The most virulent type of offense surfaces when devotees harbor impersonalist views, especially the desire to become God. Svarupa Damodara Gosvami warned that in bad company even advanced devotees risk falling prey to the allurements of Mayavada philosophy. “The Mayavada philosophy presents such a jugglery of words that even a highly elevatedContinue Reading
By following the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies or undergoing atonement, sinful men do not become as purified as by chanting once the holy name of Lord Hari. Although ritualistic atonement may free one from sinful reactions, it does not awaken devotional service, unlike the chanting of the Lord’s names, which remindsContinue Reading
Everyone engages in work with his hands, legs and other senses just to achieve a certain goal according to his concocted ideas. One tries to enjoy the five sense objects, namely form, sound, taste, aroma and touch, not knowing the actual goal of life, which is to satisfy the SupremeContinue Reading
A man engages in sinful activities because he does not know what he did in his past life to get his present materially conditioned body, which is subjected to the threefold miseries. As stated by Ṛṣabhadeva in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.5.4), nūnaṁ pramattaḥ kurute vikarma: a human being who is mad after sense gratification does notContinue Reading
Every year the top institute of technical education, Indian Institute of Technology (Abbreviated as IIT) conducts an entrance test. This test is taken up by more than 8 lakh students every year. To crack this examination students start preparation generally from 11th class but today parents are making their childrenContinue Reading
This is the first reason why devotees living in cities try to avoid going to the farm community. Devotees think that they are living in a city for so many years and suddenly without all comforts of the city, they would not be able to perform devotional activities with aContinue Reading
Today the whole world is going through the havoc of the coronavirus. Many people have died tragically from this epidemic. But the United States of America has suffered the most damage in the world’s rich, powerful, technologically developed country. America is a country which is considered to be the mostContinue Reading
Your idea to start a nursery school in New Vrindaban is very good proposal and you may immediately try for it by cooperatively consulting amongst yourselves how to do it. But one thing, we are teaching Bhakti by practical attendance and by decreasing playing desire or drive. If the childrenContinue Reading
Srila Prabhupada wanted to establish Farm Communities on a Larger Scale. But generally, devotees do not act or even do not discuss this topic due to their big assumption, ‘Why we are the only ones doing?’. Now, if someone tries to discuss Farm Community Projects, fellow devotees say that why onlyContinue Reading
“Kṛṣṇa has given me hundreds of nice places of residence,” Śrīla Prabhupāda laughed. “But His order is you cannot stay.” Prabhupāda was explaining his transcendental predicament to a few disciples gathered in his room on the last day of his visit in Los Angeles. “I’ll tell you one humorous storyContinue Reading