
Bhagavad-gita 4.20-24 Lecture
New York - August 9, 1966
Question: Difference Between Gita & Vedas? |
||||
Gurudeva, |
||||
Answer: Gita is the Perfection of Vedic Wisdom |
||||
Bhagavad-gita knowledge describing the form and personality of God is the perfection of Vedic knowledge. Although the Vedas describe nirakara, the formless, impersonal concep |
Festival on New York’s Fifth Avenue
Question: Can a Devotee Make a Difference? |
||||
I am someone who is interested in being of service to the world rather than to myself. This is something I have been involved in for years. From being a small child I was always interested in others before myself and when I look at what I really want it is for the world to be a better place. I love people, humanity and want to make a lasting difference. When people speak of attaining enlightenment I have always been clear I didn't come here for that in t |
A devotee's only concern ………....Droplets from Nectarean Ocean
This human form of life is an opportunity for self-realization, to realize God. This human form of life is such a gift, it is so precious, it is so valuable that we can never understand. To even utilize one moment of it for any other purpose is sorrowful. Therefore the devotees of the Lord are not very concerned with heat or cold, happiness or distress, honour or dishonour. They are only concerned with one thing -
There was a great rumor that the five Pandava brothers, along with their mother Kunti, had, under the plan of Dhrtarastra, died in a fire accident in the house of shellac in which they were living. But then the five brothers were detected at the marriage ceremony of Draupadi; so again another rumor spread that the Pandavas and their mother were not dead. It was a rumor, but actually it was so; they returned to their capital city, Hastinapura, and people saw them face to face. When this news was |
Simply engage yourself in Krishnas service. That will protect you from any attack of maya. Maya can take Krishnas place in our heart as soon as there is a slackness on our part. Otherwise, if Krishnas seated always, maya has no opportunity to occupy the seat.
-By H.D.G Srila Prabhupada
The Telugu version of ‘Srimad Bhagavatham', the great epic considered an elixir for redressal of worldly grievances, is now ava
Lord Jagannath resides in Puri on the shores of the turbulent Bay of Bengal. Once a year he comes out of the temple and devotees vie with one another, trying to pull the cord of his commanding chariot. The rest of the year, a restricted crowd gets a glimpse of him inside the distinctive temple, the only one in the world devoted to siblings: the reigning deity at all other places of worship are consorts or mother and child.
Many moons ago, a senior journalist from Hyderabad was in Bhuvaneswar.