“I have declared to you all this as it actually occurred, O virtuous lady. O Devi, I am the messenger of the son of Dasharatha; please speak to me.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 35.72) etat te sarvam ākhyātam yathā… Read More ›
Month: July 2016
Halo In The Night
“The city of Lanka, filled with Rakshasas, was entered by me. I have seen Ravana and you, who are stricken with grief.” (Hanuman speaking to Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 35.71) lankā ca api mayā rātrau praviṣṭā rākṣasa ākulā… Read More ›
Having The Most Over Which To Brag
“Then I removed the intense fear of the army of monkeys, who were worrying very much on account of seeing the ocean, and leaped over that ocean of the length of one hundred yojanas.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 35.70)… Read More ›
The Ebbs And Flows Of The Devotional March
“All the monkeys, headed by Angada, reached the seashore. With a strong desire to see you, they were frightened by the ocean and thus again became worried.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 35.69) aṅgadapramukhāḥ sarve velopāntamupasthitāḥ | cintām jagmuḥ punarbhītāstvaddarśanasamutsukāḥ… Read More ›
Utsaha
“Being very much delighted and satisfied, those monkeys enthusiastic to see you arrived at the northern shore of the ocean.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 35.68) vindhyādutthāya samprāptāḥ sāgarasyāntamuttaram | tvat darśana kṛta utsāhā hṛṣṭāḥ tuṣṭāḥ plavamgamāḥ || Download this… Read More ›
Ramayana-katha
“Hearing those words of Sampati, our joy having increased we left that place, with our leader Angada.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 35.67) tasya tat vacanam śrutvā sampāteḥ prīti vardhanam | angada pramukhāḥ sarve tataḥ samprasthitā vayam || Download this… Read More ›
How To Deal With Drunkards And Meat-Eaters
“It is extremely difficult to convert a mlechchha, or meat-eater, into a devotee of Lord Krishna. Therefore anyone who can do so is situated on the highest level of Vaishnavism.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya 7.19 Purport) Download this episode… Read More ›
Five Ways That Krishna Is Quintessential Righteousness
“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,… Read More ›
Five Incidents That Show Krishna Will Do Anything To Please His Devotees
“When Krishna and Satyabhama were returning from the capital city of Indra, Satyabhama remembered Krishna’s promise to give her the plant of the parijata flower. Taking the opportunity of having come to the heavenly kingdom, she plucked a parijata plant… Read More ›
Five Ways That Mahadeva Conquers Lust
“The Blessed Lord said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material modes of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring, sinful enemy of this world.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 3.37) Download… Read More ›