DEGREES OF ECSTATIC SYMPTOMS Out of the many ecstatic symptoms of the body, the symptom of being stunned is especially significant. According to the degree of being stunned, the vital force within the body becomes agitated, … Read More
BELCHING Sometimes belching also becomes a symptom of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. There is evidence of this in Paurṇamāsī’s address to one crying associate of Rādhārāṇī: “My dear daughter, don’t be worried because Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is … Read More
hīna-sampradāya — belonging to a lower spiritual school; CC Adi 7.64 sampradāya-anurodhe — but for the sake of our party; CC Adi 7.136 sampradāya — parties; CC Adi 17.135 bhāratī-sampradāya — the community of the Bhāratī … Read More
SENSUAL ATTRACTION This extreme desire to serve the Lord is manifest in the transcendental land of Vraja. And it is specifically manifested among the gopīs. The gopīs’ love for Kṛṣṇa is so elevated that for our … Read More
The Nectar of Devotion The Complete Science of Bhakti-yoga A summary study of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu Dedication: TO THE SIX GOSVĀMĪS OF VṚNDĀVANA Preface Introduction CHAPTER ONE: Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service CHAPTER TWO: The … Read More
53. EVER FRESH Kṛṣṇa is always remembered, and His name is always chanted by millions of devotees, but the devotees never become saturated. Instead of becoming disinterested in thinking of Kṛṣṇa and in chanting His holy name, … Read More
51. CHANGELESS Kṛṣṇa does not change His constitutional position, not even when He appears in this material world. Ordinary living entities have their constitutional spiritual positions covered. They appear in different bodies, and under the different bodily … Read More
20. SEER BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE SCRIPTURES A person who acts exactly according to the tenets of scripture is called śāstra-cakṣus. Śāstra-cakṣus means one who sees through the eyes of the authorized scriptures. Actually, any man … Read More
19. EXPERT JUDGE OF TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES Kṛṣṇa was very expert in dealing with people according to circumstances, country, time and paraphernalia. How He could take advantage of a particular time, circumstance and person is expressed by … Read More
17. GRATEFUL Any person who is conscious of his friend’s beneficent activities and never forgets his service is called grateful. In the Mahābhārata, Kṛṣṇa says, “When I was away from Draupadī, she cried with the words, ‘He … Read More
PERSEVERANCE When a person is undisturbed even in the presence of various causes of disturbance, he is called reserved and perseverant. An example of this perseverance and reservation is found in the behavior of King Parīkṣit, … Read More
ATTRACTION FOR LIVING IN A PLACE WHERE KṚṢṆA HAS HIS PASTIMES In the book Padyāvalī by Rūpa Gosvāmī there is the following statement about Vṛndāvana: “In this place the son of Mahārāja Nanda used to live … Read More
1. BEAUTIFUL BODILY FEATURES Any comparison of the different parts of the Lord’s body to different material objects cannot factually be a complete comparison. Ordinary persons, who cannot understand how exalted are the bodily features of the … Read More
