Krsna is thus explaining Himself as He is.  Yet we are not attracted to Him.  Why is this?  The reason is givenby Krsna Himself:

daivi hy esa gunamayi

mama maya duratyaya

mam eva ye prapadyante

mayam etam taranti te

"This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome.  But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it." (Bg. 7.14)

Harinam Tour 2012. Trough Mediterranean

We have a good news from Karlovac, Croatia – 9th in a row Harinam tour „Mediterranean meets India“ will take place from 5th – 31st August this year. Despite all the problems, which we had a lot this year, we managed to organise Tour and will travel to 5 countries of Mediterranean: Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo (we are very happy to visit Pristina again since we had amazing Harinam experience there last year). This year will be a little slo

So there are different varieties of planets. That is God's creation. This is also God's creation, that is also God's creation, but I cannot go there. Land is God's creation, water is God's creation, but you cannot live in the water, and the fish cannot live on the land. Similarly, although there are millions and trillions of planets within this universe, you have to live in that particular planet where you are destined to live. That is condition. You cannot go to the sun planet or moon planet. O

Attaining Taste For

Glorifying The Lord

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

The following is a discourse by H.H. MahaVishnu Goswami May 2009 in London on a series of verses from the tenth, eleventh and twelfth cantos of the Srimad Bhagavatam. The verses illuminate how a person who is satisfied with whatever life brings him can attain the complete mercy of the Lord. Satisfaction is the prerequisite for hearing an

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada 

Song Name: Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Doya Koro More
Official Name: Punah Prarthana Song 1; Savarana Sri Gaura Pada Padme Prarthana
Author: Narottama Dasa Thakura
Book Name: Prarthana

(1)
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu doyā koro more
tomā binā ke doyālu jagat-saḿsāre

(2)
patita-pāvana-hetu tava avatāra
mo sama patita prabhu nā pāibe āra

(3)
hā hā prabhu nityānanda, premānanda sukhī
kṛpābalokana koro āmi boro duḥkhī

(4)
doyā koro sītā-pati

Renunciation is one of the important aspect for a practicing devotee who decided to walk the path to liberation. The term renunciation itself in nature is somewhat pessimistic to modern mind though it is one of the major aspect in the life of a follower of Vedic religion. The reason of this kind of mentality is due to lack of knowledge regarding what does renunciation mean. Because most of the time when talk of renunciation comes we think that one has  to leave everything  , his house, family, s

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada 

Matter changes in six phases: birth, growth, maintenance, production of by-products, dwindling, and death. But the life within matter, the spirit soul, is eternal; it goes through no such changes. Life appears to be developing and decaying, but actually it is simply passing through each of these six phases until the material body can no longer be maintained. Then the old body dies, and the soul enters a new body. When

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada 

Recent times have been quite mourning times. Terrorism and natural calamities are at its worst. Apart from these there are certain situations which are beyond one’s control, and it becomes life threatening. In these kinds of situations we depend on our quick decision making skill or the immediate family or friends to bail us out of the problem. Sometimes we use our position or money to get us out of tough times. So gen

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

At the present moment, no one actually knows the meaning of religion. Religion means to abide by the laws of God, just as good citizenship means to abide by the laws of the government. Because no one has any understanding of God, no one knows the laws of God or the meaning of religion. This is the present status of people in today's society. They are forgetting religion, taking it to be a kind of faith. Faith may be bli

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Actually our position is that we are always rendering service to someone, either to our family, country, or society. If we have no one to serve, sometimes we keep a pet cat or dog and render service to it. All these factors prove that we are constitutionally meant to render service, yet in spite of serving to the best of our ability, we are not satisfied. Nor is the person to whom we are rendering that service satisfied

In religious and civilized societies, marriage is intended as an indication that a couple is to engage in sex for begetting good children.  Therefore married sex life is considered religious, and unmarried sex life is considered irreligious.  Actually there is no difference between the sannyasi and the householder provided that the householder's sexual activities are based on religious principles.

ye caiva sattvika bhava

rajasas tamasas ca ye

matta eveti tan viddhi

na tv aham tesu te mayi

"All states

Prabhupada: Krsna says, mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te: [Bg. 7.14] "As soon as one surrenders unto Me, he has no more illusion." Mayam etam taranti. Immediately. So people are conditioned, encaged. So many big, big words The Mayavadis, they are undergoing austerities or penances just to become liberated. Yogis, they are also trying to become one. So many endeavors are going on. But the simple process is, as soon as you surrender, that you are not fallen, "It was illusion. I was dre

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari, kṛṣṇa in IAST, pronounced [ˈkr̩ʂɳə] in classical Sanskrit) is a deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism. Krishna is often described as having the appearance of a dark-skinned man during his earthly incarnation, often depicted as a young cowherd boy playing a flute (as in the Bhagavata Purana) or a youthful prince giving philosophical direction and guidance (as in the Bhagavad Gita).

Krishna and the stories associated with him appear across a broad spectrum

Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita (Sanskrit ?????????, Bhagavad G?t?, “Song of God”) is a Sanskrit text from the chapter Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata epic, comprising 700 verses. It was originally written around 3000 BCE and is considered by many to be the most complete philosophical / religious book in the world. Only now is the non-Indian world realizing its value and a 2006 report suggests that the Gita is replacing the influence of the “The Art of War” (ascendant in the 1980s and ’90s) in t

Mirabai's Love For Shri Krishna 

Approximately 500 years ago, the kingdom of Rajasthan was the land of warriors, sages, sadhus, and kings.  It was at this time; Princess Mirabai was born (1478).  Her mother passed away when she was very young and her father, Ratan Singh, was very busy with the kingdom.  Growing up at her grandfather’s palace, Mirabai was deeply devoted to Krishna Bhagwan. After Mirabai’s grandfather passed away, her uncle became the new king. He arranged her marriage with Prince

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

As long as a man is in the full vigor of life, he forgets the naked truth of death, which he has to meet. Thus a foolish man makes no relevant inquiry about the real problems of life. Everyone thinks that he will never die, although he sees evidence of death before his eyes at every second. Here is the distinction between animalism and humanity. An animal like a goat has no sense of its impending death. Although its bro

Without being favored by Krsna, one cannot become extraordinarily intelligent.  Everyone is trying to be more intelligent than others, but without the favor of Krsna this is not possible.  Therefore whenever we encounter someone with extraordinary intelligence we should think, "That intelligence is Krsna."  Similarly, the influence of one who is very influential is also Krsna.

balam balavatam caham

kama-raga-vivarjitam

dharmaviruddho bhutesu

kamo smi bharatarsabha

"I am the strength of the strong,

Prabhupada: Actually the moon is not moving. It is a maya, illusion. It appears that the moon is moving. But similarly, the living entity, because he is spiritual spark of the Supreme, it has not fallen. It has not fallen. But he is thinking, "I am fallen. I am material." That is the reason. He is thinking, "I am this body." Actually the body has no connection with me. That is experienced, that the body has no connection with the soul. The body is changing, dying. But I am the same. The same exa