Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was never attached with his wife or with his mundane wealth. His mind was always preoccupied in thinking how to always stay with Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. But, his father very strictly forbade him to leave the house. Yet, one day, his Guru Yadunandana Acharya and Nityananda Prabhu arrived in Panihati and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami had to meet with them. Actually, only by the mercy of his Guru, was Raghunatha dasa Gosvami able to meet with Nityanand

Jayadeva Gosvami mentioned Radha and Krishna's marriage and these types of lilas in Gita-govinda. Everyone cannot understand parakiya-bhava, paramour mood. Radha and Krishna's parakiya-bhava is called transcendental. In this material world, a paramour mood contains all kinds of sinful activities. In the transcendental world, Radha and Krishna are attracted to each other, as are Krishna and the gopis, yet, that paramour mood is transcendental. For this regard, Vishvanatha Chak

Today is Ganga-dashahara, for this reason I want to briefly speak about this subject. Ganga-dashahara means that on this day, Ganga-devi descended from the transcendental world into this material world. Dashami tithi refers to ten days from the new moon, for this reason, this day is called Dashahara. Try to understand that the Ganges River is eternal and transcendental. But for bhauma-lila (earthly pastimes), Ganga-devi manifests in this material world, and the story of her d

Srivasa’s Firm Faith in Mahaprabhu’s Advent Srila Vrindavana dasа Thakura, who in gaura-lila is the Vyasa-avatarа, told the glories of Srila Srivasa Pandita in his book, Chaitanya-bhagavata . Who can tell the glories of someone who bathes in Nirdaya-ghata located in Navadvipa? The Ganges is everywhere, isn’t it? But the Ganges in Navadvipa-dhama has one speciality. There, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu performed His pastimes with His friends and associates in this sacred river. E

Navadvipa-dhama Destroys Offences Today, we are very close to performing Navadvipa-dhama parikrama . So, I have to speak about...

Today is the super excellent and auspicious appearance day of Nityananda Prabhu, who is the direct manifestation of Baladevа Prabhu. In the morning class, I explained how Baladevа Prabhu appeared in krishna-lila. He is very near and dear to Lord Krishna. Our shastra explains that in gaura-lila the same Baladeva Prabhu appeared in the form of Nityananda Prabhu, and in rama-lila He appeared in the form of Lakshmana— meaning, He appeared in Treta-yuga, Dvapara-yuga and Kali-yu

Today is a super excellent auspicious day and I want to speak a few words on this topic of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. In our line of Gaudiya Vaishnavism there are four sampradayas , Sri, Brahma, Rudra and Sanaka Sampradayas. In one of the four sampradayas, Sri Sampradaya , Ramanujacharya, was a very prominent acharya . Yesterday, I briefly explained the meaning of sampradaya . Sampradaya means group or section. In this verse in Padma Purana , Vyasadeva mentions the four sampradayas

I would like to speak a few words about a prominent acharya in our Gaudiya Brahma-Madhva Sampradaya, Sri Madhvacharya. If anyone asks you which sampradaya you belong to, you can say, “We belong to Sri Brahma-Madhva Sampradaya.” I want to quickly clarify the meaning of sampradaya . Sampradaya simply means a group or section. You can explain this word in many ways. Sampradaya means samyaka rupena prema dadati iti sampradaya. In Sanskrit da dhatu, the verbal root means ‘to

Today is very super excellent and auspicious because it is the appearance day of a great acharya in our Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, nitya-lila-pravishta om vishnupada ashtottara-shata Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Srila Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja. Our Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti was originally established by Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja, and in the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, there are three pillars: Nitya-lila-pravishta om vishnupada ashtottara-shata Sri Srimad Bhaktived

On this auspicious occasion, I want to glorify Srila Bhakti Kamala Madhusudana Maharaja, his life history and his philosophy. Similar to...