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Further Talks with Prakāśānanda Bhāva is the transcendental ecstatic attachment for Kṛṣṇa which results from perfectly understanding that the person Kṛṣṇa and the name Kṛṣṇa are identical. One who has attained bhāva is certainly not contaminated … Read More

Type: Conversation Date: Nov. 1, 1972 Location: Vṛndāvana Audio file: audio/transcripts/1972/721101R1.VRN.mp3 Play / pause Room Conversation 0:00 0:00 volume Acyutānanda: Gauracandra Gosvāmī is telling Prabhupāda that ah, that it started raining just so that the kīrtana … Read More

A sincere devotee should read every chapter and every word of Srimad- Bhagavatam, for the beginning verses describe that it is the ripened fruit of all Vedic literature. Devotees should not try to avoid even a word of Srimad- … Read More

एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषत: । त्वदन्य: संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते ॥ ३९ ॥ etan me saṁśayaṁ kṛṣṇa chettum arhasy aśeṣataḥ tvad-anyaḥ saṁśayasyāsya chettā na hy upapadyate Synonyms etat — this is; me — my; saṁśayam — … Read More

  By Sri Nandanandana dasa Based on an interview with Felicity O’rourke (Excerpt from “Mysteries of the Ancient Vedic Empire”) If we do a comparative study, we can recognize numerous aspects of the Vedic culture, Krishna … Read More

  Nityam bhagavata-sevaya [SB 1.2.18]. As a matter of principle, devotees should read, speak and hear Srimad- Bhagavatam persistently, twenty-four hours daily if possible. That is the recommendation of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Kirtaniyah sada harih [Cc. Adi 17.31]. One should … Read More

Srila Prabhupada explains Ganga Sagara Mela Books : Srimad-Bhagavatam : Canto 3: “The Status Quo” : SB 3.33: Activities of Kapila : SB 3.33.34 : PURPORT : It is understood that Kapila Muni first went towards … Read More

#Yamunacarya was the guru of Ramanuja and a noted exponent of Visistadvaitavada. His other name was Alavandar. Some of the slokas composed by him under the title “Stotraratna” have been accepted with great respect by Gaudiya Gosvamis. … Read More

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Lecture given in Los Angeles, May 13, 1970 A primary Vedic book warns us of the danger of culturing material knowledge without spiritual knowledge. andham tamah pravishanti … Read More

Śrī brahma-saṁhitā 5.21 sa nityo nitya-sambandhaḥ prakṛtiś ca paraiva sā Synonyms saḥ — that (jīva); nityaḥ — eternal; nitya–sambandhaḥ — possessing an eternal relationship; prakṛtiḥ — potency; ca — and; parā — spiritual; eva — certainly; … Read More

Advaita Acharya – Biography Biography 1 Advaita Tattva vraje avesha-rupatvad vyuho yo’pi sadashivah sa evadvaita-gosvami caitanyabhinna-vigrahah Sadashiva, an expansion of the supreme lord in Vraja, is here known as Advaita Acharya. He is non-different from Chaitanya. … Read More

ŚB 1.7.58 पुत्रशोकातुरा: सर्वे पाण्डवा: सह कृष्णया । स्वानां मृतानां यत्कृत्यं चक्रुर्निर्हरणादिकम् ॥ ५८ ॥ putra-śokāturāḥ sarve pāṇḍavāḥ saha kṛṣṇayā svānāṁ mṛtānāṁ yat kṛtyaṁ cakrur nirharaṇādikam Synonyms putra — son; śoka — bereavement; āturāḥ — overwhelmed … Read More

  By Radhanath Swami We understand Krishna by the grace of Krishna’s devotees. We cannot approach Krishna directly. It is by His own sweet will that He has arranged. Krishna wants to give credit to His … Read More

Prabhupāda: So you all become bhagavad-dūta, bhagavad-dūta, messenger of God. That is perfection of life. Otherwise you shall be obliged to become the servant of the senses. Go-dāsa and gosvāmī. The bhagavad-dūtas are gosvāmī, and the … Read More

ŚB 1.7.56 विमुच्य रशनाबद्धं बालहत्याहतप्रभम् । तेजसा मणिना हीनं शिबिरान्निरयापयत् ॥ ५६ ॥ vimucya raśanā-baddhaṁ bāla-hatyā-hata-prabham tejasā maṇinā hīnaṁ śibirān nirayāpayat Synonyms vimucya — after releasing him; raśanā–baddham — from the bondage of ropes; bāla–hatyā — … Read More