WHAT IS BOGUS INITIATION? Hare Krsna to all Pranams Glories to Srila Prabhupada Below we have here more valuable information which confirms the principles of bona fide initiation vs. non bonafide and the symptoms by which one can judge for himself. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Maharj writes in the book Brahmana and Vaisnava…. […]
Crookedness in Devotional Service by Srila Jiva Goswami — Bhakti-Sandarbha, anucchedas 153 and 154. Adapted from the English translation of Satya Narayan Das. Jiva Institute. Vrindavan. 2005. Sanskrit text taken from Gaudiya Grantha Mandira. Due to the presence of many offenses, the Lord does not accept service from the crooked, even if they offer him […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Below is a very famous and very instructive conversation with Srila Prabhupada where he explains how any person today can become aChristain or follower of Jesus Christ if he follows his teachings. Jesus is a pure devotee of Krsna and capable of delivering any soul […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Because it is Kali yuga, the age of quarrel and hypocrisy, it is very very easy for one who desires spiritual life to become cheated. He or she will be cheated by practically everyone who poses as a spiritualist. This is not my opinion, […]
Hare Krsna to all Pranams All glories to Srila Prabhupada Below we have summarized a few lectures by Srila Prabhupada where he nicely explains who will find a real guru, and how to determine who is a real guru. He says- 1. accept a guru who is infallible 2.If you dont get a qualified guru, […]
761101SB.VRN Lectures So for that there are so many practices, regulative principles, mentioned here. The first thing is hamse gurau mayi bhaktyanuvrtya. This is religion. Adau gurvasrayam. If you do not get a qualified guru, then everything is bogus. If you, by good fortune, if you get the association of a guru, qualified hamsa, paramahamsa… […]
Canakya Pandit was a great moralist, strategist and Brahmana Vaisnava. He left behind him some wonderful sayings that we can readily apply to our daily lives and more so, Srila Prabhupada used to quote him frequently. So here are just 21, of many, which I am sure most of those who take the time to […]
This book Jaiva Dharma, is in Srila Prabhupada’s word “very important”. And after reading it now for the second and third time, I can see why he said this. Since I don’t have it on computer file I must hand type out every quote you will see here below. But it is so important I […]
The Glories of Bhagavad Gita from the Hari-bhakti-viläsa 6.214-228 skände avanté-khaëòe çré-vyäsoktau – gétä sugétä kartavyä kim anyaiù çästra-vistaraiù yä svayaà padma-näbhasya mukha-padmäd viniùsåtä In the Skanda-puräëa, Srila Vyasadev says, “Memorize and sing sweetly this Bhagavad-gétä. What need is there to elaborate on other scriptures? She has descended directly from the lotus mouth of Lord […]
Hare Krsna-pranams to all All glories to Srila Prabhupada Below we have 6 letters Prabhupada wrote to disciples indicating the importance of daily reading his books, especially Bhagavad Gita. If you get knowledge, automatically tapasyä will follow, and then you will make advancement in spiritual life. So to get knowledge is the first item for […]
