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  Question Hare Krishna Maharaja. Regarding the following text of Prakrita Rasa Sata Dusini. So.. Is not it enough just to serve without having complete knowledge? Could you be so kind to dig a little deeper? … Read More

Childhood Sri Gadadhar was the constant companion of Mahaprabhu from the time of their childhood. His father’s name was Sri Madhva Misra and his mother’s name Sri Ratnavati-devi. They lived very near the house of Sri … Read More

Candravali’s mood is very deep. Sometimes if Krsna meets with another gopi and then meets with Candravali and there are signs on his body that He has met with somebody else, it is hard for Krsna … Read More

Question Please accept my obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. Would you be so kind as to give me a guide as to what is appropriate or in which sastra can I find information on what … Read More

Estimada Mataji ***, Por favor accepte mis reverencias. Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada.   Que yo sepa no existe un compendio, o un libro vedico, es decir de la tradicion clasica, dedicato solo a … Read More

  Question One more question in relation to this. Here it says “from the lips of his pure devotee” In this sense I have another question .. If we preach and obviously we are not pure … Read More

Sri Yudhisthira Maharaj said, “Oh Vasudeva, I offer my most humble obeisances unto You. Please now describe to me the Ekadasi of the dark fortnight (krsna paksha) of the month of Vaisakha (April-May), including its specific … Read More

  Question quote from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati: “The world is in no need of any reformer. The world has a very competent person for guiding its minutest happenings. The person who finds that there is scope … Read More

  Hare Krsna ! Guru Maharaj , Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances at your holy lotus feet , all the glories to Srila Prabhupad , the Vaishnavas and Sri Sri Gaura Nitay . … Read More

The story of Puranjana is told in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, 4 Canto, beginning from Chapter 25. You can find it here: https://www.isvara.org/archive/king-prachinabarhi-the-story-of-puranjana-the-prachetas-2/   At the end of that allegorical tale, Narada Muni explains the philosophy behind it … Read More

  Vijitashva became the emperor of the world, and he appointed his four younger brothers as governors of the different directions. At the time when Indra had invisibly stolen King Prithu’s sacrificial horse, Vijitashva had seen … Read More

A mouse was very much harassed by a cat, and therefore he approached a saintly person to request to become a cat. When the mouse became a cat, he was harassed by a dog, and then, … Read More

  The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare/ Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare is the sublime method for reviving our Krishna consciousness. As … Read More

Yesterday during Bhagavatam class we were talking about our version of the Maha-bharata under work and how non-devotees scholars translate Vedic books making many serious philosophical and historical mistakes.   This is one I just corrected. … Read More

Answer to a question   The Sanatsujatiya is a deep philosophical treatise included in the Maha-bharata. It was spoken by sage Sanat Sujata to Dhritarastra. Part of the Udyoga Parva (the fifth of 18 books), it … Read More

Paigaon (Paigrama, Pai)   One day Radha and Krishna were playing hide and seek along with the gopis, and after Krishna went and hid Himself and the gopis couldn’t find Him anywhere. After searching here and … Read More

Question Haribol, Guru Maharaja, grant me your blessings and be at your lotus feet, Maharaja, reading the meaning of verse 31 of chapter 2 of the Bhagavata Gita, says that “sometimes religious violence is a necessary … Read More

This particular divine form it’s not for love but to incite fear. Infact Kali Devi came for the destruction of demons. The devotees of Kali worship her for their own protection and for the material advantages … Read More

Answers to some questions:   – It is not true that we must be detached from acting. On the contrary, we must act because it is the nature of the soul. – It is not true … Read More