Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhuapda Below is excerpts from a lecture by Srila Prabhupada where he explains the back and forth oscillations of materialists who try to enjoy and try to renounce-both with futility. Then he gives explanations of real spiritual practices like mind and sense control. Then […]
SB 9.4.48 P The Lord, however, knows how to protect His devotee. As indicated by the words prag distam, the Lord knew everything. Therefore, before anything happened, He had already arranged for His cakra to protect Maharaja Ambarisa. This protection is offered to a devotee even from the very beginning of his devotional service. Kaunteya pratijanihi […]
Ramananda Raya’s conversation with Lord Caitanya TLC 32 Conclusion Lord Caitanya next asked Ramananda Raya, “What is the most valuable thing in the world?” Ramananda Raya replied that he who has love for Radha-Krsna possesses the most valuable jewel and the greatest riches. One who is addicted to material sense gratification or material wealth is […]
Madhya 13.139 — Temple Deity worship is realized by the devotees to be the same as direct service to the Lord. The Deity is known as arca-vigraha or arca-avatara, an incarnation of the Supreme Lord in the form of a material manifestation (brass, stone or wood). Ultimately there is no difference between Krsna manifest in matter […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Recently a devotee commented to me that he thought why should we have to worry ourselves over fruitive work or anything else for that matter since , and he quoted Krsna where He says,” I maintain what they have and provide what they lack” ?? His […]
Obeisances All glories to Prabhupada I am pretty sure most of us on this link dont care or know much about rasa bhasa-so if you are at all even remotely interested in this complex subject matter, here is what Srila Prabhupada writes in his Nectar of Devotion… please see the very end of this as well-if […]
Ramananda Raya’s conversation with Lord Caitanya TLC 32 Conclusion Lord Caitanya next asked Ramananda Raya, “What is the most valuable thing in the world?” Ramananda Raya replied that he who has love for Radha-Krsna possesses the most valuable jewel and the greatest riches. One who is addicted to material sense gratification or material wealth […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada This book, Sri Chaitanya -Siksamrta is simply wonderful in that it contains so much pertinent information regarding the souls release from Maya in our conditional state. Here below is one short example contained in the sixth rainfall chapter. But first, from Srila Prabhupadas books we have the […]
couple days ago with Kanhaiya doing puppet show Daria, the forest dweller sunrise @ Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Mandir ashram the grape fence out back with spider webs The Incomparable– Saksi Gopal !! Sri Gaurangananta slathered in sandlewood paste and rose oil Giriraj presenting Sudarshan Chakra Maharja with His– “paraphernalia” Varaha Dev
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu We here at Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Mandir celebrated the festival of Gaura Purnima today, and as you can see from the photos, it was very nice and many devotees attended. Fresh fragrant flowers from spring like forsythia, plum blossums, and […]
