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श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच मतिर्न कृष्णे परत: स्वतो वा मिथोऽभिपद्येत गृहव्रतानाम् । अदान्तगोभिर्विशतां तमिस्रं पुन: पुनश्चर्वितचर्वणानाम् ॥ Prahlāda Mahārāja replied: Because of their uncontrolled senses, persons too addicted to materialistic life make progress toward…
What is initiation? How this applies to the subject of female Diksha gurus [FDGs] ISKCON Founder-Acharya Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada explained it in his purport to CC Madhya 15.108: [the following…
Srila Prabhupada: "I shall remain your personal guidance, physically present or not physically, as I am getting personal guidance from my guru maharaja." He wrote this in a letter to his initiated…
Surrender to Krsna is a gradual thing. 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…
The truth is, Krsna is so kind. He has sent His dear friend to give us the opportunity to serve Him properly, though in the beginning we still have many material desires…
“In which place Vaidehi, likewise you and I too can take delight, where the woodland is scenic and the water is pleasurable, and where a water lake, ritual-firewood, flowers, and the sacred…
WHERE IS MY GURU? To this question, Srila Prabhupada has said. "That is not a problem. The problem is whether you are sincere. You have problems, but God is within your heart.…
Decoding the mystery behind this tragic incident of Ramayana By Purushottam Nitai Dasa Ramadasa Vipra was in deep agony. His eyes were filled with tears of sorrow. He was so absorbed in…
There are deeply rooted misconceptions about many aspects of the Krsna consciousness philosophy that have been passed down from the beginnings of ISKCON that form the basis of many of the problems…
