Хронология по югам
Притху Махарадж обнаруживает сияние из-под земли и создаёт кунду
Pṛthu Mahārāja, the ideal emperor, implemented Daivī-varṇāśrama-dharma and developed agriculture. When workers leveled the land, they saw light...
Нарада Муни и царь Суварна Сена — пробуждение от материального сна
In Satya-yuga, King Suvarna Sena, though old, could not stop his karmic activities of accumulating wealth. By great fortune, Narada Muni visited and...
Видение Гауранги во сне и обещание служения
After Narada's departure, the king fell asleep and saw Gauranga Mahaprabhu dancing with Gadadhara and Nityananda in beautiful kirtana. Upon waking,...
Аскезы Хираньякашипу и благословения Брахмы
Enraged by the death of his brother Hiranyaksha, Hiranyakashipu performed severe austerities on Mount Mandara with raised arms, without food, sleep...
Прахлада в утробе: слушание Харикатхи от Нарады Муни
While Hiranyakashipu performed austerities, the demigods wanted to kill his pregnant wife Kayadu, but Narada Muni stopped them, explaining that a...
Наставления Прахлада отцу о девяти ангах бхакти
Hiranyakashipu twice sat his son on his lap and asked what he had learned. The first time Prahlada called for renouncing material life and taking...
Попытки убить Прахлада и его неуязвимость
Hiranyakashipu repeatedly tried to kill Prahlada: poisoned him (Krishna drank the poison and left mahaprasad), threw him under elephants (they were...
Явление Нрисимхадева из колонны
Hiranyakashipu asked if God was in the pillar. Prahlada saw Nrisimhadeva who smiled and winked at him. Hiranyakashipu raised his sword — the pillar...
Благословения Прахлада и молитва Брахмы
Nrisimhadeva offered Prahlada any benedictions. Prahlada refused, saying he is not a businessman. Then asked: 1) purity of heart (Nrisimhadeva said...
Прахлада проповедует мальчикам-демонам
When teachers left for lunch, Prahlada called the boys to stop playing and gave them instructions in bhakti: take shelter of guru, worship Krishna in...
Спасение Маркандеи Риши коровой Сурабхи
Markandeya Rishi, blessed by Shiva to live for seven kalpas, found himself in the ocean of universal devastation. For thousands of years he struggled...
Нисхождение Ганги и Джахну Риши, проглотивший реку
The 60,000 sons of Sagara Mahārāja were destroyed for vaiṣṇava-aparādha toward Kapila Ṛṣi. Their descendants performed severe austerities to bring...
Три рождения Джая и Виджая как асуров
The Catursanas offered Jaya and Vijaya a choice: seven births as devotees or three births as demons. They chose three births as demons to return to...
Даршан Варахадева брахману Васудеве в Сатья-югу
In Satya-yuga, young brahmana Vasudeva performed yajnas and prayed to Varahadeva for darshana. The Lord appeared in a huge beautiful Boar form with...
Брахма творит Веды в Видьянагаре
During secondary creation (visarga), Brahmā observed the ocean of destruction and prayed to the Lord. Sarasvatī manifested from his tongue, and the...
Шива даёт благословение мудрецам на Билва-пакше
Brahmanas worshipped Shiva for two weeks with bilva tree leaves at Bilva-paksha. Shiva, pleased, appeared and offered any blessing. The sages asked:...
Посвящение Нимбарки четверыми Кумарами
Following Shiva's direction, Nimbarka found the four Kumaras in the forest — they appeared as four-year-old children, unclothed, with shaved heads,...
Даршан Радхи-Кришны и явление формы Гауранги Нимбарке
After initiation, Nimbarka began practicing and soon received darshana of Radha and Krishna. Krishna appeared like a fresh thundercloud, with...
Ганга-деви останавливается в Навадвипе
Bhagīratha Mahārāja was guiding the Ganges on his chariot to his ancestors' ashes. In Navadvīpa, Gaṅgādevī stopped, explaining it was the month of...
Бхарадваджа Риши в Ганга-Нагаре
Bhāradvāja Ṛṣi — a descendant of Brahmā (through Aṅgirasa and Bṛhaspati), author of the sixth maṇḍala of the Ṛg Veda, student of Vālmīki. He lived in...
Притху Махарадж совершает 100 ашвамедха-ягий и получает даршан Нараяны
Pṛthu Mahārāja successfully completed 99 aśvamedha-yajñas. At the 100th, Indra, out of envy (mātsarya), disguised himself as a sannyāsī and tried to...
Наставления Санат Кумара царю Притху о развязывании узла в сердце
The Supreme Lord asked the four Kumāras to visit Pṛthu. The king, despite his position, washed their feet, seated them on āsanas and sat at their...
Господь Рамачандра открывает Сите тайну Гаура-лилы
During their forest exile, Ramachandra, Sita and Lakshmana came to Modadrumadvipa. Under the banyan tree, Rama smiled, and Sita asked the reason. He...
Два оскорбления Ситы перед Лакшманом
When Lakshmana brought Sita to the ashram on Rama's order, she acknowledged two offenses. First, on her wedding night she drove Lakshmana away when...
Изгнание Ситы и рождение Лавы и Куши
Rama, for the sake of following kingly dharma, was forced to send pregnant Sita to Valmiki's ashram. There she gave birth to two sons — Lava and...
