We can come to know about a great personality from his birth. Of course there are exceptions like Jagai and Madhai. But they were transformed by the mercy of the Lord. But great people manifest their greatness right from their birth.
In case of Madhva
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It's said that the gopis take great pleasure in uniting Radha and Krsna. They push Radharani towards Krsna. Why?
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Why does the impersonalist want Krsna and only Krsna and nobody else?
Because Krsna is the Supreme Lord and if Kr
Canto 10 chapter 86 text 55
Dusprajna aviditvaivam
Avajananti asuyavah
Gurum mam vipram atmanam
Arcadav ijya-drstayah
Ignorant of this truth, foolish people neglect and enviously offend a learned brahmana, who, being non different from Me is their spir
Read more…They are pure devotees who have attracted Krsna but still in their dealings Lord Krsna sees, I have come here with all the sages, my devotees who broke their rules of conduct. Usually sages of those days used to never travel on chariots rather they w
Read more…What is a kanistha adhikari?
In the eleventh canto it is mentioned. He is fond of worshipping only the deity. And the deity has some Bhaktas. The deity has some devotees those who are serving Him. He is not careful of honoring them. And also in those
Paramatma is all pervading as well as in everyone's hearts. Let's see Quantum Mechanics, Science.... It's amazing!! They say that the electron is a wave as well as an element. Wave means it moves around and element means it's stationary. This aspect
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What is Krsna's mercy?
When we think of mercy we may say mercy means when you spare a person some punishment that
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So, that is why I mentioned that bhakti is not only personal but simultaneously social too. How will you understa
Read more…Krsna has explained that Paramatma is everywhere and in another shloka it is explained that He is present in everyone's heart.
This Purusha is superior to the other two.
And then Krsna says that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is the Purus
Read more…Lord Krsna tells Arjuna : Those who claim to be My devotees are not My devotees but the devotees of My devotees are the best of My devotees.
Why did Krsna make a statement like that?
It's quite radical isn't it?
What does to mean to be a devotee?
Dedic
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Coming back to the point of knowing Krsna fully.....
When will we know Krsna fully?
Yes, sometimes it is describe
Usually Lord Krsna attracts everyone. But here we see lord Krsna is attracted by these two devotees Srutadeva and Bahulasva.
The distance from Dwaraka to Mithila is something around 2200 kms and so many devotees have described how they have such wonde
Read more…Before I speak, I would take the blessings of Rasamandala Prabhu who is a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupad and also of my friends.
Here we can see how Lord Krsna is saying that how ordinary people respect only the obvious forms of Divinity as My dei
Read more…How do you know a person fully?
If I want to know one person fully.... Here is my friend here. So, just by looking at his form, I know something about him. His Rupa I know. Probably I also know his Nama. What about his guna and his Lila, his activiti
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One time Srila Prabhupad had gone to one function where there was one photograph of Krsna in which He was single.
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A person who is eager to receive from Krsna cannot ever develop the social aspect of the personal form of the Lor
Read more…You can see in the life of Putana. Putana was a demoness and she comes with the intention of killing Krsna. But she had that one desire that she wanted to cuddle Sri Krsna. She wanted to have that happiness of giving her breast milk to Krsna. So that
Read more…We heard in the Gita course, a very nice story about Birbal and Akbar. It goes like once Birbal goes to Akbar and tells him that you are better than God. But in Islam they say, Allah is the greatest. So to tell Akbar that you are greater than God is
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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 chapter 86 texts 53 And 54 by His Grace Radha Vallabha Prabhu .
Presenting Krsna as the Supreme Lord
http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/10/86/53
http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/10/86/54
Sometime back I was studying
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