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Uitnodiging viering Govardhana-pūjā | Free Parking for registered guests
Beste vrienden, Op vrijdag 5 november 2021 is er weer een bijeenkomst in ons centrum in Den Haag. We hopen u en uw familie/vrienden te mogen verwelkomen op deze dag. Het adres is: Vijzelstraat 157 2584GL Den Haag Vanaf het treinstation Den Haag Hollands Spoor kunt u...
Śāstriya Sādhu Saṅga (association of sādhus in the form of śāstras)
The following is a translation of a Bengali lecture given by Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja, published in Rays of The Harmonist, Winter 2001 (Originally published in Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, issue 10/11) cintāmaṇir jayati somagirir gurur me...
Kṛṣṇa’s Glories are Inconceivable
Chapter 6 from the book, Going Beyond Vaikuṇṭha, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja ll of the incarnations of Bhagavān are the same in quality, just as from one candle we can light ten candles and all will be the...
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...