Today is a very auspicious day as it is Dvadashi tithi and the disappearance days of three Gosvamis. Thus, today is a very super-excellent, auspicious day. I want to speak about their life histories and contributions, especially that of Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, who was very nearest and dearest of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. When Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu travelled in East Bengal, He arrived at Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami’s father, Tapana Mishra’s house. His family were a

Today is a very super-excellent auspicious day as it is Vijaya-dashami, Vijaya Mahotsava (Sri Ramachandra Vijayotsava). And also today is our Sampradaya’s acharya, Madhvacharya’s appearance day or avirbhava tithi. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu did not manifest any sampradaya of His own. In Padma Purana, there are four sampradayas mentioned: sampradāya vihīnā ye mantrās te niṣphalā matāḥ ataḥ kalau bhaviṣyanti catvāraḥ sampradāyinaḥ śrī-brahma-rudra-sanakā vaiṣṇavā kṣiti-pāvanā

In our guru-parampara (disciplic succession of spiritual masters), Srila Bhakti Pramoda Puri Gosvami Maharaja is the very nearest and dearest disciple of nitya-lila Bhaktisiddhanta Srila Prabhupada. vaiṣṇavera guṇa gāna karile jīvera trāṇa In Chaitanya-bhagavata, Vrindavana dasa Thakura explained, “In this life, it is very difficult to perform bhajana and sadhana (devotional activities), because Kali-yuga is very powerful. However, if you listen to the life history of our pre

Yesterday was the disappearance day of Haridasa Thakura and I did not speak on his glories as yesterday we only discussed the disappearance day of nitya-lila-pravishta-om-vishnupada-ashtottara-shata Sri Srimad Bhakti Vijnana Bharati Gosvami Maharaja. For this regard, I want to speak today about the glories of Haridasa Thakura. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gave him the title, namacharya— meaning, he is the acharya of the holy names. This is because Haridasa Thakura was completely

Today is very beautiful and auspicious as we celebrate Mahadvadashi and it is also the appearance day of Sri Vamanadeva. As soon as Krishna appeared, He spoke about Vamanadeva to Devaki and Vasudeva. In Satya-yuga, Devaki and Vasudeva were praying and performing austerities. At that time, they were in a different birth and had different names. Devaki and Vasudeva performed austerities for thousands of years to have Bhagavan Vishnu as their son. And for their austerities, Lord

[ On this most excellent and auspicious Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada, under the guidance and by the unlimited,...

[On this most excellent and auspicious day of Janmashtami, the Appearance Day of Lord Krishna, under the guidance and by the unlimited and causeless mercy of Guru and Gauranga, we are allowed the opportunity to present this nectarean hari-katha spoken by the sweet, lotus lips of our beloved Srila Gurudeva, Srimad Bhaktivedanta Vana Gosvami Maharaja on August of 2014, during his preaching mission in London.] Today is Janmashtami, the appearance day of Lord Krishnachandra, who

[ On this most auspicious day of Lord Balarama’s Avirbhava tithi, Appearance Day, under the guidance and by the unlimited and causeless...

[On this most auspicious day of Srila Rupa Gosvami’s Tirobhava tithi, his Disappearance Day, under the guidance of and by the unlimited and causeless mercy of Guru and Gauranga we are allowed the opportunity to present this nectarean hari-katha spoken by the sweet, lotus lips of our beloved Gurudeva, Srimad Bhaktivedanta Vana Gosvami Maharaja on January of 2013 during his preaching mission in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.] Yesterday evening we glorified Srila Rupa Gosvami and this

So today is a very super-excellent auspicious day. It is Ekadashi tithi in the month of Shravana — also known as Shravani Ekadashi. We also celebrated Guru-purnima in the month of Shravana and also it was the start of Chaturmasya. And soon after fifteen days we will celebrate the disappearance day of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. Finally, the Jhulana-utsava begins today in Vrindavana and ends in five days. I want to speak a few words about Srimati Radhika — how She comes from Yava