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Gopala-virudavali











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gopala-sukhada seyam



gopala-virudavali



arthaya shrayatam kalpa-



virud-avali-kalpatam







gopala—to Gopala; sukha—happiness; da—giving; sa—this; iyam—this; gopala-virudavali—poem named Gopala-virudavali; arthaya-for the purpose; shrayatam—may attain; kalpa—virut—of desire-creepers; avali—multitude; kalpatam status.…

Glorification Of Krsna's Flute





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BY PARAMANANDA   DASA



— My dear Vaisnava friends. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to my beloved Gurudeva Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja and his Gurudeva Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja



In the Ujvala Nilamani it has been stated: Visakha devi describes…

dear devotees



Please accept my humble obaisences



All glories to Srila  Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada

When ever I think of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada two things come to mind, the Vyasa pujas offerings of Srila  AC Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada to his GuruMaharaja . Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupadas contribution to this world was very great, his real gift to this world was his uncompromising preaching that all devotees should…

 





Sri Gopala Guru Goswami

Sri Gopala Guru Goswami was a disciple of Sri Vakreshwara Pandit. He was a brahmana from Utkala. From early childhood, he stayed with Vakreshwara Pandit and remained under his care and guidance. Sriman Mahaprabhu was always very affectionate towards him and played many jokes on him. Out of affection, the lord would jokingly call him "guru" and so he became known as Gopal Guru Goswami.

Under the authority of Sri Svarupa Damodara and…

Hare Krishna Prabhuji,

Thanks for being there and all your effort to spread the message of Lord Caitanya.

Do you have an idea of the personalities who took the form of wooden morta and the rope that Mother Yasoda used in binding Lord Krishna?

Your servant,

Bhakti Vasudeva Swami



Maharaja that is an amazing question,I will ask many authorities about that.it is said even that milk is also a person,and because it could not be used in Krsnas service as He wanted to…

Dear members of the GBC and GBC secretaries and all devotees in ISKCON

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada tried to introduce the chanting of 64 rounds in ISKCON,however his early disciples failed to obey this instruction.For someone acting as an initiated Guru or sannyasi this will improve their ability to guide and help other devotees, by focusing on the holy name.As we in ISKCON have a history of sannyasis and GBC's having…

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

all glories to Srila Prabhupada

We have seen so many speculations in doing Abhiseka , I am not finding faults in the devotees love, but in the proscess

that is not set by Srila Prabhupada and our Acaryas such as Madhavendra Puri.

We see how Srila Prabhupada used Pancamrta as is the example also shown by Madhavendra Puri when he rediscovered Sri Gopal

(Sri Nathaji) at Govinda kunda, all this puring juices and…

 shri-vishnu-smritau







na guror apriyam kuryat



taditah pidito 'pi va



navamanyeta tad-vakyam



napriyam hi samacaret







shri-vishnu-smritau—in the Shri Vishnu-smriti; na—not; guroh—of the spiritual master; apriyam—not liked; kuryat—should do; taditah—hit; piditah—troubled; api—and; va—or; na—not; avamanyeta—should disrespect; tad-vakyam—his words; na—not; apriyam—what is not liked; hi—indeed; samacaret—should…

- Sri Radhika Stotra -

The 108 Names of Radharani











by Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami





aviksatmesvari kascid vrndavana-mahesvarim

tat padamboja-matraika gati dasyati katara

patita tat-saras tire ruda tyartha-ravakulam

tac chri-vaktreksanavaptyai namanyetani sanjagau



Some maidservant, unable to find her mistress, has fallen on the bank of Radhakunda, crying in great anxiety, being very eager to take…