Submitted by: Yasoda nandana Dasa śrī-mukunda-datta śākhā–prabhura samādhyāyī yāṅhāra kīrtane nāce caitanya-gosāñi SYNONYMS śrī–mukunda–datta—of the name Śrī Mukunda Datta; śākhā—another branch; prabhura—of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; samādhyāyī—class friend; yāṅhāra—whose; kīrtane—in saṅkīrtana; nāce—dances; caitanya–gosāñi—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. TRANSLATION Mukunda Datta, a class friend of Lord Caitanya’s, was another branch of the Caitanya tree. Lord Caitanya danced while […]

Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi During the hottest season (northern hemisphere), if one can perform upavasa without water one is performing a great feat. One may take only caranamrta and acamana water. Bhima requested one vrata day by which he could obtain the fruits of all the other days of vrata that he […]

Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Nod vrn oct 26 72 You cannot see God, you cannot see Kṛṣṇa by your, these blunt senses, but if you purify your senses, sevonmukhe hi jihvādau. That purification begins from tongue. That purification, sevonmukhe hi jihvādau. So by the tongue we can do two things. We can taste foodstuff and we can vibrate sound. So if you engage your tongue for vibrating this transcendental sound, Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa HareHare/Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare, and do not take anything except prasādam of Kṛṣṇa, then your spiritual life immediately […]

Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Hare Krsna-Below we have three SB verses in sequence which are meant to show how one is advancing in spiritual life. Summary of the points made below: 1. The first point is unless we see all living beings as part and parcel of God, our “worship” of God is in the […]

Submitted by: Damagosh Dasa Caracas Feb 22 1975-Initiation lecture So the boys and girls who are now being initiated, they are entering the path of understanding God in this way. So there are some regulative principles. I think you have explained to them that no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication. God is […]

Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Srila Prabhupada said, He (Krishna) asked me to come here and I said that I did not want to go because it was such a dirty place. He (Krishna) told me if you go I will arrange so many nice palaces for you to live in. I said but I do […]

Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Caracas Feb 22 1975 So the boys and girls who are now being initiated, they are entering the path of understanding God in this way. So there are some regulative principles. I think you have explained to them that no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication. God is pure. He is the purest. […]

Compiled by damqaghosa saa, Narasimha dasa and Yasoda nandana dasa Srila Prabhupada glorifies Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura Sri Vrindavana dasa Thakura’s birth. nārāyaṇī–caitanyera ucchiṣṭa-bhājana tāṅra garbhe janmilā śrī-dāsa-vṛndāvana SYNONYMS nārāyaṇī—of the name Nārāyaṇī; caitanyera—of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ucchiṣṭa-bhājana—eater of the remnants of food; tāṅra—of her; garbhe—in the womb; janmilā—took birth; śrī-dāsa-vṛndāvana—Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Thākura. TRANSLATION […]

Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Adi 1.35 : PURPORT : The service of the spiritual master is essential. If there is no chance to serve the spiritual master directly, a devotee should serve him by remembering his instructions. There is no difference between the spiritual master’s instructions and the spiritual master himself. In his absence, therefore, […]

Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Montreal August 15 1968 Devotee: Will you always be our spiritual master? Prabhupāda: I don’t follow. What do you say? Devotee: Will you be our spiritual master for eternity? Prabhupāda: I think so. (laughs) Whatever we do here, it is for eternity because it is not on the material stages. It is all on the spiritual platform. There is a song by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura,cakhu-dān dilo yei janme janme pitā sei: “One who has opened […]