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

[Today is the disappearance day of Srila Bhakti Vijnana Bharati Gosvami Maharaja. To observe this special tithi we are presenting the hari-katha of Srila Bhaktivedanta Vana Gosvami Maharaja that was spoken on the occasion of Srila Bhakti Vijnana Bharati Gosvami Maharaja’s disappearance day.] Today is a very super excellent, auspicious day as it is Deva Shayana-ekadashi. Deva means Lord, and here Lord refers to Lord Jagannatha. Shayana means that He is taking rest or sleeping,

You must always offer Vaishnavas prasada , and then take his food remnants - ‘ bhuṅkte bhojayate caiva ’. Three things are very important...

Today is super excellent and auspicious as on this day the gundicha-marjana lila , cleaning the temple of Gundicha, occurs. Lord...

Today is the super excellent auspicious disappearance day of Sri Gadadhara Pandita who is nearest and dearest to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. In radha-krishna-lila , Gadadhara Pandita is the direct original manifestation of Srimati Radhika. In Chaitanya-charitamrita grantha , it is stated that there are two Gadhadaras. One is Gadadhara Pandita and the other is Gadadhara Dasa, who is an expansion of Srimati Radhika. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna who has now taken Srimati Radhika's

So today is a super excellent auspicious day as it is the disappearance day of Srivasa Pandita, who is the very prominent, nearest and...

Today is very auspicious as it is the appearance and disappearance day of three great personalities: Srila Srinivasa Acharya’s appearance, Srila Madhavendra Puripada’s appearance and Sri Parameshvari Prabhu’s disappearance. This day is also known as Vaishakhi-purnima and as Buddha-purnima. On this day we also celebrate Sri Radha-Ramana’s appearance. Now I would like to glorify the life history and contributions of Srinivasa Acharya. Srinivasa Acharya’s father’s name was Gang

Today is incredibly auspicious as it marks the disappearance day of Abhirama dasа Thakura. He was one of the closest associates of Lord...