...avidya-karma-samjnanyatrtiya saktir isyateThis is a verse from Visnu Purana. It is stated there that visnu-saktih para, "The energy of the Supreme Lord is spiritual." Energy and the energetic, they are nondifferent. Just like the sunshine is the e
Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya. Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya.Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto Six, chapter one, verse number sixteen.na tatha hy aghavan rajanpuyeta tapa-adibhihyatha krsnarpita-pranastat-purusa-nisevayaSo Sukadeva Gosvami said already that kec
Kṛṣṇa's personality is analyzed as dhīrodātta, dhīra-lalita, dhīra-praśānta and dhīroddhata. If one asks how a personality can be beheld in four quite opposing ways, the answer is that the Lord is the reservoir of all transcendental qualities and act
"Arrogance, pride, anger, conceit, harshness and ignorance -- these qualities belong to those of demonic nature, O son of Prtha."Srila Prabhupada:dambho darpo 'bhimanas cakrodhah parusyam eva caajnanam cabhijatasyapartha sampadam asurimWe have discus
Srila Prabhupada: My dear sons and daughters, I am so much obliged to you that you have become so enthusiastic for offering Vyasa-puja. Now try to understand. Several times we have explained why this function is called Vyasa-puja. I have already expl
Srila Prabhupada: (chants mangalacarana prayers) His Excellency, the High Commissioner; ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for your coming here and participating in this ceremony, Janmastami, advent of Krsna. The subject matter I've been ord
It is said that a person is great if he is decorated with the qualities of being very merciful toward the unfortunate, very powerful, superior, chivalrous, enthusiastic, expert and truthful. These decorations were manifested in the character of Kṛṣṇa
16. ExpertAny person who can quickly execute a very difficult task is called expert. About the expertise of Kṛṣṇa there is a statement in the Tenth Canto, Fifty-ninth Chapter, verse 17, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, wherein Śukadeva Gosvāmī tells Mahārāja Pa
50. The Supreme ControllerThere are two kinds of controllers, or lords: one who is independent is called controller, and one whose orders cannot be neglected by anyone is called controller.Regarding Kṛṣṇa's complete independence and lordship, Śrīmad-
32. CompassionateA person who is unable to bear another's distress is called compassionate.Kṛṣṇa's compassion for distressed persons was exhibited when He released all of the kings imprisoned by Magadhendra. While dying, Grandfather Bhīṣma prayed to
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, after consulting various scriptures, has enumerated the transcendental qualities of the Lord as follows: (1) beautiful features of the entire body; (2) marked with all auspicious characteristics; (3) extremely pleasing; (4) effu
THE MEANING OF THE HARE KRISHNA MAHA MANTRABY Shrila Jiva Goswami.HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HAREHARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE.Chanting the Hare Krishna mantra will give one full benefit ifone knows and understands the m
One morning after bathing in the Ganges, Nimai Pandit (Lord Caitanya), sat down to teach Sanskrit to His students. Completely absorbed in Krishna, Nimai Pandit chanted the holy name of Krishna and nothing else. His students could not understand His mood.
namas tubhyaḿ bhagavatepuruṣāya mahīyasesarva-bhūta-nivāsāyavāsudevāya sākṣiṇeO Supreme Personality of Godhead, greatest of all, who lives in everyone's heart and in whom everyone lives, O witness of everything, O Vāsudeva, supreme and all-pervading
THE MEANING OF THE HARE KRISHNA MAHA MANTRABY Shrila Bhaktivinode Thakura.HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HAREHARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE.Chanting the Hare Krishna mantra will give one full benefit ifone knows and understan
daṣṭaḿ janaḿ sampatitaḿ bile 'sminkālāhinā kṣudra-sukhoru-tarṣamsamuddharainaḿ kṛpayāpavargyairvacobhir āsiñca mahānubhāvaO almighty Lord, please be merciful and uplift this hopeless living entity who has fallen into the dark hole of material existen
The 1st Verse.( The objects of devotion birth after birth)gurau sri-gaurange tad-udita-subhakti-prakaranesaci-sunor-lila-vikasita-sutirthe nija manauharer namni presthe hari-tithisu rupanuga-janesuka-prokte sastre prati-jani mamastam khalu ratihNo ma
bhagavad-bhakti-hīnasyajātiḥ śāstraḿ japas tapaḥaprāṇasyeva dehasyamaṇḍanaḿ loka-rañjanamFor a person devoid of devotional service, birth in a great family or nation, knowledge of the revealed scriptures, performance of austerities and penance, and c
In the Padma Purana, it is stated, " Even if in the beginningone chants the holy name with offenses, one will becomefree from such offenses by chanting again and again."In Shri Krishna-Namashtaka, it is stated, " O holy name ofKrishna! You are the li
