Krishna's Mercy
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Four Pursuits Of Knowledge
June 06, 2022 12:20 - 5 minutes - 1.94 MB“Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.3)
Is There Not A Risk Of Corruption With Descending Knowledge
June 05, 2022 12:20 - 7 minutes - 2.42 MB“In three out of the four millenniums (namely Satya-yuga, Treta-yuga and Dvapara-yuga) people had the honor to be able to understand transcendence through the path of disciplic succession. However, in the present age, people have no interest in the disciplic succession. Instead, they have invented many paths of logic and argument. This individual attempt to understand the supreme transcendence (called the ascending process) is not approved by the Vedas. The Absolute Truth must descend from t...
Female In The Forest
June 04, 2022 12:19 - 4 minutes - 1.47 MB“Then I was quickly ready to depart for becoming a forest dweller even ahead of Him, as when lacking His association even residence in heaven is not to my liking.” (Sita Devi speaking to Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 33.27)
The Legacy Project
June 03, 2022 12:19 - 7 minutes - 2.42 MB“Whomever you meet, instruct him on the teachings of Krishna. In this way, on My order, become a spiritual master and deliver the people of this country.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya 7.128)
Time Turning Into Your Friend
June 02, 2022 12:18 - 5 minutes - 1.76 MB“In the childhood form, wearing nice jewelry and clothing, He plays in the dirt and His limbs become full of dust. With child-like speech, Rama plays with all the brothers and children.” (Dohavali, 117)
Three Potential Roadblocks On The Path Of Success
June 01, 2022 12:17 - 5 minutes - 1.91 MB“Arjuna said: O killer of Madhu [Krishna], how can I counterattack with arrows in battle men like Bhishma and Drona, who are worthy of my worship?” (Bhagavad-gita, 2.4)
Three Reasons A Devotee Is So Attached To Bhagavan
May 31, 2022 12:17 - 5 minutes - 1.76 MB“Neither His mother, nor father, nor anyone else is equal to or greater than me in receiving His affection. O messenger, I wish to survive for only as long as I hear about my beloved.” (Sita Devi speaking to Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 36.30)
How To Do More Than One Thing At A Time
May 30, 2022 12:16 - 6 minutes - 2.16 MB“The Lord immediately got up from His seat and invited Narada Muni to sit on His personal seat. The Lord again worshiped him with as much paraphernalia for reception as He had in the palace of Rukmini. After worshiping him properly, Lord Krishna acted as if He did not know what had happened in the palace of Rukmini.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 2, Ch 14)
Appreciating The Wonderful Cosmic Manifestation
May 29, 2022 12:16 - 5 minutes - 1.96 MB“I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.8)
Appreciating The Ocean
May 28, 2022 12:15 - 5 minutes - 1.89 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)
Can You Prove The Existence Of The Soul
May 27, 2022 19:12 - 5 minutes - 1.94 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)
Big Club For Hammering On The Head
May 26, 2022 19:12 - 5 minutes - 1.83 MB“The club and disc are meant for the nondevotees, but because the Lord is the Supreme Absolute, the resultant action of all His weapons is one and the same. With the club and the disc He chastises the miscreants so that they may come to their senses and know that they are not all in all. Over them there is the Supreme Lord. And by bugling with the conchshell and offering blessings with the lotus flower, He always assures the devotees that no one can vanquish them, even in the greatest calami...
