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Where Srila Narottama Das Thakura, Shrinivasa Acharya and Ramachandra Kaviraj stayed

Yajigrama is a tiny village 4km from Katwa, viz. 1 hour from Navadvipa town or 2 hours’ drive from Mayapur via road trip. Katwa is where Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu took sannyasa from Kesava Bharati. Yajigrama is important place connected with many most wonderful pastimes of three Vaishnava stalwarts – Srila Narottama Das Thakura, Srila Shrinivasa Acharya and Srila Ramchandra Kaviraj. After the disappearance of t

By Aradhika Radha Dasi

The Boat Festival has its roots in Goloka Vrindavan, the spiritual eternal realm. One of the boat pastimes is described in detail in Gopal Champu by Srila Jiva Goswami. One day the gopis, loaded with pots full of yogurt and butter, came to the banks of Manasi Ganaga, wishing to cross the river. They met a boatman who gladly agreed to help. When the boat was already far away from the bank the boatman stopped rowing, saying that He was too hungry. The gopis gave Him whateve

By Gour Govinda Swami

This is a translation of part of a speech delivered in Oriya by HH Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja on September 2, 1993, the 155th anniversary of the appearance of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. On that day a public meeting was held at the Dinabandhu Sahoo Law College, Kendrapara, Orissa, to glorify Thakura Bhaktivinoda, whose portrait was installed in honor of his being the first law graduate of Orissa.

namo bhaktivinodaya

sac-cid-ananda-namine

gaura-sakti-svarupaya

rupanuga-v

This is a translation of part of a speech delivered in Oriya by HH Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja on September 2, 1993, the 155th anniversary of the appearance of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. On that day a public meeting was held at the Dinabandhu Sahoo Law College, Kendrapara, Orissa, to glorify Thakura Bhaktivinoda, whose portrait was installed in honor of his being the first law graduate of Orissa.

namo bhaktivinodaya

sac-cid-ananda-namine

gaura-sakti-svarupaya

rupanuga-varaya te

“I bow down to

Hare Krishna.
24th Feb, 2015. Gurgaon

This is in continuation of my last blog on Krishna’s flutes. I am sharing the below nectar from a lecture by HH Radha Govinda Maharaj on Venu Gita. We are all aware that the Venu Gita (Song of Lord Krishna’s Flute Play) is a compilation of  twenty verses in the 21st chapter of tenth canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

HH Radha Govinda Maharaj first recited the below verse.

gopyah kim acarad ayam kusalam sma venur damodaradhara-sudham api gopikanam

bhunkte svayam yad ava

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aviksatmesvari kascid vrndavana-mahesvarim
tat padamboja-matraika gati dasyati katara
patita tat-saras tire ruda tyartha-ravakulam
tac chri-vaktreksanavaptyai namanyetani sanjagau
radha gandharvika gosthayuva-rajaika-kamita
gandharva radhika candrakantir madhava-sangini
damodaradvaita-sakhi kartikotkirtidesvari
mukunda dayita-vrnda dhammilla mani-manjari
bhaskaropasika varsabhanavi vrsabhanuja
ananga manj

MiraBai (1498 - 1547) was a Rajput princess who lived in the north Indian state of Rajasthan. She was a devout follower of Lord Krishna. MiraBai was one of the foremost exponents of the Prema Bhakti (Divine Love) and an inspired poetess. She sang in vraja-bhasha, sometimes mixed with rajasthani, in praise of Giridhara Gopala (Shri Krishna), her lord for whom she developed in her heart the most intense love and devotion. MiraBai was born in 1504 AD at Chaukari village in Merta District of Rajasth

SRI SRI RADHIKA ASTOTTARA SATA-NAMA STOTRAM
by Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami

aviksatmesvari kascid vrndavana-mahesvarim
tat padamboja-matraika gati dasyati katara
patita tat-saras tire ruda tyartha-ravakulam
tac chri-vaktreksanavaptyai namanyetani sanjagau
radha gandharvika gosthayuva-rajaika-kamita
gandharva radhika candrakantir madhava-sangini
damodaradvaita-sakhi kartikotkirtidesvari
mukunda dayita-vrnda dhammilla mani-manjari
bhaskaropasika varsabhanavi vrsabhanuja
ananga manjari jyestha sr

