BY: MAHESH RAJA[UK] Srila Prabhupada’s Lecture on Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati’s Appearance Day, March 2, 1975, Atlanta: So perhaps my Guru Maharaja, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, attempted to fulfill the desire of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. And sometimes in the year 1918, he was brahmacari, and Bhaktivinoda Thakura, his material father, he wanted… Actually, he wanted, Bhaktivinoda Thakura… […]
Submitted by: Harinam Das It is widely known that Srila Prabhupada instituted a ritvik or representative (proxy) initiation system throughout ISKCON as early as 1971 in order to meet the growing need to initiate his disciples worldwide. However what is not widely known is that he instructed his disciples to continue initiating new disciples on […]
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: Yasoda nandana Dasa This is an inspirational, and as far as I know, previously untold story about a private conversation between Srila Prabhupada and a Pancaratriki Pandit named Sampat Kumar Bhattacarya. The story is told by HG Atma Tattva Das in a Bhagavad Gita class on 9.34 in Los Angeles on the […]
Submitted by: Yasoda nandana Dasa “Even though a person is rejected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotees of the Lord do not reject him; therefore the Lord’s devotees are more merciful than the Lord Himself. Srila Narottama dasa Thakura thus sings, chadiya vaisnava-seva nistara payeche keba: one cannot be relieved from the material […]
Compiled by Mahesh Raja UK 7. April 2015 by Prabhupada News 3 Comments Lecture – Atlanta, March 2, 1975 So he wanted this, and he is not… It is not that he is dead and gone. That is not spiritual understanding. Even ordinary living being, he does not die. Na hanyate hanyamane sarire. And […]
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 Padmapani Dasa One time we were distributing Arabic Bhagavad-gitas in Beirut during the civil war (1978). Bombs were blowing off everywhere and machine gun fire riddled the buildings around us. We ended up in a very dangerous area of the city, so we ran from door to door like mad trying to distribute […]
By: Yashodanandana Dasa Srila Prabhupada explained that his Guru Maharaja never appointed anybody as acharya. “…They wanted to create artificially somebody acharya,”… Note: 1) The ISKCON GBC artificially created 11 acharyas in March of 1978. 2) If Srila Prabhupada wanted to appoint 11 acharyas [diksha-gurus] for ISKCON, why did […]
Submitted by: Yasoda nandana Dasa Letters : 1977 Correspondence : May : Letter to: Dasanudasa — Hrsikesa 13 May, 1977 : 77-05-13 : The two essays which you have sent are very nicely written. It appears that you have good talent for writing, so kindly continue to develop in this way and write more and […]
