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The repository of jewels
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Jagannātha Purī, India, on August 6, 2004 sañcārya rāmābhidha-bhakta-meghe sva-bhakti-siddhānta-cayāmṛtāni gaurābdhir etair amunā vitīrṇais...
Attachment to Kṛṣṇa
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Hawaii on January 18, 2002 (Bhakta Bandhav Anthology Volume 79) Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: My heartfelt obeisances at the lotus feet of my...
The satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa
The following is a transcription from a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Boven-Leeuwen, The Netherlands, on May 11, 1996 (Bhakta Bandhav Anthology Volume 1) Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: I explained before that we should...
Bathe in the rasa-samudra
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Houston, Texas, on June 16, 1996 (Bhakta Bandhav Anthology Volume 5) Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura said, “If...
An ideal disciple
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Varṣāṇā, India, on November 14, 1996 The most prominent aspect is śrī guru’s realisation of Śrī Bhagavān. A sad-guru is he who manifests Bhagavān in the hearts...
Reunion at Kurukṣetra
Chapter Five of the book The Origin of Ratha-yātrā, by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja At the beginning of the Ratha-yātrā Festival, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu offers a prayer to Jagannātha-deva, not to His form as Lord Jagannātha or Vāsudeva-Kṛṣṇa, but to...
The final proof: the jīva did not fall from Goloka
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Murwillumbah, Australia, on February 16, 2002 Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja: Come with me now to Godruma in Navadvīpa-dhāma, where Sannyāsī Ṭhākura...
Mahāprabhu and King Pratāparudra
Chapter Four of the book The Origin of Ratha-yātrā, by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja The Chariot Festival is performed every year in Jagannātha Purī, a very beautiful place near the shore of the Indian Ocean. I have explained that Śrī Caitanya...
Guṇḍicā-mandira-mārjana
Chapter Three of the book The Origin of Ratha-yātrā, by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja We should know that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is one without a second. He is the same God for the Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and all others. There are no...
The reason behind Lord Jagannātha’s appearance
Chapter Two of the book The Origin of Ratha-yātrā, by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja You have now heard the first history, but it does not fully explain why Jagannātha desired to manifest in a form that appeared to be incomplete. That explanation is...