Answers from

A Maha Bhagavata

How to Avoid Differentiating between Services ?

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

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev.

In a recent conversation HG Devakinandan prabhuji was telling us how we should not be caught up with the externals and always be happy in sitting down to read Sri

The aim is to satisfy Visnu. We should always remember this fact, that we are eternally servant, part and parcel of Krsna, or Visnu. As I have given many times the example, there are so many parts of the body, but what are they meant for? To satisfy the belly. You are walking, you are catching, you are thinking, you are doing so many things -- what is the aim? The aim is satisfy the stomach. You cook, you earn hard money, and then you purchase goods and cook nicely and put it into the stomach.  

Hare krsna 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Krishna is always within us, and consequently He knows everything about our purposes, and He gives us the opportunity to work as we decide. If we decide to enjoy this material world, Krishna gives us the intelligence to become a very shrewd businessman or a popular politician or a cunning man so that we can earn money and enjoy ourselves. According to the standards of material life, many people are becoming great. They

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It is very easy for anyone to claim, "I am a Krishna-bhakta" .  But to become a real  *Krishna-Bhakta* and remain so thereafter,  requires total commitment andLOYALTY  to Sri Krishna . Nobody can cheat Bhagavan . Krishna is seated in our heart as *Eye-witness* (Mana-sakshi) or Conscience or Super-soul ( Paramathma). He is just a witness and does not involve with the  day-to-day activities .

But, in the case of a Krishna

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People think, "I can enjoy this material world very nicely. Everyone is having such a good time. There is no reason I can't enjoy myself as much as they." This idea is illusion because there is no real enjoyment in the material world. We may be very good-looking, famous, well educated, wealthy and powerful, and we may have a very beautiful wife and children and hold the highest position in the country—but at any moment

From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: March 8th, 2012, Sri Gaura Purnima
Verse: Caitanya-caritamrta Adi 1.4
Speaker: HH Sivarama Swami

anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam harih purata-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandipitah sada hrdaya-kandare sphuratu vah saci-nandanah

TRANSLATION: May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Srimati Saci-devi be transcendentally situated in the innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the

Paramananda madhavam sri caitanya isvaram. The situation in Navadvip and the whole of India that time was that people were religious but they were not spiritual. They were religious just to show on the outside but actually they did not know the purpose of religion. People spent a lot to marry off their daughter, to put on a big show to show that they were very religious. One such wealthy had no more daughters to marry off then he married a female cat or a female dog or some demigod. So this was

By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 3 Mar 2012

Bhaktin Radhika Mehta In the past five years, one young woman from Chowpatty, Mumbai, has broken all women’s book distribution records, and many overall records too.

Bhaktin Radhika Mehta is an enigma. Since she began in 2007, she has distributed 228,016 of Srila Prabhupada’s books—nearly a quarter of a million. According to the World Sankirtan Newsletter, in five years, she has given out more books than any other female distributor since 1982.

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Answers from

A Maha Bhagavata

Power of the Holy Name

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

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev.

Inspired by the postings from HG Madanmohan prabhuji titled “Answers from a Mahabhagavata”, this is a humble attempt at reproducing excerpts from a question and answer session in a lectur

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How grateful would you say you are?  Did you know that your gratitude level can directly affect your happiness?  Now that may sound little strange. 
        
Even financial experts agree that gratitude is a vital component for increasing wealth and success.  This basic premise of gratitude is to acquire a more positive and receptive state of being.  Here is how it actually works. You begin by being grateful for the small

Hare krsna

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said, “I don’t believe that God exists.” 

“Why do you say that,” asked the customer. 

“Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn’t exist. T

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Correcting Others

Gaura Lila by HH Radhanath Swami
Chaitanya Charitamrita by HH Radhanath Swami
Pastimes of Lord Caitanya by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami
Teachings of Lord Caitanya by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami
Teaching of Lord Caitanya by HH Bhakti Charu Swami
Lord Caitanya Sanyasa by HH Radha Govinda Swami (Hindi)
Chaitanya Charitamrita by HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami (Hindi)
Chaitanya Charitamrita by HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami
Adoption sannyasi Lord Caitanya and Pastimes by HH Candramauli Swami 
Teachings of Lord Cait

So five thousand years ago Krsna came to kill some of the demons. Not all of them were demons. But next time, when Krsna will come, it will be only demons. Only demons. Kalki avatara. What is that stotra? Kesava dhrta-kalki-sarira jaya jagadisa hare. So at that time Krsna will not preach Bhagavad-gita. Kalki avatara will simply come to cut the throat only.

By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada

Answers from

A Maha-Bhagavata

How to Treat Everyone Equally ?

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

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev.

Recently I was going through the diary which contained my conversations with our beloved Gurudev, HDG Mahavishnu Gosvami Maharaj. I seek the permission of the devotees to allow me to share the co