Teachings, stories, and glimpses of life from our spiritual family around the world.
...ISKCON has no father or mother like me. You should understand this. Whether they respect me or not, I will always have full love and affection for ISKCON. I care for them like their father…
Read moreSrila Sanatana Gosvami told Srila Gopal Bhatta Gosvami some rules and regulations according to Vaisnava etiquette by which one can become eligible to worship Radha and Krsna (or any Visnu-tattva Deity) – how to take…
Read moreEven if we do not have a spontaneous desire to serve Kṛṣṇa in the mood of the Vrajavāsīs, we can at least know from śastrā that Kṛṣṇa’s three-fold bending form is very beautiful. Although He…
Read more...Kṛṣṇa and Rāma killed the demons, but, in this līlā, Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu did not kill anyone, not even an ant, what to speak of anyone else. They changed their lives by harināma-saṅkīrtana…
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If you go to a Vaiṣṇava or a senior authority and in their association your respect, faith, and desire to perform more and more bhakti increases, then this is good. There are many cheaters who…
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Svāmījī and our Guru-varga embody this dynamic current of bhakti. This current originated from Kṛṣṇa who passed it down to Brahmā and this current culminates in the presence of our guru. If we want to…
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Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura is praying like this. He thinks, “I want to always be absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa in Vraja-bhūmi, but the six dacoits—kāma (lust), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), moha (attachment), mada (pride) and…
Read more...A disciple cannot fall down. If one falls down, he was not a real disciple and he has not actually taken initiation. Initiation is a matter of heart and mood. It is not simply the…
Read moreThe yoga practiced nowadays is not the yoga explained in the Gītā. Yoga means to connect. There must be two entities—the soul and Kṛṣṇa Himself. How will the soul and Kṛṣṇa be connected? They will…
Read more...By taking darśana of the deity of the Lord and by hearing the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes in childhood, boyhood and youth, as described in the tenth canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, intense longing arises for the…
Read moreIf Srila Jiva Gosvami had not written Sad-Sandarbha, if he had not written Sri Gopala Campu, if he had not revealed his commentaries on Sri Ujjvala Nilamani, Sri Bhakti-rasamrita-sindu and so many other books, we…
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...If you are greedy to lovingly serve Kṛṣṇa and you come to Vraja-maṇḍala, the Vrajavāsīs will give you entrance. They will not check you at the entrance to Vraja and say, “You have no qualification…
Read more...I wanted to tell you the mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the mission of Śrīmatī Rādhikā and Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has come, descended to this world, only to give His message and to fulfill…
Read moreHis previous name was Sri Trigunanatha Mukhopadhyaya and after accepting babaji-vesa he became known as Srimad Trigunatita dasa Babaji Maharaja. A brahmacari since boyhood, he was one of the foremost of jagad-guru Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati…
Read more...that is why Svāmījī is everywhere. He is in every atom. He is dragging me here and there and telling me to speak. He is also inspiring you all. He says, “You should go and…
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Why do people like this poison and think it is good? People who are always drunk, they like this poisonous intoxication. They are addicted to it. They will give up other types of food and…
Read moreThere is no place greater than Rādhā-kuṇḍa. Therefore, what intelligent person would not render service to Rādhā-kuṇḍa, which is so splendidly situated at the base of Govardhana? In other words, anyone endowed with true spiritual…
Read more...Those who cannot chant the Name day and night, those who cannot realize what is the mood of the gopis, the Vrajavasis and Krishna, and those who are not engaging all their senses in the…
Read moreAnother speciality of the dāsya-bhaktas of Vraja is that again, unlike the dāsya devotees of other places, there are no feelings of pure respect and reverence. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura reveals that devotees of dāsya-bhāva…
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Vairāgya or real renunciation stems from vīśeṣa-anurāga, or a special form of love. If you have any desire for this anurāga then you must take shelter and pray to those personalities who possess that love.…
Read more...when it is practiced in the supervision or guidance of any bona fide Guru and Vaiṣṇavas, then bhakti begins from śraddhā. And after that bhāva comes. So, there are about eight stages coming up to…
Read moreYou can judge for yourself, keeping your hand on your heart, and check your own pulse to see whether or not, after repeated hearing, your material desires have lessened or gone. Or do we still…
Read more...Suppose that guru had no realization of Krsna or His names or His glories, as told in sastra, and he was only on the level of kanistha-adhikari and still he thought he was guru. He…
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