Today is very auspicious as it is the appearance day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. He is known as the Bhagiratha of shuddha-bhakti (pure devotional service to God). His contribution is a vast wealth of shuddha-bhakti. Like Bhagiratha who brought the waters of the Ganga from the spiritual world into the material world, flowing from Gangotri through passages towards the ocean, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura brought the Ganga-waters of shuddha-bhakti for us. Significance of the Con

Today is most auspicious as it is the appearance day of Srila Shyamananda Prabhu and also today we honour Baladeva Prabhu’s rasa–lila ....

Today is the appearance day of Ganga-devi, Ganga-dashahara. On this day, Gurudeva would narrate pastimes about Ganga and Gangamata Gosvamini. Gangamata Gosvamini was a beautiful girl in East Bengal formerly named Shachi-devi, and she was the daughter of the King of Putiya. From the beginning of her life she heard about Lord Krishna and from that time onward she gave her entire heart to Him. (Note: She is a different personality to the mother of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) When

Prahlada’s Tests Hiranyakashipu was enraged by Prahlada’s words, so he decided he must now kill him, and in turn made many different...

Today is a very super excellent auspicious day as we celebrate Lord Nrisimhadeva’s appearance or avirbhava-tithi. Yesterday we discussed Lord Nrisimhadeva and Prahlada Maharaja’s katha, and we ended the class with the pastime of the four Kumaras. So, we discussed the four Kumaras abandoning their meditation of Lord Brahma, instead they went to Vaikuntha-dhama. And once there, they cursed the gatekeepers Jaya and Vijaya to take three births as demons. So in Satya-yuga, Jaya an

When there is prema, tolerating separation is very complicated. These things are very nicely described in Ramayana and also in Rama-charita-manasa. Rama-charita-manasa explains that when Hanuman returned from Lanka, he brought a message back from Sita-devi. At that time, Ramachandra asked Hanuman, “O Hanuman. Did you see My consort Sita-devi? Is she alive or has she left her body? I believe you have seen Sita-devi. But did you see her dead body or was she alive?” Then, Hanuma

Significance of Akshaya-tritiya Today is an auspicious day known as Akshaya-tritiya. Also it is the day of Sri Jagannatha-deva’s Chandana-yatra, and the first opening of the door of Badrinarayana Temple. And on this day, Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja established our Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti. Srila Gurudeva would say this is a super excellent auspicious day because if you start any material or spiritual project, you will be successful. Gurudeva explains what

Today is a super excellent auspicious day, as it is the appearance day of Sri Gadadhara Pandita who is the direct expansion of Srimati Radhika. For this reason I have to speak something about Gadadhara Pandita and his life history and contributions. In Chaitanya-charitamrita, Sri Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami very nicely glorified Gadadhara Pandita. Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami mentions that there are two Gadadharas, one is Gadadhara Pandita and the other is Gadadhara dasa. Sr

Sri Vrindavana dasa Thakura is known as chaitanya-lila Vyasa. In his Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika, Kavi Karnapura explains that Vyasadeva appeared in this Kali-yuga in the form of Vrindavana dasa Thakura. Who is Vyasa? The one who spreads the sweet pastimes of Krishna. In His incarnation of Srila Dvaipayana Vedavyasa, Krishna manifested Srimad-Bhagavatam, which included all of His lilas. In the same way, Vrindavana dasa Thakura manifested the sweet pastimes of Lord Chaitanya Mahap

Today is a very auspicious day as Srila Bhakti Vallabha Tirtha Gosvami Maharaja disappeared from this material world. Srila Bhakti...