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The Vaisnava and the Prostitute
The Vaisnava protested, "Oh, no! I am not the man you are looking for. He is over there! He is always with that prostitute, but I am a holy person, living in a temple!" "No,…
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Hari-katha 6 min read
We Are Not Masters To Chastize
Please don’t be disturbed by my strong words. I don’t want to create any problem or give you any trouble. You are free to accept or disregard what I am saying. You can accept more,…
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Mohinī-mūrti Bewilders Lord Śiva
As She played with the ball, the sari covering Her body became loose, and Her hair scattered. She tried to bind Her hair with Her beautiful left hand, and at the same time She played…
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Who is a Vaiṣṇava?
We must gain emancipation by becoming guru-devatātmā – he who perceives his guru as his Lord and as dear as his very soul – and thereby serving śrī guru without duplicity. Only then will we…
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The Identity of the Soul
Once the sun arises the true color and nature of this world will automatically be seen. A sādhaka attaining svarūpa-siddhi is like the rising of the sun—prema suryaṁsu samyabhak. At that time everything, including the…
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Questions from the Readers
We study scripture to establish paramarthika-sraddha and relationship with Hari, Guru, and Vaisnavas. We receive transcendental knowledge through scripture. The Srimad-Bhagavatam teaches that the people in Kali-yuga, their minds and memory are not very sharp,…
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Aksaya-trtiya Hari-katha
Today, on Aksaya-trtiya the universe was created by Brahma. The universe took its shape today, so today is the first day of Creation. Also, Brahma created barley, which is like a medicine, and which is…
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Srila Prabhupada: Where is ISKCON
Prabhupada replied, “ISKCON is where you are chanting the holy name– that is ISKCON.” We rejoined: ”They are saying we don’t have any association here and are therefore in maya.” He replied, “Association can be…
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Mohini and Amrta - 28 April 2017 - Srimad Bhagavatam
They had faith in her now. But there is one problem. When a person becomes quickly faithful, they will also quickly betray you. If there is a little problem, they will turn against you and…
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Mohini Murti Speaks to the Demons
O demons, as monkeys, jackals and dogs are unsteady in their sexual relationships and want newer and newer friends every day, women who live independently seek new friends daily. Friendship with such a woman is…
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Maitrayani Upanishad - Sannyasa Quote
Just as the fire without fuel comes to rest in its place, so also the passive mind comes to rest in its source; when it (mind) is infatuated by the objects of sense, he falls…
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Camels and Donkeys Quote
Once there was a peace ceremony at the house of the camels, and donkeys were invited as priests to perform the peace ceremony. At the end, the donkeys praised the beauty of the camels and…
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We Have Not Come to Make A Group
Yes. Not his property, but Krsna's property – Krsna's servant, or maidservant. The bona fide guru thinks, "I must help this person. He should become qualified and be engaged in Krsna's direct service." Moreover, there…
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Prahlada Questioned by His Father
Blood appeared in the livid eyes of Hiranyakasipu. Only moments before, tears of so-called affection had been falling from those eyes. Just see the way of wicked persons. One moment they are saying, “O my…
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The First Woman and What Befell Her
Brahmā narrated the following story: ‘In the beginning of creation there was only one type of human being. Thus, there was no distinction in their bodily features. To create diversity and increase the population, I…
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Bhaktisiddhanta on Baladeva Rasa, Sages, and Stri-sanga
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī says to Parīkṣit Mahārāja in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (9.11.17): “The attraction between man and woman, or male and female, always exists everywhere, making everyone always fearful. Such feelings are present even among…
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Hiranyakasipu and Prahlada
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira said: O best of the saints among the demigods, O best of spiritual leaders, how did Hiraṇyakaśipu give so much trouble to Prahlāda Mahārāja, the pure and exalted saint, although Prahlāda was his…
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Hiranyakasipu's Austerities
But a fire blazed from the head of the demon. Those flames scorched both the lower and upper planetary systems, disturbing everyone. He agitated the oceans and reversed the flow of rivers. Planets and stars…
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Hiranyakasipu and Yamaraja
While Yamarāja, in the form of a small boy, was instructing all the relatives surrounding the dead body of Suyajña, everyone was struck with wonder by his philosophical words. They could understand that everything material…
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To Run Faster Than Krsna Pt.2
30 October 1996 Mathura [Harikatha spoken by Nitya Lila Pravista Om Visnupada Astottara Sata Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja — Srila Gurudeva] To Run Faster Than Krsna—Part II Srila Gurudeva: By running faster than…
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Prasada and Sinful Food
The sinful food you eat destroys you. Take prasada. Everything else you eat is sin. If you cook for yourself, according to what you like, Krsna says, that is sin. What you cook for others,…
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Sri Ramanujacarya
"I take refuge at the feet of Shri Ramanuja, our venerable master, who, during the dark night of the impersonal conception of divinity, carried the torch light of knowledge and thus illuminated the path of…
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Ramanujacarya Avirbhava
We should carefully follow Ramanujacarya’s example. Not only should we intimately serve our Gurudeva, we should also respect and properly honor our god-brothers and god-sisters. If someone is senior to us, having served our Gurudeva…
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For the Love of God - Srimad Bhagavatam
One could say that if you are female it would be very easy to do upasana of Krsna in the way of kama, lust, but this is a bodily conception of things. Purusa-bhava, the idea…
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