Once the cowherd friends of Krsna and Balarama told Them, “In the Talavana forest many fruits are falling from the trees, and many are lying on the ground. But all the fruits are being guarded by the evil Dhenuka. O Rama! O Krsna! Dhenuka is a most powerful demon in the form of an ass. He is surrounded by many friends who have assumed similar shapes and who are just as powerful as he.
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- 30 Sep 2020
Dhirasanta Dasa Goswami: There is an endless number of Vedic recipes which are available to satisfy the taste buds. These are dishes made from a variety of vegetables, fruits nuts, grains, milk products, and spices. These recipes date back 5000 years ago when Lord Krishna would daily feast along with his friends in Vrindavan to their full satisfaction.
...- 30 Sep 2020
The Lord remained for some time within the coils of the serpent, imitating the behavior of an ordinary mortal. But when He understood that the women, children, and other residents of His village of Gokula were in acute distress because of their love for Him, their only shelter and goal in life, He immediately rose up from the bonds of the Kaliya serpent.
...- 29 Sep 2020
- 29 Sep 2020
The Bhagavad-gita is a book on love in which Krishna is saying I love you, will you love me also? Krishna is waiting for us to reciprocate in our relationship with Him. He has done everything in this relationship– He spoke the Bhagavad-gita for us, came as Mahaprabhu, sent Prabhupada, and Prabhupada gave us the Bhagavatam, reduced the number of rounds to 16 and only four regulative principles, and so on. And we’re still wasting time and not reciprocating
...- 28 Sep 2020
We human beings have always searched for happiness, which means we know we’re not happy. Discontent burns within us, but we search for fulfillment outside ourselves. We’re taught that we’ll feel complete when we get the right things. But we’re left wanting more things.
...- 27 Sep 2020
It is equal to performing 16 Kartik Vratas and therefore it is a very good time to engage in full devotional service.
...- 27 Sep 2020
Once one of Krsna’s friends informed Him, “My dear Krsna, if you will open Your mouth I shall give You a nice sugar candy mixed with yogurt.” Krsna immediately opened His mouth, but instead of giving Him sugar candy with yogurt, the friend dropped a flower into His mouth. Then Krsna twisted His mouth in distaste, and upon seeing this, all His friends began to laugh very loudly.
...- 26 Sep 2020
Sometimes Krsna and Balarama would play on Their flutes; sometimes They would throw ropes and stones devised for getting fruits from the trees, sometimes They would throw only stones, and sometimes, Their ankle bells tinkling, They would play soccer with fruits like bel and amalaki.
...- 25 Sep 2020
Lord Sri Krishna says: “For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me. There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.” (BG 18.68/69)
...- 25 Sep 2020
One of the gopis once playfully warned her friend about the power of Krsna’s attraction: “My dear friend, if you are at all attached to your worldly friends and relatives, do not look at the smiling face of Lord Govinda as He stands on the bank of the Yamuna at Kesi-ghata.
...- 24 Sep 2020
- 24 Sep 2020
One day Krsna decided to take His breakfast as a picnic in the forest. Having risen early in the morning, He blew His bugle made of horn and woke all the cowherd boys and calves with its beautiful sound. Then Krsna and the boys, keeping their respective herds of calves before them, proceeded from Vrajabhumi to the forest...
- 23 Sep 2020
- 23 Sep 2020
Vrndavana forest improved from the rains and was replete with ripened dates, mangoes, blackberries, and other fruits. Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, accompanied by His cowherd friends and Lord Balarama, entered the forest to enjoy the new seasonal atmosphere.
...- 22 Sep 2020
- 22 Sep 2020
- 22 Sep 2020
>Krsna has many pastimes, of which His pastimes in Goloka Vrndavana are supreme. He also has pastimes in the Vaikunthas, the spiritual world, as Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.
...- 21 Sep 2020
- 21 Sep 2020
When Lord Krsna wanders in the forest of Vrndavana with His friends on an equal level, there are innumerable cows grazing. This is one of the Lord’s blissful enjoyments. When He plays on His flute, all living entities-including trees, plants, animals, and human beings-tremble and are saturated with jubilation. Tears flow constantly from their eyes.
...- 20 Sep 2020
Kadamba Kanana Swami: The essence of the process that we are following in this movement is the chanting of the holy name. This process is the yuga dharma – the dharma (religion) for this age of Kali. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has made this chanting of the holy name widely available to us and also added his extra mercy. The holy name has been chanted widely throughout the millennia but in this particular millennia, there is the added mercy of the Lord himself. Therefore, now it is very easy and quick for us to chant Krsna’s name and attain the res...
- 20 Sep 2020
- 20 Sep 2020
Sukadeva GosvamI said to King Pariksit, “For one who has accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Murari, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf’s hoofprint. His goal is Vaikuntha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger at every step.”
...- 20 Sep 2020
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Bhagavat Ashraya Prabhu, Sun, 09.02.20 in ISKCON Sydney
...- 19 Sep 2020