Jagat

Part I : Tirtha, Kshetra, Dhama Part II : Pilgrimage to Puri in the 19th Century Part III : Gaudiya Vaishnava Pilgrimage How a Gaudiya Vaishnava performs pilgrimage In a 1967 article about the Chaitanya Gaudiya Math pilgrimage to Jagannath Puri, Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Maharaj summarized the speech given by His Divine Grace Bhakti Dayita Madhava Maharaja to the assembled devotees on the first evening of their arrival at Dudhwala Dharma Shala: According to our most worshipable Srila Prabhupada’s teachings, performing the Dham parikrama is a way in which a devotee can easily practice the five most powerful acts of devotional service: associating with devotees, chanting the Holy Name, hearing the Bhagavatam, residing in Mathura (or the Holy Dham) and serving the deity form of the Lord. sādhu saṅga nāma kīrtana bhāgavata śravaṇa mathurā vāsa śrīmūrtira śraddhāya sevana sakala sādhana śreṣṭha ei pañca aṅga kṛṣṇa prema janmāya ei pāṅcera alpa saṅga eka aṅga sādhe keha...

Srutakirti Das, Jayapataka Swami, Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Tamal Krishna Goswami, Bhavananda Swami (photo from ca. 1976) Jayadharma Prabhu revived this Facebook note from March 2010, but as the intro makes clear, these were written in 2002. Please bear that in mind. I could not find any of this on the blog, so I just repost it here without further comment. It seems strangely relevant. Anyway, I am backposting to March 2010, but sharing it today. (9/6/2019) Some friends have asked me about recent statements I made to Isa Das in response to his claim that Iskcon had no bhakti and no sat-sanga, etc. In case people make the improbable claim that I favour Iskcon over Narayan Maharaj or indeed have any favouritism towards any branch of the Gaudiya Math, I am posting a number of articles written many years ago on various forums. Bear in mind that they were written eight years ago and I may have a slightly different point of view now, or the people named ha...