By the causeless mercy of Guru and Gauranga we are now very nicely observing purushottama-vrata. Again and again I remind you of who Lord Purushottama is— Purusha-uttama, Purushottama. Which means one who is supreme to all persons and one who is the supreme controller of the entire universe. Brahma, Shiva and Narada are all hankering to receive one sprinkle of His footdust. And this Supreme Lord is actually called Vrajendra-nandana Shyamasundara, He is the Supreme Personality

Today is a super excellent auspicious day as it is the disappearance of nitya-lila-pravishta om vishnupada ashtottara-shata Sri Srimad...

Today is the very super excellent auspicious disappearance day of Srila Lokanatha dasa Gosvami. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu first sent two...

Yesterday was the very super excellent auspicious day of Guru-purnima, the appearance day of Vyasadeva Gosvami, who manifested all of the Vedas, Puranas, Upanishads and Srimad-Bhagavatam. Yesterday also, was the disappearance day of Sanatana Gosvami, who in our guru-parampara, and amongst the six Gosvamis, was very prominent. Today, I want to speak about Sanatana Gosvamipada’s life history and contributions. Sanatana Gosvamipada was born in a high-class brahmana family. There

Today I want to discuss the life history of Prabodhananda Sarasvatipada and glorify his contributions. He was a very prominent rasika-acharya in our Gaudiya Sampradaya, and in radha-krishna lila, he is Tungavidya-sakhi. Throughout his life, Prabodhananda Sarasvatipada wrote many rasa-madhurya granthas and also glorified Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika very clearly explains: tuṅgavidyā vraje yāsīt sarva-śāstra viśāradā sā prabodhānanda-yatir gaurodgāna sara

We recently have very nicely celebrated Lord Jagannatha’s Ratha-yatra maha-mahotsava, where Jagannatha is taken from His temple in Jagannatha Puri to Gundicha. After nine days, He returns to His temple in Jagannatha Puri. Becoming very tired, the Lord now takes rest for four months, called Shayana Ekadashi. However, Purushottama month is also approaching, where throughout the month we fast from tomatoes, eggplant, sesame, mustard seeds and oil, honey and urad-dahl. Shortly af

We are going to celebrate Srila Gurudeva's Vyasa-puja. It is necessary to understand the meaning of Vyasa-puja. There are two words - vyasa and puja. First, I would like to explain what the Sanskrit word puja means. From English it is translated as "worship". Our acharyas (spiritual preceptors) have explained the true meaning of this word very well. Puja means to satisfy the desires of our ishtadeva (deity). That is the perfect meaning of puja - I am worshipping the lotus fee