Prajalpa (Idle speech)
This article "Prajalpa (Idle speech)" is the third in a series of articles published in the 10th Volume of Sajjana Toṣaṇī which deals with the six things that are favourable to bhakti and the six things that are unfavourable according to the second and third verses of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Upadeśāmṛta. This third article deals with Prajalpa - Idle speech and the different types of jalpana (talks) - what sort of talk is favorable for bhakti, and what is unfavourable.
Prayāsa (Over endeavouring)
This article "Prayāsa (Over-endeavouring)" is the second of a series of articles published in the 10th Volume of Sajjana Toṣaṇī which deals with the six things that are favourable to bhakti and the six things that are unfavourable according to the second and third verses of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Upadeśāmṛta. This second article deals with Prayāsa – Over-endeavouring and how it can become a serious obstacle to the free flow of bhakti.
Atyāhāra (Overeating or collecting too much)
This article "Atyāhāra (Overeating or collecting too much)" is the first of a series of articles published in the 10th Volume of Sajjana Toṣaṇī which deals with the six things that are favourable to bhakti and the six things that are unfavourable according to the second and third verses of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Upadeśāmṛta. This first article deals with atyāhara - overeating or collecting too much.
Vaiṣṇava Sevā (Service to the Devotees)
"Vaiṣṇava Sevā (Service to the Devotees)" was first published in the 7th Volume of Sajjana Toṣaṇī in 1894, wherein the Thākura stresses the importance of serving the Vaiṣṇavas, but also explains what real service and so-called ‘service’ is.
Śrī Guru Bhakti (Devotion to Śrī Guru)
In "Śrī Guru Bhakti (Devotion to Śrī Guru)" from the 11th Volume of Sajjana Toṣaṇi, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura explains details on guru-tattva, the necessity for the jīva to accept a guru, and serving the guru with devotion, care and determination.
Sādhana
Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura writes about how the process of sādhana is necessary for increasing one’s thirst to attain the Supreme, in this article first published in 1899, in the 11th Volume of Sajjana Toṣaṇī.
Sad-guṇa and Bhakti
Sad-guṇa and Bhakti was first published in 1893, in Volume 5 of Sajjana Toṣaṇī, this article describes the many auspicious qualities found in the personality of a Vaiṣṇava, and Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura points out how all such qualities naturally appear wherever bhakti is found.
Pratiṣṭhāśa Parivarjana (Desire for Name and Fame)
In this article "Pratiṣṭhāśa Parivarjana (Desire for Name and Fame)" from 1896, first published in the 8th Volume of Sajjana Toṣaṇī, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura describes the dangers of pratiṣṭḥāśā (the desire for name and fame) and the necessity for all serious sādhakas to uproot this tendency.
The Society of Śrī Gaurāṅga (Śrī Gaurāṅga Samāja)
In this article "Śrī Gaurāṅga Samāja (The Society of Śrī Gaurāṅga)" from the 10th volume of Sajjana Toṣaṇī, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura deliberates upon what is the actual society of Śrī Gaurāṅga and explains the true meaning of iṣṭa-goṣṭhi according to Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
Pañca Saṁskāra (The Process of Initiation)
This article about pañca-saṁskāra (the process of initiation) in the Gauḍīya sampradāya was originally published in Sajjana Toṣaṇī, (vol. 2.1) in 1885.