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Three Terms Derived From The Names Of Prahlada And Hiranyakashipu
“Hiranyakashipu, the father of Prahlada Maharaja, was simply interested in gold and sense enjoyment. The word hiranya means ‘gold,’ and kashipu refers to soft cushions and bedding on which people enjoy sense gratification. The word prahlada, however, refers to one… Read More ›
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Argumentum Ad Baculum
“When the two seminal brahmanas Shanda and Amarka failed to extract from Prahlada Maharaja the cause for his having opinions different from those of his father, they called for a stick with which to chastise him to satisfy their master,… Read More ›
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Rama Navami 2019
“Of all the aquatics the shark is one of the biggest and is certainly the most dangerous to man. Thus the shark represents Krishna. And of rivers, the greatest in India is the Mother Ganges. Lord Ramachandra, of the Ramayana,… Read More ›
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Four Ways Prahlada Exhibited Life In Liberation
“Prahlada Maharaja sometimes felt that the Lord was far away from him and therefore called Him loudly. When he saw that the Lord was before him, he was fully jubilant. Sometimes, thinking himself one with the Supreme, he imitated the… Read More ›
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Three Things You Might Have To Trick Your Children Into Doing
“I am the Self, O Gudakesha, seated in the hearts of all creatures. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.20) Download this episode (right click and save) अहम् आत्मा गुडाकेश सर्व-भूताशय-स्थितः… Read More ›
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Three Ways Maya Can Fool An Otherwise Intelligent Person
“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 ›
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Three Ways To Get Fooled By A Fake Incarnation
“Another day, when Krishna and Balarama were playing with Their friends, all the boys joined Balarama and told mother Yashoda that Krishna had eaten clay.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 1, Ch 8) Download this episode (right click… Read More ›
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Four Ways Janaka Could Have Reacted To Finding Sita
“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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Three Kinds Of Calculations Which Fail To Provide An Accurate Understanding
“O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities; but Me… Read More ›
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Five Settings To Describe The Natural Situation In Vrindavana
“The elderly persons like Nanda Maharaja and Yashodadevi, the friends like Shridama, Sudama and the other cowherd boys, the gopis like Shrimati Radharani and Her associates, and even the birds, beasts, cows and calves are attracted. The flowers and fruits… Read More ›
