Hare Krsna Below is a short description of exactly how the impersonalists do their “meditation”. Srila Prabhupada also explains the evolution of human consciousness (life after life) from gross matter (materialists) up to spirit and how that kind of individual takes to certain types of worship. Finally at the end he explains how, except for the devotee, everyone is […]
Hare Krsna 1) What follows is some short segments out of a lecture by Srila Prabhupada where he nicely gives a short history of his life and how he met Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Maharaj, his guru. Of particular interest is where Prabhupada states that he was initiated by his guru because he was thinking always of […]
Vrn Sept 25 1976 Now Kṛṣṇa advised Arjuna that “You release this saṁhārāstra,” how to counteract. Unnaddhamastra–jñaḥ. Unnaddham: “You know better than him how to counteract.” Hy astra–tejasā: “By another…” [break] …different astras[weapons]are released by different expert military men. So that science is not yet discovered. By mantra. Just like here it is said that he took water, āpaḥ. Spṛṣṭvāpas taṁ parikramya. Āpaḥ. Just like we take, oṁ apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāsvasthāṁ gato ‘pi vā. Similarly, mantra and water can be […]
“We should always remember that Krishna is the only order giver. His order is received through the agency of the spiritual master. The bona fide spiritual master is the manifest representative of Krishna. The spiritual master is described in the scriptures as good as Krishna because he is the most confidential servitor of Krishna. To […]
from Damaghosa dasa, Yasoda nandana dasa, Dravinaksha dasa and other Prabhupada anugas Srila Prabhupada re Acarya may make little changes. They are mahājanas. So we have to follow Prahlāda Mahārāja. He is our guru, pūrva-ācārya. Nārada is pūrva-ācārya. He is disciple of Nārada. Therefore he is ācārya, and his disciplic succession… There are sampradāyas: Brahma-sampradāya, […]
Dear Srila Prabhupada I offer my obeisances at your lotus feet All Glories to you and your wonderful Krishna Consciousness Movement Nama om Vishnu Padaya Krsna presthaya bhutale Srimate Bhaktivedanta Swamin iti namine Namaste sarasvate deve Gauravani pracarine Nirvisesa sunyavadi pascatya Desa tarine Bhakti siddhanta sishyaya Bhativedanta namine Prasannaya prasantaya tasmai Sri gurave namah On […]
Hare Krsna All glories to Srila Prabhupada Below is my submission into the annual vyasa puja book called Srila Prabhupada Tributes which is only written by what the editors consider “direct disciples” of Srila Prabhupada. Ironically Jaya advaita swami is the editor of this book, but I don’t think he saw or even read my […]
Hare Krsna to all and Happy Janmastami !!! Yesterday at Krsna Kunja Sila Puri in Snohomish Wash we celebrated Sri Krsna Janmastami and Srila Prabhupada’s vyas puja. It was a joyous event for all, with much Krsna Kirtan, a class from Krsna book, abhisek of Krsna Deities,, bhajans, Vyasa puja ceremony with devotees speaking from […]
SP re praise and insult Books : Srimad-Bhagavatam : Canto 4: “The Creation of the Fourth Order” : SB 4.15: King Prthu’s Appearance and Coronation : SB 4.15.23 : PURPORT : Gentle devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead know perfectly well who is God and who is not. Nondevotee impersonalists, however, who have no […]
Srila Prabhupada stotram recited by Yasoda nandana dasa Vancouver, BC August 29, 2015 Krishna Balarama temple krsnaika-ceta mada-moha-vinasa-karin mad-drsti-gocara prabho prabhupada-svamin dosabhivrtti-paridusita-manda-buddhe sancintayami caranau tava bhakti-heto “O Lord, O Prabhupada, may you always be the object of my vision. Only the name of Krsna can destroy my pride and illusion. Although my mind and intelligence […]
