Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura states that according to the Buddhist cult there are two ways of understanding philosophy. One is called Hīnāyāna, and the other is called Mahāyānaā. Along the Buddhist path there are
In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (180) Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī is described to be the gopī named Śrī Rūpa-mañjarī. In the Bhakti-ratnākara there is a list of the books Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī compiled. Of all his books,
In the Padma Purāṇa, the characteristics of the guru, the bona fide spiritual master, have been described: mahā-bhāgavata-śreṣṭhobrāhmaṇo vai gurur nṛṇāmsarveṣām eva lokānāmasau pūjyo
There are different stages of devotional service and God realization. Strictly speaking, anyone who accepts the existence of God is situated in devotional service.
TRANSLATION Rudra, who is an expansion of Sadāśiva and who appears in unlimited universes, is also a guṇāvatāra [qualitative incarnation] and is the ornament
TRANSLATION There are offenses to be considered while chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Therefore simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa one does not become ecstatic.
TRANSLATION “Because a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa is desireless, he is peaceful. Fruitive workers desire material enjoyment, jñānīs desire liberation, and yogīs desire material
The following injunction is given in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (1.194): tāntrikeṣu ca mantreṣudīkṣāyāṁ yoṣitām apisādhvīnām adhikāro ‘stiśūdrādīnāṁ ca sad-dhiyām “Śūdras and women who are chaste