Bhakti Vikasa Swami2017January

  1. Real mercy

    bhaktih krsne daya jivesv akuntha-jnanam atmani yadi syad atmano bhuyad apavargas tu samsrteh TRANSLATION If a living entity is developed in Krsna consciousness and is merciful to others, and if his spiritual knowledge of self-realization is perfect, he will immediately attain liberation from the bondage of material existence. PURPORT In this verse the words daya
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  2. Don’t write nonsense

    You cannot write nonsense. You have to write something which corroborates with the Vedic injunction. /Srila Prabhupada, Lecture, January 7, 1967 You must write just as you have heard from your Guru and nothing else. Otherwise, your writing is useless. /Srila Prabhupada, Letter, 8 April 1975
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  5. Reply by Bhakti Vikasa Swami to Dhanurdhara Swami’s critique of “Mothers and Masters”

    His blog posting is a mixture of praise for the book mixed with some bashing, and I’m going to respond mostly to the bashing. I appreciate that he’s taking the trouble to critique the book. He’s not afraid to do so in a negative way ... It’s not a personal matter. We are discussing the whole direction of the Krsna consciousness movement. And that’s actually the major subject of this book
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  6. Chant Hare Krsna, take the opportunity now

    The whole point is that one should begin Krsna consciousness immediately. Suppose one thinks, "After finishing my sporting life, when I am old and there is nothing else to do, then I shall go to the Krsna consciousness Society and hear something." Certainly at that time one can take up spiritual life, but what is the assurance that one will live to an old age? One may
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