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Essence of the Bhagavad Gita
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| Date updated: 09/12/2010 |
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This is a summary work examining the verse “Absorb your mind and heart in Me, become My devotee, worship Me, offer your obeisances to Me, and certainly you will come to Me.”, the essence of the Bhagavad-gita. This brief publication offers vivid illustrations of the practical application of this verse with many pastimes of Krishna and our great saintly predecessors. |
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Fearless Prince
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| Date updated: 09/12/2010 |
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From the ancient Vedic scriptures of India comes the famous epic of Prince Prahlad.In a previous era – long, long ago – there was an evil monarch named Hiranya-kashipu, who succeeded in seizing control of the entire universe. He was extremely cruel, and due to his darkened heart he made life impossible for everyone – from animals to demigods. Only his son Prahlad, who was always absorbed in meditating on the Lord, remained undisturbed by his father’s reign of terror. Seeing the boy’s natural predilection for spiritual life, and thus taking him as an archenemy, he tried to kill his own child, but was unsuccessful every time. |
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Five Essential Essays
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| Date updated: 09/10/2010 |
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This exceptional book is a compilation of five different essays which Srila Gurudeva has written over the past 20 years in defense of Gaudiya sampradaya tattva siddhanta. Each refutation is elaborately and conclusively proven with evidence from sastra.
Included in this edition are two lectures by Srila Gurudeva which glorify and follow the example of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada who boldly re-established the true conceptions of Sriman Mahaprabhu and the gosvamis, and began the preaching mission which is today bringing this pure bhakti tattva siddhanta to every country in the world. |
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Gaudiya Gita Guccha – 2003
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| Date updated: 09/12/2010 |
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An unprecedented collection of devotional songs Sanskrit, Bengali and Hindi devotional poems, prayers, songs and bhajanas written by the Gaudiya Vaisnava acaryas and compiled for the practicing devotee. |
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Gift of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
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| Date updated: 05/07/2011 |
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This treatise was originally written in Bengali, in the year 1986, for the 500th anniverary of the advent of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the scheduled yet hidden incarnation for this age of Kali, as established in Sriman-Bhagavatam and other Veditc litaeratures. It was composed by Sri Srimand Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja (Srila Gurudeva), Sri Caitanya Mahprabhu’s illustrious personal associate, whose sole misson and most prominent speciality (vaisistya) is to give clairty and emphasis to the specific, internal nature of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s all-compassionate mission in this world. |
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Gita Govinda
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| Date updated: 09/12/2010 |
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An excerpt from a lecture entitled “The Jewel Book”
“Sri Gita-Govinda is a “jewel book” brought by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. We all know that Sri Jayadeva Gosvami has written this beautiful Gita Govinda, but without Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu it would have remained locked like a pearl in the oyster shell or a jewel in a locked case. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu manifested the glories of Sri Gita Govinda. Just as without Srila Rupa Gosvami no one would have known the inner moods of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, similarly, by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu relishing the moods of Sri Gita Govinda its glories became manifest for the whole world. I have explained this very high-class philosophy, but only rare devotees in this world can understand it. I have called you here only to give you this.” |
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Going Beyond Vaikuntha
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| Date updated: 09/24/2010 |
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These translated lectures comprise the immaculate commentary of Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja on Srila Sanatana Gosvamipada’s Sri Brhad-bhagavatamrta. Descriptions given tell how, having recently arrived in Sri Vaikuntha-dhama, the most desirable of places and which entrance into is sought after by unlimited saintly persons, Gopa-kumar is feeling despondent and cannot even ascertain the cause of his own dissatisfaction. At that time he is approached by Sri Narada Rsi, who becomes his siksa-guru (instructing spiritual master) and enlightens him with the tattva necessary to complete his spiritual journey and thereby attain the fulfilment of all his long cherished internal desires — the transcendental land of spontaneous loving devotion to Sri Sri Radha-Govinda, Sri Goloka-Vraja. |
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Gopi-gita
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| Date updated: 09/10/2010 |
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Gopi-gita is part of rasa-panca-adhyayi, the five chapters of Srimad-Bhagavatam that relate rasa-lila. The body has five kinds of life-airs (panca-prana) residing in the heart, and among these five, one is most vital. The twelve cantos of Srimad-Bhagavatam are likened to twelve parts of a body. The tenth canto is the heart of that body. Within that heart, the five chapters that constitute rasa-panca-adhyayi are its five life-airs, and among them, Gopi-gita is the foremost.
We begin our discussion of Gopi-gita by remembering the chapter in Srimad-Bhagavatam that describes the gopis’ worship of the goddess Katyayani-devi to attain Krsna as their husband… |
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Guru-devatatma
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| Date updated: 09/12/2010 |
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Accepting Sri Guru as One’s Life and Soul Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja speaks on the importance of accepting a bona fide guru, who is more dear than life itself, the absolute necessity of second initiation, and other topics of guru-tattva. |
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Happiness in a Fool’s Paradise
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| Date updated: 09/10/2010 |
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The futility of material enjoyment “Everyone wants to be happy, but generally we can find only a little happiness and affection in this world.” |
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Hari Kathamrta Vol.1
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| Date updated: 09/12/2010 |
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Hari-katha is the life-giving elixir for anyone on the path of devotion. This book is a compilation of sweet Hari-katha given by Srila Narayana Maharaja in the Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha in Mathura. |
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Hari Kathamrta Vol.2
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| Date updated: 09/12/2010 |
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The second volume of Hari-katha, translated from the Hindi and Bengali lectures of Srila Narayana Maharaja, is another exquisite selection of lectures filled with the deep siddhanta of Gaudiya Vaisnavism. |
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Harinam Mahamantra
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| Date updated: 09/12/2010 |
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The transcendental holy name of the Lord
“When a qualified person chants harinama, this light diffuses, thus keeping the darkness of illusion away from the soul.” |
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Harmony
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| Date updated: 04/19/2011 |
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Harmony is a compilation of excerpts from the discources by our beloved Gurudeva, Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. His purpose was to give us tools and keys to create an ideal society in which everyone is happy, as well as to inspire in us a longing to achive the ultimate goal of our lives.
The theme of these excerpts is basically centered around the following verses:
“The symptoms of one who chants the Hare Krsna maha-mantra are as follows. He is actually very exalted, but he thinks himself lower than the straw in the street. His tolerance is like that a tree, which does not protest when it is cut down and does not ask anyone for water when it is drying up. The tree gives its own wealth of fruits, flowers, and so on to anyone who asks. it gives shelter to others, even while tolerating scorching heat and torrents of rain itself. A Vaisnava is the most exalted of all, but he does not think that he is better than others. On the contrary, he gives all respect to others, knowing that Krsna resides in the hearts of all.” Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila (20.21-25)
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Jaiva Dharma 4th edition
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| Date updated: 09/25/2007 |
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The groundbreaking spiritual novel by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Jaiva-dharma reveals the ultimate development of the path of pure devotion to the English-speaking world. |
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