Adi 3.97–Everyone was engaged in material enjoyment, whether sinfully or virtuously. No one was interested in the transcendental service of the Lord, which can give total relief from the repetition of birth and death.Adi 3.98-Seeing the activities of the world, the Ācārya felt compassion and began to ponder how He could act for the people’s benefit. […]
Adi 3. 58–“By performing the sacrifice of congregational chanting of the holy name, learned scholars in the Age of Kali worship Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is now non-blackish because of the great upsurge of the feelings of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. He is the only worshipable Deity for the paramahaṁsas, who have attained the highest stage of the fourth […]
Paris aug 5 1976 conversations…. Prabhupāda: Without becoming jñānī, nobody can become bhakta. Without knowledge, if one has become bhakta, he’s sentimentalist. It is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, find out this verse. Samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām [Bg. 18.54]. brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām [Bg. 18.54] (French translation read) So […]
Adi 2.96–“One who knows the real feature of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His three different energies cannot remain ignorant about Him. PURPORT- Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī states in his Bhagavat-sandarbha (16) that by His potencies, which act in natural sequences beyond the scope of the speculative human mind, the Supreme Transcendence, the summum bonum, eternally and simultaneously exists in […]
CC adi 2.66–The import of this verse has stopped you from arguing. Now listen to another verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Adi 2.67–“All these incarnations of Godhead are either plenary portions or parts of the plenary portions of the puruṣa-avatāras. But Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. In every age He protects the world through […]
CC Adi-Chapter 2 Introduction–This chapter explains that Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa Himself. …. This chapter stresses that a devotee must have knowledge of Kṛṣṇa’s personal form, His three principal energies, His pastimes and the relationship of the living entities with Him in order to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. SP says God is great but how great— that they do not know…——————————————- The […]
CC Adi chapt 2-Sastric proofs for the Divinty of CaitanyaMahaprabhu-#5 Adi 2.22–That Govinda personally appears as Caitanya Gosāñi. No other Lord is as merciful in delivering the fallen souls. PURPORT-Having described Govinda in terms of His Brahman and Paramātmā features, now the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta advances his argument to prove that Lord Śrī Caitanya […]
Paris Aug 3 1976 conversations Prabhupāda: Yes. Anyway, just inquire. These are our garden flowers. Jayatīrtha: Oh, very nice. Prabhupāda: This is also?Bhagavān: Yes. Prabhupāda:Yes. Anything grown in the garden, that is hundred times valuable than it is purchased from the market. (pause) Bhagavad-gītā is a book which can guide the whole human society. In all different branches of knowledge, namely in politics, in […]
Hare Krsna–I first learned of this nice devotee when some Australian devotees came to our ashram for a Janmastami festival. They showed and gave me a copy of Gopinathas 3 volume set of books called –Make Vrndavana- a huge compilation all from the conversations books that he did focusing on what Srila Prabhupada preached about simple living, […]
Hare Krsna-Continuing our SUMMARY series from the Caitanya Caritamrta–#3 Adi lila 1.53 purport…The word yat refers to Brahman, the impersonal effulgence of the Lord. In the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.40) it is said, tad brahma niṣkalam anantam aśeṣa-bhūtam: the Brahman effulgence expands unlimitedly. Just as the sun is a localized planet although the sunshine expands unlimitedly from […]
