Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category



SRI KRISHNA JANMASTAMI 2023

Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja WHAT TO THINK ABOUT WHILE CHANTING Dear Readers, This year, 2023, the observance of Sri Krsna Janmastami is on Thursday 7th September here in the UK. We pray that you find spiritual nourishment in reading this darsana of Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, spoken in France, on April 27, […]



Ratha Yatra 2023

Please Google for festival dates in your city The records of Sri Jagannatha Temple in Puri reveal that after Maharaja Indradyumna had the deities installed in the temple, he requested Lord Brahma to prescribe the proper worship of Lord Jagannath (seva, puja and niti), which included twelve annual yatras, of which ratha yatra is the […]



GAUḌĪYA-DARŚANA

Śrī Prem Prayojan Prabhu

Excerpt from a class by Śrī Prem Prayojan Prabhu on Gauḍīya-darśana, spoken in Alachua (day 3), USA, 6 May 2023. Please see the link for the book in the right colum. Now, we are coming to some of the meanings of Gauḍīya-darśana. The word darśana comes from dṛś dhātu and lyuṭ pratyaya- the suffix lyuṭ […]



KRISHNA IS THE SUPREME PERSONALITY. THE VEDAS CONFIRM IT.

There is so much evidence it is impossible to put it all into even a book. Here are just a few evidences. Hare Krishna People in tama guna worship many deities,… Kurma Purana 2.43.49+ Skanda Purana 7.1.2.87-88 + Matsya Purana (53.68-69)  state as follows: sättvikesu purānesu mähätmyamadhikam hareh rājasesu ca māhātmyam adhikam brahmano viduh tadvadagnesca […]



THE APPEARANCE DAY OF JAHNAVA-MATA AND SITA-DEVI

Today is the appearance day of Jāhnavā-mātā, Lord Nityānanda’s consort (Nityānanda-śakti). It is also the appearance day of Sītā-devī, the consort of Lord Rāmacandra. The following is an excerpt from a bhāva anuvāda of the kathā given by Śrīla Bhakti Vijñāna Bhāratī Gosvāmī Mahārāja on the same tithi on May 8, 2014 and May 5, […]



THE SUPERIORITY OF SRI NAVADVIPA DHAMA

Evidence from scripture about Lord Chaitanyas appearance Gaura Purnima Part 1 https://youtu.be/jrR4VIKnPZE Gaura Purnima Part 2 https://youtu.be/bsedvAATTHM https://www.buymeacoffee.com/devarsiY Herbal of course                                         FOR GAURA PURNIMA Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja THE SUPERIORITY OF SRI NAVADVIPA […]

THE APPEARANCE DAY OF PŪJYAPĀDA SRILA BHAKTIVEDĀNTA NĀRĀYAṆA MAHĀRĀJA

    The appearance day of Pūjyapāda Srila Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja by Syamarani dasi [January 21, 2023 is the appearance day of Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāj in Vṛndāvana, India. The following is a bhāva anuvāda of a lecture spoken on January 3, 2016, by Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vijñāna Bhāratī Gosvāmī Mahārāja at Śrī […]



SRILA BHAKTISIDDHANTA SARASWATI MAHARAJA ON THE NEED FOR KAMSA’S AGENTS TO CHANGE SHASTRA

"Putana" (Published in "The Harmonist", circa 1932) Sri Krsna manifests His eternal birth in the pure cognitive essence of the serving soul who is located above all mundane limitations. King Kamsa, the typical aggressive empiricist, is ever on the lookout for the appearance of the truth for the purpose of suppressing Him before He has […]

  LIVING STILL IN SOUND By Sripad Bhaktivedanta Bhagavat Maharaja Written on Srila Haridasa Thakuras Disapperance day in 2015 So I thought I would discuss the Poem that Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura wrote regarding his disappearance. I am in the process of writing my thesis on transcendental sound vibration, its difference from material sound and how […]



