Important Devotional Services Question In addition to chanting the Maha Mantra, is there another service among the many that you recommend as very favorable to offer to Sri Krishna? Answer Sri Prahlada Maharaja mentions … Read More
Sutra A sutra is an aggregation of short formula-like assertions. Bhasya A bhasya is an explanation, a commentary made to to unpack and weave together. Varttika A varttika is a sub-commentary on a bhasya, … Read More
Devala, the son of Pratyusa, was a famous Muni and one of the Astavasus (Eight Vasu). (Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 26). Devala Muni was a protagonist in the well-known story of Gajendramoksa, the deliverance … Read More
Devala was a sage and a very erudite scholar in the Vedas. He was the elder brother of Dhaumya Maharsi (Better known as Ayodha Dhaumya), and was present at the sarpa-satra (serpent yajna) of King Janamejaya, … Read More
First story Devala was a disciple of Vyasadeva. In the Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, we see that he is mentioned along with Asita, Vaisampayana, Sumantu, and Jaimini. The Brahma Vaivarta Purana contains the following story about Devala. … Read More
Dear ***, Please receive my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. “Rupa Gosvami has stated that five kinds of devotional activities-namely, – residing in Mathura, – worshiping the Deity of the Lord, – reciting Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, … Read More
Question Is the argument that the material energy is deceitful, disloyal, and ungrateful Vedic? Answer If you are cooking and by misusing the knife you cut yourself, you may blame the knife that for being … Read More
Once, sage Bhrigu was approached by the demigods to identify who was the greatest among Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Shiva. So, Sage Bhrigu thought of a plan to test all three. First of all, … Read More
Questions “How does Bhakti increase in its own way?” and “What is the meaning of ‘its own independent sweet will’? Answers An analogy can help us to understand better the concept that “Bhakti increases in … Read More
Today, while I was walking, I was thinking about how to answer your question. I saw a bum in the street, and then the answer came to my mind. I imagined taking this really dirty and … Read More
Arcanā means worship of the Deity in the temple. By executing this process, one confirms himself to be not the body, but spirit soul. In the Tenth Canto, eighty-first chapter, verse 19 of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it is … Read More
