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Fry up the karma

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Knot Between Matter And Spirit

So everyone is suffering or enjoying the resultant action of his karma. Yas tv indra-gopam athavendram aho sva-karma-bandhanurupa. Bandhana. As he’s bound up by the resultant action of karma… Bandhanurupa-phala-bhajanam ata… They are getting different results of their karma. It is very easy to understand. But for the devotees it is said, karmani nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhajam [Bs. 5.54], those who have taken to Krsna consciousness in devotional service, their karma is cut off. There is no resultant action. Just like

light-of-godhead2015-07-31T18:56:41+00:00July 30th, 2015|Categories: Analogies, Karma|

God is not so cheap

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Spiritual Life Is Scientific

This is the sign. Evam prasanna-manaso bhagavad-bhakti-yogatah (SB 1.2.20). Then you can understand what is God. God is not so cheap: “Come on, I shall show you God. You haven’t got to follow any rules and regulations.” People want to be cheated. Therefore there are so many cheaters. They take advantage of it. Because they want everything very cheap. That is not possible. This is the stage, prasanna-manasa. Then you can understand what is God. Bhagavat-tattva-vi… Because it

light-of-godhead2015-07-31T18:59:08+00:00July 30th, 2015|Categories: Analogies, God realization|Tags: Cheated, Cheaters, Mathematics, Science|

How to easily understand Krsna

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Spiritual Life Is Scientific

So it is not so easy to understand Sri Krsna. Manusyanam sahasresu kascid yatati siddhaye, yatatam api siddhanam: (BG. 7.3) “Those who have endeavored for perfection of life, out of many such persons, one can hardly understand Krsna.” It is not so easy. But it is by Krsna’s grace. Krsna being very compassionate with these fallen souls of this age, He appeared as Lord Caitanya and distributed Krsna. That is His prerogative. That is His right. If Krsna wants to distribute

light-of-godhead2015-07-31T19:00:36+00:00July 30th, 2015|Categories: Analogies, God realization, Lord Caitanya|

I am so unfortunate

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Spiritual Life Is Scientific

So if you want to know God, then you have to follow the prescribed rules and regulations of bhagavad-bhakti-yoga. It is very simple. It is made very easy, especially in this age: simply by chanting Hare Krsna mantra. It’s so made easy, but we are so unfortunate that we do not take advantage of this. Etadrsi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragah. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu laments, “My dear Lord, You are so compassionate and merciful upon us that in this

light-of-godhead2015-07-31T19:01:16+00:00July 29th, 2015|Categories: Analogies, Chanting, God realization, Lord Caitanya|Tags: Lament, No taste, Rules and regulations, Unfortunate|

Krsna can excuse you

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Bound By So Many Knots

Karmani nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhajam [Bs. 5.54]. In the Brahma-samhita this is, that “Those who have taken to Krsna consciousness, their karma, their action of, resultant action of karma, is stopped.” How it is stopped? Krsna gives you assurance in the Bhagavad-gita: aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami. “I shall give you protection from all kinds of resultant action of your sinful life. You just surrender to Me.” Krsna can do everything. Just like king can give you, excuse you. Although by law

light-of-godhead2015-07-31T02:21:09+00:00July 29th, 2015|Categories: Analogies, Karma|Tags: Excuse, King|

Spiritual life is scientific

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Spiritual Life Is Scientific

So bhagavat-tattva-vijnanam. Vijnana means science. It is not concoction, speculation. It is a science. Just like mathematics is a science: “Two plus two equal to four.” You cannot make two plus two equal to five according to your whims. No. Anywhere you go, it doesn’t matter. Because it is science, so either in America or in India or in England, everyone will accept “Two plus two equal to four.” That is science. Science is true everywhere. Not that “I can imagine my

light-of-godhead2015-07-31T19:02:54+00:00July 29th, 2015|Categories: Analogies, God realization|Tags: Imagination, Mathematics, Science|

We become what we associate with

Speaker: Radhanath Swami
Source: Power of Inquiry-1

We become what we associate with. If we associate with impure people, impure activities, impure thoughts, we become polluted. If we associate with people who are pure, activities that are pure, and thoughts that are pure, we become purified. Srila Prabhupada, our guru, gave the example of an iron rod. If we put it in fire, it becomes red and hot like fire; and if you touch it, you’ll be burnt the same way as when you touch the fire directly. That is the

light-of-godhead2015-07-02T19:18:05+00:00July 2nd, 2015|Categories: Analogies, Association, Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada|Tags: Fire, Ice, Iron rod|

Representative of Krsna

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Kanista, Madhyama, Uttama

The spiritual master is the representative of Krsna. How he becomes representative? What is the test? The test is… Just like anyone can understand, representative. Suppose a business firm’s representative is going to canvass for business, what is his business? He will take the interest of the firm, not his personal interest. He will try to secure business for the firm he’s working, not for his personal… That is perfect representative. And if he goes, in the name of the firm’s representative,

light-of-godhead2015-07-02T19:56:12+00:00July 1st, 2015|Categories: Analogies, Spiritual master, Surrender|Tags: Representative|

I saw the train

Speaker: Suresh Gajendran
Source: Krishna is the Absolute Truth

Once, there were three brothers who lived in a village. They had never gone to the city before, and they had no understanding of what a train was. One day they went to the city to see for themselves what a train was. As they waited, they heard the sound of the train’s whistle, and they turned to another man and asked, “Is that the train?” And the man answered, “Yes.” Hearing this one of the three brothers returned to his

light-of-godhead2015-08-31T21:15:44+00:00June 10th, 2015|Categories: Absolute truth, Analogies, Videos|Tags: Bhagavan, Brahman, Paramatma, Train|

Real starvation

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Relieving Our Bodily Burden

Real starvation is of the soul. The soul is not getting spiritual food. Here, in this meeting, this is meant for giving to the starving spirit soul. And as soon as you get some spiritual food, then we become happy. That is the situation. Yayatma suprasidati. Unless you get spiritual food there cannot be satisfaction of the real soul. The same example, within the cage there is the bird. If you simply wash the cage very nicely and cover it and paint

light-of-godhead2015-08-31T21:11:47+00:00May 21st, 2015|Categories: Analogies, Real satisfaction, Videos|Tags: Bird in the cage, Encagement, Freedom, Starvation|

If Krsna is not satisfied we starve

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 and night, and this rascal abdomen is sitting down and eating only. (laughter) He is doing nothing. We are collecting everything, and putting into the stomach, and he is eating, very…, sitting nice. So strike: ‘We shall not work.’

light-of-godhead2015-05-22T05:00:31+00:00May 13th, 2015|Categories: Analogies, Real satisfaction, Senses, Service attitude|Tags: Senses on strike|

At least lift your anchor

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: At Least Lift Your Anchor

Perhaps you all remember that a bridegroom party was to go to the bride’s home. In India the marriage party, bridegroom party, the bride, his father, his relatives, go with the bride, bridegroom, to the bride’s home, and the marriage ceremony takes place there in the presence of all kinds of relatives. That is the system. So the marriage was to take place in a different village some miles away, and in Bengal the land is full of rivers. The rivers are

light-of-godhead2015-09-28T21:32:59+00:00May 13th, 2015|Categories: Analogies, Material enjoyment, Videos|Tags: Anchor, Boat, Marriage Party, Motivated|