In this clipping radhanath swami is explaining how Gopas would enjoy daily different games with krishna and balaram in the beautiful forest of vrindavan… and these pastimes were not ordinary… “Krishna loved to see the beauty of the vrindavan forest and because vrindavan is non different than Krishna it is …
“Krishna keeps them waiting and the person comes out, he says, oh ok 4 headed Brahma you could come in. But in meanwhile Krishna invited other Brahmas. So, when 4 headed Brahma came in, he saw an 8 headed Brahma, a 16 headed Brahma, a 32 headed Brahma, a 64 …
“To act according to Krishna’s principles even when it’s very difficult, that is integrity. To be the well wisher, to be tolerant and forgiving and respectful, even when we have much to lose on the material platform, that is integrity. To uphold the sanctity of true spiritual values is dignity.” …
“In order for the seed to grow, it has to have soft and fertile ground. Gratitude makes our heart soft. Gratitude fertilizes our heart. Gratitude enables the seed of bhakti to grow. When we expect, when we think we deserve, when we want something very different than what we are …
A spoiled child who just gets whatever he or she wants, whenever she wants it, is never happy because desires can never be satisfied in full because as soon as you satisfy a desire, another desire will come and that desire cannot remain satisfied for long. A child that’s not …
A simple life is conducive to bhakti. Now if we are reading Srimad Bhagvatam properly and hearing from our acharyas, even in a city, you can have simplicity in consciousness. But it is not so easy because consciously or unconsciously, we are very chronically addicted to controlling the environment. But …
One who is starving within, needs to get all sorts of adoration, prestige and credit, but one who actually has, is tasting Krishna within, doesn’t need that. Such a person feels infinitely greater pleasure giving credit to others. The amount of joy that we get taking credit for ourself is …
The cow’s milk bags are so heavy, because they have so much milk, and why did they have so much milk, because they have so much desire to serve Krishna. Their milk in their bag is simply to the degree there is the expression of how much they want to …
For one little thing you do to serve him and to please him, never gone. There is nothing within the entire material creation that can erase from Krishna’s memory our credits in devotional service, because it is eternal. Who is a friend like this? – Radhanath Swami.
