Studies after studies are showing that learning music can make kids smart.  When your child learns to play a musical instrument, not only does he learn how to make tunes, but he also enhances other capabilities of his brain as well:

• A 10 year study involving 25,000 students show that music-making improves test scores in standardized tests, as well as in reading proficiency exams (Source: James Catterall, UCLA, 1997). 
• High school music students score higher on the math and verbal portion of SAT, c

It is hard to avoid television if you are a kid.  People in the house are usually tuned in to TV - siblings as well as parents.  In some homes, the television is perpetually "on" even without anyone watching.  It is common for parents and caregivers to use TV as a substitute babysitter.   Also, many parents buy videos that they think can make their kids smart.  But how does watching TV really affect children? 

The bad news is, the majority of experts think that a TV/video-driven culture has bad e

benefits of reading to your kid are as follows:

• Reading to your kid makes you bond with him, and this gives your child a sense of intimacy and well-being. 
• The intimacy of reading to your kid is such a pleasurable experience to him that he will have a positive attitude towards reading as he grows up.
• It calms your child, especially when he is fretful and restless.
• It promotes increased communication between you and your child.
• Pre-school children who are exposed to language by hearing words that are

How can we survive if our heart is tugged in five directions?

Verse 66

Translation

Whose chest is a vast expanse and Whose lotus–eyes are huge, Whose smile and intoxicating speech are soft, Whose rosy lips and flute–notes are sweet – when will I get to behold That kishor Who is the treasure house of love–sports? 66.

rila Krishnadâ

Erotic sweetness or sweet erotism ?

Verse 65

Translation

Sri Krishna’s kaishor is indescribably sweet – his erotic sweetness is sweeter than sweet – and it is stealing my extremely restless heart. Alas! What do I do now? .65.

rila Kavirâj Goswâmipâd says: Sri Radha was crazy with ecstasy. She ran helter-skelter. Her sakhis tried to control her. They tugged at her ânchal^[1] an

His face radiates three different colors

Verse 80

Translation

Sri Krishna is approaching me with His elephant-like gait, gazing at me all the while. He is unfurling very sweet wavelets of the flute-song while He is coming near me. He is laughing and He is so close I can see His sparkling white teeth.80.

Âswâd-bindu purport

rila Krishnadâs Kavirâj Goswâ

Verse 51

Translation

My innermost mind is immersed in That God Whose eyes are like the lotus that have bloomed slightly in the new rays of sunshine, and Whose face looks very sweet since it is shining with pride, having won the battle of love-making against the damsels of Vraja. 51.

rila Kavirâj Goswâmipâd has written in

Invitation For Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra

Hare Krishna Prabhuji,

In Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1, Chapter 11, verse 7 the residents of Dvaraka glorify the Lord in a wonderful manner when the Lord returns to Dvaraka from Hastinapura. The residents of Dvaraka are immensely separated from Krishna and they run towards Him as soon as Krishna enters Dvaraka blowing the fat-boweled conchshell, the sound of which removes the fear of all living entities. 

bhavaaya nas tvam bhava vishva bhaavanaa 
tvam eva maataatha suhrt patih pitaa 
tvam sad gurur nah paramam ca daivatam 
y

The spiritual master should not be expected to just say what the disciple wants to hear. The spiritual master is not like a professional politician who will only
come and tell the disciple what the disciple wants to hear. A spiritual
master’s instruction may be very shocking, but the disciple should accept the
instruction with faith.

-By H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj