Teachings, stories, and glimpses of life from our spiritual family around the world.
...If something indeed exists beyond the material world, then a specific process to understand it must certainly also exist. If, unaware of that spiritual process of obtaining knowledge, and not wishing to understand whether such…
Read morevande 'haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca śrī-rūpam sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁs taṁ sa-jīvam sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya devaṁ śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca This one verse offers obeisances to gurudeva , to our śikṣā-guru , to Śrī…
Read moreThe holy name mercifully forgives all of one’s sevāparādhas. Śrī harināma is even more merciful than the deity. But if in spite of taking shelter of śrī harināma one is inattentive again in the matter…
Read more...if anyone offends the Vaiṣṇavas, then what becomes of him? Śraddhā will quickly go away. When the root of one’s devotion—śraddhā—will go away, then what will remain? The following stages of devotion, like niṣṭhā, ruci,…
Read more...For example, Srimad Bhagavatam is the best evidence, more so than the Vedas, more than the Upanisadas, more than Mahabharata, Hari-vamsa, the other Puranas, or any other grantha, scripture. It is amala pramana, spotless evidence.…
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1. Materialism, or the worship of material nature, 2. Idealism, and 3. Scepticism are three of the oldest kinds of atheism. All other kinds of atheism are included within them. It is a mistake to…
Read more...When Krsna would spend the day wandering in the forest with the sakhas, the gopis, unable to see His beautiful face adorned with lovely locks of hair, would be anguished in separation from Him. And…
Read moreIt may be that a bona fide guru, he mercifully teaches all his instructions to all his disciples—the same thing. But we know that all the disciples cannot take it in the same—as he has…
Read more...bhagavad-bhakti, devotion to the Supreme Lord, is sanatana-dharma. The constitutional position of the jiva is to be a servant of Bhagavan. Therefore, service of Bhagavan is sanatana-dharma in the past, present and future. It is…
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Śrīla Gurudeva is bhakta-bandhāva, he is the friend of all, at all times, in the past, present, and future. We should therefore all take shelter at his lotus feet. He is our all-in-all, our everything.…
Read moreSnāna-yātrā is the appearance day of Jagannātha, Baladeva, and Subhadrā in this form. As they heard this vraja-kathā, and the glories of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī’s love, They melted in separation and became manifest to the world…
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So on one side Śrīla Gurudeva is cleaning us, and on the other side he is making a strong foundation for constructing a nice kuñja-kuṭīra in our heart. Without that foundation, without having a connection…
Read more...If there is such crying for Krsna, then that is real sadhana and one will certainly receive His darsana, just as in the case of Bilvamangala. Presently we may be engaged in only the semblance…
Read moreHe has created the whole world and He is supporting and nourishing everything. Then why He cannot support you and nourish you? It is you who are making all problems. You are the root cause…
Read moreThis verse describes the method of bhajana as well as the topmost place for performing bhajana. With the intention of incessantly executing the gradual process of sādhana, one should utilise every moment of his life…
Read moreBhagavat-kathā is both our sādhya and our sādhana; similarly, so is prema-bhakti. If there is prema within the heart of the sādhaka then he will perform all the limbs of bhakti with deep love, and…
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Guru must be like this: nikunja-yuno rati-keli-siddhyai. He must be serving Radha and Krsna Conjugal, and especially Radhika. The gopis make so many arrangements for Their meeting. Ya yalibhir yuktir apeksaniya. They engage in all…
Read more"Those vraja-gopis who had fully given their hearts to Sri Krsna would imitate His manner of speaking and His activities. Since they had offered their very souls to Him and always sang His glories, they…
Read moreBy all these classes, and high-class dramas, if you have some greed awaken in you, then your life will be successful. My coming to all these places, especially New Vraja, I want that you should…
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When a person thinks about the information that came from his senses, those thoughts are called "ideas". The "ideas" that come in this way are only thoughts based on the material senses touch with the…
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Even if you have many worldly desires, there is no harm. Even if you have so many impurities, there is no harm—as long as you have very strong belief in the association of pure devotees...
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Among the people who has not accepted Buddhism, the Mayavada philosophy, a philosophy that was actually Buddhism in disguise, was preached. When that philosophy based on the Vedas was preached, the activities of the Mayavadi-Vedanta…
Read moreif the dust of Rūpa and Raghunātha comes on our heads then we will take birth in Vṛndāvana and then we shall see. And then we will realize what is there; we will realize that…
Read moreIf we have a task to perform but due to some obstacle we cannot complete it, we simply return home. But the gopis were searching for Krsna everywhere, asking the vines, trees, tulasi, and the…
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