“If someone is able, by chance, to see a great saintly person like Narada face to face, who is always serene and merciful to everyone, then immediately that conditioned soul becomes liberated. This is exactly like being situated in the… Read More ›
Month: August 2012
Travelling Tendencies
“The moving tendency of the human being is misused by visiting places for sightseeing. The best purpose of such traveling tendencies could be fulfilled by visiting the holy places established by great acharyas and thereby not being misled by the… Read More ›
Given For a Reason
“The Lord is the Supreme with all senses, and the servitor, who is part and parcel of the Lord, also has the same senses. Service to the Lord is the completely purified use of the senses, as described in the… Read More ›
Theoretical and Practical
“Spiritual knowledge must be developed by a combination of theoretical and practical knowledge, and that is the guaranteed way for attainment of spiritual perfection.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 2.3.22 Purport) To understand the highest truths of life presented in Vedanta… Read More ›
Sonic Healing
“Spiritual understanding is nothing like an electrical charge from the master to the disciple, as foolishly claimed by some propaganda-mongers. Everything is full of sense and logic, and the exchange of views between the master and disciple is possible only… Read More ›
Virtual Reality
“My dear Lord, this whole cosmic manifestation is just like a flashing dream, and its temporary existence simply disturbs the mind. As a result, we are full of anxiety in this existence; to live within this material world means simply… Read More ›
The Proper Use
“The expert electrician can utilize the electrical energy for both heating and cooling by adjustment only. Similarly, the external energy, which now bewilders the living being into continuation of birth and death, is turned into internal potency by the will… Read More ›
Beautifying Ornaments
“Whatever ornaments Rama previously spoke of Hanuman saw on Vaidehi’s body, beautifying her limbs.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 15.41) vaidehyā yāni ca angeṣu tadā rāmo anvakīrtayat | tāni ābharaṇa jālāni gātra śobhīni alakṣayat || The innocent princess of Videha did… Read More ›
The Telltale Signs
“After seeing that wide-eyed, irreproachable daughter of the king, he understood her to be Sita based on the various indications.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 15.40) tām samīkṣya viśāla akṣīm rāja putrīm aninditām | tarkayām āsa sītā iti kāraṇaiḥ upapādayan ||… Read More ›
The Life of a Text
“As Sita was not decorated, with difficulty Hanuman could recognize her, like understanding a text which has gotten a different meaning due to a lack of purity.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 15.39) duhkhena bubudhe sītām hanumān analamkṛtām | samskāreṇa yathā… Read More ›