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Some Rule and Regulation for New Gurus

Some Rule and Regulation for New Gurus

Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Otherwise there will be quarrels among yourselves, and you will be separated [...]

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If Guru Is Not Uttama

If Guru Is Not Uttama

If the disciple is a sadhaka, then Krsna will make arrangements. If the disciple is not a sadhaka but only a disciple – simply thinking “I am a disciple,” but not following bhakti, then Krsna will not do anything [...]

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Srila Gurudeva Discusses Future Initiations

Srila Gurudeva Discusses Future Initiations

“You cannot realize who is an uttama Vaisnava in your present stage. When you become a madhyama-uttama Vaisnava, then you will be able to realize …” [...]

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Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Gosvami Maharaja Video

Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Gosvami Maharaja Video

Is the service I am rendering being accepted by Sri Gurudeva? This question must be reflected upon at every moment and at every step [...]

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Who Should Initiate?

Who Should Initiate?

by Radhakanta das I offer my dandavat pranams to my diksa and siksa gurus, nitya lila pravistha om vishnupada Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja and nitya lila pravistha om vishnupada Srila Gour Govinda Maharaja by whose mercy and teachings the whole world is delivered. My dandavat pranams to all of our Rupanuga guru-varga, and all [...]

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Srila Gurudeva About His Preaching Mission

Srila Gurudeva About His Preaching Mission

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Our Gurus: One in Siddhanta, One at Heart

Our Gurus: One in Siddhanta, One at Heart

The transcendental relationship between Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

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Write to him to dissipate your doubts!

Write to him to dissipate your doubts!

… he [Srila Gour Govinda Maharaja] replied, “Are baba! ISKCON, not ISKCON…, Vaisnavism is not so narrow! Vaisnavism means broad-minded, not sectarian.”

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The Dharmadvaji

The Dharmadvaji

by Narayana dasa (Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada – diksa, Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja – siksa.) In spite of my general lack of qualifications, I feel the urge to offer my perspective on a few points regarding the latest installment of ISKCON GBC’s typically polemic obfuscations and straw-clutching. I do so because I feel that [...]

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Faith in Sri Guru and Aversion

Faith in Sri Guru and Aversion

By Swami B.V. Madhava

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Discussions on Raga-Vartma-Candrika: How to Enter Raganuga-bhakti

Discussions on Raga-Vartma-Candrika: How to Enter Raganuga-bhakti

In the early 1990s, Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja used to give darsanas for several members of the ISKCON GBC. During these few years, they requested him to discuss several Gaudiya Vaisnava literatures, such as Jaiva-dharma, Srimad-Bhagavatam Tenth Canto (Rasa-lila, Venu-gita, Brahmara-gita, and Gopi-gita) Harinama-cintamani, Vilapa-kusumanjali, and Raga-vartma-candrika.

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The Complete Guru-Tattva Paper (Part I – VII)

The Complete Guru-Tattva Paper (Part I – VII)

by Swami BV Suddhadvaiti (BVNM), formerly Jayantakrid das aka Jayanta Krsna das (ACBSP). Download it in PDF format here…

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An Open Letter to the GBC

An Open Letter to the GBC

Erratum: The open letter to the GBC criticizing their treatment of Srila Narayana Maharaja was written by Prabhupadadasanudas. This is not to be confused with Prabhupada Das Brahmachari…..

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Faith in Sri Guru and Aversion

Faith in Sri Guru and Aversion

by Swami BV Madhava

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Pranipatena pariprasnena sevaya

Pranipatena pariprasnena sevaya

This process is a living thing, it is always there, it is always current. It is not that inquiry was done a certain way in the past and now things are done differently. No! It is an eternal process, pranipatena pariprasnena sevaya.

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Sri Guru-Tattva Part I

Sri Guru-Tattva Part I

When I originally printed this Guru-tattva in 1994, with full approval of my siksa-guru Srila Gour Govinda Swami, …..

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The Homonym ISKCON

The Homonym ISKCON

By Srimati Jadurani devi dasi (Syamarani didi). First published on www.bvml.org. Because the compilation is very lengthy and contains so many ideas, we shall discuss only half of those ideas in this article and more of them in articles to come.

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My Response to the GBC Paper – The Final Conversation

My Response to the GBC Paper – The Final Conversation

By BV Bhagavat Maharaja

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Pointing Three Fingers – The Truth About The GBC Successorship

Pointing Three Fingers – The Truth About The GBC Successorship

By Srimati Syamarani (Jadurani) dasi

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“I wish someone would have warned me, so now I am warning you.”

“I wish someone would have warned me, so now I am warning you.”

By Ramananda das

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