Author Archives: Isvari

        Introduction by Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami   Worship of Govinda is worship of all   It is said in Skanda Purana:   arcite deva-devesha abja-shankha-gadadhare arcitah pitaro deva yatah sarvamayo harih   … Read More

          Introduction by Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami   Anyone who is initiated with name and mantra of the Lord by a bona-fide spiritual master should take full shelter (of the Lord). The … Read More

          Introduction by Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami   (Following are five evidences to prove that the worship of demigods is no substitute for Vishnu worship.)   a. Bhagavad-Gita 9.23:   ye ‘py … Read More

          Introduction by Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami   (The following section is a footnote added by Gopala Bhatta Gosvami)   In Narada Pancaratra, Bharadvaja Samhita 3.22.25, the process of atonement for a … Read More

        Introduction by Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami   Here are some scriptural statements forbidding worship of the devata and pitris   1. Narayana Upanishad   Worship of Shiva, Shakti (Durga), Surya, Ganapati and … Read More

        Introduction by Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami   Shri Shri Krishna Chaitanya Candraya namah pranamya sacchidanandam jagatam sevyamishvaram shri krishnam paramanandam ananya bhishthadayakam vakti grihidvijadinam anayanam visheshatah paddhatim tam vivahadeh sat kriya sara … Read More

          Shrila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami has compiled “Sat Kriya Sara Dipika” as a Vedic samskara manual for the Vaishnava community. Recognizing that most of the Vaishnavas are grihasthas, and that they should … Read More

  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

        Auspicious Prayers for Remembering the Eight-Fold Daily Pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by Srila Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura THE GLORIES OF THE LORD’S DAILY PASTIMES   1. sri-gauranga-mahaprabhos-caranayor ya kesa-sesadibhih sevagamyataya sva-bhakta-vihita sanyair-yaya … 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

    Lord Vamanadeva Begs Charity from Bali Maharaja     The fifth among the Dasavatara is Sri Vamana-avatara. There are innumerable lila-avataras. Among them are twenty-five chief lila-avataras of which Sri Vamanadeva is the eighteenth. … 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

      Sri Yudhishthira Maharaja asked of Lord Sri Krishna, “What is the name of that Ekadasi that occurs during the light fortnight (shukla paksha) of the month of Bhadrapada (August-September “Hrishikesha mase”)? Who is … Read More