TODAY THE 10/04/2022 IS RAMA NAVAMI

By Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayan Goswami Maharaja After Ravana was killed, Sita devi had to undergo the agni pariksa, fire test. Of course, Maya-Sita entered the fire, and the real Sita devi remained unharmed – proving that she was completely pure and chaste. Rama then gave the kingdom of Ravana to Vivisana, Ravana's brother, and after […]



GAURA PURNIMA THE APPEARANCE OF LORD CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU

This year on the 18th of March 2022 is Lord Caitanyas appearance day. It is a wonderful festival that is observed annually in February March by Krishnas devotees all over the world and mostly in Mayapur India, the place where Mahaprabhu appeared in the year 1486. Lord Chaitanya is the Absolute Truth The Supreme Lord […]



THE VYASA PUJA DAY OF SRI SRIMAD BHAKTIVEDANTA NARAYANA GOSWAMI MAHARAJA

A Vyasa Puja Lecture The meaning of the gayatri-mantra has been clearly revealed by Srila Vyasadeva in the first verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Had he not come to this world, ‘everything would have been nothing.’ He revealed this gayatri-mantra, as well as the catur-sloki of Srimad-Bhagavatam and its explanation, and he especially revealed the highest love […]



VYASA PUJA LECTURE BY SRI SRIMAD BHAKTIVEDANTA NARAYANA GOSWAMI

The Deep Meaning Of Vyasa-puja Murwillumbah, Australia: February 7, 2008 am I have seen how my Gurudeva and his god-brothers used to observe their Vyasa-puja. They used to worship their guru and entire guru-parampara, because the knowledge of Krsna and bhakti, or pure devotion, to Krsna does not come only from guru. Where did guru […]



THE DISAPPEARANCE DAY OF SRILA BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA

SPOKEN BY SRILA BHAKTIVEDANTA NARAYANA GOSWAMI MAHARAJA IN BOMBAY INDIA 1994 At the time of his divine departure from this world, Parama-pujyapada Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja ordered me, "You should serve me by performing my samadhi ceremony." He knew the meaning and significance of entering samadhi, as well as the proper procedures to be performed […]



EVERYDAY ON LINE LIFE KARTIKA 2021

*Kartika 2021* *EVERYDAY THROUGHOUT KARTIK*  LIFE CYBER PARIKRAM *Śrī Śrī Guru-Gaurāṅgau Jayatah!* 🙏 🙏 🙏 VARIOUS ADVANCED SPEAKERS SANYASIS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD *Zoom Details:* https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87027695376… Meeting ID: 870 2769 5376 Passcode: 108 *Facebook* _The BhaktiZOOM Seva Team_ https://www.facebook.com/groups/146013487380713/?ref=share *YouTube* http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTC9m6lBOLY0XHjE_VFyZLw *Schedule* https://docs.google.com/…/185LftJjTGNJtVH5cnfKF…/edit… 🙏 Praying for the mercy of Śrī Guru and the Vaiṣṇavas🙏 […]



GAURA PURNIMA 2021

This year on the 18th of March 2021 is Lord Caitanyas appearance day. It is a wonderful festival that is observed annually in February March by Krishnas devotees all over the world and mostly in Mayapur India, the place where Mahaprabhu appeared in the year 1486. Lord Chaitanya is the Absolute Truth The Supreme Lord […]



RADHA TATTVA

 



MADHURYA KADAMBINI

       MADHURYA KADAMBINI By Sripad Bhaktivedanta Ashram Maharaja  



FOR THE DISAPPEARANCE DAY OF SRILA JAYADEVA GOSVAMI

FOR THE DISAPPEARANCE DAY OF SRILA JAYADEVA GOSVAMI by Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayan Goswami Maharaja Los Angeles, Los Angeles, May 12, 2003 Sri Jayadeva Gosvami was a very high class of maha-bhagavata, and he wrote a book called “Gita-govinda,” meaning “The Glories of Govinda.” When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw this book, He made a copy and […]