Many kinds of Surrender
Since there are many kinds of surrender, there are many degrees of completeness because some types of surrender are more total than others. By and large they all entail abandonment of certain designations: of birth and parentage, of career and material possessions, of mind, of the body and its senses, of doctrines and concepts. Abandonment of delusion followed by submission to the Divine, to the Will of the Father, is the process of surrender. Such a surrender, when it is
"In the modern world, trademarks are very common. And they are protected. The trademark for marketing the holy name is the causeless mercy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Gauranga. In this Age of Kali, it is not possible to achieve the pure holy name without chanting the names of the Pancha-Tattva prior to chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
Whoever wants to market the holy name must be a sincere follower of the Lord and distribute the name under Gauranga's brand name, or proce
HG GANGA NARAYAN PRABHUJI’S FIRST VISIT TO GUNA
11th July 2009
Guna
It was evening 5 pm and all sincere souls were eagerly awaiting the arrival of bus party from Ujjain. All gathered at centre, our Uncle’s house and started arranging each and every thing of the centre. Full place was cleaned, mats were arranged, altar was cleaned & decorated, Vyasasana was put, andall wore the traditional Bengali dhoti and gauriya tilak. Each second seemed tobe as large as a day. Suddenly we have received informati
Introduction
In this material world, in order to maintain the body one has to work. Human society is divided, according to work, into four divisions of social order -- brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra. The brahmana class or intelligent class is working in one way, the ksatriya or administrative class is working in another way, and the mercantile class and the laborers are all tending to their specific duties.
Krishna's advise to Arjuna vis-a-vis humanity
In the human society, whether one is a l
In order to learn how Krsna's pleasure can be obtained, we must
read the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam in which Krsna's pleasure
potency is displayed in His pastimes with Radharani and the damsels of
Vraja. Unfortunately, unintelligent people turn at once to the sports of
Krsna in the Dasama-skandha, the Tenth Canto. Krsna's embracing
Radharani or His dancing with the cowherd girls in the rasa dance are
generally not understood by ordinary men because they consider these
pastimes in the light of mun
