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Songs to sing for Śrī Rāmacandra

Songs to sing for Śrī Rāmacandra

Jaya Śrī Śrī Sītā-Rāma! If you are subscribed to the Gaudiya Kirtan mailing list, then you've already received what I'm posting below. I didn't have time to prepare anything else and I thought these kīrtans might be helpful for your observance of Śrī Rāma

Final Darśana with Śrī Śrīmad Gour Govinda Swami Mahārāja

Final Darśana with Śrī Śrīmad Gour Govinda Swami Mahārāja

Final Darśana with Śrī Śrīmad Gour Govinda Swami Mahārāja A personal account told by Vaijayantī-mālā dāsī (A note from Madhukar das: If you'd like to listen to me reading out Vaijayanti-mālā's account, which I did this morning in our daily reading group, click here. You'

The Glories of Nityānanda | Śrīla B.R. Śrīdhara Gosvāmī Mahārāja

The Glories of Nityānanda | Śrīla B.R. Śrīdhara Gosvāmī Mahārāja

Jaya Śrī Nityānanda Rāma! Haribol dear devotees! Please accept my praṇāma. Below are two excerpts from glorifications by Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Gosvāmī Mahārāja that I found on Śrī Caitanya Saraswat Maṭha's website, Śrī Gauḍīya Darśana, and Chapter Four of Śrī Guru and His Grace. I read them

An offering for 2023 Vyāsa-pūjā

An offering for 2023 Vyāsa-pūjā

All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga! My Śrīla Gurudeva's Vyāsa-pūjā mahotsava ki jaya! Dear devotees and friends, please accept my praṇāma. A couple weeks ago, I sent out an invitation here for anyone to write a homage in honor of my Śrīla Gurudeva, which I'

Śrīla Narahari Sevāvigraha Prabhu's practice at night

Śrīla Narahari Sevāvigraha Prabhu's practice at night

Haribol. Please accept my praṇāma. We just now finished our daily morning Bhāgavatam reading. At the end of it, we read something for the appearance day of Śrīla Bhakti Vaibhava Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja and the disappearance day of Śrīla Narahari Sevāvigraha Prabhu. You can watch/listen to reading here. Śrīla

Śrī Vinoda-bihārī Prabhu's Santoṣa

Śrī Vinoda-bihārī Prabhu's Santoṣa

On Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja's Vyāsa-pūjā twelve days ago, a beautiful 100-page booklet was published in Hindi containing devotees' sweet remembrances of him. Having nearly finished reading it, I'm feeling inspired today to share a few stories from his early life that our Rays

A True Experience of Separation

A True Experience of Separation

from a speech given by Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja on the disappearance day of Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja at Śrī Uddhāraṇa Gauḍīya Maṭha, Chuchura, on 5 December 1952 Hear this article on the YouTube video I made below: Appearance and disappearance have the same purpose