The Lord is so kind to us that He can be present before us personally
in the form of transcendental sound, but unfortunately we have no
taste for hearing and glorifying the Lord's name and activities. We
have already discussed developing a taste for hearing and chanting the
holy sound. It is done through the medium of service to the pure
devotee of the Lord.
Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.17 purport
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yasyanuraga-pluta-hasa-rasa-
lilavaloka-pratilabdha-manah
vraja-striyo drgbhir anupravrtta-
dhiyo 'vatasthuh kila krtya-sesah
yasya -- whose; anuraga -- attachment; pluta -- enhanced by; hasa -- laughter; rasa -- humors; lila -- pastimes; avaloka -- glancing; pratilabdha -- obtained thereof; manah -- anguished; vraja-striyah -- damsels of Vraja; drgbhih -- with the eyes; anupravrtta -- following; dhiyah -- by intelligence; avatasthuh -- sat silently; kila
Krsna
karsati sviyalavanya-murali-kala-nihsvanaih
sri radham mohana-gunalankrtah krsna iryate
He forcibly attracts Sri Radha with the sweet sound of His flute, therefore that Lord of all enchanting qualities is known as Krsna.
Jiva Goswami
Guyana`s New Panihati Temple
Guyana’s Varnasrama Committee Gives Life to New Panihati Rural Community.
Guyana is one of the smaller countries of South America with less than 1 million in population and traditionally having an agrarian based economy. In the past few decades, however, as in many other parts of the world, the social structure has been undergoing drastic changes with more and more villagers leaving their traditional occupations opting for an urban lifestyle. As a result, agriculture h
Here are some quotes by Srila Prabhupada on the Four Vaisnava Sampradayas. They are organized first by quotes about all four in general, and then by individual line.
"There are four Sampradayas from the beginning of the creation. One is called Brahma Sampradaya, and is coming down by disciplic succession from Brahma; another Sampradaya is coming down from Laksmi, called Sri Sampradaya; another is coming down from the Kumaras, they are known as Nimbarka Sampradaya; another Samprada
By HH Sivarama Swami
Thirty years ago I was doing the Prabhupada marathon at the Chicago
airport. One afternoon, we devotees were so intoxicated by
distributing books that we decided to show that one doesn’t have to
speak to sell books, that book distribution just depends on our state
of consciousness. So we didn’t speak.
Just after loading my bookbag with (20) maha books I tapped a man on
the arm and looked him in the eye. He stopped, expecting me to say
something. I didn’t. I put a book in his hand, p
Question: What Happens to Fallen Devotees? |
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Please accept my obeisances. |
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Answer: They Never Forget the Ecstasy |
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Srila Narada Muni, the liberated space man, has answered your question as follows: |
In this material world, whether we like or not, everyone--young, old, and in between--is living on the verge of death because death can come at any moment even when we least expect it. This means that whatever we may establish for ourselves here in this world is nothing more than a castle made of sand that will be completely washed away the next time the tide comes in. So whether one thinks that life ends with the death of the body or that one has an eternal existence beyond this body, there is
Question: Vegans claim that we are contributing to factory farming and
calves being deprived of their mothers’ milk. How do we address this
argument?
Answer: There are two points here, first that a cow gives more milk
than a calf can drink, so it’s not necessarily that they’re being
deprived. However a calf should be able to drink its mothers milk, and
that happens when they’re being taken care of in a natural way in a
gosala. The calves drink their mothers’ milk and the cow gives more
milk. Also, if yo
By HH Sivarama Swami
Devotees often ask what the meaning of steadiness is: some consider
that chanting sixteen rounds a day and following the four regulative
principles means that one is steady, while others say it is steadiness
in one’s service; yet others give different variations of what they
consider steadiness to mean. But these things mentioned—regularly
chanting and regularity in serving—are physical symptoms that may or
may not indicate real steadiness.
Suddha-bhakti-cintamani deals with the sub
Hare krishna Friends,
One old man was sitting with his 25 year old son in the train. Train is about to leave the station. All passengers are settling down their seat. As train started, young man was filled with lot of joy and curiosity.
He was sitting on the window side. He put out one hand and feeling the passing air, he shouted, "Papa see all trees are going behind".
Old man smiled and admired son’s feelings. Beside the young man one couple was sitting and listening to all the conversation betwe
He was sitting on the window side. He put out one hand and feeling the passing air, he shouted, "Papa see all trees are going behind".
Old man smiled and admired son’s feelings. Beside the young man one couple was sitting and listening to all the conversation betwe
Dhruva Maharaj: “Because of my state of complete foolishness and
paucity of pious activities, although the Lord offered me His personal
service, I wanted material name, fame and prosperity. My case is just
like that of the poor man who, when he satisfied a great emperor who
wanted to give him anything he might ask, out of ignorance asked only
a few broken grains of husked rice.”
PURPORT
In this verse the word svārājyam, which means “complete independence,”
is very significant. A conditioned soul does no
Prabhupada continued to speak on Nectar of Devotion for the whole month of Karttika. "We are preaching through the mercy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Caitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended that this process of Krsna kirtana go on. This is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's blessings. Param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam. So go anywhere and everywhere. Chant Hare Krsna mantra, and you'll become victorious. This is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's blessings. It is not ou
yan martya-lilaupayikam sva-yoga-
maya-balam darsayata grhitam
vismapanam svasya ca saubhagarddheh
param padam bhusana-bhusanangam
yat -- His eternal form which; martya -- mortal world; lila-upayikam -- just suitable for the pastimes; sva-yoga-maya-balam -- potency of the internal energy; darsayata -- for manifestation; grhitam -- discovered; vismapanam -- wonderful; svasya -- of His own; ca -- and; saubhaga-rddheh -- of the opulent; param -- supreme; pad
Hare
sarva-ceta-harah krsnas tasya cittam haratyasau
vaidagdhi-sara-vistarair ato radha hara mata
Krsna steals the minds of everyone, yet Radha steals even His mind by Her divine expertise. Thus She is known as Hara.
Sri Jiva Gosvami
Question: Krishna Consciousness Before Life's Sunset? |
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Gurudeva, |
"Religion" is the world's most misunderstood and abused word. Real religion means the science of God, the process of fully reviving one's original pure identity by reconnecting oneself with the source of his existence. But instead, without ever understanding religion's real meaning, people take it either as a fable for childlike fools or as a divisive sect for fulfilling their temporary material desires. Thus they cheat themselves and remain perpetually in the darkness of ignorance miserably mis
Arjuna's constant remembrance of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa rapidly increased his devotion, and as a result all the trash in his thoughts subsided.
PURPORT
Material desires in the mind are the trash of material contamination. By such contamination, the living being is faced with so many compatible and incompatible things that discourage the very existence of spiritual identity. Birth after birth the conditioned soul is entrapped with so many pleasing and displeasing elements, which are all f
Pradyumna was reading from Chapter One of Nectar of Devotion, describing the six characteristics of pure devotional service. "Srila Rupa Gosvami has given a definition of auspiciousness. He says that actual auspiciousness means welfare activities for all the people of the world."
Srila Prabhupada gave his spoken purport:
"Yes. Just like this Krsna consciousness movement. It is welfare activities for all the people of the world. It is not a sectarian
