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  The science of the development of Bhakti (Love of God) is taught in the various Vaisnava sampradayas by their representative Acaryas, or Gurus, according to time, place and circumstance. All Vaisnava traditions accept the Vedic scriptures (Sanskrit sastra) as the source of the authoritative Absolute Truth. Like the Christians who have various interpretations of the Bible, Vaisnava sects interpret and emphasize the Vedic texts according to their lineage's own specific teachings. But all agree o

Bhakti yoga is a designation that often needs clarification, particularly here the West, where our inclination is to envision yoga as being either a physical exercise (hatha) or a meditation process aimed at peacefulness. Yoga literally means union with God, and Bhakti translates as “devotion”.

Even this specific nomenclature invokes misinterpretation due to the widespread perception of Hinduism as being both a polytheistic and impersonal religion. In fact, Hinduism is not a religion so much as i

Maharaja asking should the class be in English? Then what about hindi bhasi devotees. Devotees arranged for hindi translation.
So we are reading from canto 3, chapter 24, verse 12.
brahmovaca
tvaya me ‘pacitis tata
kalpita nirvyalikatah
yan me sanjagrhe vakyam
bhavan manada manayan

Word for word:
brahma — Lord Brahma; uvaca — said; tvaya — by you; me — my; apacitih — worship; tata — O son; kalpita — is accomplished; nirvyalikatah — without duplicity; yat — since; me — my; sanjagrhe — have completely acc

Hare Krishna,

So Kali-yuga, people are suffering. They're all fallens, all meat-eaters, all drunkards, all fifth-grade, sixth-grade men. They are puffed-up, but actually they are fifth-, sixth-and tenth-grade men, not even gentlemen. Therefore my Guru Maharaja used to say that "No gentleman can live here. The society is so polluted." And... But the, there is opportunity of serving Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Because the society is so fallen, therefore there is good opportunity to serve Sri Caitanya Mah

Giriraj Swami: As we lament the departure of our dear godsister and Srila Prabhupada’s beloved daughter Yamuna-devi—and rejoice in her reunion with him—I quote from a letter she wrote me some years ago: “I remember when Dina and I visited you in your house in Vrindavan. We asked you one question, and you took three hours to answer it: ‘How has your relationship with Srila Prabhupada changed since his departure?’ The departure of loved ones helps us to change, to go deeper. Surely this will happe

Therefore, for perfect knowledge, you have to approach the perfect. We accept Lord Krsna as the perfect, and His bona fide representative is also perfect. How he is perfect? Krsna may be perfect, one may admit, but how his bona fide representative is also perfect? So the answer is the bona fide representative of Krsna, he does not say anything beyond Krsna. That is perfect. He may be imperfect. It doesn't matter. But he is receiving knowledge from the perfect, and he's simply repeating that know

She contributed to ISKCON in numerous ways, including her famous cookbooks, being one of the original six devotees who started ISKCON London, and of course as the beautiful voice singing the Govindam prayers at the greeting of the Deities in all ISKCON temples every morning.

May Krishna show his full mercy on mataji Yamuna Devi Dasi

Yamuna Mataji is glorified for many things but for me her singing use to aspire me a lot always wanted to sing with the depth of bhakti and love for krishna in which she sings. I met Yamuna Mataji in our clinic (Nityananda Clinic) where i got chance to serve her.  On Juhu Jagganath rath Yatra Day, I asked for her blessings as i was going to sing in Jagganath Pandal Programme, 

she said keep your ego out side the pandal and then enter, the kitan will be good.

in her one sentence she taught me the m

Dear Yamuna Mataji,

       please accet my most humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you so much for your contribution to the Krishna conscious society, especially in regards to your cook books, 'Lord Krishna's Cuisine.'

No other devotee has given such comprehensive and extensive instruction on preparing quality sanctified vegetarian foods.

Being Srila Prabhupada's personal cook for some time, your writings have proved very helpfull, giving detailed and accurate information.

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