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 M

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

Sri Krishna Manifests Himself as Lord Ramachandra Today, on Rama-navami, I want to speak about Lord Ramachandra. You must observe Rama-navami tithi . Lord Ramachandra established all the rules and regulations of society. Without following the instructions of the Ramayana or Lord Ramachandra, no one can enter into shuddha–bhakti . Are you observing Rama-navami or not? I am requesting you to please observe this day. One has to know who Lord Rama is and how Lord Rama manifested

We are here in Navadvipa-dhama because of ahaituki-kripa , that is the unlimited and causeless mercy of Guru, Vaishnavas & Nityananda Prabhu. For some days we have been doing parikrama , the same as when Nityananda Prabhu had taken Srila Jiva Gosvamipada and performed Navadvipa parikrama . Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, in Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya , gives a beautiful description so we can understand the greatness of this dhama , and thus he glorified Navadvipa in this beautiful

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