A few gems from Srila Prabhupada about Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. After fulfilling his responsibility to produce a nice child, one should take sannyāsa and engage in the perfectional paramahaṁsa stage. paramahaṁsa refers to the most highly elevated perfectional stage of life. There are four stages within sannyāsa life, and paramahaṁsa is the highest order. The […]
THE PRABHUPADA CONNECTION . O When will that Day Come? (San Francisco Rathayatra, 1975) “Sriman Mahaprabhu did not descend with His associates to deliver a certain number of human beings in the land of India, but rather His purpose was to deliver and uplift all living beings in all countries of the world by […]
A summary of this Third Chapter of Antya–līlā is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura as follows. A beautiful young brāhmaṇa girl in Jagannātha Purī had a very handsome son who was coming every day to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This was not very much to the liking of Dāmodara Paṇḍita, however, who therefore told Śrī Caitanya […]
Srila Prabhupāda: Yes. That is preaching. Therefore we are writing so many books. Unless we take care of the books and preach and read ourself, understand the philosophy, this Hare Kṛṣṇa will be finished within few years. Because there will be no life. How long one can artificially go on, “Hare Kṛṣṇa! Haribol!” That will be […]
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 Some maidservant, unable to find her Mistress, has fallen on the bank of Radhakunda, crying in great anxiety, being very eager to take exclusive shelter of Her Lotus Feet, glorifying Her by singing […]
Hare Krsna Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srimate Radharani I dont remember where I got the following, but it is all Prabhupada/Radha NECTAR Hari bol Damaghosa das ——————— SRIMATE RADHARANI Who is that girl with Krishna? Many wonder this. First we need to understand that God is not with a material woman. […]
In this present day, people are very much eager to have one scripture, one God, one religion, and one occupation. Therefore, ekam sastram devaki-putra-gitam: let there be one scripture only, one common scripture for the whole world – Bhagavad-gita. Eko devo devaki-putra eva: let there be one God for the whole world – Sri Krishna. […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Below we have a few videos that you can watch of our Janmastami and vyasa puja program here which we observed. Due to the great distances between all our group members we did both events on the same day, so all could attend both of […]
Hare Krsna- Below we have a short study of Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam verses wherein the Lord is explaining to us why we should have knowledge of Him and not approach Him just sentimentally, although that is also good, but one must go past that sentimental stage. Sept 10 1973 Stockholm– Prabhupāda: Because it is a science. Religion means […]
SB 7.14.39-My dear King, when great sages and saintly persons saw mutually disrespectful dealings at the beginning of treta yuga, Deity worship in the temple was introduced with all paraphernalia. PURPORT As it is said in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.3.52): kṛte yad dhyāyato viṣṇuṁ tretāyāṁ yajato makhaiḥ dvāpare paricaryāyāṁ kalau tad dhari-kīrtanāt “Whatever result one obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the Lord’s lotus feet one can also obtain inKali-yuga simply by chanting […]
