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Five Ways To Spot A Vishnu Bhakta
“Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.14) Download this episode (right click and save) सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश् च दृढ-व्रताः नमस्यन्तश् च मां… Read More ›
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Why Wouldn’t Krishna Just Walk Around As Narayana
“Vasudeva saw that wonderful child born as a baby with four hands, holding conchshell, club, disc, and lotus flower, decorated with the mark of Shrivatsa, wearing the jeweled necklace of kaustubha stone, dressed in yellow silk, appearing dazzling like a… Read More ›
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What To Say To Someone Who Says They Have No Need For Religion
“When your personal and supreme interests can be easily obtained from one place, it is not sensible for you in weakness to beg at the doors of others, O Tulsi.” (Dohavali, 54) Download this episode (right click and save) स्वारथ… Read More ›
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Five Things I Could Unexpectedly Find To Brighten My Day
“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 ›
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How Can I Understand That God Is Within Everything
“Prahlada Maharaja’s class friends, who were born of Daitya families, thought that realizing the Absolute was extremely difficult. Indeed, we have experience that many, many people say this very thing. Actually, however, this is not so. The Absolute, the Supreme… Read More ›
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Five Places Where Peer Pressure Influences Behavior
“One can understand the science of the Supreme Personality of Godhead simply by the parampara system. In this regard, Shrila Narottama dasa Thakura says, tandera charana sevi bhakta-sane vasa: ‘Let me serve the lotus feet of the devotees of the… Read More ›
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Five Things I Celebrate On The Anniversary Of Krishna’s Janma
“Our dear Lord, You are appearing as the best of the Yadu dynasty, and we are offering our respectful humble obeisances unto Your lotus feet. Before this appearance, You also appeared as the fish incarnation, the horse incarnation, the tortoise… Read More ›
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Five People Who Take Great Pleasure In Hari-Katha
“Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.14) Download this episode (right click and save) सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश् च दृढ-व्रताः नमस्यन्तश् च मां… Read More ›
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Five Endearing Offerings My Child Makes To Me
“If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.26) Download this episode (right click and save) पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति तद् अहं… Read More ›
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Three Reasons For The Restriction On Gambling
“Maharaja Parikshit, just after receiving the news of his death within seven days, at once retired from family life and shifted himself to the sacred bank of the Yamuna River.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.19.6 Purport) Download this episode (right… Read More ›
