Language: EnglishPages: 635Back of the BookBhakti-ratnakara, written by Sri Narahari Cakravati, who was also known as Ghanasyama dasa, is a very respected and authorized literature describing the lives of the devotees after the disappearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. It especially illuminates the glories of the great acaryas, Srinivasa Acarya and Narottama dasa Thakura.By reading Bhakti-ratnakara, we can vividly experience the mood of the times after the disppearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and how the leading devotees endeavored to spread the Lord's teachings, especially in Bengal.In this wonderful book, you will read many fascinating pastimes of Sri Jahnava-devi, her son, Viracandra Prabhu. Read about Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, how he established the Radharamana temple in Vrndavana. There is also a wonderful tour of Navadvipa given by Isana Thakura, wherein he describes many confidential pastimes of Lord Caitanya in His early years.We should pray in the manner of the author, who says, "Give me the mercy that I will be always plunged in the jewel-filled ocean of devotional service (bhakti-ratnakara).From the JacketAside from the interesting history and the innumerable incidents described in this wonderful literature, it is very enlightening to imbibe the mood of how the devotees related to one another. The author, Narahari Cakravarti, although an exalted devotee, repeatedly described himself as a worthless person, no better than a pile of ashes. Lord Caitanya had in instructed that one should feel himself lower than the straw in the street and more tolerant than a tree. When we hear of the pastimes of the Lord and His devotees from such a humble personality, it acts to purify our hearts.Besides t

Bhakti-ratnakara (The Jewel-filled Ocean of Devotional Service) [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2006] Kusakratha dasa & Edited by Purnaprajna dasa

Kusakratha Dasa, Edited by Purnaprajna Dasa

Ras Bihari Lal and Sons

Language: English 
Pages: 254\nFrom the Jacket\nO Gokulananda (bliss of Gokula), O Govinda, O Gosthendra-kula-candramah (mmo arisen in the family of Vraja's king), O Pranesa (master of our lives), O Sundarottamasa (crown of all hundsome men), O Nagara-sikha-mane (crest jewel of amorous heroes), O Vrindavana-vidhu (mmon of Vrndavana), O Gostha-yuva-raja-manohara (handsome prince of Vraja).\nThese are some of the names used by the goddesses of Vraja to affectionately address Their lover, Krisna.\nWe should first very carefully study the Bhagavad-gita before attempting to read such a book as this. Bhagavad gita lead us to the point of surrender to Sri Krisna. After surrender, one should begin his study of the Srimadbhagavatam, starting with the First Canto.\nAs in this book, the intimate pastimes of the Lord Sri Krisna are portrayed in the Tenth Canto of the Srimad-bhagavatam. By study of the first nine cantos, one comes to a proper understanding of the Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Only then is one actually able to properly appreciate the Lord's transcendental pastimes.\nBack of the Book\nI worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who resides in His own realm, Goloka, with Radha, who resembles His own spiritual figure and who embodies the ecstatic potency. Their companions are Her confidants, who embody extensions of Her bodily form and who are imbued and permeated with ever-blissful spiritual rasa.\nBecause the sweet nectar ocean of devotional mellows is bottomless and shoreless, it is very difficult to enter. Standing by its shore, I have simply touched it. This book is a splendid sapphire (Ujjvala-nilamani) produced in the mysterious, fathomless ocean of Vrajabhumi.\nO Lord, I pray that this sapph

Sri Ujjvala-Nilamani of Shri Rupa Gosvami

Srila Rupa Gosvami

Language: Transliteration and English TranslationPages: 472Back of the BookThe Bhavisya Purana is one of the eighteen major Puranas as stated in the text of Srimad Bhagavatam the eighteen major Puranas are Bramha Padma Visnu Siva Linga Garuda Narada Bhagavata Agni Skanda Bhavisya Brahma vaivarta Markandeya vamana varaha matsya Korma and Brahmanda Puranas Later in the Srima Bhagavatam when the number of verses contained in each of these major Puranas is listed It is said the Bhavisya Purana Consists of fourteen thousand five hundred verses this present edition of the Bhavisya Parva Madhyama Parva Pratisarga Parva and Uttara Parva .It is generally understood that the Puranas deal with ancient histories not only on this planet but on planets throughout the universe the specific appeal of this Purana however is that it narrates incidents will occur in the future as well as accounts that happened in the distant past. Con

Bhavishya Purana : Chapters 117-150 (Volume 4) [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2014] Translated by : Bhumipati Das and Edited by : Purnaprajna Dasa

Translated by : Bhumipati Das and Edited by : Purnaprajna Dasa

Language: Transliterated Text, Word-to-Word Meaning and Translation) Pages: 453 (4 B/W Illustration) Introduction In Krsna-Sandarbha, Srila Jiva Gosvami explicitly endeavors to prove once and for all that Sri Krsna is the original Personality of Godhead, ad all other forms of Godhead are His expansions. In this volume, we also see some quotations from the Sarva-samvadini, which is Jiva Gosvami commentary on his own Sat-sandarbha. In the Krsna-sandarbha itself, second-to-last text, the purpose of the book is very succinctly stated: The description of sambandha (the relationship between the individual living entities and the Supreme Personality of Godhead), which was begun in the Tattva-sandarbha, and continued in the Bhagavat-sandarbha ad Paramatma-sandarbha, is now concluded in this Krsna-sandarbha. In the next book (Srimad-bhakti-sandarbha), I shall describe abhidheya (devotional service, or the activities of the relationship between the individual living entities and the Supreme Lord) and in the last book (Priti-sandarbha), I shall describe prayojana (pure love for Krsna, the result of engaging in the activities of devotional service). That Sri Krsna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead (as the sruti-mantra explains: Sri Krsna, accompanied by Srimati Radharani, is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead) has been explained in this Krsna-sandarbha. In his purport to the first verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Srila Prabhupada has written: Sri Vyasadeva asserts herein that Sri Krsna is the original personality of Godhead, and all others are His direct or indirect plenary portions or portions of the portion. Srila Jiva Gosvami has even more explicitly explained the subject matter in his Krsna-sandarbha. In the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, there is mention of the literatu

