Characteristics of Bona Fide Guru

Śrī Viśwanāth Chakravarty Ṭhākur, in his commentary, has given a clue to the bona fide neophyte aspirants to recognize guru by one external quality—a bona fide guru is not subdued by passions— anger, greed etc. Of course, a realized soul can use the passions for the service of the Supreme Lord and for the eternal benefit of conditioned souls, but he can never be subjugated by them.

Śrī Sanātana Gosvami

Rati-mañjarī, who was previously very dear to Rūpa-mañjarī and was also known by some wise persons as Lavaṅga-mañjarī, has become the worshipable Sanātana Gosvāmī, he is non-different from Gaura Himself.

Chaturmasya-vrata

This article describes the rules and regulations for observing chaturmasya-vrata and its importance.

Guru Purnima

Srila Gurudev initially sings the glories of his most beloved Gurudev, remembering his extraordinary personality and how the impossible became possible just by the influence of his presence. He then sings the glories of Krishna Dvaipayan Vedvyas Muni and Sanatan Goswami and narrates important teachings from their lives.