Bhakti primarily has two components. One is aversion or natural disliking towards materialistic enjoyment such as pleasures related to the body/mind such as entertainment, family, employment etc. The other component is the cultivation of taste (rasa) towards spiritual activities such as chanting, reading, and listening about Krishna.
A talk by Giriraj Swami, November 22, 2004, Dallas
Today is the disappearance day of Srila Gaurakisora dasa Babaji Maharaja, a great devotee–maha-bhagavata. He was a disciple of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and was very renounced. Earlier, he had lived for many years in Vrndavana, roaming the twelve forests, chanting the holy names of Krsna, eating by begging alms, and sleeping under the trees. Later, after Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura discovered Lord Caitanya’s birthplace in Mayapur, Srila Jaganna
By Urmila Devi Dasi
On a visit to schools for the deaf, Hare Krishna devotees find more evidence that bhakti-yoga is for everyone.
It’s easy to imagine being blind. A simple close of the eyelids in a somewhat dark place or a walk through an unlit room at night, and we can empathize with those who cannot see. Making oneself temporarily deaf, however, is almost impossible. First of all, it’s hard to completely seal the entrance to the ears. Putting our hands over our ears or using earplugs blocks
November 22nd, 2015
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~Gaura
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Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu is always free from politics and institutional bashing or promotion. Just simply nectarean Krishna Katha!
Srila Prabhupada praise His Guru Maharaja, the exalted Srila Gaura Kishora dasa babaji
excerpted from: Srila Prabhupada Lectures : Bhagavad-gita 4.24-34 — New York, August 12, 1966
Indian: Because if we go wholeheartedly to God without proper understanding, there is also a flaw.
Srila Prabhupāda: No. There is no question of understanding. Suppose this process… Just like Kṛṣṇa says, bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate: [Bg. 7.19] “After many, many births of culture of knowledge, the pe
By Tamoharadasa
I have seen time and again how devotees who have undergone brahmacari training, and who later take up the reins of householder life, enter the workplace with skills far above those of the average man or woman. It is not that the skills and mentality of the devotional training have no value in the work theatre. On the contrary, the training as given by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada raises the devotee to a level above that of others.
The first thing that a brahmacari
Of course, today, India is a conglomeration of various thoughts, and culture. Still, I feel there are places all over the country with edifices so old no one can estimate its origins. When people visit India as a tourist spot, they approach India from a 21st century mindset coupled with their time frame. If a westerner visits India, he or she is used to the biblical time frame which at the most is 6000 years old or so and within that time relevance experience India. If one is a rational thinke
Giriraj Swami spoke on Srila Gaurakisora dasa Babaji Maharaja during the Sunday program.“Although one could say that Srila Gaurakisora dasa Babaji Maharaja didn’t preach, he did so through Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. He had an immense wealth of spiritual realization that he gave to Srila Sarasvati Thakura, who then distributed it. If I have one million dollars and don’t distribute it but give it to someone else to distribute, it is as good as if I had distributed it myself. So Sr
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
This is going to be the last detailed health update on Mukunda Goswami in this
forum.
Thanks to all your prayers and good wishes, Mukunda Goswami is making a slow
but steady recovery from his two surgeries.
On November 6, Mukunda Maharaja was transferred from Gold Coast University
hospital to the rehabilitation facility of Murwillumbah hospital, which is a
15-minute drive from New Govardhan farm community and his residence
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Read Biography of Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja on www.gaudiyahistory.com
Bhajan by Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Maharaja on www.vaishnavsongs.com
Bhisma Pancaka
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In my last post, I talked about how there are different types of devotees and we should be aware not all of them are of the same qualitative nature. Similarly, when we do outreach or as in ISKCON called preaching, there are different types of audiences.
Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita (7.3) that among the millions of people, very few will know Him as He is. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu made it more liberal by distributing this message to one and all. Srila Prabhupada following Mahaprabhu's foot
Sadaputa Digital Channel Facebook Page Launched
By Sunanda das
November 15th celebrated the one year anniversary of the Sadaputa Digital Channel on Youtube featuring over 100 lectures and videos about Vedic perspectives on modern science by Sadaputa Dasa, Dr. Richard L. Thompson, one of Srila Prabhupadas original founding members of the Bhaktivedanta Institute. He is responsible for much of the design of the planetarium in the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP) in Mayapur and for other exh
DP Shyam Gopal Das films sankirtan leader Prabhupada Das in Moscow
Joy of Devotion, a new documentary currently in production and set to be released in 2016 -- ISKCON’s 50th anniversary year – will show the seeds Srila Prabhupada planted 50 years ago thriving around the world.
“We are a very diverse movement,” says director Krishna-lila Dasi (Krisztina Danka). “And we’ll show that in the film, as well as the many different ways our devot
