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28 August 1996 Vrndavana [Hari-katha spoken by Nitya Lila Pravista Om Visnupada Astottara Sata Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja - Srila Gurudeva] Srila Gurudeva: Today is a very special day. It is the birthday…
Read moreAfter meeting Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrīman Mahāprabhu returned to Purī. He described the glories of Rūpa and Sanātana to His associates there, who also became eager to meet them. After ratha-yātrā , Mahāprabhu again…
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Read moreSrila Gurudeva: Without initiation, you cannot have all these things. You will search here and there for a bonafide guru. But we cannot select one ourselves. We should pray to Krsna for this. Then Krsna…
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Read moreSrila Gurudeva: That gopi-prema is our goal. Anyone can have greed for this, no harm. But the thing is that you should not think that, “We are gopi.” You’ll have to practice from the very…
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In the month of Sravana (the rainy season), the clouds in the sky begin to make a thundering sound, and extremely fine mist-like rain drizzles everywhere. The atmosphere is very beautiful and pleasant after the…
Read moreSrila Gurudeva: Without form, there is nothing — only zero. Zero is also a shape. If the atma and Krsna have no form, then how is He in our hearts? But that form is transcendental.…
Read moreIn the winter, Ācārya Kesarī sent Śrīla Gurudeva to collect alms for the Navadvīpa-dhāma Parikramā. Śrīla Gurudeva traveled with Bhakti Kuśala Nārasiṁha Mahārāja, Mukunda Vinoda Bābājī, and other senior Vaiṣṇavas. Whoever he went with was…
Read moreSrila Gurudeva: Aranya Maharaja, a disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, He was not literate at all. Not knowing ABCD or Sanskrit or Bangla. Even he could not sign his own name. But he was…
Read moreSrila Gurudeva: We should never have any doubt in Krsna. During His manifest pastimes, Kamsa and Jarasandha, and also Duryodhana and his party, had so many doubts about Him. They thought He had a bad…
Read moreO nce, some Vaiṣṇavas from Caitanya Maṭha in M ā y ā pura came to visit Dev ā nanda Gauḍ ī ya Maṭha. When they met with their god-brother Ā c ā ry a Kesar…
Read moreThe Gauḍīya Vedānta Samīti extensively spread the message of pure bhakti. As a result, many new devotees joined the mission and began striving to follow the precepts of devotion. There were not enough rooms for…
Read moreSrila Gurudeva: Gita is saranagati. Arjuna told Narada, “I am a bosom friend of Krsna. He gives these teachings to lower-class people, those who are not devotees yet. Saranagati is the doorway of bhakti. It…
Read moreYou should try to realize what is phalgu-vairagya and what is yukta-vairagya. Don’t do anything nonsense in the name of yukta-vairagya. In the name of yukta-vairagya, don’t think you can taste everything in this world.…
Read moreUpon returning from Tiwārīpura, Śrīla Gurudeva accompanied Ācārya Kesarī throughout Bengal in preparation for the annual Navadvīpa-dhāma Parikramā. While Ācāryadeva was absent, he left Narahari Sevā-vigraha Prabhu in charge of Devānanda Gauḍīya Maṭha. Narahari Prabhu…
Read moreSrila Gurudeva: When can we achieve the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu? When? When Rupa and Raghunatha are merciful to us. Without the mercy of Rupa Gosvami, Raghunatha Gosvami, the Six Gosvamis and our Gurudeva, we…
Read moreSrila Gurudeva: Why should we do kirtana? Why? Why? Kirtana is a process, but not only a process. If you are doing kirtana in a melodious tune and everybody is singing and praising you, “Very…
Read moreSrila Gurudeva: One person asked me, “What is the significance of taking initiation from any guru? If we are thinking, ‘He is my guru’, only this and not taking initiation, nothing, and chanting and remembering…
Read moreSrila Gurudeva: Once, there was a brahmana in South India. Caitanya Mahaprabhu was on a tour of South India and went to Sri Rangam. This brahmana had not attended any class, no school, nothing. He…
Read moreSrila Gurudeva: Those who are killing all the animals, must be killed by them. Gradually this problem is increasing, soon it will be out of control and it will be the cause of our destruction.…
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