Лава и Куша поют Рамаяну на ягье
At the great sacrifice in Naimisharanya, two beautiful brahmacharis — Lava and Kusha — sang the Ramayana. Everyone was captivated by their beauty....
Исчезновение Ситы в земле
At the royal assembly, Sita folded her hands and prayed: if even in dreams she had thought of another man, let Mother Earth take her. The earth...
Хануман отказывается прийти к Кришне в Двараку
Krishna sent Garuda to fetch Hanuman, but he refused to come. Then Krishna transformed into Rama, Balarama became Lakshmana, and Satyabhama took the...
Молитвы деватов на берегу Молочного океана
In Dvapara-yuga the world was in dire conditions and Mother Earth wept. She and the demigods led by Brahma went to the shore of the Milk Ocean. They...
Жена Видуры кормит Кришну банановой кожурой
Krishna came to Vidura's house in his absence. Vidura's wife, overwhelmed with joy and losing awareness, placed banana peels instead of fruits on...
Кришна отказывается от пира Дурьодханы
Duryodhana complained that he had prepared a lavish feast for Krishna but everything had gone cold. Krishna explained there are two reasons to eat:...
Индра, Сурабхи и поклонение Гауранге в Годрумадвипе
After the lifting of Govardhana, Indra realized his mistake and approached Brahma for help. Brahma, acknowledging his own offenses, directed Indra to...
Бхишмадев у Джахну Муни — обретение высшего знания
At the end of the Kurukshetra battle, Bhishmadeva lay on his bed of arrows giving wise instructions to Yudhishthira. Draupadi asked why he wasn't so...
Слияние Радхи и Кришны — появление Гауранга-сварупы
After a solar eclipse, Krishna and the Pandavas arrived at Kurukshetra, where the gopis met them hoping to convince Krishna to return to Vrindavan....
Бхрамара-гита — Радхика обращается к шмелю
When Krishna left Vrindavana for Mathura, Radhika saw a bumblebee and in the madness of love took it for Krishna's messenger. She called it 'madhupa'...
Благословение Дурвасы маленькой Радхике
A little girl (Rādhikā) prepared a dish that greatly pleased Durvāsā Muni. He blessed her: whatever she cooks will be sweeter than nectar, and...
Нарада ищет величайшего преданного и приходит в Двараку
Nārada Muni traveled across universes seeking the greatest recipient of Kṛṣṇa's mercy. Arriving in Dvārakā, he glorified the queens. Rukmiṇī humbly...
Падмавати предлагает компенсировать расходы Враджабаси
Padmāvatī declared Kṛṣṇa was happy in Vṛndāvana. She proposed summoning Viśvakarmā to calculate Kṛṣṇa's working days as a cowherd (from age 5 to 10...
Рохини рассказывает Вриндаванские лилы царицам Двараки
The queens asked Rohiṇī to retire to a secluded place and tell about the intimate love of Vṛndāvana. Rohiṇī warned that if Kṛṣṇa heard, His reaction...
Таяние тела Кришны — явление формы Джаганнатхи
Kṛṣṇa left the Sudharmā assembly, drawn by Rohiṇī's kathā. Subhadrā, absorbed in listening, didn't notice His approach. Hearing about Vṛndāvana,...
Кришна танцует на Калии и держит Говардхан
From Rohiṇī's narration: when Kāliya coiled around Kṛṣṇa, all Vrajabāsīs ran to the Yamunā and fainted from fear. Kṛṣṇa broke free and danced,...
Кришна держит Гирирадж Говардхан
Kṛṣṇa held Girirāja Govardhana on the little finger of His left hand for seven days and nights. All the Vrajabāsīs relished the nectar of His...
Прикосновение к руке Нимая Пандита в школе
At school, Mukunda began arguing with Murari Gupta, but Murari brilliantly countered. Nimai was delighted and grabbed Murari's hand. Upon touching,...
Сон Мурари Гупты о Нитьянанде-Балараме
Murari Gupta first bowed to Mahaprabhu, then to Nityananda. Mahaprabhu pointed out the error. At night Murari saw Nityananda in a dream with a plow...
Испытание верности Мурари Гупты — оставь Раму ради Кришны
Mahaprabhu described Krishna's 64 qualities, four madhuryas, and the completeness of Krishna-lila, urging Murari to leave Rama's service. Murari...
Мурари Гупта и нож — попытка суицида
Murari reflected that Mahaprabhu could leave them at any moment, just as Rama sent Sita into exile. Not wanting to survive Mahaprabhu's departure, he...
Сад-Прахарья-Махапракаш — 21-часовое откровение Махапрабху
Advaita Acharya, grieving over Mahaprabhu's formal reverence, moved to Shantipur and began teaching jnana instead of bhakti. Meanwhile Gauranga and...
Абхишека Махапрабху — коронация Царя царей
Mahaprabhu ordered an abhisheka — ritual bathing. Devotees brought Ganga water, brahmanas chanted Purusha-sukta, all present performed kirtan. Even...
Спасение Шривасы Тхакура от смерти в 16 лет
Mahaprabhu reminded Shrivasa how He saved him. At 16, Shrivasa was an arrogant youth. In a dream someone appeared and warned he had one year to live....
