Teachings, stories, and glimpses of life from our spiritual family around the world.
You want both sides. Heads are yours, tails are yours. You want to control everything. You are afraid we will become liberated and free of your control. Therefore, you attack us. So many kinds of…
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...To obtain power for his function of destroying the obstacles of the three worlds, Ganesa offers his prayers to Krsna. Krsna is the Adi-purusa; He is the personality described in the Puranas. Ganesa offers his…
Read moreThere are two kinds of knowledge: parā and aparā. All the Vedas and its six parts are aparā vidyā. Only the last portions of the Vedas, the Upaniṣads, are parā-vidyā—spiritual knowledge. Although something has been…
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Līlā-śakti gives akhaṇḍa rasa, unbroken rasa, love and bliss. It doesn’t give any temporary happiness, like mundane drama and theatre. Līlā-śakti gives continuous help. Govinda līlāmṛta is helpful for the body, not only the soul…
Read moreThe descriptions of the potencies of para-tattva are found throughout the Vedas and other scriptures of divine origin. Great liberated personalities who accept the essence of everything have supported the conclusion that śakti (potency) is…
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What did the guru-varga write? What did the gosvāmīs reserve for us? We should open this and look. Like if a grandfather or father saved some treasure for his child, if the boy has no…
Read more...Women, especially beautiful young women, invoke the dormant lusty desires of a man. Therefore, according to Manu-saṁhitā, every woman should be protected, either by her husband, by her father or by her grown sons. Without…
Read moreIn the first verse, ārādhyo bhagavān, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has explained in a highly condensed form the doctrine of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. In this verse, sambandha-, abhidheya- and prayojana-tattva have been described in an…
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Not only the humans; all the entities that have life—insects, birds, human beings, gandharvas, demigods; it is imperative for the soul that is in any form of life to engage in the bhajan of Bhagavan.…
Read moreWe have called you all from so many places around the world. Why? In this way we will explain to you the moods of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and how He wanted to give rāgānuga-bhakti, and…
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Read moreĀcārya kesarī oṁ viṣṇupāda Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Mahārāja’s strategy in preaching was to first break apart the ill-conceived doctrines opposed to bhakti, such as māyāvāda, smārta and sahajiyā, and then establish the pure…
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Srila Jiva Goswami states that the Gopis searched everywhere for Krsna but now their mood changed. They thought, “We should sit. His feet are very soft and the sharp stones, thorns and grasses of the…
Read more...So, this basic principle of increasing attachment is not our business, although it is the general tendency. Gṛha, kṣetra, suta [home, land, sons]. But if one can reduce and stop it, that is first class.…
Read moreViṭhalācārya told the person who removed the clothes, “Now Sūradāsajī will describe Kṛṣṇa’s beauty although it seems that he is externally blind.” When Sūradāsa had darśana of Kṛṣṇa, he said, “Oh! Kṛṣṇa is so beautiful…
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You will have to adopt sadhu-sanga. You should associate with devotees who are more qualified than yourself. If both are in the same category, then you cannot develop. So, we should try to have the…
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When we can not tolerate any longer, we will cry very loudly even in front of others. The cry of a child or an adult to express one’s own sadness, is not real ‘viraha’ -…
Read moreThe best introduction to his supra-mundane character is given in the books that he wrote to destroy māyāvāda ; in his poems, philosophical articles and so on; and in the profound lectures based on tattva-siddhānta…
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...They use all things in Krsna’s service. But, you should see that these various forms of arts are not used for your sense gratification. They should be used only for Radha-Krsna’s service. Taking money from…
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