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Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayan Maharaja discusses the meaning of yoga and how to practice the highest form of yoga, bhakti-yoga [...]

It was a great devotee effort, which in itself was great, and for me … even greater, because on another level I felt that Srila Gurudeva and Srila Prabhupada had created a bridge to bring us all [...]

Kitchen of Love is a collaborative book project offering a collection of divinely inspired vegetarian and vegan cuisine, intermixed by the story of a spiritual journey that was deeply affected by one of the most notable proponents of the bhakti-yoga philosophy, Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja [...]

by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda | There is no other alternative for getting rid of our measuring temperament. We are now equipped with senses that are incapable of leading us to the Truth. We are liable to be deluded by the influence of māyā, and māyā is but a trap. If we want to avoid that trap, we are to submit to Him unconditionally. So prapatti, which means full submission, is the essential thing [...]

On the aksya tritya day, the site for the foundation stone on the land was decorated with holy water pots, banana trees, mango leaves, various colored flags, flower garlands etc. [...]

  Submitted by Vedavyasa dasa We had a beautiful programme in Hansraj College on 2nd April 2012 . This Hansraj college is the biggest college of Delhi University at north campus. This college has the biggest building with the highest number of students and faculty. There are around staff of 200 persons for cleaning and [...]

by Caru Chandrika dasi | Dinanath prabhu, Sukhada didi and myself (Caru Chandrika dasi) began our journey to Kathmandu, Nepal from Mathura on 6th April. The same day Nityananda prabhu and Balabhadra prabhu came from Punjab and met us in Lucknow which was on the way. We stayed one night in a small town there [...]

Srimad Bhagavad Saptah 6 – 13 May with Swami BV Vana Maharaja Program wil take place at Sri Sri Radha-Govinda Gaudiya Matha in Rotterdam (RadhaDhama). For address details click here. Sunday 6 May : 4 – 7.30pm at Putsebocht 163 A in Rotterdam Monday to Friday : 6.30pm – 9.30pm at Putsebocht 163 A in Rotterdam Saturday 12 [...]

Brajanath dasa and Vrinda devi dasi | Exactly 16 years ago, Srila Gurudeva placed his lotus feet on the earth of Holy Land. We are remembering this day as the most significant transcendental [...]

  Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Appearance Day A lecture delivered by His Divine Grace Srila Gour Govinda Swami in Bhubaneswar 14 May, 1995 on Lord Nrsimhadeva’s appearance day.   It was appearing like a flower garland on the chest of Nrsimhadeva. It seems as if a lion had killed an elephant. So many of Hiranyakasipu’s soldiers came out to [...]

From Sri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga, 36-40. By Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has written five beautiful prayers in “Sri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga” for receiving the mercy of Lord Narasimha. These prayers are certainly assurance to all sincere devotees that the worship of Lord Narasimha is purely in the line of aspiring for the love [...]

Re-posted from Harikatha.com This year the divine appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadeva is on May 26th (in America). The following is Srila Narayana Maharaja's lecture on the Lord’s glories, given a few years ago, on May 14, 2003, in Badger, California. It is ever-fresh.

... the owner, who lets us rent the room we are using for free, is arranging a book stall for us during the program. All of this is only possible by the mercy of Sri Guru, Gauranga and the Vaishnavas [...]

Srila Gurudev has pointed out that in Sanskrit, there are something like 96 words for love. And there is practically not a word in the English language that accurately refers to any of these! [...]

PROGRAM DETAILS: Please come and drink the sweetest Hari-katha as only Maharaja can deliver it in his own unique and sweet ways [...]

Is dividing the bus parties into two groups the only way to accomplish this? Perhaps not. There may be alternatives that have not been presented yet. The purpose of this open dialogue goes along [...]

Ecstatic evening kirtan with Puyjapada Vana Maharaja in Russia [...]

We should avoid thinking, “I am a gopī, a mañjarī. I am doing this and that service.” We are not qualified to go there, so we pray for that qualification. [...]

In a mood of service in separation from Srila Gurudeva, the GVP Sponsorship Program, provided complimentary copies of both Smaranika and Sriman Mahahaprabhura-avadan-vaistya to be given to the leading sannyasis and heads of various Gaudiya Mathas who participated in Srila Gurudeva’s disappearance festival [...]

By the causeless mercy of Srila Gurudeva, arrangements have been made to once again host our annual Hari Katha Festival here in New Braj. Last years festival was a grand success with as many as 400 devotees attending each weekend day for Srila Gurudeva’s Puspa Samadhi Installation and the Annakuta Maha-Mahamotsava Govardhana Puja Festival. We [...]