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The importance of tolerance and patience
Excerpt from Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja’s commentary on Śrī Dāmodarāṣṭakam, verse 4 tṛṇād api su-nīcena taror iva sahiṣṇunā amāninā māna-dena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ Śrī Śikṣāṣṭaka (3) In every respect the sādhaka should see himself as lowlier...
Why do Vaiṣṇavas not worship demigods?
Excerpt from the book Ācārya Kesarī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī – His Life and Teachings, 2nd Edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja rī Ayodhyānātha dāsa Adhikārī, from Keśavapura village in the Medinīpura district,...
The Moods of Intimacy and Sweetness
Chapter 4 from the book, Going Beyond Vaikuṇṭha, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja lthough Gopa-kumāra had arrived in Vaikuṇṭha-dhāma, his heart did not feel satisfaction there. I had a similar experience recently...
The Disappearance Day of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī
The following is an excerpt from a class by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja at Śrī Keśavajī Gauḍīya Maṭha in Mathurā, India, on January 7, 1992, published in Śrī Hari-kathāmṛta, Volume Two n the lives of Vaiṣṇavas there is no...
The Superiority of Nāma-saṅkīrtana
Chapter 3 from the book, Going Beyond Vaikuṇṭha, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja In telling Gopa-kumāra the sādhana for attaining Vaikuṇṭha, the four-armed eternal associates of Nārāyaṇa said: manyāmahe kīrtanam eva sattamaṁ...
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...