Light of Godhead

Reverential mood towards Spiritual Master
Reverential mood towards Spiritual Master

Reverential mood towards Spiritual Master

Speaker: Amoghalila dasa
Source: Tamal Krishna Goswami’s and Jagannatha dasa Babaji’s Disappearance Day

I am thinking of one or two incidents I can mention, and some realizations I had from them. One was the last morning Srila Prabhupada was in Bombay, in Juhu. I was fortunate-actually by Giriraj Maharaja’s mercy-to be able to be in Srila Prabhupada’s room then. After about a month in Bombay, Srila Prabhupada was leaving that morning for Vrindavan. Madhava Prabhu and Upendra Prabhu were also there, though Upendra was in and out of the room.
Srila Prabhupada was just lying on his bed. He could hardly move.

syamala.ids@gmail.com2019-03-28T17:35:44+00:00February 21st, 2018|Categories: Ideal disciple, Tamal Krishna Goswami|Tags: familiarity breeds contempt|

Jagannatha dasa Babaji
Jagannatha dasa Babaji

Jagannatha dasa Babaji

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 names of Krishna and meditating on His pastimes. For some time, he made his residence at Surya-kunda in Vraja-dhama, near the temple of Suryadeva, where Srimati Radharani used to come and worship the sun-god—or, I should say,where She used to come to meet Krishna on the pretext of coming to worship

syamala.ids@gmail.com2019-03-28T17:33:23+00:00February 21st, 2018|Categories: Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Jagannatha dasa babaji, Lord Caitanya|

Seeing Krishna everywhere
Seeing Krishna everywhere

Seeing Krishna everywhere

Speaker: HDG Srila Prabhupada
Source: Expert at everything

“Actually, there is nothing but Krishna all around us. This is explained in the Gita. He is the taste of water, the light of the moon, the fragrance of the flower, the light of the sun, the sound in the sky, the power of the strong, and so on. So one who is actually making progress in Krishna consciousness, he can see Krishna everywhere. At any stage of life, who can avoid the sunlight, the moonlight, the fragrance of the flower, the taste of the water, the sound of the sky,

syamala.ids@gmail.com2019-03-28T14:43:25+00:00February 21st, 2018|Categories: Correspondence, Krsna, Krsna consciousness, Sadhana-bhakti|

Expert at everything

Speaker: HG Shyamasundar prabhu
Source: Expert at everything

Expert at everything. That was Prabhupada. Shyamasundar: Once we were in Mayapur. We had an old—I think it was a 1948 Hudson or some old, big car. And I was driving. We had left the main road. If you have been on the main road you know how bad it is. You can imagine how bad this secondary road was like. We were going to visit Lalit Prasad, who was Bhaktisiddhanta’s living brother, who was a very old man then. We didn’t know the road, and we didn’t know the way

syamala.ids@gmail.com2017-07-10T22:57:00+00:00July 10th, 2017|Categories: Expert, Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada|Tags: Mayapur project, Servant of the Servant, Shyamasundar prabhu, Srila Viśvanātha Cakravartī|

Secret of success

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: SB 3.23.7

In his previous life, Nārada was a maidservant’s son, but his mother was engaged in the service of great devotees. He got the opportunity to serve the devotees, and simply by eating the remnants of their foodstuff and carrying out their orders he became so elevated that in his next life he became the great personality Nārada. For spiritual achievement the easiest path is to take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master and to serve him with heart and soul. That is the secret of success. As stated by Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura

syamala.ids@gmail.com2017-07-10T22:57:55+00:00July 10th, 2017|Categories: Narada Muni, Service attitude, Spiritual master, Stories|Tags: Servant of the Servant, Srila Viśvanātha Cakravartī|

Krishna only accepts love and affection

Speaker: http://www.bhagavatam-katha.com
Source: Krishna only accepts love and affection

Krishna will only accept an offering that is made with love and affection. One incident that shows this took place in Hastinapura. It is well known that Arjuna and his four brothers were Krishna’s very dear friends and devotees. Duryodhana, who also lived in Hastinapura, was the sworn enemy of Arjuna and his brothers(later they fought each other at the Battle of Kurushetra), but he wanted to invite Krishna to a feast.

Duryodhana was very wealthy, so he served preparations of delicious foodstuffs such as ladu, pera, kachori, sandesh and

syamala.ids@gmail.com2017-07-10T22:46:21+00:00July 10th, 2017|Categories: Arjuna, Duryodhana, Pandavas, Stories, Vidura|Tags: free will, love and affection, offering, reciprocation|

Why should we pray?

Speaker: HH Radhanath Swami
Source: Krishna knows everything

Why should we pray if God already knows everything? If He already knows our thoughts, why should we say anything? Because, life is about reciprocation, love is about reciprocation. Yes, the Lord knows our heart and the Lord knows our mind, but it pleases the Lord when by our free will we express ourselves—with the proper intention, proper honesty and integrity. And the Lord will reciprocate! When we offer prayers with sincerity, we enter into the presence of Lord; our lives are transformed.

syamala.ids@gmail.com2017-07-11T13:19:34+00:00July 10th, 2017|Categories: Philosophical concepts, Prayers, Supreme knower|Tags: free will, reciprocation|

Krishna knows everything

Speaker: Krishna Rupa Devi dasi
Source: Krishna knows everything

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 looking up, “We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage.” The gentleman examined the Deity and found no apparent damage. “Where is the damage?” he asked. “There is a scratch on the nose of the Deity.” said the

syamala.ids@gmail.com2017-07-10T22:36:58+00:00July 10th, 2017|Categories: Stories, Supreme knower|Tags: diety, Sculptor, witness|

Bhakti Siddhantas determination for initiation

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 Mahāprabhu. If He gives permission your request will be granted.” When after a few days Śrī Siddhānta Sarasvatī returned and inquired, “What was Mahāprabhu’s order?” Bābājī Mahārāja replied, “I forgot to ask.” And when Śrī Siddhānta Sarasvatī came for the third time he was directly refused. “I asked,” Bābājī

syamala.ids@gmail.com2017-01-02T23:17:39+00:00January 2nd, 2017|Categories: Bhakti Siddhanta saraswati thakura, Determination, Gaura Kishor das, Initiation, Stories|

SB-1.3.1-2: Three Vishnus

SB-1.3.1-2: Sūta said: In the beginning of the creation, the Lord first expanded Himself in the universal form of the puruṣa incarnation and manifested all the ingredients for the material creation. And thus at first there was the creation of the sixteen principles of material action. This was for the purpose of creating the material universes.

Those fortunate living entities who catch the truth and surrender unto the lotus feet of Vāsudeva after many, many births in the material world join the eternally liberated souls and thus are allowed to enter into the kingdom of Godhead. After this, such fortunate living entities need not come again within the occasional material creation. But those who cannot catch the constitutional truth are again merged into the mahat-tattva at the time of the annihilation of the material creation.

syamala.ids@gmail.com2016-02-10T19:27:32+00:00January 16th, 2016|Categories: Canto 1, Srimad Bhagavatam notes|

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