Sat Kriya Sara Dipika, Part Eight
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 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