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Karna deceives his guru Parshurama

Speaker: Gopal Jiu Publications
Source: Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu

One day, when Sri Parshurama experienced some fatigue due to fasting, he thought of taking rest. Out of affection, he took rest in Karna’s lap. At that time, a deadly stinging carnivorous insect, who would feed on the blood and flesh of others climbed onto the lap of Karna and pierced the leg of Karna with his stinger. Due to the wound caused by the sting, Karna’s leg started slowly bleeding. Karna did not move even a bit, although he was

light-of-godhead2015-06-09T15:14:10+00:00May 21st, 2015|Categories: Brahmana, Karna, Ksatriya, Parasurama, Stories, Tolerance|Tags: Cheating, Insect, Sting|

Durvasa muni visits the Pandavas

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 wanted to give him some benediction, “Now you take some benediction, whatever you like.” So Duryodhana was very cunning. His only aim was how to cheat the Pandavas. So he

light-of-godhead2015-10-10T23:01:35+00:00May 13th, 2015|Categories: Durvasa muni, Lords protection, Pandavas, Stories, Videos|Tags: Real satisfaction|

Only a Vaisnava is a true brahmana

Source: Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Vaibhava

Even while executing his vow, Śrī Siddhānta Sarasvatī occasionally went outside Māyāpur for preaching, especially to attack the apa-sampradāyas for misleading people with their bogus interpretations and practices. He particularly agitated the smārta-brāhmaṇas and jata-gosanis (caste Goswamis) by insisting that the position of a brāhmaṇa and post of guru are not hereditary professions. Such assertions were intolerable to the smārta-brāhmaṇas and jata-gosanis, who were keeping a stranglehold on Hinduism in Bengal by maintaining that only persons born into families of supposed brahminical lineage could be counted

light-of-godhead2015-05-22T05:04:21+00:00May 7th, 2015|Categories: Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Brahmana, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Stories, Vaishnava|Tags: Smārta paṇḍitas and jata-gosanis|

Again become a mouse!

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Divinity, Demon & Devotee

Punar musiko bhava: “Again become a mouse.” You know this story? Punar musiko bhava. There is a story. There is a very nice story. One rat, mouse, he came to a saintly person. Everyone comes to saintly person for some blessing, you see. Real blessing they don’t want. Some material blessing. Real blessing, Krsna, they don’t want. If you give him some blessing that “You become very rich man and…” These… they’ll be very much pleased. are all very well, this.

light-of-godhead2015-05-17T23:51:23+00:00May 6th, 2015|Categories: Service attitude, Stories|Tags: Mouse|

Vaishnava is greater than foremost brahmanas

Source: CC Antya 3.222

“Feeding you is equal to feeding ten million brāhmaṇas,” Advaita Ācārya said. “Therefore, accept this śrāddha-pātra.” Thus Advaita Ācārya made him eat.

Purport: Śrāddha is prasādam offered to the forefathers at a certain date of the year or month. The śrāddha-pātra, or plate offered to the forefathers, is then offered to the best of the brāhmaṇas in society. Instead of offering the śrāddha-pātra to any other brāhmaṇa, Advaita Ācārya offered it to Haridāsa Ṭhākura, considering him greater than any of the foremost brāhmaṇas. This act by Śrī Advaita Ācārya proves that Haridāsa Ṭhākura was always situated in a transcendental position

light-of-godhead2015-05-18T04:03:50+00:00May 6th, 2015|Categories: Advaita Acarya, Brahmana, Haridasa Thakura, Stories, Vaishnava|Tags: Sraddha|

Mrgari hunter and Narada muni

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Devotional Desire

In this connection I shall recite one historical incident from the Puranas. There was a hunter in Prayag. Prayag, as you know, is in Allahabad. He kept hunting in the forest indiscriminately. Once, Narada Muni was passing through the jungle and felt very compassionate towards the animals who were half-dead and half-killed by the hunter. Narada Muni, being a Vaisnava, was very kind to all living entities.

light-of-godhead2015-05-25T00:25:55+00:00April 28th, 2015|Categories: Narada Muni, Spiritual master, Stories|

Supreme is Supreme

Source: SB 2.5.7

Nārada Muni accepted Brahmā as the Supreme due to Lord Brahmā’s wonderful acts in creation, but doubts arose in him when he saw that Lord Brahmā also worshiped some superior authority. The Supreme is supreme, and He has no worshipable superior. The ahaṅgrahopāsitā, or the one who worships himself with the idea of becoming God Himself, is misleading, but the intelligent disciple can at once detect that the Supreme God does not need to worship anyone, including Himself, in order to

light-of-godhead2015-06-10T06:34:06+00:00April 24th, 2015|Categories: Brahma, Narada Muni, Stories|Tags: Becoming God|

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|

God is enjoying

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: What to Ask From God

One European gentleman went to Calcutta. And he visited several temples in Calcutta. And he visited our temple also. Our temple is Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Just the picture, Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.So, he went to the temple of Goddess Kālī. He saw the Goddess Kālī’s very ferocious feature.And [she] has got one, what is called, chopper in her hand.[splice] She’s chopping the heads of the demons. And she has the garland of the heads of the demons, and engaged in fighting. So, he’s supposed to be intelligent man.He said

light-of-godhead2015-10-07T21:38:05+00:00April 10th, 2015|Categories: Stories, Supreme enjoyer|

We are very insignificant

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 always quick to rectify the anartha. Prabhupada brings this up in a gentle way when Tamal brings over Muralidhara’s new painting of the Bhagavatam cover for approval.

As Prabhupada studies the painting, he begins to point out the different features

light-of-godhead2015-10-07T21:22:15+00:00April 10th, 2015|Categories: Chastisement, Humility, Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada, Stories, Tamal Krishna Goswami|