Sri Baladeva is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. He is equal in supremacy to the Supreme Godhead, yet wherever Krishna appears, Sri Baladeva appears as Krishna’s brother, sometimes elder, sometimes younger. In his vaibhava-prakasa feature, … Read More
There are different reasons why the metaphor of a lotus is used for the feet of Sri Guru: -The lotus is, of course, beautiful. -I’ve heard that the shakti of the spiritual master … Read More
Srila Prabhupada’s first residence in NYC was W.72st office bldg. [third floor] in the winter of 1966. There was no shower or cooking facilities, only a toilet room. He had to walk a few long blocks … Read More
Bhagavad-gita 10.8 Bhagavad-gita 10.9 Bhagavad-gita 10.10 Bhagavad-gita 10.11 Bg. 10.8 अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्त: सर्वं प्रवर्तते । इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विता: ॥ ८ ॥ ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate iti matvā bhajante … Read More
S * Sabha: un palazzo generalmente molto fastoso che veniva usato nelle grandi occasioni * Sabha Parva: uno dei capitoli del Maha-bharata * Saci: la moglie del Re dei Deva, Indra * Sakradeva: uno … Read More
Fledgling Putanas Srila Bhaktisiddhanta describes how the duplicitous desire to become guru arises in the heart of the conditioned soul: If I do not remember the lotus feet of Sri Guru at the beginning of every … Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
