Gaura Trayodasi

  • Mātsarya - Envy

    by Śrīla Saccidānanda Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura

    The word mātsarya is used with different meanings in different contexts. Among its various meanings we find ‘enviousness of others’ good-fortune’, ‘distressed because of their success’, ‘malice’ and ‘jealousy’. Wherever the word mātsarya has been used in the Vaiṣṇava scriptures, it refers to that mood which is adverse to prema (pure love).

  • Relinquishing the Desire for Pratiṣṭhā

    by Śrīla Saccidānanda Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura

    To the degree that we endeavour to develop ourselves spiritually, to become religious, to maintain a renounced life, and to deliberate on and discuss jñāna, we desire our own honour and distinction (pratiṣṭhā). This desire contaminates our hearts and pollutes our characters. Although we make a great effort to control lust, anger, greed, illusion and envy, and although we perform severe austerities to control the senses, concealed within our hearts the desire for pratiṣṭhā, in the form of a wild infant animal, continues to grow...

  • Ṭhākura Bhaktivinoda – A Speciality of His Vāṇī

    by ŚrīlaBhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

    Glorification of the exalted ācārya on his disappearance day The inclination to remember Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in the mode of separation The sat-cit-ānanda vastu is the truly abiding substance composed of pure eternal reality, cognizance and bliss. If sat-cit-ānanda vastu remains hidden from our view, from the ordinary people of this plane, we will not be able to conceive...

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