Bhavatarini (Pisima)
Pisima was born in Calcutta in 1899, three years after Srila Prabhupada, and they were intimate friends as children. They sometimes flew kites together, and when a kite did not fly properly they prayed to Krsna … Read More
Practice makes perfect
These are all the activities of sadhana-bhakti-yoga, it cleanses the heart from the conception that “I am the body” and it changes the spirit of possessiveness from “I want to possess things for myself, my … Read More
Eggplant, tomatoes and spinach.
Eggplant & Tomatoes & (Spinach) (Maha-brinjal) Cut eggplants into small chunks. If your fry-pot is small, figure 2 to 3 times as much eggplant as it appears it will hold (as eggplant cooks down, you … Read More
Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam
Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam BY: SUN STAFF Jun 18, 2010 — CANADA (SUN) — A commentary on Lord Caitanya’s ‘Siksastakam’ by HDG Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, with a Bengali song for each verse that expands upon Mahaprabhu’s devotional … Read More
Appearance day of Srila Prabhupada
An excerpt from the Prabhupada Lilamrta about Srila Prabhupada’s mother, Srimati Rajani Devi. Abhay’s mother, Rajani, was thirty years old when he was born. Like her husband, she came from a long-established Gaudiya Vaisnava family. … Read More
The Glories of Sri Purusottama Month – by Bhaktivinoda Thakura
by Srila Saccidananda #Bhaktivinoda Thakura Two divisions of sastra—smarta and paramartha The Vedic arya-sastras are divided into two sections—smarta (literature based on smrti) and paramartha (transcendental literature based on sruti). Those who are eligible (adhikari) … Read More
Bana (Banasura)
A mighty and powerful Asura. Descended from Visnu in the following order: Brahma Marici Kasyapa Hiranyakasipu Prahlada Virocana Bali Bana. 2) Getting a boon. Bana began his reign with the city of Sonitapura as … Read More
Bali Maharaja
An emperor of the Asuras. He was the son of Virocana and the grandson of Prahlada. The Asuras or the Daityas are the sons born, of his wife Diti, to Kasyapa Prajapati, son of Marici … Read More
