Not long ago I was in Chicago. The son of a person I know took me into his beautiful home. He had a basement and he must have had about twenty thousand dollars’ worth of toys and all sorts of computerised games for his son. Probably as big as …
Calendar warns us of death, because time passes imperceptibly. It’s very difficult to see day by day how time is affecting our lives. After years we see changes; we see we are growing or we are wrinkling, ageing. Gradually, in a very invisible way time consumes us and symptoms come, …
You see, if you had solace now, you wouldn’t take shelter. The solace is in taking shelter. Yes?! We understand that at the time of death we are in a helpless condition; only Krishna can save us. We can attain the ultimate perfection at the time of death if we …
By the sun of grace, then we see everything as it is. nitya-siddha krishna-prema ‘saadhya’ kabhu naya shravanaadi-suddha-citte karaye udaya (CC Madhya 22.107) Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, He gave this beautiful verse. That this love for God, for Krishna, this love for all living beings who are part of Krishna …
Because, the humble state of mind, we don’t think we are the controller, we don’t think we are the proprietor, we don’t think we are the doer. That is humility. Humility doesn’t just mean, “I am the most fallen.” We speak these things – I am the dust of your …
“And that is really a expert preacher: the person who can take the essence of Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagvatam, and present it in such a way that that medicine is, that nutrition is digested by the candidate.” – Radhanath Swami Narada Muni came to the palace of Pracinabarhisat and he …
What turns people away from religion or spiritual life? Hypocrisy. – Radhanath Swami Kali-yuga is the age of quarrel and hypocrisy. Hiranyakashyapu was in Satya-yuga. Kamsa was in Dvapar-yuga. Ravana was in Treta-yuga. They were all philosophers and probably better intellectual philosophers than anyone today. Kamsa had all those heads …
So the philosophy is that there are laws of nature, just like there is law of gravity – what goes up must come down. It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not. – Radhanath Swami I can proudly write hundreds of books based on lifetime of scientific research to …
So here is a typical example of material life. Everything Kamsa wanted he got, but he lived in misery. – Radhanath Swami He wanted to be the most powerful person in the world and he was. He wanted all the other Asuras to surrender to him and be his …
Today we are reading from Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 10, Chapter 4 entitled ‘The Atrocities of King Kamsa’, text 21. This verse, like so many in the Srimad Bhagavatam, has many layers of perceptions to learn from. Srimad Bhagavatam is a literary incarnation of Krishna. When Krishna left this world, he …
