Praṇamāmi Guru Tīrtha Padaṁ

Dear Srila Guru Maharaj, I am offering my full obeisances to Your Lotus Feet. By the mercy of the approaching day of your appearance, I could see suddenly a speck of desire in my mind to give you some happiness by begging for a gift of service to you. My heart of insufficient faith needs your support so much!  "A sincere soul can never be cheated," You always say. These words are like a  bright light in the dark tunnel of my heart. For one who has been accustomed for so long to cheating himself, it is so difficult to obtain sincerity, and it's not easy even to ask about it. Yet, I can ask it from you, because my small faith prompts me to.  Dear Guru Maharaj, please give me the sincerity of service to you. Your unworthy disciple, Advaya Jnana das (Voronezh, Russia)

  大古鲁颂 （1）一钵即生涯，（2）随缘度岁华。 （3）是山皆有寺，（4）何处不为家。 （5）执杖飞寰宇，（6）足香圣地花。 （7）荣耀遍三界，（8）恩慈洒天涯。 The glories of Srila Gurudeva: （1) One danda is His life. （2) He stays at ease under all circumstances; （3) If there is mountain, there must have temple, （4) Where is not His home? （5) Holding danda, He traveled around the world, （6) His lotus feet make the flowers in the holy dhama fragrant;    (7) His glories spread in the three worlds,    (8) His mercy spreads throughout the whole universe （9）青山不墨千秋画， （10）流水无弦万古琴。 （11）大爱希声红尘动， （12）隠迹无语寰宇惊。 (9) A green mountain is a beautiful picture without having been painted; (10) A flowing river is a musical instrument without a string; (11) Sri Guru’s universal divine love is so deep a...

I reflect on how the devotees and disciples of HDG Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Gosvami Maharaj were united in Sankirtana of the holy names of the Lord and recitations of Lord's pastimes with His devotees from scriptures like Srimad Bhagavata Purana and Chaitanya Bhagavata etc. With intense devotion, crying out from their hearts and with intense love of their Gurudev, they are calling out to Lord Hari and the previous Acaryas through Kirtan and prayers. 
 Shri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math in Kolkata presided over by their Lordships Shri Shri Radha Nayana Nath jiu is verily non different from Shri Shrivas Angan wherein Shri Shri Gadadhara Gauranga preside over the late night's Sankirtana! 
 With pain in my heart, I am remembering those sweet moments I had with Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Gosvami Maharaj and those divine darshans with him, his beautiful and timely instructions for me. Those darshans were kindly arranged by his disciples over the years. 
 Just as Shri Rupa Gosvami...

Dear Vaishnavas of Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Matha, Please accept our humble obeisances! All glories to Sri-Sri Guru and Gauranga! With deep grief the Vaishnavas of Russian ISKCON accepted the news about the departure of such a distinguished acharya, Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaja. He was, by right, one of the most outstanding Vaishnavas among the second generation of the disciples of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura. Together with the Vaishnavas of the Math, we are sad and thankful to God for the opportunity to get His endless mercy through the servants of His holy name. The Russian land once was blessed by the visit of Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaja who amazed everyone who was lucky to meet him by his humility, sincerity, and purity. His life and his departure once again remind us about the all-uniting nature of Lord Chaitanya's message, of how much today's materialistic society needs the knowledge about the Personality of Godhead, immortality of the ...