We are very lucky. Prabhuji [a devotee] also sang a very nice and beautiful song composed by Srila Jayadeva Gosvami in his Gita-govinda: dhira-samire yamuna-tire vasati vane vana-mali. It is high philosophy, but only those who are rasika Vaishnavas, devotees who have knowledge of rasa (devotional mellows), can understand it. As Chaitanya-charitamrita says: bujhibe rasika jana, nā bujhibe mūḍha (Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Adi-lila 4.232) [Only those who know rasa will underst

Today is a very auspicious day. It is called Vishvarupa-maha-mahotsava, and today is also the day that nitya-lila-pravishta om vishnupada ashtottara-shata Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja took sannyasa, and nitya-lila-pravishta om vishnupada ashtottara-shata Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja also took sannyasa. First I want to explain vishvarupa-tattva. Mahaprabhu's Descent With His Associates Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead

bhakta-pada-dhūli āra bhakta-pada-jala bhakta-bhukta-śeṣa — ei tina sādhanera bala ei tina-sevā haite kṛṣṇa-premā haya punaḥ punaḥ sarva-śāstre phukāriyā kaya What is the dust of the lotus feet of the devotees? Bhakta-pada-dhūli. This is the external explanation of it actually. I am not saying to forget varnashrama-dharma, no. External does not mean we should give it up, but it is called secondary. Some people say, “Mahaprabhu is telling us to stop varnashrama-dharma.” No —

When Krishna departed from this material world, Kali-yuga came. People in Kali-yuga are always fighting and arguing with one another. This is their nature. The nature of Kali-yuga is constant conflict — with reason or without reason. Stupid nonsense. They’re not doing bhajana and sadhana , nothing. They’re always quarrelling. Nowadays it is very easy to quarrel. How to do it? Go to Facebook. If you want to go directly to naraka (hell), go there and write. Do bhajana and sadha

Srimad-Bhagavatam : The Sword That Reveals the Truth Bhagavatam has no duplicity or hypocrisy. It always reveals what is absolutely real. It never hides the truth. If you speak honestly, people will become angry. Is this true or not? This is a fact. When you speak honestly, people become very angry. But other Puranas’ katha is called madhu-pushpita-vakyam , understand or not? Madhu-pushpita-vakyam means the type of katha that is a little sweet, but completely useless, only

These are the glories of nama-sankirtana we are discussing : ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁśreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaṁ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanamānandāmbudhi-vardhanaṁ prati-padaṁ pūrṇāmṛtāsvādanaṁsarvātma-snapanaṁ paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṇkīrtanam Shikshashtaka (1) [Glory to the sri-krishna-sankirtana , which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sanki

How many fingers do you use when chanting the holy names? Four: three fingers (middle, ring, and little finger) hold the beads, and the thumb moves them. So why isn’t the index finger used? Why is it kept outside the bead bag? Gurudeva explained:This finger doesn’t have any service in chanting, so it becomes sad and says, “Oh no, I don’t get to serve the Lord…” Then Krishna replies:“Okay, I will give you two kinds of service: First — point at anyone who criticises Guru or the

If we hear the glories of Vaishnavas, all auspiciousness comes into our lives. Today is Devshayani Ekadashi and from this day onward, Thakuraji will sleep for four months. This year, Purushottama month is in September, and Thakuraji will sleep for five months throughout Purushottama masa. Also, from today, Lord Jagannatha begins His return journey from the Gundicha mandira — a procession known as Ulta Ratha or Bahuda Ratha-yatra, which marks His return to the main Jagannatha

Question : Sri Svarupa Damodara and Sri Raya Ramananda were with Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Gambhira and could understand His internal...