We are very fortunate that on this day, from our guru-parampara (disciplic succession of spiritual masters), we celebrate the disappearance day of Srila Gaurakishora dasa Babaji Maharaja. I am honoured to glorify him on this most auspicious occasion. namo gaura-kiśorāya sākṣād-vairāgya-mūrtaye vipralambha-rasāmbhode pādāmbujāya te namaḥ ( Pranama-mantra of Srila Gaurakishora dasa Babaji Maharaja) [“I offer my respectful obeisances unto Gaurakishora dasa Babaji Maharaja, w

Today is Divapali which is a very super excellent, auspicious day. On this day, we offer ghee lamps to Sri Giriraja Govardhana. We do...

We are here to commence our Vraja - mandala parikrama or Kartika parikrama . I have mentioned how the month of Kartika has many names. One name is niyama-seva masa . Niyama means to follow the rules and regulations of the scriptures and masa means month. That means this month is meant for following all of the rules and regulations from the scriptures in order to develop our spiritual lives. Also, since everyone cannot keep to these laws throughout the four months of Chat

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-pāvan

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

Yesterday was the disappearance day of Haridasa Thakura and I did not speak on his glories as yesterday we only discussed the...

Today is very beautiful and auspicious as we celebrate Mahadvadashi and it is also the appearance day of Sri Vamanadeva. As soon as...

[ 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