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Vṛndāvana, September 25, 2006 Yesterday-evening I had a wonderful darśan of one of the senior-most scholars and mahātmās of Vṛndāvana. I ...

Deity's Modern Attire Creates Disturbance BY: STAFF CORRESPONDENT Sep 16, VRINDAVAN, INDIA (IANS) — Priests at the Bankey Bihari tem...

Everything is there in the Bhāgavata, including all folk wisdom. Today a friend quoted me this splendid verse of the Bhāgavata, about famil...

Sri Siksastakam by Swāmi BV Tripurāri This booklet provides a very nice new elaboration on Mahāprabhu's 8 famous verses, though at v...

While we were in Switzerland my friend Tarungovinda presented me with a copy of Bhūmipati's translation of Nityānanda Dās' 'Pr...

anulikhyānantān api sad aparādhan madhupatir mahā premāviṣṭas tava parama deyaṁ vimṛśyati tavaikaṁ śrī rādhe gṛṇata iha nāmāmṛta ras...

Today I received the sad news that my seniormost Guru-sister Krishnā Dās has passed away, on Tuesday, August 8th, 2006 at 5.25 a.m. local t...

I read on another blog that bloggers blog to expose themselves almost narcistically for fame and prestige, to gather followers and admirers ...

(Tarun and Advaitadas during kirtan in Spiringen templeroom) It is hard for a lecturer to facilitate everyone - some members of the a...

(On the veranda of Śyāma Priya Kuñja, Spiringen, Switzerland - left to right - Mādhava Dās, Advaitadās, Kṛṣṇacandra, Tarun Govinda, Suba...

I was reluctant to blog this, but as I saw a debate going on about cats and dogs on 'gaudiya-repercussions' I decided to add my opi...

Here in Spiringen I had the chance to read the Bhakti-Sandarbha rendering by Satya-nārāyan Dās. Here are some excerpts: Paragraph 128 - T...

This is the gist of a discussion I had with Kṛṣṇa Dās (Robert Gafrik PhD Slovakia) on the siddha deha : Advaitadās: In connection wi...

On Vilāsa-kuñja, Mādhavānanda Dās wrote an excellent article on the relativity of the dīkṣā-paramparā   Indeed, we in the first generation ...

On request, here is a transcript of the new audio uploaded to www.madangopal.com (see linktab 'Sādhu Bābā audio there), in which Nirañ...

I was wondering if there is any scriptural evidence for the widespread belief that the 108 beads of our japa-mālā represent 108 gopīs or ...

Today I received this message: Sorry if I am not giving you additional but I think you are one of the authority on this topic. This ques...

Today I found the following personal correspondence in my archives, that are really applicable to the recent japa discussions: Advaitada...

I recently had this e-mail discussion on inattentive practise, which I would like to share here: Bhakta: “So far I know, there is in Śikṣ...

"Our process is to show Kṛṣṇa Consciousness as it is, not as others want to see it. By showing Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in this way, you ar...