“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7) Download as podcast episode (right click and save) किं नु तेषां गृहैः कार्यं किं… Read More ›
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Five Points of Emphasis For Advice On How To Chant
“Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.11) Download as podcast episode (right click and save) तेषाम् एवानुकम्पार्थम् अहम् अज्ञान-जं तमः नाशयाम्य्… Read More ›
Five Reasons To Move For Your Child
“It is not proper to remain in this place. Let us go to another great forest, as here we have seen numerous calamities which are causes of ruin. The destruction of Putana and the reversal of the cart, and similarly… Read More ›
Five Tethers For The Hard Knot of Sense Gratification
“Everyone comes to this material world attracted to sense gratification, and the hard knot of sense gratification is the attraction between male and female. By this attraction, one becomes overly attached to the material world in terms of griha-kshetra-suta-apta-vitta—that is,… Read More ›
Five Designations That Are Of The Same Essence
“Situated on the vehicle given by material nature and reminded by the Supersoul within the heart, the living entity struggles all over the universe to fulfill his plans, thinking, ‘I am a brahmana,’ ‘I am a kshatriya,’ ‘I am an… Read More ›
Five Ways Someone Helped By God Might Not Show Appreciation
“Prahlada Maharaja said: O Supreme Lord, because You are so merciful to the fallen souls, I ask You for only one benediction. I know that my father, at the time of his death, had already been purified by Your glance… Read More ›
Five Reflections On The Sudden Appearance Of Narasimha
“Shri Hari, who is the Lord of the demigods, who is worshiped by the people of the world, for benefiting the moving and nonmoving beings of the world took that dreadful form through His own energy and tore apart Hiranyakashipu,… Read More ›
Five Things I Must Be Shown In Order To Believe In God
“O king, the beauty of Rukmini was indeed unparalleled on this earth. The highly effulgent Vasudeva desired her simply by hearing about her. Indeed, through hearing Janardana was also desired by her. She thought, ‘As He is heroic, resplendent, and… Read More ›
Five Ways To Know That Love of God Is Natural
“It is the living entity’s constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Krishna because he is the marginal energy of Krishna and a manifestation simultaneously one and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or fire…. Read More ›
Five Things That Could Make My Spouse Happy
“Whether it be residence on top of a palace, traveling on airplanes, or flying through the sky (via yogic powers), in all circumstances the shade of the husband’s feet is by far superior.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 27.9) Download as… Read More ›