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S'rî S'achî-Sutâshthakam: 
Eight prayers glorifying the Son of S'rîmatî S'achi Devî  
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Navadvîp is a large trading center of regional importance to the handloom cloth industry. It is situated about 65 miles north of Kolkata (Calcutta), connected to it by road, river, and rail. More importantly, Navadvîp is famous as the birthplace of S'rî Caitanya, who is also known as Gaur and Gauranga, the "golden" incarnation. 

S'rî Caitanya is nondifferent from S'rî Krishna, henc

The essence of S'rî Caitanya's teaching is bhakti, or devotional love for Krishna. In the second verse of his famed sutras on bhakti, Shandilya defines bhakti as "exclusive and intense loving attachment to the Lord." The Vaishnava sage Nârada elaborates upon this definition in his Nârada-bhakti-sutra, where He says, "Bhakti consists of offering one's every action to the Supreme Lord and feeling extreme distress in forgetting Him." [Chapter 2, sutra 19] 

The very first book [Canto 1] of S'rîmad B

Lord Caitanya Mahâprabhu experienced divine love, a mysticism of the highest order, and He communicated the confidential essence of this love to His most intimate followers. It was their responsibility to systematize this knowledge and to formulate a method for its wide distribution. After all, how would future generations understand what Mahâprabhu felt? And how would they attempt to recapture the experience? It were the six Gosvâmîs of Vrindâvan who took the challenge to heart, making Mahâprab

In S'rîmad Bhâgavatam, Canto 7, Chapter 9, verse 38:

This, because in the fourth a

His Divine Grace, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupâda, Founder-Âcârya of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Translator of S'rî Caitanya-Caritâmrita of Krishnadâsa Kavirâja Gosvâmî - The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahâprabhu), writes in his preface:

'There is no difference between the teaching of Lord Caitanya presented here and the teachings of Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-gîtâ. The teachings of Lord Caitanya are practical demonstrations of Lord Krishna's teachings. Lord Krishna

KRISHNA CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU

Goloka Dhama June 2011

For a few years now Gurudeva had not given a seminar in Goloka Dhama. This time, Gurudeva came for a Premiere. Indeed it was the first time Guru Maharaja was giving his seminar on the sacred space. Many devotees eager for the nectar came from foreign countries for that great opportunity.

"There is a sacred room inside our heart and although we are always walking in front of it, it is not so easy to enter it. To enter it, one needs a bridge. By connecting to Krishna as the pa

HIS LIFE
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in Mayarpur in the town of Nadia, just after sunset on the evening of the 23rd Falgun, 1407 Advent of Sakabda answering to the 18th Februrary, 1486 of the Christian era. The moon was eclipsed at the time of His birth and people of Nadia were then engaged, as usual on such occasions, in bathing in the Bhagirathi with loud cheers of Haribol. His father Jagannath Misra was a poor Brahmin of the Vedic order, and His mother Sachi Devi was a model good woman, b

Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Gaya

Story of Lord Gauranga’s taking Initiation from  Ishvara puri and performing sraddha at GAYA :-

Chaitanya Bhagavat Adi Khanda .Chapter seventeen: The Lord’s Travel to Gaya:

This chapter describes sri Gaurasundara’s visit to Gaya via Mandara and Punpun, His meeting with isvara Puri at Gaya, His bestowing mercy on isvara Puri on the pretext of accepting initiation, His manifestation of Himself, His attempts to go to Mathura while being maddened in separation from Krishna,

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.24 tatah kalau sampravritte sammohaya sura-dvisham buddho namnanjana-sutah kikateshu bhavishyati SYNONYMS tatah -- thereafter; kalau -- the age of Kali; sampravritte -- having ensued; sammohaya -- for the purpose of deluding; sura -- the theists; dvisham -- those who are envious; buddhah -- Lord Buddha; namna -- of the name; anjana-sutah -- whose mother was Anjana; kikateshu -- in the province of Gaya (Bihar); bhavishyati -- will take place. TRANSLAT

Dear Devotees,  please accept our humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Navadvipa dham, the most magnanimous dham!

Dear Devotees,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We are heartily inviting all the serious students to the transformational VIHE Bhakti-sastri course. The Bhakti-sastri course is a systematic study of Srila Prabhupada's books. Srila Prabhupada wanted all of us to deeply study his books, so that we could be better preachers, teachers and, very importantly, achieve a clear understanding and application of the beautiful science of devotional service. Sri Vrind

                                    Hare Krishna

  Janmashtami celebrates the birth of Krishna. Ashtami, the half-moon, indicates a perfect balance between the seen and unseen aspects of reality; the visible material world and invisible spiritual realm. Krishna’s birth on ashtami signifies his mastery of both spiritual and material worlds.His teachings are most relevant to our times in the sense that they neither let you get lost in material pursuits nor make you completely withdrawn. To celebrat

Paryaya
Paryaya is a system in which the eight pontiffs of Udupi undertake the responsibility of worshipping Lord Krishna and manage the temple by turn for a fixed period of time.

The swamiji who is in change of the worship and other rituals is known as the paryay swamiji. His Mutt is then known as the Paryaya Mutt. The duration of the tenure is known as the paryaya period. The ceremony of handing over the charge of Sri Krishna Mutt to the new swamiji is known as the paryaya festival.

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Lecture on Be humble But I am so Great by HH Prahladananda Swami on 06 Dec 2013

(HH Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. In January 1969 he joined ISKCON and received both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on One of the symptoms of bhakti with intent to please krishna is that the devotee will smile more by Giriraj Swami on 05 Dec 2013 at Govardhan

(Giriraj Swami has also taught at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and continues to lecture and to give presentations at japa retreats and workshops around the world.)

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Lecture on Govardhan Lila ke liye hum Indradeva ke Abhari Hai by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami on 04 Nov 2013 at bhopal

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON's founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.)

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