Śrīla Prabhupāda, our eternal Dīkṣā guru “I am the Spiritual Master of this institution, and all the members of the Society, they’re supposed to be my disciples. They follow the rules and regulations which I ask them to follow, and they are initiated by me spiritually.” (Śrīla Prabhupāda Radio interview – San Francisco, March 12, […]
Immortal Charity: Srila Prabhupada’s Gift to the World By Narasimha das Text 41 O spotless one, your answers to all these questions will grant immunity for all material miseries. Such charity is greater than all Vedic charities, sacrifices, penances and so on. (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 3.7.41) Purport “The highest perfectional work of charity it to give people […]
Srila Visvanatha Cakravari Thakura Tirobhava Tithi [disappearance] Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi Avirbhava Tithi [appearance] Sei Raghunatha dasa Goswami Avirbhava Tithi [appearance] Sri Raghunandana Thakura Avirbhava Tithi [appearance] Srimati Vishnupriya Avirbhava Tithi [appearance] Compiled by Yasoda Nandana dasa Srila Prabhupada glorifies Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura Lectures : Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures : Canto 7: Lectures : SB 7.12: Lectures […]
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 […]
