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Prakrta-rasa-sata-dusani
(A Hundred Warnings Against Mundane Mellows) By Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami English translation by Dasaratha-suta dasa Introduction sri sri guru-gauranga-gandharvika-giridharebhyo namah
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The Appearance of Lord Nityananda and Lord Nityananda’s Meeting and Traveling with Srila Madhavendra Puri
from Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat, Adi Kanda, English translation by Bhumipati dasa, Commentary by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada The Appearance of Lord Nityananda Chapter 2, Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat, Adi Kanda Text 127 chadilena bhakta-gana sarva upabhoga avataribare prabhu karila udyoga//CB, Adi 2.127// TRANSLATION As the devotees gave up all material comforts, the Supreme Lord prepared to advent. COMMENTARY As the devotees anticipated the Lord’s appearance, they refrained from all forms of material happiness and enjoyment. The Supreme Lord prepared to advent as His heart melted with compassion for the devotees’ distress. Text 128 isvara-ajnaya age sri-ananta-dhama radhe avatirna haila nityananda-rama//CB, Adi 2.128// TRANSLATION By the order of the Lord, Sri Nityananda…
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Sri Advaita Acarya Appearance
Sri Advaita Acarya’s Appearance Day is later this week Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu reveals Himself to Sri Advaita Acarya from Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat, Madhya Kanda, Chapter 2 English translation by Bhumipati dasa Text 1 jaya jaya jagan-mangala gauracandra dana deha’ hrdaye tomara pada-dvandva//CB, Madhya 2.001// TRANSLATION All glories to Gauracandra, who is the benefactor of the entire world! Please give Your lotus feet in charity to my heart.
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Putana (Organized Religion)
by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada The following essay was printed in the January 1932 edition of The Harmonist, or Sree Sajjanatoshani The first act of New-born Infant Krishna recorded by the Bhagavatam is the slaying of the demoness Putana. The demoness Putana was deputed by King Kamsa to kill all the newborn babies of the realm of Vraja where the Divine sage Narada that his would-be slayer had been recently born informed him. Meanwhile Sri Krishna had been born in Kamsa’s prison and had been conveyed by His father Vasudeva to the house of His foster parents Nanda and Yasoda in Vraja during the night of His advent. The guards…
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Non-Sectarian Vaishnava Dharma
by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura From the introduction of Sri Krishna Samhita (1880) Translation from Bengali by Bhumipati Dasa. Edited and published by Pundarika Vidyanidhi dasa. . . . The people of India and other countries can be divided into two categories, the asslike and the swanlike. Among these two, the asslike are in the majority. The swanlike are in the minority. Swanlike people abstract the purport of the scriptures for their own advancement and thus benefit themselves. . . .
