Reflections on the path of devotion.

The Agony of Departure - Govinda Lilamrta

He comes to torment and chastise Them. He is the cause of Their parting and the intense burning They feel in Their hearts. The sun’s illumination is not merely an inert source of light or…

Whose Side Are You On?

The question is, whose side are you on? Are you on the devotees’ side, or the demons’ side? If you are on the bhaktas’ side, you may have to lie or cheat the demons, but…

Recitation of the Spotless Purana - 12 June 1996

There are various types of dharma that are prevalent in this world. The dharma that doesn’t explain atma-dharma and the dharma of bhajan to Bhagavan is a useless dharma. In the name of dharma, people…

Pujyapada Premananda Prabhu Gopal-campu, Uttara1.9 - Prabhuji 09 Oct 2020

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Deliberation on Śuddha-bhakti

We have already mentioned that according to the scriptures, bhakti is the only means of attaining Bhagavān. Only bhakti can cause the jīvas to have the vision of Bhagavān and bring them into His presence.…

Can He Go to Hell?

..If someone is a Vaiṣṇava and chanting harināma throughout his whole life, is there any necessity to do any śraddhā for him? Can he go to hell? Will he be in a suffering condition? No.…

Shared Yearnings - Govinda-Lilamrta

By the causeless mercy of Śrīla Guru-pāda-padma and the rūpānuga Vaiṣṇavas, we are hearing this Govinda-līlāmṛta, which is helpful for the soul and enables one to enter into service of the Supreme Soul. Vṛndā-devī has…

Marching for Krsna

...When there will be military march of Krsna conscious soldiers. Anyone who does not believe in Krsna, "Blam!" (laughter) Yes. The same process as the Mohammedans did, with sword and Koran, we'll have to do…

Govinda Damodara Madhaveti - 11 June 1996

I am speaking on this because how can we remember Krsna while we are in this this material world? Bhakti is not difficult; Bhakti is very simple. Staying in their houses, the gopis always remember…

Pujyapada Premananda Prabhu Gopal-campu, Uttara1.8 - Prabhuji 08 Oct 2020

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The History of Sri Giriraja-Govardhana - 10 June 1996

I will speak on one history of Giriraja-Govardhana. Giriraja was in the Himalayas. He is the son of Drona. Drona is one of the friends of Himalaya. He had a beautiful son and his name…

Feasting on Bliss - Govinda-lilamrta

Don’t think these pastimes are imagination or something slight. The ācāryas only give hints of these pastimes. If you touch those hints, turning the button on, then all pastimes will manifest in your heart. But…

The Character Test

Demons enter the ashrams, the brahmana families, and all religions, and destroy them from within. They fill them with duplicity and cheating. In Kali-yuga, followers of bad people will be millions and billions, but followers…

The Principle of Inconceivable Difference and Non-difference

Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva is the philosophical principle regarding the inconceivable (acintya) relationship of simultaneous difference (bheda) and non-difference (abheda) existing between the inconceivable and unlimitedly powerful para-tattva, and His various potencies, as well as that which manifests…

Kṛṣṇa has Sent a Message

Kṛṣṇa told Uddhava, “Tell the gopīs, ‘Kṛṣṇa has sent me; I have not come according to my own wish. Kṛṣṇa has sent a message.’ When the gopīs hear these words, they will be very happy.…

Pujyapada Premananda Prabhu Gopal-campu, Uttara1.8.42 - Prabhuji 07 Oct 2020

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The Jīva is Free from Māyā in the Liberated State

The intrinsic constitutional nature of the jīva to be the servant of Kṛṣṇa is not destroyed even though he has remained bound since time without beginning in the fetters of desire for material enjoyment. Somehow…

Ordinary People Cannot Initially Understand the Glories of this Love

In kṛṣṇa-līlā, some pastimes of the Lord are seen from a distance. The mood of separation is seen from a distance and not from near. The separation the gopīs felt from Kṛṣṇa and the separation…

I have Come for ISKCON - 17 June 1996

After Svamiji spoke to me, he ordered all the GBC leaders like Jayapataka, Tamala Krsna, Brahmananda, Bhavananda, and all others that “You should go and take Narayana Maharaja everywhere.” So many ISKCON leaders took me…

Temple of the Heart - 07 Feb 2013 - Govinda-lilamrta

This book Govinda-līlāmṛta establishes the living entities in spiritual perfection, bestowing realization of their svarūpa-siddhi, eternal spiritual form, svarūpa-ānanda, the bliss inherent in that form, and svarūpa-gata-sevā, the service corresponding to that form. This Govinda-līlāmṛta…

They all Hunted After the Great Spirit

Plato looked at the peak of the Spiritual question from the West and Vyasa made the observation from the East; so Confucius did it from further East, and Schlegel, Spinoza, Kant and Goethe from further…