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#Damodarastaka   Found in the Padma Purana of Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa, spoken by Satyavrata Muni in a conversation with Narada Muni and Saunaka Rsi) – “In the month of Kartika one should worship Lord Damodara and … Read More

  From Back to Godhead By Chaitanya Charana Dasa     The supreme controller is controlled – and still remains in control.     Prayer is the universal language by which the human heart communes with … Read More

  One day in 1977, on the veranda in Mayapura, Srila #Prabhupada said that his disciples were pure devotees who had come to help him.   “How could it be that we’re all pure devotees?” asked … Read More

  TEXT 156 yadi vaiṣṇava-aparādha uṭhe hātī mātā upāḍe vā chiṇḍe, tāra śukhi’ yāya pātā SYNONYMS yadi—if; vaiṣṇava-aparādha—an offense at the feet of a Vaiṣṇava; uṭhe—arises; hātī—an elephant; mātā—mad; upāḍe—uproots; vā—or; chiṇḍe—breaks; tāra—of the creeper; śukhi’—shriveling up; … Read More

  Domanda Tra le cose che avrei molto bisogno di capire si trova questa, zittire la mente, perchè zittire la bocca grossolana si sta verificando discretamente agevole vivendo nel tempio. Ma zittire la mente mi risulta … Read More

Forgiveness is glorious because it is favorable to devotional service. (Sri Bhagavatarka Maricimala 15/91)   #Bhaktivinoda Thakura  

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VX-69gUlmE           Lord Vishnu | Most Peaceful Mantra Ever

ŚB 1.18.22 यत्रानुरक्ता: सहसैव धीरा व्यपोह्य देहादिषु सङ्गमूढम् । व्रजन्ति तत्पारमहंस्यमन्त्यं यस्मिन्नहिंसोपशम: स्वधर्म: ॥ २२ ॥ yatrānuraktāḥ sahasaiva dhīrā vyapohya dehādiṣu saṅgam ūḍham vrajanti tat pārama-haṁsyam antyaṁ yasminn ahiṁsopaśamaḥ sva-dharmaḥ Synonyms yatra — unto whom; anuraktāḥ … Read More

    At the beginning of the Bhagavad-gita, Dhrtarastra says, “O Sañjaya, after my sons and the sons of Pandu assembled in the place of pilgrimage at Kuruksetra, desiring to fight, what did they do?” Dhrtarastra … Read More

Śrīla #Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura comments that there are many materialistic persons who become preachers, gurus, religionists or philosophers only for the sake of maintaining a high standard of living and sense gratification for themselves and their … Read More

The devotees performing sādhana-bhakti should always be attentive to the condition of their devotion, perceiving the state yesterday and the improvement made today. If he perceives that after some days no progress has been made according … Read More

Those who think that devotion to God and kindness to the jivas [souls] are mutually different from each other, and perform accordingly in their life, such persons will not be able to follow the devotional culture. … Read More

  I offer my respectful obeisances unto Sri Krishna Caitanya and Lord Nityananda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauda to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and … Read More

Karma refers to maintaining one’s livelihood. In Bhagavad- gitd, Lord Krsna has instructed the transcendentalists to engage only in those activities that are favorable to devotional service and to give up those activities that are unfavorable. … Read More