Krishna's Mercy
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How Can There Be A Personal Relationship
November 13, 2022 18:51 - 5 minutes - 2 MB“By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.4)
Why Are You So Unhappy
November 12, 2022 18:50 - 5 minutes - 1.94 MB“The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 5.29)
Three Questions About Consciousness
November 11, 2022 13:00 - 5 minutes - 1.97 MB“The position of ishvara is that of supreme consciousness. The jivas, or the living entities, being parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, are also conscious. Both the living entity and material nature are explained as prakriti, the energy of the Supreme Lord, but one of the two, the jiva, is conscious. The other prakriti is not conscious. That is the difference. Therefore the jiva-prakriti is called superior because the jiva has consciousness which is similar to the Lord's.” (Shrila Prabhup...
I Would Be Doing The Same Thing
November 10, 2022 12:59 - 6 minutes - 2.09 MB“If I should cease to work, then all these worlds would be put to ruination. I would also be the cause of creating unwanted population, and I would thereby destroy the peace of all sentient beings.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 3.24)
You Will Suffer Tomorrow
November 09, 2022 12:58 - 5 minutes - 1.87 MB“Meditating on Shri Rama, who has Janaki to His left and Lakshmana to His right, brings all auspiciousness and is your wish-fulfilling tree, O Tulsi.” (Dohavali, 1)
Everyone Is Always Asking For Something
November 08, 2022 12:57 - 6 minutes - 2.09 MB“In the Hari-bhakti-sudhadaya there is another example, forwarded by Maharaj Dhruva. He says there, ‘My dear Lord, I have practiced austerities and penances because I was desiring to receive something from You, but in exchange You have allowed me to see You, who are never visible even to the great sages and saintly persons. I had been searching out some pieces of broken glass, but instead I have found the most valuable jewel. I am therefore fully satisfied, my Lord. I do not wish to ask anyt...
What If You Are Living With Hiranyakashipu
November 07, 2022 12:57 - 5 minutes - 1.85 MB“Everyone, including the rulers of the various planets, was extremely distressed because of the severe punishment inflicted upon them by Hiranyakashipu. Fearful and disturbed, unable to find any other shelter, they at last surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.4.21)
An Infinite Scroll
November 06, 2022 12:56 - 5 minutes - 1.89 MB“Before Vyasadeva's writing, the Vedic literature was simply heard, and the disciples would learn the mantras quickly by hearing and not by reading. Later on, Vyasadeva thought it wise to write down the Vedas, because in this age people are short-memoried and unable to remember all the instructions given by the spiritual master. Therefore, he left all the Vedic knowledge in book form, such as the Puranas, Vedanta, Mahabharata and Shrimad-Bhagavatam.” (The Nectar of Devotion, Ch 5)
How Do You Expect Someone To Be Dhira
November 05, 2022 11:55 - 4 minutes - 1.66 MB“Any man who has perfect knowledge of the constitution of the individual soul, the Supersoul, and nature—both material and spiritual—is called a dhira or a most sober man. Such a man is never deluded by the change of bodies.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 2.13 Purport)
What Did He Get Out Of It
November 04, 2022 11:55 - 5 minutes - 2.05 MB“As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, similarly the learned may also act, but without attachment, for the sake of leading people on the right path.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 3.25)
A Military Man Before And After
November 03, 2022 11:41 - 5 minutes - 1.78 MB“The Blessed Lord said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic: not he who lights no fire and performs no work.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 6.1)
Four Recommendations Krishna Could Have Given To Arjuna
November 02, 2022 11:40 - 7 minutes - 2.57 MB“One who executes his duties according to My injunctions and who follows this teaching faithfully, without envy, becomes free from the bondage of fruitive actions.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 3.31)
Aggravating The Senses
November 01, 2022 11:40 - 4 minutes - 1.62 MB“A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires—that enter like rivers into the ocean which is ever being filled but is always still—can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.70)
Three Ways The Guru Was Patient With Me
October 31, 2022 11:39 - 5 minutes - 2.05 MB“O mighty-armed Krishna, does not such a man, being deviated from the path of Transcendence, perish like a riven cloud, with no position in any sphere?” (Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita, 6.38)
Three Mindsets Corresponding To The Modes Of Nature
October 30, 2022 11:38 - 6 minutes - 2.28 MB“The living entities individually are being conducted by a particular mode of nature, but at the same time there is every chance of their being influenced by the other two. Generally, all conditioned souls in the material encagement are influenced by the mode of passion because every one of them is trying to lord it over the material nature to fulfill his individual desire. But in spite of the individual mode of passion, there is always the chance of being influenced by the other modes of na...
