Question by a Devotee: When we talk of love, we need a person who we can
see, touch, talk and get responses but we cannot see Krishna, cannot touch
Him or get any reciprocation, so how to love Krishna?
HH Bhakti Charu Swami: There are two terms : Sense Gratification and
Spiritual Reciprocation.
Sense gratification - I can touch, see, talk but all that is centered
around sense perception but beyond that is the consciousness. Our
consciousness now in the conditioned stage is flowing through the
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Devotee: The question was when we take initiation from you, we understand that we become your eternal servitors.
Srila Prabhupada: Yes, but if you remain eternally in the instruction. If you fall from the instruction, how can you remain eternal? You have to stay on the platform, then eternally you are safe. If you fall down from the platform, then it is your fault. Just like we all in Vaikuntha. Now, we wanted to enjoy this material world, and we fell down, just like Jaya and Vijaya. Now we are
Devotee: Prabhupada, are all one’s tiny efforts to serve Krishna virtually useful?
Srila Prabhupada: That I have already explained. You are already coming here, and even though you are not initiated, just your coming is also service. So if you deposit one cent daily, one day it may become a hundred dollars. When you get a hundred dollars you can buy the business. So you come here daily, one cent, one cent; and when it will be hundred dollars, you will become a devotee. No effort is wasted. Sukade
To understand the meaning of quality, you first of all have to come to the stage of quality yourself. How can you understand the meaning of quality without experiencing it yourself? Your duty is to follow the instructions of your spiritual master and sastra. Quality or no quality—it is not your position to understand this. When the quality comes there is no force. You will have a taste for chanting. You will desire at that time, "Why sixteen rounds? Why not sixteen thousand rounds?" That is the
It Is One’s Mind that generates different kinds of bodies for suffering different kinds of material pangs. Therefore as long as the mind is absorbed in fruitive activities, the mind is understood to be absorbed in nescience, and thus one is sure to be subjected to material bondage in different bodies again and again until one develops a transcendental love for Godhead, Vasudeva, the Supreme Person. To become absorbed in the transcendental name, quality, form and activities of the Supreme Person,
Srila Prabhupada: “Practically everything depends on practice abhyasa-yoga-yuktena cetasa nanya-gamina (Bhagavad-Gita 8.8). Abhyasa-yoga means yoga practice. Practise it. The whole Krsna consciousness movement is a practice to learn how to transfer from one kind of consciousness to another. For that we require practice. Just like one man can run a few miles. I cannot run even one mile. The difference is, he has practice. The strength of the heart is increasing by practice. By practice everything
I understand that you are feeling my absence. Krishna will give you strength. Physical presence is immaterial; presence of the transcendental sound received from the spiritual master should be the guidance. That will make our spiritual life successful. If you feel very strongly about my absence you may place my picture on my sitting places, and this will be source of inspiration for you.
(Srila Prabbhupada, Centennial Offering to Brahmananda, Hayagríva, 1/09/1967)
The different kinds of ocean within the universe like this in the ‘Siddhantasiromani” an astrological regulation. Within the universe in different places or in different planets there are different kinds of oceans also such as
(1) Saline ocean,
(2) Lactic ocean,
(3) Curdic ocean,
(4) Fatty ocean,
(5) Saccarine ocean,
(6) Vinum ocean and
(7) Pure aquatic ocean.
So there are seven different kinds of oceans out of which we have only experience of the Saline ocean on earth.
In the Laghubhagabatamritam there
We are worshiping Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person. And this song we were just singing—govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami—is reaching Him. He’s hearing it. You cannot say He’s not hearing it. Especially in this scientific age, when radio messages are broadcast thousands and thousands of miles so you can hear them, it is easy to understand how Govinda, Krishna, can hear your sincere prayer.
