Deity darshan sunday morning-Sedro Woolley Wa
https://youtu.be/OtDP7cPwiwcThe flowers on the altar looked so nice this morning I have to make a short video clip of everything….
This Krsna Consciousness is just like sugar candy-wherever you bite into it- is sweet-SP
This Krsna Consciousness is just like sugar candy-wherever you bite into it is sweet !!–SP
Even in the lowest stage the karmis are advised to work for the Lord-SP
As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (18.3), yajña–dāna–tapaḥ–karma na tyājyam: the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies, charity, austerity and all such prescribed duties are never to be given up. Yajño dānaṁ tapaś caiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām (18.5): even one who is very much advanced in spiritual realization must still execute the Vedic principles. Even in the lowest stage, the karmīs are advised to work for the sake of the Lord.yajñārthāt karmaṇo ’nyatraloko ’yaṁ karma–bandhanaḥ“Work done as a sacrifice for Viṣṇu has to […]
THE HEART OF KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
THE HEART OF KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS(Isana Dasa) In the 18th chapter of Srila Prabhupada’s Teachings of Lord Caitanya, we read about the conversation between Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Prakashananda Sarasvati. Prakashananda was chief amongst the large following of Mayavadi sannyasis at Benares. According to the sannyasis who followed the Mayavadi teachings of Shankaracharya, singing, dancing […]
Krsna is your property-you have the power to give Him to me
Therefore guru must be authorized person, not that bhūmi-phala-guru(?). No. “I am guru,” no. You cannot become guru unless you are agent to draw out the mercy water from the ocean of mercy of Kṛṣṇa. That is guru. And therefore a guru is not an ordinary person. He is the representative, bona fide representative of Kṛṣṇa. Bhaktivinoda […]
This is my guru’s qualifications-what is yours?
This is my guru’s qualifications-how about yours? We have to select a guru by whose order we wont make mistakes March 2 1966 NY—Now, to take such guidance means the spiritual master should also be a very perfect man. Otherwise, how can he guide? …Therefore one has to select a spiritual master whose order, carrying, […]
The Power of the Pure Devotee of the Lord
“The Lord is all powerful, and by His grace His pure devotee can be as powerful as He may desire, and there is no limit to it.”(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.13, Purport) “Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has sung that the devotees of Lord Caitanya are so powerful that each one of them can deliver a universe.”(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.24.58, Purport) […]
our hummingbird story
The last few days in a row,this Anna’s hummingbird has been perched on a branch 1 foot away from our screened kitchen window while I bathe our Salagram Silas and chant mantras. He just sits there, watches and listens, and doesnt go away. When I am done with the Silas I hold them all up […]
Hearing about Krsna is the remedy for all sufferings in this age of kali
Here is one of the world’s major problems right now…. SB 10.1.17-Once when mother earth was overburdened by hundreds of thousands of military phalanxes of various conceited demons dressed like kings, she approached Lord Brahmā for relief. PURPORT When the world is overburdened by unnecessary military arrangements and when various demoniac kings are the executive heads of state, […]
Hearing in the association of devotees is the medicine to stop the cycle of birth and death
SB 10.1.4-Glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is performed in the paramparā system; that is, it is conveyed from spiritual master to disciple. Such glorification is relished by those no longer interested in the false, temporary glorification of this cosmic manifestation. Descriptions of the Lord are the right medicine for the conditioned soul undergoing repeated birth […]