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There are two types of devotees—bhajanānandīs and goṣṭhy-ānandīs. Bhajanānandīs worship the Lord for their personal benefit, while goṣṭhy-ānandīs try to elevate all others to Kṛṣṇa consciousness so that they may be saved: “There are goṣṭhy-ānandī and bhajanānandī. Bhajanānandī is interested for his own welfare, or they think it that he is not competent enough to […]

The importance of approaching a self-realized soul: In the Bhagavad-gita, Lord Krishna instructs Arjuna, “Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge to you because he has seen the truth.” (Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 4.34) In Chapters 6 and 7 […]

Srila Prabhupada : Good government can exist when the relationship between the citizens and the government is like that exemplified by Lord Rāmacandra and His citizens. Lord Rāmacandra ruled His kingdom ex- actly as a father takes care of his children, and the citizens, being obliged to the good government of Lord Rāmacandra, accepted the […]

“Bhakti” means spontaneous loving service. When a servant renders service to his master in consideration of monetary exchange, it is no loving service neither this hired service can come within the category of “Bhakti“. When a friend renders service to a fellow friend in consideration of obligation or in expectation of reward or as a matter […]

“…So the purpose was that this material world is only a manifestation, exhibition, of one-fourth energy of Kṛṣṇa. And within this material world, there are so many universes. And each and every universe, there are so many planets. So this is one of the planets, in which we are living. And in this planet, there […]

I share that yesterday I saw a video of Srila Prabhupada that spoke of swans and crows, this is very interesting, pure devotees of God or Krishna are compared to swans, swans have the ability to extract from a mixture of milk and water only milk and leave the water, likewise the pure devotees of […]

When a soul does not surrender to God or Krishna, he lives full of ignorance and acts in the false ego possessed by the illusion of “I” and “mine”. Such a person is considered a mean rogue, because he is believing that he is the creator, that the world is his, that he is the […]

Srila Prabhupada Initiation lecture: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.16.35 Honolulu, Jan. 28, 1974 Audio for this lecture: https://prabhupadavani.org/transcriptions/740128sbhon/ EXCERPT: “….Puruṣottama is the Supreme Person, and the Supreme Person by His expansion as the Supersoul is present in everyone’s heart. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānām. He’s guiding, as friend. He’s guiding as friend, but He speaks directly with the living entity as soon as we are purified […]

Eleven times in a single verse, SB 4.20.25, it is said that initiation occurs by “hearing from the mouth of A PURE DEVOTEE”. . SB 4.20.25 1.the transcendental vibration from the mouths of great devotees . 2.the opportunity to hear from the mouth of Your pure devotee. . 3.one has to hear glorification of the […]