Why Should A Person Follow Pious Activities
October 28, 2022 19:22 - 5 minutes - 1.76 MB“Without pious activities, if a man is in a distressed condition he becomes an agnostic, communist or something like that. Because he does not firmly believe in God, he thinks that he can adjust his distressed condition by totally disbelieving in Him.” (The Nectar Of Devotion, Ch 3)
Five Cases In Vedic Literature Of The Wife Causing Trouble
October 27, 2022 19:22 - 7 minutes - 2.58 MB“Once Narada took a parijata flower and presented it to Krishna's senior wife, Shri Rukminidevi. On account of this, Satyabhama developed an inferiority complex; she also wanted a flower from Krishna.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 2, Ch 4)
Go Liberate Yourself
October 26, 2022 19:21 - 7 minutes - 2.49 MB“Meditating on Shri Rama, who has Janaki to His left and Lakshmana to His right, brings all auspiciousness and is your wish-fulfilling tree, O Tulsi.” (Dohavali, 1)
Govardhana Puja 2022
October 25, 2022 19:21 - 5 minutes - 1.92 MB“Being a devotee of Lord Krishna, one is understood to have performed all kinds of Vedic rituals and all kinds of worship to the demigods. Just by performing the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies or worshiping the demigods, one does not develop devotional service for Krishna but one who is engaged fully in the service of the Lord has already finished all Vedic injunctions.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 1, Ch 24)
Diwali 2022
October 24, 2022 19:20 - 5 minutes - 1.77 MB“Those men who will again see Rama along with Sita, accompanied by the mighty-armed Lakshmana, returning home will be successful.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 72.38)
What If They Cancel Vedic Literature
October 23, 2022 19:19 - 6 minutes - 2.11 MB“The demon father employed all his weapons to kill the devotee son, Prahlada, but by the grace of the Lord he was saved from all sorts of dangerous actions by his father. He was thrown in a fire, in boiling oil, from the top of a hill, underneath the legs of an elephant, and he was administered poison.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.15.16 Purport)
Five Entities Who Shut Off Service For Non-Payment
October 22, 2022 19:19 - 7 minutes - 2.51 MB“All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rain. Rains are produced by performance of yajna [sacrifice], and yajna is born of prescribed duties.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 3.14)
Four Ways The Pandavas Receive Credit Through Krishna
October 21, 2022 19:18 - 6 minutes - 2.29 MB“Therefore get up and prepare to fight. After conquering your enemies you will enjoy a flourishing kingdom. They are already put to death by My arrangement, and you, O Savyasachin, can be but an instrument in the fight.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 11.33)
What Do You Think About A Bhakti Book Club
October 20, 2022 19:17 - 5 minutes - 1.93 MB“We must always engage our minds in reading these Vedic literatures. Just as materialists engage their minds in reading newspapers, magazines and so many materialistic literatures, we must transfer our reading to these literatures which are given to us by Vyasadeva; in that way it will be possible for us to remember the Supreme Lord at the time of death.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, Introduction)
Why Do People Steal From Krishna
October 19, 2022 19:17 - 5 minutes - 1.8 MB“Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.11)
What Is The Best Gift You Could Give Someone
October 18, 2022 19:16 - 6 minutes - 2.11 MB“Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, never fear any condition of life. For them the heavenly planets, liberation and the hellish planets are all the same, for such devotees are interested only in the service of the Lord.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 6.17.28)
