By Sri Nandanandana dasa (Stephen Knapp)
As many of you know, when I was initiated by His Divine Grace, Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, I was given the name of Sri Nandanandana dasa.
When I was to be accepted for initiation, I was told to write a paper on the significance of being initiated. I did the research from whatever books we had back then, and found that I really liked going through my books of Srila Prabhupada and gathering the information for the paper. The paper was then
Whilst growing up and into adulthood, I was extremely curious and interested to learn about Ayurveda, yoga and the philosophies of various religions. In my head, it was a big mess of different philosophies and teachings, but I was leaning more towards the learnings of various yoga systems from Indian gurus. A bit later, I stumbled upon the definition of bhakti yoga (devotional service). In the beginning, I felt like it wasn’t for me but my feelings sta
We invite worldwide devotees to come & take part in the 3 days Asta Krosh Parikrama at Mayapur from 05 to 08 November 2019.
A golden opportunity to spend at least few days in Kartik month at Mayapur dhama.
“Then Lord used to wander around, with sankirtan, on evvery Ekadashi day.Sometimes, He used to go on pancha krosha parikrama within the Antardwipa and sometimes He used to travel within ashta krosha, as His desires.” -SRI NAVADVIPA DHAMA MAHATMYA.
Srila Nityananda prabhu would perform this P
Maharaj Prthu’s Going Back Home Verse: SB 4.23.22 & 23 Occassion: Appearance day Anniversary of Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura Speaker: HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami
vidhaya krtyam hradini-jalapluta dattvodakam bhartur udara-karmanah natva divi-sthams tridasams trih paritya vivesa vahnim dhyayati bhartr-padau
TRANSLATION: After this, the Queen executed the necessary funerary functions and offered oblations of water. After bathing in the river, she offered obeisances to various demigods situated in th
By Sri Nandanandana
Narottama Dasa Thakura was a lifelong brahmacari. He visited all the holy places and the was the best of pure devotees. On the banks of the Padmavati river, in the town of Gopalpura lived King Krsnanda Datta. His older brother was Purusottama Datta. The wealth and fame of these two brothers was beyond compare. King Krsnananda’s son was Sri Santosa Datta. In the month of Magha, onthe day of sukla-pancami, Sri Narottama Dasa Thakura took his birth. Seeing many auspicious omens
By Madhavananda Das
In Hari-bhakti-vilasa, verse 2.147, Srila Sanatan Goswami quotes Sammohana-tantra:
gopayed devatam istam gopayed gurum atmanah
gopayec ca nijam mantram gopayen nija-malikam
One should hide one’s ista-deva, one should hide one’s guru, one should hide one’s mantra, and one should hide one’s japa-mala.
Wise persons keep their valuables in a confidential place. Similarly, an intelligent sadhaka does not advertise his or her guru, nor do they broadcast themselves as disciples of
To glorify him, whose stature is as stalwart as sky
My words falter, I feel too shy.
Its hard to imagine, the wonders he did.
Like a magician does a spell on others, unnoticed.
How can one believe, that one who failed for 42 years
Would be successful in a land of unknown fears!!!
After each failure, his plans turned bigger.
Sure enough to show us, he didn’t have ordinary vigour.
Be it Allahabad, Jhansi, or New York, Lord himself placed so much hurdle,
To make us understand, he wasn’t made of
The unique position of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya is supported as follows:As the Acharya of his movement -
"I wish that each and every center shall keep the Acharya in the center and keep their separate identity."
- 1967 letter
His unique position as the foremost spiritual authority for the golden age -
"My books will be the law books for the next ten thousand years."
- Srila Prabhupada statement in Los Angeles, 1976.
Statement by Lochana das Thakura
(mid
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Vrndavana October 20, 1972
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Vrndavana, October 21, 1972
A devotee of Krsna has no desire for material
gains; he only wants to serve God.
The Krsna consciousness message is Krsnas tu bhagavan svayam [Bhag.1.3.28]. There is no other Bhagavan. Bhagavan means full of six opulences. So Krsna is completely, cent percent full of all opulences. Even Narayana, He is ninety-six percent. And Lord Siva is eig
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Vrndavana October 20, 1972
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Vrndavana October 20, 1972
Written by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami in 1958,
Published December of that Year in Gaudiya Patrika,
The Magazine of the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti.
EA 23-1: I am sitting alone in Vrndavana-dhama
Verse 1.
I am sitting alone in Vrndavana-dhama In this mood I am getting many realizations. I have my wife, sons,
dughters, grandsons, everything, But I have no money so they are a fruitless glory. Krsna has shown me the naked form of material nature, By his strength it has all become tasteless to me today.yasyaham a
"G u r u m u k h p a d m a v a k y a"
Srila Prabhupada: embodiment of simplicity……………….Nectarean Mellows
Being simple is a very very great opulence in this age of Kali. Srila Prabhupada was so simple. He really didn’t want anything for himself. He just wanted to serve. He just wanted to speak the truth. Recently I was reading Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja offering in 1973 in London. There were hundreds and hundreds of devotees from all of the European continent and the UK coming to su
G u r u m u k h p a d m a v a k y a"
Srila Prabhupada: embodiment of simplicity……………….Nectarean Mellows
Being simple is a very very great opulence in this age of Kali. Srila Prabhupada was so simple. He really didn’t want anything for himself. He just wanted to serve. He just wanted to speak the truth. Recently I was reading Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja offering in 1973 in London. There were hundreds and hundreds of devotees from all of the European continent and the UK coming to sur
“Let there be all victory for the chanting of the Holy Name of Lord Hari, Lord Krishna, which can cleanse the mirror
of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing fire of material existence. That chanting is the waxing moon
which spreads the white lotus of good fortune for all living entities. It is the life and soul of all education. The
chanting of the Holy Name of Krishna expands the blissful ocean of transcendental life. It gives a cooling effect to
everyone and enables one to taste full
Guranga and Murarigupta, Part 4
BY: SUN STAFF
Jan 07, CANADA (SUN) — A five-part series from 'Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu', edited by Srimad Bhakti Vaibhav Puri Goswami Maharaj, Founder Acharya of the Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission, Ganjam,Orissa.
Sri Chaitanya then described the grades of Bhakti. According to Him from Sadhana Bhakti (the culture of pure devotion through regulations) sprouts up Rati (permanent seed of love). When Rati isdeepened it becomes Love for Prema. Intensified prema takes the fo
Srimati Jahnava Devi
shri-varuni-revata-vamsha-sambhave
tasya priye dve vasudha ca jahnavi
shri-surya-dasasya mahatmanah sute
kakudma-rupasya ca surya-tejasah
ananga-maïjarim kecij jahnavam ca pracakshate ubhayam tu samicinam purva-nyayat satam matam
Balaram’s wives Varuni and Revati became Vasudha and Jahnavi, the two wives of Nityananda Prabhu, in Chaitanya-lila. Both of them were the daughters of Surya Das, whowas as effulgent as the sun. He was Kakudman, the father of Revati, in hisprevious birth.
Narottama Dasa Thakura
Narottama Dasa Thakura was a lifelong brahmacari. He visited all the holy places and the was the best of pure devotees. On the banks of the Padmavati river, in the town of Gopalpura lived King Krsnanda Datta. His older brother was Purusottama Datta. The wealth and fame of these two brothers was beyond compare. King Krsnananda's son was Sri Santosa Datta. In the month of Magha, onthe day of sukla-pancami, Sri Narottama Dasa Thakura took his birth. Seeing many auspicious omen
