"O King, such transcendental personalities remain free from false ego, therefore their acting piously in this world does not fulfill any motivation, and on the other hand their seemingly contradictory acts do not implicate them with any undesirable reaction."

"Materialistic people have the ego of I am the doer and boss, but those who are devotees from their heart do not have such feelings, although still living on earth. As long as one remains materially contaminated they remain selfish and under the control of karma, but those who endeavor and become purified by the commands of a scripturally authentic Spiritual Master their contamination becomes evaporated."

Bhagavat Dharma Samaj is in the process of creating a new website with a better look and new content. We estimate the website will be released sometime in August. The new website will still reside at www.krsna.org.

We want questions for interviews with Swamiji for the release of our new web site. Please feel free to submit your questions to us, even if you already have Swamiji's association. For anyone interested in submitting questions, please email them to info@krsna.org. Submit as many questions as you want, the more the better. We will choose the best questions for new video interviews.

Bhagavat Dharma Samaj would like to wish everyone a happy Vedic new year. This new year began on Thursday, April 11th. The name of this year is Parabhava and the dominating planet of this year is Jupiter.

Guru Nirnaya Dipika - The Scriptural Decision on Who Can Become Guru and Who Cannot (English)

Guru Nirnaya Dipika - La Decisión Escritural Sobre Quién Puede Volverse Guru y Quién No (Español)

For those interested, Swamiji's response to the Guru Rebuttal is also available (the Guru Rebuttal was a debate quite a few years ago about Guru Nirnaya Dipika between the secretary of Bhagavat Dharma Samaj and some people in opposition to the Guru Nirnaya Dipika).

"About five thousand years ago Lord Krsna spoke spiritual knowledge to His devotee and friend Arjuna, which is known as the Bhagavad Gita, found in the famous epic, The Mahabharat. Later He spoke this very same spiritual knowledge to His devotee and friend Uddhava, which is in the famous scripture, Srimad Bhagavatam. Lord Krsna is the main speaker in both, and both literatures are called the Gita. The first is called the Bhagavad Gita and the second is called the Uddhava Gita. The Bhagavad Gita was spoken in an atmosphere of great tension on the battlefield of Kuruksetra to Arjuna; whereas the Uddhava Gita was spoken in the calm and peaceful environment of a palace. Thus, Lord Krsna went into more detail about spiritual life to Uddhava than He did with Arjuna." - His Divine Grace Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Sri Krsna Balaram Swamiji