In this verse the words prahrādaṁ grāhayām āsa are important. The words grāhayām āsa literally mean that they tried to induce Prahlāda Mahārāja to accept the paths of dharma, artha and kāma (religion, economic development and sense gratification). People are generally preoccupied with these three concerns, without interest in the path of liberation. Hiraṇyakaśipu, the father of PrahlādaContinue Reading

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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 hellish conditions and repeatedly chew that which has already been chewed. Their inclinations toward Kṛṣṇa are never aroused,Continue Reading

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Prabhupada:What meeting going on? Tamal Krsna: Oh, very interesting meeting. Paramananda, Vamanadeva, Tripurari Maharaja, Asia-kesava Maharaja and myself discussing our Gita-Nagari community and talking about Varnasrama. Very, very… We were trying to reflect on all the teachings in your books and what we had read about Krsna’s life and NandaContinue Reading

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Please pray for our dear Godbrother, Bhuvanesvara prabhu! He’s hospitalized in Delhi with severe depression. This via his grace Deena Bandhu prabhu: As many of you know, Bhuvanesvara Prabhu was taken to a hospital in Delhi because of Depression which has been going on for some time. It was onlyContinue Reading

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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

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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 is from the first part of the purport] Purport   Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains dīkṣā in his Bhakti-sandarbhaContinue Reading

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