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Within the Heart of Giri Govardhana

Each year, after the holi līlā and vasanti rāsa-līlā that occurs in the spring season of the two months of Madhu and Madhava, the summer season arrives in Vrindavana. With summer’s arrival comes intense, scorching…

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Purusottama-vrata Daily Schedule

4 a.m. Bhajanas begin before mangala-arati with the Govinda-damodara-strotram, Gurvastakam, and Prabhupadastakam 4:30 Mangala-arati of Radha-Krsna Lalita-Visakha 4:45 Mangala-arati of Panca-tattva with Udilo aruna and Jiva-Jago 5:00 Tulasi Parikrama and then Vrndavan Parikrama Begins 5:10-7:20…

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The Cooling Love of Candana Seva

After ādi-guru Brahma appeared from the lotus flower growing from the navel of Garbhodakaśayī Viṣṇu, he had no concept of time or place or where he was; from all directions he was surrounded only by…

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Kaliya’s Embrace - Candana-yatra

Akṣaya-tritiya is the beginning of Candana-yātrā. Where does this festival come from? How did it begin? Our guru-varga ācāryas give a special understanding and course to follow for Candan-yātrā. In Vṛndāvana, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī has one…

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GIVE YOURSELF ONLY TO BHAKTAS

They will do anything they can to try and stop you from renouncing the world and surrendering to Śrī Hari. They try to steal your heart, to either destroy your spiritual life by force, or…

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The Svati-naksatra

[Hari-katha spoken by Nitya Lila Pravista Om Visnupada Astottara Sata Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja — Srila Gurudeva in Holland – 10 May 1996] I bow down to Sri Sri Sacinandana Gaura Hari. He…

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Always Stay in the Association of Sadhus

A sadhu-guru-vaisnava is completely surrendered, and is day and night, 24hours engaged in loving service of Krsna. That means he is constantly with Krsna, He can show you Krsna and he can give you Krsna.…

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