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Speaker:Krishna Rupa Devi dasi A person once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an Archavigraha of Krishna. Suddenly he noticed a similar Archavigraha kept nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two statues of the same Deity?” “No,” said the sculptor without...
Speaker: Bhakti Vikasa Swami Source: Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Vaibhava Bābājī Mahārāja told him, “I once accepted a disciple, but he cheated me and went away. I will not make any further disciples.” But Śrī Siddhānta Sarasvatī was not easily discouraged and again begged for mercy. Bābājī Mahārāja responded, “I will ask...
Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source:If Krishna Says All Right… If you simply satisfy Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then you satisfy all others. Tasmin tusto jagat tustah. Just like you know the story, in Mahabharata, that Duryodhana planned… Duryodhana… Once Duryodhana satisfied Durvasa Muni very nicely, and Durvasa Muni...
Speaker: Vaiyasaki dasa
Source: Radha-Damodara Vilasa
Recognizing Tamal Krsna’s organizational ability, Prabhupada spends a lot of time training him in management skills. Tamal begins to think that he is getting special attention beyond that of the other devotees. Whenever the spiritual master detects false pride in a disciple he is...
Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: How not to be in the material worldJust like in krsna-lila, Krsna was stealing butter. So the neighboring friends of Yasoda-mata, was complaining… It is not a complaint; it was just to see the fun of Krsna. Krsna was sitting, and they were complaining. They were seeing the bodily feature, how Krsna is...
In 2015, while this site was getting updates with more and more analogies and stories from Srila Prabhupada’s purports, it just occurred to me that these stories are so potent, one can even discuss them with children and bring out deep philosophical points. To experiment with this idea, we started...
