One day, to test Sri Syamananda Prabhu and Sri Rasikananda Prabhu, King Navina Kisora Dhal sent some stones of the shape and color of potatoes together with other foodstuffs. As soon as he saw those stones, … Read More
Narada had only told him a summary of the story, and Valmiki felt the need to know all the details. So, he sat down in the yoga position and immersed himself in deep meditation. And as … Read More
The violent and vindictive character prevailed over reason, and Ravana yelled at his assistants to prepare the battle chariot. So, with all that paraphernalia, he went back to Maricha’s. Seeing him arrive, Maricha understood that a … Read More
After this event, Aksobhya Tirtha went to Pandharapur, on the banks of the Bhima-rathi River, where he met his future disciple Jaya Tirtha. Jayatirtha, whose name before initiation was Dhondo Pantraya Raghunatha, was the son of … Read More
After some time, Dhritarastra invested Yudhisthira with the post of crown prince. Obviously, this could not make the king particularly happy, as he would have preferred his son Duryodhana to succeed him, but he certainly could … Read More
During his pilgrimage, Duhkhi Krishna Dasa had been to the enchanting twelve forests and gardens of the holy land of Vraja Mandala[1], which had once been touched by the lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha … Read More
Lord Caitanya accepted Sriman Isvara Puri as His spiritual master. The Lord proceeded to flood the entire world with spontaneous transcendental love for Krishna. Lord Caitanya accepted Srimati Radharani’s golden complexion and ecstatic love for … Read More
What’s in the books is the meditation on nama, rupa, guna, and lila. It’s the lila that puts you into the Spiritual Goloka conciousness, for the lilas include nama, rupa and guna. As we chant … Read More
Aksobhya Tirtha was a contemporary of the great advaitin philosopher Vidyaranya and the great exponent of Visistha-advaita, Vedanta Desika. Desika was the respected founder of the Vadakalai Movement. The name Desika means Master. In 1336, … Read More
Meanwhile, thanks to the teachings of the guru, the young students had developed great warrior skills in the use of all types of weapons. As was tradition in those days, Drona, Bhishma, Dhritarastra, and the elders … Read More
Some documents claim that Aksobhya was initiated directly by Madhvacarya. The Vyasa-raja Matha claims that Padmanabha, Nrhari, Madhava and Aksobhya were all direct disciples of Madhvacarya. However, the three previous Acaryas of our line (Srila Bhaktivedanta … Read More
The concepts of pure devotional service, concerning raganuga-bhakti, have been treated by Vaisnava acarya such as Rupa Gosvami in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu and Visvanatha Cakravarti in Madhurya Kadambini and Raga-vartma-candrika. Srila Bhaktivinode, following in their footsteps, explains in Bhajana-rahasya, … Read More
When Brahmā was thus standing baffled in his limited power and conscious of his limited activities within the eleven senses, he could realize that he was also a creation of the material energy, just like … Read More
Thus, Parasurama kept him with him by delving into the innermost secrets of martial science. Over time Karna had felt kissed by luck because even in his wildest dreams he had never imagined being able to … Read More
Birth Akshobhya Tirtha (Akshobhya means “the undisturbed”) is part of an important group of little-known spiritual masters in the Vaisnava lineage. The acaryas from Sripad Madhvacarya to Madhavendra Puri were a mystery for most of … Read More
Taking the name Visvambhara[1], the Supreme Personality of Godhead accepted residence in the town of Navadvipa. He enjoyed many transcendental pastimes there with His exalted associates, and those pastimes have drowned the minds of this universe’s … Read More
Let us remember how Kunti, before her marriage to Pandu, had a son with Vivasvan, the Deva of the sun. Karna is one of the main characters of Maha-bharata, therefore we must go back in time … Read More
After reestablishing the service to the Deity of Caitanya Mahaprabhu previously worshipped by Vasudeva Ghosa in Tamluk, Syamananda Prabhu left for Basantia with Rasikananda, where in 1617 AD he started the service to Sri Gokula Candra. … Read More
Hiranyangi’s complexion is golden. She was born from the womb of a doe. Her bodily charm is like an abode of all beauty. Mahavasu Gopa (Hiranyangi’s father) is always absorbed in performing sacrifices. He is … Read More
Brahmā realized that all the different forms of boys and calves transformed into Visnu forms were not transformed by a mysticism of the type that a yogī or a demigod can display by specific powers … Read More
