Srimati Sita Thakurani is to be worshiped just as much as Sacidevi herself, as the mother of the universe. She is the eternal wife of Sri Advaita Acharya. She was the daughter of Sri Nrishinga Baduri. She was married to Sri Advaita Acharya in Phuliya Nagara.

After their wedding, Advaita Acharya went to Nadiya, to live in Shantipura. Sita Thakurani was always absorbed in vatsalya prema for Sri Gaurasundara Prabhu, and, out of parental concern used to instruct Jagannatha Mishra on how to care for the boy. Sri Krishna Dasa Kaviraja Goswami has described the birth celebration at the house of Jagannatha Mishra upon the advent of the Lord, giving special attention to the position of Sri Sita Thakurani. Advaita Acharya's wife, worshipable by all the three worlds was Sita Thakurani. Taking the Acharya's orders on her head, she had come to take a look at this new child, this jewel of jewels, and to offer him presents.

On the eve of his son's advent Sri Jagannatha Mishra, seeing the imminent signs

Madhudviṣa: Prabhupāda, when we're out on saṅkīrtana, chanting, what would be the best way for us to engage the crowd to become participants in the chant with us? What would be the best of...

Prabhupāda: Best way you go on chanting. Your business is not to, I mean to say, satisfy the crowd. Your business is satisfy Kṛṣṇa, and then crowd will be automatically satisfied. We are not going to please the crowd. We are going to give them something, Kṛṣṇa. So you should be very much careful whether you are delivering Kṛṣṇa in the right way. Then they'll be satisfied. Your only business should be to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. Then everything will be satisfied. Tasmin tuṣṭe jagat tuṣṭa. If Kṛṣṇa is satisfied, then whole world is satisfied. If you pour water on the root, then it is automatically distributed in every parts of the tree. So Kṛṣṇa is the big tree, root of the big tree, and you take to watering Kṛṣṇa, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and follow the rules and regulation, everything will b

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I am requesting all of my disciples that for this one lifetime you give all of your energy and service to Krishna. The spiritual force is eternal, so to give simply one lifetime to Krishna is not a very difficult thing. And yet if we are serious in executing the devotional principles, this one lifetime of service to Krishna will absolute and final solution to all the problems of life. Sincere devotional service in even one lifetime is sufficient to make one eligible to return to the Vaikuntha world permanently. Krishna Consciousness has got this power."
Srila Prabhupada letter to Madhudvisa, Sept. 7, 1969

Śrīla Prabhupāda Praṇati

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine

namah–obeisances; om–address;visnu-padaya–unto him who is at the feet of Lord Visnu;krsna-presthaya–who is very dear to Lord Krsna;bhu-tale–on the earth;srimate–all beautiful;bhaktivedanta-svamin–A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami;iti–thus;namine–who is named

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

namah–obeisances;te–unto you;sarasvate deve-servant of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami;gaura-vani–the message of Lord Caitanya;pracarine–who are preaching;nirvisesa–impersonalism;sunyavadi–voidism;pascatya–Western;desa–countries; tarine–who are delivering

Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvatī Gosvāmī. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord C

Hindu tales narrate a nice story of how Krishna assumed the form of  Kalee( Kali ) as a lila or divine play .  The plot unflods in the puranic forest of Vrindavana where the cowherd Yadavas were peacefully residing with their much loved leader and friend , Sri Krishna .  Every night , hearing the flute of Krishna at midnight Srimati Radharani would quitely slip out from her home to secretly meet with her lover in the deep forests . However this was eventually observed by the shrewd sister in laws of Radha , Jatila and Kutila who informed her husband Ayan of his wife’s  ‘adultery’ . Infuriated Ayan set off to punish the miscreant , into the deep woods . However the lord of all beings , Sri Krishna already knew what was in the air . He quickly asked Radha to pick up all the wild fruits and flowers that she could find and sit down at his feet in an worshupful gesture . Radha obeyed to his commands and soon Krishna had himself transformed to Kali — the ishta or chosen deity of Ayan . and w

Gopya OOchu:- 
The Gopis said:- 

1.Sri Krishnasthe sira pathu, Vaikunta kanta may va hi, 
Swetha dhweepa pathi karnou, nasikaam yajna roopa druk 

Let Krishna protect the head , and let Vaikunta protect the neck, 
Let the lord of the white island protect the ears and he who has a form of Yajna protect the nose. 

