by House of Bhakti | Apr 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
The following are transcriptions of conversations with Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Mathurā, India, on April 17, 2000 (In Mathurā, generally every day for about 15 minutes or a half hour before Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja 6.00 pm class, he...
by House of Bhakti | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Chapter Thirteen from the book Bhakti-rasāyana, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja sva-mātuḥ svinna-gātrāyā visrasta-kabara-srajaḥ dṛṣṭvā pariśramaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ kṛpayāsīt sva-bandhane Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.9.18); Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta (2.7.129) [Because...
by House of Bhakti | Apr 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Penang, Malaysia, on April 18, 2005 (On April 18, 2005, Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja celebrated Lord Rāmacandra’s appearance day during his...
by House of Bhakti | Apr 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in San Francisco, on May 23, 2003 (Every year, on every tour, in practically every country, Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja discusses the five kinds of...
by House of Bhakti | Apr 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Chapter Twelve from the book, Bhakti-rasāyana, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Droṇa and Dharā’s receiving Brahmā’s boon of having parental love for Kṛṣṇa is similar to Kṛṣṇa’s receiving the boon from Lord Śiva of having Sāmba as His son. At...
by House of Bhakti | Apr 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Mathurā, on April 13, 2000 Janaka Mahārāja had given the definition of bhakti to Lord Rāma’s brother, Bharata. anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam...
by House of Bhakti | Apr 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Hong Kong, on April 13, 2008 Today is a special and very sacred day. Today, Kṛṣṇa, in the form of Rāmacandra, took birth in Ayodhyā. In ancient times there was...
by House of Bhakti | Mar 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
Chapter Eleven from the book, Bhakti-rasāyana, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Next, in Sanātana Gosvāmī’s heart, feelings of vātsalya-bhāva begin to come, and he begins quoting verses describing that sentiment: [śrī-rājovāca] nandaḥ kim akarod...
by House of Bhakti | Mar 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
The following is an excerpt from Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja’s book Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma and Other Prominent Holy Places of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas in Śrī Gauḍa-maṇḍala Jahnudvīpa extends throughout the present Jānnagara, and is non-different from...
by House of Bhakti | Mar 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja at the Śrī Devānanda Gauḍīya Maṭha, in Navadvīpa, India, on March 13, 2000 The subject matter of Śrī Rāya Rāmānanda saṁvāda is the backbone, the most vital part...