Similarly, just as you can see a television picture transmitted from thou
The fact is that everything is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, manifested in varieties of energy. Ekam evadvitiyam brahma. There is no second existence. Those who are truly vipascit, learned, are those who have reached the platform of understanding and observing the Supreme Personality of Godhead in any condition of life. premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti (Bs. 5.38). Learned devotees accept even conditions of distress as representing the presence of th
When a person regrets his sinful activities, the abandoning of Krishna consciousness and good intelligence, his path of deliverance from the path of material clutches is opened. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.5.5: parabhavas tavad abodha jato yavan na jijnasata atma-tattvam. When a person loses his Krishna consciousness and loses interest in self-realization, he must engage in sinful activities. All one’s activities in a life devoid of Krishna consciousness simply lead to defeat and misuse of
There are two conceptions: the physical conception and the vibration conception. So physical conception is temporary. The vibration conception is eternal. Just like we are... relishing the vibration of Krishna’s teachings. So by vibration He is present. As soon as we chant Hare Krishna or chant Bhagavad-gita or Srimad Bhagavatam, He is present immediately by His vibration. He’s absolute. Therefore try to remember His words of instruction and you’ll not feel separation. You’ll feel that He is wit
The idea is that if you once see Krishna, then you will forget all this nonsense material enjoyment. That is seeing Krishna. No more. Svamin krtartho ’smi varam na yace (Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 22.42). "My dear Lord I don’t want anything." Dhruva Maharaja went to see Krishna to get the kingdom of his father, but when he saw Krishna, Vishnu offered, "Now, whatever benediction you want, you take." He said, svamin krtartho ’smi varam na yace, "My dear Lord, I have no more any desire." That is Kr
Q. In Narottama dasa Thakur's prayers in Prema Bhakti Candrika he identifies the six enemies of the mind: lust, anger, greed, illusion, pride (madness) and envy. He says he will use them in their proper way in devotional service.
I have many times heard it stated that there is no place for envy in devotional service, or in the spiritual world. However, Narottama dasa Thakur says:
"I will engage my lust in eagerness to serve Krishna and I will use my anger against those who are envious of the devot
"Jan Gan Man" is national anthem of India written by Ravindranath Tagore.
Many people dont know that it have 5 paragraphs (Because all are not sung)
It was written in Bengali but most of the words are Sanskrit.
Linguist tried to understand why Tagore wrote it for King George V?
They were trying to find with what intention did Tagore compose this song?
And they arrived at the conclusion that it was not written for King nor it refers to 'Bharat Mata' or mother earth it was specifically written for Lord
The Sun enters the Makara raasi (the zodiac sign of Capricorn - the goat), on Sankranti day, signifying the onset of Uttarayana Punyakalam.
The following has been translated from an article in Sadachara Vybhavam of the great Vaishnava devotee Sripad Madhwacharya.
Today is "Makara Sankranti" which is celebrated when the Sun begins the northward journey, marking the beginning of the "uttaraayaNa puNyakaalam". Sun enters the sign of "Makara", (Capricorn) from Cancer at this time. (This is als
“He reasons ill who tells that Vaishnavas die when thou art living still in sound. The Vaishnavas die to live and, living, try to spread the Holy Name around!” - Bhaktivinode Thakura
Last night the New Vrindaban community celebrated the life of a well-known and much loved godsister of the Hare Krishna movement, who passed away recently, namely Yamuna Devi. Even if you didn’t know her personally, you certainly felt as if she’d been one of your ever well-wishers after this memorial.
Following Mala
Yesterday, Monday evening 10 January 2012, His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami
Maharaja addressed over 200 Kwa Zulu Natal ISKCON Youth-Students at the Sri
Sri Radha Radhanath Temple of Understanding in Durban, South Africa!
An exciting interactive class between Guru Maharaja and the youth took
place.
Guru Maharaja also requested His Grace Kshudy Prabhu from Laguna Beach, USA
and His Grace Syhamlal Prabhu, India, disciples of Srila Prabhupada to share
their youthful experiences. They were very young, about
Krishna is the absolute truth. His beauty is also absolute and eternal. His form is the vessel of pure spiritual energy- eternity, knowledge and bliss and it is therefore beautiful through and through. Material beauty offers momentary pleasure to the sense while Krishna's spiritual beauty touches the very soul of the living being, thrilling him with a pleasure so wonderful that once having relished it he can never give it up. Srila Rupa Gosvami has therefore advised,
"My dear friend, if you still
Once upon a time Princess Beauty went around the universe to search for a suitable groom, holding a flower garland in her hand. She travelled through the entire universe, but she did not find a suitable husband. With a heart filled with sorrow, she returned to Earth. Here, she stepped into Vrindâvan. Beauty was not aware, that, now the infinitely beautiful and infinitely sweet Sri Govinda had manifested Himself in Sri Vrindâvan. Beauty thought – “I could not find a suitable groom anywhere in t
