Prabhupada: Just like... I am not criticizing, but it is, I mean to say, a human consideration. Suppose if you have committed some wrong thing within our jurisdiction and you come to me, "Swamiji, I have committed this." So I say, "All right. Don't d
Prabhupada: The door is open? You can keep the door open. Yes. Isvara... Just try to cite, recite this. (devotees repeat each word)isvarah paramah krsnahsac-cid-ananda-vigrahahanadir adir govindahsarva-karana-karanam[Bs. 5.1](repeats twice) Now, some
Prabhupada: ...the whole atmosphere, you should come and disturb. You are making... You cannot understand? And the whole attention is diverted to you. So hara, hara is the form of the word... Hare is the form of the word hara when address, when She i
Prabhupada: So I am very glad that you are following the footprints of the Gosvamis, six Gosvamis. Vande Rupa-sanatanau raghu-yugau sri-jiva-gopalakau. Rupa Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami, vande rupa-sanatanau raghu-yugau, and two Raghunatha Gosvami -- on
Prabhupada: (beginning of lecture extremely faint) ...Just like part and parcel of my body, hands and legs, they are serving the whole body, similarly, Krsna is the supreme whole and we are His parts and parcels; therefore our duty is to serve Him. T
kṛtam ekatareṇāpidam-patyor ubhayor apipatnyāḿ kuryād anarhāyāḿpatir etat samāhitaḥBetween the husband and wife, one person is sufficient to execute this devotional service. Because of their good relationship, both of them will enjoy the result. Ther
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)
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
bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktiranyatra caiṣa trika eka-kālaḥprapadyamānasya yathāśnataḥ syustuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiḥ kṣud-apāyo 'nu-ghāsamDevotion, direct experience of the Supreme Lord, and detachment from other things — these three occur simultaneously for one
kecit kevalayā bhaktyāvāsudeva-parāyaṇāḥaghaḿ dhunvanti kārtsnyenanīhāram iva bhāskaraḥOnly a rare person who has adopted complete, unalloyed devotional service to Kṛṣṇa can uproot the weeds of sinful actions with no possibility that they will revive
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
eka-dina prabhu haridāsere mililātāńhā lañā goṣṭhī kari' tāńhāre puchilāOne day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu met Haridāsa Ṭhākura as usual, and in the course of discussion He inquired as follows.(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta)."haridāsa, kali-kāle yavana apārag
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
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
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
As Prahlada Maharaja appeared in a family of demons and Hanuman appeared as a monkey, Sri Haridasa Thakura appeared amongst the lower caste. Haridasa had a handsome form with all aristocratic features. Highly intellectual, he won all debates in Sansk
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
prema-nama-dana-janya-panca-tattvakatmakamsanga-divya-parsadastra-vaibhavavatarakamsyama-gaura-nama-gana-nrtya-matta-nagaramprema-dhama-devam eva naumi gaura-sundaram"The Lord revealed himself in the world in a five-aspect form (panca-tattva) for the
Once the child, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, chastised His mother with His soft hand, and His mother pretended to faint. Seeing this, the Lord began to cry.The neighbouring ladies told Him, "Dear child, please bring a coconut from somewhere, and then Your mo
ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaḿ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaḿśreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaḿ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanamānandāmbudhi-vardhanaḿ prati-padaḿ pūrṇāmṛtāsvādanaḿsarvātma-snapanaḿ paraḿ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-sańkīrtanamLet there be all victory for the chantin
