by Pranas | Apr 26, 2020 | Quotes
How to remain always blissful SB 11.2.41 purport: “As soon as one understands that everything that exists is under the powerful control of one’s most beloved friend, one comes to the stage in which the whole universe becomes a blissful abode (viśvaṁ pūrṇa-sukhāyate),...
by Pranas | Apr 26, 2020 | Quotes
By all means preserve our spiritual status… “You are doing your best to serve Krishna, that is very much appreciated, so do not lose enthusiasm out of frustration, that will spoil everything. Krishna Consciousness means we should always be satisfied and happy, not...
by Pranas | Apr 26, 2020 | Quotes
Highest realization is to save oneself Understanding is one thing, and practical application of that understanding is another. But as devotees of Krsna, being engaged in the practical work of spreading Krsna consciousness, that is already the highest realization....
by Pranas | Apr 26, 2020 | Articles
Important instructions about hearing and repeating Krishna Katha from SB canto 3 “But even a person perpetually condemned to the miseries of material existence can get relief from bondage if he simply agrees to hear only kṛṣṇa-kathā. In this Age of Kali, the process...
by Pranas | Apr 26, 2020 | Articles
Srila Prabhupada on how to become Krishna Conscious If you feel you are too busy to regularly discuss Bhagavad-Gita, please read or listen to this lecture by Srila Prabhupada. Prabhupada: bhayam dvitiyabhinivesatah syad isad apetasya viparyayo ‘smrtih tan-mayaya ato...
by Pranas | Apr 26, 2020 | Principles
PRACTICE and THEN PREACH the principles of good sadhu sanga. When my eldest daughter did the bhakti sastri course in Mayapur, she skyped me one day. “Mum, what is more important: practicing or preaching?” My reply, as she knew it would be, was, “practice”. “Well”,...
by Pranas | Apr 26, 2020 | Principles
CHANT Hare Krishna mantra regularly and FOLLOW the four regulative principles In this article I share three truths that I have understood: Chanting Hare Krishna and discussing Srila Prabhupada’s books are both kirtan. If we are sinful, we cannot chant Hare Krishna...
by Pranas | Apr 26, 2020 | Principles
Cite sastra to support your statements. According to Bhagavad Gita 17.15 there are two essential principles in discussing sastra. One is to speak pleasantly (see Principle 9), and the other is to cite sastric evidence: “The process of speaking in spiritual circles is...
by Pranas | Apr 26, 2020 | Principles
Ask questions that help you understand the APPLICATION of what you have understood. As well as asking questions that help clarify Srila Prabhupada’s intended meaning and questions that address our doubts and misgivings, we also need to ask how we are personally going...
