What Can I Give You?
Mahaprabhu said, “Speak more, speak more!” Then He sat up and embraced the king and said, “What can I give you? I have nothing that is worthy of reciprocating with that valuable wealth you have…
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Mahaprabhu said, “Speak more, speak more!” Then He sat up and embraced the king and said, “What can I give you? I have nothing that is worthy of reciprocating with that valuable wealth you have…
Read moreDeath is always on our head. Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, in five years, in ten years, in a hundred years, or in 125 or 150 years, you will have to die. It is therefore imperative…
Read more“bhagavān gokuleśvaraḥ – Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa is Gokula-pati, the Lord of Gokula.” The same type of description has been made in this second verse of Brahma-saṁhitā, and we will proceed to elaborate upon it from…
Read moreAmong all the inhabitants of Vraja, Srimati Radharani is the dearest of all. Srila Rupa Goswami is the most confidential servitor of Srimati Radharani, and is therefore very dear to Lord Caitanya. The followers of…
Read more~ All the wealth of the entire universe cannot change the mentality of a mahat or great devotee.~ If we think, “I am guru. He knows nothing. He is not as good a servant of…
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Read more"Although this Brahma-saṁhitā is complete with one hundred chapters, still this Fifth Chapter, being the condensed essence of the entire book, brings the subject matter within our grasp. The deep philosophical considerations in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and…
Read moreWhen a person loves someone in this material world, then all the qualities of that person whom he loves enters within him. But by having a relation with the personalities of the transcendental world we…
Read more...In the Brhad-bhagavatamrta, Sanatana Goswami says that above Prahlada, the Pandavas are still better devotees, and the Yadus are better than the Pandavas. Out of all the Yadus, Uddhava is the best devotee, and the…
Read more~Dear brother mind, please completely forsake the prostitute of mundane talk, which plunders the treasure of pure wisdom. Unequivocally give up all talk of impersonal liberation, which is like a tigress that devours your very…
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Read more...Mahaprabhu went first to Vrndavana and met there with Vrndavana-dhama and lila-bhumi. Without acquiring taste for krsna-lila, the jivas will run to enjoy maya-lila. Kali Maharaja sends agents to distribute his gifts, but if you…
Read more...The sādhaka remembers these pastimes in the association of rasika-bhaktas and gradually attains perfection. Upon attaining svarūpa-siddhi, he takes birth in a gopī’s house in prakaṭa-līlā by the arrangement of Yogamāyā. There, under the guidance…
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Read moreThe mānasī-sevā, service performed within the mind, of one who performs bhajana of pastimes in his eternal form (siddha-deha) is described in Ujjvala-nīlamāṇī (8.88–91)...
Read moreIn this world, if anyone collects the pure love of the Vrajavāsīs in his heart, his heart will melt and will shower that love in thousands of other hearts. In the absence of this anurāga,…
Read more...In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, it is said that the highest work is that which will satisfy the senses of Hari, and the highest education is to teach about Him. One who has learned the nine different…
Read more...He will be in the same mood as your dīkṣā-guru, and favorable to your dīkṣā-guru. If he has an opposing idea, he cannot be your śikṣā-guru. If he criticizes your dīkṣā-guru and does not have…
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