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Lord Vamanadeva, the Dwarf Incarnation Shrimad Bhagavatam 8the Canto 18th Chapter Summary This chapter describes how Lord Vamanadeva appeared and how He went to the sacrificial arena of Maharaja Bali, who received…
Any religious system but the process of bhāgavata-dharma — service as an eternal servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead — is a system of envy of one’s own self and of others. For…
A few years after Srila Prabhupada's establishing of ISKCON, it became apparent that many of his disciples, despite having practiced devotional service for some time, would again fall away. Such is common…
From Bhakti Purushottama Maharaja (JPS, GBC) on the WhatsApp ICC Informal Discussions Group on 27 August 2020.:
viṣama-matir na yatra nṛṇāṁ tvam aham iti mama taveti ca yad anyatra viṣama-dhiyā racito yaḥ sa hy aviśuddhaḥ kṣayiṣṇur adharma-bahulaḥ Being full of contradictions, all forms of religion but bhāgavata-dharma work under…
Shri Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is stated in the Svetasvatara Upanishad (6.8) “The Supreme Lord has multipotencies, which act so perfectly that all consciousness, strength and activity are…
jitam ajita tadā bhavatā yadāha bhāgavataṁ dharmam anavadyam niṣkiñcanā ye munaya ātmārāmā yam upāsate ’pavargāya O unconquerable one, when You spoke about bhāgavata-dharma, which is the uncontaminated religious system for achieving the shelter…
paramāṇu-parama-mahatos tvam ādy-antāntara-vartī traya-vidhuraḥ ādāv ante ’pi ca sattvānāṁ yad dhruvaṁ tad evāntarāle ’pi You exist in the beginning, middle and end of everything, from the most minute particle of the cosmic manifestation —…
Who will save Hindus? Nowadays we are quite familiar with these words. From news channels to social media, there is an outcry to save Hinduism. But from whom? Unfortunately, no one knows…
Nārada gave Citraketu the following mantra. O Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, who are addressed by the oṁkāra [praṇava], I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. O Lord Vāsudeva, I meditate…
