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Uitnodiging viering Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī | Free Parking for registered guests
Beste vrienden, Op vrijdag 19 augustus 2022 is er weer een bijeenkomst in ons centrum in Den Haag. Op deze dag vieren we de verschijningsdag van Heer Kṛṣṇa (Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī). We hopen u en uw familie/vrienden te mogen verwelkomen op deze dag. Het adres is:...
The Gradations in Service
Chapter 10 from the book, Going Beyond Vaikuṇṭha, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Sometimes it happens that a sādhaka cannot understand his own heart. Just as a patient cannot identify his own disease, a sādhaka, due to his own weaknesses...
How to genuinely cry for Kṛṣṇa
The following is an excerpt from a class on Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā Chapter 14, 20 — 29 by Śrīla Gaura Govinda Svāmī Mahārāja in Bhubaneswar, India, on 21 April 1994 Śrīla Gaura Govinda Svāmī Mahārāja: Very tricky. Kṛṣṇa is tricky. On the plea of crying,...
Pure Vibes
The following is an excerpt from Follow the Angels, The Path of Dedication by Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Mahārāja In the Gauḍīya Maṭha, we are interested in Reality, not in appearances. We want only what is real in the world of realization, the...
The Animals of Vraja are Stunned
Chapter Seven from the book, Bhakti-rasāyana, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja gāvaś ca kṛṣṇa-mukha-nirgata-veṇu-gīta pīyūṣam uttabhita-karṇa-puṭaiḥ pibantyaḥ śāvāḥ snuta-stana-payaḥ-kavalāḥ sma tasthur govindam ātmani dṛśāśru-kalāḥ...
Unless one develops complete Kṛṣṇa consciousness, enviousness cannot be stopped
The following is an excerpt from a class on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.13.41 — 44 by Śrīla Gaura Govinda Svāmī Mahārāja in Johannesburg, South Africa on 10 January, 1996, published on gourgovindaswami-vanisanga.com/vanisanga Why one becomes cruel ākrīḍe krīḍato...
Kṛṣṇa Gives Prema Even To His Enemies
Chapter 9 from the book, Going Beyond Vaikuṇṭha, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Gopa-kumāra was somewhat dissatisfied with Vaikuṇṭha – that Vaikuṇṭha which is so desirable, where very, very beautiful bhakti is going on, and which is so...
What happens after death?
The following is an excerpt from a darśana with Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Mahārāja in India, on 28 April, 1983, published on http://www.srilasridharamaharaja.com Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Mahārāja: Citragupta, he’s the record keeper of Yamarāja. What do you...
The Gopīs Desire to Become Birds and Deer
Chapter Six from the book, Bhakti-rasāyana, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja fter telling the story of Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta, Sanātana Gosvāmī is giving us some rasāyana, some nectar-tonic that is especially for those...
Meeting the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa
The following is an excerpt from a lecture by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Hong Kong, on July 2, 2006, published in Rāga-vartmacandrikā hat is the true meaning of yoga? Yoga is a Sanskrit word that means ‘connecting two things,’...