Question: Accepting and Rejecting Sri Guru
Dear Gurudeva,

How does one choose/judge the correct guru who can guide him properly on the pathway of Krishna consciousness?

Also, when can we know that our guru is acting wrongly, like Maharaja Bali who rejected his guru Sukracharya when he was told not to surrender to Krishna in His form as Lord Vamanadeva?

Was Maharaja Bali wrong for acting against the wishes of his Gurudeva, or was he right for acting in the favor of Krishna?

Please forgive me if my qu

As Krsna is anandamaya... We see Krsna is always engaged in pastimes, either with the cowherd boys or with the gopis or with His father, mother, or in the fight of battlefield, Kuruksetra, or in killing some demon. But His pastimes are always there. He's never inactive. He's never inactive. There it is said, visvatmann ajasya akartuh. He has nothing to do, but still He is acting. Akartuh. Akartuh means He has nothing to do. Here, so far we are concerned, we have to do something in the material w

Qualities Enacted in Spiritual Association of the Lord

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

Notes from an evening program with His Holiness Mahavishnu Gosvami Maharaja, in London, July 6, 2008. Maharaja shared from his vast treasure house of transcendental realizations, concerning the qualities of the Lord and His devotees enacted in spiritual association.

THE LORD IS EQUAL TO ALL
There is a Hindi poem by Su

Sri Bhagavada Gita (Chapter 10 Text 7)

He who knows in truth this glory and power of Mine engages in unalloyed devotional service; of this there is no doubt.

PURPORT


The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Unless one is firmly convinced of the different opulences of the Supreme Lord, he cannot engage in devotional service. Generally people know that God is great, but they do not know in detail how God is great. Here are the details. If one know

If you can keep yourself always in company with Krsna, then all perfection is there.All perfection is there. And Krsna has agreed especially in this age. Nama-rupe kali-kale krsna-avatara, Krsna has incarnated in this age as the holy name. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu says that: "My dear Lord, You are so kind that You are giving Me Your association by, in the form of Your holy name  "And this holy name can be chanted in any situation. There is no hard and fast rule." You can chant Hare Krsna an

Qualities dear to Sri Krishna

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

The following is a summary from a lecture given by H.H. MahaVishnu Goswami January 2009. The lecture is based on verses 12.13-14 where Lord Krishna lists a number of eleven good qualities in His devotees. Maharaja speaks on these qualities of a devotee and on how to develop these good qualities.

advestaa sarva-bhutaanaam
maitrah karuna eva ca

Some time ago I tried distributing books at UCLA (the University of California at Los Angeles). Before long I was dreading my encounters with the kids there -- they were so smart, so quick, so elite, and so uninterested in taking Srila Prabhupada's books. I wouldn't go back there again. They are like great yogis in that their attention on their education is unwavering. Their textbooks probably contain information that they personally formulated in their last life. My mother graduated from UCLA

In the Padmapuranam the Absolute Truth is compared with the Fire. As the Fire illuminates by diffusion of its rays, although it is situated in one place, so also the Absolute Truth, although situated far beyond the reach of our imperfect vision, is omnipresent in all directions by distribution of His varied energies. These energies or potentialities of the Absolute Truth, are innumerable and immeasurable in quantity and quality but primarily all of them can be grouped into three principal divisi

Sri Krishnah Sharanam

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

We were fortunate to be in Rajkot recently for the ratha yatra. On the day of initiation, our beloved guru Maharaja soulfully sang the following beautiful verse and gave very practical explanation for the same. I am sharing herewith some of the nectar from the discourse given by Maharaj.

sri krishnah sharanam samasta jagataam krishnam vinaa kaa gatih
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Hare krsna 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Everyone is seeking a common factor they can share with others of a similar mindset and in this way experience a sense of identity. The inherent problem in today’s modern society is that our identities are being defined by the body and mind. We live in a culture where our identity is established by the flesh we belong to, but since that changes at every moment our identity changes along with it, and therefore people do

Hare krsna 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Swamy Vivekananda once said, "If you understand the real meaning of Rasa-Lila dance, you have grasped the real message of Bhagavad-Gita" .

We all are ,*Jivatmas* having freedom to do what we want to . However, there is a silent *Paramatma* ( Super-soul) in our heart . This Super-soul, a manifestation of Sri Krishna ,  is silently witnessing all our actions . Therefore, it is known as *Mana-sakshi* ( Conscience) .

A *Satv

While on sankirtan in Hamilton (New Zealand) recently, I met a familiar-looking couple. I had met them on traveling sankirtan in Rotorua during the recent marathon. They had taken a Bhagavad-gita for the husband's father. He is seriously ill, with a terminal disease. They reported that he had been in ecstasy to receive the book for Christmas and had wasted no time in starting to read it. It was very encouraging to hear that a housebound invalid near death had received and embraced Prabhupada's

THE FOLLOWING LECTURE ON THE SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM CANTO 3, CHAPTER 9, BRAHMA’S PRAYERS FOR CREATIVE ENERGY, TEXT 13, WAS GIVEN BY HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI CHARU SWAMI IN ISKCON UJJAIN, INDIA ON 1 JANUARY 2008.

Transcription : Her Grace Ranga Radhika Dasi
Editing : Ramananda Raya Dasa

Audio-Reference : click here

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

Srimad Bhagavatam, third Canto, chapter nine ‘Brahma’s Prayers For Cre

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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977), founder of the Hare Krishna Movement, traced his lineage to the fi

Hare krsna 

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

We are not proprietor of this body. We are occupier. Just like a rented house: the proprietor and the tenant are different. So I am the spirit soul. I am not proprietor; I am simply occupier. The proprietor is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is giving me a particular apartment according to my capacity of paying rent. According to our karma or work, we get a body, either as a king's son, a cobbler's son, a dog's

The picture captures a poignant moment of truth. The two persons are holding a lump of matter which once was thought to be Nitai Das. Any sane individual has to admit Nitai Das at the end of the day cannot be that what is shown in that picture- lump of ash? Unfortunately, modern science has convinced every one that ultimately we are that matter!

The picture was taken in Mayapur this month. The two individuals are holding the final remains of Nitai Das who died in a car accident this month in F

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Transcendental Pearls of Wisdom

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

Notes from the instructions given by our most merciful spiritual master, His Holiness Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaja, at an evening program in London, June 7, 2008.

REAL-IZATION VS CONCOCTION
We are all here by Srila Prabhupada's mercy only. Unless we follow seriously we cannot pass it on. What we often forget is this world is 1) temporary and 2