“The highest perfection of human life, achieved either by complete knowledge of matter and spirit, by practice of mystic powers, or by perfect discharge of occupational duty, is to remember the Personality of Godhead at the end of life.” (Shrimad… Read More ›
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Better To Be Killed By Rama
“Tulsi says, ‘O low-born, death which takes place based on the order of Rama will be good for you, whereas the long and sinful life will be unfavorable.’” (Dohavali, 155) Download this episode (right click and save) नीच मीचु लै… Read More ›
A Better Cell In The Prison
“The activities or desires that relatively help a soul attain his constitutional position are called piety. The opposite are called sin. Since devotional service to Krishna is one’s constitutional position, when one cultivates this service, then nescience, which is the… Read More ›
Two Sides To The Arrival Of Death
“And whoever, at the time of death, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 8.5) Download this episode (right click and save) अन्त-काले च माम् एव स्मरन्… Read More ›
Coping With A Crippling Loss
“Meditating on Shri Rama, who has Janaki to His left and Lakshmana to His right, brings all auspiciousness and is your wish-fulfilling tree, O Tulsi.” (Dohavali, 1) Download this episode (right click and save) राम बाम दिसि जानकी लखन दाहिनी… Read More ›
Cause Of Birth
“The Blessed Lord said: Time I am, destroyer of the worlds, and I have come to engage all people. With the exception of you [the Pandavas], all the soldiers here on both sides will be slain.” (Bhagavad-gita, 11.32) Download this… Read More ›
Two Things Occurring On Schedule In The Material World
“Again and again the day comes, and this host of beings is active; and again the night falls, O Partha, and they are helplessly dissolved.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 8.19) Download this episode (right click and save) भूत-ग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा… Read More ›
Two Options Upon Learning Of Impending Death
“If one refuses to act under the direction of the Supreme Lord, then he is compelled to act by the modes in which he is situated. Everyone is under the spell of a particular combination of the modes of nature… Read More ›
Is Believing In The Afterlife Everything
“For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.20)… Read More ›
Shouldn’t Every Person Retire Immediately And Live In A Sacred Place
“Shukadeva Gosvami imparted transcendental knowledge to Maharaja Parikshit during the remaining seven days of his life, and Maharaja Parikshit heard him properly, just like an ardent student. The effect of such a bona fide hearing and chanting of Shrimad-Bhagavatam was… Read More ›