1. Connection with Bhaktisiddhanta

    Tamala Krsna: I remember one time Karttikeya Maharaja was chanting to a picture of Bhaktisiddhanta. You chastised him and said, “What is your connection with Bhaktisiddhanta? Your connection is with me.” Prabhupada: Who said? Tamala Krsna: You did. Sudama: You did. I remember. Tamala Krsna: When Karttikeya Maharaja was chanting to your Guru Maharaja’s picture, […]
  2. Be warned!

    There are many devotees who assume themselves to be in Krsna consciousness and devotional service but at heart do not accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, as the Absolute Truth. For them, the fruit of devotional service — going back to Godhead — will never be tasted. From Srila Prabhupada’s purport to Bg 9.12
  3. Caitanya and Nityananda drive away five kinds of ignorance

    Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu drive away the five kinds of ignorance of the conditioned souls. In the Mahabharata, Udyoga-parva, Forty-third Chapter, these five kinds of ignorance are described. They are (1) accepting the body to be the self, (2) making material sense gratification one’s standard of enjoyment, (3) being anxious due to material identification, […]
  4. Real Nityananda-vamsa

    My Guru Maharaja, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja, he did not like that his disciples would be easy-going, cheap Vaisnava. Cheap Vaisnava. Dusta mana tumi kisera vaisnava. He sang a song, “My dear mind, oh, you are going to be a Vaisnava. And what kind of Vaisnava you are?” Dusta mana tumi kisera vaisnava, pratisthara tare, […]