Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

A spiritual movement is based not on management. It is not based on the principle of getting things done. No doubt utility is a principle. But ultimately the greatest utilitarian principle is when our relationships are based on love and trust. As a management technique we say one thing which isn’t what we really mean, to try to get somebody to do something that they don’t want to do, or you say various things which are not exactly the way it is so that you can get what you want form someone one

People of this world are so much conditioned to the news of the radio, the television and the newspapers where everything is based on the relative activities of conditioned souls and therefore we have a certain conditioned idea of what is possible and what is not possible. When we read history books about various wars and various discoveries and various political revolutions, they are all done by people who are influenced by material nature. Therefore what can such infinitesimal conditioned bein

A   wandering ascetic- a truly holy man- reached the outskirts of a village. Weary and aching after his long trek, he sat down to rest under a tree.

A villager came running up to him and demanded, "Give me the stone, the precious stone!"

"Who are you, my friend?" asked the ascetic. "What stone do you seek?"

"Last night, God appeared to me in a dream," the villager explained to him. "He told me that a sanyasin would meet me on the outskirts of my village, and that he would give me a precious sto

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    I am Indra, the god of war.  I have decided to tell you the story of Narasimha.  Vishnu has, yet again, come to the rescue.  Forgive the sarcasm that you may be detecting.  Vishnu has a habit of endearing himself to mortals by coming to their aid...all the time.  Though Vishnu has taken many Avatar states to protect the integrity of the gods,  he jumps at the opportunity to grac

Krsna claims, aham bija-pradah pita. Krsna has relationship not only in the human society, in animal society, in bird society, in plant society, in insect society, in demigod society. Aham bija-pradah pita, sarva-yonisu kaunteya [Bg. 14.4]. He doesn't claim that "I am interested with the Indians," or "the Hindus" or "the brahmanas," or "this." No. He claims all forms of body. So therefore these foreigners, so-called foreigners, they have got already relationship with Krsna. Nitya-siddha krsna-bh

Bhisma Panchaka fasting. http://audio.iskcondesiretree.info/02_-_ISKCON_Swamis/ISKCON_Swamis_-_D_to_P/His_Holiness_Mahanidhi_Swami/14_-_Tattva_Darsan_18/MNS_Tattva_Darsan_-_13-Purpose_and_Importance_of_Bhisma_Panchak_Vrata.mp3

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

In the pastime of Ambarish Maharaj and Durvasa muni, when Durvasa muni finally approaches Supreme Lord and asks for forgiveness for offending Maharaj Ambarish, an unalloyed devotee of the Lord, and protection from the life threatening Sudarshan chakra, Lord Krishna very nicely glorifies the greatness of His devotees through the following verses in Srimad Bhagavatam. (SB 9.4.63 through 67)

aham bhakta-paradhino hy asvatan

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

In his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam verse 1.15.8, Srila Prabhupada refers to the pastime with Maya Danava. Prabhupada writes "The demon Maya Danava was an inhabitant of the forest Khandava, and when the Khandava forest was set on fire, he asked protection from Arjuna. Arjuna saved his life, and as a result of this the demon felt obliged. He reciprocated by building a wonderful assembly house for the Pandavas, which attr

Unfortunately the present civilization, they are not meant for decreasing. They are simply increasing. The Western civlization means increasing the means of sense gratification, "machine, machine, machine, machine." So, and the brahminical culture means samo damo titiksa. Titiksa means without something I may suffer. Suffer. So one should be practiced to suffer. Suffer, that is tapasya. Tapasa brahmacaryena [SB 6.1.13]. Tapasya begins from celibacy. We are practiced to sex life or sense gratific

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na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ

Many news about prehistoric founds and their possible meaning reached the world in the last decades. One of them, found in South Germany, puts scientist around the world in amazement. The centerpiece is the “lion man”, an idol that is made from the tusk of a mammoth in the form of a human body with a lion head. Amazingly it  is dated back 32,000 years from now.
This discovery brought a lot of attention in the archaeological circles in Europe. In Excavations around 1930-35 at the Lonetal area near

एक समय कि बात है कि श्रीभागुरी ऋषि गोविन्द कुण्ड के तट पर भगवत् प्रीति के लिए यज्ञ कर रहे थे. दूर–दूर से गोप-गोपियाँ यज्ञ के लिए द्रव्य ला रही थीं. राधिका एवं उनकी सखियाँ भी दानघाटी के उस पार से दधि, दुग्ध, मक्खन तथा दूध से बने हुए विविध प्रकार के रबडी आदि द्रव्य ला रही थीं. इसी स्थान पर सुबल, मधुमंगल आदि सखाओं के साथ श्रीकृष्ण अपने लाठियों को अड़ाकर बलपूर्वक दान (टोलटैक्स) माँग रहे थे. गोपियों ...के साथ उन लोगों की बहुत नोक–झोंक हुई. कृष्ण ने त्रिभंग ललित रूप में खड़े होकर कहा- क्या ले जा रही ह

So it requires eyes to see God. That eyes you have to prepare. What is that eyes? Premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena [Bs. 5.38]. You have to apply eyes' ointment. Just like there is some medicine, eye ointment, which you apply -- you can see very distinctly -- similarly, that ointment is premanjana. If you develop love for God Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He is in ecstasy, always in love. He can see. Similarly, if you develop your love for God, then you can see. Premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-v

Today, my son has asked me to brief him the difference between Tortoise and Turtle.  While explaining to my son, I had a wonderful realization, which I would like to share with you all.

As the shell of a Tortoise / Turtle acts as a shield to protect from any kind of perils, attacks and also protects from extreme climatic conditions, similarly, the Lord takes the role of a shell just to protect HIS devotees from all problems and perils.

As the tortoise / turtle comes out of its shell to enjoy its

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Every one of us is searching after happiness, but we do not know what real happiness is. We see so much advertised about happiness, but practically speaking we see so few happy people. This is because so few people know that the platform of real happiness is beyond temporary things. It is this real happiness that is described in Bhagavad-gita by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.

Happiness is generally perceived through our senses

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 

 

samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavam

mahat-padam punya-yaśo murāreh

bhavāmbudhir vatsa-padam param padam padam

padam padam yad vipadam na tesām. [SB 10.14.58]

Bhavāmbudhi means this great ocean of nescience, in which we are now fallen and very much struggling for existence. Exactly just like if you are thrown in the ocean, although you may be a very good swimmer, but sti