A Pop Quiz
1. Who is in charge of the fire element in this Universe?? 2. How did Srila Prabhupada want us to clean in the kitchen? 3. Who can actually deliver us from this material world? Hare Krsna–answers to come soon….
If our senses impure we cannot understand Krsna, nor will we understand what we read without Arcana-SP
Hare Krsna-If one at all, desires to understand the Supreme Lord, then we must take the good advice given by His bona fide representative, Srila Prabhupada April 16 1974 Bombay lecture—the senses are our problem-if impure they cannot understand Krsna Everyone becomes a servant of the senses just beginning from the tongue. They eat anything and […]
How a liberated soul’s body is controlled by the Lord Himself and not material nature
How a liberated soul’s body is controlled by the Lord Himself and not material nature SB3.33.27-Situated in eternal trance and freed from illusion impelled by the modes of material nature, she forgot her material body, just as one forgets his different bodies in a dream. PURPORT-A great Vaiṣṇava said that he who has no remembrance […]
Srila Prabhupada explains about the doubting disciple
1.) SB3.33.10-The Personality of Godhead said: My dear mother, the path of self-realization which I have already instructed to you is very easy. You can execute this system without difficulty, and by following it you shall very soon be liberated, even within your present body. PURPORT-Devotional service is so perfect that simply by following the […]
We all should follow Srila Prabhupada’s example
Hare Krsna-Below We will find some very interesting points about personal behavior for a Vaisnava which are definitely applicable to all of us in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy. Jan 7 1976 My dear Bhakta Ralph Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you letter, undated. There is no reason why you cannot […]
devotee means the first sign he will be happy-SP
Devotee means the first sign will be happy…. April 24 1974 Melbourne Devotee (3): Often the devotee thinks that he’s more unhappy than the karmīs because he knows he’s unhappy. Prabhupāda: Then that means he is not a devotee. Devotee (3): He’s not a devotee. Prabhupāda: Yes. He’s not devotee. Devotee means the first sign will be happy, brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā […]
The Transcendental effects of chanting Hare Krsna mantra
“Chant the Holy Names, chant the Holy Names, chant the Holy Names. There is not other way, no other way, no other way to become happy in this age.” TLC-18 In the Nārada-pañcarātra it is stated:eṣo vedāḥ ṣaḍ–aṅgāni chandāṁsi vividhāḥ surāḥ sarvam aṣṭākṣarāntaḥsthaṁ yac cānyad api vāṅmayam sarva–vedānta-sārārthaḥ saṁsārārṇava-tāraṇaḥ “All Vedic rituals, mantras and understanding are compressed into eight words: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare.” Similarly, in the Kalisantaraṇa Upaniṣad it is stated: hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare iti ṣoḍaśakaṁ nāmnāṁ kali–kalmaṣa–nāśanam nātaḥ parataropāyaḥ sarva–vedeṣu dṛśyate “The sixteen words-Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare-are especially meant […]
Yes. By nature I am happy. And who is happy, this body or the soul?–SP
Hare Krsna-below in a few short sentences Srila Prabhupada explains the whole philosophy of Krsna Consciousness. April 1, 1975 Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: If they don’t accept the medicine, then they can’t be cured. Prabhupāda: Then they must suffer. A man, diseased, and he doesn’t want to take medicine, then where is the…? He must suffer. […]
That is the solution to the problem of life and death–SP
SB 3.31.47 purport.…While discharging devotional service in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one should not be miserly. He should not unnecessarily show that he has renounced this world. Actually, renunciation is not possible. If one renounces his palatial building and goes to a forest, there is actually no renunciation, for the palatial building is the property of the Supreme Personality […]
How many births have we taken and how many more yet to take?
SB 3.31.44–In this way the living entity gets a suitable body with a material mind and senses, according to his fruitive activities. When the reaction of his particular activity comes to an end, that end is called death, and when a particular type of reaction begins, that beginning is called birth. PURPORT-…We can see that […]