Let us take a world view. If we objectively look at the world today – study the newspapers, magazines, statistics – there is a lot to be depressed about. The types of pollution, the way people treat each other – so much rudeness, so much selfishness, so much egotism, even …
Some people say that when you take to the teachings of Bhagavad-Gita or you become a devotee of Krishna you are escaping the world. But that is the most ridiculous misconception. – Radhanath Swami We do not want to escape; we want to face it for what it is. But …
The body, you can pinch your body so many places; it doesn’t hurt so much. But if you have a boil, you just touch it, it is painful. Have any of you ever had boils before? If you blow on it, it is painful; even if your glance touches it, it is painful, because there is a disease there.
“A devotee who surrenders to Krishna, ‘You are the controller; I am yours.’ That devotee actually becomes completely fearless, and could be peaceful and blissful in any situation, even in the most frustrating difficulties.”- Radhanath Swami Prabhupad gives us that nice painting in Bhagvad Gita where mayadevi is puppeteer and …
One of my dearest God-sisters, who was like a mother to me, She was on her death bed in London and I left from Mumbai to go to visit her. I happened by Gods Grace to come just the day before she passed away. And she was saying, she was …
