by House of Bhakti | Dec 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
We cordially invite you to attend the Love Feast at the temple. This event is free (registration is required). The Love Feast is celebrated in all Hare Kṛṣṇa Temples around the world. This is a festival to bring people together to glorify the Lord and receive...
by House of Bhakti | Dec 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
The following is a transcription of a darśana with Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in a Meditation Centre, in Germany, on December 4, 2000 Prema-prayojana dāsa: …in the process of bhakti, it seems that this is not spontaneous, so much hard endeavour and...
by House of Bhakti | Dec 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
An excerpt from a morning walk with Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Frielendorf, Germany, on July 13, 2007, published in Walking with a Saint – Morning Walks and Conversations 2007 Malati dāsī (from France): Gurudeva, Tāruṇī is leaving this morning to go back...
by House of Bhakti | Nov 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Chapter Nine from the book, Bhakti-rasāyana, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Superior to the Pulinda girl we have been discussing are the sakhās, and of them Śukadeva Gosvāmī says: yadi dūraṁ gataḥ kṛṣṇo vana-śobhekṣaṇāya tam ahaṁ pūrvam...
by House of Bhakti | Nov 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Chapter 1 from the book Śiva-Tattva: Lord Śiva’s Highest Benediction by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Once, the great sage Nārada Muni travelled to the abode of Lord Śiva and began to glorify him, saying, “You are very near and dear to the Supreme Lord...
by House of Bhakti | Nov 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
The following is an excerpt from The Origin of the Ratha-yātrā, Chapter 6 by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Before Umā was married to Śaṅkara, Nārada came and revealed Śaṅkara’s glories to her. After that, Śaṅkara told someone, “Go and test that girl,”...
by House of Bhakti | Nov 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
[The following excerpt was taken from notes written during Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja’s talk, spoken partly in English and partly in Hindi in Auckland, New Zealand on January 12, 2001. A close relative of the devotee hosting Śrīla Bhaktivedānta...
by House of Bhakti | Oct 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
[The following was taken from notes written during Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja’s talk, spoken partly in English and partly in Hindi in Auckland, New Zealand on January 12, 2001. A close relative of the devotee hosting Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa...
by House of Bhakti | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja at Śrī Keśavajī Gauḍīya Maṭha in Mathurā, India on 26 October 1996, published in Śrī Rādhā – Our Supreme Shelter, First Edition 2016 (Translated by the Rays of The...
by House of Bhakti | Oct 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Cessnock, Australia, on February 25, 2002 Śrīpāda Āśrama Mahārāja: In Brisbane you were discussing nāmābhāsa (a glimpse of the light of the holy name before...