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Divisions of devotion
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Volgograd, Russia, on September 15, 2004 (Ever since parama-pūjyapāda Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja began his Western preaching tours in 1996, he has...
The appearance place of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Rāval, India on October 17, 2003 By the mercy of Śrī Guru and Vaiṣṇavas, we have come to the appearance place of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's svarūpa-śakti, Mahābhāva Svarūpiṇī...
The appearance of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja at Śrī Keśavajī Gauḍīya Maṭha in Mathurā, India, on the evening before Rādhāṣṭamī, 27 August 2009, published in Śrī Rādhā – Our Supreme Shelter, First Edition 2016...
Transcendental Whistleblower
The following is an excerpt from the book Our Śrīla Prabhupāda – A Friend to All by Mūla-Prakṛti dāsī, published in 2004 soon after her passing away* in Vṛndāvana “After the Gauḍīya Maṭha institution had broken apart, my gurudeva, together with Abhaya...
On God, Love and Reincarnation
The following is a transcription of a darśana with Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Los Angeles, California on June 8, 1998 Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: Do you want to ask any questions? Elderly lady: I don't know what to ask. What...
Both feet in the same boat
The following is a transcription of part two of a lecture on Śrīla Jagadānanda Paṇḍita's Śrī Prema-vivarta by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Badger, California on June 17, 2008 Śrī Jagadānanda Prabhu says, "O my dear brothers, if you want bhakti, then, with...
Advent of the immaculate Purāṇa
The following is an excerpt from Kṛṣṇa – The Lord of Sweetness, Chapter 1, First Edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya-līlā 20.108) [It is the living entity’s constitutional...
Is Gurudeva his institution?
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Eugene, Oregon, on 8 July 1996 Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: I'm thinking that we are in an iṣṭa-goṣṭhī. We are all devotees here, all friends, and we...
The Birth of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Gokula
The following is an excerpt from Kṛṣṇa – The Lord of Sweetness, Chapter 2, First Edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja First of all, I offer innumerable obeisances to my gurudeva, nitya-līlā-praviṣṭa oṁ viṣṇupāda aṣṭottara-śata Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna...
The Origin of Rakṣā-bandhana
The following is a transcription of a lecture delivered by Śrīla Bhakti Vijñāna Bhāratī Mahārāja on September 13, 2016, published on visuddhacaitanyavani.com Today is a special day; it is the appearance day of Vāmanadeva. For those observing the...