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“Every one of you. What is your realization? You write your realization – what you have realized about Krishna. That is required. It is not passive. Always you should be active. Whenever you find time, write. Never mind – two lines, four lines, but you write your realizations. Sravanam, kirtanam. Writing or offering prayers, glories…

by Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya 1) namaskritya pravaksyami deva-devam jagad-gurum namnam-ashtotara-shatam caitanyasya mahatmanaha After offering my respectful obeisances unto the Lord of Lords, Who is the spiritual master of the entire universe, I will now narrate 108 holy names of Lord Chaitanya, the great soul. 2) vishvambharo jita-krodho maya-manusha-vigrahaha amayi mayinam shreshto vara-desho dvijottamaha Vishvambhara–He sustains the…

from the comments on this article: pranams __/o_ ___o_ __/o_ since somehow or another my permission has seemingly become something of value then ….. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 “Let the great discussion of Daiva-varnasrama-dharma begin! Let’s forge history and shape the future of society!” 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 seriously though … i think that any…

Here is a chart describing how the modes of nature pervade so many aspects of our existence. We hope it is useful for your service. pdf version: [download] html version: [view]

Here’s some dialogue about preaching to different types of people inspired by an article written by Sitapati Prabhu here. You’d need to read his article to put my reponses and ensuing dialogue into context. Ekendra das: its interesting to read anyone’s speculations on varnasrama. Naturally your’s took a bend toward application in the preaching sphere.…

I’ve updated the site a bit so now the new RSS feed for Bala Gopala’s Mrdanga is: http://gopala.org/index.php?tempskin=_rss2 for comments: http://gopala.org/index.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments and my personal blog should that interest you: http://gopala.org/seva.php?tempskin=_rss2 haribol!

Here’s something for any phalgu-vairagyis out there: “Child worship is more important than deity-worship. If you cannot spend time with your child, then stop the duties of pujari. These children are given to us by Krishna. They are Vaishnavas and we must be very careful to protect them. These are not ordinary children, they are…

Its been a long time since i’ve posted here. Since then I’ve shifted countries and basically set up our new living situation here in northern New South Wales, Australia. We are about 3 minutes drive from the New Govardhana community where their beautiful Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Govardhandari preside. We spent about 2 weeks in Melbourne…

BY: BHUSAYA DAS – 26/10/2005 – sourced from The Sampradaya Sun As the world mourns the passing of the “mother of the civil rights movement”, Rosa Parks, the Detroit devotees are reflecting on the gentle soul who would often dine on Krishna prasadam in Govinda’s Restaurant at the Bhaktivedanta Cultural Center at the Fisher Mansion.…

Our heartfelt gratitude goes to Nanda Sunu Prabhu for his kind donation of $18 for Gopala’s Seva. 🙂 Thank you so much. We’ll buy Gopala some nice bhoga with that when He arrives in Australia next week and needs to restock. From The Nectar of Instruction Text 4: dadāti pratigṛhṇāti guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati bhuńkte bhojayate…

“Yamaraja is one of the GBC of Krsna. Yes. As we have got twelve GBC’s, similarly Krsna has got GBC’s. Now, svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ kumāraḥ kapilo manuḥ prahlādo janako bhīṣmo balir vaiyāsakir vayam [SB 6.3.20] That twelve men are authorized to preach Krsna consciousness. So we have to follow. mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ [Cc.…

I managed this shot during a really absorbing moment on our parikarama while the devotee was deep into hearing the class. I passed the camera to Sridama Prabhu behind me and he snapped this beauty. I’ve since had it enlarged to an 8″ x 10″ and framed on my wall. 🙂 😛 Can you guess…