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Here you will find all the latest posts on the Bhaktivinoda Institute in the form of Articles, Book Chapters, Songs & Poems etc.
Bhajana Rahasya – Chapter 5
Bhajana Rahasya is a supplement to his Hari-nāma-cintāmaṇi. The text has eight chapters corresponding with the verses of Śrī Caitanya’s Śikṣāṣṭakam.
Bhajana Rahasya – Chapter 4
Bhajana Rahasya is a supplement to his Hari-nāma-cintāmaṇi. The text has eight chapters corresponding with the verses of Śrī Caitanya’s Śikṣāṣṭakam.
Bhajana Rahasya – Chapter 3
Bhajana Rahasya is a supplement to his Hari-nāma-cintāmaṇi. The text has eight chapters corresponding with the verses of Śrī Caitanya’s Śikṣāṣṭakam.
Sva-niyama Dvādaśakam
‘Svaniyama Dvādaśakam,’ composed in 1907, is the last work written by Bkaktivinoda Ṭhākura before he took bābājī-veśa and engaged in nirjana-bhajana. This composition is based upon the ten prayers of Śrīla Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī entitled ‘Svaniyama Daśakam.’ The work of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura is a daily meditation upon the things that are favourable and unfavourable for vraja-bhajana. The thirteenth verse, or phala-śruti, gives the faithful reader the blessing of attaining Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa in Vraja.
Bhakta Manovedanā (The Anguish of a Devotee)
In this short editorial, Bhakta Manovedanā (The Anguish of a Devotee) published in Sajjana Toṣaṇī, Vol.10, issue 7 in 1899. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura decries the killing of animals in Jagannātha Purī, especially monkeys, and laments the local governments decision to build a latrine next to the sacred temple of Lord Jagannātha.
Dharmāḍhambara (A Display of Religion)
Dharmāḍhambara (A Display of Religion) was a short article published in Sajjana Toṣaṇī, Vol.9, issue 4 in 1897. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura targets those persons who make an external show of religion and briefly explains the verse ‘nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema’ from Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
Bhajana Rahasya – Chapter 2
Bhajana Rahasya is a supplement to his Hari-nāma-cintāmaṇi. The text has eight chapters corresponding with the verses of Śrī Caitanya’s Śikṣāṣṭakam.
Muṣṭi-bhikṣā (Begging Alms)
Muṣṭi-bhikṣā (Begging Alms) was first published in Sajjana Toṣaṇī, Vol. 6, issue 3 in 1894. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains the system of begging for alms from householders and how it has become degraded.
Kārttika-vrata
In Kārttika-vrata, published in the 7th issue of the 10th volume of Sajjana Toṣaṇī in 1899, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura briefly explains the rules observed during the month of Kārttika.
Bhajana Rahasya – Chapter 1
Bhajana Rahasya was written by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in 1902 as a supplement to his Hari-nāma-cintāmaṇi. The text has eight chapters corresponding with the eight verses of Śrī Caitanya’s Śikṣāṣṭakam and each chapter is to be read during three hour periods during twenty-four hours. Each chapter also explains one of the eight divisions of the process of bhakti according to Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. Each Sanskrit verse that Bhaktivinoda quotes is accompanied by his own Bengali verse translation.
Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma Māhātmya – Chapter Eighteen
Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma Māhātmya was composed by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in 1890. This work consists of 18 chapters of Bengali verse wherein Bhaktivinoda describes Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu taking a young Jīva Gosvāmī on a pilgrimage of the nine islands of Navadvīpa-dhāma, and describing the various pastimes that occurred in those holy places. Preluding the actual text is a Sanskrit prayer of 20 verses composed by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s called Śrīman Navadvīpa-dhāma Vandanā.
Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma Māhātmya – Chapter Seventeen
Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma Māhātmya was composed by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in 1890. This work consists of 18 chapters of Bengali verse wherein Bhaktivinoda describes Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu taking a young Jīva Gosvāmī on a pilgrimage of the nine islands of Navadvīpa-dhāma, and describing the various pastimes that occurred in those holy places. Preluding the actual text is a Sanskrit prayer of 20 verses composed by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s called Śrīman Navadvīpa-dhāma Vandanā.
Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma Māhātmya – Chapter Sixteen
Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma Māhātmya was composed by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in 1890. This work consists of 18 chapters of Bengali verse wherein Bhaktivinoda describes Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu taking a young Jīva Gosvāmī on a pilgrimage of the nine islands of Navadvīpa-dhāma, and describing the various pastimes that occurred in those holy places. Preluding the actual text is a Sanskrit prayer of 20 verses composed by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s called Śrīman Navadvīpa-dhāma Vandanā.
Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma Māhātmya – Chapter Fifteen
Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma Māhātmya was composed by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in 1890. This work consists of 18 chapters of Bengali verse wherein Bhaktivinoda describes Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu taking a young Jīva Gosvāmī on a pilgrimage of the nine islands of Navadvīpa-dhāma, and describing the various pastimes that occurred in those holy places. Preluding the actual text is a Sanskrit prayer of 20 verses composed by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s called Śrīman Navadvīpa-dhāma Vandanā.