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The elephant Gajendra The following article is based on notes I made while preparing for Srimad Bhagavatam class here in Sridhama Mayapur India. “Now, fully desiring release from material life, I offer my respectful … Read More
Index Index 5 Introduction 9 Biography of Srila Jiva Gosvami Prabhupada 13 General notes 13 The six Gosvamis of Vrindavana 14 Early life 16 Arrival in Vrindavana 19 Criticism of Jiva Gosvami 21 His fame spreads … Read More
Advaita tests Mahaprabhu When Gauranga returned from Gaya in a changed mood, Advaita, Srivasa and the other devotees were overjoyed. In due course, Nityananda Prabhu arrived in Nabadwip after having toured the sacred pilgrimage sites and … Read More
The Messenger from Vaikuntha by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada Question: Everything I know is based on my experience of this world. So how will I know about anything that is transcendental? Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati: It … Read More
Twentieth Theme: The Characteristics of the Sacred Puranas The Bhagavatam (12.7.9 and 10) says that a Purana should deal with the following ten categories of subjects: 1) sarga 2) visarga 3) vrtti 4) raksa … Read More
I was very young when I started wondering what kind of life I wanted to lead. Among my friends there were those who wanted to be politicians, some astronauts, some physicists. I wanted to be … Read More
Nineteenth Theme: The Themes of Srimad-Bhagavatam From section fifty-six to sixty-three, Srila Jiva Gosvami describes the tattvas contained in the Bhagavatam. The tattva, or truth, which forms the basic argument of the Bhagavatam is … Read More
The subject of this book is the wisdom contained in the Vedas. The word Veda means knowledge and that has been handed down through the ages by sages of spotless character. One has to learn this … Read More
One day, while he was walking aimlessly on the banks of the sacred river, he saw a beautiful girl who, with no one to accompany her, came to meet him, looking at him insistently. The situation … Read More
Baladeva Vidyabhusana then says that the body undergoes six kinds of transformations. In the continuation of the verse of the Bhagavatam (11.3.39), Pippalayana Muni continues his reasoning and says that prana, the vital air that … Read More
Sri Gopala Guru Gosvami explains the meaning of the name with these words: vijnapya bhagavat-tattvam cid-ghanananda-vigraham haraty avidyam tat karyam ato harir iti smrtah haraty sri-krishna-manah krishnahlada-svarupini ato harety anenaiva sri-radha parikirtita anandaika-sukha-svami syamah kamala-locanah … Read More
If we understand that the inner nature of the jiva is formed by consciousness and eternity, we can also understand the Being referred to by the term tat, which is made of the same essence. And … Read More
Hare Krishna dear devotees, Soon the publications of isvara.org will NOT be available on the Facebook page of His Grace Manonatha Maharaja. Instead, all publication of the articles of isvara.org will be on the Facebook page … Read More
A magazine on Vedic history and philosophy. Unfortunately Kadacha magazine number 1 is destined to remain unique… Maybe. A note: some of the articles on Kadacha 1 can be found in our other publications. Go … Read More
Question Hare Krishna please accept my humble obeisances all glories to srila prabhupada. I have a question about the time between rebirths. For example, if I were to leave my body today —and in this theoretical … Read More
