Radhanath Swami on Forgiveness
Prahlāda Mahārāja said, “Oh Supreme Lord, because You are so merciful to the fallen souls, I ask you for only one benediction. I know that my father at the time of his death had already been purified by Your glance…
Prahlāda Mahārāja said, “Oh Supreme Lord, because You are so merciful to the fallen souls, I ask you for only one benediction. I know that my father at the time of his death had already been purified by Your glance…
Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur is one of the great compassionate servants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In fact he is an eternal associate of the Lord. He personally descended to this world of birth and death to teach all of us how we could overcome the toils and the sufferings of this material world. And here in this most wonderful song Bhaktivinoda Thakur is appealing to everyone to just take the names of Krishna. Whether you are a grihasta or whether you are a sannyasi, you can become free from all the happiness and sorrows of this world only by this process of Hari Nama, the chanting of Krishna’s holy Names. He is explaining that we are all bound up in this ocean of maya and we are forced to toil ruthlessly.
Kaliyuga – the Sinful age The universal cycle is divided into Satyayuga – the golden age of religiosity and austerity, Treta yuga- where ¾ of the population remain God conscious, Dvapar yuga in which in the beginning 43 gradually dwindles…
harih purastāj jagrhe poorvam devās tato bhavan (SB 8.7.2) The Personality of Godhead, Ajita, grasped the front portion of the snake, and then the demigods followed. tan naicchan daitya-patayo mahā-purusa-cestitam na grhnīmo vayam puccham aher ańgam amańgalam svādhyāya-śruta-sampannah prakhyātā janma-karmabhih (SB 8.7.3) The leaders of the demons thought it unwise to…
Narayanam Namaskrityam …. Naam Naam Akaribahuda Nijasarva saktish … Translation : O my Lord your Holy Name alone can render all benedictions to human beings and thus you have hundreds and millions of names like Krsna and Govinda. In these…