About the Name "Hindu"By Nandanandana dasa prabhu I feel there needs to be some clarification about the use of the words “Hindu” and “Hinduism.” The fact is that true “Hinduism” is based on Vedic knowledge, which is related to our spiritual identity. Many people do accept it to mean the same thing as Sanatana-dharma, which [...]

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Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna! here is a simple realization of the nature of ‘mercy and love’ that entered my heart at some point in God realization…    [quote]‘Wondering what the world lacked I looked around,    and saw the world needed happy people.    In gratitude my load did lighten,    I smiled and the world began to brighten.’ [...]

Respected Swamiji and all Vaisnavas,         Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Visnupada Srila Prabhupada! Jaya Swami Gaurangpada! All glories to the guru parampara! All glories to the Vaisnavas!          Recently some devotees have embarked on a wonderful project where they have made great efforts into assimilating all of Srila Prabhupada’s transcendental words (whatever available and [...]

Respected Swamiji and all Vaisnavas,  Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!  Jaya Visnupada Srila Prabhupada! Jaya Swami Gaurangpada!  All glories to the guru parampara! All glories to the Vaisnavas!  I came across this writing by Sarasvati Thakura on Bhaktivinode Thakura. It struck me as very profound and revealing. He says that in the near future, the writings [...]

The Scientific Truth of Guru Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Sri Guru-Tattva and Seva Excerpts from a lecture delivered by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura on January 28th, 1931, in Mayapura Dhama, India. A Golden Opportunity to Serve Collectively Today I have an opportunity to worship my Sri Gurudeva (Srila Gaurakishora Dasa Babaji). Last year, also, I [...]

Respected Swamiji and All Vaisnavas,       Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Visnupada Srila Prabhupada! Jaya Swami Gaurangpada! All glories to the guru parampara! All glories to the Vaisnavas!        Beautiful article to highlight the misconceptions of the impersonalist Mayavadis! In all my experiences with them, nothing is usually as explicitly open as what happens below. [...]

Respected Swamiji and all Vaisnavas,         Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! Please accept my respectful obeisances! Jaya Guru Parampara.         These are some instructions from Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada’s Upadesamrta.         Question 1How can one attain perfection within a single lifetime? Answer: If one gives up one’s free will and fully surrenders to Sri Gurudeva, and then [...]

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna! Here is my encounter as an 8 year old (through his eyes):(1977 – the year of release of the movie – Close Encounters of the Third Kind) I was climbing a fence, with a water pistol camera, looking for the lady next door…to squirt. I looked up to the sky…and there [...]

Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! This is from a conversation I had on another site with other persons. Most of the quotes are not from me. – Nava.     But is that not what the soul is – esssentially? As any attributes you assign to your soul now are actually part of your earthly personality. Your [...]

From Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Godruma Kalpatavi, The Desire Tree of Godruma. Description of the Transcendental Currency 1. Sraddha (faith) is compared to a paisa (a small coin worth only 2-5 cents) by which the Holy Name can be be purchased. 2. Nistha (steady devotional service) is compared to two annas or a 1/8 silver coin [...]

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Dear Swami Gaurangapada Gurudeva, Dear Devotees i would like to share with You some Gaura Nectar which i read today in Shri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga from Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. As yesterday i celebrated the Ratha Yatra Festival, it remembers me on the meaning and pastime of Ratha Yatra. The same way [...]

 PREACHING THE KIRTAN OF THE LORD Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada Please preach the kīrtan of the Supreme Lord, even if in doing so you have to incur debt; then in order to pay off that debt, you will have to be even more engaged in sevā. When your creditors put pressure on you, you [...]

A large kirtana party of brahmacaris, mostly members of Keshava Maharaja’s Devananda Gaudiya Math, met Srila Prabhupäda at the Navadvipa train station. The brahmacaris were meticulously neat, with their robes all dyed the same shade of saffron, their Vaisnava tilaka markings bold and distinct, their heads smoothly shaved, their sikhas precise. They offered Prabhupada and [...]

The soul is active and similarly the senses; their nature is to be active and of all the senses, Thakura Bhaktivinoda prayed that, the tongue is the most difficult to control. We have seen someone who is celibate, who is fasting, who is living such an austere life not allowing any of his senses to [...]