The Bliss Of Krishna Consciousness

2022-04-14 13:55:43 Hare Krishna

Join us tonight on Zoom at 9pm (IST) for The blissful experience of Hare Krishna Chanting Meditation, Sankirtan and Reading the book :-

‘On The Way To Krishna’

Written by His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Time: Meet at 9pm (IST)

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2022-04-13 11:20:09 Open / Comment

2022-04-11 10:49:54 Hare Krishna For all those who are willing to advance further in Krishna Consciousness, this is some information on how to observe Ekadasi fasting :- Ekadasi is observed for increasing the strength of devotion. (Srila Prabhupada’s Letter to Madhusudana… Open / Comment

2022-04-10 09:14:05 Open / Comment

2022-04-09 11:02:11 People are wandering within this material world, living entity, in different forms of life under different conditions of life. But they are not getting the information of Kṛṣṇa. That is their misfortune. So one who is fortunate during this period of continuous wandering in different species of life on different planets, he contacts another devotee. Guru-Kṛṣṇa. Or one who is actually anxious to unite with the Supreme Lord, how one gets this consciousness—by associating with devotees. Just like we are holding this class. Even those who are not devotee, outsider, if they come they can also understand, then he becomes, one becomes very seriously anxious how to understand God, how to go back to home, back to Godhead. Then Kṛṣṇa immediately helps. This is the process. Kṛṣṇa is there within your heart. As soon as you become little serious, immediately, Kṛṣṇa is ready. Kṛṣṇa is ready, He is sitting with you as a friend. Simply looking for the opportunity when you'll come back to Him. That is Kṛṣṇa. He's always sitting with you.

Srila Prabhupada
(Lecture on Bhagwat Gita 2.11 -- London, August 17, 1973) Open / Comment

2022-04-08 11:37:41 Open / Comment

2022-04-05 07:26:15 Who is a Bona Fide Spiritual Master?

The following is an excerpt from Srila Prabhupada’s interview with freelance reporter Sandy Nixon which took place in July 1975, in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s quarters at the Kṛṣṇa center in Philadelphia.

Ms. Nixon: How can one tell a bona fide spiritual master from a fake?

Śrīla Prabhupāda: Whoever teaches how to know God and how to love Him—he is a spiritual master. Sometimes bogus rascals mislead people. “1 am God,” they claim, and people who do not know what God is believe them. You must be a serious student to understand who God is and how to love Him. Otherwise, you will simply waste your time. So the difference between others and us is that we are the only movement that can actually teach one how to know God and how to love Him. We are presenting the science of how one can know Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by practicing the teachings of the Bhagavad-gītā and the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. They teach us that our only business is to love God. Our business is not to ask God for our necessities. God gives necessities to everyone—even to one who has no religion. For example, cats and dogs have no religion, yet Kṛṣṇa supplies them with the necessities of life. So why should we bother Kṛṣṇa for our daily bread? He is already supplying it. Real religion means to learn how to love Him. The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.6) says,

sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo
yato bhaktir adhokṣaje
ahaituky apratihatā
yayātmā suprasīdati

First-class religion teaches one how to love God without any motive. If I serve God for some profit, that is business—not love. Real love of God is ahaituky apratihatā: it cannot be checked by any material cause. It is unconditional. If one actually wants to love God, there is no impediment. One can love Him whether one is poor or rich, young or old, black or white. Open / Comment

2022-04-01 08:27:34 Open / Comment

2022-03-29 10:00:54 “Who is a Sannyasi?”

Srila Prabhupada:-

Anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṁ kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ sa sannyāsī [Bhagavad Gita. 6.1]. What is the sannyāsī definition? Sannyāsī means he works, but not as the enjoyer of the fruit of the work. That is sannyāsī.

Everyone, karmī...
Karmī means he is working hard, day and night, but he wants the fruit of the work to enjoy himself. That is karmī. Sannyāsī also will work hard day and night, but he will not take the fruit. It is for Kṛṣṇa. That is sannyāsī. Sannyāsī means sat-nyāsī. Nyāsī means renounced, and sat means the supreme truth. One who renounces everything for the sake of supreme truth, he is called sannyāsī. That sannyāsī formality is to change the dress. But anyone... Just like this Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, Arjuna and his brothers, they were all sannyāsīs. But still, formality, they accepted sannyāsa, gave up attachment for the house. In this way... Because he is king, if he does not set example, then others will not accept sannyāsa.

(Srila Prabhupada’s Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.15.39)

Link :-

https://prabhupadavani.org/transcriptions/731217sbla/ Open / Comment

2022-03-28 08:17:46 Open / Comment