Teachings, stories, and glimpses of life from our spiritual family around the world.
The greatest fight in this world is over objects of sense enjoyment. This kind of fight is only over lust. As long as the seed of lust remains present in the heart, the living entities…
Read moreAfter this, the soul is matured, he goes to where Kṛṣṇa’s pastime is going on in this world. That is in prakaṭa-līlā. And he will go in the womb of a gopī. Then he will…
Read moreThen the very special mood of the Vrajavāsīs will automatically enter your heart. Thus, it will be very easy to achieve vraja-sevā. You will gain entrance into Vraja-bhūmi. You will not be far away from…
Read moreTherefore Bhīṣma sat silently, waiting to witness the will of God. Duryodhana's only intention was to enjoy Draupadī. He wanted to make her the object of his enjoyment. The results of this would cause great…
Read moreFor the welfare of the living entities in material existence, this wonderful pastime of Dahi-chidwa-mahotsava was manifest in this world. By this lila, the tendency to engage in bhakti is obtained, as well as the…
Read moreWhen he began contemplating he thought, "All come and go in this world, receiving no benefit for the soul. They rarely establish any relationship with the Supreme Soul. They come into this world and become…
Read moreBy worshiping śālagrāma-śilā and Tulasī Mahārānī, God Himself, along with all the Vrajavāsīs will appear in your heart. This is called Tulasī-sevā or Tulasī-vrata. By rendering such services, You are serving Vṛndā-devī and Vṛndāvana-dhāma. This…
Read moreThis is a simple way to understand the meaning of rasa. How are trees able to fill their fruits with such sweet juice? Where does it all come from? Where does the sugarcane get all…
Read moreOnce while staying in Hawaii at the ocean-side home of Vṛndāvana Prabhu, Śrīla Gurudeva went outside to the liu garden and began plucking weeds and picking up twigs. Not seeing Gurudeva inside, his sevakas thought,…
Read moreHearing the captivating sounds of His ankle bells, and flute playing, which are like the call of a male swan, the female swan-like Vraja-devīs cannot stay anymore in their houses. Their religious principles get left…
Read moreTo his delight a message arrived from Acarya Kesarī saying, “My dear Nārāyaṇa Tīwarījī, why are you attached to saṁsāra? Do you think this will bring you any happiness? Will any of your family or…
Read moreIn 1945, a group of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava sādhus came to the place where Gurudeva was serving as a police officer. Amongst them were Śrīpāda Narottamānanda Brahmacārī (known as Bhaktikamala), Tridaṇḍisvāmī Bhaktikuśala Nārasiṁha Mahārāja, and Śrī…
Read moreIf anyone accepts the side of adharma, they should not be respected or revered. This is a big test. On one side, there are so-called respected personalities, but they are against dharma, and on the…
Read moreWe should understand that as long as there are anarthas in the heart, the svarūpa of the living being remains hidden. But when one starts to perform sādhana-bhajana and his unwanted habits begin to disappear,…
Read more“O Śrīmatī Rādhikā, I am always remembering Your attractive and beautiful face. Whoever remembers Your face is supremely fortunate. The essence of all good fortune is simply the remembrance of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī.” Ordinary people think…
Read moreOnce, a boy stole a pen from his school and gave it to his mother. But his mother didn’t say anything. After some days, he stole a wrist watch and gave it to his mother.…
Read moreNow Arjuna was silent; devoid of all strength. When do people lose their strength? Guru-pāda-padma and the Ācāryas teach us that intelligence is given by God. When we use our intelligence against God and our…
Read moreBy the mercy of Śrī Guru and the mañjarīs , all the qualities of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārānī will come in the heart. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Kavi Karṇapūra Gosvāmī, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, and…
Read moreOn the morning of December 11 Satsvarūpa Mahārāja came on a regular visit to see Śrīla Gurudeva. Aware of the growing tension, he invited Gurudeva to come to his simple private residence off the main…
Read moreThe association of Vaiṣṇavas who have mañjarī-bhāva will grant us entrance into Vraja and a place in the feast of anurāga. By that association we will develop the mood of a servant of the servant…
Read moreĀcharya Kesarī desired to give sanny ā sa to his three foremost disciples—Sajjana-sevaka, Rādhānātha, and Gaura Nārāyaṇa. Although he had previously requested Sajjana-sevaka and Rādhānātha to accept sanny ā sa , they had humbly declined,…
Read moreMany people think they have no qualification to follow the rāgānugā-bhaktas or to even hear their teachings. This is like a meat-eater saying he cannot give up flesh and become a vegetarian because he will…
Read moreThe construction progressing agreeably, ( for the “Rupa Sanatana Gaudiya Math” in Vrndavan ) Śrīla Gurudeva focused on arranging Deities for the temple. He told the brahmacārī assistant who was managing the work in Vṛndāvana,…
Read moreIn the Caitanya-caritāmṛta ( Madhya-līlā 22.107) it is said: Kṛṣṇa-prema is an eternally perfected reality; it does not come about by any sādhana . It automatically appears in the heart of a purified devotee by…
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