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Sri Katyayani-vrata: Forewarning

...With these thoughts, the gopīs would come to the Yamunā. Knowing their hearts and wishing to fulfill their desire, Kṛṣṇa sent Bhagavatī Paurṇamāsī to initiate the sādhana-siddha gopīs into the performance of Kātyāyaṇi-vrata. She came…

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Renounced Order of Life

but more specifically, Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī left his father and mother and went to do bhajana. Nārada Gosvāmī’s mother was dying, yet he left her and went to the forest to perform bhajana. The sons…

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The Opulence of Vraja - Gita Govinda

The Opulence of Vraja - Gita Govinda

The Vrajavasis do the greatest tapasya and renunciation but don’t feel that they are doing it. The cowherd boys play and rest on the ground in Vraja, without mats, pillows, or shoes. The gopis are…

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Can You Say Death is True or False?

...You see that everyone is dying. Old persons are dying and new ones are coming. So, death is true. Whether he may be a very rich person, he may be the king of Indonesia, is…

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Sri Krsna's Kartika Rasa-lila

Sri Krsna's Kartika Rasa-lila

...Many commentators have written that Krsna manifested His kaya-vyuha, direct expansions of His personal form, when He was dancing in the rasa-lila, but Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that this is not so. He refutes…

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An Ancient Prison

The material world is meaningless and illusory. It is an ancient prison house for the souls who have turned their faces from the Supreme Lord. Following Narada Muni's instruction, Vyasa entered a trance of meditation.…

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Home Sweet Home - Gita Govinda

Home Sweet Home - Gita Govinda

Pavana-devata collects mercy from Srimati Radharani and goes near to Krsna. When Krsna smelt the fragrance of Srimati Radharani He forgot His sakhas, His parents, and His home and became bewildered. Our acaryas pray to…

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Where is Kṛṣṇa?

When Kṛṣṇa disappeared from the rāsa-sthalī, all the sakhīs started searching for Kṛṣṇa. They began to look here and there; they became mad. They began to follow kṛṣṇa-līlā. One sakhī said, “I am Pūtanā,” while…

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Try to Make Offenses Go Far Away

A devotee whose heart melts and who weeps while chanting is very fortunate and rare. If this doesn’t happen, then what is to be understood? Aparādha pracura—he has committed many offenses. Thus, the name he…

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Our First Mother - Gita Govinda

Our First Mother - Gita Govinda

Once, a suggestion of Krsna accepting to wear shoes while He grazed the cows was brought to Him. At that time, Krsna said, “Prthivi-devi kindly gives us food, water, places to live, and everything we…

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Ideal Society

I have heard somewhere that human beings are called ‘social animals.’ Without society we cannot live. We will have to choose a society or we will have to make a society, so we should try…

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The Family of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

I think always, and I also tell my devotees, that we are in only one family: the family of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. We should always be together and preach their mission…

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