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 […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa May 15 1975 Perth Prabhupāda: This man is unemployed, and if we engaged him for plowing, will he do that? Paramahaṁsa: I don’t think so. (laughter) Prabhupāda: Just see. Amogha: That’s too hard, that’s work. “We don’t want to work like that, we just want some easy job.” Prabhupāda: Then you suffer. Śrutakīrti: That would mean they had to […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Gorakhpur Feb 16 1971 Compiled by damaghosa dasa Srila Prabhupada: So as soon as you approach the Deity or the name, you should know fully well that Krsna is present. Krsna is… Therefore we should worship the Deity with great attention, as much as Krsna is present. And similarly, we should worship the holy name with great attention. […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa The tendency to become a Sahajiya- July 8, 2016 Which means one who takes things cheaply or changes or concocts items of devotional service and thereby does not obey the instructions laid down by the authorized acaryas in disciplic sucession. Hare Krsna– Below, for those interested, we have compiled several quotes […]
