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Śrī Rādhāṣṭamī – The Day of Her Advent 🪷 PART ONE

Śrī Rādhāṣṭamī – The Day of Her Advent 🪷 PART ONE

Vṛṣabhānu-nandinī Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī ki jaya! Before presenting this remarkable article by Śrīla Bhaktisiddānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, I'd like to share a couple of additional things to celebrate this special day: * Three songs describing the festival of Śrī Rādhā's divine appearance. I also made some videos of

Reorganizing My Life's Focuses

Reorganizing My Life's Focuses

I've previously shared a quote from Śrīla Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja here about how Ekādaśī is a day for us assess ourselves and make necessary adjustments. It's been a while since I've done that, so in this post, I want to take the opportunity to

Śrīla Gurudeva's Rūpānugatva and the Meaning of Rūpānuga

Śrīla Gurudeva's Rūpānugatva and the Meaning of Rūpānuga

Tomorrow's Pavitrāropaṇa Ekādaśī marks the beginning of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda's five-day Jhūlana-yātrā festival—celebrated throughout Vraja and the entire world by devotees of various sampradāyas. After that comes the day, which, for us in our line, is probably the most significant occasion in the entire year:

Stotram recitals for Puruṣottama-vrata

Stotram recitals for Puruṣottama-vrata

All glories to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga! Jaya Jagannātha! I want to tell you about the little online program we're doing for this month of Puruṣottama. Every morning at 6AM India time we're singing this set of stotrams: Śrī Gurvaṣṭakam, Śrī Prabhupāda-padma-stavakaḥ, Śrī Ṣaḍ-gosvāmyaṣṭakam, Śrī

First Program for Cāturmāsya-vrata

First Program for Cāturmāsya-vrata

Hare Kṛṣṇa. Please accept my daṇḍavat praṇāma. In only seven hours from now, we'll be commencing three programs for Cāturmāsya- and Puruṣottama-vrata: 1. A 45-min japa session 2. A 45-min kirtan/stotram session 3. A 1 1/2-hour Caitanya-bhāgavata reading If you'd like to know details

From Śrīmad Bhāgavata to Caitanya Bhāgavata

From Śrīmad Bhāgavata to Caitanya Bhāgavata

In our daily Bhāgavatam reading today, the auspicious disappearance day of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura, we have arrived at the culmination of Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī's seven-day bhāgavata-kathā to Parikṣit Mahārāja. The timing felt incredibly fitting: After three years of reading Bhāgavatam almost every day, we had the great opportunity on

Kirtan recordings (and my plan for how to be more accountable with sending them to you)

Kirtan recordings (and my plan for how to be more accountable with sending them to you)