Sri Krsna Sandarbha (Volume I)

Srila Jive Gosvami

Language: Transliterated Text, Word-to-Word Meaning and Translation)Pages: 440 (4 B/W Illustration)From the Jacket In this, the second volume of this edition of Krsna-sandarbha, Srila Jiva Gosvami begins by showing that Lord Balarama is the original expansion of Lord Krsna, and thus equal to Lord Krsna.Essentially, what Srila Jiva Gosvami demonstrates in this section of the Krsna-sandarbha is that Sri Krsna is the original Personality of Godhead, and when He appears in the material world, all other forms of Godhead appear within His form.The fact that the abode of Sri Krsna, Goloka Vrndavana, is the highest abode in the spiritual world.The abodes of the Lord in this material world, where He comes to display His eternal pastimes, are non-different from the His abodes in the spiritual world.The associates of the Lord that appear on this earth are the eternal associates of the Lord in the spiri

Sri Krsna Sandarbha (Volume II): Transliterated Text, Word-to-Word Meaning and Translation) [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2006] Srila Jive Gosvami

Purusa - Sukta: The Most Ancient Vedic Hymn: With the Commentary of Saunaka

Politics & Social Sciences

Gaurapada Dasa (Charles A. Filion)

Philosophy

Language: Transliterated Text, Word-to-word Meaning and TranslationPages: 544From the JacketThis second volume of the Bhagavat-sandarbha includes the Anucchedas beginning with sixty-one. This volume begins with a discussion of the nature of the spiritual world, which is declared to be non-different from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, being a manifestation of His personal potency. Any comparison of the spiritual world with the material world of our experience is soundly refuted.Next, the fact that the Vedas solely describe the Supreme Lord is presented. Although materialistic men consider that the Vedas deal with the four purusarthas-dharma, artha, Kama, and moksa-such materialistic goals are simply stepping-stones on the path back home, back to Godhead. Thereafter, it is argued that Brahman and Bhagavan and not at all two separate entities, but are factually different aspects of the one Absolute Truth.In the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, chapter one, Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami writes: Sri Rupa Gosvami's has compiled so many books on devotional service that there is no counting them. In Sri Bhagavata-sandarbha, Srila Jiva Gosvami has written conclusively about the ultimate end of devotional service.Back of the BookIn his purport, Srila Prabhupada wrote: "The Bhagavata-sandarbha is also known as the Sat-sandarbha. In the first part, called Tattva-sandarbha, it is proved that Srimad-Bhagavatam is the most authoritative evidence directly pointing to the Absolute Truth. The second Sandarbha, called Bhagavat-sandarbha, draws a distinction between impersonal Brahman and localized Paramatma and describes the spiritual world and the domination of the mode of goodness devoid of contamination by the other two material modes. In other words, there

Sri Bhagavat Sandarbha (Volume II)

Srila Jiva Gosvami

Sri Bhaktamala (Translated for the First Time into English)

Bhumipati Dasa and Purnaprajna Dasa

Pages: 457Back of the Book In Sri Caitanya-mangala we find many pastimes and details of pastimes that are not found in the two other principal biographies of Lord Caitanya, Sri Caitanya-bhagaata and Sri Caitanya-caritamrta. Here you will find conversations between the Lord and his mother and wife just before his acceptance of sannyasa. There is also the visit of Narada Muni to Lord Krsna at Dvaraka wherein the great sage expresses his lamentation regarding the fallen condition of the people in the age of kali. There are countless gems to the mined form this wonderful book. IntroductionSrila Locana dasa Thakura was born in a Brahmana family near Katwa in west Bengal in the year 1520, thirty-four years after the appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. His father was Sri Kamalakara dasa and his mother was Srimati Sadanandi. He was their only son, and he spent much of his childhood living with his grandparents. As a young boy Locana dasa met devotees of Lord Caitanya. His nature was that he had great attachment for the Lord and was detached from worldly enjoyment. As a young man Locana dasa accepted as his spiritual master Sri Narahari Sarakara an intimate associate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Narahari Thakura was an expert composer of devotional songs and he instructed Locana dasa, who then wrote many wonderful songs, some of which were frequently sung by Srila Prabhupada.On January 16, 1969, in Los Angeles, Srila Prahupada lectured on the song Parama karuna, composed by Locana dasa. He said, Parama Koruna Pahu dui Jana, nitai gauracandra. This is song sung By Locana dasa Thakura

Sri Caitanya-mangala (Locana dasa Thakura)

Kusakratha Dasa and Purnaprajna Dasa

Gopala - Campu Srila by Jiva Gosvami

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