69 1. What harm does false renunciant cause a practitioner of devotional service? What is the benefit of giving up false renunciation? Markala-vairagya, false renunciation, is a major weakness of heart. By carefully giving it up, … Read More
Near Akrura-ghata is the sacrificial arena (yajna-sthala) of the Mathura brahmanas. Once, Sri Krishna and His cowherd friends were grazing the cows near Yajna-sthala. Feeling hungry, Krishna sent the sakhas to beg for foodstuffs from … Read More
The following two Sanskrit slokas are quoted in the Chaitanya Charitamrita from Haribhakti Sudhodaya. (11 and 12th.) (In Devanagari:) bhagavad-bhakti-hinasya jatih sastram japas tapah apranasyaiva dehasya mandanam loka-ranjanam sucih sad-bhakti-diptagni- dagdha durjati-kalmashah svapako ‘pi budhaih slagyo … Read More
BY: DR. DEMIAN MARTINS Mar 03, 2018 — INDIA (SUN) — I am glad to announce the discovery of an unpublished and unknown manuscript entitled Gopala-puja. According to the colophon, this … Read More
December 16, 1966, New York Bhagavad-gita 9.26-27 “Just establish, just propagate this everywhere. In the hospital, in the charitable societies, in industrial places, everywhere distribute this prasada and chant this Hare Krsna. Just see what … Read More
On our right side there is Indra-puja shrine on the Govardhan Hill and Airavata’s footprint impressed upon the rock right next to it. Krisna was walking on Govardhan … Read More
By Janananda Gosvami Hey that’s not what Prabhupada said. You’ve got it the wrong way round. He said ” resolution, then revolution, then dissolution—no solution! What do you mean revolution? Another ISKCON reform, a … Read More
1) Genealogy. Descended from Visnu thus : Brahma – Atri-Candra-Budha – Pururavas – Ayus – Nahusa-Yayati Puru – Janarnejaya-Pracinvan-Pravira – Namasyu – Vitabhaya-S undu-Bahuvidha-Sarhyati-Rahovadi-Raudras vaMatinara-Santurodha – Dusyarita – Bharata (Vitatha) -Suhotra-Brhatputra-Ajamidha jahnu-Balakasva-Kusika (Kus a) -Gadhi. … Read More
A son of Siva with a head like that of an elephant. As Siva has appointed this son as chief of the ganas (attendants) he is called Ganapati. His birth: while Siva and Parvati assumed the … Read More
The city of Vayu (the wind God). There are said to be nine cities on top of Mount Mahameru : (1) Manovati of Brahma at the centre, (2) Just on the eastern *ide of it Amaravati … Read More
One cannot ascertain his duty in all circumstances simply by referring to the rules and regulations of shastra. One has to be very intelligent, wise, and possess a mature understanding of the subtleties of virtue, … Read More