Махапрабху — лодочник Гангадаса
Mahaprabhu reminded Gangadasa how he fled from Muslims with his family and could not find a boat on the river. Gangadasa prayed, and a boat with a...
Оскорбление Шачи-маты и прощение Адвайты Ачарьи
Mahaprabhu refused to give prema to Sachi Mata because she had offended Advaita Acharya, blaming him for Vishvarupa's departure into sannyasa. Sachi...
Вишваруп принимает санньясу и связь с Нитьянандой
Nimai's elder brother Vishvarupa studied under Advaita Acharya, realized the futility of the world and took sannyasa, becoming Shankaranya. Sachi...
Откровение о Мурари-Ханумане и Харидасе
During the Mahaprakash, Mahaprabhu revealed devotees' spiritual identities. Murari learned he was Hanuman. To Haridasa, Mahaprabhu said: 'I belong to...
Спектакль Дана-кели в доме Чандрашекхара
Mahāprabhu commissioned Buddhimanta to organize a stage and drama at Candraśekhara's house. Only pure devotees were admitted. Mahāprabhu played...
Конфликт с атеистами и тяжесть общения с материалистами
Atheists accused Nimai Pandita of locking himself in Shrivasa's house for secret parties, threatening to destroy the house and bring him to court....
Адвайта Ачарья обвиняет Нитьянанду в краже премы
Advaita Acharya, intoxicated by love, told Mahaprabhu that Narayana (Nityananda) was 'drying up the ocean of prema.' Hearing that his prema was...
Смерть Лакшми Деви от змеи разлуки
While Nimai Pandit was in East Bengal teaching brahmanas, his first wife Lakshmi Devi was bitten by the serpent of separation and left this world....
Свадьба Вишнуприи и Вишвамбхара
After Lakshmi Devi's death, Shachi-mata decided to remarry Nimai and approached Kashinatha Pandit, a matchmaker. The bride was Vishnupriya, daughter...
Уход Махапрабху в санньясу и разлука Вишнуприи
Vishnupriya noticed inauspicious signs — she injured her foot at the Ganga and lost her wedding nose ring. That evening Vishvambhara tenderly said...
Встреча Шачи-маты с Нимаем-санньяси в Шантипуре
At Advaita Acharya's house, Shachi-mata first saw her son's shaved head in sannyasi robes. Her eyes were full of tears. Mahaprabhu said: 'I made a...
Гороскоп Нимай Пандита
After the birth of Sri Chaitanya, Nilambara Chakravarti, a great astrologer, cast his horoscope. He said it was an extraordinary horoscope that would...
Нимай просит Шачи-мату соблюдать Экадаши
Little Nimai ran to Shachi-mata and asked for one boon: not to eat grains on Ekadashi. From that day until the end of her life, Shachi Mata strictly...
Уход Вишварупы в санньясу
The parents began discussing the marriage of their eldest son Vishvarupa. Hearing this, he contemplated Krishna's glory and the futility of material...
Видение маленького Нимая после тамбулы
Little Nimai took mahaprasad tambula from the Deities and swallowed it. Due to the intoxicating effect of betel, he lost consciousness. His parents...
Трагическая судьба Шачи Маты — потеря восьми дочерей
After marriage, Shachi Mata gave birth to a daughter who soon died. This happened eight times in a row. The ninth time a son, Vishvarupa, was born,...
Слава имени Шри Шачи
Mahaprabhu said: 'In every birth you always come as My mother. Whoever calls Me Shachi-Nandan will attain all goals of life. Whoever says Sri Shachi...
Нимай Пандит — юный профессор санскрита
Nimai mastered Sanskrit grammar (Vyakarana) and logic (Nyaya), beginning to teach at age 12 in the house of Mukunda Sanjaya. Navadvipa had already...
Диспут с Гададхаром Пандитом об определении мукти
Nimai approached Gadadhara and asked him to explain the definition of mukti. Gadadhara answered that it is the complete cessation of suffering. Nimai...
Утраченные комментарии Нимая на Таттва-Чинтамани
Nimai and Raghunatha crossed the Ganga in a boat and exchanged their commentaries. Raghunatha, reading Nimai's commentary, wept at its perfection....
Явление Сарасвати Деви во сне Кешавы Кашмири
Keshava Kashmiri, a famous scholar blessed by Sarasvati, arrived in Navadvipa, terrifying local scholars. Nimai met him on the bank of the Ganga and...
Видья-виласа — этапы лил Махапрабху
Gurudev explained that each stage of Mahaprabhu's life was aimed at attracting a specific category of people: in childhood — mischievous children, as...
Сон Махапрабху о золотой колеснице Нитьянанды
Mahāprabhu personally led His associates to Nandana Ācārya's and found Nityānanda meditating in the garden, shining brighter than a thousand suns. At...
Нитьянанда Прабху рассказывает о своей тиртха-ятре
After their first meeting, Nityānanda told how He had traveled for many years to holy places across Bhārata, visiting many Kṛṣṇa temples, but the...
Адвайта Ачарья призывает Верховного Господа через арчану
Advaita Acharya, feeling the pain of people indifferent to Krishna, understood that no one could save them except the Supreme Lord Himself. He found...
Махапрабху являет божественность на алтаре Шриваса
Entering a trance, Mahāprabhu wrapped the śālagrāma-śilās in cloth, removed them from the altar and sat in their place — revealing to His associates...
