Appointment with Krishna 4/12

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

We are continuing the topic "Appointment with Krishna", the nectarean instructions flowing like a river from our beloved Gurudev’s lotus mouth incessantly and thereby the living entities scorched by the severe heat of material existence get the ultimate respite. As stated by Srila Prabhupada the nectarean flow of devotional service is so potent that

Oh my beautiful darling Krsna,

The dearest to me, my most beloved,

With the eyes as beautiful as lotus and hands as soft as silk,

With the heart the purest of all and kindness the greatest of all,

Embrace me and fill me with your divine love,

For, your care is all I want and your protection is all I need.

You have always been so kind to me, the most merciful,

Giving me more than I can ever ask for.

But these material things take me away from you;

I do not wish to have the biggest palace or the fastest p

In this world of anxiety and FEAR

Where some kind of  misery is always so NEAR

Where smiles and giggles are interspersed with a TEAR

Where sometimes the burden of uncertainty gets difficult to BEAR

There is only one thing you can do right my DEAR

Surrender to the Lord with all your GEAR

To His instructions lend your EAR

Listen to His Message loud and CLEAR

Only His sweet pastimes you must HEAR

Make a sincere devotee your PEER

The dust of Vrindavan on your body you should SMEAR

A Vaishnava attire is what yo

If we have developed proper attitude, if we have cleansed or purified our heart, if we
have considerably detached ourselves from material attachments and detached ourselves
from the propensity for sense gratification and if we have considerably maintained or
advanced ourselves in spiritual lives, then at the time of death we will pass the exam, just
like a good student who has prepared through out the year will pass the exam with flying
colours. But a student who has gone to school but who doesn

Srila Prabhupada conversation June 6, 1976

Devotee: Because sadhana-bhakti is a gradual process, they immediately want the highest perfection quickly.
Srila Prabhupada: That is the danger. But if they at once go to rasa-lila, because they are not trained up neither they are liberated, they'll think this rasa-lila is just like our young boys, young girls mix   together, have sex like that. So it is supported our.... "Why should
we restrict to no illicit sex, no this, no rules and regulations? We  sh

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So we have to understand the activities of Krsna. He's not dull-headed, nirakara. Why nirakara? He is acting in so many ways, and who acts in different ways unless he's a person? This is the conclusion. Unless He's a person, how He can act in so many different ways, according to circumstances? Just like we are receiving so many letters from different centers. So unless I am a person, how can I give direction? It is not a dull stone. So Krsna is not dull stone. Therefore we have to study Krsna's

Appointment with Krishna 3/12

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

Last week in Abu Dhabi, it was our great fortune that we could have the association and blessings of our spiritual master, His Holiness Mahavishnu Gosvami Maharaja who opened our eyes by explaining how material association disturbs our spiritual existence. We always hanker for association, which is not desirable, and to overcome this we need constan

Srila Prabhupada: The siddha-pranali process is followed by a class of men who are not very authorized and who have manufactured their own way of devotional service. They imagine they have become associates of the Lord simply by thinking of themselves like that.

This external behavior is not at all according to the regulative principles. The so-called siddha-pranali process is followed by the prakrita-sahajiya, a pseudosect of so-called Vaishnavas. In the opinion of Rupa Gosvami, such activities

The following quotes given by his Divine grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on astrology. He advised to put more faith and reliance on Krsna.

3/24/74 BG Bombay :

Tamala Krshna:What is the position of astrology in Krshna consciousness?
Srila Prabhupada: Astrology is a science. Krshna consciousness has nothing to do with astrology, but it is the general custom that as soon as a child is born the astrologers come. That is the Indian system, Vedic system.

05/03/69 Lecture: Boston, Massachusetts :

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The teaching of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati on raganuga-bhakti is, that ajata ruci (without taste) raganuga sadhakas (practitioners) should adopt the methods of raganuga sadhana that they are qualified to adopt in proportion to their development of sacred greed (lobhamayi sraddha), while following the angas (limbs) of vaidhi bhakti (regulated devotional service).

This follows Sri Jiva Goswami's Bhakti-sandarbha 311

ajata-tadrsa-rucina tu sad-visesa adaramatradrta 
raganugapi vaidhi-samvalitaivanus he

The Spiritual Form of the Self

by Sriman Muralidhar das

Following is a critique of the philosophy of the Radha Kunda babajis who teach that when a disciple comes to a guru he should be "given" a spiritual body of a manjari. In this article, the author carefully presents the teachings of Prabhupada Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur who taught that this "siddha pranali" system of worship is a concoction and a deviation from the ways of devotion taught by Sri Rupa-Sanatana.

A significant aspect

Appointment with Krishna 2/12

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

The following are some of the nectarean instructions given by our beloved Guru Maharaja in Abu Dhabi during his recent yatra here.

Means of Conquest:
All of us want to conquer everything. But we do not know the means of conquest. Srimad Bhagavatam is the very means of conquest. In Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.4, it is said,

naaraayanam namaskrtya
naram cai

VRAJ KI KHOJ

We are happy to inform the devotees and the general public that with blessings of Srila Prabhupada of ISKCON, Sri Sri Gaura Nitai and Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi,  Gaurang Institute for Transcendental Awakening (GITA), has made a 2 hours + movie on history of Vraj, titled ‘Vrak Ki Khoj’, the 3 minute demo of which can be viewed by invoking the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmih8y435Cg

          CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU IN 'VRAJ KI KHOJ'

H.G. Jitamitra Prabhu, Senior Pre

Who Exactly Is God?

First we have to know the Qualities of God

God is the most powerful person, no one can defeat God in anyway.

God is the most beautiful person, no one is more beautiful than God.

God is the most loving person, he is the nicest guy around.

God is the most merciful person, he doesn’t send anyone eternally to hell.

God is the most forgiving person, he gives us unlimited chances (reincarnation).

God is the most caring person, he even cares for the animals like cows, pigs, chickens etc. (

‘Some are born great. Some are made great. Some attain greatness. Some strive hard but do not become great.’ This applies to the lives of Bhakta also. Mangal attained greatness in this fashion.

Once upon a time there lived a pious Brahmin called Ramadasu in a village near Krishnaveni river. He had a son called Bilva Mangal. The father brought him up in the true orthodox way. He was trained in the Shastras. His upbringing and the religious training moulded him into a kind natured, soft-spoken, god