Author Archives: Isvari

  Srila Prabhupada’s sannyasa day       It is also “believed” that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also took sannyasa on this day and began to search for his brother, Sri Visvarupa, but we cannot find any … Read More

        Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur appeared in 1838 in an aristocratic family of Calcutta. Named Kedarnath, his youth was spent absorbed in studies. A prolific reader and writer, he authored many articles and poems … Read More

    Sri Jiva Gosvami     Srila Jiva Gosvami made his appearance in 1455, Sakabdha (1533 A.D.), on the 12th day of the bright fortnight in the month of Bhadra. He disappeared from view at … Read More

        In a previous article I recommended a book, “Mystic Universe: An Introduction to Vedic Cosmology” to deepen our understanding of Vedic Cosmos. One article is certainly not enough so I want to … Read More

          Vedic Cosmology, Part 2   BY: SHESHA DAS   Bhu Mandala – The Round Earth   In our last presentation we looked at the Vedic conception of the World, or Jagat, and … Read More

              Sep 08, 2016 — CANADA (SUN) —   I pray that the queen of Vrndavana, whose every limb shines with an ocean of wonderful golden moonlight, and whose beautiful … Read More

        The eternal constitutional nature of the living entity is pure love and devotion to Krsna. The origin of this pure unconditional love is the pleasure giving potency hladini shakti, Srimati Radharani. Though … Read More

          Sep 06, 2016 — SRIDHAM MAYAPUR (SUN) — A letter from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada. Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga Jayatah [All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga]   Sri Chaitanya Matha, … Read More

      Srimati Sita Thakurani’s Appearance day is observed on September 6th. From ‘Lives of the Saints’ by S. Rosen.   Shri Sita Thakurani is to be worshiped just as much as Sachidevi herself, as … Read More

       Amar Jivan by Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura, from the purport of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada   Amara jivana sada pape rata nahiko punyera lesa.   “My life is always engaged in sinful activities, … Read More

            “Anyone who quits his body, at the end of life, remembering Me, attains immediately to My nature; and there is no doubt of this.” (Bg. 8.5) One who thinks of … Read More

      From Śrīla Prabhupādera Upadeśāmṛta, a compilation of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda’s instructions in question-and-answer form.   Question 1: Who will attain perfection (siddhī)?   Answer: Only those who follow the path of … Read More

    Lord Narasimha with Senchu Lakshmi Thayar in Ahobilam     sulabho bhakti yuktānāṁ durdarśo duṣṭa cetasāṁ | ananya gatikānām ca prabhu bhaktaika-vatsalaḥ śanaiścara tatra nṛsiṁha-deva cakārāmala-citta-vṛtiḥ | praṇamya ṣaṣṭāṅgam aśeśa-loka kirīta nīrājita pāda-padmam || … Read More

  Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura in the forefront of the sankirtana procession from the Gaudiya Math – Ultadanga, Calcutta, October 1930     “Even if hundreds and hundreds of people—or even if all the godless … Read More

    Srila Prabhupada’s Initiation Lecture – Hamburg, August 27, 1969.   Apavitrah pavitro va. One may be in impure condition and one may be in pure condition. Sarvavastham, in all conditions. Avastha means all conditions. … Read More

    Srila Prabhupada worshiping Sri Sri Radha Londonisvara Bhaktivedanta Book Trust     Srila Prabhupada: Rādhārāṇī is very dear to Kṛṣṇa, and if we approach Kṛṣṇa through the mercy of Rādhārāṇī, we can easily attain … Read More

  Aug 27, 2017 — VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (SUN) — Offered at Vancouver ISKCON Mandir.   The Most Valuable Jewel O Jewel of Beauty on the garland of the Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya having the same … Read More

    Bhaktivedanta Book Trust   From Śrīla Prabhupādera Upadeśāmṛta, a compilation of Śrī Srimad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda’s instructions, in question-and-answer form.   Question 1: Who is known as harijana*?   *’Hari’ is the Supreme … Read More