Spiritual Wisdom & Insights

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source:The Rascals’ Business We are meeting with so many problems of life. These are called anarthas, unnecessary. I am spirit soul; you are spirit soul. We are as good as God. Anandamayo ‘bhyasat. Our real position is ananda. Sac-cid-ananda. Why we are meeting so many problems?...

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...

When we started Kids Bhagavatam for small kids aged 4 1/2 – 51/2 in 2018, I dint know what is the best way to teach. I wanted to systematically cover the subject matter, and simultaneously teach them key philosophical concepts in sufficient depth. Initially I started going verse by verse...

Speaker: Giriraj Swami
Source:Tamal Krishna Goswami’s and Jagannatha dasa Babaji’s Disappearance Day Today is Srila Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja’s disappearance day. He comes in the Gaudiya Vaishnava disciplic succession after Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura and Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana. He was a renounced ascetic, fully engaged in chanting the holy...

Source:Breaking Ground Suddenly the old derelict returns, announcing his entrance: “How are ya?” He is carrying something. He maneuvers his way through the group, straight to the back of the temple, where the Swami is sitting. He opens the toilet room door, puts two rolls of bathroom tissue inside,...

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Senses On Strike

There is a story in the Hitopadesa: Udarendriyanam. Udara. Udara means this belly, abdomen, and indriya means senses. Udarendriyanam. What is that? All the different parts of the body, hands, legs, fingers and everyone, they held a meeting, that “We are working day...