“We should pray to Lord Nrisimhadeva to sit in our hearts. We should pray, bahir nrisimho hridaye nrisimhah: ‘Let Lord Nrisimhadeva sit in the core of my heart, killing all my bad propensities. Let my mind become clean so that I may peacefully worship the Lord and bring peace to the entire world.” – Śrīmad…

Prabhupāda: A child is always in danger. So how you can save them? He’s always in danger. So as far as possible, let us try. He’s going to the fire. He’s going to the water. He’s going to the animal. He’s eating some poison. So always in danger. That childish age is dangerous. Therefore mother…

This is the first part of a series that I will be posting here. An investment of time in this sort of katha will prove immensely beneficial and enthusing for one’s bhajan. These deities of Lord Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra are amazingly powerful. They reside in a place within Sri Mayapur Dham that is considered…

“The author of Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, Srila Rupa Gosvami, very humbly submits that he is just trying to spread Krsna consciousness all over the world, although he humbly thinks himself unfit for this work. That should be the attitude of all preachers of the Krsna consciousness movement, following in the footsteps of Srila Rupa Gosvami. We should…

uttistha jagrata prapya varan nibodhat ksurasya dhara nisita duratyaya durgam pathas tat kavayo vadanti “Please wake up and try to understand the boon that you now have in this human form of life. The path of spiritual realization is very difficult; it is sharp like a razor’s edge. That is the opinion of learned transcendental…

AMBASSADOR OF BHAKTIYOGA butler eagle Bhaktiyoga, chanting the holy name of God, is among the religious practises of A.C.Bhaktivedanta who arrived Monday for a month’s stay in Butler area as a “missionary to the West.” Pictured in the apartment of his sponsor in the United States, Gopal Agarwal, the Swamiji is residing in the YMCA…

Dear Srila Prabhupada, Please accept my most respectful obeisances. All glories to your Divine Grace. Thank you so much for coming to the west and saving this wretch of a human being from self-destruction. It often seems that the whole world is on the brink of ruination. As Kali-yuga progresses and the modes of material…

Today is Bala Gopala’s birthday. He’s headed up to the temple for giving darsan and an abhisek this evening.

Janmastami is the celebration of the advent of Lord Krishna, when He appeared on Earth to perform His pastimes. Devotees of Krishna and Hindus the world over celebrate Janmastami with pomp and circumstance equal to Christmas. In the Bhagavad-gita, Lord Krishna states: “Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious principles, and a predominant…

The following story, told by Salya to Karna, from the forty-first chapter of the “Karna-parva” of Mahabharata nicely illustrates the dangers of pride. There once lived a wealthy vaisya by the side of the ocean. He performed many sacrifices and gave generously in charity. He was quiet, observant of the duties of his order, and…

“The most beautiful and most profound emotion we can experience is in the sensation of the mystical. It is a shower of all true science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, he who can no longer stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of…

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.18.5 tān anādṛtya yo ‘vidvān arthān ārabhate svayam tasya vyabhicaranty arthā ārabdhāś ca punaḥ punaḥ SYNONYMS tān—those; anādṛtya—neglecting; yaḥ—anyone who; avidvān—rascal; arthān—schemes; ārabhate—begins; svayam—personally; tasya—his; vyabhicaranti—do not become successful; arthāḥ—purposes; ārabdhāḥ—attempted; ca—and; punaḥ punaḥ—again and again. TRANSLATION A foolish person who manufactures his own ways and means through mental speculation and does not recognize…