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Lalita-devi said, “Hey Hamsaraja, please visit these places and tell them that Lalita-devi, Radharani, and the manjaris sent you. Pray to Govardhana for a vision of Krsna’s eternal pastimes. After you realized and drank this…
Read moreThe varnasrama system, originated by the Personality of Godhead, is spiritually significant because when all the varnas and asramas cooperate, society facilitates deliverance from the clutches of maya or illusion. This is done by all…
Read moreBHAJANA-RAHASYA-VṚTTI. Although the jīva and māyā are both dependent on Bhagavān, a person does not experience them while he is directly experiencing Bhagavān. And while having experience of the jīva and māyā, one will not…
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Read moreThe caste system is now represented by the political diplomats, the soldiers, the capitalists, and the laborers. The politicians or the best planning brains of the human race have taken the position of brahmanas. Surely…
Read more"O Hamsa, following this way you will pass by Giriraja Govardhana half way to Mathura. Flying by you should stop and rest for a while at the foot of Govardhana. He always listened to the…
Read moreA certain type of devotee does not marry. Rather, he approaches a qualified guru and begins one-pointed bhajana. Who has performed bhakti in this way?...
Read moreThe abundance of deceit and hypocrisy that are clearly evident in a sādhaka, even though he has adopted the path of sādhana, are compared to the urine of a donkey. Considering oneself intently engaged in…
Read moreGurudeva taught us to engage every minute in God’s service. He taught us not to collect material things, for they will take us very far away from God and His associates. We will run away…
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Read moreSo, today is his appearance day and not his birthday. He is not directly present here—but he is present here. How is he present? Where does Bhagavan reside? Where his glories are spoken. So, he…
Read moreWhile renunciants are forbidden to accumulate objects, householder Vaiṣṇavas may collect and save what is necessary to maintain their life. However, over-accumulating is atyāhāra. It is not proper for those desiring to perform bhajana to…
Read more...The problem of old age and disease is also not solved. The more the inventions of modernized science are made, the more relative diseases increase proportionately. We can again conclude that birth, death, old age,…
Read moreWhen we observe Janmāṣṭamī in Mathurā, we call all the top professional radio and television singers and musicians who can play devotional songs on tabla and other instruments. We also call many top learned scholars,…
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Read moreWhen the jīvas are averse to Bhagavān, they become absorbed in māyā and thus become materially conditioned. Māyā-devī, through her two functions of āvaraṇātmikā and vikṣepātmikā, makes the living entities wander in the prison-like material…
Read moreEverything is automatically executed by Mother Nature as soon as the human being is in violation of her laws. However, foolish people, out of their undue vanity, think that the plan is made by them.…
Read moreWhen an Acarya worships his Gurudeva and the Guru Parampara on the day of his appearance, then that day is called Vyasa-puja. The Guru doesn’t accept the worship of his disciples. On his appearance day,…
Read moreIn America, if I sleep on a bed of gold and diamonds, will I be happy and cross māyā? Will I be free of tension? No. If God blesses us, then good help will come…
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