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
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Lord Kṛṣṇa enlightened Brahmā with the knowledge of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam before the creation of this universe.The first verse of the Bhāgavatam states, tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye: "Lord Kṛṣṇa expanded perfect knowledge into the heart of Lord Brahmā
āpannaḥ saḿsṛtiḿ ghorāḿyan-nāma vivaśo gṛṇantataḥ sadyo vimucyetayad bibheti svayaḿ bhayamLiving beings who are entangled in the complicated meshes of birth and death can be freed immediately by even unconsciously chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, whi
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yo māḿ paśyati sarvatrasarvaḿ ca mayi paśyatitasyāhaḿ na praṇaśyāmisa ca me na praṇaśyatiFor one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me. (B.G. 6:30).sādhibhūtādhidaivaḿ māḿsādhiyajñaḿ ca ye viduḥp
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tulayāma lavenāpina svargaḿ nāpunar-bhavambhagavat-sańgi-sańgasyamartyānāḿ kim utāśiṣaḥThe value of a moment's association with the devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attainment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, and what
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As soon as we think,"This is my personal family,"immediately we will see the material world asno more than a place for enjoying family life.As soon as we are attached to our family,false prestige and possessiveness arise.Actually, we are all part an
pañca-tattvātmakaḿ kṛṣṇaḿbhakta-rūpa-svarūpakambhaktāvatāraḿ bhaktākhyaḿnamāmi bhakta-śaktikamLet me offer my obeisances unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has manifested Himself in five as a devotee, expansion of a devotee, incarnation of a devotee, pure devo
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Simply by chanting Hare Krishna one can be freed from all undesirable habits. Chanting Hare Krishna with strong attachment one achieves the fruit of love of God very soon.
By chanting Hare Krishna we are engaging in the devotional service, the divine
oḿ ajñāna-timirāndhasyajñānāñjana-śalākayācakṣur unmīlitaḿ yenatasmai śrī-gurave namaḥśrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaḿsthāpitaḿ yena bhū-talesvayaḿ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaḿdadāti sva-padāntikamI was born in the darkest ignorance,and my spiritual master opened my
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There are six characteristics of pure devotional service, which are as follows: (1) Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress. (2) Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness. (3) Pure dev
dehino 'smin yathā dehekaumāraḿ yauvanaḿ jarātathā dehāntara-prāptirdhīras tatra na muhyatiAs the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person
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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
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Maya has two powers.The first covers usand the second throws us downinto materialistic life.When we are covered by maya,we lose all power of discrimination,and then maya throws usinto the darkness of ignorance,devoid of spiritual knowledge.When we wr
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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
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(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
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'eka' kṛṣṇa-nāme kare sarva-pāpa nāśa premera kāraṇa bhakti karena prakāśa Simply chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra without offenses vanquishes all sinful activities. Thus pure devotional service, which is the cause of love of Godhead, becomes manife
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The chanting of Krsna`s holy name is likethe sun rising in our darkened heart.This world is full of darkness,and only by Krsna`s arrangement for sunshinedo we see light. As soon as the sun sets,the world comes under the the influence of darkness.Like
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