2.Nrusimho nethra yugmam, cha Jihwaam Dasarathathmaja, 
Adharavabvathaam they thu nara narayana rishi. 

Let Nrusimha protect the pair of your eyes , 
Let the son of Dasaratha protect the toungue , 
Let both your lips be protected by sages Nara and Narayana 

3.Kapolou pathu they sakshaan sanakadhyaa kala hare , 
Bhalam they swetha varaho , narado brullathevathu. 

Let the real sages Sanaka and others protect your cheeks, 
Let the white boar protect your hair and let sage Narada protect the eye brows. 

4,Chibukam Kapila pathu , dathathreyo uro vathu, 
Skandhow dwavrushabha pathu karou mathsya prabhathu they 

Let Kapila protect the chins and Dathathreya protect the chest, 
Let both shoulders br prote

CHAPTER THREE



The Birth of Lord Krishna



As stated in the Bhagavad-gita, the Lord says that His appearance, birth, and activities, are all transcendental, and one who understands them factually becomes immediately eligible to be transferred to the spiritual world. The Lord's appearance or birth is not like that of an ordinary man who is forced to accept a material body according to his past deeds. The Lord's appearance is explained in the Second Chapter: He appears out of His own sweet pleasure. When the time was mature for the appearance of the Lord, the constellations became very auspicious. The astrological influence of the star known as Rohini was also predominant because this star is considered to be very auspicious. Rohini is under the direct supervision of Brahma. According to the astrological conclusion, besides the proper situation of the stars, there are auspicious and inauspicious moments due to the different situations of the different planetary systems. At the time of Krsna's

Bill Schubert

"So people, they sometimes say, "Can you show me God? Have you seen God?" These questions sometimes we meet. So the answer is here. Yes, you can see God. Everyone can see God. I am also seeing God. But there must be the qualification.
Suppose a motorcar is there, something is wrong there. Everyone is seeing. But one engineer or mechanic, he sees differently. Therefore we have to go there. "What is wrong in this car? It is not running." He immediately touches some machine part; it runs.
So these fools, they do not know that "How I can see God if I have not the qualification?" The machine has gone wrong, I am seeing the machine. And the engineer, the mechanic, he is also seeing the machine. But his seeing and my seeing is different. He's qualified to see. Therefore when the machine has gone wrong, immediately he touches some part, it runs. So if for a machine we require so much qualification, and we want to see God without any qualification?
Just see the fun. Without any qual

Jna:na:nanda mayam de:vam nirmala sphatika:kritham 
a:dha:ram sarva vidya:na:m hayagri:vam upa:smahe

Oh! Lord Hayagriva. You are the treasure and supporter of all knowledge. You are the personified knowledge and joy. You shine like a clear crystal without any blemish. Your Divine Grace makes us knowledgeable. I meditate upon you Oh! Lord Hayagriva, The abode of all knowledge. (From Vedanta Desika's Hayagrivam Stotram)

Garga-samhita 



duryodhana uvaca
gopibhyam kavacam dattam
gargacaryena dhimata
sarva-raksha-karam divyam
dehi mahyam maha-mune

Duryodhana said: O great sage, please give me the transcendental Balarama-kavacha, which wise Garga Muni gave to the gopis, and which gives all protection. 


shri-pradvipaka uvaca
snatva jale kshauma-dharah kushasanah
pavitra-paniu krita-mantra-marjanah
smritvatha natva balam acyutagrajam
sandharayed dharma-samahito bhavet

