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Room Conversation with Professor Olivier Lacombe Type: Conversation Date: June 14, 1974 Location: Paris Audio file: audio/transcripts/1974/740614R1.PAR.mp3 Play / pause Room Conversation with Professor Olivier Lacombe 0:00 0:00 volume Bhagavān: This book is being published in … Read More

The philosopher #Yamunacarya (flourished 1050 CE) taught the path of prapatti, or complete surrender to God. The philosophers Ramanuja (11th century), Madhva, and Nimbarka (c. 12th century) developed theistic systems of Vedanta and severely criticized Shankara’s … Read More

Śrī brahma-saṁhitā 5.2 sahasra-patra-kamalaṁ gokulākhyaṁ mahat padam tat-karṇikāraṁ tad-dhāma tad-anantāṁśa-sambhavam Synonyms sahasra–patra — possessing a thousand petals; kamalam — a lotus; gokula–ākhyam — known as Gokula; mahat padam — the superexcellent station; tat — of that … Read More

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