Category Archives: Spiritual Master

Rittvik is Not a Quick Fix

Not merely a mechanical process Rittvik is not a quick fix. Just buying a telephone is not enough. One must actually open an account with the telephone company and be connected to the telephone central; otherwise the telephone is nothing … more

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Hierarch, Hierarchy & You

A place for everyone in Srila Prabhupada’s mission Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur was the last Hierarch or Acharya, and those in his service were placed by him in a hierarchy called the Gaudiya Math. But failing to carry out his … more

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Thakur Bhaktivinode

“Those who pretend to recognize the Divine Mission of Thakur Bhaktivinode without aspiring to the unconditional service of those pure souls who really follow the teachings of the Thakur… only deceive themselves and their willing victims by their hypocritical professions … more

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Gopimania

Originally published in 1993 in an edition of the Inside Nam Hatta newsletter Take Srila Prabhupada out of the equation—who will be left?

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Srila Prabhupada, His Movement & You

Dedicated to my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Acharya of the Brahma-Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampradaya, Founder-Acharya of the Hare Krishna Movement “He lives forever by his divine instructions, and the follower lives with him.”

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The Spiritual Master: Emissary of the Supreme Person

first published in Back to Godhead magazine, No 38, 1970 Guru-krishna-kripaya paya bhakti-lata bija. (Chaitanya-caritamrita) His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Srila Prabhupada, once said that religion without philosophy is fanaticism and philosophy without religion is mental speculation. For a … more

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