Sri Gaudiya Darshan , 29 June 2014 Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj explains why Śrī Jagannāthdev’s Ratha Yātrā is not conducted in Vṛndāvan or Nabadwīp. Śrī Ratha Yātrāya Śrī Rūpānugānuchintana The Conception of Śrī Ratha Yātrā According to the Followers of Śrī Rūpa Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj Published in the pen...

Considering a thought Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur expressed in the Introduction to his book Sri Krishna Samhita, it dawned on me that something needs to be done that has not been done for him already. Thakur Bhaktivinode wrote this: বৃহৎ অষ্টাদশ সহস্র শ্লোকবিশিষ্ট। ঐ গ্রন্থে জগতের সমস্ত তত্ত্বই—সর্গ, বিসর্গ, স্থান, পোষণ, উতি, মন্বন্তর-কথা, ঈশ-কথা, নিরোধ,...

The divine vision of Reality, as understood by Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur Vaikuntha-darshan: Chapter 1, Text 28 লতা কুঞ্জগৃহদ্বারপ্রাসাদতোরণানিচ। সর্বাণি চিদ্বিশিষ্টানি বৈকুণ্ঠে দোষবর্জিতে॥ ২৮ ॥ lata kunja-griha-dvara-prasada-toranani cha sarvani cid-vishishtani vaikunthe dosha-varjite. (28) The creepers, forest, secret bowers, gateways, palaces, arches, and other things within the sacred dham (abode of God) are faultless Vaikuntha. They...

By Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami (as published in The Harmonist, May 1929) The vast scale on which the celebrations on the occasion of the Solar Eclipse at Kurukshetra have been organised would appear to many persons as a huge and unpardonable waste of the none too sufficient resources of the poorest country of the...

by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami The praises of the Holy Land of Bharatvarsa are sung by the Scriptures but are liable to be grossly misunderstood by empiric commentators. It has often been supposed by such persons that the Holy Land means the Land which has got sacred associations for the reason that certain ritualistic...

Whether or not someone believes the universe was created by God or by forces of nature instead, without a doubt the universe is real. A real thing cannot come from nothing, so another thing must have caused the universe. What the other reality is is hard to say. And who are we to talk...

Carefully considering the knowledge I received directly from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj, my initiating Guru, and my Param Guru Maharaj, Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami, I present a series of articles for consideration by swan-like Vaishnavas. These articles discuss the Lord’s power or Shakti, reflecting on the Shakti Tattva from different viewpoints. Further posts...

When the American war machine built a bomb that exploded at Hiroshima in 1945, splitting atoms of plutonium inside the bomb and releasing atomic energy, they produced a blast that was equivalent to 16 kilotons of TNT, obliterating the centre of that Japanese city. This explosion showed that atoms are not indivisible. It proved...

Salutations to you, O Devi Maya, Goddess Narayani, who abides as intelligence within the heart of all beings, giving each living being their own views, their rewards, and final liberation. (Markandeya Purana, 91.8) Srila Sridhar Dev Goswami Maharaj one day recited many parts of the Markandeya Purana, Chapter 85, to me. I was most...

Before the billions of worlds in the stars were forming at the start the power and potential of fire and water was unmanifest. There was no distinction between any positive and negative values. Geometric shapes did not occupy spaces, partition or divide things,...

by Muralidhar Das. Carefully considering the knowledge I received directly from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj, my initiating Guru, I now feel I understand something about the mysterious state of consciousness “I am” that exists inside me, and beyond me. I know that when sleepers awake, the awareness “I am” encounters new landscapes and...

ULTIMATUM | TO BN ACHARYA MAHARAJA December 6, 2013 by goswami.  Dear Srila Acharya Maharaja, My dandabat pranam, Forgive my bluntness, but you have run out of time. If I catch your bray, its as follows: You expect the members of the Primary Trust Board to endanger the lives of themselves and their...

By Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada The first act of new-born infant Krishna recorded by the Bhagavatam is the slaying of the demoness Putana. The demoness Putana was deputed by King Kansa to kill all the newborn babies of the realm of Braja where he was informed by the Divine sage Narada that his...

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Shiva once waged war against Sri Krishna, because Shiva’s compassion for Banasura his worshiper influenced his judgment. His feelings of compassion misled him. Srila Sridhar Maharaj explained this to me one day, telling me directly that compassion can be the gateway to samsara. In the case of Bhisma, his compassion or kindness towards Duryodhana...