“Those who know Me as the Supreme Lord, as the governing principle of the material manifestation, who know Me as the one underlying all the demigods and as the one sustaining all sacrifices, can, with steadfast mind, understand and know… Read More ›
Month: July 2012
If You Look Close Enough
“She had a beautiful splendor that was barely discernible, like a flame of a fire enveloped in smoke.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 15.20) manda prakhyāyamānena rūpeṇa rucira prabhām | pinaddhām dhūma jālena śikhām iva vibhāvasoḥ || Such is the nature… Read More ›
No Ordinary Liar
“Krishna presented Himself as an innocent child to increase the transcendental ecstasy of maternal affection. As described in the shastra, tadana-bhayan mithyoktir vatsalya-rasa-poshika. This means that sometimes a small child speaks lies. For example, he may have stolen something or… Read More ›
Weapon of Prema
“On His forehead, situated between the eyebrows, there is the beautiful tilaka which looks like an arrow from Kamadeva’s bow. His earrings are so beautiful that when looking at them the mind becomes very happy.” (Janaki Mangala, 51) tilaku lalita… Read More ›
Seeing Things Clearly
“After the destruction of the material body, this spirit soul is one. The spirit soul, due to contact with material nature, gets different types of bodies. When one can see this, he attains spiritual vision; thus being freed from differentiations… Read More ›
Always Spotless
“Then Hanuman saw a woman wearing a soiled garment, who was surrounded by female Rakshasas. She was thin from fasting, extremely sad and sighing again and again. Hanuman saw that she was spotless like the streak of the moon at… Read More ›
To Save A Man
“The guru takes the torchlight of knowledge and presents it before the living entity enveloped in darkness. That knowledge relieves him from the sufferings of the darkness of ignorance.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Science of Self Realization, Ch 2a) The ship ride… Read More ›
Eyes Like Lotuses
“With their beautiful hair on the head and their eyes like lotuses, the beauty of Rama and Lakshmana defeats the pride of millions of cupids.” (Janaki Mangala, 50) kākapaccha sira subhaga sarorūha locana | gaura syāma sata koṭi kāma mada… Read More ›
The Highest Dharma
“Merely by chanting we can have all the advantages of personal association with Krishna. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who is not only considered to be a realized soul but an incarnation of Krishna Himself, has pointed out that in this age… Read More ›
Intelligent Worship
“Thinking thus, the great-soul Hanuman, waiting for the wife of the king of men, hiding himself in many flowers and dense leaves on that tree, strictly observed and looked at everything.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 14.52) evam tu matvā hanumān… Read More ›