Three Exceptional Qualifications Of The Gopis Of Vrindavana
October 17, 2022 19:16 - 6 minutes - 2.15 MB“The gopis have set the standard of devotion for the whole world. By following in the footsteps of the gopis by constantly thinking of Krishna, one can attain the highest perfectional stage of spiritual life.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 1, Ch 46)
Our Gift To Him
October 16, 2022 19:15 - 6 minutes - 2.26 MB“O son of Kunti, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.27)
What If Someone Doesn’t Want To Be A Brahmana
October 15, 2022 19:14 - 5 minutes - 1.98 MB“Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows his nature. What can repression accomplish?” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 3.33)
Three Presumptions From The Skeptic
October 14, 2022 13:36 - 7 minutes - 2.6 MB“For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.20)
As Long As One Is Averse To Him
October 13, 2022 13:35 - 5 minutes - 1.74 MB“Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.11)
Coping With A Crippling Loss
October 12, 2022 13:35 - 5 minutes - 1.76 MB“Meditating on Shri Rama, who has Janaki to His left and Lakshmana to His right, brings all auspiciousness and is your wish-fulfilling tree, O Tulsi.” (Dohavali, 1)
Climbing To The Sky
October 11, 2022 13:34 - 5 minutes - 1.98 MB“The Trinavarta demon who took baby Krishna on his shoulder went high in the sky, but the baby assumed such a weight that suddenly he could not go any further, and he had to stop his whirlwind activities. Baby Krishna made Himself heavy and began to weigh down the demon. The Lord caught hold of his neck.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality Of Godhead, Vol 1, Ch 7)
Couldn’t Foresee His Own Demise
October 10, 2022 13:34 - 5 minutes - 1.78 MB“O Rakshasa, It might be possible for a person to live for a long time after forcibly taking away Shachi Devi, a woman of unmatched beauty and wife of the wielder of the thunderbolt [Indra]. But a person who abuses me shall not be released from death even if they were to drink amrita [nectar which grants immortality].” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 48.24)
The Arrival Of The Superstore
October 09, 2022 13:33 - 5 minutes - 1.73 MB“All purposes that are served by the small pond can at once be served by the great reservoirs of water. Similarly, all the purposes of the Vedas can be served to one who knows the purpose behind them.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.46)
Fears Of A Dogmatic Appearance
August 10, 2022 18:16 - 5 minutes - 1.82 MB“If a person is engaged in full Krishna consciousness in devotional service of the Lord, it is to be understood that he has understood all the Vedic knowledge. In the Vaishnava parampara it is said that if one is engaged in the devotional service of Krishna, then there is no need for a spiritual process to understand the Supreme Absolute Truth. He has already come to the post because he is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 15.19 Purport)
Just Roll It
August 09, 2022 18:16 - 5 minutes - 1.75 MB“All purposes that are served by the small pond can at once be served by the great reservoirs of water. Similarly, all the purposes of the Vedas can be served to one who knows the purpose behind them.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.46)
Appearing In Many Species
August 08, 2022 18:15 - 5 minutes - 2.05 MB“The Lord is the all-prevailing Supersoul of all existence, and yet He appears in the form of a boar amongst the animals, in the form of a human being as Rama, Krishna, etc., in the form of a rishi like Narayana, and in the form of an aquatic like a fish. Yet it is said that He is unborn, and He has nothing to do. In the shruti mantra it is said that the Supreme Brahman has nothing to do. No one is equal to or greater than Him. He has manifold energies, and everything is performed by Him per...
