Hare Krsna- Below are two conversations. The first, Srila Prabhupada explains the basic principle of material life-sense gratification. Everyone has 4 bodily necessities- to eat, sleep, sex and defend. He explains how that pleasure is the same in all species of life. And as Human beings we need not concern ourselves with these basic bodily […]
Article by: Damagosha Dasa Hare Krsna– Below we have a few important things that any devotee should want to know about: 1.How to work without sinful reaction-no karma 2.Devotee is imperceptibly liberated 3.How to overcome the 4 defects-imperfect senses, illusion, mistakes and cheating 4.How to be Krsna Conscious- and then again be in maya — […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Yesterday we observed the annual Govardhana puja festival. I was musing over this and thinking that this is the 42nd such festival I have taken part in over the years. And that is just one festival. One of the reasons I personally joined this Krsna […]
Article by: Damagosha Dasa SB 7.14.39 TRANSLATION My dear King, when great sages and saintly persons saw mutually disrespectful dealings at the beginning of Tretā–yuga, Deity worship in the temple was introduced with all paraphernalia. PURPORT As it is said in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.3.52): kṛte yad dhyāyato viṣṇuṁ tretāyāṁ yajato makhaiḥ dvāpare paricaryāyāṁ kalau tad dhari–kīrtanāt […]
Article by Damagosha Dasa Hare Krsna Below are some interesting facts about Omens and what they mean to one who is conscious of their presence. ———————————————————————- KB 1-37 / Akrura’s Arrival in Vrndavana : “That Supreme Personality of Godhead has now come just like an ordinary human being, and it is my great fortune to […]
Article by: Damagosha dasa Hare Krsna What follows is a few quotes from Srila Prabhupada where he nicely explains how important is the one quality of submissiveness. We hear it briefly given in BG 4.34 about approaching a bona fide spiritual master in service and submission and then our natural spiritual inquires will be fruitful, […]
Article by: Damagosha dasa Sri Nimbarka Debates a Jain Monk Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada …It is said that one day a sannyāsī from a Jain sampradāya came to Mathura and invited all the learned scholars there to a debate on the scriptures. This Jain sannyāsī scholar desired to conquer the entire country by proving […]
Lectures : Festival Lectures : His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada’s Disappearance Day, Lecture — Bombay, December 22, 1975 : 751222DB.BOM : So the kaniṣṭha–adhikārī, in the beginning… It is not that kaniṣṭha, beginning, if anyone immediately becomes so advanced. It is not advancement; it is foolishness. Just like somebody, they declare that “Kṛṣṇa is everywhere. Why should […]
Hare Krsna- Recently I have been sending out articles detailing why and how we should grow our own food. Many of you probably wonder- what is wrong with this person? Why should I pack it all in and move to the country? Is he crazy? Why would I do this, when I have my paycheck coming […]
730711r6.lon Conversations 337713/530501 So in this way, either of these three, sufferings going on. But those who are sleeping, they cannot understand that this is suffering. Just like animals. They cannot understand. That is sleeping stage. And when one is awakened, he will think “I don’t want all these sufferings. Why they are imposed upon […]
