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 giv

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 the process of a touchstone transforming iron to gold by simply touching it— those fortunate souls who have taken shelter of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada have all become great personalities by associating with him. What else is left for one to do after taking shelter of such a personality like Srila Prabhupada? All of

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 Chaturmasya,

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