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Śrīla Guru Mahārāja was once preaching boldly in Assām, and his audience consisted of many persons opposed to Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism. This group did not accept the worship of Śrīmatī Rādhikā with Śrī Kṛṣṇa; they worshiped…
Read moreOne should not remain in a place where sinful activities are being committed. When the attempt was made to disrobe Draupadi, that was also an assembly of adharma, and men of good values should not…
Read moreIn March 1949, the parikrama and Sri Gaura-janmotsava were celebrated with great festivities at Sri Devananda Gaudiya Matha in Navadvipa. On Gaura-purnima day, Sri Gaudiya-patrika, the transcendental monthly magazine of Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, manifested…
Read moreThe meaning of this verse is, “What austerities did the gopis perform by which they could see such a beautiful and sweet form of Sri Krsna as He freely wandered in the forests and kunjas…
Read moreKṛṣṇa is very merciful and very powerful. He has invested all his power and mercy and qualities in His name and that name in Kali-yuga is the maha mantra: Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa…
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If you take shelter of Śrī Guru, even if you have millions of faults and anarthas, Śrī Guru will never administer punishment. Even God will be afraid to punish you. You will always be forgiven.…
Read moreDevotee: How do we attract the mercy of Śrī Guru and Vaiṣṇavas? Śrīla Gurudeva: By following them: their words, their character, everything. Follow his character; how he is chanting the holy name. In all respects.…
Read morethe ladies of Mathura are saying, “That beautiful form of Sri Krsna which we have never seen, the gopis have seen in Vraja.” Suppose we have a desire to see someone whose appearance is very…
Read moreEven though a devotee of Kṛṣṇa may not be born in a brāhmaṇa family or a gosvāmī line, to not refer to him as “Gosvāmī” or “Prabhu” is considered viewing him with mundane vision. Devotees…
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...philosophy of the cessation of existence is completely untenable, for it has not decided on the nature of the individual person. If the individual persons are merely creations of matter, then one falls into the…
Read moreThe meaning of the word jñāna in the current verse might be stretched, and thus interpreted in such a way as to suggest that bhakti mixed with these three limbs of jñāna is called jñāna-miśrā-bhakti…
Read moreWhat is the value of austerities performed by sages like Durvasa if they haven’t worshipped Bhagavan, and if they don’t see Bhagavan everywhere? And if one does see Bhagavan within every living entity and everywhere…
Read more...Actually, karma-yoga, jñāna-yoga, and bhakti-yoga are not three different things. There is one mango but it is unripe at one time, then it is neither unripe nor ripe, and then it becomes ripe. The same…
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To attain one's own happiness one should diligently try to discover and follow nature's laws. If you say, "After death I will exist no longer. Why should I renounce my own unbridled pleasure and follow…
Read moreLet us try to enter deeply into kṛṣṇa-bhakti, taking initiation (dīkṣā) in a real way2 so that we can have a permanent connection with Śrī Kṛṣṇa. We should also honor a person who has not…
Read more...So the ladies of Mathura are saying that the gopis drank the ever fresh, enchanting form of Krsna with their eyes just as one drinks nectar with the mouth. His form is the essence of…
Read more...Without chanting, no one can be happy in this world. You should know this. Mahāprabhu told everyone who came to Him, “I am telling you, and you should also tell anyone you meet: ‘You should…
Read moreScripture is spiritual. Without Śrī Guru’s mercy and the spiritual vision he bestows, one cannot understand scripture. When Śrī Guru-pāda-padma gives transcendental eyes, a disciple can understand who his true friends are. Before this, he…
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In these many ways the philosophy of Materialism is refuted even by ordinary logic. Only very unfortunate people accept the ideas of Materialism. They have no idea of spiritual happiness. Their desires are...
Read moreIn all the scriptures that promote bhakti the unlimited glories of Śrī Guru have been described. Without taking shelter at the lotus feet of a sad-guru it is impossible to enter into the realm of…
Read moreBecause the anuraga of the residents there is forever increasing, the entirety of His sweetness is exhibited there. Krsna is madhurya, sweet, but if the gopis were not there, His sweetness would not reach its…
Read moreYou are not alone. Myself is with you. Kṛṣṇa is with you. Vaiṣṇavas are…
Read moreWhy is not a single answer only given to each of these questions The true answers are given by a pure person situated in his original spiritual form. All persons situated in their original spiritual…
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