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Four kinds of people perform bhakti
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जना: सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन । आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ॥ १६ ॥ catur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛtino ’rjuna ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha catur-vidhāḥ – four kinds; bhajante – worship; mām – Me; janāḥ – persons situated...
Surrender, Service, Dedication — All done through Śraddhā
The following is an excerpt from Centennial Anthology by Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Mahārāja, published in Rays of The Harmonist, Winter 2001 n Kṛṣṇa consciousness the quality of wholesale dedication is necessary. It is indispensable. Partial...
The Earth Becomes Fortunate
Chapter One from the book, Bhakti-rasāyana, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja n the final chapter of Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta, after the story of Gopa-kumāra has been completed, Sanātana Gosvāmī quotes verses from the...
Śrī Manaḥ-śikṣā Vers Een
Vers een गुरौ गोष्ठे गोष्ठालयिषु सुजने भूसुरगणे स्वमन्त्रे श्रीनाम्नि व्रजनवयुवद्वन्द्वस्मरणे । सदा दम्भं हित्वा कुरु रतिमपूर्वामतितरा - मये स्वान्तर्भ्रातश्चटुभिरभियाचे धृतपदः ॥ १॥ gurau goṣṭhe goṣṭhālayiṣu sujane bhūsura-gaṇe sva-mantre śrī-nāmni...
The importance of following proper Vaiṣṇava etiquette
The following is an excerpt from the book Volcanic energy by Śrīla Bhakti Vijñāna Bhāratī Mahārāja Once, a maṭha in-charge ordered another maṭha-vāsī (resident of the maṭha) to do something. That maṭha-vāsī was senior to him not only by age, but also in years...
Who will accept sannyāsa?
Excerpt from the book Ācārya Kesarī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī – His Life and Teachings, 2nd Edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja On one occasion, a new tridaṇḍī-sannyāsī arrived to take Bābājī’s [Śrīla Vaṁśīdāsa Bābājī Mahārāja's]...
The Absolute Necessity Of Second Initiation
The following is an excerpt from a class given by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Hilo, Hawaii, on January 13, 2003 [Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja spent the week of January 11-17 in Hilo, Hawaii, enlightening his audience of two hundred fifty...
Impressions of Bhakti
The following is an excerpt from Impressions of Bhakti: Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja recalls his early years was born in 1921 on the Amāvasyā (dark-moon) night in the month of Māgha (January–February). This is what my...
Inner Conflict
God is love, and love is God. Kṛṣṇa is love personified. If anyone serves Him, that person becomes fully happy with pure love and affection. —Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja
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