What Does Atheism Mean
May 25, 2022 19:11 - 4 minutes - 1.52 MB“They say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation and that there is no God in control. It is produced of sex desire, and has no cause other than lust.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 16.8)
Four Childhood Dreams I Want Fulfilled
May 24, 2022 19:11 - 6 minutes - 2.31 MB“Lord Brahma said: O son of Kashyapa Muni, please get up, please get up. All good fortune unto you. You are now perfect in the performance of your austerities, and therefore I may give you a benediction. You may now ask from me whatever you desire, and I shall try to fulfill your wish.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.3.17)
Make Everything Yoga
May 23, 2022 19:10 - 5 minutes - 1.81 MB“Be steadfast in yoga, O Arjuna. Perform your duty and abandon all attachment to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called yoga.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.48)
The Persistence Layer
May 22, 2022 19:10 - 5 minutes - 1.99 MB“It is said in the Vedic literature that innumerable universes issue forth when Maha-Vishnu exhales in His yoga-nidra, and innumerable universes enter His body when He again inhales. We have to imagine that these universes, which, according to our limited knowledge, are expanded unlimitedly, are so great that the gross ingredients, the five elements of the cosmic manifestation, namely earth, water, fire, air and sky, are not only within the universe, but are covering the universe in seven la...
Five Schemes Of The Mind From Recent Times
May 21, 2022 19:09 - 6 minutes - 2.14 MB“In dreams we sometimes enjoy eating sweet rice and sometimes suffer as if one of our beloved family members had died. Because the same mind and body exist in the same material world of duality when we are awake, the so-called happiness and distress of this world are no better than the false, superficial happiness of dreams. The mind is the via medium in both dreams and wakefulness, and everything created by the mind in terms of sankalpa and vikalpa, acceptance and rejection, is called manod...
Five People Who Dampen My Enthusiasm
May 20, 2022 19:08 - 6 minutes - 2.31 MB“He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kunti, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.31)
The Four Sanskrit Terms To Chaitanya’s Conclusion
May 19, 2022 19:08 - 6 minutes - 2.19 MB“Lord Chaitanya instructed the mass of people in the sankhya philosophy of achintya-bhedabheda-tattva, which maintains that the Supreme Lord is simultaneously one with and different from His creation. Lord Chaitanya taught this philosophy through the chanting of the holy name of the Lord.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Preface)
Five Examples of Svartha
May 18, 2022 19:07 - 6 minutes - 2.24 MB“When your personal and supreme interests can be easily obtained from one place, it is not sensible for you in weakness to beg at the doors of others, O Tulsi.” (Dohavali, 54)
As Spotless As The Swan
May 17, 2022 19:07 - 5 minutes - 1.8 MB“The individual soul and the Supersoul are both compared to swans (hamsa) because they are white, or uncontaminated. One swan, however, is superior and is the instructor of the other. When the inferior swan is separated from the other swan, he is attracted to material enjoyment. This is the cause of his falldown.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.28.64 Purport)
Made For The Moment
May 16, 2022 19:06 - 5 minutes - 1.93 MB“Savyasachin refers to one who can shoot arrows very expertly in the field; thus Arjuna is addressed as an expert warrior capable of delivering arrows to kill his enemies.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 11.33 Purport)
Five Things It Is Not The Time For
May 15, 2022 19:05 - 6 minutes - 2.34 MB“A human being should be inquisitive to know who he is, what the universe is, what God is, and what the relationship is between himself, God and the material world. Such questions cannot be asked by cats and dogs, but they must arise in the heart of a real human being. Knowledge of these four items-namely, oneself, the universe, God, and their internal relationship-is called sambandha-jnana, or the knowledge of one's relationship.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi 7.146 Purpor...
