Krishna and Bhakti
3 Facts: One Becomes Peaceful And Happy
Prahlāda Mahārāja said: One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the human form of body from the very beginning of life — in other words, from the tender age of childhood —…
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Srimad-Bhagavatam
Krishna and Bhakti
Krsna’s Enmity And Friendship Are External Features
We should always remember the distinction between spiritual and material. That which is material is infected by material qualities, but these qualities cannot touch that which is spiritual, or transcendental. Kṛṣṇa is…
Purports and Excerpts
A Little Discrepancy Will Cause One To Fall Down
The laws of nature work in subtle ways unknown to us. Mahārāja Bharata was a great king very advanced in devotional service. He had almost reached the point of loving service to…
Krishna and Bhakti
One’s Real Interest Lies In Returning Home, Back To Godhead
When the mind is polluted by fruitive activity, the living entity wants to be elevated from one material position to another. Generally, everyone is involved in working hard day and night to…
Female Diksa Gurus
The Woman’s Guru is the Husband
Haribol Prabhus! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Yes, we are JIVAS, we are not the body. We are equal. But it would be better not to approach…
Krishna and Bhakti
“By your mercy I will surrender” is False Pretense
Prabhupada: Surrender is willing. If you don't like to surrender who can make you obliged to surrender? Surrender is voluntary. "Yes, I surrender." Determination, "Yes I surrender." Who can make you obliged…
Guru and Initiation
Dhruva Maharaja got Pancaratriki Diksa
Dhruva-Mahārāja was initiated at the age of 5-years by Nārada-muni. It is interesting to ask which type of dīkṣā did he receive from Nārada-muni. Some say it is Vaidika-dīkṣā as it was…
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An Uncontrolled Mind And An Unchaste Wife Are The Same
nityaṁ dadāti kāmasya cchidraṁ tam anu ye ’rayaḥ yoginaḥ kṛta-maitrasya patyur jāyeva puṁścalī An unchaste woman is very easily carried away by paramours, and it sometimes happens that her husband is violently killed…
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Who Are Brāhmaṇas And What Are Their Qualifications?
The Vedas are My(Lord Himself) eternal transcendental sound incarnation. Therefore the Vedas are śabda-brahma. In this world, the brāhmaṇas thoroughly study all the Vedas, and because they assimilate the Vedic conclusions, they…
Krishna and Bhakti
Eight symptoms of a jivan-mukta, a person who is already liberated
This is the way of Vedic life. One must stop the process of repeated birth and death and return home, back to Godhead. The words tan-mahimānam avāpa are significant in this regard. Śrīla Śrīdhara…
