Mahanidhi Madan Gopal das All quotes from bbt folio archives Firm belief that wherever the surrendered soul lives he is always protected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; he is...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das When Sri Sri 108 Pandit Sri Krishna Das Babaji Maharaja, Bhakti-tirtha was about 15 years old, three desires (sankalpas) mysteriously arose in his mind: “I will...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das In the beginning of the rasa lila, Bhagavan Sri Krishna says something very special to Srimati Radharani. Krishna’s words are very inspiring and encouraging to all...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das After the fiendish, ghost-like witch named Putana Raksasi attacked her six-day old baby Gopala Krishna, Yasoda Mata and other elderly Vraja gopis chanted the following mantras...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das The practice of receiving details about one’s eternal, spiritual body or siddha deha i.e. siddha pranali from the spiritual master began 500 years ago in the...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Firstly, if one has the shelter of Sri Guru, one is indeed very, very fortunate and truly blessed by Bhagavan Sri Krishna. Unfortunately, however, right now...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Just before my merciful mentor left this world to enter Sri Radha’s eternal seva, we discussed the merits of different bhakti sadhana practices. Throughout that most...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das This article will give the basic guidelines for choosing your Guru; some are external practical points and others are internal—the feelings of your heart and the...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das The “Guru Gita” appears in the Skanda Purana as a dialogue between Sri Siva and Parvati-devi. Excerpts are included here to increase everyone’s appreciation of, gratitude...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das This simple post is a wonderful reminder of all the beautiful, loving qualities that arise in a heart purified by Krishna bhakti bhajan. May we all...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Confusion has arisen regarding which fingers to use while chanting Hare Krishna Nama or Diksa Mantras. The clear truth is found in Hari Bhakti Vilasa as...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Yes, there are and yes there are no rules in chanting Hare Krishna nama japa! In Siksastaka (2), Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, “In each of His...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das The following question was recently posed by one Brahmin: “What is the difference between formally accepting diksa from a Guru, and just accepting a Guru within...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Serving Vaisnavas with love and humility destroys the disease of lust and envy. Giving to Vaisnavas destroys the disease of greed. Praising Vaisnavas destroys the disease...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Sri Ramanuja Acarya appeared in 1017 A.D. near Madras, South India in a family of Vedic scholars. Sri Vaisnavas say he was an incarnation of Laksmana....
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Srimad Bhagavatam is called the “king of all spiritual books” (Grantha Raja) for good reason. Within this tri-guna-free, immaculate and divine spiritual sastra, the amala purana,...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Srimad Bhagavatam is known as the “king of all spiritual books” (Grantha Raja) for good reason. Within this divinely immaculate, tri-guna-free, spiritual sastra, the amalapurana, one...
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Sometimes we hear someone say, “O so and so is self-realized” which is the goal of all spiritual practices. But exactly what does it mean to...