Not Afraid Of Anyone
August 07, 2022 18:14 - 5 minutes - 1.96 MB“(For her) fourteen thousand Rakshasas of dreadful deeds were slain in the forest of Janasthana by arrows that were like tongues of fire.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 16.9)
I’m A Free Man
August 06, 2022 18:14 - 5 minutes - 1.84 MB“Every living being is anxious for full freedom because that is his transcendental nature. And this freedom is obtained only through the transcendental service of the Lord. Illusioned by the external energy, everyone thinks that he is free, but actually he is bound up by the laws of nature. A conditioned soul cannot freely move from one place to another even on this earth, and what to speak of one planet to another.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.6.37 Purport)
Is Deity Worship For The Less Intelligent
August 05, 2022 20:09 - 6 minutes - 2.22 MB“The Blessed Lord said: He whose mind is fixed on My personal form, always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith, is considered by Me to be most perfect.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 12.2)
Five Responses Arjuna Might Have Expected
August 04, 2022 20:08 - 6 minutes - 2.32 MB“O Krishna, maintainer of the people, I have heard by disciplic succession that those who destroy family traditions dwell always in hell.” (Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita, 1.43)
With The Assumption That We Are Going To Live
August 03, 2022 20:08 - 5 minutes - 1.8 MB“Maharaja Parikshit, just after receiving the news of his death within seven days, at once retired from family life and shifted himself to the sacred bank of the Yamuna River.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.19.6 Purport)
Satisfying Necessities Under Regulative Principles
August 02, 2022 20:07 - 6 minutes - 2.32 MB“This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.2)
What It Is I Want To Know
August 01, 2022 20:07 - 5 minutes - 1.85 MB“Again and again the day comes, and this host of beings is active; and again the night falls, O Partha, and they are helplessly dissolved.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 8.19)
Why Did Bhishma Appreciate Krishna As Partha-Sarathi
July 31, 2022 20:06 - 6 minutes - 2.13 MB“Bhishmadeva was a pure devotee, and as a military marshal he constantly remembered the battlefield feature of the Lord as Partha-sarathi, the chariot driver of Arjuna. Therefore, the Lord's pastime as Partha-sarathi is also eternal. The pastimes of the Lord, beginning from His birth at the prison house of Kamsa up to the mausala-lila at the end, all move one after another in all the universes, just as the clock hand moves from one point to another. And in such pastimes His associates like t...
The Sands Of Time For Me Are Running Low
July 30, 2022 20:06 - 5 minutes - 1.97 MB“Maharaja Parikshit knew that the curse of the brahmana's son upon him was unjustified, as everyone else knew, but he did not want to counteract it because he knew also that the age of Kali had begun and that the first symptom of the age, namely degradation of the highly talented brahmana community, had also begun. He did not want to interfere with the current of the time, but he prepared himself to meet death very cheerfully and very properly. Being fortunate, he got at least seven days to ...
Three Aspects To The Ease Of Bhakti-Yoga Implementation
July 29, 2022 20:05 - 7 minutes - 2.68 MB“Even at the risk of death such a devotee is never bereft of the transcendental loving service of the Lord. A glorious example of this ecstatic love was exhibited by King Parikshit when he was at the point of death. Although he was bereft of his entire kingdom, which spread over all the world, and although he was accepting not even a drop of water in the seven days remaining to him, because he was engaged in hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Lord from Shukadeva Gosvami, he was not i...
Five Settings Where Krishna Is The Greatest
July 28, 2022 20:05 - 7 minutes - 2.41 MB“O King Parikshit, when the child Krishna was almost finished drinking His mother's milk and mother Yashoda was touching Him and looking at His beautiful, brilliantly smiling face, the baby yawned, and mother Yashoda saw in His mouth the whole sky, the higher planetary system and the earth, the luminaries in all directions, the sun, the moon, fire, air, the seas, islands, mountains, rivers, forests, and all kinds of living entities, moving and nonmoving.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.7.35-36)
Understanding The Greatness Behind The Deity
July 27, 2022 20:04 - 5 minutes - 1.99 MB“We may find some mailboxes on the street, and if we post our letters in those boxes, they will naturally go to their destination without difficulty. But any old box, or an imitation, which we may find somewhere, which is not authorized by the post office, will not do the work. Similarly, God has an authorized representation in the Deity form, which is called archa-vigraha. This archa-vigraha is an incarnation of the Supreme Lord. God will accept service through that form.” (Shrila Prabhupad...