"When Srimati Radharani first saw Krishna, She suddenly became conscious of all transcendental happiness, and the functions of Her different limbs were stunned. When Lalita, Her constant companion, whispered into Her ear, the holy name of Krishna, Radharani immediately opened Her eyes wide. (Nectar of Devotion, pg 259)

"One day, in a joking mood, Krishna informed Radharani, 'My dear Radharani, I am going to give up Your Company.' Upon saying this, He immediately disa

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

100% sure method to conquer lust.......................Nectarean Mellows

How to conquer this all-devouring sinful enemy - Lust? There is a method ... and it a sure 100% method; and the Supreme Lord showed us this method in a wonderful way. He sent to this world, lust personified Ravana. Ravana was the most striking emblem of lust in the history of all creation.

Sita Devi is the wife of Ram. Sita is none other than an expansion of Lakshmi Devi, the g

[Kindly transcribed by Sheela Mataji, Singapore]

From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: March 14th 2013
Verse: SB 11.5.32
Speaker: HH Radha Govinda Swami

(invocatory prayers)

krishna-varnam tvishakrishnam sangopangastra-parshadam
yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi su-medhasah
 

TRANSLATION: In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Krishna. Although His complexion is not blackish, He i

punas ca bhuyad bhagavaty anante
ratih prasangas ca tad-asrayesu
mahatsu yam yam upayami srstim
maitry astu sarvatra namo dvijebhyah

Bhurijana Dasa: This is Maharaja Pariksit speaking after being cursed to die. You know of course that he went to the Ganga and he prepared himself for leaving this world and decided to fast till death so he had no distractions so he could focus his mind on the greatest good. So when great sages heard that this great king, one who had been protected by the Lord Hims

When Srimati Radharani first saw Krishna, She suddenly became conscious of all transcendental happiness, and the functions of Her different limbs were stunned. When Lalita, Her constant companion, whispered into Her ear, the holy name of Krishna, Radharani immediately opened Her eyes wide. (Nectar of Devotion, pg 259)

"One day, in a joking mood, Krishna informed Radharani, 'My dear Radharani, I am going to give up Your Company.' Upon saying this, He immediately disappeared, and because of this, R

Here are some quotes by Srila Prabhupada on the Four Vaisnava Sampradayas.  They are organized first by quotes about all four in general, and then by individual line.

Today is the 3rd day of the Navadvip Mandala Parikrama. Our first group to be visited today was the International party in Naimisharanya. When we were about to go out from the Lotus Building through the exit of Caitanya exhibition Hall,we heard the beautiful greeting kirtan for Their Lordship Sri Panca Tattva’Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu doya kore moreeee….’ was going on in the temple hall. Guru Maharaja told us to wheel him down towards the temple hall for taking darshan of the deities. We left Is

Srila Prabhupada comments of Shiva Ratri and its observance:

Demon Çaìkhacüòa Killed - taken from Krsna Book

Once upon a time, the cowherd men of Våndävana, headed by Nanda Mahäräja, desired to go to Ambikävana to observe the Çiva-rätri ceremony. The räsa-lélä was performed during the autumn, and after that the next big ceremony is Holi, or the Doläyäträ ceremony. Between the Doläyäträ ceremony and the räsa-lélä ceremony there is one important ceremony called Çiva-rätri, which is especially observ

Widening Activities of

Devotional Service

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

As I mentioned earlier today is the disappearance day of His Divine Grace Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj, Srila Jagannath Das Maharaj and Srila Rasikananda Prabhu. I will briefly speak on Tamal Krishna Maharaj and then I will try to discuss the glorious lives of two acaryas in our sampradaya Srila Jagannath Das Maharaj and Srila Rasikananda Prabhu. Today also we will have a memorial ceremony of Tamal Krishna Maharaj starting at 10am.