Srila Prabhupada describes the glories to Sri Vasudeva Ghosa. Books : Sri Caitanya-caritamrta – 1975 Edition : Cc. Adi-lila : Adi 11: The Expansions of Lord Nityananda : Adi 11.19 : TRANSLATION : When Vāsudeva Ghoṣa performed kīrtana, describing Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda, even wood and stone would melt upon hearing it Books : Sri […]
Srila Prabhupada explains the history of the discovery of Radha-Kunda: The spot where we now find Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa was an agricultural field during the time of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. A small reservoir of water was there, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed in that water and pointed out that originally Rādhā-kuṇḍa existed in that location. Following His […]
750903SB.VRN Lectures yad asau sastram ullanghya svaira-cary-ati-garhitah avartata ciram kalam aghayur asucir malat Degradation. The first degradation is undesirable association, the first degradation; then no more respect for scriptural injunction, second degradation; and then the third step, aghayur asucih, you become infected with the low-grade quality. Jaghanya-guna-vrtti-stha adho gacchanti tamasah. The […]
750910SB.VRN Lectures 229589/530501 … Therefore it is said janma koti… We are passing through many forms of different forms of life. We are creating one family, that “I belong to this family.” But what about my other families? Because janma koti, in every family, when I enter, there must be father and mother and family members. […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Below are a few paragraphs of yet another brilliant lecture by Srila Prabhupada on the differences of education between the Asuras and the Devatas. 1.The demons want to make machines solve all their problems, while the Devatas understand that Lord Vishnu, or Krsna, wants us […]
This is a REPLY to Rocana Prabhu on his COMPLETE MISUNDERSTANDING of BOTH Guru AND Ritvik Issue: 77-07-09.All Letter: All G.B.C., All Temple Presidents The name of a newly initiated disciple should be sent by the representative who has accepted him or her to Srila Prabhupada, to be included in His Divine Grace’s “Initiated Disciples” […]
750901SB.VRN Lectures 229374/530501 Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu has advised, grama-katha na sunibe, bhala na khaibe na bhala na paribe. This is vairagya–“Don’t indulge in gramya-katha.” Therefore we always advise, “Don’t read newspaper. Don’t read any other book,” because it is full of gramya-katha, gramyaih. So to avoid it as far as possible. There is no need. […]
By Narasimha das [Note: I wrote a version of this article by hand (minus the parts in brackets) and gave it to Tamal Krsna Gosvami in late 1979 when we were staying at our ISKCON farm project in Oklahoma. The next day when I brought him his lunch, I noticed he had “Krsna Book” opened […]
710106SB.CAL Lectures … Rupa Gosvami was a minister. He was rejected by the brahmana society, but Caitanya Mahaprabhu made him gosvami. He is the original gosvami. Why? Because he gave up the dictation of Nawab Shah but he followed the dictation of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore he became gosvami, prabhupada. He became prabhupada. Prabhupada means the title […]
Hare Krishna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We have just celebrated the abhiseka for Krishna and Balaram on October 6, 2013. Participants from Krishna Balaram Mandir commented that the deities were so beautiful and very attractive. Out of Their causeless mercy, Krishna and Balaram appeared at Krishna Balaram Mandir […]
