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His Divine Grace Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Dayita Mādhava Gosvāmī Mahārāja

Śrī Heramba Kumāra Banḍopādhyāya (Śrīla Bhakti Dayita Mādhava Gosvāmī Mahārāja) appeared on 18th November 1904, (Uṭṭhāna Ekādaśī) in an aristocratic brāhmaṇa family in Kāñcanapāḍa, East Bengal.

He was saintly, forbearing, amiable and virtuous. His devout mother raised him with strong spiritual orientation, personally reading out many scriptures to him. She would also make him recite the Bhagavad-gītā daily...

Śrī Narahari Sarkāra Ṭhākura

Narahari is a premika bhakta [Born in the family of physicians]. In kṛṣṇa-līlā, Śrī Narahari Sarkāra is Madhumatī-sakhī. Śrī Caitanyadeva aw

The Result of Imitation

A person who observes the same limbs of bhakti—like śravaṇa and kīrtana—as the pure devotees, but does so only externally without following

Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vikāsa Hṛṣīkeśa Gosvāmī Mahārāja

Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vikāsa Hṛṣīkeśa Gosvāmī Mahārāja was endowed with a melodious voice and he was miṣṭa bhāsi [one who spoke sweetly]. He wou

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Vijñāna Sāra

Gopāṣṭamī

Today, in Vraja, they dress two boys as Kṛṣṇa and Balarama and they are taken behind the cows to depict the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa. In Mathurā, a

Śrī Śrīnivāsa Ācārya

The ṣaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭakam was composed by Śrīnivāsa Ācārya. He has brilliantly described the life history of the Gosvāmīs in this aṣṭakam, des

Glorification of Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Śrīrūpa Siddhāntī Mahārāja

Śrīla Prabhupāda and the Vaiṣṇavas under Śrīla Prabhupāda’ guidance were immensely pleased by Śrī Siddha-svarūpa dāsa’s sincere service effo

Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Śrīrūpa Siddhāntī Gosvāmī Mahārāja

Śrīla Siddhāntī Gosvāmī Mahārāja was considerably bold and straightforward in his lectures. He would never hold back when refuting others’ m

Glorification of Pūjyapāda Svāmī Mahārāja

Śrīmat Svāmī Mahārāja attracted droves of pious people. In only twelve years, his preaching reached practically every corner of the Earth. M

Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Mahārāja

Śrīla Svāmī Mahārāja’s sole intention for coming to America was to fulfill the innermost desire of his gurudeva by successfully disseminatin

Pūjyapāda Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja

When pūjyapāda Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Mahārāja first came to the maṭha as a young boy, his mother put him under the care of Śrī Vinoda-bihārī

Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Trivikrama Gosvāmī Mahārāja

Today is Pujyapāda Trivikram Mahārāja's appearance day. Both the appearance day and disappearance day of a Vaiṣṇava are auspicious. This

Vāsudeva Ghoṣa

All the three brothers were Mahāprabhu’s kīrtanīyas. Just now we listened to a kīrtana composed by Vāsudeva Ghoṣa. His śrīpāṭa [residence] i

Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Gosvāmī Mahārāja

If any brahmacārī or sannyāsī happened to be in need, Śrīla Giri Gosvāmī Mahārāja would immediately send him money. For instance, when Guru

Govardhana Pūjā

The wicked emperor of the demigods, Indra, exercised his power, but could he cause any interruption in the happiness of Bhagavān’s devotees?

Śrīla Rasikānanda Deva Gosvāmī

Rasikānanda Prabhu faced great opposition and was accused of not being bona fide because of having taken shelter of a non-brāhmaṇa. Generall

Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Gosvāmī Mahārāja

Śrīla Mahārāja said, “Our Guru Mahārāja, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda, has taught us that in our preaching, we are del

Bahulāśtami

To atone for His ‘sin’, Śrī Kṛṣṇa summoned all the sacred rivers; so each of them appeared there uttering their respective names. Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Glorification of Śrīmad Bhakti Vicāra Yāyāvara Mahārāja

The scriptures state, “kṛṣṇa-bhakte kṛṣṇa-guṇa sakali sañcāre—Kṛṣṇa infuses His devotees with all of His qualities.” Truly, Śrī Yāyāvara Mah

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