Narasimha Chaturdashi 2022
May 14, 2022 19:05 - 5 minutes - 1.81 MB“Who could list the innumerable transcendental qualities of Prahlada Maharaja? He had unflinching faith in Vasudeva, Lord Krishna [the son of Vasudeva], and unalloyed devotion to Him. His attachment to Lord Krishna was natural because of his previous devotional service. Although his good qualities cannot be enumerated, they prove that he was a great soul [mahatma].” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.4.36)
Not As Our Supplying Agent
May 13, 2022 18:28 - 6 minutes - 2.28 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)
Is Marriage A Sacrifice
May 12, 2022 18:28 - 5 minutes - 2.02 MB“Taking the oath, Janaka gave away Sita to Rama in all politeness and happiness in a beautiful scene that was reminiscent of when the king of mountains gave away Parvati to Shiva and when the ocean gave away Lakshmi to Vishnu.” (Janaki Mangala, Chand 18.1)
Is Austerity A Sad Fate
May 11, 2022 18:27 - 5 minutes - 1.82 MB“Taking the oath, Janaka gave away Sita to Rama in all politeness and happiness in a beautiful scene that was reminiscent of when the king of mountains gave away Parvati to Shiva and when the ocean gave away Lakshmi to Vishnu.” (Janaki Mangala, Chand 18.1)
What Is In A Name
May 10, 2022 18:27 - 5 minutes - 1.86 MB“Taking the oath, Janaka gave away Sita to Rama in all politeness and happiness in a beautiful scene that was reminiscent of when the king of mountains gave away Parvati to Shiva and when the ocean gave away Lakshmi to Vishnu.” (Janaki Mangala, Chand 18.1)
Two Meanings To Giriraja
May 09, 2022 18:26 - 4 minutes - 1.66 MB“Taking the oath, Janaka gave away Sita to Rama in all politeness and happiness in a beautiful scene that was reminiscent of when the king of mountains gave away Parvati to Shiva and when the ocean gave away Lakshmi to Vishnu.” (Janaki Mangala, Chand 18.1)
How To Handle An Episode Of Bereavement
May 08, 2022 18:25 - 5 minutes - 1.85 MB“O You of great intellect, not even the demigods can fathom the level of Your intelligence. Due to bereavement Your wisdom is currently in a dormant state, and I am here to rouse it.” (Lakshmana speaking to Lord Rama, Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 66.19)
Five Things I Dream I Am
May 07, 2022 18:25 - 7 minutes - 2.52 MB“One should concentrate his mind upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who alone distributes Himself in so many manifestations just as ordinary persons create thousands of manifestations in dreams. One must concentrate the mind on Him, the only all-blissful Absolute Truth. Otherwise one will be misled and will cause his own degradation.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 2.1.39)
Why Should Humans Consume The Milk Of Another Animal
May 06, 2022 18:24 - 5 minutes - 1.84 MB“When the gopis saw little Krishna fearlessly playing on Putana's lap, they very quickly came and picked Him up. Mother Yashoda, Rohini, and other elderly gopis immediately performed the auspicious rituals by taking the tail of a cow and circumambulating His body. The child was completely washed with the urine of a cow, and the dust created by the hooves of the cows was thrown all over His body. This was all just to save little Krishna from future inauspicious accidents. This incident gives ...
Five Possible Components To Achieving A Single Goal
May 05, 2022 18:24 - 5 minutes - 2.04 MB“The work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in transcendental knowledge merges entirely into transcendence.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 4.23)
Doesn’t It Make Sense To Say That We Are God
May 04, 2022 18:23 - 5 minutes - 1.86 MB“The Supersoul is present in everyone's body, whereas the individual soul is conditioned in one particular type of body. The individual soul cannot understand what is taking place in another's body, but the Supersoul knows very well what is happening in all bodies. In other words, the Supersoul is always present in His full spiritual position, whereas the individual soul is prone to forget himself.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.28.63 Purport)
Five Questions About Chanting The Holy Names
May 03, 2022 18:22 - 6 minutes - 2.08 MB“Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.14)
The Promise Of Yoga Seems Like A Good Deal
May 02, 2022 18:22 - 4 minutes - 1.61 MB“The unsuccessful yogi, after many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into a family of righteous people, or into a family of rich aristocracy.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 6.41)
Worshiping To The Extent Of Their Knowledge
May 01, 2022 18:21 - 5 minutes - 1.86 MB“Demons think of everyone as a friend or enemy, but Vaishnavas say that since everyone is a servant of the Lord, everyone is on the same platform. Therefore a Vaishnava treats other living entities neither as friends nor as enemies, but instead tries to spread Krishna consciousness, teaching everyone that we are all one as servants of the Supreme Lord but are uselessly wasting our valuable lives by creating nations, communities and other groups of friends and enemies.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Sh...
