Narendra: Brother Devendra! The scriptural statements and reasoning you are presenting seem to be true, yet my mind hesitates to abandon my previously held belief. I have heard that some great personalities have shown that by worshipping Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, Kālī, Durgā, Śiva, Gaṇeśa, Allah, Christ, a grinding stone, etc., one

Conversation Between Two Friends – Part Three (Originally published in Volume 4, Issue 10 of Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, after page 398) [Translator’s note: The parenthesized question marks – “(?)” – that appear throughout serve the same function as scare quotes, showing the author’s sarcasm or incredulous dismay or doubtfulness of a word’

💡Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya-patrikā, Year 4 (1952–53), Issue 10 (15/12/1952), page 395–398: “Can you not attain Bhagavān by calling out to Him in your mind?” This statement of yours clearly reveals what is in your heart. It makes it clear that you are either embarrassed

Our worshipful Paramagurudeva, Nitya-līlā-praviṣṭa Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja, launched Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā in March of 1949, reviving Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda's Gauḍīya magazine. From the very beginning, listed as "associate editors" were Paramagurudeva's beloved trio of

(Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, Year 4, Issue 3 (14/5/1952), pages 111–116. Originally titled "Dui Bandhura Ālāpa.") Two childhood friends, Devendra and Narendra, were sitting next to each other on the bank of the Jāhnavī [Gaṅgā] in the evening. She of sanctifying waters, Jāhnavī Devī,