The Importance of Holy Days Compiled by Narasimha dasIn Sri Chaitanya Bhagavata, by Vrindaban das Thakura, [1507-1589 CE] the importance of observing holy days is described. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta confirms and elaborates in his purports to the verses below (from Adi-khanda, Chapter Three). Text 45: Lord Nityananda appeared on the thirteenth day of the waxing moon […]
All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.Interesting article by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur here. ——————-Psilanthropism (Prakrta Sahajiyavada) by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur SREE SAJJANA-TOSHANI OR THE HARMONISTDECEMBER 1927, 441 Chailanya-Era. VOL. XXV ,NO. 7. All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. and His Divine Grace Om Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakācārya 108 Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī […]
SRILA PRABHUPADA SPEAKS –“IF YOU ADULTERATE NONSENSICALLY LIKE A RASCAL,THEN YOU CANNOT BECOME A SPIRITUAL MASTER.IF YOU SIMPLY FOLLOW WHAT KRSNA HAS SPOKEN,THEN YOU BECOME SPIRITUAL MASTER. VERY SIMPLE THING.”All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.Srila Prabhupada:So in whatever position you are, you try to understand the science of Kṛṣṇa. Then you […]
Two predictions of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur, Thakur BhaktivinodeBhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati,SREE SAJJANA-TOSHANI OR THE HARMONISTVOL. XXV. [ SEPTEMBER, 1927, 441 Chaitanya-Era. ] NO.4 .”Within the Gaudiya Sampradaya an abundant crop of evils have sprung up during the last four hundred years. The first and foremost duty of an Acharyya is to uproot those evils completely. He alone […]
Srila Prabhupada explains the exalted position of Sri Shyamananda Goswamicompiled by Narasimha dasa and Yasoda nandana dasa
Srila Prabhupada writes – “A bona fide spiritual master is in the disciplic succession from time eternal,and he does not deviate at all from the instructions of the Supreme Lordas they were imparted millions of years ago to the sun-god,from whom the instructions of Bhagavad-gītā have come down to the earthly kingdom. “ All glories to […]
Important proof regarding Srila Prabhupada’s approval of Hayagriva Prabhu’s editing the Bhagavad Gita As It Is“So what you are now doing on the Bhagavad Gita manuscript is alright, do it nicely. “Letter to: Hayagriva, 18 April, 1970 Sriman Hayagriva Das Adhikary ISKCON Temple 318 East 20th Avenue Columbus, OH 43201 3764 Watseka AvenueLos Angeles, Cal. 90034My […]
Antya 1.96-The Lord inquired, “What kind of book are you writing?” He held up a palm leaf that was a page of the manuscript, and when He saw the fine handwriting, His mind was very pleased. Antya 1.97–Thus being pleased, the Lord praised the writing by saying, “The handwriting of Rūpa Gosvāmī is just like […]
kṛṣṇa-tattva, bhakti-tattva, prema-tattva sāra bhāva-tattva, rasa-tattva, līlā-tattva āra Madhya 25.265–TRANSLATION-Kṛṣṇa consciousness means understanding the truth of Kṛṣṇa, the truth of devotional service, the truth of love of Godhead, the truth of emotional ecstasy, the truth of transcendental mellow and the truth of the pastimes of the Lord. Madhya 25.266–Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has personally preached the […]
