Excerpts from “Śrī Patrikāra Nava-varṣa” – Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, Year 49, Issue 1, page 35–39: The terrifying fruit of mundane knowledge Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā is a vehicle only for parā-vidyā (superior or spiritual knowledge). It wards off the discussion of aparā-vidyā (material knowledge) completely. Because: “Jaḍa-vidyā jata, māyāra vaibhava, tomāra

jaya guru śrī bhaktisiddhānta sarasvatī | jagannātha-bhaktivinoda-gaura-priya ati || 1 || All glories to Guru Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, to Śrī Jagannātha Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja, Śrī Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, and Śrī Gaura-kiśora Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja, who are very dear to Śrī Gaurahari. jaya gaura nityānanda, jaya gadādhara | jayādvaita śrīnivāsa vaiṣṇava-pravara || 2 || All glories to Śrī

Adapted from Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, Year 19, Issue 10 (16/12/1967) page 395 and Śrī Bhāgavata Patrikā, Year 13, Issues 5–6, page 122: The Unseen Stalwart As we observe the grand battle for the salvation of our souls in this age of hypocrisy and conflict from our narrow

Excerpts from the Pañcama Siddhānta of Acintya-bhedābheda by Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja: murāri guptere prabhu kari’ āliṅgana | tā̃ra bhakti-niṣṭhā kahena, śuna bhakta-gaṇa || The Lord embraced Murāri Gupta. “Listen, devotees,” he said, “I shall tell you of his conviction in devotion. pūrve āmi ihā̃re lobhāila bāra bāra

(For the occasion of Vyāsa-pūjā, February 26, 1927. Originally published on page 473 of Vol. 5, Issue 28 of the Gauḍīya.)  The followers of Śrī Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana Veda-Vyāsa, the crest-jewel of self-realized masters, say: “That Being whom the tattva-vid seers of the truth indicate to be the aggregate of jñāna (knowledge)

Caturtha Siddhānta Fourth Conclusion   Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī’s adherence to the line of Madhva in his maṅgalācaraṇa The authors of granthas and commentators on such works provide some indication of their intentions and the subject of their granthas via their maṅgalācaraṇas. Because Vidyāvinoda Mahāśaya has not done a maṅgalācaraṇa for

The following installment of Acintya-bhedābheda may seem somewhat tedious and repetitive to the impatient reader, but as the keen readers wade through the numerous quotations, footnotes, and repeated insistence on the importance of maṅgalācaraṇa, they will surely begin to appreciate Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja's tireless commitment

Vairāgya “Renunciation” By Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda (then Śrī Abhayacaraṇa Bhaktivedānta Prabhu) Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, Year 5, Issue 1 (28/2/1953), page 14   Characters: (1) Svāmi Kāñcana-vilāsa “Swami Gold-frolic”                  Sevaite and trustee No. 1 (2) Ananta-kāma “Infinite Lust” Caramahaṁsa                Sevaite and trustee No. 2 (3)

What follows are the last two sections of Acintya-bhedābheda's second chapter, "Dvitīya Siddhānta – Second Conclusion," by Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja, wherein he questions the authenticity of Śrī Caitanya-mata-mañjuṣā and asserts that the famous "ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa tanayas" verse is the composition

The following provides personal information regarding Śrīyuta Sundarānanda and Ananta Vāsudeva, their family backgrounds, and how they came to the Gauḍīya Maṭha. This context gives us a better idea of the motivations for their later deeds. Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja writes sternly and explicitly, but underneath all of

✨Let's say this is deliberately a day late to keep the spirit of Śrī Nṛsiṁhadeva fresh in our minds, but is meditation on the eternal līlā ever late? We live thus in the eternal present, with our heads at the feet of the Lord as He rents asunder

(This aṣṭaka was translated from the appendix of Śrī Karṇānanda by Śrī Yadunandana Dāsa Ṭhākura, a grand-disciple of Śrī Hemalatā Ṭhākurāṇī, though it is not clearly stated therein that he is in fact the author.) kaṣita-kanaka-gātraḥ sāttvikaiḥ śobhamānaḥ jita-sita-kara-vaktraḥ padma-netroruvakṣāḥ | subhaga-tilaka-mālair-bhāla-kaṇṭhollasan yaḥ sphuratu sa hṛdaye śrī śrīnivāsa prabhur naḥ || 1

By Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmi-pāda jaya jayājita jahy aga-jaṅgamā- vṛtim ajām upanīta-mṛṣāguṇām | na hi bhavantam ṛte prabhavanty amī nigama-gīta-guṇārṇavatā tava ||1|| O Ajita – The Undefeatable! All glories to You, I proclaim again and again! Kindly destroy the delusion that festers in false identification with the physical coverings of the living entities,

