Prabhupada: ...principles? What we should inform to the people in general?Pancadravida: I try to remember that Lord Caitanya, He informed that the purpose of all Vedic literatures is to acquaint people with their relationship which they have forgotte
It is stated in Srila Rupa Goswami`s Krsna Namastakam, " O holy name, the tipsof the toes of your lotus feet are eternally worshipped by the glowing effulgenceof the Upanisads, the crest jewels of the Vedas. You are eternally adored andchanted by gre
FROM JAIVA DHARMA BY SRILA BHAKTIVINODA THAKURA.Vijaya: Please make us understand all these offenses by explaining each sloka completely.Babaji: The first sloka describes two offenses. It is a great offense to blaspheme, censure, or disrespect bhakta
By constant chanting, then one come to realize Parabrahman (the Supreme Brahman), or the Absolute Truth.Any person, under any circumstances, can reach an elevated state of consciousness by properly hearing the Bhagavad-gītā, and then, by constantly c
There are no hard and fast rules for chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.One can chant anywhere, anytime, in any situation.In fact, the Caitanya-caritamrta (Antya-lila, 20.18) describes that chanting the holy name at any time or place, even during
mahātmānas tu māḿ pārthadaivīḿ prakṛtim āśritāḥbhajanty ananya-manasojñātvā bhūtādim avyayamO son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service becaus
mayy eva mana ādhatsvamayi buddhiḿ niveśayanivasiṣyasi mayy evaata ūrdhvaḿ na saḿśayaḥJust fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt. (B.G.12:8)
Mantra: "man" means "mind" and "tra" means "to deliver".Thus a mantra is a transcendental sound vibration with potency to liberate the mind from material conditioning."Hare" is the vocative case (addressing form) of "Hari". This is another name for K
bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānāḿtayāpahṛta-cetasāmvyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥsamādhau na vidhīyateIn the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination for devotional
It is natural for usto perform activitieswith a desire to achievea good result.The best results, however,can be attainedif we engage ourselves in thedevotional service of Krsna,with a desire to be reinstatedin our constitutional positionas Krsna`s lo
jambunadosnisa-viraji-mukta-mala-mani-dyoti-sikhandakasyabhangya nrnam lolupayan drsah sri-govindadevah saranam mamastu"May Lord Govindadeva, who charms the eyes of all living beings with the graceful movement of the peacock feather in His golden cro
Sri Gurvastakam(Eight Prayers to the Spiritual Master)by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura.samsara-davanala-lidha-lokatranaya karunya-ghanaghanatwampraptasya kalyana-gunarnavasyavande guroh sri-charanaravindam"The spiritual master is receiving be
(1)krishna-prema-mayi radharadha prema-mayo harihjivane nidhane nityamradha-krishnau gatir mamaRadha is immersed fully in pure love for Krishnaand Hari is immersed fully in pure love for Radha.In life or in death, Radha and Krishna are my eternal she
manye tvāḿ kālam īśānamanādi-nidhanaḿ vibhumsamaḿ carantaḿ sarvatrabhūtānāḿ yan mithaḥ kaliḥMy Lord, I consider Your Lordship to be eternal time, the supreme controller, without beginning and end, the all-pervasive one. In distributing Your mercy, Yo
oḿ namo bhagavate tubhyaḿvāsudevāya dhīmahipradyumnāyāniruddhāyanamaḥ sańkarṣaṇāya caLet us all chant the glories of Vāsudeva along with His plenary expansions Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Sańkarṣaṇa.arjuna uvācakṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-bāhobhaktānām abhayańkara
kunty uvācanamasye puruṣaḿ tvādyamīśvaraḿ prakṛteḥ paramalakṣyaḿ sarva-bhūtānāmantar bahir avasthitamŚrīmatī Kuntī said: O Kṛṣṇa, I offer my obeisances unto You because You are the original personality and are unaffected by the qualities of the mater
In the Brahma-vaivarta Purana, in a conversation with Ganga Devi, Lord Krishna describes that after 5,000 years of Kali-yuga have passed, His mantra upasaka, the great sage and worshiper of Krishna's holy names, will appear and spread the chanting of
cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhir abhipālayantamlakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaḿgovindam ādi-puruṣaḿ tam ahaḿ bhajāmiI worship Govinda, the primeval Lord,the first progenitor who is tending the cows,yielding all desir
Once the world was overburdened by the unnecessary defense force of different kings, who were actually demons but were posing themselves as the royal order. At that time, the whole world became perturbed, and the predominating deity of this earth, kn
