“While he was tilling a field with a plow in his hand, it is said that I, the daughter of that king, arose from underneath the earth’s surface.” (Sita Devi speaking to Anasuya, Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 118.28) Download this… Read More ›
Month: March 2019
Why Get So Worked Up Over What A Kid Prefers
“Prahlada Maharaja admitted frankly, ‘My dear teachers, you wrongly think that Lord Vishnu is your enemy, but because He is favorable toward me, I understand that He is the friend of everyone. You may think that I have taken the… Read More ›
Four People Who Probably Shouldn’t Have Been Granted Asylum
“Then the ten-necked one, who was hiding nearby, quickly assumed the form of a wandering mendicant and approached Vaidehi.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 46.2) Download this episode (right click and save) तदासाद्य दशग्रीवः क्षिप्रमन्तरमास्थितः। अभिचक्राम वैदेहीं परिव्राजकरूपधृक्।। tadāsādya daśagrīvaḥ kṣipramantaramāsthitaḥ।… Read More ›
Three Aspects Of Material Life Which Make It Difficult To Practice Bhakti
“To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.10) Download this episode (right click and save) तेषां सतत-युक्तानां भजतां प्रीति-पूर्वकम् ददामि बुद्धि-योगं तं… Read More ›
Three Objections A Young Person Might Hear Upon Taking Up Bhakti
“Being beyond the range of limited sense perception [adhokshaja], You are the eternally irreproachable factor covered by the curtain of deluding energy. You are invisible to the foolish observer, exactly as an actor dressed as a player is not recognized.”… Read More ›
Four Issues Over Which Rivalry Might Develop
“Everyone should be friendly for the service of the Lord. Everyone should praise another’s service to the Lord and not be proud of his own service. This is the way of Vaishnava thinking, Vaikuntha thinking. There may be rivalries and… Read More ›
Why Did Arjuna Fight If The Vaishnava Does Not Delineate Friends And Enemies
“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,… Read More ›
Questionable Interrogation Techniques
“When Prahlada Maharaja’s teachers and demoniac father asked him how his intelligence had been polluted, Prahlada Maharaja said, ‘As far as I am concerned, my intelligence has not been polluted. Rather, by the grace of my spiritual master and by… Read More ›
Don’t You Get Tired Of Praising Devotees
“In any assembly where there are discourses about saints and devotees, O King Yudhishthira, even the enemies of the demons, namely the demigods, what to speak of you, would cite Prahlada Maharaja as an example of a great devotee.” (Shrimad… Read More ›
Five Body Parts Which Can Be Shown Through Medical Imagery
“Brahma, it is I, the Personality of Godhead, who was existing before the creation, when there was nothing but Myself. Nor was there the material nature, the cause of this creation. That which you see now is also I, the… Read More ›