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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...
Love Feast
We will hold a Love Feast at our location on Sunday, July 19, 2026, and cordially invite you to attend. Venue: Vijzelstraat 157, The Hague Our temple is easily accessible by public transport from Den Haag Hollands Spoor and Den Haag Centraal. From the railway station,...
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...
Nirjala Ekādaśī and other topics
The following is an excerpt from a morning walk conversation with Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Badger, California, on June 24, 2007, published in Walking with a Saint – Morning Walks and Conversations 2007 Balarāma dāsa: May I ask you a question, Gurudeva?...
Moods while chanting
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Badger, California, 1997 We must have some moods at the time of ārati. It should not be performed without a mood. When you are making an offering, you will...
Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs
Chapter Four from the book Secret Truths of the Bhāgavatam, 2nd edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja I have explained the essence of some of the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa. Now I am going to tell some very secret pastimes. First of all, you should know who...
A guru should at least be a madhyama-uttama; otherwise, he cannot do anything
The following is an excerpt from Śrī Guru and His Grace, The Initiating Spiritual Master, 4th Printing, by Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Mahārāja (Scsmathinternational.com) A spiritual master may be one of three kinds. The first class guru extends one foot from the...
Unqualified and qualified disciples
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Alachua, Florida, on February 1, 2003 (Bhakta Bandhav Anthology Volume 92) Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: My millions of daṇḍavat praṇāmas unto the...
The highest summits of prema
The following is a transcription of a discourse on Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī's Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in San Francisco, California, on May 25, 2003 What kind of kṛṣṇa-prema do we want? Not the prema of Hanumān or the...