“Something can only be known when an attempt to know is made. Otherwise, how to know? Hearing this, Tulsi says to call Shri Rama, holding bow and arrow, to your heart to understand Him.” (Dohavali, 98) jāneṃ jānana joiai binu… Read More ›
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The Three Modes Of Nature And Their Corresponding Conditions
“The living entities conditioned by material nature are of various types. One is happy, another is very active, and another is helpless. All these types of psychological manifestations are causes of the entities’ conditioned status in nature.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita,… Read More ›
Four Miseries The Animal Community Doesn’t Have To Deal With
“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas am I to be known; indeed I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.” (Lord Krishna,… Read More ›
Two Ways To Understand The Material Nature
“Material nature and the living entities should be understood to be beginningless. Their transformations and the modes of matter are products of material nature.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 13.20) Download this episode (right click and save) The goal of spiritual life… Read More ›
Five Destinations For The Spirit Soul To Enjoy Under The Modes Of Nature
“Under the influence of material desire, the entity is born sometimes as a demigod, sometimes as a man, sometimes as a beast, as a bird, as a worm, as an aquatic, as a saintly man, as a bug. This is… Read More ›
Is It Temporary Or Eternal
“Material nature and the living entities should be understood to be beginningless. Their transformations and the modes of matter are products of material nature.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 13.20) Download this episode (right click and save) Friend1: What is the basic… Read More ›
Four Ways To Understand God Through Nature
“Besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine, which are all living entities who are struggling with material nature and are sustaining the universe.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.5) Download this episode (right click and… Read More ›
Like A Golden Lotus
“I hope that His face, having a fragrance like the lotus-flower and golden-like in color, has not dried up due to the sadness and distress of being without me, like the lotus-flower in the waterless pond affected by the sun.”… Read More ›
When A Snake Gets Killed
“I trust that within a very short time I shall see Ravana along with his allies killed on the battlefield by the terrific weapons of Rama.” (Sita Devi speaking to Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 36.27) raudreṇa kaccit astreṇa rāmeṇa… Read More ›
Five Leaves On The Blossom Tree Of Bhakti
“According to their karma, all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them are being elevated to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down into the lower planetary systems. Out of many millions of wandering… Read More ›