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The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the reservoir of all pleasure. Kṛṣṇa’s name is complete, and it is the form of all transcendental…
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Read moreBecause the practice of smaraṇa is predominant in rāgānuga-bhakti, some persons, prior to the actual appearance of rāga within the heart, make a deceitful display of solitary bhajana while still plagued with anarthas. They consider…
Read moreSrila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami took birth in a very aristocratic and wealthy family, and he was the only son of his father and uncle. In boyhood he was very fortunate to be initiated by Srila…
Read more...If lust and anger are there in your heart, then bhakti cannot come because bhakti is very soft, mild, and sweet. Bhakti cannot come; never and never. So...
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Krṣṇa will not appear in an impure heart. Even materialists will not stay in a dirty area. Cleaning is necessary. Mahāprabhu gave a good chance for cleaning the heart on the day of Guṇḍīcā-mārjana...
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The gopīs are incomparably beautiful. They are more beautiful than Nārāyaṇa’s consort, Lakṣmī-devī. They are more beautiful than the queens of Dvārakā. They are highly qualified. Their love and affection for Kṛṣṇa is unparalleled. None…
Read more...Sītā said, “I can die anywhere. I don’t want to be in the palace of my father or anywhere else. I only know Rāma. If Rāma is in the forest, then I will be in…
Read moreIt is to sincerely and purely follow the teachings of Srila Rupa Gosvami. The Gaudiya Matha's very existence is based on one objective alone: to follow the instructions of Sriman Mahaprabhu and Srila Rupa Gosvami…
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There are two Durgās—Yogamāyā and Mahāmāyā. Yogamāyā is beyond this material world. She does not control the material worlds, but controls those who like to serve Kṛṣṇa. She descends as Yogamāyā and gives much energy…
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Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura never presented bhāgavata-dharma and prema-bhakti in such a way that it would suit the needs of the ignorant. He again preached the anyabhilāṣitā-śūnya verse to the educated society of the 19th century.…
Read moreSri Madhavendra Puri also became very joyful and happy when he heard this, but he thought, ‘Everyone will know about this incident in the morning and a crowd will come here for my darsana.’ Fearing…
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Such people say, “Don’t go to any other Vaiṣṇava. No one else is a Vaiṣṇava. Only hear from me. My group and disciples are Vaiṣṇavas, other guru’s disciples are not.” This is not the nature…
Read moreThere are six impediments, six urges: the tongue, the mind, the stomach etc... So, there are six things that bring us down and there are six activities that bring us forward in devotion: enthusiasm, patience,…
Read moreOnly one who bathes in Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa in this way attains the topmost prema...
Read moreIn the beginning of bhakti, we must know the principles of saranagati (surrender) and follow them. If there is no saranagati, there is no bhakti, nor is there even a shadow or semblance of bhakti.…
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They are all in one family. Vaiṣṇavas are not different from Kṛṣṇa. Caitanya Mahāprabhu is not different from Kṛṣṇa. This is unity in diversity. There is nothing that can be called one, this oneness cannot…
Read moreWe need to deliberate on how much of this transcendental knowledge we have absorbed. Many devotees may take shelter of the same spiritual master. Among them, some have been illuminated by transcendental knowledge, while others…
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...Kṛṣṇa is weeping! It seems that Kṛṣṇa is not pleased. Thus, you may think it is not bhakti; but it is bhakti. Because it is favorable to Kṛṣṇa. The services and activities we perform for…
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The jīvas waste time going here and there, following karma, jñāna, yoga, vaidhi-mārga, and fail to properly utilize their special possession that is called anurāga—attraction or love. All souls have love in varied gradations of…
Read moreSaṁskāra means behavior. Don’t try to imitate the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa. But you must endeavor to hear attentively with śraddhā, otherwise you cannot do anything. By attentively listening to hari-kathā, the mercy of the Divine…
Read more...the question may arise that if vātsalya-prema cannot be achieved by the performance of austerities, then are the spiritual practices and the worship performed by those sādhakas who desire vātsalya-bhāva also worthless? No, it is…
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Bilvamaṅgala completely rejected his material body. He even gave up his attachment to his subtle body and mind, and then entered into samādhi, into the eternal world, where he started searching only for Śrī Kṛṣṇa.…
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