The writings and discourses of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
Teachings from Anubhasya of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura — five parts on the Pañca-tattva and Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
The first act of New-born Infant Krishna recorded by the Bhagavatam is the slaying of the demoness Putana — a most important moral for the seekers of the Absolute.
We have taken upon ourselves the responsibility of welcoming this grave charge. All the audience have accepted ordinary seats, I alone have been provided with a...
Many people consider Ekalavya’s ' guru-bhakti' to be ideal, but there is a unique deliberation concerning this topic. King Hiranyadhanu's son was named Ekalavya...
On the morning of Friday, April 10, 1931, parama-bhagavata Sriyukta Nitya-Gopala Ghosa Mahasaya, one of the most important helpers of the preachers of Sri Gaudi...
From volume 26, number 7, issue of the Śrī Sajjana-toṣaṇī, published in December 1928. The ceremony of diksha or initiation is that by which the spiritual Prece...
The following is an excerpt from a lecture given by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura at his last manifest Vyasa puja celebration February 6th, 1936. Vyas...
(This article by Srila Sarasvati Thakura was originally written in Bengali in 1918 for the ‘Sajjana-tosani’ magazine, Volume 11, Issue 2.) The principal persona...
( The following discourse was spoken by Srila Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada in the Sarasvata Natya-mandira, Sri Gaudiya Matha, at 6:00 pm in the evening of Sri R...
( While Om Visnupada Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada was residing in Lucknow at 19, Station Road on 7th November 1929, the retired District S...
(The Harmonist, December 1931, vol. XXIX No.6) We avail of the opportunity offered by the Anniversary Celebrations of the advent of Thakura Bhaktivinoda to refl...
(This is a reproduction of a conversation with Major Rana N. J. Bahadur at Armadale, Darjeeling on June 14th, 1935. It was originally published in The Harmonist...
(An article originally published in The Harmonist on Sept 19th, 1934 - Vol XXI No.2) The Fountainhead of all eternal and temporal manifestations is confined in ...
(Text 30 of Prakrta-rasa Sata-dusini by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, with the Anuvrtti commentary by Swami B.G. Narasingha) anartha na gele name gun...
Obeisance to the most Magnanimous, the Giver of the Love of Krsna, the Own Self of Krsna, the Lord bearing the Name Krsna-Caitanya and possessed of the Form of ...
Dear Friends, I stand before you as a teller. I am going to tell you now a few words more on the Vedanta and especially its ontological aspect, morphology being...
The following lecture by Srila Sarasvati Thakura was first published in The Gaudiya, Volume 11, no.22, January 1933 and is being presented here in English for t...
( This article was originally written by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada and first published in the 8th volume of Dainik Nadiya Prakasa on 29...
This publication of Prakrta-rasa Sata-dusani by Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada, with the Anuvrtti Commentary of Srila B.G Narasingha Ma...
Part Two Verses 18-28 (18) ajata-ratike kabhu bhava-labdha bale na raganuga sadhakere jata-bhava bale na It should not be said that bhava has been achieved when...
Part Three Verses 29-41 (29) krsna-name bhakta kabhu jada-buddhi kare na anartha na gele name rupa dekha deya na A devotee never entertains materialistic theori...
Part Four, Verses 42-57 (42) krsna-nama, krsna-rupa kabhu jada bale na krsna-guna, krsna-lila kabhu jada bale na One should never say that Krsna’s Holy Name and...
Part Five, Verses 58-78 (58) anarthake ‘artha’ bali’ ku-pathete laya na prakrta-sahaja-mata ‘aprakrta’ bale na One should not accept the erroneous path of consi...
( On the morning of Wednesday, August 8th 1934, Sriyukta Rajendranath Pal Chaudhuri Mahasaya, the famous zamindar of Louhajang, came to Sri Gaudiya Matha accomp...
Srila Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada: A materialistic Smarta who is opposed to devotion to Krsna should never be considered as a guru. Only one who is most dear t...
Rajen Babu: Isn't the kanistha-adhikari qualified to give initiation into the mantra ? Srila Sarasvati Prabhupada: Where is the kanishtha-adhikari coming from? ...
In spiritual practice, the growth of devotion is compared to the cultivation of a tender creeper (bhakti-latā). However, as the gardener waters it with hearing and chanting, unwanted weeds—upaśākhās—begin to grow...
tatra laulyam api mulyam ekalam | desire is the only price