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Why am I touring the world?
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Murwillumbah, Australia, on February 15, 2002 (Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja visited Murwillumbah, Australia, from February 12 to February 19. As he...
Kṛṣṇa is the only whole
The following is a summary translation of a Hindi discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja at the Bharatiya Mandir in Auckland, New Zealand, on January 14, 2001 Mukti, liberation, means, "muktir hitvānyathā rūpaṁ." One realizes the rūpa, or...
Is it possible for a mahā-bhāgavata to be poisoned or killed?
The following is an excerpt from an interview with Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Murwillumbah, Australia, on January 15, 2000 Satyarūpa dāsī: I heard that Śrīla Bhakti Pramoda Purī Mahārāja said that the person who the guru designates to perform his...
The glories of Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Mathurā, India on October 23, 1996 (Although this class was given on Padmanābha Gaura Dvādaśī, which is the tirobhāva-tithi (disappearance day) of Śrīla...
The binding of naughty Kṛṣṇa
The following is an excerpt from Kṛṣṇa – The Lord of Sweetness, Chapter 5, First Edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Mother Yaśodā’s mood was grave. “If I don’t chastise Him,” she thought, “He will become quite a troublemaker.” With this in mind,...
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam does not cheat
Chapter Two from the book Secret Truths of the Bhāgavatam, 2nd edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja If you hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, then tat-kṣaṇāt – immediately, without delay – Kṛṣṇa will enter your heart and be controlled. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is so...
Why does Gaṇeśa have an elephant’s head?
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Russia on August 4, 2000 (The Process of Dīkṣā, Bhakta Bandhav Anthology Volume 60) Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ...
Real śraddhā and aniṣṭhitā-bhakti
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 11, 2000 Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: Today is the last day, and then we will proceed to Rio. We will be there for...
God created man in His own image
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 12, 2000 My humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of my dīkṣā guru, nitya-līlā-praviṣṭa oṁ viṣṇupāda Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti...
The stages of Bhakti
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Boven-Leeuwen, The Netherlands, on May 7, 1996 (Bhakta Bandhav Anthology Volume 1) Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: In 1965, Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Svāmī...