Вишвакарма строит шестьдесят колодцев за одну ночь
The deities knew Mahāprabhu would perform mahā-saṅkīrtana from His house to Cāṅd Kāzī's house. Viśvakarmā, the divine architect, dug sixty wells...
Рождение Махапрабху во время лунного затмения
In 1486, on the full moon of Phālguna during a lunar eclipse, Rādhā and Śyāmasundara manifested in the unified golden form of Śacīnandana Gaurahari....
Нимай ворует масло у брахманов
Little Nimāi would go to local brāhmaṇa houses and steal butter, reminiscent of Kṛṣṇa's childhood pastimes in Vṛndāvana. Caught red-handed with His...
Воры похищают Нимая — иллюзорная энергия Господа
Villains kidnapped little Nimāi who was wearing expensive ornaments. They carried Him into the forest, but through the Lord's illusory energy they...
Нимай дразнит девушек и брахманов на Ганге
Schoolboy Nimāi teased girls by throwing thorns in their hair and taking their offerings to Śiva. He would dive like a crocodile and grab meditating...
Сон Шачидеви: Нимай и Нитай выгоняют Кришну и Балараму с алтаря
Śacī dreamed that little Nimāi and Nitāi ran to the altar and began expelling the deities of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Nityānanda declared that...
Видение Шринивас Ачарьи: многослойность Навадвипы
Śrīnivāsa Ācārya, staying overnight in Navadvīpa, had seven visions: 1) Gaurānārāyaṇa with Lakṣmīpriyā and Viṣṇupriyā (Antaḥpur-vilāsa), 2) demigods...
Брахма похищает друзей Кришны и приходит за прощением в Навадвипу
In Dvāpara-yuga Brahmā stole Kṛṣṇa's friends, was humiliated and did not receive forgiveness. Knowing from the Vedas about Gaurāṅga's advent in...
Ежедневные любовные споры Нимая и Кхолавечи Шридхара
Sachi Mata sent Nimai to the market, but he always chose only Kholavecha Shridhara. Nimai teased him about his poverty while worshipping the husband...
Даршан Кришны в Шривасангаме
Mahaprabhu sent devotees to bring Shridhara by following the sound of his voice crying 'Hare Krishna!' Entering Shrivasangam, Shridhara saw Krishna,...
Шридхар отказывается от всех благословений
Mahaprabhu offered Shridhara one after another: wealth, heaven, liberation, ashta-siddhi. Shridhara refused everything. Mahaprabhu showed the...
Последнее блюдо Махапрабху перед санньясой — дудх-лаукй
On the last evening before sannyasa, Kholavecha Shridhara brought a pumpkin from his rooftop, and a milkman brought a pail of milk. Mahaprabhu...
Встреча трёх групп санкиртаны на Нарендра Сароваре
Every year devotees from Navadvipa traveled to Puri for Ratha-yatra. Three sankirtana groups — from Navadvipa, from Puri, and a deity procession —...
Даршан Панча-таттвы Дживой Госвами на Годрумадвипе
When Nityananda finished the story, Shrivasa Thakura fell unconscious — he was that very Narada Muni. Jiva Goswami also fell, crying: 'When will I...
Пример пожаров в Лос-Анджелесе — карма неизбежна
Prem Prayojan gave a modern example: recently in Los Angeles, homes of wealthy people burned down, millions lost everything though they didn't want...
Бхактивинода Тхакур и Нрисимхадев в Девапалли
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura performed parikrama around Godrumadvipa and came to Deva Palli. He prayed to Nrisimhadeva: 'Remove all demonic mentality...
Рынок святых имён Нитьянанды Прабху
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, living at Surabhi Kunja, realized that here Nityananda Prabhu opened a marketplace of the Holy Name. He sells the Holy...
Четыре миссии Госвами и Бхактивинода как Саптама Госвами
Mahaprabhu ordered the six Gosvamis to fulfill four missions: lupta-tirtha-uddhara (restoring lost places), establishing rules, manifesting...
Восстановление утерянных святых мест Навадвипы
Lupta-tirtha-uddhara is not merely geographical search but restoration of transcendental power (vastu-shakti) to holy places. Due to sinners on the...
Лекция 'Брахманы и вайшнавы' Бхактисиддханты Сарасвати
A debate was to take place about caste-dependent worship. Bhaktivinoda Thakura manifested a pastime of illness and sent his son. Bhaktisiddhanta...
Пророчество Бхактивиноды Тхакура о мировом движении
In the late 1800s Bhaktivinoda Thakura predicted that Bengali, Russian, and Prussian saints would dance and sing together. He was the architect and...
Аналогия свечной фабрики — постепенное умащение сердца
A person working in a candle factory is daily covered with a layer of wax that seeps into the hands and cannot be washed off. Similarly, devotees...
Видение Бхактивиноды Тхакура — наставление Бхишмадевы
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, while performing parikramā of Jahnudvīpa, met Bhīṣmadeva who appeared before him in a beautiful form. Bhīṣmadeva...
Свадьба Нимай Пандита и Лакшми Прии
Young brāhmaṇa girls came to the Ganges to worship Śiva. Nimāi Paṇḍita joked with them, demanding sweets. A girl of incredible beauty (Lakṣmīpriyā)...
