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The Supreme Lord cannot be seen by our present conditional vision. In order to see Him, one has to change his present vision by developing a different condition of life full of spontaneous love of Godhead. When Lord Krishna was personally present on the face of the globe, not everyone could see Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Materialists like Ravana, Hiranyakashipu, Kansa, Jarasandha and Shishupala were highly qualified personalities by acquisition of material assets, but they were u

In the Srimad Bhagavad-Gita the Lord asserts that He appears in every millennium just to reestablish the way of religion. The way of religion is made by the Supreme Lord. No one can manufacture a new path of religion, as is the fashion for certain ambitious persons. The factual way of religion is to accept the Lord as the supreme authority and thus render service unto Him in spontaneous love. 

A living being cannot help but render service because he is constitutionally made for that purpose. The

Since the Lord's appearance in this material world is bewildering, there are different opinions about the birth of the Unborn. Let's comprehend the fact.

In the Bhagavad-Gita the Lord says that He takes His birth in the material world, although He is the Lord of all creations and He is unborn. The Lord says, "Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form".

It is imperative to comprehend that this body is just a covering of something much deeper i.e. the soul. This body is a perennial source of misery. For the time being, we may feel some happiness, but actually it is a reservoir of pain, not pleasure. For example, formerly, this was done by the government servants to criminals, the man was dragged in the middle of the river and he was drowned for few seconds by holding his hair, and when he would almost suffocate, they would draw his head out of t

When the Lord descends on this material world by His all-merciful energy, He plays like a human being, and therefore it appears that the Lord is partial to His devotees only, but that is not a fact. Despite such apparent manifestation of partiality, His mercy is equally distributed.

In the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra all persons who died in the fight in the presence of the Lord got salvation without the necessary qualifications because death before the presence of the Lord purifies the passing soul

The Lord's mercy upon the fallen souls is equally distributed. He has no one as the specific object of hostility. The very conception of the Personality of Godhead as a human being is misleading. His pastimes appear to be exactly like a human being's, but actually they are transcendental and without any tinge of material contamination. He is undoubtedly known as partial to His pure devotees, but in fact He is never partial, as much as the sun is never partial to anyone. By utilizing the sun rays

People entangled in the web of material conception of life think that devotional service is flattering the Lord to get special mercy. Factually the pure devotees who are engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord are not a mercantile community. A mercantile house renders service to someone in exchange for values. The pure devotee does not render service unto the Lord for such exchange, and therefore the full mercy of the Lord is open for him. Suffering and needy men, inquisitive pe

Eternal time is the witness of all our actions, good and bad, and thus resultant reactions are destined by this Supersoul feature of the Lord, who resides in everyone's hearts. 

We should never say that we do not know why and for what we are suffering. We may forget the misdeed for which we may suffer at this present moment, but we must remember that Lord is our constant companion, and therefore He knows everything, past, present and future. And because the Supreme Personality destines all action

The Lord is the prime cause of all causes, the origin and creator of everything. Since He belongs to the devotees, and the devotees are parts and parcels of the Lord reciprocally, the devotees are certainly transcendental to the modes of material nature. That is a natural conclusion.

Such unalloyed devotees are distinct from the mixed devotees who approach the Lord for mitigation of miseries and poverty or because of inquisitiveness and speculation. The unalloyed devotees and the Lord are transce

The material disease is due to hankering after sense objects and lording it over material nature. This hankering is due to an interaction of the three modes of nature, and neither the Lord nor the devotees have attachment for such false enjoyment.

Therefore, the Lord and the devotees are called 'nivṛtta-guṇa-vṛtti' or one who is transcendental to the actions of the modes of material nature and devoid of affection for them. The perfect 'nivṛtta-guṇa-vṛtti' is the Supreme Lord because He never beco

The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no direct connection with material activities. All His acts and deeds, which are exhibited even in this material world, are spiritual and without affection for the modes of material nature.

In the Bhagavad-gītā the Lord says that all His acts, even His appearance and disappearance in and out of the material world, are transcendental. 

One who knows this, one who understands this nature of the Lord, perfectly and accordingly dovetails his actions for the pleas

As we contemplate the state of things in the world to-day, we are very deeply impressed and oppressed with the prevailing malady of spiritual blindness. Due to the contact with material senses and illusory energy our vision becomes blurred and we are unable to see the crystal clear existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

There is a insightful pastime about Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī. He had a touchstone with him, and this gem was left in a pile of refuse. A needy man took it, but later on wo

A living being becomes emotionally morose and stricken with grief as soon as there is nothing to possess. Therefore a living being cannot be, in the real sense of the term, a renouncer. A living being renounces something for gaining something more valuable. A student sacrifices his childish proclivities to gain better education. A servant gives up his job for a better job. Similarly, a devotee renounces the material world not for nothing but for something tangible in spiritual value. 

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I am sure we all have at some point of time in our lives or are currently been whipped with thoughts like: I wish I had more money... I wish I was more beautiful... I wish I had a better life... I wish I had that fancy car or bike... or maybe thoughts like: If I had more money I could have bought that bigger luxury apartment? If only I was a little thinner I would look more attractive?   A lack of true contentment is the seed-bed in which sins like covetousness, lust, anger, hatred, and a host o

Generally the distressed, the needy, the intelligent and the inquisitive, who have performed some pious activities, worship or begin to worship the Lord. Others, who are thriving on misdeeds only, regardless of status, cannot approach the Supreme due to being misled by the illusory energy. Therefore, for a pious person, if there is some calamity there is no other alternative than to take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord.

Constantly remembering the lotus feet of the Lord means preparing for l

This material world is certified by the Lord in the holy scriptures, as a dangerous place full of sufferings. First of all, we need to comprehend that we are all spiritual beings within material bodies. As soon as we are enclosed in a material body and interact with the material energy, we are going to experience various aspects of worldly existence which may not be the most pleasant. According to our interpretation of the experience, based on the dictates of the senses and mind, some of these i

This is the most auspicious appearance day of Lord Balarama, the elder brother of Lord Krishna. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is the fountainhead of all incarnations. Lord Balarama is the first bodily expansion of Krishna, and He assists in Lord Krishna’s transcendental pastimes. He is the source of the entire spiritual world and is the adi-guru, the original spiritual master.

The Supreme Lord Krishna and Lord Balarama, are each the seed and womb of the universe, the Creator and Hi

By the Lord's arrangement, I happened to meet my college friend after a long time during a preaching program. It was a nostalgic moment for both of us, as our eyes met and all sweet memories resurfaced. In college she used to be extremely restless, constantly searching for peace and solace. She would frequent mosques, gurudwaras, churches and monasteries in search for eternal peace. She would listen to any and every discourse by mundane self proclaimed Gods posing as self-realized souls. Caught

In the revealed bonafide scriptures there are two nomenclatures for the householder’s life. One is 'grihastha', and the other is 'gṛhamedhī'. The 'gṛhasthas' are those who live together with wife and children but live transcendentally for realizing the ultimate truth. The 'gṛhamedhīs', however, are those who live only for the benefit of the family members, extended or centralized, and thus are envious of others. The word 'medhī' indicates jealousy of others. The 'gṛhamedhīs', being interested in

This material world is the world of duality, in contrast with the oneness of the absolute realm. The world of duality is composed of matter and spirit, whereas the absolute world is complete spirit without any tinge of the material qualities. In the dual world everyone is falsely trying to become the master of the world, whereas in the absolute world the Lord is the absolute Lord, and all others are His absolute servitors. In the world of duality everyone is envious of all others, and death is i