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Yaśodā Mātā along with svarūpa-śakti and Her expansions always serves Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the eternal world with great love. They make unlimited loveful preparations for Kṛṣṇa. How tasteful are those things? Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord…
Read more...Service means self-giving, self-dedication, and this should be our attitude to approach that plane. In that way, all the coatings of ego will vanish one by one, and the genuine self will come from within…
Read moreJust like Jagāī and Mādhāi said, “From this day I will never behave like that again.” I am requesting all the devotees, please say: “From today may I never ever have this enjoying spirit. I…
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Read moreWe stated earlier that our most revered śrīla gurupāda-padma was a rasika poet as well as a self-realized philosopher. I [the author] shall now present some verses from his Maṅgala-āratī song, by which we can…
Read moreKṛṣṇa was so merciful. He inspired in the heart of Nārada to take some benediction. Nārada became so happy and asked three benedictions: (1) that anyone who comes to Your holy land of Vṛndāvana, any…
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Kṛṣṇa implied, "I will block your pathway, calling all My strong companions. They will come in front of you and block the pathway, doing a hunger strike, and not letting you pass. Then you will…
Read moreFaith is the only instrument for the finite to measure the Infinite. To survey the Infinite, all other methods are futile. Faith is the most spacious substance within us. It can cover a long, long…
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We are very lucky to be in Vṛndāvana, under guidance of the Vaiṣṇavas and Guru-pāda-padma, trying to drink a little of this nectar of govinda-līlā. If one drop of this enters the heart, then the…
Read moreThe Western devotees requested me so many times and said, “We have a very large book about Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Mahārāja, but we don’t know about Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Mahārāja. He is the sannyāsa-guru…
Read moreYou should know that one day you will be old. Your beauty will be gone, and one day you will have to give up this body. You will give up this world, and you don't…
Read more“In our Gauḍīya sampradāya and elsewhere, Śrīmatī Rādhikā’s deity is made of white marble and Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s is made of black marble. How is it that both the deities you have manifested are white?” Śrīla…
Read moreParamārādhya Śrīla Ācārya Kesarī considered that pure bhakti cannot be propagated completely as long as the conception of māyāvāda exists in the world. It is therefore most essential to uproot māyāvāda. For this reason he…
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The sakhīs are decorating Śrīmatī after Her abhiṣeka. They give Her a necklace of charming jewels strung with hair from the tail of a yak. If a person wears this kind of necklace, the influence…
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Read moreThe love the gopīs have for Kṛṣṇa—this is sanātana-dharma. But we don’t understand this properly. Kṛṣṇa is sanātana-puruṣa, the eternal predominating deity. He doesn’t take birth, nor does He die. Kṛṣṇa is Pūrṇa-brahma: the Vedas,…
Read moreSrila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja ordered me, “I am giving some water to you, go there and water the seeds, creepers, and plants who are in dire need of being nourished. Otherwise, they will dry, wither,…
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Worshiping with this mantra is the activity of the parakiya-parampara, or gaudiya-parampara. It seems that he who chants this mantra worships Krsna, but this is not so. The Gaudiyas follow those who serve Krsna perfectly.…
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