“No Interest” Question: Why are we not inclined toward the Lord’s service? Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada: We have no inclination toward God and no inclination to remedy that situation. Therefore we need an expert doctor. Our inclination toward the Lord will arise if we associate with devotees. Just as a veterinary surgeon tactfully places medicine […]
Three Types of Japa Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, 17.155 – 158 trividho japa-yajñaḥ syāt tasya bhedān nibodhata vācikaś ca upāṁśuś ca mānasaś ca tridhā mataḥ trayāṇāṁ japa-yajñānāṁ śreyān syād uttarottaraḥ yad ucca-nīca-svaritaiḥ spaṣṭa-śabdavad-akṣaraiḥ mantram uccārayed vyaktaṁ japa-yajñaḥ sa vācikaḥ śanair uccārayen mantram īṣad auṣṭhau pracālayet kiñcic chabdaṁ svayaṁ vidyād upāṁśuḥ sa japaḥ smṛtaḥ dhiyā yad akṣara-śreṇyā varṇād varṇaṁ […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada In Srila Bhaktivinode Thakurs book called Jaiva Dharma. Pg. 384 Chapter 24 translated by Sarva bhavana das…there is the following text….its a question-answer section between two great souls. Vijaya, Gurudeva, I now understand that the mayavadis, karmis jnanis and yogis in general are all namaparadhis. Should […]
Hare Krsna Pranams Glories to Srila Prabhupada This email is a followup to yesterdays-where I showed pictures of the Make Vrndavana Book set (approx 1,500 pages) , and which gave, at the end of that email, Srila Prabhupadas final instructions to his disciples and followers. What follows is a short list of quotes from the conversations books […]
By Ajit Krishna Dasa and Bhaktin Anna Nygaard In regard to the posthumous editing of Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Jayadvaita Swami has expressed (emphasis added by Arsa-Prayoga staff): 1982: “Comparing each verse in the book with the text of the manuscript, I made only those changes that to me seemed worthwhile. I tried to […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Sometimes I wonder when the devotees will actually pick up on one of the most important instructions that Prabhupada gave to us. The pictures below are of a 3 book set done by a devotee in Australia who read all the conversations books (37 in […]
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Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Below Srila Prabhupada nicely explains the downside of automation/machines. 1. Men lose their jobs and then the govt has to pay them unemployment compensation and where do you think the govt gets this money?? That’s right-from you and I in TAXES !! So the material energy […]
680709SB.MON Lectures 232697/530501 The Lord is friend of the devotee, and as soon as He sees–He is within you–that you are engaged in hearing about Him, He helps is within you–that you are engaged in hearing about Him, He helps you. How He helps you? He cleanses your heart. Therefore a person, although he is […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Below is one very short quote (for those who will only invest a few seconds skimming something) where Srila Prabhupada tells us his followers, admirers and disciples, that we MUST be daily engaged in Deity worship. And if not personally able then in various ways assist those, who do. Of course […]
