Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Hare Krsna– Below Srila Prabhupada nicely explains how this Hare Krsna Movement ran on in the beginning days. Nobody had a “job”-literally nobody– because Krsna supplied everything we needed. He explains this is the business of the brahmanas-to preach, and then depend upon the Lord for whatever we need. Brahmana by definition […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Hare Krsna-Below we are attempting to show that spiritual life follows a certain pattern. Srila Prabhupada has several times used the expression-“things equal to one another are equal to each other” which comes from Euclid, a great mathematician and philosopher who lived thousands of years ago in Greece. His theorems have […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.28.33 With devotion steeped in love and affection, the yogi should meditate within the core of his heart upon the laughter of Lord Vishnu. The laughter of Vishnu is so captivating that it can be easily meditated upon. When the Supreme Lord is laughing, one can see His small teeth, […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Ten Conclusions of Bhagavad-gita- His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada To summarise the conclusions of Bhagavad-gītā, it may be said that: 1) God is one and everything is in him and he is in everything. To render transcendental service unto God is to serve everything that be, just […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa SB 2.1`.2 Those persons who are materially engrossed, being blind to the knowledge of ultimate truth, leave many subject matters for hearing in human society, O Emperor. PURPORT In the revealed scriptures there are two nomenclatures for the householder’s life. One is gṛhastha, and the other is gṛhamedhī. The gṛhasthas are those who live together with wife […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa “Here, everything in the material world, everything is born, it remains for some time, it grows then dwindles then vanishes. So this is not very desirable. But unfortunately, the modern civilization, they do not know. They are very much proud of advancement of knowledge, but they do not know that the cause of […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Srila Prabhupada said, He (Krishna) asked me to come here and I said that I did not want to go because it was such a dirty place. He (Krishna) told me if you go I will arrange so many nice palaces for you to live in. I said but I do […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa LA Dec 22 1968 Jāhnavā: Śrī Bhaktivedanta, how is it that the Absolute, which is so, at this point, for me, beyond human comprehension, how can it take this form of Kṛṣṇa-Rādhā? Prabhupāda: It is His mercy. The Bhāgavata says that if you want to understand God, His name, His quality, […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa Hare Krsna- Below we have 4 items of interest to those who are serious about spiritual advancement in our Grhastha/householder ashram 1.Sacrifice, penance and charity are not to be ever given up. 2.Householders duty before eating himself is to call out to anybody on the street to come for meals 3.If […]
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa May 15 1975 Perth Prabhupāda: This man is unemployed, and if we engaged him for plowing, will he do that? Paramahaṁsa: I don’t think so. (laughter) Prabhupāda: Just see. Amogha: That’s too hard, that’s work. “We don’t want to work like that, we just want some easy job.” Prabhupāda: Then you suffer. Śrutakīrti: That would mean they had to […]
