A true preacher is a true disciple. I believe all of us can agree that a thorough study of Srila Prabhupada’s books is so badly needed in our society in the age of Kali, the age of quarrel, hypocrisy and misinformation. All of us come across devotees (or sometimes ourselves)Continue Reading
On December 23rd, 1936, His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Jagad Guru Prabhupada gave his final instructions to the assembled devotees: “Perhaps many people have considered me their enemy because I was compelled to tell the unadulterated truth. I asked them to serve the Lord with all sincerity. IContinue Reading
The following is an excerpt from the third part of an interview with Indira Meshram (Indira Sakhi Devi Dasi, www.beingwomentoday.com), the author of the book “How I Achieved Real Success – A Happiness Guide for Modern Women (https://books.bvks.com/book/view/how-i-achieved-real-success.html). TMF – In a society where children get influenced by multiple factorsContinue Reading
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 disciples who had written to him expressing their concern for his illness, asking what would happen to themContinue Reading
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 and so is there in some bodily chain of command whom you had better submit to and justContinue Reading
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 that are mixed with our desire to make spiritual progress. He promises though that if we surrender toContinue Reading
In order to intelligently apply the sixfold loving reciprocations mentioned in the previous verse, one must select proper persons with careful discrimination. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī therefore advises that we should meet with the Vaiṣṇavas in an appropriate way, according to their particular status. In this verse he tells us howContinue Reading
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. Isvarah Sarva-bhutanam. God is not far away. If you are sincere, God sends you a spiritual master. ThereforeContinue Reading
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 remembering Lord Rama, the Supreme Lord, and mother Sita, the mother of the entire universe, that he thoughtContinue Reading
Someone was asking that when they do service at the temple can they get paid for it. They said that they were told that it was going on in many of the temples with some people getting big, big salaries. I don’t know offhand the statistics on this, or howContinue Reading