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How to Transcend

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

In Srimad Bhagavatam verse 2.3.12

jnaanam yad aapratinivrtta-gunormi-cakram
aatma-prasaada uta yatra gunesv asangah
kaivalya-sammata-pathas tv atha bhakti-yogah
ko nirvrto hari-kathaasu ratim na kuryaat
"Transcendental knowledge in relation with the Supreme Lord Hari is knowledge resulting in the complete suspension of the waves and whirlpools of the materia

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If you inject just one grain of deadly poison into someone, he immediately dies. No one can see the poison or how it acts. But the poison is acting nevertheless. In the same way, the Vedas say that because the minute particle called the soul is within the body, the whole body is working nicely. According to the Vedas, the measurement of the soul within the body is one ten-thousandth part of the tip of a hair. It is too

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There is a story of about a sea captain who in his retirement skippered a boat taking day-trippers to Shetland Islands. On one trip, the boat was full of young people. 

They laughed at the old captain when they saw him say a prayer before sailing out, because the day was fine and the sea was calm. 

However they weren't long at sea when a storm suddenly blew up and the boat began to pitch violently. The terrified passenger

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Srimad Bhagavatam 4.29.38 

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The Bhagavad-gita says that out of many thousands of human beings, one may try to make perfection of his life. Man is an animal, but he has one special prerogative, rational thought. What is that rational thought? Reasoning power, argument. Now, reasoning power is there in dogs and cats as well. Suppose a dog comes up to you; if you say, "Hut!" he'll understand. The dog will understand that you don't want him. So, he ha

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A man saw a poor boy looking at his beautiful and expensive car; he offered the boy a drive….

After the drive the boy said: "Your car is so marvelous, it might be so expensive?! How much does it cost?"
The man replied: "I don't know; my brother has gifted it to me!"
The boy remarked: "Wow so nice of him…."
The man replied: "I know what you are thinking. You also want to have a brother like him!"
The boy quickly responded: "No

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There once was a wise sage who wandered the countryside. One day, as he passed near a village, he was approached by a woman who told him of a sick child nearby. She beseeched him to help this child.
 So the sage came to the village, and a crowd gathered around him, for such a man was a rare sight. One woman brought the sick child to him, and he said a prayer over her.
"Do you really think your prayer will help her, when m

Kali yuga is an Excuse

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

Gurudeva continued the lecture today morning, on the same verses from Srimad Bhagavatam 3.32.34-35-36, for the third consecutive day.

Maharaja said that only the Vedic literature can provide us the true knowledge. Putting this knowledge into practice is Srimad Bhagavatam Vedic culture which will save us from all kinds of miseries. Any touching sensatio

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Anything that is going on in this world, is under the supreme supervision of the Lord. There is a philosopher's saying, "Not a blade of grass moves without the will of God." It is actually the fact. Now, we have to dovetail ourself with that plan of the Supreme Lord. That is called karma-yoga. So Arjuna understood it, and he dovetailed himself with the supreme will of the Lord. And when he was inquired, "Whether you are

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Yudhisthira Maharaj said, "Oh Supreme Lord, I have heard the gloriesof the NirjalA EkAdasii, which occurs during the light fortnight ofthe month of Jyeshtha (May - June). Now I wish to hear from You aboutthe suddha EkAdasii that occurs during the dark fortnight of the month of AshADha (June - July). Kindly describe to me all about it indetail, Oh killer of the Madhu demon (Madhusudana)."
The Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna, t

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Think about how often we all have conversations in the privacy of our own minds. It happens, practically nonstop, all day long, every day of our lives. We’re in the car thinking about something – a deadline, an argument, a potential conflict, a mistake, a worry, whatever. Or we’re at the office or in the shower, doing the very same thing – and it all seems so real.

When we are thinking, however, it’s easy to lose sight of

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Criticism is an extremely valuable element to success.  It is important to value the opinions of others and change your actions based on good feedback.  It is this feedback that helps us to achieve success. The first rule of accepting criticism is to understand the motivation behind the criticism. Understanding this motivation helps you decide how valid the criticism is, and whether to accept it or not.  Here are some o

N.E.T.W.O.R.K of Bhagavatam

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

The following is an excerpt from the lecture given by our loving Guru Maharaja H.H. Maha Vishnu Goswami on 12.12.2006 on Srimad Bhagavatam 11.7.1-3 at Sri Sri Radha-NeelMadhav Dham, Rajkot.

In the summary of this chapter Uddhava states that renouncing material things in a spirit of detachment is the source of the highest auspiciousness, but such re

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In a paper entitled Guru Nanak in Oriya Sources, author Raghubir Singh Tak describes an Oriyan palm leaf manuscript preserved in the Jagannath Temple Museum, which documents the point in history when Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Guru Nanak were visiting the holy dhama at Puri Jagannath at the same time, along with other associates. Raghubir Singh Tak, formerly a Professor in the Department of Guru Nanak Studies, GNDU, d