Submitted by: Yasoda nandana Dasa Dedication Slokas from the Srimad Bhagavatam BY: VYASASAN DAS June 14, 2016 — Anyone who has had the good fortune to read and study Srila Prabhupada’s epic Srimad Bhagavatam will know that on the title page of each and every volume is a dedication sloka. I thought it would be […]

Baladeva Vidyabhusana Tirobhava Tithi [disappearance day] Compiled by Yasoda nandana dasa Srila Prabhupada explains how Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana wrote the Gaudiya-Bhasya on the Vedanta-sutras. Lectures : Bhagavad-gita Lectures : Bg 13: Lectures : Bhagavad-gita 13.8-12 — Bombay, September 30, 1973 : 730930BG.BOM : But sometimes back, in Jaipur, there was a challenge that “The Gauḍīya […]

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Submitted by: Yasoda nandana Dasa “The sun is far above the planetary systems, and there is no possibility of its being covered by any kind of cloud; similarly, when a devotee is purified like the sun, from his pure heart there is a diffusion of ecstatic love which is more glorious than the sunshine.”   […]

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 […]

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 “These children are given to us by Krishna, they are Vaisnavas and we must be very careful to protect them. These are not ordinary children, they are Vaikuntha children, and we are very fortunate we can give them chance to advance further in Krishna Consciousness. That is very great responsibility, […]

Submitted by: Yasoda nandana Dasa “The servants of God come to propagate God consciousness, and intelligent people should cooperate with them in every respect. By serving the servant of God, one can please God more than by directly serving the Lord. The Lord is more pleased when He sees that His servants are properly respected […]

Submitted by: Yasoda nandana Dasa Srila Prabhupada:   Just like Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī did. He said, dante nidhāya tṛṇakaṁ padayor nipatya. The preaching method he is teaching. Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī, he was a great devotee of Lord Caitanya. He wrote one book, Caitanya-candrāmṛta, “The Moonlight of Lord Caitanya,” in Sanskrit. He belonged to southern India. And his nephew […]