Philosophical Articles

by Dulal Chandra dasa Unto the lotus feet of my eternal master, preceptor, and dearest friend, accompanied by his host of devotees and ever well-wishers,...

Once the emperor of heaven, Devraj Indra, had committed a great offence for which his Gurudeva cursed him to take birth as a hog....

by Sankarshan das tato yateta kuśalaḥ kṣemāya bhavam āśritaḥ śarīraṁ pauruṣaṁ yāvan na vipadyeta puṣkalam "An intelligent person leading this material life, who is able to discriminate right from...

by Srila B.R. Sridhara Deva Goswami, from Inner Fulfillment: An Introductory Book. The idea that I shall have to labor to live is very dishonorable. I...

by Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami, originally published at Sri Gaudiya Darsan. We are told that Radharani was found floating in a lotus. Her father Vrsabhanu Raja,...

by Swami B.V. Tripurari Q. Why is Vrindavana considered a holy place? A. A place becomes pious because the Lord’s devotees are present there. If the...

by Bhakti Vichar Vishnu Maharaja All the avatars of Bhagavan are either plenary portions (amsha) or portions of the plenary portions (kalaa) of the Lord....

(A lecture delivered by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja on Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭami 18th August 1995 in Bhubaneswar, India.) The Bhāgavata says, to hear this transcendental līlā-kāhāṇī of Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa...

by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada August 1973 at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, in the countryside near London. Several thousand guests (including the Indian High Commissioner)...

by Swami B. V. Tripurari Baladeva bears the plow, which symbolizes his agricultural leaning stemming from his mother’s side, who despite her royal marriage, for...