Pujyapada Premananda Prabhu Rupa Gosvami - Prabhuji, Devotees, 9 Aug 2022
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Prema Has No Sadhana
Srila 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 moreThe Process of Faith
Srila 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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Jhulan Yatra
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 moreBecoming an Expert Preacher
Srila 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 moreThe Golden Sādhu
In 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 moreThe Mercy of Gurudeva
Srila 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 moreNever Have Any Doubt In Krsna
Srila 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 moreŚrī Guru’s Garden
O 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 Power of Saintly Company
The 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 moreThe Doorway to Bhakti
Srila 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 moreKrsna Has Made a Promise
You 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 moreThe Devotee’s Pastime of Illness
Upon 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 moreHave You Completely Offered Yourself?
Srila 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 moreWe Should Try to Weep for This
Srila 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 moreThe Significance of Initiation
Srila 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 moreYou Should Do Kirtana Like This
Srila 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 moreThe Wheel Keeps Spinning
Srila 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.…
Read moreAffectionate Care
A side from staying and preaching in Mathurā and North India, Śrīla Gurudeva traveled throughout the jungles and villages of Bengal. Ā c ā ry a Kesar ī had instructed his disciples, “If you do…
Read moreArtificial Morality
Srila Gurudeva: Morality does not come only from man, it comes from God, who has created this world. He has given all kinds of intelligence, heart, mind, body, and everything. You know that without air,…
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