by House of Bhakti | Jan 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
The following are excerpts of a Hindi article written by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Māhārāja, published in Rays of The Harmonist, Amāvasyā, Special Edition (Originally published in Śrī Bhāgavata-patrikā, Year 12 (1966) Issue 6–7) The cow, the very life of...
by House of Bhakti | Jan 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Chapter Four from the book, Bhakti-rasāyana, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja If someone is inimical to Bhagavān, then they will have to undergo much suffering and be very unhappy. They will have to take millions of births in the material...
by House of Bhakti | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Love has nothing to take, but everything to give.” — Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja [September 22, 2002,...
by House of Bhakti | Dec 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Chapter 7 from the book, Going Beyond Vaikuṇṭha, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja When Brahmā stole the gopas and calves and Kṛṣṇa Himself became all of them, He took on the same nature as all the boys and calves. He also became the sticks,...
by House of Bhakti | Nov 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Chapter 5 from the book, Going Beyond Vaikuṇṭha, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Vaikuṇṭha is an expansive land. Included within Vaikuṇṭha are Ayodhyā, Jagannātha Purī, Dvārakā, Mathurā, Vṛndāvana, Govardhana and Rādhā-kuṇḍa....
by House of Bhakti | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Chapter Three from the book, Bhakti-rasāyana, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja In the next verse the gopīs glorify Govardhana Hill, which is not only the crown of Vṛndāvana, but the crown of the entire universe. hantāyam adrir abalā...
by House of Bhakti | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Chapter Two from the book, Bhakti-rasāyana, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja After preparing lunch for Kṛṣṇacandra and Baladeva, Yaśodā along with Nanda Bābā follows them for a great distance as they take the cows out to graze for the day....
by House of Bhakti | Oct 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by House of Bhakti | Oct 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Chapter 6 from the book, Going Beyond Vaikuṇṭha, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja All 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 same in quality. Which...
by House of Bhakti | Sep 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
