“Everything that is manifested within this cosmic world is but the energy of the Supreme Lord. As fire emanating from one place diffuses its illumination and heat all around, so the Lord, although situated in one place in the spiritual… Read More ›
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Calling For Backup
“By bringing up the fact that Vali desired his brother’s wife, Rama silenced Vali, but Tulsi says that for the same sinful deeds of Sugriva, Rama (Prabhu) did not mind.” (Dohavali, 157) Download this episode (right click and save) बंधु… Read More ›
Five Reports From The Field Of Utsava
“My dear father, I am very respectfully and humbly inquiring. What is this arrangement? Why you are busy in making some sacrificial ceremony, what is the reason, and what is the result? For whose benefit is it and by what… Read More ›
Five Changes Of Possession
“The karmi thinks of this world as ‘mine,’ and the jnani thinks ‘I am’ everything. The whole material conception of politics, sociology, philanthropy, altruism, etc., conceived by the conditioned souls is on the basis of this misconceived ‘I’ and ‘mine,’… Read More ›
Five Concepts Not Dependent On The Means To Understand Them
“And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Behold My mystic opulence! Although I am the maintainer of all living entities, and although I am everywhere, still My Self is the very source of creation.” (Lord Krishna,… Read More ›
Hearing Is Also Experiencing
“Whatever you wish to see can be seen all at once in this body. This universal form can show you all that you now desire, as well as whatever you may desire in the future. Everything is here completely.” (Lord… Read More ›
Five Kinds Of Bhagavad-gita I Do Not Want
“As long as I read the Bhagavad-gita, I simply see the Lord’s beautiful features. It is for this reason that I am reading the Bhagavad-gita, and my mind cannot be distracted from this.” (Brahmana speaking to Lord Chaitanya, Chaitanya Charitamrita,… Read More ›
The Three Kinds Of Evidence With A Corresponding Example
“Vedic knowledge is called shabda-pramana. Another name is shruti. Shruti means that this knowledge has to be received simply by aural reception. The Vedas instruct that in order to understand transcendental knowledge, we have to hear from the authority.” (Shrila… Read More ›
Five Things Shabari Was Not Particularly Known For
“The one who was without a caste, who took birth from a ground of sins – even that woman was liberated. O you of greatly foolish mind, how can you desire happiness while forgetting such a Lord?” (Dohavali, 156) Download… Read More ›
Five Issues Over Which I Can Perpetually Lament
“The Blessed Lord said: While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor the dead.” (Bhagavad-gita, 2.11) Download this episode (right click and save) श्री… Read More ›