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Why a pure Vaiṣṇava’s body is laid in a tomb after his departure
The following is an excerpt from Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Mahārāja’s purport to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.3.18 It appears that the soul can exist even through the bones, as shown by the personal example of Hiraṇyakaśipu. When great yogīs are in samādhi, even...
Vyāsa-pūjā
The following is an excerpt from a class by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja at Śrī Rūpa-Sanātana Gauḍīya Maṭha in Vṛndāvana, India, on February 8, 1993, published in Śrī Hari-kathāmṛta, Volume Two To understand what is vyāsa-pūjā, first we have to understand who...
The Touchstone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6cIeoPh85M The following is an excerpt from Acyutānanda dāsa Brahmacārī's interview with Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Mahārāja, published in Rays of The Harmonist, Kārttika 2007 (Originally published in Back to Godhead, Issue No. 33,...
How to save the world from such pollution
The following is an excerpt from a lecture by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja on August 2, 2002, published in Walking with a Saint - Morning Walks and Conversations 2009 “The water is polluted, the air is polluted, the ether is polluted, everything else...
A Glimpse of the line of thought
The following are excerpts from Subjective Evolution of Consciousness & Sermons from the Guardian of Devotion, Volume 1 by Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Mahārāja, published in Rays of The Harmonist, Āṣāḍhī Amāvasyā 2014 nce, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda...
Rādhā-prema Makes Kṛṣṇa Mad
The following is an excerpt from a lecture given by Śrīla Gaura Govinda Svāmī Mahārāja in Bhubaneswar, India on 19 March, 1992, published in Śrī Rādhā – Our Supreme Shelter, First Edition 2016 (Originally published in the booklet Rādhā-prema Makes Kṛṣṇa Mad published...
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The Descent of the Holy Name
The following is an excerpt from Acyutānanda dāsa Brahmacārī's interview with Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Mahārāja, published in Rays of The Harmonist, Kārttika 2007 (Originally published in Back to Godhead, Issue No. 33, 1970) Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhāra...
The Highest Degree of Dedication
The following is an excerpt from Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion Volume 4 by Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Mahārāja, published in Rays of The Harmonist, Summer 2002 n māyā or illusion, it is difficult for us to digest the truth that “I...
Gopa-kumāra’s Remarkable Journey
Chapter 2 from the book, Going Beyond Vaikuṇṭha, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Chapter Two opa-kumāra’s guru had disappeared, but his firm faith (niṣṭhā) never left him. He never thought of going in a different...