Спасение Джагай и Мадхай — грехи ищут место в сердцах критиков
Jagāi and Mādhāi — eternal Vaikuṇṭha gatekeepers cursed by the Catursanas — offended Nityānanda Prabhu, and Mādhāi struck His head with a potsherd....
Раскаяние Мадхая и строительство гхата
After their conversion, Jagāi and Mādhāi repented deeply and feared returning to their former state. Mādhāi suffered especially — he had split...
Девананда Пандит и оскорбление Шриваса Тхакура
Devananda Pandita explained Bhagavatam without emphasis on Bhakti. When Shrivasa Thakura came and fell into ecstasy upon hearing the verse...
Гопал Чапала: от оскорбления к «Вайшнава-Вандане»
Gopala Chapala envied Shrivasa and planted Durga worship paraphernalia at his house: a skull, wine, meat. Shrivasa saw it and calmly said: 'My secret...
Гопал Чакраварти и слава святого имени
At a dharma-sabha in Govardhan Majumdar's house, Haridasa Thakura stated that even namabhasa (shadow of the name) grants mukti. Gopala Chakravarti, a...
Золотой век Чайтаньи Махапрабху
During a morning walk, a devotee asked Gurudeva: 'Has the Golden Age of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu already begun or not yet?' Gurudeva paused and said:...
Брихаспати рождается как Сарвабхаума Бхаттачарья
Bṛhaspati, guru of the demigods, learned that Kṛṣṇa would appear in a golden avatāra and display educational pastimes. He took birth in Vidyānagara...
Видья-виласы Нимай Пандита — дебаты в Видьянагаре
Young Nimāi Paṇḍita loved to swim across the Ganges and come to Vidyānagara, where he started debates with Sārvabhauma's students. He was invincible...
Вопрос Дживы Госвами о неблагоприятности мирского знания
During parikramā with Nityānanda Prabhu, Jīva Gosvāmī asked: if Nyāya, Sāṅkhya and yoga are so inauspicious, why do they exist in Mahāprabhu's abode?...
Нараяни получает благословение Махапрабху
Five-year-old Narayani, niece of Shrivasa Thakura, approached Mahaprabhu. He told her: 'Chant Hare Krishna!' In ecstasy she began chanting and...
Чайтанья Махапрабху — грозовая туча мадхурьи
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is compared to a vast thundercloud pouring the sweetness of madhurya. His rain of mercy is so inconceivable that even in dried...
Парад победы — щедрость Гауранги
Krishna in Gauranga-svarupa, having fulfilled His innermost desire to taste Radhika's bhava, is like a victorious king throwing a parade. He rides a...
Нимай Пандит в настроении Радхики и гнев на студента
Nimai Pandit was immersed in Radhika's mood of separation from Krishna, experiencing the Bhramara-gita episode. Radhika addressed the bumblebee as a...
Решение Махапрабху о принятии санньясы
After the incident with the student, people turned against Nimai. He decided to accept sannyasa: in the varnashrama-dharma system even proud...
Смерть сына Шриваса Тхакура во время киртана
During maha-kirtan at Shrivasa's house, his son died. Hearing the women's cries, Shrivasa forbade them from weeping, threatening: 'You will lose not...
Последний киртан и уход Махапрабху из Навадвипы
In late January 1510, Mahaprabhu performed His last sankirtana through Navadvipa's streets. Garland makers adorned Him with garlands, milkmen gave...
Шачи-мата ищет сына на берегу Ганги
When Nimai left home, Shachi-mata in madness of grief ran along the Ganga bank crying: 'Where is my son?' No one could help her. Later Mahaprabhu...
Предсказание о Кешаве Кашмири
Mahaprabhu predicted to Nimbarka: 'In Kali-yuga you will be born in Kashmir as a great scholar, Digvijaya, defeating everyone in debates. You will...
Нимай поступает в школу Гангадаса Пандита
Five-year-old Nimāi was brought by Jagannātha Miśra to Gaṅgādāsa Paṇḍita's school. The teacher instantly felt spontaneous love for the child....
Трансформация Нимая после дикши в Гае
After his father's departure, Nimāi went to Gayā and received dīkṣā from Śrī Īśvara Purīpāda. Returning to Navadvīpa, He was completely transformed —...
Махапрабху видит Кришну в каждом слове грамматики
After dīkṣā, Mahāprabhu opened His own school. Before lessons, students would chant Hari. Hearing this, Mahāprabhu would lose consciousness and...
Рождение Харинам-санкиртаны на Йога-питхе
Yogapīṭha is connected not only with Mahāprabhu's birth but with the birth of Śrī Harināma-saṅkīrtana. Mahāprabhu began with two lines: 'Hare Nāma,...
Нимай Пандит являет форму Гаура-Нараяны в доме Шриваса
Śrīvāsa was praying to Nṛsiṁhadeva for protection when Nimāi rushed into his house shouting 'I am He!' He revealed the four-armed Gaura-Nārāyaṇa form...
Маха-санкиртана с тысячами факелов и обращение Чанд Кази
After Kāzī broke the mṛdaṅgas and banned kīrtana, Mahāprabhu organized a mass procession with thousands of torches. Haridāsa Ṭhākura led the front,...
