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  “Outdoor kirtana, your editing work and chanting of 16 rounds must be done. Outdoor kirtana must be done, even at the cost of suspending all editorial work. That is your first and foremost business. Temple … Read More

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī warns, however, that if a person is properly initiated by a bona fide spiritual master, he should not think that simply by the acceptance of such initiation his business is then finished. One … Read More

Why is poverty helpful for a devotee’s execution of devotional service? How does poverty help us renounce bad association? One should not consider poverty a distress. The Supreme Lord has said He shows His favor to … Read More

    इति व्यवच्छिद्य स पाण्डवेय: प्रायोपवेशं प्रति विष्णुपद्याम् । दधौ मुकुन्दाङ्‌घ्रिमनन्यभावो मुनिव्रतो मुक्तसमस्तसङ्ग: ॥ ७ ॥   iti vyavacchidya sa pāṇḍaveyaḥ prāyopaveśaṁ prati viṣṇu-padyām dadhau mukundāṅghrim ananya-bhāvo muni-vrato mukta-samasta-saṅgaḥ   iti — thus; vyavacchidya — having decided; saḥ — the … Read More

    स चिन्तयन्नित्थमथाश‍ृणोद् यथा मुने: सुतोक्तो निऋर्तिस्तक्षकाख्य: । स साधु मेने न चिरेण तक्षका- नलं प्रसक्तस्य विरक्तिकारणम् ॥ ४ ॥   sa cintayann ittham athāśṛṇod yathā muneḥ sutokto nirṛtis takṣakākhyaḥ sa sādhu mene na cireṇa … Read More

Darśapurṇamāsa       By Swami Harshananda Sometimes transliterated as: Darsapurnamasa, DarZapurNamAsa, Darshapurnamaasa The Darśapurṇamāsa is an obligatory prakṛti (an archetype) in the Iṣṭi group of Vedic sacrifices known as yajñas and yāgas. The Iṣṭi sacrifices … Read More

  #Darsa sacrifice is done on the new-moon day and the day following it. Maha-bharata Adi Parva    

  She belonged to the disciple-line of Lord Caitanya and was the sister of the well known Raghava Pandita. According to Gauraganoddesadipika 167, she was Gunamala sakhi in an earlier lila (CC. 1.10.24-25). Brahmana by caste, … Read More

  Father of Suta who told Puranic stories. (1st.Skandha, Devi Bhagavata). He was a member of the court of Yudhisthira. (Sloka 12, Chapter 4, Sabha Parva).

  Parasurama was present at the court of the Kauravas when Sri Krsna was speaking to Dhrtarastra on behalf of the Pandavas. When the Kauravas did not reply the questions put by Sri Krsna, Parasurama rose … Read More

  #Damodara Dama means “ropes,” and udara means “the abdomen.” The Damodara form refers to Krsna in His childhood when He was tied up with rope by His mother, Yasoda.     

#Damodarastaka   Found in the Padma Purana of Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa, spoken by Satyavrata Muni in a conversation with Narada Muni and Saunaka Rsi) – “In the month of Kartika one should worship Lord Damodara and … Read More

  From Back to Godhead By Chaitanya Charana Dasa     The supreme controller is controlled – and still remains in control.     Prayer is the universal language by which the human heart communes with … Read More