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The Fearless Prince
The Story of Prahlāda Mahārāja from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Seventh Canto compiled from lectures by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja (The Fearless Prince, 3rd Edition) Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord who attracts every living being with His inconceivable beauty and...
Meeting and separation in the pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Navadvīpa on March 20, 2008 (This class was given during the Navadvīpa-dhāma parikramā, on the day that devotees went to Lord Rāma’s abode on the island of...
Manobhīṣṭa-sevā
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Malaysia on February 11, 2000 Worldly qualifications are not needed for a disciple. They cannot help. When Rāmacandra was to cross a bridge and go to Laṅkā,...
Conversations in Mathurā
The following are transcriptions of conversations with Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Mathurā, India, on April 17, 2000 (In Mathurā, generally every day for about 15 minutes or a half hour before Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja 6.00 pm class, he...
Mother Yaśodā binds Kṛṣṇa
Chapter Thirteen from the book Bhakti-rasāyana, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja sva-mātuḥ svinna-gātrāyā visrasta-kabara-srajaḥ dṛṣṭvā pariśramaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ kṛpayāsīt sva-bandhane Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.9.18); Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta (2.7.129) [Because...
Rāma-navamī – The Appearance Day of Lord Śrī Rāma
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Penang, Malaysia, on April 18, 2005 (On April 18, 2005, Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja celebrated Lord Rāmacandra's appearance day during his short...
The glories of Hanumān
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in San Francisco, on May 23, 2003 (Every year, on every tour, in practically every country, Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja discusses the five kinds of...
Mother Yaśodā’s bhakti is indescribable
Chapter Twelve from the book, Bhakti-rasāyana, 4th edition by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja Droṇa and Dharā’s receiving Brahmā’s boon of having parental love for Kṛṣṇa is similar to Kṛṣṇa’s receiving the boon from Lord Śiva of having Sāmba as His son. At...
Glorification of Śrī Sītā-Rāma
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Mathurā, on April 13, 2000 Janaka Mahārāja had given the definition of bhakti to Lord Rāma’s brother, Bharata. anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam...
The Appearance Day of Lord Rāmacandra
The following is a transcription of a discourse delivered by Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja in Hong Kong, on April 13, 2008 Today is a special and very sacred day. Today, Kṛṣṇa, in the form of Rāmacandra, took birth in Ayodhyā. In ancient times there was...