Writings: Guru-tattva

The Meaning of Surrender to Krishna

The Meaning of Surrender to Krishna
Swami B.G. Narasingha
Sep 19 2023 - Krishna Talk 246
To surrender to Kṛṣṇa directly, to surrender to the Holy Name, that is very difficult, almost impossible and not very pleasing to Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa has no necessity of that. However, there is a necessity to serve a Vaiṣṇava, to serve the representatives, Kṛṣṇa’s intimate devotees. That is an... » more

Śrī Guru Ārati

Swami B.V. Yati
Aug 23 2022 - Article

The Necessity of the Guru God-brother Relationship

The Necessity of the Guru God-brother Relationship
Jayadeva Gosvami Dasa
Apr 23 2022 - Krishna Talk 241
Most of us generally learn the basics of spiritual activities and conceptions from the older disciples of the Guru. Therein exists a hierarchy based on experience and realization. At some point direct association and possibly personal training comes from the Guru himself, but this actually turns... » more

Initiation and Beyond

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Feb 5 2022 - Krishna Talk 239
Initiation is a noble prospect that you are put in connection with. But so much will have to come from our side, the disciple, in order to progress. » more

The Legacy

Swami B.B. Vishnu
Oct 12 2021 - Krishna Talk 238
Śrīla Prabhupāda has written that, “Satisfaction of the self realized spiritual master is the secret of success in spiritual life.” In essence, this refers to service that is known to be what the spiritual master desires, wherever and whenever it is performed. » more

Initiation into Spritual Life

Sarasvati Thakura
Oct 4 2021 - Krishna Talk 237
The good preceptor although he appears to belong to this world is not really of this world. No one who belongs to this world can deliver us from worldliness. The good preceptor is a denizen of the spiritual world who has been enabled by the will of God to appear in this world in order to enable us... » more

The Divine Intervention of Sri Nityananda Prabhu

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Feb 25 2021 - Krishna Talk 229
If someone says I accept the divinity of Mahāprabhu but not the divinity of Nityānanda Prabhu, then he is a philosopher of this half-hen philosophy. The whole thing is spoiled. So from Nityānanda Prabhu, our fortune begins. » more

Mahāprabhu as Prabhupāda

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Feb 4 2020 - Krishna Talk 224
Prabhupāda is not a title applicable only to Śrīla A. C. Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda or even to only Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda. » more

A Few Words on the Rasa of Srila Prabhupada and the ‘Suicide Squad’

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Mar 17 2019 - Krishna Talk 219
Such intimacies are better kept secret - not to be told here and there and certainly not to be forced upon others. » more

Srila Puri Maharaja's Pranama Mantra

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Oct 12 2018 - Krishna Talk 218
Uddhava said the gopis were the greatest devotees of Krsna. Similarly, in his adult life, Srila Puri Maharaja carried the message of krsna-bhakti to the world. » more

Srila Prabhupada – in a Class by Himself…?

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Sep 4 2018 - Krishna Talk 217
He is not in a class by himself – he is in the top class of the servants of the Lord, who live eternally in the Lord’s company » more

Big Fish in a Small Pond

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Jun 16 2018 - Krishna Talk 213
If Srila Tirtha Maharaja had actually accepted our Guru Maharaja’s request back in 1965, then there would be no ISKCON! » more

My Diksa & Siksa-Gurus

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Jun 13 2018 - Krishna Talk 212
I received hari-nama from Srila B.P. Puri Maharaja, gayatri from Srila B.R. Sridhara Maharaja and sannyasa from Srila Prabhupada » more

Гуру-падашрая

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Jun 10 2018 - Krishna Talk 211
«Кому я служу? Находясь под чьей ашрайей (защитой), я читаю и слушаю хари-катху?» Чтение шастр без ашрайи нашего гуру является поиском знаний и не увеличивает бхакти. » more

Guru-padasraya

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Jun 10 2018 - Krishna Talk 211
“Who am I serving? Under who's asraya am I reading and hearing hari-katha?” Reading sastra without asraya of our guru is knowledge-seeking » more

Diksa & Siksa

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Jun 7 2018 - Krishna Talk 209
There are probably 100 initiating gurus in the Hare Krsna movement, but a vast majority of them are simply institutional gurus » more

Наставляя Гуру

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Apr 7 2018 - Krishna Talk 207
Kак мы должны понимать то, что ученица, получается, наставляет её гуру? » more

Instructing the Guru

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Apr 7 2018 - Krishna Talk 207
How are we to understand that a disciple appears to be instructing her guru? » more

A Second Letter – From Disciple to Guru

Apr 5 2018 - Krishna Talk 206
We present another recent letter from a Vaisnavi who has also written to an ISCON guru about the inspiration that she has felt reading the words of Srila Sridhara Maharaja. » more

A Letter – From Disciple to Guru

Apr 3 2018 - Krishna Talk 205
The following is a letter written by a disciple to her guru in ISCON regarding Srila Sridhara Maharaja. » more

Change, Change, Change!

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Apr 2 2018 - Krishna Talk 204
It seems that the conditioned souls of this world are infected with the disease of ‘change’ – addicted to changing everything—change, change, change! » more

Srila Swami Maharaja's Attainment of the Dust of Vraja

Swami B.P. Puri
Oct 21 2017 - Krishna Talk 199
At first, he went to New York City via Boston and started preaching the holy name with the accompaniment of mrdanga at Tompkins Square Park. Slowly, good people became attracted to his mission in large numbers. » more

The Disappearance of Srila Sridhara Maharaja

Swami B.P. Puri
Jul 22 2017 - Krishna Talk 198
Today we are also immersed in an ocean of sorrow after losing one of the most worshippable associates of Prabhupada. His position cannot be filled in any way. » more

Srila Prabhupada Lila-Smarana-Mangala-Stotram

Swami B.G. Narasingha
Nov 18 2015 - Krishna Talk 194
Todas las glorias a Su Divina Gracia A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Él siempre está acompañado de sus asociados servidores, su naturaleza interna es como el néctar más dulce y externamente aparece como la valentía personificada. » more

Srila Prabhupada Lila-Smarana-Mangala-Stotram & Purport

Srila Prabhupada
Swami B.G. Narasingha
Nov 18 2015 - Krishna Talk 194
Let us always remember our Divine Master, His Divine Grace, as an eternal servant and resident of the eternal pastimes of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda. » more