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On this day lord Sri Krishna became a qualified cowherd. Before this day, he was a keeper of the calves. On this day lord Sri Krishna became a qualified cowherd. Before this…
A couple of days ago one Russian devotee who is a "GBC Deputy", which means he serves in some sort of an advisory role, gave a CC Adi 1.35 and Bharadvaja Samhita,…
The constitutional position of the jīva is to serve Kṛṣṇa, but he has to do that through the agency of a confidential devotee. Śrīla Prabhupāda is our eternal link with Kṛṣṇa (janme janme prabhu…
Śrīla Prabhupāda did not present śāstra as a dry academic subject to be theorized, discussed, and armchair-philosophized about. Instead of giving abstruse explanations, he spoke and lived the essence of śāstra. He repeatedly emphasized the…
There is a story of Narada Muni, who was once asked by a brahmana: “Oh, you are going to meet the Lord? Will you please ask Him when I’m going to get…
War and bloodshed can become a glorious act if done under divine guidance. aho bata mahat papam kartum vyavasita vayam yad rajya-sukha-lobhena hantum sva-janam udyatah “Alas, how strange it is that we…
People are running around--"Oh, I am the manager. I am the factory owner. I am this. I am that. We know his politics, we have to defeat our competitors." All these things…
Our attempts at happiness in the material world keep us bound to repeated suffering, but there is a way out. bhidyate hridaya-granthish chidyante sarva-samshayah kshiyante chasya karmani drishta evatmanishvare "Thus the knots…
Srila Prabhupada himself waited around 10 years before taking formal initiation after meeting his blessed Guruji. When you are sincere, then rest assured that Krsna is there in your heart seeing everything…
There is a Bengali saying that “when the pure devotee comes, he brings order to chaos. When he leaves, chaos returns”. Srila Prabhupada told us that when Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati came on…
