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Sound Bhakti
20h ago
Prabhupāda was answering about the position of an advanced devotee. He said, "A pure devotee doesn't mean omniscient like Kṛṣṇa," because one of the interlocutors had asked Prabhupāda, "What if we see that an advanced devotee or the spiritual master has to wear glasses or forgets a verse?" And Prabhupāda said, "Oh no, then they've not understood." And then he said, "Advanced means bhakti-saṁsanāt—that the person is fully absorbed in thinking about how to spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement all over the world, impactfully engaging in it." And he said, "That is the meaning." We find the same ..read more
Sound Bhakti
20h ago
The Personified Vedas say in their prayers to the Lord that this is your greatest pastime, the way you extend yourself to the living beings in this world. And so the attitude and the order. If we pick up an order from the Lord and take it seriously and apply it, especially the order of how to assist him in saving conditioned souls, then Haridas Thakur said, we just want to alleviate your anxiety. And Prabhupada comments there that this is the best kind of service, is to alleviate the anxiety of the Lord. Some souls are lost here in the material energy, and we give them an opportunity to come o ..read more
Sound Bhakti
2d ago
Here in Jagannātha Purī, the chief of the devotees, Haridāsa Ṭhākura —in general society, which was concerned with caste, creed, rules, and regulations, Haridāsa Ṭhākura was not well considered within the Hindu culture. And even with Advaita Ācārya back in Navadvīpa, when performing a śrāddha ceremony at the end, you're supposed to offer the prasāda to the most qualified Vaiṣṇava that's available. And Advaita Ācārya would take that śrāddha-pātra, and He would give it to Haridāsa Ṭhākura. And Haridāsa Ṭhākura said, "This isn't going to look good on Facebook, social media. They're going to put o ..read more
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2d ago
Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, a practical matter, that by studying this dialogue, the Bhagavad-gītā, which is the Vedic intelligence we just heard, He said that you worship Me by your intelligence. And if you read Bhagavad-gītā every day, then your intelligence can be purged of the lower modes of material nature. And obviously, by hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, then you come to "tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥ kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye ceta etair anāviddhaṁ sthitaṁ sattve prasīdati." (SB 1.2.19).This also indicates the diminishment of the lower modes of material nature in the mind and the intellect by heari ..read more
Kṛṣṇa Is Like Mango Sap - Once He Gets In You, He Won't Leave | Pilgrimage of The Heart | 6 Feb 2025
Sound Bhakti
4d ago
There's a devotee named Sudāma who dressed up as a Hare Kṛṣṇa in Hawaii for Halloween. And on a dare, his friends told him, "Why don't you jump in the van with the Hare Kṛṣṇas?" because they go out chanting on Halloween. And being a joker or a prankster, he jumped in, and then he took it a step further by getting in the van with them and going home and taking prasādam. And it was all fun and games, and it was to impress his friends. Then he found himself on the other side of the world. He was back in Boston, going to school, and he became very depressed about his life. And then he met a devote ..read more
Sound Bhakti
6d ago
Śrī Īśopaniṣad, everyone knows the verse, 'vāyur anilam amṛtam, athedaṁ bhasmāntaṁ śarīram, oṁ krato smara kṛtaṁ smara, krato smara kṛtaṁ smara (mantra 17).' Let this temporary body be burned to ashes. Let the air of life be merged with the totality of air. Now, my Lord, please remember all my sacrifices, and because You are the ultimate beneficiary, please remember all that I have done for You. And in his purport, Prabhupāda says you don't have to remind the Lord; He knows what you've done for Him. And one of the things you can do for Him is come to His hometown. There are verses in the Bṛhat ..read more
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1w ago
After Hiraṇyakaśipu was killed, the Lord continued to be very angry, and the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, could not pacify Him. Even mother Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, the constant companion of Nārāyaṇa, could not dare come before Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva. Then Lord Brahmā asked Prahlāda Mahārāja to go forward and pacify the Lord’s anger. Prahlāda Mahārāja, being confident of the affection of his master, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, was not afraid at all. He very gravely appeared before the Lord’s lotus feet and offered Him respectful obeisances. Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, being very much affectionate toward Prah ..read more
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1w ago
So, in the teachings of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He said that in the Śikṣāṣṭakam, we should take to chanting and we should purify the heart. And He said also that it avails us to all good fortune—who would like the white lotus of good fortune to appear in his or her heart or life? And this is something Prabhupāda mentions in the story of the Guṇḍīcā-mārjana. And that is that not only does one have to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, but one also has to be careful to avoid the ten offenses. And he says that when the heart becomes clean, then it becomes a proper altar on which one can install the Deity of Kṛṣṇa. S ..read more
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1w ago
Pray for Lord Nityānanda to break any of your anarthas, attachments to unnecessary things—that's a pretty bold prayer. "Please break them, throw them in the river," and then say, "I don't know what happened!" Lord Nityānanda, is adoṣa-darśī. He's one that we can approach because He doesn't see anybody's faults. This is mentioned by Viśvanātha Cakravarti Ṭhākura in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. He gives an elaborate commentary about the qualities of various levels of people. And some people, they are very expert at finding faults. Even when there is no fault, they can find a fault. And then there are ..read more
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1w ago
Those who take shelter of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, who is merciful to all, He is called adoṣa-darśī. He doesn't see the faults in anyone. Adoṣa-darśī means anyone who approaches Him with some eagerness in his or her heart to serve, He empowers them and gives them pure devotional service, which is impossible to get otherwise. So the process of devotional service comes through eka-cakra and comes through Nityānanda and Gaura. Without approaching Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, it's impossible to enter into Vṛndāvana. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura writes in his famous bhajan about how when one dives i ..read more