How do great saints live? What makes their lives different from those of ordinary people? Vaishnava historian Chaturatma dasa gives us a glimpse into the life of Narottama Dasa Thakura.
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- 16 Feb 2022
“ Yadi vatadi doshena mad bhakto mam ” “If My devotee is unable to remember Me at the time of death because of disturbances felt within the body at that time, then I shall remember My devotee and take him back to My supreme abode.”
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- 12 Feb 2022
The plight of man is a wonder indeed!
Once a man was chased by an elephant in a forest. Seeing no respite, he climbed a tree but he slipped, was about to fall before he could hold on to a branch. He looked up and found that the elephant is waiting to devour him and two rats, one black and one white, were slowly nibbling the branch he was hanging on to. He understood that very soon the branch would fall to the ground.
- 2 Feb 2022
A selection of helpful verses from Srila Prabhupada’s books.
“In the Hari-bhakti-vilasa there is the following statement about self-surrender: ‘My dear Lord, a person who has surrendered himself unto You, who is in firm conviction that he is Yours, and who actually acts in that way by his body, mind and words, can actually relish transcendental bliss.’”
- 2 Feb 2022
The aesthetic sense of the Lord is manifested in the artistic, colorful creation of varieties of birds like the peacock, parrot and cuckoo. The celestial species of human beings, like the Gandharvas and Vidyādharas, can sing wonderfully and can entice even the minds of the heavenly demigods. Their musical rhythm represents the musical sense of the Lord. How then can He be impersonal? His musical taste, artistic sense and standard intelligence, which is never fallible, are different signs of His supreme personality...
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- 29 Jan 2022
Nirakula Devi joined ISKCON and got initiated in LA in 1973. In LA she served as pujari, worked at BBT and with her good friend, Bhadra Devi, co-authored the first Higher Taste cookbook. She has been living in the San Francisco Bay Area, with her husband, Vaisesika Dasa, for 30+ years and serves at ISKCON of Silicon Valley (commonly known as ISV)
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- 29 Jan 2022
- 27 Jan 2022
Actual Perfection of the Living Being (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami at ISKCON Durban
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- 23 Jan 2022
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- 18 Jan 2022
From A Meditation on the Importance of True Humility” in “Back to Godhead, Vol. 53, No. 5 (Sep/Oct 2019):
Guru Dasa (disciple of Bhaktimarga Swami): “The Tao Te Ching advises that humility is the best policy. One quote I like is translated as follows: ‘If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below.
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- 16 Jan 2022
- 16 Jan 2022
O unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead, whatever a living entity does in this material world is well known to You because You are the Supersoul. In the presence of the sun there is nothing to be revealed by the light of a glowworm. Similarly, because You know everything, in Your presence there is nothing for me to make known.
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- 14 Jan 2022
How to bring more people to Krishna? (7 min. video)
H.G Sarva-drik Prabhu, a senior dis......
- 8 Jan 2022
In the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (195) it is said that Srila Jiva Gosvami was formerly Vilasa-manjari gopi. From his very childhood Jiva Gosvami was greatly fond of Srimad-Bhagavatam. He later came to Navadvipa to study Sanskrit, and, following in the footsteps of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, he circumambulated the entire Navadvipa-dhama. After visiting Navadvipa-dhama he went to Benares to study Sanskrit under Madhusudana Vacaspati, and after finishing his studies in Benares he went to Vrndavana and took shelter of his uncles, Sri Rupa and Sanatana.
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- 5 Jan 2022
Narada Muni’s mercy (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by H.H. B.A. Janardan Swami in Vrindavana.
Watch it here: https://goo.gl/KZ1Lgt
- 4 Jan 2022
“I’m here to make a sacrifice”
Question: You gave an example of Vyasadeva, who compiled the Vedic literatures and Narada Muni said it was all useless because it didn’t have a connection to the Supreme Lord, so is there any use of propagating Ayurveda, Yoga and things like that, to attract people or better we should represent pure devotional service?
His Holiness Bhakti Bhringa Govinda Swami: We should always represent pure devotional service. There’s no question about that. We’re not here to teach people how to...
- 4 Jan 2022
In the material world, the living entity must accept different types of bodies. But the living entities who are promoted to the spiritual world do not return to the prison-house of a material body.
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- 2 Jan 2022
By Ananda Vrindavaneswari Devi DasiAs we settle into the rhythm of the New Year here are some pocket meditations to carry with us every day. These small reminders can bring quality to our lives and thus help us feel more alive. As the Joseph Campbell quote goes - “I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.” For those practicing bhakti, that means being alive to our relationship with Krishna and others. It’s all about relationship. Nothing mystical in these meditations, but things that can surely, when applied to the prac...
- 25 Dec 2021
Happy New Year!
HH Giriraj Swami: “For us, every day is a New Year. Nava-nava-rasa-dhamany. Our Krishna consciousness is so nice, the more you advance, the more you see new year, new year. That’s all. Nothing is old. People are seeing that ‘They are simply chanting the same old slogan, Hare Krishna.’ But we are feeling new pleasure in every moment. Take any other chanting, you cannot chant more than a few hours. But the Hare Krishna mantra we can chant perpetually. So, unless there is new ...
- 25 Dec 2021
This is the Deity of Lord Gauranga which Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura chanted in front of
Bhakti Caitanya Swami: This is the Deity of Lord Gauranga which Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura chanted in front of when he took his great 9 year vow to chant a billion names of the Lord.
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- 22 Dec 2021