Devotional concepts – Page 5

Devotee is more kind than the Lord

Men who are ignorant cannot appreciate activities in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa advises us not to disturb them and simply waste valuable time. But the devotees of the Lord are more kind than the Lord because they understand the purpose of the Lord. Consequently, they undertake all kinds of risks, even to the point of approaching ignorant men to try to engage them in the acts of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which are absolutely necessary for the human being.

light-of-godhead2015-05-25T00:24:55+00:00April 29th, 2015|Categories: Bhagavad Gita, Compassion, Devotional concepts|Tags: Lords purpose|

Equal to all but partial to devotees

BG 9.29: I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him. One may question here that if Krsna is equal to everyone and no one is His special friend, then why does He take a special interest in the devotees who are always engaged in His transcendental service?

This is not discrimination; it is natural.
Lord reciprocates according to how one approaches him - (ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham, BG 4.11)

light-of-godhead2015-10-08T00:52:46+00:00April 28th, 2015|Categories: Bhagavad Gita notes, Devotional concepts, Lords reciprocation|Tags: Lords mood|

My miracle – Hippies into happies

Speaker: Radhanath Swami
Source: Power of Habits

Someone asked Srila Prabhupada, “Can you show me a miracle?” He wanted to see creating some ashes or creating some gold, or reading his mind or telling him who is mother was or when his mother died. These are miracles. Many mystics demonstrate to the world but Srila Prabhupada explained that “My miracle is I’ve transformed hippies into happies by inspiring them with the association of Krishna, His name, His beautiful form. These people, who were addicted

light-of-godhead2015-06-17T23:27:57+00:00April 24th, 2015|Categories: Miracle, Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada|

Devotional service is directly perceived

Source: BG 9.2 purport

In the Vedānta-sūtra (3.2.26) this is also described in the following words: prakāśaś ca karmaṇy abhyāsāt. “Devotional service is so potent that simply by engaging in the activities of devotional service one becomes enlightened without a doubt.”

A practical example of this can be seen in the previous life of Nārada, who in that life happened to be the son of a maidservant. He had no education, nor was he born into a high family. But when his mother was engaged in serving

light-of-godhead2015-06-10T06:37:43+00:00April 10th, 2015|Categories: Higher taste, Narada Muni, Stories|

News from the unlimited spiritual sky

Source: How shall I serve you?

In Calcutta a politician had asked Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī how he could possibly print his Nadiyā Prakāśa as a daily newspaper. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī had replied that it was not so amazing if one considered that in Calcutta alone there were almost half a dozen ordinary daily newspapers, although Calcutta was but one city amongst all the cities of India, India was but one nation amongst many nations on the earth, the earth was but an insignificant planet amidst all the other planets in the

light-of-godhead2015-06-10T06:53:33+00:00April 10th, 2015|Categories: Krsna katha, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Stories|

Approach God for wealth and get cheated

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Depend on Krsna’s mercy

In communist country the innocent village people, they go to church and ask for bread, and when they come out of the church, the communist leader ask them, “Have you got bread?” So they say, “Now ask bread from us.” So they ask bread, “O, communist leader, give me bread.” So they supply immense quantity of bread: “Take as much as you like.” So then they ask, “Who has supplied you bread?” They say, the communist leader. In this way they propagate, “Now there

light-of-godhead2015-10-07T21:14:43+00:00April 6th, 2015|Categories: Dharma|Tags: bread, Cheating religion, Christians, Communist, Motivated|