“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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No Face Then No Case
“The Lord is personal although impersonal, He is atomic although great, and He is blackish and has red eyes although He is colorless.” (Kurma Purana) Download this episode (right click and save) अस्थूलश् चानणुश् चैव स्थूलो ’णुश् चैव सर्वतः अवर्णः… Read More ›
Three Truths To Understand The Location Of The Living Entities
“By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.4) Download this episode (right click and save) मया ततम् इदं सर्वं जगद् अव्यक्त-मूर्तिना मत्-स्थानि… Read More ›
How Can A Nitya-Baddha Be Saved
“The creation of the material world is not blind or accidental. The living entities who are ever conditioned, or nitya-baddha, are thus given a chance for liberation under the guidance of His own representative like Brahma. The Lord instructs Brahma… Read More ›
Three Ways We Are Not Sach-Chid-Ananda
“Bhagavad-gita also confirms that when the Lord appears He appears as He is by His internal potency. He is not contaminated by the material energy because He is the Lord of material energy. In the Vedic literature we find that… Read More ›
Three Ways To Understand Advaita From Arjuna
“Therefore get up and prepare to fight. After conquering your enemies you will enjoy a flourishing kingdom. They are already put to death by My arrangement, and you, O Savyasachin, can be but an instrument in the fight.” (Lord Krishna,… Read More ›
Five Concepts To Help Explain Advaita
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as Parambrahma, is the seer. He is different from the jiva soul, or individual living entity, who is combined with the senses, the five elements and consciousness.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 3.28.41) Download this… Read More ›
What Does It Mean To Be Satisfied In The Self
“After thus instructing the prostitute about the process of chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, Haridasa Thakura stood up and left, continuously chanting ‘Hari, Hari.’” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya 3.138) Download this episode (right click and save) एत बलि’ तारे ‘नाम’ उपदेश… Read More ›
Five Distinctions From The Classroom Setting
“The king went and received blessings and then paid so much honor and respect after that. When he saw Rama, he experienced a happiness one hundred times that of Brahman realization.” (Janaki Mangala, Chand 5.2) Download this episode (right click… Read More ›
Why This Constant Struggle Between Impersonalist And Personalist
“Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.11) Download this episode (right click and save) अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं… Read More ›