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    Date: May 12, 1969 Location: Colombus   Allen Ginsberg: The amazing thing was that everybody was able to shake their own ass and get up and dance after…, a long time, and not knowing … Read More

  “Outdoor kirtana, your editing work and chanting of 16 rounds must be done. Outdoor kirtana must be done, even at the cost of suspending all editorial work. That is your first and foremost business. Temple … Read More

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī warns, however, that if a person is properly initiated by a bona fide spiritual master, he should not think that simply by the acceptance of such initiation his business is then finished. One … Read More

Why is poverty helpful for a devotee’s execution of devotional service? How does poverty help us renounce bad association? One should not consider poverty a distress. The Supreme Lord has said He shows His favor to … Read More

    इति व्यवच्छिद्य स पाण्डवेय: प्रायोपवेशं प्रति विष्णुपद्याम् । दधौ मुकुन्दाङ्‌घ्रिमनन्यभावो मुनिव्रतो मुक्तसमस्तसङ्ग: ॥ ७ ॥   iti vyavacchidya sa pāṇḍaveyaḥ prāyopaveśaṁ prati viṣṇu-padyām dadhau mukundāṅghrim ananya-bhāvo muni-vrato mukta-samasta-saṅgaḥ   iti — thus; vyavacchidya — having decided; saḥ — the … Read More

    स चिन्तयन्नित्थमथाश‍ृणोद् यथा मुने: सुतोक्तो निऋर्तिस्तक्षकाख्य: । स साधु मेने न चिरेण तक्षका- नलं प्रसक्तस्य विरक्तिकारणम् ॥ ४ ॥   sa cintayann ittham athāśṛṇod yathā muneḥ sutokto nirṛtis takṣakākhyaḥ sa sādhu mene na cireṇa … Read More