Hare Krishna! Hare Krishna maharaja, we are speaking about pure devotional service and the standard that we are supposed to reach, but seeing such a higher standard of pure devotional service that we are supposed to get. If, when we are trying but the standard which Våträsura is showing it, …
This material life, karmis which we are talking about, they go to the movies, they do gambling, and they enjoy from that. But after certain time they get frustrated, they want something new out of it. But for the same thing, when we come into spiritual life, because we are …
According to the Vedic system there are five ways of acquiring knowledge. The first is ‘pratyaksha’ which means through direct perception of the mind and senses. But that is very faulty! Another is ‘paroksha,’ which means indirect knowledge, receiving and understanding from higher authorities who know more than us. The …
“This world is a place of fear. The most prominent expenditures within society today, all over the planet, are based on fear.” – Radhanath Swami. People put a lot of time, energy and money into building hospitals and buying medicines. It is all based on fear of disease, fear of …
Have you ever seen what elephants could do? I have personally seen big male elephants who wrap their trunk around a tree and just rip them along with the roots, right out of the ground and throw it. They are powerful. But when the elephant goes in to the current …
Addictions are very deep; they are like weeds. If you cut a weed it just grows right back. If you cut it again, it grows back again. The more you cut it, the more it grows. And if you don’t cut it, it will strangle the flower of your consciousness. …
Today people use their free-will to condition themselves to such dangerous habits. They are not only illegal, but even though they are so dangerous to the mind, body and soul, they are utterly socially acceptable. Let us take smoking cigarettes for instance. First of all, just a couple of years …
When I first came to India, I was about 19 years old. I am just now remembering my first day in this great country. In the evening I was walking down the street in old Delhi, chandani chowk area and one very polite gentleman approached me on the street and asked me, …
We are all spirit souls and part of God, according to Gita, and Krishna is svarat which means he is completely independent. As parts of the supreme Lord, we also have independence. People can take away your money, material nature can take away your health, time will take away your …
Earlier this year, one of our very dear God-brothers who visited this temple, His Holiness Sridhar Swami Maharaja, departed from this world. He had a very difficult disease and physically he suffered for many years. But, do you know what his name was, amongst those you knew him? ‘The Jolly …
