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Rama Navami — The Appearance Day of Lord Sri Rama

By Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja On Saturday the 28 Mar 2015 is Rama Navami: The appearance day of Lord Sri Ramacandra [In the year, 2005, Srila Narayana Maharaja celebrated Lord Ramacandra's appearance day during his short visit to Penang. The following, spoken at the house of Paramesvari prabhu and Malati dasi, was the […]



THE DIVINE APPEARANCE DAY OF LORD SRI CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU

 This year on the 5th of March 2015 is Lord Caitanyas appearance day. This is a talk by Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja. Given at Sri Keshavaji Gaudiya Matha, on the divine birthday of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in Navadvipa, India: March 14, 2006 pm After the completion of Lord Sri Krsna's pastimes in Vrndavana […]



CAN YOU SHOW ME GOD?

  From the booklet Beyond Liberation. Based on the wonderful teachings of Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja. CAN YOU SHOW ME GOD? Once, in India, there was a king who desired to see God. Calling for his chief minister, he asked, "Can you show me God? Can you clearly tell me what God is […]



FOR THE APPEARANCE DAY OF LORD NITYANANDA PRABHU

Appearance Day of Lord Nityananda This lecture was given on 2nd February 1977, Lord Nityananda Prabhu's Appearance Day by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada in Bhubaneswar, Orissa at a foundation cornerstone laying ceremony for Sri Sri Krsna Balaram Mandir, the last founded temple project of Srila Prabhupada. This lecture is unedited and […]



WE ARE SIMPLY WASTING OUR TIME HERE

Prabhupada: Sa amrtatvaya kalpate [Bg. 2.15]. Amrtatva. Here, in this material world, we are put into mrtatva, subject to birth, death, old age and disease. But there is another position where there is no birth, death, old age and disease. So which position we should like — birth, death, old age and disease, or no […]



DELIBERATION UPON THE TRUE NATURE OF DEVOTION

This is an excerpt from the book Bhakti-tattva-viveka, "Deliberation upon the true nature of devotion" Composed by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and translated from the Hindi edition of the book by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja. Please also visit our Book Store at http://bhaktistore.com/ Chapter One The Intrinsic Nature of Bhakti



WHY WE DONT EAT MEAT

By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada The Vaishnava philosophy teaches that we should not even kill plants unnecessarily. In the Bhagavad-gita (9.26) Krishna (God) says: "If someone offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or a little water, I will accept it." We offer Krishna only the kind of food He […]



THE HIDDEN AVATAR PART ONE

The Hidden Avatar – Part One – Who Is The Hidden Avatar? To view all parts, please click the more link



THE PEACOCKS DANCE TO KRISHNAS FLUTE MELODY

    An Excerpt From The Book Bhakti-Rasayana The Nectar-Tonic of Pure Devotion by Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja by Gaudiya Vedanta Publications   The Peacocks Dance to Kṛṣṇa’s Flute Melody After preparing lunch for Kṛṣṇacandra and Baladeva, Yaśodā along with Nanda Bābā follows Them for a great distance as They take the cows out […]



THE TINY WORLD OF MODERN SCIENCE

During a morning walk in April of 1973, at Venice Beach, Los Angeles, Śrīla Prabhupāda discusses modern science and its high priests: Śrīla Prabhupāda: “They claim to have millions of dollars’ worth of knowledge, but if you ask them a question, they simply give you a post-dated check. Why should we accept it? They cannot […]



THE CREST JEWEL OF INQUIRY

The Origin of the Living Entity Friday, 2000, Badger (New Braja) California, USA In his discourse below, Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja discusses a conversation between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Sanatana Gosvami, from Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami's book, Sri Caitanya-caritamrta. Srila Sanatana Gosvami is playing the role of a conditioned soul who is seeking divine […]



About Death

From the writings of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada One Life Is Just a Flash in Time From time immemorial the living entity travels in the different species of life and the different planets, almost perpetually. This process is explained in Bhagavad-gita: under the spell of maya, everyone is wandering throughout the universe on the carriage […]



Answers to the question “Why is there no tangible proof of God ?”

  On this page you can read various answers from just a few different devotees, about the question "Why is there no tangible proof of God? Each new paragraph represents a new answer . Please also visit "Can You Show Me God?" From the booklet Beyond Liberation. Based on the wonderful teachings of Sri Srimad […]



THE FOURTH MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION

THE FOURTH MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION by BV Bhagavat Maharaja & Isa das www.equalsouls.org Which religion is that? You may ask, and rightly so. Most academic and news articles usually talk about the three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Even though these three religions share a common theological precept that there is one GOD ([1]El Kana) […]



We Are Not These Bodies

An exerpt from the booklet Beyond Birth And Death By Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada We are experiencing birth and death, but actually we are beyond birth and death. We are eternal spirit souls, but according to our work and desires, we are transmigrating from one body to another. This is the science of reincarnation.



REINCARNATION EXPLAINED

  By Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Remembrances of past lives can be fascinating, but the real goal of understanding reincarnation is to become free from the painful cycle of birth in death. In a lecture delivered in London in August of 1973, Śrīla Prabhupāda warns, "This is not a very good business—to die and take […]



The Truth of the Soul

A discourse given on June 15, 2005 in Badger, California, by Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja, based on Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s book, Śrī Śrīmad Bhāgavata Arka Marīcimāla, which means “A Garland of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Verses.” The Truth of the Soul The subject matter regarding the established philosophical truths of the living entity (jīva-tattva) is very advanced. […]



THE AGE OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA

Transcendental Knowledge   At the present moment we have just passed through five thousand years of the Kali-yuga, which lasts 432,000 years. Before this there was the Dvapara-yuga (800,000 years), and before that there was Treta-yuga (1,200,000 years). Thus, some 2,005,000 years ago, Manu spoke the Bhagavad-gita to his disciple and son Maharaja Iksvaku, the […]



The Nature of True Devotees

By Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada Devotion to God is attained by associating with those who serve both Him and His devotees. They have made service to God the very essence of their life. They have made the narrations of the names, appearance, attributes and sports of God the mainstay of their existence and they […]