The Redwood trees in California can grow more than 320 feet high. Some have a 24 feet wide trunk. They have a life span of thousands of years. How deep their roots must be! But surprisingly, their roots don’t grow deep at all. They move horizontally, and intertwine with the …
Earlier this year I was invited to the house of the lords in London and that was a very what am I doing in the house of the lords. I was remembering that 43 years before I was sitting on the river bank of the river Thames completely confused about …
When we call upon Krishna’s name it is the most accessible and powerful way of remembering Krishna specially if we are attentive Krishna tells in the gita that he reveals himself to us according to the sincerity of our surrender in the same way according to the sincerity in which …
The Principle of Karma must be understood properly, if we want to make proper progress. But the details of Karma are inconceivable often, and often times in comprehensible. An example we often use because it happened to me some years ago. I got malaria, yes. How many of you have …
This whole world, as far as perception, is a mirror of our own consciousness. Nobody sees the same thing in the world in the same way. Whatever and whoever we come in contact with, we are going to see according to our own state of consciousness. Yes the world is …
So, the most important question is how to chant the holynames to actually access this grace? Lord Chaitanya taught us in a verse which is like the golden rule for Gaudya Vaishnavas. The Golden rule in the western scriptures is “do unto others as you would want them to do …
“So we should always be sincerely trying to cultivate Love of God at each moment.” – Radhanath Swami Time’s precious; how we spend every moment determines our future. Those determined for worldly achievements keep their time under vigilance; the less determined squander away precious time.
But the prayers are the package by which we send a message to Krishna or to God according to our particular religion. You have an envelope, you may even have the right address on it. Some people put the wrong address on. You have an envelope, if you are not …
Krishna wants to reciprocate with the love of all his devotees, because he is unlimited. The first boy comes to touch Krishna and Krishna open his arms and embraces that boy and Krishna feels the ecstasy of the love of his friend and friend experience the ecstasy of the touch …
Krishna’s special grace within this world is He sends His devotees and those devotees are places of pilgrimage: bhavat vidha bhagvat Tirtha bhutah svayam, because they carry Krishna in their heart. And someone who is attached to Krishna, if we become attached to them it’s the same as being attached …
