Mahanidhi Swami If a very valuable thing is offered for free, who would not take it immediately? In a handful of places, Bhagavan Shri Veda Vyasa offers special boons and...
Mahanidhi Swami Every day, Krishna bhaktas offer their Thakurajis love-soaked bhoga; colorful hand-stitched clothes and turbans; dhoop, deep, scents, perfumes and fragrant flowers. When describing the bhakti-anga of archanam (Deity...
Mahanidhi Swami One day Sri Chaitanyadeva sat with Sri Sanatana Goswami and told him about the 26 qualities of a Vaisnava. (Cc. 2.22.78-80) Mahaprabhu mentioned daksha, being expert, as one...
Mahanidhi Swami In Sri Gita (13.8-12), Sri Krishna says, “The objective of all philosophies is to know the Absolute Truth (Bhagavan Sri Krishna), tattva jnana artha darshana.” Sri Krishna then...
Mahanidhi Swami The word paddhati means a few verses or even a small book of mantras, prayers, pujas and instructions meant to guide a sadhaka in successful bhajana. Dhyana...
Mahanidhi Swami Life is too short, memory is very weak and time is less. Thus we offer the following 25 verses to summarize all the essential principles, practices and...
Mahanidhi Swami This article is a response to a devotee wanting to make a Russian translation of my original January 2017 MSO post titled “Reject Guru? My original post follows...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das The prabhava of Kali Maharaja is awesome and all-pervasive. In the temple, outside, in the Holy Dhama, in Delhi, Mumbai, Moscow, New York, Beijing, Tokyo...
Mahanidhi Swami Devotees often say, “There are no hard and fast rules in chanting Hare Krishna.” Thus anything goes in the name of nama-japa: chanting on tulsi beads a...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Throughout Gita and other sastras, Bhagavan Sri Krishna asserts that, “I am the doer (via gunas & prakrti), I give results, I give knowledge, I...
Mahanidhi Swami If a devotee can think, feel, act and become one with Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s success formula, he/she will NEVER COMMIT NAMA APARADHA, and very soon attain Krishna...
Mahanidhi Swami It is a most ancient and scripturally authorized sadhana practice. Manjari svarupa meditation and asta-kaliya-lila smarana are not “concoctions” “newly invented practices” or the kalpana of some...
Mahanidhi Swami Lord Shivaji said, “O Narada, to perform raganuga bhakti sadhana one must meditate as follows: “The sadhaka should meditate upon his eternal spiritual body as being a...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das This is part of our Padma Purana raganuga sadhana article series. The ancient Vedic pramana titled Padma Purana tells how Narada once came to Vrindavana,...
Mahanidhi Swami Vrnda-devi’s asta-kaliya-lila narration to Lord Shiva continued. Note: The following entries are unedited, presented as it is, downloaded from Net. Madhyahna Lila 10:48 a.m. to 3:36 p.m....
Mahanidhi Swami Vrnda-devi’s asta-kaliya-lila narration to Lord Shiva continued. Note: The following entries are unedited, presented as it is, downloaded from Net. Aparahna Lila 3:36-6 p.m. Vrinda-devi said, “O...
Mahanidhi Swami Vrnda-devi’s asta-kaliya-lila narration to Lord Shiva continued. Note: The following entries are unedited, presented as it is, downloaded from Net. Pradosh Lila 8:36-10:48 p.m. Vrinda said, “O...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Once an anxiety-ridden young cowherd maiden, who desired nothing but the direct vision and service of Radha Govinda, fell down at the feet of her own...