Shri Pradvipaka Muni said: After bathing and dressing in clean cotton garments, a person should sit on a kusha-grass mat, purify his hands with mantras, bow down, and with fixed intelligence meditate on Lord Krishna's elder brother, Lord Balarama.









goloka-dhamadhipatih pareshvarah
pareshu mam patu pavitra-kirtanahbhu-mandalam sarshapavad vilakshyate
yan-murdhni mam patu sa bhumi-mandale

May Lord Balarama, who is the master of Goloka, who is the supreme controller of all controllers, and whose fame is spotless, protect me. May Lord Balarama, who on His head hold

 Dauji (Balaram)

From the Garga Samhita translation of Kushakratha Dasa Prabhu.

Chapter Eleven

Shri Balabhadra-stava-raaja
The King of Prayers to Lord Balaraama

Text 1

duryodhana uvaaca

stotram shri-baladevasya
praadvipaaka mahaa-mune
vada maam kripayaa saakshaat
sarva-siddhi-pradaayakam

duryodhana uvaaca-Duryodhana said; stotram-prayer; shri-baladevasya'of Lord Balaraama; praadvipaaka-Shri Praadvipaaka Muni; mahaa-mune-O great sages; vada-please tell; maam-me; kripayaa-mercifully; saakshaat'directly; sarva-siddhi-pradaayakam-giving all perfection.

Duryodhana said: O Praadvipaaka, O great sage, please kindly tell me the prayer of Lord Balaraama, which grants all perfection.

Text 2

shri-praadvipaaka uvaaca

stava-raajam tu raamasya
vedavyaasa-kritam shubham
sarva-siddhi-pradam raajan
chrinu kaivalyadam nrinaam

shri-praadvipaaka uvaaca-Shri Praadvipaaka Muni said; stava-of prayers; raajam-the king; tu-indeed; raamasya-of Lord Balaraama; vedavyaasa-kritam-written by Vedavyaasa; s

Gauridas Pandit (four Gaura-Nitai Deities, Gaura Purnima celebration)

--------------- Across the Ganges from Santipur, in a small town called Ambika Kalna, which is within the present district of Barddhama, is where Gauri dasa Pandita's temple is located.
His worshippable Deities Sri Sri Gaura-Nityananda are still residing in all their splendor there.
There is a railway station at Ambika Kalna on the Howrah-Navadvipa line.
From there one can proceed by rickshaw to Mahaprabhu Mandira.
In the temple is an old copy of the Bhagavad-gita on palm leaves which is supposed to have been written by the hand of Mahaprabhu Himself.
There is also an oar from a boat which has an interesting story behind it.

One day, the two Lords Caitanya and Nityananda came to Kalna from Santipur by boat, paddling it themselves.
Lord Caitanya kept the oar in His hand, and when He entered Gauri dasa's house He gave it to him, saying, "With this you should cross over the ocean of material existence, taking all the

In the conclusion of his Laghutosani Jiva Gosvami has given some biographical information in which he explains that Sarvajna is seventh in the ascending genealogical line from Rupa Gosvami.
He was highly respected amongst the brahmanas of Karnataka, thus he was also referred to as "Jagadguru."
Being a brahmana from the Yajurveda clan, who are descendants of Bharadvaja, Sarvajna was a erudite scholar of all sastras and theological treatises.
Attracted by Sarvajna's scholastic ability and admirable qualities, students flocked from different parts of the country tostudy under him.
Sarvajna was also a king.
Sarvajna's son, Aniruddha, was a great Yajurveda scholar and was admired by all.
Aniruddha had two wives and two sons.
His sons were Rupesvara and Harihara.
Rupesvara became theologically astute, whereas Harihara became skilled in the use of weapons.

When Aniruddha died the kingdom was divided between the two sons, but Harihara occupied the land of Rupesvara by force.
In a helpless condition Rupe