Submitted by: Yasoda nandana Dasa His Divine Grace Abhay Charan Das (A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada) The Universal Conception of Sri Guru The following speech was given by Abhay Charan Das before the members of the Sri Gaudiya Matha in Bombay, in February 1936, on the occasion of the appearance anniversary of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa SB 2.1`.2 Those persons who are materially engrossed, being blind to the knowledge of ultimate truth, leave many subject matters for hearing in human society, O Emperor. PURPORT In the revealed scriptures there are two nomenclatures for the householder’s life. One is gṛhastha, and the other is gṛhamedhī. The gṛhasthas are those who live together with wife […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa “Here, everything in the material world, everything is born, it remains for some time, it grows then dwindles then vanishes. So this is not very desirable. But unfortunately, the modern civilization, they do not know. They are very much proud of advancement of knowledge, but they do not know that the cause of […]
Submitted by: Yasoda nandana Dasa Parampara Means to Accept The Prominent Acarya Guru-Parampara – the disciplic succession Spiritual knowledge descends through the disciplic succession from Krishna. The representatives of the disciplic succession can not change anything, add anything or subtract anything. Otherwise the disciplic succession will be broken and their preaching will have no […]
Submitted by: Padmapani Dasa “The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service. I bow to his lotus feet with great awe and reverence. By his grace one can cross the ocean of material suffering and obtain the mercy of Krishna.” (Sri Guru-vandana Verse […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Srila Prabhupada said, He (Krishna) asked me to come here and I said that I did not want to go because it was such a dirty place. He (Krishna) told me if you go I will arrange so many nice palaces for you to live in. I said but I do […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa LA Dec 22 1968 Jāhnavā: Śrī Bhaktivedanta, how is it that the Absolute, which is so, at this point, for me, beyond human comprehension, how can it take this form of Kṛṣṇa-Rādhā? Prabhupāda: It is His mercy. The Bhāgavata says that if you want to understand God, His name, His quality, […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Hare Krsna- Below we have 4 items of interest to those who are serious about spiritual advancement in our Grhastha/householder ashram 1.Sacrifice, penance and charity are not to be ever given up. 2.Householders duty before eating himself is to call out to anybody on the street to come for meals 3.If […]
Submitted by: Yasoda nandana Dasa His Divine Grace Abhay Charan Das (A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada) The Universal Conception of Sri Guru The following speech was given by Abhay Charan Das before the members of the Sri Gaudiya Matha in Bombay, in February 1936, on the occasion of the appearance anniversary of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati […]
Submitted by: Hasti Gopala Dasa Reporter: Have you ever had people come to you who had previously been involved with a fake guru? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes, there are many. Reporter: Were their spiritual lives in any way spoiled by the fake gurus? Śrīla Prabhupāda: No, they were genuinely seeking something spiritual, and that was their […]
