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This story of the Syamantaka jewel is very significant. In Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that anyone who hears the story of the Syamantaka jewel or describes it or simply remembers it will be free from all kinds of defamation and the reactions of all impious activities and thus will attain the highest perfectional condition of peace.

Elevation To Perfection

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

This is based on the wonderful class given by our dear Gurudeva in Singapore on the subject matter of elevating our activities to religious perfection which will lead to renunciation and finally culminating in loving service to the lotus feet of the Lord. Maharaja was super excellently explaining the verse 3.23.56 from Srimad Bhagavatam

neha yat karma dharmaaya
na viraagaaya kalpate
n

If you simply speak what Krsna says, then you become His representative. Don't manufacture. Don't be over good at (indistinct) manufacturing. Simply to follow Krsna and His representatives, then you become mahajana. Otherwise you are a nonsense. Mudha.

By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada

8 Dec 72 , Ahmedabad 

This rascal, he wants to wander within this material world in different capacities. Sometime he's demigod, sometime he's dog, sometime he's tree, sometime he's fish, sometime he is president, sometime he's a nonsense. In this way, in different ways, he is suffering in this material world, and Krsna is with him, trying to get him back. And whenever there is opportunity, He's asking, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam: [Bg. 18.66] "You rascal, why you are suffering in this way? You give up

Way Out of Fatigue

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

In the present civilization we find that the majority of the population are completely fatigued in their endeavour to improve the so called standard of life and are full of restlessness. Peace and refreshment are very rare to find and Srimad Bhagavatam in the verse 4.26.11, describes this situation and Srila Prabhupada gives a brilliant purport to this verse. tatah ksut-trt-parisraanto
ni

Aimless, nonsensical, and even cryptic as the initial lines of my story/ realization may appear, I beg the reader to patiently continue reading till the end. I promise that after the first half, things will begin to get clearer, and all the preceeding paragraphs will begin to make sense. Comments and criticism welcome...

Let me tell you a bit about my house.

No, that would be an inaccurate statement. Actually years ago, I had wanted to leave home to come and stay in this City, and I wanted my own

Five Prayers to Lord Narasimha

by Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has written five beautiful prayers in "Sri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga" for receiving the mercy of Lord Narasimha. These prayers are certainly assurance to all sincere devotees that the worship of Lord Narasimha is purely in the line of aspiring love and devotion to Sri Sri
Radha and Krsna. Those prayers are as follows.



e dusta hrdaye kama adi ripu chaya
kutinati pratisthasa sathya sada raya
hrdaya-sodhana ara krsne

Although this is not a conclusive write-up, some important facts about fasting, and the results that ensue thereafter, should be clearly understood.

1.When a Male member of the family fasts it is automatically for all members of his immediate family,and the results are distributed proportionally to the wife and children.If just wife is present, half the results go to her.

2.Female member of the family fasts for children and herself.The husband does not get the results of such fasting unless she do

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(based on a webinar class on Prabodhananda Sarasvati’s fifteenth century classic, Vrndavana Mahimamrta)

“In this verse, Prabhodananda Sarasvati says that for a male sadhaka, the embodiment of maya or illusion is woman. In fact, there are many verses in this book about the perils of woman, which we compare to icebergs on the ocean of devotion for a male sadhaka. But why is this rasika-vaisnava, Prabhodananda Sarasvati, discussing this, since this book is about amrta or the nectar of Vrndavana? 

So if you are allowed to keep yourself constantly in company with Krsna, then just imagine what is your position. If you keep yourself always near the fire, certainly you shall remain warm; there will be no attack of cold or anything like that. So if we constantly chant Hare Krsna mantra, then we are not in this material world.

By. H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Initiation Promises

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

On the day of our spiritual initiation we mainly promise to chant minimum 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra and to follow the four regulative principles. On every occasion of giving initiation, our beloved Guru Maharaja gives a wonderful explanation of the meaning of initiation and it is really a treat to hear these initiation lectures and to treasure them in our hearts. I was re

Vaishnavas must not be misguided by the "Mayavada" ( Impersonal ) philosophy . Vaishnava Acharyas like Sri Ramanuja, Chaithanya Mahaprabhu, Bhaktivedanta Sarasvathi and Srila Prabhupada have all strongly advised us against Mayavadis . 
Mayavada Philosophy - Impersonal and void
Mayavadis are illusionists because they teach the philosophy of Maya or Illusion.
They conclude that the manifestation of material nature ( Prakriti ) is only illusion and therefore false. However according to the philosophy

The idea of Mayavada has always been present since the decline of the Vedic age. It is born from the minds of those jivas who have been envious and desired to usurp the position of God. These jivas, having lost touch with the highest ideal of serving God as an individual part and parcel, have fallen into this man-made plane of thought. Unlike this idea, the Vedic literatures are eternal and apauruseya(descended to this world untouched by the faulty thought process of the human mind). Those unfor

Krishna Tattva

From Gaudiya Kanthahara compiled by Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada.

KRiShNA-TATTVA

The One Absolute Truth is Realized inThree Different Ways

7.1
vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam yaj jnanam advayam
brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti shabdyate

Great seers of the truth, who understand the nature of the Absolute Truth, describe that non-dual truth in three ways as Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. (Bhag. 1.2.11)

7.2
advaya-jnana tattva-vastu krishnera svarupa
brahma, atma, b

Krishna Tattva

From Gaudiya Kanthahara compiled by Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada.

KRiShNA-TATTVA

The One Absolute Truth is Realized inThree Different Ways

7.1
vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam yaj jnanam advayam
brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti shabdyate

Great seers of the truth, who understand the nature of the Absolute Truth, describe that non-dual truth in three ways as Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. (Bhag. 1.2.11)

7.2
advaya-jnana tattva-vastu krishnera svarupa
brahma, atma, b

Krishna Tattva

From Gaudiya Kanthahara compiled by Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada.

KRiShNA-TATTVA

The One Absolute Truth is Realized inThree Different Ways

7.1
vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam yaj jnanam advayam
brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti shabdyate

Great seers of the truth, who understand the nature of the Absolute Truth, describe that non-dual truth in three ways as Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. (Bhag. 1.2.11)

7.2
advaya-jnana tattva-vastu krishnera svarupa
brahma, atma, b

Krishna Tattva

From Gaudiya Kanthahara compiled by Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada.

KRiShNA-TATTVA

The One Absolute Truth is Realized inThree Different Ways

7.1
vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam yaj jnanam advayam
brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti shabdyate

Great seers of the truth, who understand the nature of the Absolute Truth, describe that non-dual truth in three ways as Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. (Bhag. 1.2.11)

7.2
advaya-jnana tattva-vastu krishnera svarupa
brahma, atma, b