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Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā – Chapter 5 – The Pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura is a revolutionary treatise on Kṛṣṇa, His pastimes and His devotees. In the saṁhitā section of the text, he deals with the spiritual world, the potencies of Kṛṣṇa, His avatāras, His pastimes, and how the demons that Kṛṣṇa killed represent specific obstacles in the life of a devotee.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā – Chapter 4 – The Pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura is a revolutionary treatise on Kṛṣṇa, His pastimes and His devotees. In the saṁhitā section of the text, he deals with the spiritual world, the potencies of Kṛṣṇa, His avatāras, His pastimes, and how the demons that Kṛṣṇa killed represent specific obstacles in the life of a devotee.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā – Chapter 3 – Descriptions of the Lord’s Incarnations
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura is a revolutionary treatise on Kṛṣṇa, His pastimes and His devotees. In the saṁhitā section of the text, he deals with the spiritual world, the potencies of Kṛṣṇa, His avatāras, His pastimes, and how the demons that Kṛṣṇa killed represent specific obstacles in the life of a devotee.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā – Chapter 2 – Descriptions of the Lord’s Energies
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura is a revolutionary treatise on Kṛṣṇa, His pastimes and His devotees. In the saṁhitā section of the text, he deals with the spiritual world, the potencies of Kṛṣṇa, His avatāras, His pastimes, and how the demons that Kṛṣṇa killed represent specific obstacles in the life of a devotee.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā – Chapter 1 – Descriptions of Vaikuṇṭha
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura is a revolutionary treatise on Kṛṣṇa, His pastimes and His devotees. In the saṁhitā section of the text, he deals with the spiritual world, the potencies of Kṛṣṇa, His avatāras, His pastimes, and how the demons that Kṛṣṇa killed represent specific obstacles in the life of a devotee.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā – Introduction Part 3
The Introduction to Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā by Bhaktivinoda discusses the philosophy and development of Indian religion from a historical and geographical viewpoint.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā – Introduction Part 2
The Introduction to Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā by Bhaktivinoda discusses the philosophy and development of Indian religion from a historical and geographical viewpoint.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā – Introduction Part 1
The Introduction to Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā by Bhaktivinoda discusses the philosophy and development of Indian religion from a historical and geographical viewpoint.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā – Preface
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura is a revolutionary treatise on Kṛṣṇa, His pastimes and His devotees.
The Poriade – Adventures of Porus
The Poriade - Adventures of Porus by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura was a poem in classical English about the wanderings of Porus (Puru), who fought Alexander the Great in the pre-Christian era. The Ṭhākura had planned to write a twelve-part series, but this was never completed. He only managed to complete two books. At present, only the first book is available from the British Library.
Mātsarya (Envy)
In this article "Mātsarya (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.
Deliberation on the Methodology of Sādhu-saṅga
In this article 'Deliberation on the Methodology of Sādhu-saṅga', originally published in Śrī Sajjana-toṣaṇī in 1917, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains the necessity of associating with sādhus (Sādhu-saṅga), as well as the necessity of recognising who is a sādhu.
A dispute about Śrī Śrī Mahāprabhu (Śrī Śrī Māhāprabhura Sambandhe Vitarka)
This article Śrī Śrīman Mahāprabhura Sambandhe Vitarka (A Dispute about Śrī Śrī Mahāprabhu) was first published Sajjana Toṣaṇī Vol 4, Issue 1 in 1892 and deals with the doubts created by certain caste-gosvāmīs on the validity of the gaura-mantra, and the necessity of fasting on the appearance day of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Dainya (Humility)
In this Bengali article Dainya (Humility), Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura stresses the need for humility in nāma-sādhana, the practice of chanting the Holy Name.
Vaiṣṇava Nindā (Offences to Devotees)
In Vaiṣṇava Nindā (Offences to Devotees), Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura describes the different categories of jīvas and Vaiṣṇavas and explains the dangers of committing offences to them.