What If It Is All Just A Game
April 30, 2022 18:20 - 5 minutes - 1.94 MB“The value of a moment’s association with a devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attainment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, and what to speak of worldly benedictions in the form of material prosperity, which is for those who are meant for death.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.18.13)
What If My Pati Doesn’t Deserve Service
April 29, 2022 19:28 - 6 minutes - 2.18 MB“I shall happily reside in the forest, considering it to be just like my paternal home, paying no attention to the three worlds and only thinking of devotion to my husband.” (Sita Devi speaking to Lord Rama, Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 27.12)
Why Couldn’t Dasharatha Just Wait
April 28, 2022 19:27 - 5 minutes - 1.73 MB“O son of Pritha, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.13)
What If He Already Accepted My Sins
April 27, 2022 19:27 - 6 minutes - 2.08 MB“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.66)
What Exactly Do You Want From Heaven
April 26, 2022 19:26 - 6 minutes - 2.09 MB“When they have thus enjoyed heavenly sense pleasure, they return to this mortal planet again. Thus, through the Vedic principles, they achieve only flickering happiness.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.21)
What Is The Best Atonement
April 25, 2022 19:26 - 5 minutes - 1.92 MB“One should give up all other processes of self-realization and simply execute devotional service in Krishna consciousness. That will enable one to reach the highest perfection of life. There is no need for one to consider the sinful actions of his past life because the Supreme Lord fully takes charge of him. Therefore one should not futilely try to deliver himself in spiritual realization. Let everyone take shelter of the supreme omnipotent Godhead Krishna. That is the highest perfection of...
Why The Steady Emphasis On Death In Vedic Literature
April 24, 2022 19:25 - 6 minutes - 2.36 MB“Driven by a virtuous or evil purpose, each living entity performs some work, which has consequences associated with it. After death, the same person steadily reaps all those auspicious and inauspicious results.” (Hanuman speaking to Tara, Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kand, 21.2)
Where Does Intelligence Come From
April 23, 2022 19:25 - 5 minutes - 2 MB“I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas am I to be known; indeed I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 15.15)
What Are You Looking For In Heaven
April 22, 2022 19:24 - 5 minutes - 1.94 MB“When they have thus enjoyed heavenly sense pleasure, they return to this mortal planet again. Thus, through the Vedic principles, they achieve only flickering happiness.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.21)
It’s Amazing To See People Who Think They Have Conquered God
April 21, 2022 19:24 - 4 minutes - 1.62 MB“When Shalva thought that Krishna had been bewildered by his mystic representations, he became encouraged and began to attack the Lord with greater strength and energy by showering volumes of arrows upon Him. But the enthusiasm of Shalva can be compared to the speedy march of flies into a fire.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 2, Ch 22)
Turning God Into A Vending Machine
April 20, 2022 19:23 - 5 minutes - 1.94 MB“At that time, Nityananda Prabhu had heard the story of Sakshi-gopala from the townspeople. He now recited this again, and Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu heard the narration with great pleasure.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya 5.9)
Who Is Going To Believe That A Deity Can Talk
April 19, 2022 19:22 - 6 minutes - 2.18 MB“At that time, Nityananda Prabhu had heard the story of Sakshi-gopala from the townspeople. He now recited this again, and Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu heard the narration with great pleasure.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya 5.9)
What If I Regret My Time In This Life
April 18, 2022 19:22 - 5 minutes - 2.04 MB“In the tender age of childhood, when everyone is bewildered, one passes ten years. Similarly, in boyhood, engaged in sporting and playing, one passes another ten years. In this way, twenty years are wasted. Similarly, in old age, when one is an invalid, unable to perform even material activities, one passes another twenty years wastefully.” (Prahlada Maharaja, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.6.7)