Because a person who is spiritually advanced accepts any adverse condition of life as the mercy of the Lord, he is completely eligible to enter into the spiritual kingdom. Even though a person takes to the devotional service of the Supreme Lord, he may som
Deity Dreams
In the modern day many pastimes between devotees and the Lord in His Arca Avatar, or Deity forms are happening. There are many stories....
Dreams have long been a feature of exchanges between the Lord and His devotees.
In Remuna, Kshirachora Gopinath (photo above) told His pujari in a dream to take the pot of
sweet Kshira the Lord had hidden under his dress, and bring it to His beloved
devotee Mahdavendra Puri. Madhavendra Puri, who was outside under a Banyon
tree, had left the temple, fe
WARNING: Holding a cellphone against your ear may be hazardous to your health. So may stuffing it in a pocket against your body.
I’m paraphrasing here. But the legal departments of cellphone manufacturers slip a warning about holding the phone against your head or body into the fine print of the little slip that you toss aside when unpacking your phone. Apple, for example, doesn’t want iPhones to come closer than 5/8 of
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Question: How to Be a Good Devotee and a Good Wife?
Dear Master,
I would like to know about Krishna conscious family life. I am a woman from aChristian background. I cannot live alone in the society. I hope youunderstand. I am not interested in marriage because I simply want to serve theLord. However, my parents are pushing me to get married. Please, therefore,advise me how to be a good Krishna conscious devotee as well as a good wife tomy husband so that in all ways I can nicely serve my belove
Never Forget Krishna |
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap in its shade.... He loved the tree, and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by. The little boy grew up, and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree with a sad look on his face. "Come and play with me," the tree asked the boy. "I am no longer a kid, I don’t play around t |
Why should we study the sacred scripture ? |
An old farmer lived on his farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning he got up early, sat at the kitchen table, and read His Bhagavad-gita. His grandson wanted to be just like his grandfather, so tried to emulate him in every way he could. One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read the Bhagavad-gita just like you do, but I don’t understand most of it, and whatever I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. So what |
Narada Muni saw that a deer was lying on the path through the forest and that it was pierced by an arrow. It had broken legs and was twisting due to much pain. Farther ahead, Narada Muni saw a boar pierced by an arrow. Its legs were also broken, and it was twisting in pain. When he went farther, he saw a rabbit that was also suffering. Narada Muni was greatly
"Once upon a time the great saint Narada, after visiting Lord Narayana in the Vaikunthas, went to Prayaga to bath
We hear from the Chaitanya Charitamrita that by the great mercy of Shri Krishna one receives the shelter of a bona-fide guru, and by the combined mercy of both Guru and Krishna one receives the seed of the creeper of devotion. Initiation means beginning and thus we are given the too
