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The essence of Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in India on November 17, 1996 ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhāva-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaṁ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaṁ...
Come with me to Vṛndāvana
Chapter Seven from the book Secret Truths of the Bhāgavatam, 2nd edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Come with me to Vṛndāvana and Mathurā. Concentrate your mind. Among all human beings in this world, not one is happy or satisfied. You may be...
Guru-tattva and dīkṣā
The following is a transcription of a darśana with Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Moscow, Russia, on July 30, 2000 (Bhakta Bandhav Anthology Volume 60) Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: If one's guru is not qualified, then, taking his permission,...
The fortune of the gopīs
Chapter Six from the book Secret Truths of the Bhāgavatam, 2nd edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Again, come along with me. We should go to Mathurā. Kṛṣṇa and Baladeva are now there, having been invited by Kaṁsa through Akrūra. Kaṁsa wanted to...
How to balance the day
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Wales on July 4, 2000 (Bhakta Bandhav Anthology Volume 58) Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: In this world there are two kinds of human beings. A person...
By even a moment of sādhu-saṅga
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Verbania, Italy, on June 22, 2004 Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has written in his song, Kabe Āhā Gaurāṅga Bôliyā (verse 5): vaiṣṇava dekhiyā, pôḓibô caraṇe,...
Kṛṣṇa leaves Vṛndāvana
Chapter Five from the book Secret Truths of the Bhāgavatam, 2nd edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Kṛṣṇa is now completing His pastimes in Vraja. After He killed Keśī and Vyomāsura, Nārada came to Him and prayed, “Remember that You have to do so...
The servant of the guru (guru-dāsa)
The following are excerpts from discourses delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja at Śrī Keśavajī Gauḍīya Maṭha in Mathurā, India, on May 7, 8 & 9, 1991, published in Śrī Guru Vandanā Śrī Nārada Gosvāmī, Uddhavajī, and Gopa-kumāra were having a...
I always think of them as my children
The following is an excerpt from a morning walk conversation with Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Badger, California, on June 22, 2007, published in Walking with a Saint – Morning Walks and Conversations 2007 Aniruddha dāsa: While you were giving class...
Hear this great secret
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Germany on February 24, 2003 You should all come with me to Vraja. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it has been clearly written that Kṛṣṇa appeared in the jail of...