rādhā-rati-sukhopeto rādhā-mohana-tat-paraḥ rādhā-vaśī-karo rādhā- hṛdayāmbhoja-ṣaṭpadaḥ He enjoys pastimes with Rādhā (rādhā-rati-sukhopeta). He is enchanted by Rādhā (rādhā-mohana-tat-para). He has Rādhā under His control (rādhā-vaśī-kara). He is a bee attracted to the lotus of Śrī Rādhā’s heart (rādhā- hṛdayāmbhoja-ṣaṭpada). – Sri Gopala-sahasra-nama – Text 16

“I am very sorry to hear Kirtanananda, without doing anything practical, changes his ideas constantly. He was first man in our society to take the robes shave cleanly, & take flag & now he is changing his position. You have asked me to tell you whether you are right or carry one by the following…

from Hari-bhakti-vilasa, by Srila Sanatana Gosvami Moreover, for those who hear Visnu-katha in this month, each half verse or quarter of verse yields the fruits of donating one hundred cows; indeed, O great sage, all other duties should be given up in favor of hearing scriptures from holy men. Be it for spiritual benefit or…

October 9, 1968 Seattle, Washington My Dear Satsvarupa, Please accept by blessings. I have received your letter without date, stating about the situation in Boston. On the statement of your letter, I can understand that it is a political situation. Of course, although everything includes in Krishna Consciousness, we do not wish to take part…

“mitam ca saram ca vaco hi vagmita” – Real eloquence is making your essential point concisely

varaṁ deva mokṣaṁ na mokṣāvadhiṁ vā na canyaṁ vṛṇe ‘haṁ vareṣād apīha idaṁ te vapur nātha gopāla-bālaṁ sadā me manasy āvirāstāṁ kim anyaiḥ O Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for the boon of impersonal liberation, nor the highest liberation of eternal life in…

Viṣṇujana: Lord Jesus Christ said that if you would see God, your eye must be single. Was he referring to that same statement that love of God is that single eye? Prabhupāda: That means your one eye will be lost? What do you mean by that? Viṣṇujana: Just he stated it that… Prabhupāda: No, what…

?So nana-śāstra-vicaraṇaika-nipunau. So we have to study the Vedic literature very carefully, following the footsteps of Gosvāmīs. Not only chanting. This is also required, kṛṣṇot-kīrtana-gāna. But this is meant, if you simply go on chanting without reading books, that is also good. Especially in this age, because nobody has got power to study books. Education…

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In his Bhakti-ratnakara Srila Narahari Cakravarti writes: 1) ?Be careful in your dealings with devotees and never create any ill feelings in their hearts. 2) Creating ill feelings with devotees will create impediments on one?s path of spiritual life. 3) Please be very careful in dealing with the Vaisnavas. Beg their forgiveness for any offense…

?It does seem just a slight bit strange that we have to have scientific proof that love, compassion and joy are good for us. I guess the thinking is, “Well, it works in practice, but does it work in theory?” ? Steve Bhaerman

“Nothing in current science can account for consciousness, yet consciousness is the one thing we cannot deny. The exploration of this final frontier has now become imperative. It is clear that most of the problems we face today ? global, social, and personal ? stem from human thinking, perception, and values. The crisis is, at…

?Man is the touchstone in judging and evaluating everything on earth – imperfect man, who is never free of pride, self-interest, envy, vanity, and dozens of other defects. We are now experiencing the consequences of mistakes which had not been noticed at the beginning of the journey. On the way from the Renaissance to our…