This Songbook has been compiled for the use of students at Jiva Institute and friends. The songs and prayers contained therein are the compositions of the great teachers of the Gaudyīa Vaiṣṇava School, who teach the mood of surrender and pure devotion. They are presented in original languages (Sanskrit, Bengali, Braja-bhāṣa, Hindi) and all have English translations.
The book includes important prayers and songs from Śrīmad Bhāgavata Purāṇa, which are all part of the daily morning program of Satyanarayana Dasa Babaji at Jiva Institute, Vrindavan. The study of these prayers is highly recommended by Śrī Jīva Gosvamī in Bhakti Sandarbha.
A special addition to this e-book is Babaji’s Gurudevāṣṭakam, which he composed in dedication to his honorable Gurudeva—His Holiness Śrī Haridāsa Śāstrī Mahāraja.
Don’t get discouraged to study Sanskrit. To live and survive like animals in the material world you need only 4% of your brain. You need 1% of your brain for eating, 1% for sleeping, 1% for defending yourself, and 1% for pro-creating. You still have 96% of your brain to use. Why is the other 96% of your brain there? Why did God make us like that? That is to study sastra. And we need to understand Sanskrit to study sastra.
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