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akumara-brahmacari sarva-tirtha-darshi parama-bhagavatottamah shrila-narottama-dasa A brahmachari for his entire life, Narottama Das visited all the places of pilgrimage. He was on the highest platform of devotional achievement. (Bhakti-ratnakara 1.256) Narottama … Read More
by Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura (Translations by Srila Gour Govinda Svami) TEXT 1 sarac-candra-bhrdntim sphurad-amala-kantim gaja-gati hari-premonmattam dhrta-parama-sattvam smita-mukham sadaghurnan-netram kara-kalita-vetram kali-bhidam bhaje nityanandam bhajana-taru-kandam niravadhi Sri Nityananda Prabhu’s face is more beautiful and cooling than the autumnal moon. The effulgence coming out from His body is supremely beautiful. He … Read More
Translation by Neal Delmonico (Nitai Das) Verse One Hari, after seeing his incomparable self in a mirror in Vraja was born in Gauda in order to taste his own sweetness … Read More
What if the history of India that we learn in our textbooks tells only part of the story, and worse, tells the story incorrectly? What if there are significant periods … Read More
March 27, 2013 (VNN) by Srila Bhakti Bibudha Bodhayan Swami On March 7, 1486 the land of Bengal was blessed with the appearance of a great luminary. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, prophesized … Read More
