What do you understand by the word-Maya ? June 13 1974 Paris Prabhupāda: What do you understand by the word “māyā”? Yogeśvara: That which is not. Puṣṭa-kṛṣṇa: Things which we place value on that have no relation to Kṛṣṇa. Prabhupāda: The māyā is explained very nicely in the Bhāgavata, yathābhāso yathā tamaḥ. Just like sun is reflected […]
Grhastha Mahatma-become one, by hearing Lecture Oct 22 1975 JOH So this material energy is… Every energy is woman. The spiritual energy is also woman, material energy is woman.The material energy is tamo, darkness, and the other energy is the light. Therefore Vedic injunction is tamasi mā jyotir gamaḥ. Don’t remain under the darkness material energy. […]
Hare Krsna-below is a short summary of a book by William Hazlitt given by Chota Haridas das where he gives some important information that any sane devotee should not ignore. dd ———————- Saints and Psychopaths Psychopaths pretending to be saints present a very serious problem for all spiritual traditions. There are many more psychopaths pretending […]
The 26 qualities of a pure devotee of God or Krishna, 3rd Part, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa I’m going to put this message in three parts 17- He does not eat more than he needs: Srila Prabhupada said that if one eats too much, he will have to sleep more, and if one […]
The 26 qualities of a pure devotee of God or Krishna, 2nd Part, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa I’m going to put this message in three parts 11- He is peaceful: A person can be peaceful when he is free of material desires, I remember a song of an acharya or bona fide spiritual […]
The 26 qualities of a pure devotee of God or Krishna, 1st Part, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa I’m going to put this message in three parts 1- He is always kind to everyone: People suffer from lack of consciousness of God or Krishna, people have forgotten God or Krishna, and the devotee of […]
Hare Krishna Prabhus, Please accept my obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We have so many good pictures from Kishkindhya Kshetra from a few years ago when we were llving there. Below are pics of the Malayavanta Raghunatha Temple (with Sadhu), where Lord Rama and Lakshmana spent four months. Also a self-manifested Matsya Deity, our […]
More pics: Kodanda Rama temple Deities, Hanuman Hill-top temple, Narasimha Murti, rock play, Tungabadra River Please accept my obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We have so many good pictures from Kishkindhya Kshetra from a few years ago when we were llving there. Below are pics of the Malayavanta Raghunatha Temple (with Sadhu), where Lord […]
First class people, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa Srila Prabhupada always said that the movement for Krishna consciousness means that we are trying to create first class people, the qualities of these people are: “Serenity, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty , knowledge, wisdom and religiosity “. These qualities are developed by obeying the instructions […]
The Path of Reality Many dishonest preachers pose as scriptural scholars, brahmins or even Vaishnavas. Srila Prabhupada clearly states in His Third Canto Bhagavatam Purports that these kinds of hypocrites who pose as religious authorities yet ignore or deny the path of devotional service and surrender to Krishna are even more dangerous than avowed atheists […]
