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
In the next verse Lord Krsna is explaining that even His own four handed form is no dearer to Me than a brahmana. Within himself a learned brahmana comprises the Vedas just like how I within Myself comprise the demigods.
This chapter is entitled Arjuna kidnaps Subhadra but that is a very small portion in this chapter. In most of this chapter we are discussing Krsna's visit to Mithila and his talk to King and the brahmana respectively.
Somebody sent a link of Dandavats about how Prabhupad got his gold teeth because he had lost a teeth. Prabhupad was in Japan in a company negotiating for printing his Bhagavad Gita. Because you see by the effulgence of a pure devotee, they were so mo
One very nice pastime of Madhvacharya. After taking sannyasa he was going to Badrinath. He was visiting that place along with 50 of his sannyasi disciples. He had to go north and cross the Ganges. So, that part of the kingdom was ruled by Alauddin Kh
When I was new in Krsna Consciousness I heard one very nice story told by Sarvabhauma Prabhu.
One man goes to a hotel and he sees the menu. He orders Angur bhople ki sabji. The Waiter gets the dish. When he is eating he doesn't find any Angur inside.
We were all chanting in the morning program and I saw a woman with two children. The elder one had a bead bag and was chanting. The younger one goes upto the elder one and asks for the bead bag. She gives it to her. Then the elder daughter takes a ne
In the episode of Vamana dev coming to the assembly of Bali Maharaj, He understands that it is Lord Vishnu and he washes the feet of Lord Vamana dev. He takes that water and puts it on his head remembering that this water is none other than Ganges.
See the two devotees Srutadeva and Bahulasva are both wonderful devotees. One is in opulence and the other is not. So, here the Lord is telling that by taking bath in the Holy River touching Holy places, deities. They do purify but the purification i
And very importantly the Lord is equal to all. It doesn't really matter whether you are living in a big house or you are a pauper in the street as long as we are engaged in the service of the Lord. People in this world value material accomplishments.
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
You know when I was in Srirangam one Sri Vaishnava told me one very nice story. Once Ramanujacharya was doing some Parikrama there, then one devotee approaches him and says that , You know I have these financial problems. Can you please help me? Rama
Dhruva Maharaj meditated on the Lord for six months and the Lord was pleased. All Prahlad Maharaj did was smaranam and Lord Nrsimhadev appeared in front of him.. Shabari, all she was trying to do was following the instructions given by her spiritual
So, we are going to talk about the Bhagavad Gita. We are reading from Srimad Bhagavad Gita with translations and commentaries by our spiritual master His Divine Grace A
So, we are going to talk about the Bhagavad Gita. We are reading from Srimad Bhagavad Gita with translations and commentaries by our spiritual master His Divine Grace A