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Madhukar das

Madhukar das

✍️ Daily Devotional Journaling Program

✍️ Daily Devotional Journaling Program

In ten days from now, on the disappearance day of Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda (and New Year's Eve), I’m going to host a daily devotional journaling program for anyone who’d like to join. Program Overview The program will begin on 31 December at 9

3 readings in honor of Śrīla B.V. Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja & Śrīla B.V. Trivikrama Gosvāmī Mahārāja

3 readings in honor of Śrīla B.V. Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja & Śrīla B.V. Trivikrama Gosvāmī Mahārāja

All glories to Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja! All glories to Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Trivikrama Gosvāmī Mahārāja! We've just concluded our third reading session from the book "A True Servant, A True Master." This wonderful book, containing the letters by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja,

Our Kārtika-vrata program & Paramgurudeva Nectar

Our Kārtika-vrata program & Paramgurudeva Nectar

Urjeśvarī Vṛṣabhānu-nandinī Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī ki jaya! Tomorrow, we will embark on our daily program for Ūrja-vrata, Dāmodara-vrata, Kārtika-vrata. The schedule for the programs (on Zoom and live on YouTube) is as follows: Japa and Kirtan Beginning at 5:15 AM (Indian Time, please refer to other timezones below), we will

“I do not know Kṛṣṇa at this time, but I do know my gurudeva.”

“I do not know Kṛṣṇa at this time, but I do know my gurudeva.”

Over the past ten days, our readings from A Life of Devotion – a biography written by Śrīmatī Devamayī Dīdī depicting the life and teachings of Śrīla Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja – have been a source of great nourishment for me, and for the Ekādaśī posting today, I wanted to share

Guru-sevā

Guru-sevā

Tomorrow marks the sacred 125th Vyāsa-pūjā day of nitya-līlā-praviṣṭa oṁ viṣṇupāda Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja. In honor of this auspicious occasion, I am posting here a profound and sobering article authored by him, titled "Guru-sevā." If you would like to join me for a live

Cb Madhya-khaṇḍa and planning the Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura kirtan program

Cb Madhya-khaṇḍa and planning the Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura kirtan program

Haribol everyone. Please accept my praṇāma. Right now I'm sitting in a program at Suvarṇa-vihāra Gauḍīya Maṭha in Godruma. This is my first time making a Vine of Devotion post from my phone. :) By the mercy of Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga, we recently completed the Ādi-khaṇḍa during

Kalyāṇa-kalpataru Overview – Introduction & First Branch

Kalyāṇa-kalpataru Overview – Introduction & First Branch

In 2012, I stayed at the Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (BRC) for a week to work on the abridged edition of Śrī Gauḍīya Gīti-guccha. If you're not familiar with it, the BRC is a library run by ISKCON, dedicated to collecting and preserving a vast collection of ancient Vaiṣṇava