sa evayam´ maya te ‘dya yogah proktah puratanah bhakto ‘si me sakha ceti rahasyam´ hy etad uttamam Translation : That very ancient science of the relationship with the Supreme is today told by Me to you because you are My devotee as well as My friend. Therefore you can understand the transcendental mystery of this [...]
śrī-prahlāda uvāca tvayaiva dattaḿ padam aindram ūrjitaḿ hṛtaḿ tad evādya tathaiva śobhanam manye mahān asya kṛto hy anugraho vibhraḿśito yac chriya ātma-mohanāt (SB 8.22.16) Translation : Prahlāda Mahārāja said: My Lord, it is Your Lordship who gave this Bali the very great opulence of the post of heavenly king, and now, today, it is [...]
The Supreme Personality Of Servitude Godhead : The disappearance of HDG A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Shri Krishna explains, janma karma ca me divyam evaà yo vetti tattvataù tyaktvä dehaà punar janma naiti mäm eti so ‘rjuna [BG 4.9] ‘One who understands the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities never attains…never [...]
Lord Chaitanya Receives Govardhan Shila : The Personality of Godhead, Shri Krishna, incarnated as Govardhan hill and how special the Govardhan hill is to the devotees of Shri Krishna. In the Caitanya Caritamrita, it tells us, how one devotee once came from Vrindavan to Jagannath Puri with one small stone from Govardhan hill. Govardhan or [...]
çraddhäväl labhate jïänaà tat-paraù saàyatendriyaù jïänaà labdhvä paräà çäntim acireëädhigacchati [BG 4.39] Translation : A faithful man who is absorbed in transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses is eligible to achieve such knowledge, and having achieved it he quickly attains the supreme spiritual peace. Purport : Such knowledge in Krishna consciousness can [...]
WATCH THOSE THOUGHTS OF THE MIND svapne yathä paçyati deham édåçaà manorathenäbhiniviñöa-cetanaù dåñöa-çrutäbhyäà manasänucintayan prapadyate tat kim api hy apasmåtiù (SB 10.1.41) Translation : Having experienced the situation by seeing or hearing about it, one contemplates and speculates about that situation, and thus one surrenders unto it, not considering his present body. Similarly by [...]
Ädi Lila 1.36 çré-rüpa, sanätana, bhaööa-raghunätha çré-jéva, gopäla-bhaööa, däsa-raghunätha Translation My instructing spiritual masters are Çré Rüpa Gosvämé, Çré Sanätana Gosvämé, Çré Bhaööa Raghunätha, Çré Jéva Gosvämé, Çré Gopäla Bhaööa Gosvämé and Çréla Raghunätha däsa Gosvämé. Ädi Lila 1.37 ei chaya guru—çikñä-guru ye ämära täì’-sabära päda-padme koöi namaskära Translation These six are my instructing spiritual [...]
vande çré-kåñëa-caitanya- nityänandau sahoditau gauòodaye puñpavantau citrau çan-dau tamo-nudau (CC Adi Lila 1.2) Harinaam Diksa : We have been discussing from Sri Chaitanya Caritamrita, the subject matter of the spiritual master. Within our Gaudiya Vaishnava Sampraday, there are two initiations given to the aspiring devotee. The first is the Hari Nama diksha. This is [...]
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