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We must follow Ekādaśī
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in San Jose, Costa Rica, on April 25, 1999 (Bhakta Bandhav Anthology Volume 40) Today is Ekādaśī. What is Ekādaśī? What is Ekādaśa? The eleventh number is called...
A farewell address
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja during the Australian Tour, on January 20, 2000 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu to preach His mission: "You should go door to door with...
Try to fully surrender
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Hawaii, on January 19, 2002 (Bhakta Bandhav Anthology Volume 79) Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: My heartfelt obeisances unto the lotus feet of my...
The process of hearing
Chapter Three from the book Secret Truths of the Bhāgavatam, 2nd edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Yesterday, I explained that we should try to hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from superior, self-realised rasika Vaiṣṇavas. This is written throughout...
Chastity in the Vedic scriptures
The following is an excerpt from a darśana with Śrīla Gaura Govinda Svāmī Mahārāja in Bhubaneswar, India, on November 5, 1993, published in Kṛṣṇa Kathāmṛta Bindu Issue 144 (Gopaljiu.org/bindu-archive/) Devotee: You have been speaking about spiritual pride. Once you...
The glories of Rāmānujācārya
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja on Hawaii’s North Shore, on January 26, 2007 (Respected hari-kathā readers, the following is a transcription of Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja’s informal...
Kṛṣṇa meets the gopīs at Kurukṣetra
Chapter Six of the book The Origin of Ratha-yātrā, by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu dances at the Ratha-yātrā Festival, He remembers a poem from a mundane Sanskrit literature called Sāhitya-darpaṇa. He raises His arms and...
‘Tricks’ of the bona fide guru
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Perth, Australia, on January 31, 2001 Once, the king of heaven, Indra, and the king of demons, Virocana, both went to Brahmā for ātmā-jñāna (transcendental...
Lord Brahmā steals the cowherd boys and calves
The following is Chapter 6 from Kṛṣṇa - The Lord of Sweetness, First Edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja For the last three days, I have spoken about dāmodara-līlā, the pastime of Kṛṣṇa being bound to a grinding mortar. After this pastime, all the...
Kṛṣṇa kills the demons
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Maui, Hawaii, on May 23, 1999 (Bhakta Bandhav Anthology Volume 43) (An Indian devotee leads a Hindi bhajana) Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: He’s...