Teachings, stories, and glimpses of life from our spiritual family around the world.
Srila Gurudeva mercifully went door-to-door and connected lost souls to Guru-Gauranga and Radha-Krsna. All those who had stopped following bhakti and all those who were in ignorance—he helped them all. Sanatana Gosvami used to also…
Read more"I never believed in computers and tape recorders; they can cheat us. I always used my heart..."
Read more"Real independence means complete faith in the mercy of the Lord without dependence on the conditions of matter..."
Read moreSomeone may donate one rupee and say, “Brother, take my picture!” While garlanding someone, a person may say, “O brother, take my photograph when I garland him.” Krishna is not like mundane donors. He bestows…
Read moreIn this world a person's disappearance day is considered somewhat of a bad thing, so why do I call this a sacred day? If anyone dies in this world, there is suffering and lamentation; a…
Read moreHuman life should be very peaceful. It is for cultivating spiritual knowledge, not for working hard like hogs and dogs all day just to find some stool...
Read moreA devotee should think, “Anyone who serves Gurudeva, even if a dog serves him, I am indebted to him. I will try to serve these servants of my Gurudeva in all respects...”
Read moreThis chanting should go on. Instead of meetings, resolutions, dissolutions, revolutions and then no solutions, there should be chanting. - Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Read more"Acharya means one who knows shastra. He will not speak anything which is not in the shastra. He will never say, "In my opinion you can do like this." No. He must give evidence from…
Read moreOne can become perfectly successful in the mission of his life if he acts exactly according to the words he hears from the mouth of his spiritual master.” This acceptance of the words of the…
Read moreIf at the beginning of every year, every month, every day and every moment, I do not remember my gurudeva, who saves me from absorption in that which has no connection to my constitutional nature…
Read moreVraja-bhakti is parakīyā-rasa; there is no chance of vraja-bhakti without parakīya-rasa. The Six Gosvāmīs, under the guidance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, established this conception. This parakīyā-rasa is present in every particle of Vraja and every…
Read moreKrsna always sees Himself indebted to Vrnda. She serves in such a way, with all paraphernalia, that Krsna always thinks that He cannot repay her. So if anyone gives Tulasi to Krsna, He becomes shy;…
Read moreThere are two sides from ancient times. When the world was created, demons were there and demigods were also there. And they were always fighting. Demons always create troubles and give suffering to all. Demigods,…
Read moreThe brahmana feared, because of what was said in his dream, that his dynasty would be destroyed. He therefore left that deity there, in the forest of Tulasi plants that Saci-devi was maintaining. It was…
Read moreWe living entities, if we simply try to serve Him and make Him happy, as the gopīs did, then it is very congenial atmosphere, as it was in Vṛndāvana. Everyone is serving Kṛṣṇa. Everyone is…
Read moreOriginally, pure sex must be there in God. Otherwise how it comes? Everything is emanating from the Supreme. Janmādy asya yataḥ [SB 1.1.1]. So how you can say there is no sex? Viśvanātha Cakravartī dāsa…
Read moreThere is another history, which is in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana. Ganga is a sakhi, a gopi like Lalita, Visakha, Srimati Radhika, Candravali and others like them. One day Sri Krsna was sitting with Ganga-sakhi, and…
Read moreWhile chanting Hare Krsna and thinking about all of these things, gradually your mind will be controlled. In our sampradaya, especially in the line of Srila Rupa Gosvami, devotees do not have to do anything…
Read moreWe are now here in their temple. They should save us and give us shelter so that we can preach Sanatana-dharma in the line of Guru Nanak – teaching that Krsna and Rama are the…
Read moreIf you are strong during my visit here, you will be strong forever. Even if you are alone, you will be very strong and qualified to teach others. How can a lazy man, a person…
Read moreWithout knowing the real meaning, what we feel and read is the wrong reading of the environment – it is maya. We miss the universal purpose, and from local interest we read, “Oh, this is…
Read moreNo one can deny this. If we cannot deny Sukadeva Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami, Rupa Gosvami, Vyasadeva, Ramanuja, and Madhvacarya, then we cannot deny Srila Prabhupada Bhaktsiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. Srila Prabhupada was so bold. He was…
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