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MAHATMA GOVINDA DAS – ASTONISHING WORK
The Selfless Buffering of Others’ Suffering From the book Shree Shree Sadguru Sanga, vol. 2Edited by Paramananda Dasanudas You have written about the sadhu Govindadas. Who is he? Dada: He is a stoical mahatma—he came here only to save me. There is no company here; I have to stay alone all the time. That is
“There’s no verse that forbids it” Mahamantra Kirtan
In this reflection, I will speak from a philosophy that is sincere—free of filters, dogmas, or fear. I am not here to sugarcoat what provokes thought, nor to mask discomfort. What I’m about to share is, in my view, one of the most troubling philosophical distortions I’ve come across—and I will address it with clarity.
Jagannath appears as Ganesh
“I would like to know,” said our friend Krishnananda, “why Lord Jagannath appears as Ganesh today.” “Listen,” said Sri Radharaman Charan Das Dev, “it has an interesting history—one that shows Lord Jagannath is truly the wish-fulfilling tree of His devotees. “There was once a devotee named Ganapati Bhatta in Karnata, who had studied the shastras
Ramakrishna and Radharaman Dev
Once, in the middle of the month of Vaisakh (a summer month), in the year 1289 of the Bengali calendar (1883 AD), a farmer came to Ramakrishna Paramahansa at the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, carrying the lifeless body of his son. The boy had died from the bite of a king cobra in the nearby jungle.
Yuga Dharma
When we refer to the Yuga Dharma we mean the eternal activity to be performed by the conditioned soul (Atman), or the Jiva, in order to obtain liberation or the highest spiritual development. This Yuga Dharma has been indicated clearly by Sri Gouranga Mahaprabhu in the Chaitanya Charitamrita: harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalamkalau
The birthplace of Sri Chaitanya is not Mayapur!
Mayapur was historically known as Miyanpur, a Muslim land, and not the original Nabadwip. Raj Poddar14 March 2025Anandabazar Patrika | Bangla NewsEdited by Paramananda Dasanudas The birthplace of Sri Chaitanya is not Mayapur! What does history tell us? Where was Mahaprabhu born? Chaitanya Dev was born on the day of Dola Purnima. Like his disappearance,
MAHA MANTRA KIRTAN “no verse prohibits it”
The opposing opinion to the one we are presenting in this text is that the Maha Mantra can besung in Kirtan. This opinion falls apart when we point out that there is NO TEXT that supports this, but the inevitable response is that there is no text that prohibits it. Honestly, I ask you if
Harinaam and Mahamantra
HARINAM The word HARINAM is composed of two words: HARI (Sanskrit हfर) which refers normally to God, but can also refer to green, tawny, yellow, Vishnu, Krishna, Yama, air, wind, Indra, the moon, the sun, lion, ray of light, parrot, monkey, serpent, frog, Shiva, one of the nine Varshas, Brahma, fire, goose, peacock, golden, to
Bhaktivinoda Thakur and the three books
Bhaktivinoda Thakur and the three books Jagadananda Das This is an extract from the original text titled“Bhaktivinoda Thakur and Bipin Bihari Goswami”edited by Paramananda Das (Goura Sangha) Did Bhaktivinoda Thakur fabricate evidence to promote the Mayapur birthsite? I cannot answer the question where the historical and geographical evidence is concerned. However, I am seriously disturbed