When Krishna departed from this material world, Kali-yuga came. People in Kali-yuga are always fighting and arguing with one another. This is their nature. The nature of Kali-yuga is constant conflict — with reason or without reason. Stupid nonsense. They’re not doing bhajana and sadhana , nothing. They’re always quarrelling. Nowadays it is very easy to quarrel. How to do it? Go to Facebook. If you want to go directly to naraka (hell), go there and write. Do bhajana and sadha

Srimad-Bhagavatam : The Sword That Reveals the Truth Bhagavatam  has no duplicity or hypocrisy. It always reveals what is absolutely real. It never hides the truth. If you speak honestly, people will become angry. Is this true or not? This is a fact. When you speak honestly, people become very angry. But other Puranas’ katha is called madhu-pushpita-vakyam , understand or not? Madhu-pushpita-vakyam  means the type of katha that is a little sweet, but completely useless, only

These are the glories of nama-sankirtana  we are discussing : ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁśreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaṁ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanamānandāmbudhi-vardhanaṁ prati-padaṁ pūrṇāmṛtāsvādanaṁsarvātma-snapanaṁ paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṇkīrtanam Shikshashtaka  (1) [Glory to the sri-krishna-sankirtana , which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sanki

How many fingers do you use when chanting the holy names? Four: three fingers (middle, ring, and little finger) hold the beads, and the thumb moves them. So why isn’t the index finger used? Why is it kept outside the bead bag? Gurudeva explained:This finger doesn’t have any service in chanting, so it becomes sad and says, “Oh no, I don’t get to serve the Lord…” Then Krishna replies:“Okay, I will give you two kinds of service: First — point at anyone who criticises Guru or the

If we hear the glories of Vaishnavas, all auspiciousness comes into our lives. Today is Devshayani Ekadashi and from this day onward,...

Question : Sri Svarupa Damodara and Sri Raya Ramananda were with Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Gambhira and could understand His internal...

The Divine Service of Svarupa Damodara and the Supreme Role of Lalita-devi  He [a devotee] spoke very beautifully, offering heartfelt...

Ravana - Among Best of Disciples of Lord Shiva  Once, Devi Parvati asked Lord Shiva, “Who is the best brahmana ?” Then Shivaji answered,...

Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami is a very prominent Vaishnava amongst the six Gosvamis: Sri Rupa, Sri Sanatana, Sri Bhatta Raghunatha, Sri Jiva, Sri Gopala Bhatta, Sri Dasa Raghunatha.  ei chay gosāir kori caraṇa vandanjāhā hoite bighna-nāś abhīṣṭa-pūraṇ  Hari Haraye Namah (verse 5) by Narottama Dasa Thakura   [I offer my obeisances to the feet of these six Gosvamis. By bowing to them, all obstacles to devotion are destroyed and all spiritual desires are fulfilled.] This ki

Today is a very super excellent auspicious day, Vasanta-panchami. Vasanta  means spring and panchami means five days from the new moon....