Why we have this birth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5hUCBsI9tU Lecture given by His Divine Grace Mahamandaleshwar Mahant Sri Krsna Balaram Swami, on January 20th 2018, in Nambur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Life is Reduced Day by Day
“Just as aquatic entities living in shallow water are unaware that the water in their pool is being reduced day by day, similarly grossly foolish people keep themselves busy maintaining their families, and do not understand that their remaining life is being reduced day by day.” naivavidan ksiyamanam jalam gadha-jale-carah yatha ”yur anvaham ksayyam nara…
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Puskara Festival in Nambur Invitation — January 20-22, 2018
The spiritually minded and devotionally inclined people are invited to participate in the upcoming grand yuga (PUSKARA) festival of Lord Sri Sri Radha Govindaji in our south Indian temple at Nambur held on January 20th to January 22nd 2018. Right after the yuga festival you will be taken to visit (very close to our Nambur…
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Leading Demigods
”That very same blessed Lord who is seated in the hearts of everyone including all those who control this universe, who is all cognizant, who is all pervading, the caretaker of this universe, He who governs this nature permanently, besides that Supreme Lord there is no one other to take care of this universe.” sa…
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The Lord is the Controller of Immortality
”The Supreme Lord whose body is free from every material substratum (kala), whose deeds are not material, who is always peaceful, is faultless, is the controller of immorality and burns sins just as fire burns any fuel supplied to it.” niskalam niskriyam santam niravadyam niranjanam amrtasya param setum dagdhendhanam ivanalam PURPORT BY SRI KRSNA BALARAM…
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The Flickering Mind of Monkeys
“One should never think that they have been chanting for a long time yet the Lord did not come to them and therefore stop chanting. Such thoughts are a product of the illusory energy. One should remain humble and chant, thereby inviting Krsna to come. If one cannot peacefully chant, they should look to their…
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Radha’s Name is Very Sensitive
“One may wonder if God is unlimited and self-satisfied, why does He need any beloved to satisfy His desire? To this the Brahmanda Purana states, radha krsnatmika nityam krsno radhatmako dhruvam, ” Lord Krsna is the unlimited God. When He wants to enjoy He manifests into His beloved, Radharani, and enjoys Her company. Therefore Lord…
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Julana Yatra in Vrindavan — July 2017
Bhagavat Dharma Samaj Julana Yatra, July 2017. “A devotee should always engage in discussing My transcendental appearance and activities; and observe the festivities at auspicious festivals like Janmastami and other festival days by happily singing, dancing and playing musical instruments. A devotee should also congregate at annual festivals on My temple premises.” maj-janma-karma-kathanam mama parvanumodanam gita-tandava-vaditra…
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The Reward
“The association of a real devotee removes the stupidity (dullness) from the intellect, increases the rhetoric of truth, removes the conditioning of the mind, frees one from sins, pleases the heart and encourages one to act spiritually for liberation. What more is left to reward a person?” jāḍyaṁ dhiyo harati siñcati vāci satyaṁ manonnatiṁ diśati…
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A Devotee is Straightforward
“In modern times the sophisticated behave indirectly. If they disagree with a particular point, they will not denounce it, but will either ignore or skate around the topic rather than engage in conflict. In Vedic civilization such behaviour is unsatisfactory. A civilized person is always straightforward. As Srila Rupa Goswami confirms in the Bhakti Rasamrta…
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