It is not only the composition of this sloka that is valuable, but the meanings of the sloka will touch the heart and make a new form of our heart—it is that kind of sloka.
Taking you to Goloka Vrindavan
Mahāprabhu’s conception, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is for all ages. When I give second initiation, I tell others my feelings. We heard from Śrīla Guru Mahārāj that Hari-nām can rescue everyone.
Śrīla Gurudev recounts the glories of Śrīpād Ajita Kṛṣṇa Brahmachārī. The following is an English translation of the article Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj wrote in honour of the passing of Śrīpād Ajita Kṛṣṇa Prabhu Seva Saurabh. It was first published in Śrī Gauḍīya Darśan in Volume 14, Issue 4, on Sunday, 19 September 1971.
Śrīla Gurudev explains the necessity of subservience to Guru-Vaiṣṇava. An editorial translated from the original Bengali text published in Śrī Gauḍīya Darśan, Volume 5, Issue 11, Friday, 10 June 1960.
Srila Ramananda Raya’s Glories
Here, today who given relief to the devotee from different type of sick feelings and manage all the disturbance after the disappearance of Mahaprabhu when all world was so much sad, especially Puri Dham was extremely unhappy, sad etc. etc. He is Ramananda Raya.
Jāhnavā-devī and Vīrachandra Prabhu
Excerpt from The Nectarean Glories of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu by Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj
The False Hope of Material Happiness
Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj’s appreciation for Śrīpād Śaṅkar Āchārya’s writing.
Śrīla Gurudev’s address to the devotees in Australia on the last night of his visit during his first world tour.
Śrīla Gurudev recounts Śrīla Kṛṣṇadās Bābājī Mahārāj’s appreciation for Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj’s compositions.
Upadeśa Pañchakam. Five Instructions to The Mind
A Sanskrit composition by Śrīla Gurudev first published in his Rachanāmṛta.
Śrīla Gurudev illuminates the humility taught by Śrīman Mahāprabhu.
On Sri Gaura’s 477th Appearance Day
Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj’s poem on Śrīman Mahāprabhu’s 477th appearance day. Translated from the original Bengali poem published in Śrī Gauḍīya Darśan, Volume 8, Issue 8, Tuesday, 12 March 1963.
Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj describes the joy of the Śrī Gaura Pūrṇimā festival. Translated from the original Bengali editorial published in Śrī Gauḍīya Darśan, Volume 8, Issue 8, Tuesday, 12 March 1963.
An Appeal on Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama
Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj describes in poetry form Śrīman Mahāprabhu’s devotees’ calls to the lost souls of this world to join them in the service of Mahāprabhu and the circumambulation of His abode.
“If You Hear This, You Will Faint”
Srila Gurudev explains the subject of a famous conversation at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in 1967. In honour of Srila Jayadev Goswami Prabhu’s disappearance day, we are presenting a verse from the Temple of Love and Affection and a lecture of Srila Govinda Maharaj in which he explains the mood of devotion within the verse.
At the installation festival for Sri Sadashiva Gangadhar at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Nabadwip, Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj spoke in depth about the position and power of Lord Shiva. In particular, he summarised the Gaudiya Vaishnava view of Lord Shiva’s relationship with the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna, and explained how Shiva’s merciful glance uplifts the souls of this world. During his lecture he cited his pranam-mantra for Lord Shiva.
Srila Gurudev describes the symptoms of steady devotion. This article is continuation of the post From Emotion to Devotion.
Srila Gurudevj describes the obstacles to attaining firm attachment in devotional practice.