Камса и Чанд Кази — параллель двух лил
Cāṅd Kāzī addressed Nimāi as nephew because in his past life he was Kaṁsa — Devakī's brother. At Vasudeva and Devakī's wedding, Kaṁsa heard a...
Притча о шакале, упавшем в синюю краску
A jackal accidentally fell into a bowl of blue dye and became bright blue. Animals accepted him as an avatar and served him. One day a pack of...
Нарада Муни получает обезьянье лицо
Nārada Muni boasted that Cupid could not disturb his meditation. Seeing a beautiful princess, he asked Kṛṣṇa to make him handsome. Kṛṣṇa gave him a...
Дана-кели: Кришна требует пошлину у Радхики
Kṛṣṇa told the gopīs: 'Even if I live as long as Brahmā, I cannot repay you for a single service.' This is an ironic and tender joke — in one breath...
Конфликт у врат Вайкунтхи — Джай и Виджай
The Kumaras tried to enter through the gates of Vaikuntha, but Jaya and Vijaya did not let them in. This conflict was created by Lila-shakti by the...
Соревнования сакхи на Голоке Вриндаване
In Goloka Vrindavan, Chandravali's friends use tricks to lure Krishna to her kunja. A manjari may defend innocent Krishna before Radhika, provoking...
Утренняя лила: Кришна-Натабара и Радхика за лианами
In the morning Kṛṣṇa goes to tend the cows, every feature of His body dancing like Naṭavara (an actor on stage). Friends hid Rādhikā in a kuñja...
Три желания Кришны — почему Он стал Гаурангой
Kṛṣṇa repeatedly tried to understand the depth of Rādhikā's love — once disguised as a girl, He criticized Himself before Her. But Rādhikā defended...
Каталог оскорблений Индры
Before Gauranga, Indra recalled the catalogue of his transgressions: stealing the sacrificial horse from Pritu Maharaja's yajna, shamelessly asking...
Предсказание явления Гауранги в Вишну Сахасранаме
The Viṣṇu Sahasranāma Stotra predicts that the Supreme Lord will appear with a golden complexion, anointed with sandalwood. He will accept sannyāsa...
Вирахе Радхики — видение Джаядева Госвами из Гита Говинды
In his trance, Jayadeva sees Rādhikā sitting alone in a garden of blossoming vines, in deep separation from Kṛṣṇa. A sakhī (Tuṅgavidyā) comes to Her...
Роль сакхи как посланниц — служение гуру
Jayadeva deliberately left the identity of the messenger-sakhī unnamed so that subsequent Vaiṣṇavas could meditate on her as their guru. The sakhī's...
Воплощения Ванамали Ачарьи — устроитель божественных свадеб
Vanamālī Ācārya is an eternal associate who arranges the Lord's weddings in every līlā. In Rāma-līlā he was Viśvāmitra, who organized the wedding of...
Лила Радхи и Кришны: раса-лила, разлука и примирение
Jayadeva saw in trance: Radhika was upset with Krishna for starting the rasa-lila without her. She went into the forest. Krishna searched only for...
Берег разлуки — переживания Радхики
Radhika, pining for Krishna, asked her sakhi to gather dust from the banks of the Yamuna and smear it on her body. The sakhis thought she was...
Тамал и Кадамба сливаются в джекфрут
In Vraja, the Tamal and Kadamba trees serve as udipanas (reminders): the golden bark of Kadamba reminds Krishna of Radhika, while the dark Tamal...
Молитва Брахмы о непостижимости Господа
After Prahlada pacified Nrisimhadeva, Brahma prayed: the Lord is inconceivable. He sanctioned the benediction to Hiranyakashipu, sent Prahlada to be...
Радхика спрашивает: «Кто этот мальчик?» — природа анураги
After meeting Kṛṣṇa, Rādhikā walks home and turns back, asking Lalitā: 'Who is this boy?' Lalitā replies she herself brought Her to Him. Rādhikā...
Шесть богинь-сезонов поклоняются Гауранге
Six personified season-goddesses gather together and worship Gaurāṅga. They discuss that in Kali-yuga Mahāprabhu will appear here, and each longs to...
Вринда-деви распределяет служение сезонам на Радха-кунде
During daytime pastimes, Vṛndā-devī directs six season-goddesses: Varṣā decorates the Yamunā's west bank for Jhūlana-līlā, Śarad — the south bank of...
Игра в кости на западной стороне Радха-кунды
In the Hemanta season, Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa play dice in a nikuñja-bhavana on the western bank of Rādhā-kuṇḍa. Kṛṣṇa loses His deer, Rādhikā puts a golden...
Кришна поклоняется Радха-кунде в разлуке
When Rādhikā refuses to meet Kṛṣṇa, He comes to Rādhā-kuṇḍa where everything reminds Him of Her: the water's sound — Her ankle bells, swans — Her...
Препятствия встречи Радхи и Кришны — стих Джайдева Госвами
When Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa wish to embrace, romāñca (standing hairs) makes Rādhikā's skin rough and She stops, fearing to cause Kṛṣṇa discomfort....
Возничий Кришны критикует свой экстаз
Kṛṣṇa's charioteer, fanning Him with a cāmara, experiences intense ecstasy and becomes paralyzed, starting to lose consciousness. Realizing ecstasy...
Четверо Кумаров у врат Вайкунтхи
The four Kumaras, led by Brahma, arrived at the gates of Vaikuntha but gatekeepers Jaya and Vijaya denied them entry. The Supreme Lord Himself came...
