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...

Today is a super excellent auspicious day as it is the disappearance day of Madhavendra Puripada. I want to speak about him, who among our Gaudiya Vaishnavas, is called the sprout of prema of Vrindavana. That is prema-ankura— prema means divine love and ankura means sprout. Combined, it means the sprout of divine love of Sri Radha and Krishna. So, Madhavendra Puripada is very important in our guru-parampara. He was a disciple of Lakshmipati Tirtha, and he gave diksha to Ishva

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

Today is very sacred as it is the day of nitya-lila-pravishta om vishnupada ashtottara-shata Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Svami Maharaja, who...

Earlier today, during the katha (narrations of pastimes), I spoke about Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja’s life history and contributions, which I will now continue. He is known as Acharya Kesari. And, kesari means lion. One of his many special contributions was that he manifested Radha-Vinodа-bihari vigraha (deity form of Lord) and also composed Sri Sri Radha-Vinoda-bihari-tattvashtaka — proving how Krishna feels pangs of separation from Srimati Radhika. ...

This morning we offered pushpanjali , an offering of flowers, at the lotus feet of Srila Narottama dasa Thakura. Once, a devotee asked Srila Gaura-kishora dasa Babaji Maharaja, “How will I attain krishna-prema, pure love for Krishna?” If you want to receive krishna-prema you have to spend six paisas . How many paisas ? Devotees: six paisas . Six paisas , which is around one cent. Who wants krishna-prema ? And how much money are you required to spend? One cent. Will you s

As you may have heard, today is Varaha-dvadashi, the day of Lord Varahadeva's appearance. According to our Vaishnava philosophy, you should first perform puja (worship) to Lord Varahadeva and then perform parana (break fast). After worshipping Sri Varahadeva, you may take charanamrita (Lord Vishnu's foot bathing water remnants) to break the fast. What does archana or worship entail? Hari-katha . If there is no hari-katha , there is no point of worshipping. And tomorrow, we