Mushrooms
I get an enormous amount of mail about mushrooms. Here’s a blog I wrote three years ago that deserves an airing again. This on was published Friday, September 19, 2008. shitake mushrooms: “I have never … Read More
Vrindadevyastaka (Vrinda Devi Astakam)
DOC Video Sri Vrindadevyastaka Eight Prayers Glorifying Srimati Vrinda Devi Translation by Baba Madhava Dasa With diacritics (1) gāńgeya-cāmpeya-taḍid-vinindi- rociḥ-pravāha-snapitātma-vṛnde! bandhūka-bandhu-dyuti-divya-vāso vṛnde! namas te caraṇāravindam (2) bimbādharoditvara-manda-hāsya- nāsāgra-muktā-dyuti-dīpitāsye vicitra-ratnābharaṇa-śriyāḍhye! vṛnde! namas te … Read More
Jiva Gosvami and Rupanarayana
Some months had passed since Jiva’s initiation, and a traveling scholar named Rupanarayana Saraswati came to Vrindavan. He was well-known as one of the most learned men in the country and it was said that he … Read More
Apasampradayar Svarupa, Thakur Bhaktivinoda
The Smarta Doctrine Two kinds of smrti sastra: 1) spiritual, or satvata smrtis; 2) material, moral or fruitivework oriented smrtis. Satvata smrtis include: Sri Bharadvaja Samhita (included in Narada Pancaratra), Brhat Samhita, Visnu Samuccaya, Vaikhanas … Read More
The Serpent Kaliya – The Hidden Meaning
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By HDG Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, published in Sree Sajjanatoshani (The Harmonist), May 1932. “There is a beautiful lake of very sweet water in the Yamuna, which bears the name of Kaliya. This lake happened … Read More
Kaliya Krishna dasa
kalah shri-krishnadasa sa yo lavangah sakha vraje In Vraja, Kala Krishna Das was Krishna’s cowherd friend named Lavanga. (Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika 132) Kaliya Krishna Das was known throughout the three worlds. One can attain Gauracandra through … Read More
Asisesvara Mahadeva (Nanda Gaon)
Audio, IMG, Maps A short distance to the east of Nanda-baga, close to Ter Kadamba, is Asisesvara Mahadeva and Asisesvara-kunda. Asisha means blessings. Parjanya Maharaja used to bathe here and worship Asishesvara Mahadeva, who … Read More
Akrura Sthana
Akrurasthana, Akrura-sthana This is the place where Akrura arrived on his chariot from Mathura and suddenly saw Krishna’s lotus footprints in the dust; he immediately got down from his chariot and bowed his head to the ground … Read More
Agra, meaning
A great variety of etymologies are devised to explain the meaning of the term Agni, the most of which are obviously fanciful, but the import of which expresses the notions entertained of his character and … Read More
I came here to take their suffering
By HG Atma Tattva dasa (ACBSP) It was the beginning of 1977. Prabhupada was in Bombay temple. He was very sick. He had stopped all food intake – he was taking 1/4 a cup of … Read More
40 YEARS LATER… Remembering the Bhagavad-Gita
BY ADMINISTRATOR / 14 DEC 2021 / PUBLISHED IN ARTICLES / 3,475 VIEWS By HH Bhakti Raghava Swami I was walking down Rideau Street in the city of Ottawa some time during the summer … Read More
King Purusottama and the Deity of Gopala
CC Madhya 5.120 utkalera rājā puruṣottama-deva nāma sei deśa jini’ nila kariyā saṅgrāma Synonyms utkalera — of Orissa; rājā — the King; puruṣottamadeva — Puruṣottama-deva; nāma — named; sei deśa — this country; jini’ — conquering; … Read More
Adinga (Govardhana)
This village is situated nine miles west of Mathura and four miles east of Govardhana on the main road between these places. Sri Krishna and His sakhas obstructed the sakhis’ way demanding tax from them. … Read More
