Regarding Dvaraka gopi-chand:
Padma Purana explains that in one kalpa during Krishna's Bhauma Vrndavana (earthly) pastimes, the Vraja-gopis went near Dvaraka to dance with their beloved in a secluded forest beside the sea. Krishna secretly left His pa
Read more…by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
We can have no better instruction from elsewhere that can give a more dependable and complete idea of the real goal. The whole thing, the exact entity, could not be realized if we took a course dif
Read more…The following narration is from the visionary Memories series of Shriman Siddhanta das Adhikary. It is the remembrance of Shriman Bahushiras das Adhikary given in DVD 44 and in vol. 3, p. 334 of the book Memories-Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint.
After
Read more…Brahmananda, November 2, 1975, Nairobi: [...] The quality of the chanting he’s asking. How can we make the quality the best?
Prabhupada: Quality, you’ll understand first of all come to the quality. Without having quality, how he’ll understand the qual
Read more…Here’s a page full of reasons. I’ll spare you the footnotes, but each reason is fully upheld by evidence from Vedic writings like Bhagavad-gita, the Upanisads, and the Puranas.
•Chanting Hare Krishna awakens love of God.
•Chanting Hare Krishna brings l
Read more…PURPORT:
The original purpose of the text must be maintained. No obscure meaning should be screwed out of it, yet it should be presented in an interesting manner for the understanding of the audience. This is called realization.
[Srila Prabhupada f
