Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami
While #Raghunatha Bhatta was walking from Benarasi to Puri, he was thinking, “I wonder if Mahaprabhu will remember me? I was a small child then, and here at Puri He was so many devotees, I doubt … Read More
Tara, meaning
star तर # tara affix forming the comparitive degree of adjectives and rarely of substantives [affix – Gramm.] तर tara intensifying their meaning तर adj. tara carrying across or beyond तार adj. tAra carrying across तार … Read More
Iskcon law: Guru Name Abbreviations
Law Book — Guru Name Abbreviations — 2019 [Rule of order] (Proposed by Nrsimha Kavaca Das and sponsored by Madhu Sevita Das and Praghosa Das) Whereas as ISKCON expands and an ever-increasing number of devotees get … Read More
Pulled off the road for breakfast prasadam
Locanananda Dasa : In La Nouvelle Mayapur, at one point during the five hour drive, we pulled off the road for breakfast prasadam. Srila Prabhupada was seated on a big folding cushion placed against a Citroen … Read More
Svetadvipa
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.11.8 aho sanatha bhavata sma yad vayam traivistapanam api dura-darsanam prema-smita-snigdha-niriksanananam pasyema rupam tava sarva-saubhagam aho — oh, it is our good luck; sa-nathah — to be under the protection of the master; bhavata — … Read More
Rasikananda Gosvami
In the Christian year 1590 (Sakabda 1512), on the first day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kartik, during the night of the festival Dipamalika, when the houses are decorated with rows of lamps, … Read More
The attraction to Krishna Consciousness
Excerpt from a private email: The attraction to Krishna Consciousness and all the things that are part of it (such as the Sridhama, the Vaisnavas, the Holy Name etc.) is natural for the spiritual soul. It … Read More
Vallabhacarya (Vallabha Bhatta)
From Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya Lila 19.61 se-kāle vallabha-bhaṭṭa rahe āḍāila- grāmemahāprabhu āilā śuni’ āila tāṅra sthāne SYNONYMS se-kāle—at that time; vallabha-bhaṭṭa—Vallabha Bhaṭṭa; rahe—resided; āḍāila-grāme—in the village known as Āḍāila; mahāprabhu—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; āilā—has come; śuni’-hearing; … Read More
Should a Vaisnava fast for Maha Siva Ratri?
Sastras advice to fast on Maha Siva Ratri (the yearly most important of all “Siva nights”). Certainly one can derive great benefit in worshipping Lord Siva as the greatest of all Vaisnava (vaishnavanam yatha sambhuh) and … Read More
Quién es Manonatha Dasa?
Quién es Manonatha Dasa? Manonatha Dasa es un devoto de Krishna y uno de los discípulos directos de Srila Prabhupada, de quien tomó la iniciación en 1974. Es uno de los gurús iniciadores de Iskcon. … Read More
Algunas instrucciones de Manonatha Maharaja a su discípulos
¿Porqué buscar un guru? En acuerdo a las Escrituras y los Acaryas, no es posible avanzar en la vida espiritual sin estudiar, servir y ser iniciado por un maestro espiritual fidedigno. tad viddhi pranipatena pariprasnena sevaya … Read More
Explanation of Vibhavari Sesa, by Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Explanation of Vibhavari Sesa Germany: Dec. 12, 2001 Today we were singing ‘vibhavari sesa aloka-pravesa nidra-chadi’ utho jiva.’ (From The song, Vibhavari Sesa, End of Night, by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura). What is the meaning? Devotee: … Read More
Dictionary 4
apannah — being entangled; samsrtim — in the hurdle of birth and death; ghoram — too complicated; yat — what; nama — the absolute name; vivasah — unconsciously; grnan — chanting; tatah — from that; sadyah … Read More
Who is Manonatha Dasa?
Who is he? Manonatha Dasa is a devotee of Krishna and one of Srila Prabhupada’s direct disciples, from whom he took initiation in 1974. He is one of the initiating Gurus of Iskcon. What has … Read More
