiti’s preaching centre, Sri Uddharana Gaudiya Matha. All the devotees in the matha, both renunciants and householders, observed fasting without…
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Pujyapada Premananda Prabhu Gopal-campu - Prabhuji 25 June 2020
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Who Is The Best Kīrtanīyā?
It is not necessarily the person who is expert at playing violin, harmonium, tablā, and vīṇā. Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī is the best kīrtanīyā; all our ācāryas are the best kīrtanīyas. Understand this deeply and try…
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The Philosophy Of Oneness and Mixed-up Religion
Some philosophers do not believe in the soul's natural knowledge. Nor do they completely believe in material logic. Others, accepting the idea of the soul’s natural knowledge, believe in one God. Filled with various mental…
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You Should Start To Engage In Bhakti At Once
There is no guarantee regarding your life span. Tūrṇaṁ, at once, you should give up your bad habits like smoking. You should not think of waiting for tomorrow. You should give it up this very…
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Srila Ramanujacarya
...Then, when they were all in a very deep forest, they decided that this would be the time to murder him. Govinda, his cousin-brother, told him of their plan, and urged him to quickly flee…
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Pujyapada Premananda Prabhu Gopal-campu, Sivananda Sen glories - Prabhuji 24 June 2020
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Only By The Grace Of Gurudeva
Keep this truth of Gurudeva’s grace firmly fixed in your mind as told in this kīrtana by Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura. ‘Guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koriyā aikya,’ you should know that the teachings that come from the…
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IS HAVING A RATHA-YATRA IN NAVADVIP DHAMA BONAFIDE?
...In 1969, allegations were raised against the observance of Ratha-yātrā in Navadvīpa-dhāma. Acarya Kesarī had originally initiated the Ratha-yātrā parade in Navadvīpa-dhāma without protest. Yet shortly after his disappearance, an article was published in another…
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Srila Madhvacarya
Sriman Mahaprabhu saw some lacking in the conception of Srila Madhvacarya, and He adjusted that. Sri Kavi Karnapura and Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana have both declared that our Sampradaya-acarya is Srila Madhvacarya. In our disciplic succession…
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Candrāvalī and All the Gopīs will Come and Pacify Śrīmatī Rādhikā...
...when Kṛṣṇa disappears, or He goes to Mathurā or Dvārakā, and a separation mood comes, then there are no separate parties of gopīs. All parties of gopīs become one and help each other. At that…
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Kāntā-prema – the love of a beloved for Kṛṣṇa
The number of qualities in each of the five material elements (sky, air, fire, water, and earth) gradually increases one by one until finally, in the fifth element, earth, all five qualities are fully present.…
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Pujyapada Premananda Prabhu Ratha-yatra 1st day - Prabhuji 23 June 2020
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Sri Advaita Acarya
Sri Advaita Acarya, Maha-Visnu, looks towards upadana-prakrti, the primordial power or ingredient cause of material nature. By His glance, upadana-prakrti transforms herself into the twenty four material elements...
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The Origin of Ratha-yatra
As I have explained before, Mahaprabhu very rarely sees Jagannatha, Baladeva, and Subhadra. When He does, He at once enters a mood of very intense separation and prays, "After a long time I am meeting…
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Sanātana-śikṣā
You should read sanātana-śikṣā and realize who you are. Not knowing this, if anyone preaches then what is the fruit of his preaching? Nothing. He should know, “What should I preach?” He should preach...
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Sannyāsa Pastime of Śrīla Svāmī Mahārāja
A godbrother of Guru Mahārāja and Svāmījī called Sanātana Prabhu also took sannyāsa with Svāmījī. His age was 99 years. He told Svāmījī, “If you take sannyāsa, then I will also take sannyāsa, despite my…
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