vande çré-kåñëa-caitanya- nityänandau sahoditau gauòodaye puñpavantau citrau çan-dau tamo-nudau (CC Adi Lila 1.2) Harinaam Diksa : We have been discussing from Sri Chaitanya Caritamrita, the subject matter of the spiritual master. Within our Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampraday, there are two…
ity uktah sa khalah papo bhojanam kula-pamsanah bhaginim hantum arabdham khadga-panih kace ‘grahit (SB 10.1.35) Translation Kamsa was a condemned personality in the Bhoja dynasty because he was envious and sinful. Therefore, upon hearing this omen from the sky,…
Prayer by Srila Narottam Das Thakur Today we have sung this in commemoration and remembrance of Srila Narottam Das Thakur disappearance from the the mortal world. Srila Narottam Das Thakur has been remembered and worshipped by the Gaudiya Vaishnava community…
mantra-guru ära yata çikñä-guru-gaëa täìhära caraëa äge kariye vandana (CC Adilila 1.35) jaya jaya çré-caitanya jaya nityänanda jayädvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vånda (CC Adilila 1.18) Translation : I first offer my respectful obesciances at the lotus feet of my initiating spiritual…
Om namo Bhagvate Vasudevaya etāvān eva loke ‘smin puḿsāḿ dharmaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ bhakti-yogo bhagavati tan-nāma-grahaṇādibhiḥ (SB 6.3.22) Translation Devotional service, beginning with the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, is the ultimate religious principle for the living…
Om namo Bhagvate Vasudevaya. nara-devatvam āpannaḥ sura-kārya-cikīrṣayā samudra-nigrahādīni cakre vīryāṇy ataḥ param (SB 1.3.22) Translation : In the eighteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as King Rāma. In order to perform some pleasing work for the demigods, He exhibited superhuman…
Spiritual Life Means Connecting to Krishna We find in every society and every part of the world, when there is a celebration there is music, there is singing, there is dancing. Usually nobody tries to talk when there is singing…
In the Refuge Introduction: In the holy sanctuary of the temple of our Lord Sri Sri Radha Gopinath, the beautifully and sweet sound of water falling, the sound vibration of the rivers, oceans etc. have a natural effect of calming…