Шесть принципов четырёх сампрадай
Mahaprabhu explained to Nimbarka which principles He would take from each sampradaya: from Ramanuja — ananya-bhakti (pure devotional service) and...
Атьянтик-пралая — истинное разрушение через обретение премы
During pralaya, Shiva appears as eleven Rudras performing the Tandava-nritya dance. But there exists a fourth type of pralaya — Atyantik-pralaya —...
Кумкума с лотосных стоп Кришны — сила харикатхи
When a pure Vaiṣṇava speaks harikathā, the air carries kuṅkuma dust from Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet — spiritual entities. Before meeting Kṛṣṇa, Rādhā covers...
Рождение Бималы Прасада и благословение Джаганнатхи
In 1874, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura's son Bimala Prasad was born with his umbilical cord wrapped over his shoulder like an upavita. During...
Бимала Прасад упрекает Випину Бихари Госвами
Little Bimala Prasad saw Vipina Bihari Gosvami, his father's diksha-guru, place his feet on Srila Bhaktivinoda's head. The child approached and...
Исцеление и уход Ачютананды
Bimala Prasad's elder brother Achyutananda fell gravely ill. Bimala Prasad sat beside him and loudly chanted the Maha-mantra, fasting for six days....
Получение дикши от Гауракишоры Даса Бабаджи
Bimala Prasad, having become a great scholar, came to the illiterate Gaura Kishora for diksha. He was dismissed and told to ask Chaitanya Mahaprabhu...
Атака на парикраму в Параматале и подвиг Вихаридаса Брахмачари
During a large parikrama with 108 mridangas, bandits pelted devotees with stones and bottles from rooftops. Disciples who had sworn allegiance...
Куреша жертвует собой ради Рамануджи Ачарьи
Ramanuja Acharya went to Sharada-pitha for Bodhayana's commentaries, but they were confiscated. Kuresha memorized them. Later Kuresha dressed in his...
Сон Шрилы Бхактисиддханты о Панча-таттве и Госвами
During the nama-vrata period (1905-1915), Srila Bhaktisiddhanta had a dream about Harinama-sankirtana. He saw Pancha-tattva and six Gosvamis who...
Храм четырех Сампрадай — синтез философий Махапрабху
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta created the Temple of Four Sampradayas to show that Mahaprabhu was not just another philosopher. He synthesized the...
Шрила Бхактисиддханта не может вынести страданий Радхики
At a spiritual assembly, a devotee described Rasa-lila and quoted Srimad Bhagavatam about Radhika's condition when Krishna disappeared. Srila...
Потеря сознания при упоминании Рати Манджари
While speaking with Saradendu Narayana Ray in Kolkata, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta recalled a verse about Rati Manjari and Rupa Manjari. He began quoting...
Защита чести Радхарани перед оскорбителем
At an assembly, someone claimed Lakshmi Devi surpasses Radhika. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta responded with a torrent of quotes proving Radhika's supremacy....
Почитание Радхики у Кришна-бхактов и у Рупануга
At Radha-kunda in Vrindavan, a royal family was performing dandavat-parikrama. A devotee admired their devotion to Radhika. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta...
Бхакти Прадип Тиртха получает наставления от трех великих личностей
Young Bhakti Pradip Tirtha arrived in Mayapur and met Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Bhaktisiddhanta (then Varshabhanavi Devi Dayita Das Brahmachari) directed...
Подмена сандалий Гурудева
In the early 90s, senior teachers were listening to Gurudeva's Harikatha. Coming out of his room, Gurudeva noticed his sandals had been replaced with...
Основание Чайтанья Матха Бхактисиддхантой Сарасвати
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī chose the historic site of Candraśekhara Bhavana to found the first Gauḍīya Maṭha. He performed nāma-bhajana here for...
Джайдев Госвами и царь Лакшмана Сена — проверка смирения
King Lakṣmaṇa Sena, hearing from court poet Govardhana Ācārya about Jayadeva's poetry, disguised himself as a poor Vaiṣṇava and visited him. Jayadeva...
Джайдев Госвами — Вагдевата поэтического слова
Jayadeva Gosvāmī described his heart as an art gallery full of paintings of Kṛṣṇa-līlā. He claimed his poetry was not his credit: Kṛṣṇa, being the...
Бихари Дас Бабаджи несёт своего гуру в корзинке
When Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Maharaja reached advanced old age, his faithful disciple Bihari Dasa Babaji carried him in a basket on his head. This was...
Возвращение одной рупии
Once a wealthy man donated one rupee to Bihari Dasa Babaji, who was carrying his guru in a basket. After half a kilometer, Jagannatha Dasa Babaji...
Установление божеств Гор-Нитай и воры в храме на Сурья-кунде
At Surya Kunda, followers of Jagannatha Dasa Babaji built a temple. He made no extra effort for its creation — he was immersed in Krishna-bhajan, and...
Первое посещение Бхактиведанта Мэнор
Gurudev recalls his first visit to the temple in England, donated by George Harrison. He saw the sweet and beautiful Deities of Sri Sri...
Бхарата Махарадж и олёнок vs. Рантидева Махарадж
Contrast between two approaches to spiritual life: Bharata Maharaja performed solitary bhajana in the forest but became attached to a baby deer, lost...
