Someone asked me to make some consideration about violence in holy places. How come horrible things happen in a place that should be like a paradise? In particular, why does it happen that young women are … Read More
Question Thanks, it’s very kind of you !! The first question that comes to my mind is this: RKC was often told to reach a certain number of rounds of mala a day, then you had … Read More
I was asked to clarify some of calendar vocabulary. Here is something to start: Tithi = day Paksa = fortnight. Two paksas form a lunar month Krishna Paksha = The dark lunar fortnight or waning moon. … Read More
ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam sreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam “Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Hari, Lord Krishna, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart … Read More
The present status on my work on the MAHA-BHARATA (in English). Some devotees have asked me about the present status of my work on the Maha-bharata. At the moment I find myself at about 60% of … Read More
El estado actual de mi trabajo en el MAHA-BHARATA (en inglés). Algunos devotos me han preguntado sobre el estado actual de mi trabajo en el Maha-bharata. En este momento me encuentro en aproximadamente al 60% de … Read More
Lavangalata PR: Hare Krishna Majarah. Mis reverencias. Hoy estuvimos reunidos en Buddhi Yoga 5 devotos. Bhakta Edwin Kuilan estuvo a cargo de la lectura del verso 31 del capitulo 1 del Bhagavad Gita. Entre todos comentamos … Read More
Death generally involves remaining in trance for seven months. A living being, according to his own action, is allowed to enter into the womb of a mother by the vehicle of a father’s semina, and … Read More
Parrots chanting Today there has been a big meeting of saris (Radharani’s parrots) in Radha Tila, hundreds of them, just below my asrama. It has been many years I did not see so many in this … Read More
nata-nartaka-gandharvah suta-magadha-vandinah gayanti cottamasloka- caritany adbhutani ca nata — dramatists; nartaka — dancers; gandharvah — celestial singers; suta — professional historians; magadha — professional genealogists; vandinah — professional learned speakers; gayanti — chant; ca — … Read More
According to scriptures also, there are seven mothers: (1) the real mother, (2) the wife of the spiritual master, (3) the wife of a brahmana, (4) the wife of the king, (5) the cow, (6) the … Read More
Sri Bilvamangala Thakura, a great acarya of the Visnu Svami Vaisnava sect, in his householder life was overly attached to a prostitute who happened to be a devotee of the Lord. One night when the Thakura … Read More
Hari Sauri : On March 12, 1976, in Mayapur, Srila Prabhupada visited the newly erected public exhibition and saw some of the displays. The presentation of so many international projects was impressive. Prabhupada suggested that a … Read More
Arjuna is confused and when he understands that it is useless to continue in a conversation between friends but that he has to ask questions (sisyas te ham sadhi mam tvam prapannam) the result is the … Read More