In authoritative scriptures, bhakti has been delineated as being strictly for Śrī Bhagavān. It is said in the Pañcarātra: surarṣe vihitā śāstre harim uddiśya yā kriyā । saiva bhaktir iti proktā tayā bhaktiḥ parā bhavet ॥ [O sage among demigods, all activities performed for the sake of Hari according to scriptural injunctions

Ārtti Nivedana* “Submission of Anguish” paramārādhya deva! Most worshipful lord! koto dīrgha dina dhari, tava caraṇa darśana lāgi, For how many long days, to have darśana of your feet mane mane karechinu āśā  I have hoped in my heart of hearts saba āśā nā purila, manoratha viphala haila, All my

✨Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya-patrikā, Year 7, Issue 7, page 132. Originally published 15/6/1955. See end of document for full scans of original Bengali text.    yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke, sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij-janeṣv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ   (Bhāgavatam 10.84.13) [A person who identifies as

(Written on the occasion of his Vyāsa-pūjā in 1924, in humble response to the effusive offerings of his disciples. Originally published in the weekly Gauḍīya (2nd Vol., 28th Issue – March 1, 1924) My dear friends, delivering me from catastrophe (vipada-uddhāraṇa-bāndhava-gaṇa), Before saying anything, I am, as per the tradition of

(Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya-patrikā, Year 7, Issue 1, page 12) prabhu-nityānanda dvāre śrīvāsa paṇḍita-ghare Via Prabhu Nityānanda, in the house of Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita mahāprabhu dilena śikṣaṇa | Mahāprabhu gave instructions vyāsa-pūjā anuṣṭhāna bhakatera prāṇa-dhana On the performance of Vyāsa-pūjā, the life-treasure of the devotees bhinna nahe śrī guru-pūjana || 1 || Not different

Translated from the Prabandhāvalī of Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja (2000). Originally published on April 7–8, 1933, in Dainika Nadiyā Prakāśa (8th Khaṇḍa, Issues 30–31), titled “Māyāvāda-timira-bhāskara”. This article is likely the essence of a speech Śrī Vinoda-bihārī Brahmacārī Prabhu, as he was known at the

(Patrottara – “Response to a Letter”) Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya-patrikā, Year 26, Issue 8 (15/6/1974), page 274:           śrī śrī guru-gaurāṅgau jayataḥ                    Śrī Gauḍīya Vedānta Samiti                       (Gov. Registered)                     Śrī Devānanda Gauḍīya Maṭha                        P.O. Navadvīpa, Nadiyā                           Date: 15/8/1974 śrī śrī vaiṣṇava-caraṇe daṇḍavan-nati-pūrvikeyam— Narahari! I have received your letter

In this world, all living beings are striving for happiness with all their life force. Everyone’s core purpose is to drive away distress and derive unadulterated happiness. From childhood till the time of death, humans churn heaven and earth in their preoccupation with the search for happiness. Their endeavours

By Ācārya-keśarī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja ✨Appearing in English for the first time Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa is one of the Six Gosvāmīs, who were associates of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The author of Śrī Bhakti-ratnākara has written the following in regard to him: śrīmad gaura-padāravinda-mudhupa śrī-bhaṭṭa-gopāla he

The following is an excerpt from Śrī Kṛṣṇa Premāmṛtam, a small priceless book attributed to Śrīmad Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmipāda, which describes an instance of Kṛṣṇa stealing the gopīs' clothes when Śrīmatī Rādhikā and Her sakhīs are the targets of His loving prank and not the young, unmarried, Kātyayānī-worshipping gopīs.

By Prabhupāda Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura ✨Appearing in English for the first time. Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, Year 1, Issue 1 (March 14, 1949). Śakti and Śaktimān are to be worshipped together In the world of material affairs (vyavahārika-jagata), there has been a longstanding feud between Śāktas and

By Śrī Śrīnivāsācārya Prabhu premādhāraṁ madhura-vikāraṁ, [He is] the substrata of divine love, of sweetest eccentricity śrī caitanyāṅghri-jalaja-sāram | (For whom) the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya are quintessence śrī-khaṇḍākhye vihita-nivāsaṁ, And whose home domain is the renowned Śrī Khaṇḍa vande śrīlaṁ narahari-dāsam ||1|| I venerate that Śrīla Narahari Dāsa gāṅgeyāṅga-dyutim-ati-dhīraṁ,