Спор о величии Ганги и Ямуны при дворе Акбара
In Agra, paṇḍitas argued: brāhmaṇas from the Gaṅgā's banks claimed its supremacy, while those from the Yamunā's banks claimed hers. King Akbar turned...
Двор царя Лакшмана Сены и шесть поэтов
King Lakṣmaṇa Sena was a great Vaiṣṇava and rasika who admired poetry about the līlās of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Six poets served at his court:...
Царь Лакшман Сен испытан Джаядевой Госвами
King Lakshman Sen, disguised as a merchant, came to visit Jayadeva Gosvami. Jayadeva recognized him and said he had seen the face of a materialist...
Кришна сам записывает строки «Гита Говинды»
Jayadeva saw in trance how Krishna bows to Radhika's feet but dared not write this scene, finding it too bold. He went to the Ganga several times and...
Радхарани принимает облик Падмавати и помогает с крышей
Jayadeva noticed a hole in the thatched roof and climbed up to fix it. Padmavati helped by passing straw from below. When he came down, he found a...
Даршан Гауранги из цветов чампака
Jayadeva collected champaka flowers and offered them to his deities of Rada-Madhava. From the golden flowers manifested a golden personality —...
Видение Навадвипы в форме лотоса при уходе
Leaving Navadvipa by the instruction of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Jayadeva and Padmavati asked forgiveness of passersby and blessings for their journey....
Прибытие Нараяна Тивари и первая встреча с Гуру
Young Narayana Tiwari, inspired by preachers in Bihar, began correspondence with Keshava Gosvami Maharaja. He fled home and arrived at the station...
Уход Ананга Мохан Брахмачари — взывает к Радхе и Кришне
Ananga Mohana Brahmachari fell ill with tuberculosis and devotees were afraid to approach him. Gurudeva volunteered to care for him, risking his...
Саджан Севак теряет пальцы на печатном станке
Sajjana Sevaka worked on the printing press day and night, laying metal letters in mirror order. One night from exhaustion he cut off fingertips on...
Основание Девананда Гаудия Матха — дерзость льва
After the dissolution of Gaudiya Matha, Paramgurudeva left everything and went to a dharmasala. Then he founded a matha in the very center of the...
Уход Парамгурудевы: гирлянда Радхи падает как агья-мала
On the first day of Kartika, during Gaura-arati, a garland fell from the deity of Radha — agya-mala (permission). At that moment Paramgurudeva left...
Гурудев узнаёт о книге ученицы на расстоянии
A female disciple was reading 'Arcana Smarana Padati' by Dhyana Chandra Gosvami in the brahmachari quarters. Suddenly Gurudeva called her. When she...
Корабль без ветра — садхана без милости Гуру
Gurudeva promised to build a bhajana-kutira for the disciple at Radha-kunda for chanting thousands of holy names. He then asked what the result would...
Прославление Шрилы Прабхупады во время парикрамы
During parikrama, Gurudeva asked Prem Prayojana to glorify Srila Prabhupada. Prem Prayojana was so absorbed in the narration that he couldn't stop...
Профессор из Гарварда и бесполезность теоретического знания
A Harvard professor traveling through India came for darshana with Gurudeva and began boasting about his achievements. When he finished, Gurudeva...
Статья о сварупе дживы и вера в Бхактивиноду Тхакура
Gurudeva wrote an article about the svarupa of the jiva, asserting the unique identity of every living entity. Prem Prayojana presented...
Встреча Шрилы Гоур Говинды Махараджа со Шрилой Прабхупадой
Raja-bandu (future Gour Govinda Maharaja) wandered sacred places searching for a guru. Upon receiving a Back to Godhead magazine, he recognized Srila...
Визит Шрилы Прабхупады в глиняную хижину в Бхубанешваре
Srila Prabhupada spent 17 days in the small clay hut of Gour Govinda Maharaja in Bhubaneswar. There they held intimate conversations akin to the...
Три потока Тривени при уходе Гоур Говинды Махараджа
While narrating Harikatha about the reunion of Radha and Krishna after long separation, Srila Gour Govinda Maharaja manifested sattvika-bhava. At the...
Вещий сон Шри Прем Прайоджана и обретение нового Гуру
After the departure of Gour Govinda Maharaja, Prem Prayojan took a vow of silence and prayed daily. In a dream, Gour Govinda Maharaja appeared and...
Основание Рудра-сампрадаи Вишнусвами
The great Vaishnava Vishnusvami traveled through Rudradvipa teaching pure bhakti. Nila-lohita Rudra appeared before him. Vishnusvami asked for the...
Встреча Бхактивиноды Тхакура с Саюджей
During parikrama Bhaktivinoda Thakura saw a beautiful weeping goddess. She introduced herself as Sayujya — the goddess of impersonal merging with the...
Видение раса-лилы Бхактивинодой Тхакуром
In a semi-transcendental state Bhaktivinoda Thakura arrived at the Rasa-mandala and beheld Radha and Krishna surrounded by Vraja-gopis. He saw their...
Осознание вечной формы Камала Манджари
At Svananda-sukhada-kunja Bhaktivinoda Thakura realized his eternal form: he gave up purusha-abhiman (male ego) and his kinkari-svarupa manifested —...