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Yajnavalka and Maitreya
Then after giving up this body and mind, then the pure atma will go to Vrndavana. This is the success of this life. Otherwise, anyone cannot be happy in this world. Unless he realizes Krsna…
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Hari-katha 6 min read
Who is a Vaisnava?
But really, ‘Vaisnava’ is used only for uttama Vaisnava. Like water, what is water? When we refer to water, we mean pure water by which we can drink and save our life. But also, the…
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All Living Entities are Really the Soul
This is only moha, illusion. All living entities are really the soul. There is no actual relation between any father and mother and children in this world. Our only father and mother or anything is…
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What is a Vyasasana?
Now this is called a vyasasana, but actually I think that this is not a vyasasana. What is a vyasasana? The seat on which a man like Vyasadeva will be. All the qualities of Vyasa…
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Sukadeva Gosvami Enters the Assembly
So all the rsis were telling him so many different things. But in the meantime, a sixteen year old naked, very beautiful young boy, being covered with dust, was coming into that assembly. He came…
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This Curse is Indeed Krsna Himself
For a long time I have wanted to give up all these worldly things, this kingdom, reputation, sons, wife and everything. I have wanted to practice bhakti-yoga in a very solitary place in any jungle,…
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We Can Know Him
The conditioned souls are always unhappy and feeling suffering in the endless chain of birth and death. How can we attain that eternal or transcendental stage of liberation? By practicing bhakti-yoga, from the beginning. From…
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All of this Happiness is Temporary
Really they are the soul that is inside the body. That soul is only covered by these two external bodies, the gross and subtle body. Now we have forgotten that God. But we should know…
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Then it will be Sadhana
If anyone has no aim and object of rati, bhava-bhakti, then he is actually not a sadhaka. When he will have this firm desire to have that rati and he is doing sravanam, kirtanam or…
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All Living Entities are the Eternal Servant of Krsna
You are chanting, remembering and doing all these things, or the five main limbs of bhakti, but yet you want some opulence, some wealth, some good wife or good husband and you are praying, “O…
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Why can you not be Brahmacari?
Try to enjoy krsna-bhakti and Krsna’s service. Our whole energy should be given to this. Also for ladies, if a human male can be a brahmacari, why can you not be a brahmacari? If our…
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It is Opposite to Bhakti
Raya Ramananda also said that, “The king is a Vaisnava, so no harm if You will give darsana to King Prataparudra.” But what did Caitanya Mahaprabhu reply? He said that, “The king may internally be…
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