Essays

One Caste

Essay published by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati in the weekly magazine “Gaudiya” In the ancient times there only one caste lived in India called hamsa. They were yogis, devotees of the Lord, […]

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Batasur – 1932

Published in a 1932 edition of The Harmonist (Sree Sajjanatoshani) Batasur is one of the demons slain by the Boy-Krishna. He represents evils that are peculiar to boyhood. The neophyte […]

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The Killing of Putana – 1932

Published in a May 1932 edition of The Harmonist (Sree Sajjanatoshani) The first act of New-born Infant Krishna recorded by the Bhagabatam is the slaying of the demoness Putana. The […]

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The Serpent Kaliya – 1932

The following essay was printed in the May 1932 edition of The Harmonist, or Sree Sajjanatoshani. There is a beautiful lake of very sweet water in the Yamuna, which bears […]

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‘Vaisnava Ke’

Vaisnava ke? – by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura 1) dusta mana! tumi kiser vaisnava? pratisthar tare, nirjaner ghare, tava ‘hari nama’ kevala ‘kaitava’ O, wicked mind! What kind of Vaisnava […]

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Vaishnavism — Real And Apparent

Foreword in the First Edition by Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada (3rd August, 1926) This brochure contains the essence of true Vaishnavism as revealed in the Vedas, the Upanishads, […]

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