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 Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭami (A lecture delivered by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja on Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭami 18th August 1995 in Bhubaneswar, India.)    The Bhāgavata says, to hear this transcendental līlā-kāhāṇī of Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa is all-auspicious. If you hear with full faith and concentrated attention, all of the material contamination in your heart will be […]

In 1991 Śrī Śrīmad Gour Govinda Swami Mahārāja established  the annual Ratha-yātrā in Bhubaneswar, which is held at the same time and date as the Jagannātha Purī Ratha-yātrā. The locals come in the 10’s of thousands each year to attend this festival. He also fulfilled Srila Prabhupada’s desire for a magnificent Temple in Bhubaneswar where lord Śrī Śrī Jagannātha, Baladeva, and Subhadrā-devī give darshan to […]

The History of Lord Jagannātha’s Snāna-Yātrā Śrī Jagannātha Mahā-Bhāva-Prakāśa   An  evening lecture by Śrī Śrīmad Gour Govinda Swami Mahārāja, given on the 23rd June 1994, in Towaco, USA.   Today is Snāna-pūrṇimā, the auspicious full moon day of Lord Jagannātha’s snāna-yātrā, bathing ceremony. Jagannātha takes a public bath today. You may have seen in […]

The Greed of the Lord A lecture by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Bhubaneswar, India, March 17, 1992  on The Appearance Day of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu   This wonderful lecture was first published in the Back to Godhead Magazine # 27-02, 1993, and  is included in the book The Embankment of Separation published in 1996 by […]

Lord Nityānanda Trayodaśī Nityānanda Prabhu offers this pure love of Godhead, indiscriminately. It is pure love of Kṛṣṇa that is rarely obtained. He distributes this prema with two hands! Two hands! He never discriminates whether one is patita or pāmara, most degraded, qualified or not qualified. Brahmār durlabha prema, it is very difficult even on […]

The Holy Appearance Day of His Divine Grace  Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda Mahārāja When Nanda Maharaja is observing a great festival for the appearance day of his beloved son, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, that very day Kṛṣṇa’s very dear devotee, very intimate devotee, His own man, has appeared. What is the necessity of the Vaiṣṇavas coming here? Sādhu-vaiṣṇavas, […]

Painting © Vrindavan Das. Used with permission. Lord Balarāma  The Original Bhakta-Avatāra Evening lecture delivered by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja 21st August, 1994 in Barcelona, Spain   Today is a most auspicious day, the day that Lord Balarāma appeared. This morning we already discussed something about Lord Balarāma however I did not finish, […]