Shri Radhastami Day

Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, Mathura, India: September 4, 2003 Sri Jayadeva Gosvami knows in his heart that the best prayers to Sri Krsna Bhagavan are those which glorify Him in relationship to the gopis, and especially in relation to Srimati Radhika. He therefore begins this kirtana with the words “srita-kamalakuca-mandala! More...

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By VNN Staff On Friday, September 8th, 2023
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A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

By Mahanidhi Swami: Prabhupada in Radha-Damodara, BBT 2003 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada appeared in this world in 1896 in Calcutta, India. He first met his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta More...

By VNN Staff On Thursday, September 7th, 2023
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Sri Krishna Janmastami

(VNN) A lecture delivered by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja on Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭami 18th August 1995 in Bhubaneswar, India. The Bhāgavata says, to hear this transcendental līlā-kāhāṇī More...

By VNN Staff On Monday, June 19th, 2023
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Mahaprabhu’s Mood at Ratha-Yatra

Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja – The Origin of Ratha-yatra At the beginning of the Ratha-yatra Festival, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offers a prayer to Jagannatha-deva, not to His form as Lord Jagannatha or Vasudeva-Krsna, More...

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By VNN Staff On Saturday, June 17th, 2023
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Behind all Religion, Lies the Desire for Honour

by Bhaktivinode Thakur from Tattva Viveka In the depths of jnana, vairagya and so on, and behind all religion, lies the desire for honour, name fame distinction and adoration. To the degree that we endeavour to More...

By VNN Staff On Tuesday, May 16th, 2023
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Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur

by Parama Bhakti Dasi The samadhi of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur. Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur was born four years after Mahaprabhu took sannyasa. His mother was Sri Narayani Devi. She was the niece of Srivasa Pandit. Srila More...

By VNN Staff On Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
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Sri Raya Ramananda

Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja – Maui, Hawaii, May 24, 2000 Come with me. Let us join Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in our minds as He went from Puri to South India to search for His brother, Visvarupa. More...

By VNN Staff On Thursday, May 4th, 2023
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Who Is Lord Narashimhadeva

Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja Appearance Day Lecture on May 14, 2003, in Badger, California. Today is the auspicious appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadeva. Who is Nrsimhadeva? He is Krsna Himself More...

By VNN Staff On Saturday, April 29th, 2023
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Appearance Day of Srimati Sita-devi

Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, Mamagachi Navadvipa Parikrama, 2008 In Treta Yuga, Lord Ramacandra, Sita devi, and Laksmana went to Mamagachi.  Under the shade of a large banyan tree, Sita Devi observed that Lord More...

By VNN Staff On Wednesday, April 19th, 2023
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The Appearance of Sri Gadadhara Pandita

By B. R. Sridhara Deva Goswami The following excerpt originally appears in Follow the Angels, available here. The advent day of Gadadhara Pandita is on amavasya, on the night of the dark moon. Mahaprabhu came More...