Gosai Talks

In this talk given in Vancouver on June 21st 2001, on the disappearance day of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, Śrīla Bhakti Gaurava Narasiṅgha Mahārāja speaks briefly about the life of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and the unfortunate situation of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism before the Ṭhākura’s appearance.

A class by Swami B.G. Narasingha Maharaja on the day of Govardhana Puja, in 1999, VT, USA.

In this class given at Yamunā Devī’s āśrama at Śaraṇāgati in B.C. Canada on June 29th 2001, Śrīla Narasiṅgha Mahārāja begins by speaking about Ratha Yātrā and it’s connection with the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.

In this talk given on the occasion of Puṣya Abhiṣeka on 25th January 2005, Swami B.G. Narasiṅgha speaks about the glories and history of Lord Jagannātha in Purī.

In this class given on Śrī Rādhāṣṭamī on 1st September 2006, Śrīla Narasiṅgha Mahārāja first speaks about the divine appearance of the Lord and His associates and how the topmost devotees always recognize Kṛṣṇa’s arrangement.

In this questions and answers session in Berlin, Śrīla Narasingha Mahārāja answers questions such as why do Gauḍīyas worship Narasimha and how do we know who is our iṣṭa-deva (the specific Deity our heart is attracted to)?

In this last day of the seminar with the Śaraṇāgati community on June 25th 2001, Narasiṅgha Mahārāja takes questions from the devotees. He is asked about hearing from unauthorised sources and states that it is best to hear from the purest source we can locate. Second to that is to hear from those who have put themselves under the guidance of such souls.

Śrīla Narasiṅgha Mahārāja gives a seminar at Śaraṇāgati farm in British Colombia on June 23rd 2001. This is the second part of the seminar. In this video, Śrīla Narasiṅgha Mahārāja speaks about Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s relationship with his dīkṣā-guru, Vipina Vihari Gosvāmī, and about the deviations after the time of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. He also explains how the Krsna consciouness movement is not for increasing the numbers of kaniṣṭhas or madhyamas, but is supposed to make pure devotees.

Śrīla Narasiṅgha Mahārāja gives a seminar at Śaraṇāgati farm in British Colombia on June 23rd 2001. In this introduction, Mahārāja explains how the agent of Kṛṣṇa must also become a listener to his own words, and those that hear him must be alive and eager for that message from the infinite plane.

Recorded on June 28th 2001 (Saranagati, BC - Class at Yamuna Devi's House). After reading Śrīla Prabhupāda’s purport to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, 4.9.11, Śrila Narasiṅgha Mahārāja begins the class by explaining how there are two levels of ’24 hour service to Kṛṣṇa’ - one in the practicing devotees life, and the other in the aprākṛta-līlā of Kṛṣṇa (aṣṭa-kālīya-līlā). He explains how the form of that service takes a different form here, but it is non-different but they are given to us according to our present state of conditioning.

In this class given in Vermont, US, on June 6th 2001, from Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Adi-līlā 7.7, Śrīla Narasiṅgha Mahārāja discusses the hierarchy of great personalities and then explains how Kṛṣṇa has four specific qualities that are not found in others. He briefly speaks about these qualities and also tells the devotees that they have to regularly read about these things, otherwise they will ‘lag and suffer’ and not derive a higher taste.