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 Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana was born sometime in the eighteenth century, in Odisha. At a very early age, he finished his studies of grammar, poetry, rhetoric and logic and then went on pilgrimage. During his travels he met  Sri Radha-Damodara Deva a grand-disciple of Sri Rasikananda Deva with whom he discussed philosophy. Sri Radha-Damodara Deva explained the conclusions of Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy as expounded by Sri Gaurasundara and requested him to consider the unlimited mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. In a very short time he became an expert in Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy. He then moved to Vrindavana to further study these teachings under Sri Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura who instructed him in achintya-bhedabheda-tattva. One day, in Jaipur, in the royal court, the Ramanuja sampradaya began arguing a case in connection with the Gaudiya sampradaya. They informed the king that the Gaudiya sampradaya had no commentary...

  Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 The description of Nirjala Ekadasi, which occurs during the month of May/June, is found in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana in the conversation between Vyasadeva and Bhimasena.  Once Bhimasena, the younger brother of Yudhisthira, inquired from the great sage Srila Vyásadeva, "O most learned and wor shipable grandfather, please hear my request My elder brother Yudhisthira, mother Kuntidevi, brothers Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva, and Draupadi do not cat anything on the day of Ekadasi. They, especially Yudhisthira, always tell me that I should also fast on Ekadasi. But I always tell them that though I know that to fast on Ekadasi is an injunction of the scriptures, I cannot bear my hunger and therefore I am unable to fast. I can give in charity as per my capacity, I can worship Lord Kesava with proper rules and regulations, but I cannot fast. So please instruct me how can I obtain the result of Ekadasi without having to fast." On hearing these wo...