Among all the Vaisnavas the mood of the Gaudiya Vaisnava is the highest, because Gaudiya Vaisnava does not ask for any benefit from serving Krsna. Instead of asking to be taken care of by God, Gaudiya Vaisnava instead chooses to love and care for God. Knowing this, one may wonder why Sudama went to Krsna…
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Nineteen years ago an American devotee named Kaviraj (Scott Knowles) asked me, “You are very spiritually qualified, why don’t you initiate disciples?” I replied, “Not now, I must wait for the right time.” He then asked, “When will that time come?” I told him, “It may be the year two thousand.” But man proposes and…
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There are six categories of offenses committed against a devotee: to physically offend, to criticize, to envy, to disrespect, and to become angry with him or to make him angry. These offenses implicate a person with unatoneable sin. Such offenders are condemned to take birth as pigs in their next life, even though they may…
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“Just as oil is dormant and hidden within sesame seeds, ghee is hidden in yogurt, water is hidden in the aquifer and fire is dormant in wood, similarly the Supreme Lord is dormant in everyone’s heart. Anyone who searches for Him following the path of devotional service and austerity is surely able to see and…
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“Being conscious, Brahma immediately looked everywhere around him. He saw Sri Vrindaban Dham, which was filled with consciousness-reviving trees and things which please everyone eternally.” sapady evabhitah pasyan diso ‘pasyat purah-sthitam vrndavanam janajivya drumakirnam sama-priyam PURPORT BY SRI KRSNA BALARAM SWAMIJI The word apasyat is connected to Vrindaban, which signifies that Brahma saw Vrindaban with…
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“In this way Krsna and Balaram moved throughout the forest, playing customary games on river banks, upon hills, in valleys, in groves, in forests, and near the lakes of the Sri Vrindaban area.” evam tau loka-siddhabhi kridabhis ceratur vane nady-adri-droni-kunjesu kananesu sarahsu ca PURPORT BY SRI KRSNA BALARAM SWAMIJI The circumference of Vraja is one…
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Dear Krishna Kirtan Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Please extend my heartfelt obeisances to Swamiji, and thank him for his wonderful association I was able to be blessed with for a few days. It was so wonderful seeing Maharaja after such a long time. I have such fond memories…
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Today I went to Swamiji with heart felt curiosity asking if he could recollect any incidents of him participating in Srila Prabhupada’s mission in the very early 70s in Vrindavan, India. When I spoke my heart to Swamiji he said the following: KRSNA BALARAM SWAMI SPEAKS OUT When I joined Srila Prabhupada’s mission there were…
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Krsna loves His real devotee. No matter what position that devotee is in, if he or she is sincere, seriously following, Krsna plays with that devotee. For example, Sudama was Krsna’s sincere devotee and seriously loved Him so much so that he did not care about his own status of poverty. One day his wife…
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“O Lord, the potency of the dust of Your lotus feet is so great that every embodied soul wandering in the cycle of birth and death needs it. He either endeavors to obtain this dust or receives it through Your direct blessings. How surprising it is that this dust, which is not even available to…
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