Bhakti is transcendental even to mukti. People generally consider dharma artha kama moksa [SB 4.8.41, Cc. Adi 1.90]. In the beginning dharma, artha, economic development, kama, sense gratification, then moksa, merging into the supreme one. But bhakti is above that. Siddher gariyasi. It is above mukti. Mukti is not very much important thing for a bhakta.
So that is our mission. This Krsna consciousness movement is that we are simply trying to convince people what Krsna has said, that's all. We are
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada'
nandanandana-kaisora lilamrta-mahambudhau
nimagnanam kim asmakam nirvana-lavanambhasa
We have now plunged into the great nectar-ocean of the transcendental youthful pastimes of Maharaja Nanda's son, Krishna. Of what use to us is the saltwater of impersonal liberation? (Sri Yadavendra Puri, quoted in Padyavali, 42)
bhavantu tatra janmani yatra te murali-kalah
karna-peyatvam ayati kim me nirvana-vartaya
O Lord, I pray that I
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada'
Once there was an old man and a young boy who were traveling with a donkey.
The young man was leading the donkey and the old man was riding on the donkey.
When they passed through a small village, some of the townspeople yelled abuse,
"Look at this old man taking advantage of this poor young boy! What a rascal!"
After they had passed through the village, the old man said, "We had better swap
over, otherwise they will abus
War and pious deeds have often come together at this ancient North Indian site.
KURUKSHETRA, about one hundred miles north of New Delhi, is best known as the place where the great battle of the Mahabharata was fought and Lord Krsna spoke the Bhagavad-gita. But long before that, Kurukshetra had played a dominant role in the history and culture of ancient India. For thousands of years it was a hub around which the Vedic civilization spun in its full glory. Kurukshetra's religious importance is desc
Caitanya Mahaprabhu has said who is guru. He asked everyone to become guru. His mission is that people are suffering all over the world for want of this Krsna consciousness, or God consciousness. That's a fact. So He is advising everyone, especially those who are born in India,
bharata-bhumite haila manusya-janma yara
janma sarthaka kari' kara para-upakara
[Cc. Adi 9.41]
That is His mission. He is requesting every Indian, every Indian, because they have got the facility for understanding what is Bh
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada'
*Bhakti* (Devotion) is the easiest path to attain God-realization . Fixing the mind on your Ishta-devata and chanting His *Namam* ( names) constantly will lead to God .
Gandhiji is a good example . Though, he did not receive any formal spiritual education from a Guru, young Gandhi followed his family tradition and chose Bhagavan Sri Rama as *Ishta-deva* . He started reciting *Rama-namam* continuously . This practice
8.29.2004
Tuesday, August 29, 1967 Vrindaban, India
My dear Hamsaduta,
Please accept my blessings. Thank you for your recent letter.
I am glad to know that you are comfortable in Boston, and that you are engaging your energy there in making nice Krishna prasadam. I am also very pleased to know that Himavati is definitely going to have a baby. It is a very wonderful thing, and surely Krishna will bless your home with His presence, as both you and your wife and His sincere servants; The best prepa
Basically, brahmacarya means celibacy.
karmana manasa vaca
sarvavasthasu sarvada
sarvatra maithuna-tyago
brahmacaryam pracakshate
“The vow of brahmacarya is meant to help one completely abstain from sex indulgence in work, words, and mind—at all times, under all circumstances and in all places.” (-Yajnavalkya-smriti, as quoted in Bg. 6.13-14)
There are eight aspects of brahmacarya, as described in Shridhara Swami’s commentary on Shrimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.12:
smaranam kirtanam kelih
prekshanam guhyabhashana
क्या केवल कौशल्या के लाल है राम ?
क्या केवल दशरथ के राजदुलारे है राम?
क्या केवल लखन, शत्रुघन व भरत के भ्राता है राम?
क्या केवल वशिष्ठ के शिष्य है राम?
क्या केवल अहिल्या के उदधारक है राम?
क्या केवल सीता के करुनानिधान है राम?
क्या केवल हठी केवट के तारक है राम?
क्या केवल शबरी के जूठे-बेर के भूखे है राम?
क्या केवल हनुमत के अतुलित बल के दाता है राम?
क्या केवल सुग्रीव, निषाद व विभीषण के मित्र है राम?
क्या केवल रावन व कुंभकरण के संघारक है राम?
....
राम है हर माता की चाहत।
राम है हर पिता की विडम्बना का सहारा।
राम है
I saw a girl sitting on the grass and studying and was going to approach her, but for some reason I talked to some other people instead. Yet I felt that Krishna really wanted me to offer her a book. The people I talked to took books, which ended up being the last books I had in my bag. However, later that day when I had more books I saw her again, and she waved at me to come and talk to her. I proceeded to say hello and offer her some books and she joyfully introduced herself and t
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada'
"The Journey of Self Discovery"
Hare Krishna
जन-जन को जो अपनी ओर कर्षित कर ले वो है कृष्ण।
जात-पात का भेद जो मिटा दे वो है कृष्ण।
दुष्ट पूतना को भी जो माँ के समान आदर दिला दे वो है कृष्ण।
जन-मानस की पीड़ा को मिटाने के लिए जो गोवर्धन का सारा
गोचारण कर जो गोमाता को देवतुल्य दर्जा दिला दे वो है कृष्ण।
विधाता को भी जो सच्चा ब्रह्मज्ञान करा दे वो है कृष्ण।
आओ हर एक के ह्रदय में कृष्ण भाव जगाये, विषय-वासना रूपी कंस का मर्दन कर मन को निर्मल बनाये।।
द्रोपदी की लाज बचाकर जो दुष्ट दुसासन को लज्जा का पात्र बना दे वो है कृष्ण
Dear Maharajas, prabhus and matajis,
Please accept my humble obesances, all glories to our most dearly beloved Srila Prabhupada,all glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga, all glories to the sankirtan devotees of the Lord!
Please accept this preaching report for you pleasure in my service to Srila Prabhupda, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the devotees of the Lord!
So I am here in the ancient port city of Mombassa here on the eastern coast o
Jai Shree Krishna to all of my devotee friends.......
I want to share some lines from the Atharva Veda which embodies the true spirit of humanness expressed, not today, but four thousand years ago...............
We are the birds of the same nest,
We may wear different skins,
We may speak different languages,
We may believe in different religions,
We may belong to different cultures,
Yet we share the same home-Our Earth.
Born on the same planet,
Covered by same skies,
Gazing at the same stars,
Breathing t
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
here are many reasons why Bhagavan Sri Krishna considered *Bhakti-Yoga* (the path of devotion) the most suitable path for the people. First of all, it gives much contentment to the practitioner. A contented person will have enthusiasm and vigour. Such a person will be very optimistic and endowed with an adventurous mind. Their attitude is that life and everything that happens in life is a gift, and this gives them immen
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Krishna ultimately presents Himself to the atheist as death. The God comes before the atheists as death and takes away everything. So that is the atheist class realization of God. You will see God at that time of death; after seeing, you will be finished, no more understanding. Then you will be taken away, everything, all possession, all scientific knowledge, bank balance, skyscraper, everything will be taken away, then
