1. Austerities for the body

    The Supreme Godhead here explains the different kinds of austerity and penance. First He explains the austerities and penances practiced by the body. One should offer, or learn to offer, respect to God or to the demigods, the perfect, qualified brahmanas and the spiritual master and superiors like father, mother or any person who is […]
  2. The real thing is bhakti

    Any language, you should submit, and you should feel that, that “I am worthless. My Guru Maharaja has given this chance to serve Krsna, to offer Krsna… My Lord, I am worthless. I have no capacity to serve You. But on the order of my Guru Maharaja, I am trying to serve You. Please do […]
  3. Devotional service is greater than God

    How Krsna becomes attracted by the devotional service of His devotees is described by Narada in Srimad-Bhagavatam, Seventh Canto, Tenth Chapter, 37th verse. There Narada addresses King Yudhisthira while the King is appreciating the glories of the character of Prahlada Maharaja. A devotee always appreciates the qualities of other devotees.” … So that was the […]
  4. The transcendental situation

    The next question concerns the dealings of a transcendentally situated person. The materially situated person is affected by so-called honor and dishonor offered to the body, but the transcendentally situated person is not affected by such false honor and dishonor. He performs his duty in Krsna consciousness and does not mind whether a man honors […]
  5. Principles of religion are not dogmas and formulas

    Behavior (following regulative principles) not theoretical knowledge — is paramount for the aspiring spiritualist: The principles of religion, namely austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness… may be followed by the follower of any faith. … The Bhagavatam religion urges following the principles of religion. The principles of religion are not the dogmas or regulative principles of […]
  6. Establish some relation with Krsna

    Association means to develop love for the person. That is association. So we have to become associate of Krsna, as Arjuna became. Always with Krsna — eating with Krsna, sitting with Krsna, talking with Krsna, joking with Krsna, fighting with Krsna — everything Krsna. … Krsna, does He remain with anyone unless he is very […]
  7. Inconceivable Krsna

    Long, long ago I was talking with one Arya-samaji friend. So he did not believe that a lotus stem can grow on the navel of Visnu and there is Brahma born. Everyone says like that, “Mythology.” It is not mythology; it is fact. So I asked him that “Here we see one coconut tree, and […]