वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् · The world is one family

Affectionate Care

A side from staying and preaching in Mathurā and North India, Śrīla Gurudeva traveled throughout the jungles and villages of Bengal. Ā c ā ry a Kesar ī had instructed his disciples, “If you do…

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Artificial Morality

Srila Gurudeva: Morality does not come only from man, it comes from God, who has created this world. He has given all kinds of intelligence, heart, mind, body, and everything. You know that without air,…

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When The World Around Us Is On Fire

Srila Gurudeva: Once there was a deer. He was grazing the ground. He was ignorant and was very happily grazing green grasses. At once a very big cruel hunter came and he threw some nets…

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Who Can Purify Your Heart?

Srila Gurudeva: Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us that if you want to bring Krsna and Radha in your heart and have Them sit there, then your heart should be like Vrndavana. If you are not making…

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A Bonafide Guru and A Bonafide Disciple

Srila Gurudeva: The demon children are saying to Prahlada, “How do you know these things? How are you established in this and how can we do this?” Prahlada Maharaja told them that it was due…

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Mercy to the Conditioned Souls

They may tell you, “Oh you are Lalita, I am Lalita,” but this is like mayavada and monism. Don’t go there. Don’t try to enter into these things artificially. Don’t imitate. Come in the process…

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The Real Virtues

Srila Gurudeva: Akrta-droha means if anyone is being inimical towards a Vaisnava, he never takes offense. Like Duryodhana was all the time doing so much inimical behavior to Maharaja Yudhisthira but Yudhistira Maharaja used to…

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Coloring the Heart

T hird-class disciples neglect the instruction of guru ; second-class disciples follow their guru’s order but only after being instructed. First-class disciples, on the other hand, understand the heart of Ś r ī Guru and…

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The Significance of Initiation

If any Vaisnava like this, siksa-guru or any Vaisnava, anything he uses, is like transcendental. His remnants are also transcendental. How did it become transcendental? There was some fruit in the market. I bought it,…

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Unexpected Return

W hen Śrīla Gurudeva left home in the fall of 1946 and joined the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Devānanda Gauḍīya Maṭha, his family members were so distressed they abandoned all other pursuits and…

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The Definition of Uttama-bhakti - Vol 21

Any bhakta may be weeping. He is doing ‘muah’ and weeping. He is trembling, his hairs are standing, and he becomes faint. How is this bhakti? How will it be bhakti? Because he realizes Krsna…

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