“Three things are very powerful: the nectar that is food or drink touched by a Vaishnava’s lips, the water that has washed his feet, and the dust that has touched his feet. A Vaishnava’s Powers “If for a few moments one stays near a Vaishnava, one will come into contact with Lord Krishna’s power coming [...]

Chaitanya Bhagavata, Adi-lila, Chapter 16, Verse 81 (words of Shrila Haridasa Thakura spoken to the Muslim king at the time of His arrest and accusation of abondoning the Islam religion): ye ishvara, se punah sabara bhava layahimsa karilei se tahana himsa haya TRANSLATION “The Supreme Lord accepts the devotion of everyone, but if anyone is [...]

By Bhakta Igor Nityananda Gauranga Hare KrsnaAll glories to Swami Gaurangapada! All glories to Srilla Prabhupada!All glories to all vaisnavas!Srilla Narottama Thakura is singing about glories of Devotees: Vaisnava-mahima (Glorification of the Devotees) 1 thakura baisnaba-pada abanira su-sampadasuna bhai hana eka manaasraya laiya bhaje tare krsna nahi tyajeara saba mare akarana O brother, please hear [...]

Post by Bhakta Matus: Since longer time i am struggeling with getting up early in the morning. Although i am concious about its great benefit in regard to the spiritual as well as material aspects of life, since longer time of trying i was not able to apply it in my life. Some time ago [...]

From Shrila Jagadananda Pandita’s Prema Vivarta, translated by Sarvabhavana dasa. Devotional and places of pilgrimage A person who goes to a place of pilgrimage only for taking a bath in holy rivers and worships the deity, whom he considers to be made of stone, will take a very long time to develop true religious sentiments. [...]

By Bhushan Nityananda dasa Nityananda Gauranga Hare KrishnaAll Glories to Shrila Vrindavana das ThakuraAll Glories to Shrila PrabhupadaGurudeva please accept my humble dandavats at your lotus feetdandavats at lotus feet of all devotees I read the post of Shrila Prabhupada on writing realizations, so I decided that I should write, I am totally unqualified and [...]

By Bhaktiratna Sadhu SwamiSome people consider a difference between Shri Jagannatha Puri Dhama and Shri Navadvipa Dhama or Shri Vrindavana Dhama and think that Shri Jagannatha Puri is inferior in some way to Shri Vrindavana or Shri Navadvipa. To destroy their doubts, it is clearly stated in Shri Vaishnava Tantra: madhura dvaraka lila yah, karoti [...]

By Shrila Prabhupada If one has enthusiasm in the beginning of devotional service, and that enthusiasm does not become cold, then one will never become apathetic, lazy, or distracted in chanting the holy names. Therefore enthusiasm is the only support for all types of devotional service. By enthusiastically performing devotional service one can give up [...]

By Bhakta IgorNityananda Gauranga Hare KrsnaAll glories to Swami Gaurangapada!In our attempts to practice devotional service we may sometimes feel that we have no taste or that we do not have any qualification to properly act and execute such activities. But we should not feel hopeless. On contrary we should have faith and hope against [...]

By Bhakta IgorNityananda Gauranga Hare KrsnaSometimes devotee may feel that there are so many duties and obligations in his life, specialy if devotee is housholder, have regular job etc. How to transcedent everyday activities when we are forced to act and work in envoirament that is not spiritualy favorable? We can find answer in Bg.18.46. [...]

By Bhakta Matus Oh Vaishnava Thakura, saintly devotee of the Lord How wonderful and precious is every second of Your association. The immense importance and value of associating with You cannot be captured in my tiny words. Only by repeatedly getting in touch with You is it possible for me to keep up the necessary [...]

“Every one of you. What is your realization? You write your realization – what you have realized about Krishna. That is required. It is not passive. Always you should be active. Whenever you find time, write. Never mind – two lines, four lines, but you write your realizations. Sravanam, kirtanam.Writing or offering prayers, glories – [...]

Shrila Prabhupada’s lotus feet. naishammatis tavad urukramanghrimsprisaty anarthapagamo yad-arthahmahiyasampada-rajo-’bhishekamnishkincananamnavrinitayavatTRANSLATIONUnless they smear upon their bodies the dust of the lotus feet of a Vaishnavacompletely freed from material contamination, persons very much inclined toward materialistic life cannot be attached to the lotus feet of the Lord, who is glorified for His uncommon activities. Only by becoming Krishnaconscious [...]

1) namaskritya pravaksyami deva-devam jagad-gurumnamnam-ashtotara- shatam caitanyasya mahatmanahaAfter offering my respectful obeisances unto the Lord of Lords, Who isthe spiritual master of the entire universe, I will now narrate 108 holynames of Lord Chaitanya, the great soul.2) vishvambharo jita-krodho maya-manusha- vigrahahaamayi mayinam shreshto vara-desho dvijottamahaVishvambhara– He sustains the universeJita-krodha–He is victorious over the influence of [...]

All glories to Shri Krishna Chaitanya and all glories to Shri Nityananda! All glories to Shri Advaita Acarya and all glories to all the devotees of Shri Gauranga! All glories to the Lord, who is the life and soul of Narahari and Gadadhara! O Lord, please glance mercifully towards me. All glories to Shri Gauranga [...]

It is a practical experience, that in every field of life, if one wants to learn something one needs guidance and help of a more experienced and advanced person. If it weren’t so, one wouldn’t have opened so many schools, institutions and educational institutes, which offer one the possibility of accepting the role of a [...]

By Bhakta Matus Sorry for not posting for such a long time. After some time i got an inspiration again. I have just been to cinema after quite a long time and i saw a very authentic and inspirational movie. It was about a young man (23) who got cancer and who did a movie [...]

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna dandavats at lotus feet of Shrila Gurudeva dandavats at lotus feet of all devotees I am extremely sorry for not posting for such a long time, please forgive my offenses. As we went inside the Yogapitha, we had the most auspicious darshan of Shri Shri Vishvambhara and Shrimati Vishnupriya devi. Shrimati [...]