Everything is always changing in the material world. Values and morals are always changing according to the fickle nature of those captured by the three modes of nature. In the dual nature of this relative atmosphere, there are no conclusive realities but always there are two sides. So as aspiringContinue Reading
When we went to Srila Prabhupada in the beginning and complained about something strange in a godbrother’s instructions or actions,which seemed to not perfectly line up with what we understood as our spiritual master’s words, he would simply say “what do I say in my books?” So if we hearContinue Reading
Surrender to Krsna is a gradual process. It is not that we just find out that we are the low man on the totem pole and Krsna is the boss, and so and so is there in some bodily chain of command whom you had better submit to and justContinue Reading
It is impossible to ever consider ISKCON’s giving in to the X———–X camp’s cherished desire to “just everyone get along and have mutual respect for each other,” and be one big happy family, etc., because it will only serve to give them a better chance to promote their agenda withContinue Reading
Woman guest (2): Could you… Do you think you could explain to me about the Deities and how it’s different from idol worship? Because no one has been able to explain that to my understanding. Prabhupāda: Idol means your imagination. And Deity is not imaginary. Deity is installed by theContinue Reading
Krsna is there intimately at every moment within our hearts, and He is aware of our every thought, “as one smells the aroma of a rose.” We always forget this, and thus all our problems in the material atmosphere begin. Of course, if i tell you “Krsna is there insideContinue Reading
Everyday there are innumerable choices to make. So to develop this mood of surrender to Krsna we can practice making the right choices, though some of them can be difficult. Krsna informs us in the Bhagavad gita that our activities in sense enjoyment and our attraction to material opulence bewildersContinue Reading
c/o mayesvara dasa ACBSP, Ojai Ca. 93023 (805) 640-0405 mdjagdasa@gmail.com Nov. 2018 Those of us who appreciate the magical potency of what Srila Prabhupada gave us know that a miracle of colossal historic importance occurred in the late 1960’s. At that time His Divine Grace came and ignited a worldwideContinue Reading
Surely, I still have my personal relationship with Srila Prabhupada as real as it was the day he so kindly initiated me 45 years ago and changed my life forever. I just have to remain faithful to his instructions. My relationship with him was exactly the same from that point ofContinue Reading