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• On His Recommendation

  By krishnasmercy on July 22, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “Rama will arrive here as soon as he hears from me, with a great advancing military force filled with monkeys and bears.” (Hanuman speaking to Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 37.18) Download this episode (right click and save) śrutvā… Read More ›

• Credible On Either Side

  By krishnasmercy on July 21, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  “The king went and received blessings and then paid so much honor and respect after that. When he saw Rama, he experienced a happiness one hundred times that of Brahman realization.” (Janaki Mangala, Chand 5.2) Download this episode (right click… Read More ›

• Limited Eating And Sleeping

  By krishnasmercy on July 20, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  “To Sita, who was speaking thus, who was emaciated by grief on account of Rama, and whose eyes were filled with tears, the monkey Hanuman spoke the following words.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 37.17) Download this episode (right click and… Read More ›

• Three Potential Pitfalls To Temple Worship

  By krishnasmercy on July 19, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  “Every religion has a tirtha. The Muslims have Mecca and Medina, and the Christians have Golgotha. Similarly, the Hindus also think they must travel very far to find a tirtha. But actually, tirtha-kurvanti tirthani: a tirtha is a place where… Read More ›

• Two Things That Real Religion Should Be

  By krishnasmercy on July 18, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  “The Bhagavatam says: dharmam hi sakshad-bhagavat-pranitam—the path of religion is directly enunciated by the Lord. Therefore, mental speculation or dry arguments cannot help one progress in spiritual life. One has to approach a bona fide spiritual master to receive the… Read More ›

• What About Music As An Expression Of Consciousness

  By krishnasmercy on July 17, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  “O son of Kunti [Arjuna], I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.8)… Read More ›

• Five Aspects To Assimilating Bhakti Life

  By krishnasmercy on July 16, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  “As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.13) Download… Read More ›

• Like Going To The Office

  By krishnasmercy on July 15, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  “The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.61) Download this episode (right click… Read More ›

• Three Ways We Might View Vedic Rules And Regulations

  By krishnasmercy on July 14, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  “All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rain. Rains are produced by performance of yajna [sacrifice], and yajna is born of prescribed duties.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 3.14) Download this episode (right click and save) Is religion… Read More ›

• Comparing Rama To The Sun

  By krishnasmercy on July 13, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  “O monkey, with a brilliant network of arrows the brave Rama, who is like the sun, will dry up the water that is the Rakshasa enemy.” (Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 37.16) Download this episode (right click and save)… Read More ›