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LIBERATION IN PRACTICE

There are two ways of inducing a conditioned soul towards the path of self realization. The one is called PANCHARATRIKI system worship of the form and Deity of the Supreme Lord is done according to…

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By Sweetness, Loving Devotion is Performed...

By opulence, the inclination to perform sevā is awakened. By sweetness, loving devotion is performed. Sevā and prīti are different. If any service is performed unfavorably, can that activity be called bhakti? No. If one…

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"Everything is Brahman"

The Lord... Everything is not material. Kṛṣṇa is sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha. His form is eternity, blissful and full of knowledge. So all His paraphernalia in the Goloka Vṛndāvana, that is His expansion of that quality, eternity, blissfulness…

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What is the meaning of yoga?

Then I saw that in this world we cannot be happy without transcendental life. In this world there is beauty but only for a moment. There is love and affection but with self-interest. No one…

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Katyayani Vrata - Discussion

...Externally, they worshiped katyayani. However, they did not worship katyayani. They prayed to her that she help them, and then they prayed to mahayogini yogamaya. why? So that nandagopa sutadevi, this is the noun, or…

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An Object of our Life

When we think that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then jīva-tattva, māyā-tattva—all the tattvas will be favorable for us. But there is something more. This can be found in Rāya-Rāmānanda-saṁvāda. There are so…

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Sincerity is the Main Thing

Don’t forget. Now in my council you have come. Try to be a very high-class devotee. You are so qualified in all arts. So many arts. I want to take your energy and develop your…

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Katyayani vrata: Questions and Answers

Vṛndā-devī gave this knowledge to the gopīs. It looked as though they were worshiping Kātyāyanī, but they did not worship her. They prayed to her to help them, and then they prayed to mahāyogiṇī, Yogamāyā.…

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The Goal of Life

We must have a relation with Kṛṣṇa, but He is not the goal of life. He is the object of sambandha. Our relationship and service to Him is abhidheya—the process But actually our goal is…

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