Rupanuga Bhajan Ashram Writings
In this article, "Māyāvāda and Buddhism - Are They One and the Same?" Swami B.V. Giri tells the history of Māyāvāda stemming from Śiva and how various ācāryas of different philosophical schools consider māyāvāda to be non-different from atheistic Buddhism.
In the following public lecture by Śrīla B.G. Narasiṅgha Mahārāja on the occasion of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī, given on August 22nd 2011, Narasiṅgha Mahārāja gives a synopsis of the events leading up to the appearance of Śrī Kṛṣna.
The following is an excerpt from a questions and answers session with Śrīla Narasingha Mahārāja on the occasion of Baladeva Pūrṇīmā on 16th August 2008.
In the following discourse Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja explains that one who is in the service of full-fledged theism, whatever inspiration comes in them, for the service of preaching that truth, that is more valuable than the Upaniṣads, Vedas, and other revealed scripture.
In "Anādi (For Advanced Philosophers" Śrīla Śrīdhara Deva Gosvāmī Mahārāja gives a synopsis of how the jīvātmā appears in this material world and explains the true meaning of the word anādi (beginningless).
In this transcript which first appeared in Bengali in the 9th Volume of The Gauḍīya, published on 18th April 1931, Śrīla Sarasvatī Ṭhākura explains the duty of a Vaiṣṇava householder in relation to hari-bhajana. This article was translated into English by Swami B.V. Giri and Sanātana Dāsa.
In this article, "Paṇḍita Śrī Gadādhara Gosvāmī" Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja explains the unique position of Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita in relation to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This article was originally written in Bengali and published in Śrī Gauḍīya Darśana Vol.2, Number 1, 12th August 1956. It was translated into English by Swami B.V. Giri and Sanātana Dāsa.
In the following talk given by Śrīla B.G. Narasiṅgha Mahārāja on 20th January 2000 at Karighatta in South India, Mahārāja speaks about the knowledge found in Vedic civilisation and how it was centred around Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa.
“The Five Precepts of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu” is an article adapted from a class given on 4th December 2008 in Bangalore, India by Śrīla Narasiṅgha Mahārāja, in which he discusses the five main principles that a Vaiṣṇava must follow according to Mahāprabhu.
In this article "Envy” from Sajjana Toṣaṇi Vol.4, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura deliberates upon envy according to the Vaiṣṇava perspective as a direct competitor to divine love (prema) and the harm it does to a practicing devotee. This article was translated by Swami B.V. Giri and Sanātana Dāsa.