Always working for others– means no time for Krsna This lecture by Srila Prabhupada is for all of us who want to be devotees but have NO TIME or very little time for devotional services in the association of devotee. This brilliant lecture by Prabhupada clearly tells us how this body which we now inhabit […]
Nov 6 1976 Vrndavana Prabhupāda: And if I teach that “I‘ll teach you how to become truthful,” they will laugh. People will say, “Can anyone exist nowadays, simply becoming truthful?” Then damaḥ, self-controlled. If I say, “Come here. I shall teach you how to control your senses,” he will laugh, that “What is this nonsense? We shall enjoy life and shall control senses?” This is the description […]
This is not how Srila Prabhupada wants us to chant the Holy Names of God At the recent Holy Name retreat at New Govardhana, Indradumya S and BB Govinda Swami were diving into the mosh pit […]
Hare Krsna-its now officially spring time even though the weather demigods have not been notified of that fact yet. We are in full swing getting plant starts ready for planting when the land eventually dries out and it stops raining. Its been a very wet winter and spring season. You can see from the pictures […]
Subject: Sri Abhirama dasa Thakura tirobhava tithi [disappearance] – Saturday, April 7, 2018 [Mayapura, West Bengal, Bharata Bhumi time] Srila Prabhupada comments on the unique position of Abhirama Thakura compiled by Yasoda nandana dasa deity of sri abhiram thakura Sri Radha Gopinatha – Deities of Sri Abhiram das Thakura Saturday, April 7, 2018 Sri Abhirama […]
A success, by Haripada dasa At the end of the preface to the Bhagavad Gita Srila Prabhupada says that if a single man becomes a pure devotee of the Lord, we will consider our attempt as a success, and Srila Prabhupada achieved success, Jayananda prabhu practicing Krishna consciousness in a way strict, serious and sincere […]
Madhya 8.138 purport-…Gāyantaṁ trāyate yasmād gāyatrī tvaṁ tataḥ smṛtā: One who chants the Gāyatrī mantra is gradually delivered from the material clutches. In other words, That which delivers one from material entanglement is called Gāyatrī. An explanation of the Gāyatrī mantra can be found in Madhya-līlā, Chapter Twenty-one, text 125: kāma-gāyatrī-mantra-rūpa, haya kṛṣṇera svarūpa, sārdha-cabbiśa akṣara […]
Understanding our position 1.) SB 1.2.6-purport–The material existence of the living being is a diseased condition of actual life.Actual life is spiritual existence, or brahma-bhūta [SB 4.30.20] existence, where life is eternal, blissful and full of knowledge. Material existence is temporary, illusory and full of miseries. There is no happiness at all. There is just the futile attempt […]
Seeing the personal form of the Lord and experiencing ecstasy will happen to us all–here is that description-we just have to be patient SB 1.6.16-As soon as I began to meditate upon the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead with my mind transformed in transcendental love, tears rolled down my eyes, and without delay […]
Below we have the sacred and profound conversation between Lord Caitanya and His pure devotee Ramananda Raya. The conversation is specifically about how all of us conditioned souls can go back to Godhead in this age. The Raya gives 4 different points about valid Vedic paths towards this goal and Lord Gauranga rejected them all until he […]
