Yes, if our success thrives on others miseries. Our success is mostly comparative in nature. A student gauges his success by seeing if he has scored more than his peers or not, we get dissatisfied with our jobs when we find that our colleagues are earning more than us. Thus caught up in the quagmire of comparison we hardly feel inner satisfaction and serenity.
We see that Duryodhana had everything in his life. Being the son of the king of Hastinapur his all demands were immediately met with. He
So in our, this human form of life we should be very careful, and what is ordered that "You should do like this..." Just like if you go to a medical man, so if you are diseased, a medical man, physician, will give you a prescription that "You take this medicine, and you do not take this kind of food. You can take this kind of food." Ahara-pathya. So if you want to cure your material disease, then two things are required: the medicine and the food. It is called pathya. The proper food and proper
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Vrndavana, October 28, 1972
An explanation of the process of devotion the only mean to know God in full
Pradyumna: “Pure devotional service should be free from the desire for any material benefit or for sense gratification as these two desires are cultivated through fruitive activities and philosophical speculation.”
Prabhupada: Yes. The Caitanya-caritamrta says, bhukt
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Darkness of the present age is not due to lack of
material progress, but due to lack of spiritual advancement.
Human v/s animal
What is “progress”? A dog’s jumping is progress? A dog is running here and there on four legs, and you are running on four wheels. Is that progress?
The Vedic system is this: The human being has a certain amount of energy better energy than the
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Determination is what separates a man from an animal. Animals act as per their instincts without bothering much about the consequences whilst the humans have the ability to contemplate on the outcome before any action. As humans we constantly endeavour to better our life. However due to lack of determination our attempts does not bring the desired result. Success is guaranteed if we sincerely try to achieve a goal following the directives of the revealed Vedic literatures
The Vedic literatures na
- Oh yes, she is doing very well in her studies. All teachers love her…
For my surprise and amazement my dad replied with this to the question of his friend.
I was 8 years old, a first grade graduate from school. Because of my enough better studies teachers gifted to me few small books, around 1 centimeter in width, with stories at the end of the year. And after that we had 3 months Summer holidays. When they gave me books they told me to read them…so I tried my best.
Everyday I used
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Lord Krsna provides everything we need to bring the spiritual world into our lives.
A lecture given in Mumbai, India, on September 25, 1973
This lecture was given on the anniversary of the appearance of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, whose disappearance, or passing, we honor this July.
FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu started the sankirtana movement, or the
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We can never be fully satisfied even with unrivaled material pleasures.
A lecture given in London on August 8, 1973
na hi prapasyami mamapanudyad
yac chokam ucchosanam indriyanam
avapya bhumav asapatnam rddham
rajyam suranam api cadhipatyam
"I can find no means to drive away this grief which is drying up my senses. I will not be able to dispel it if even if I win a prosper
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A lecture given in Vrndavana, India, on November 3, 1976
putrams ca sisyams ca nrpo gurur va
mal-loka-kamo mad-anugraharthah
ittham vimanyur anusisyad ataj-jnan
na yojayet karmasu karma-mudhan
kam yojayan manujo 'rtham labheta
nipatayan nasta-drsam hi garte
TRANSLATION: If one is serious about going back home, back to Godhead, then he must consider the mercy of the Supreme
What is Material Illusion? When you use too much of I, My, Mine; when you consider yourself responsible for your success or failure; when you find more pleasure in your electronic gadgets than in the Lord; when you sometimes feel miserable and the other times happy, my friend, you must know that you are a victim of material illusion. The only solution to it being Krishna Consciousness or God-Consciousness.
We see that Arjuna was in a deluded condition in the battlefield of Kurukshetra, due to hi
So we cannot declare independence. That is not possible. There is no independence. We are completely dependent on Visnu. There is no doubt about it. You cannot manufacture your necessities, all the necessities. You can manufacture some motorcar or some needle or this or that, but you cannot manufacture the primary necessities of life. That is not possible. When there is scarcity of food, you cannot manufacture in your factory. That is not possible. That you have to receive from Visnu, from God.
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Paris – June 11, 1974:
Overwhelmed by useless information, we fail to hear about life's most important topic.
srotavyadini rajendra
nrnam santi sahasrasah
apasyatam atma-tattvam
grhesu grha-medhinam
"Those persons who are materially engrossed, being blind to the knowledge of ultimate truth, have many subject matters for hearing in human society, O Emperor." Srimad-Bhagavat
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Mayapur, India March 27, 1975
Learning how to love and serve God is so important that God Himself comes to teach it.
yad advaitam brahmopanisadi tad apy asya tanu-bha
ya atmantar-yami purusa iti so 'syamsa-vibhavah
sad-aisvaryaih purno ya iha bhagavan sa svayam ayam
na caitanyat krsnaj jagati para-tattvam param iha
"What the Upanisads describe as the impersonal Brahman i
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“Receptive” implies being open to ideas and suggestions.
It means you are inclined and willing to receive whatever it is that you need at that moment – data, creativity, a new idea, or whatever. It’s the opposite of being closed minded and stubborn.
People who are receptive are willing to have a “beginner’s mind,” the willingness to learn, even if they are considered the expert. Because they are not defensive, these peop
But unfortunately, being misguided, instead of serving Krsna, we are serving so many other things. Somebody is serving his family. Somebody is serving his country. Somebody is serving his dog. In this way, service is there -- but the service is misplaced. Therefore we are not satisfied. Why in the material world people are not satisfied? Because his position is to serve Krsna. He is serving maya; therefore he is not happy. Plain thing. Krsna says, mamaivamso jiva-bhutah: [Bg. 15.7] "Jiva, the li
Krishna, the All-attractive One, the only object of love in existence, is attracted towards love. Keats had said, “Beauty is truth, truth beauty…” If a poet through his imagination could arrive at such a conclusion of reality, it is only stunningly unimaginable how beautiful the real ‘Reality’ would be. No wonder then, that Krishna is wondrously attracted towards His own beauty. Truth and beauty are synonymously interspersed within what we call love. There is no truth higher than love, and there
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Nairobi-October 26, 1975
Everyone bows before the power of God, some willingly, some by force
