by Pranas | Jun 8, 2021 | Brilliant
In this fifth canto we learn of God’s greatness, how his supreme will keeps everything in perfect order. We first meet the powerful King Priyavrata, who rose to the heavens like a second sun to dissipate the darkness of night and create the divisions of Bhumandala....
by Pranas | Jun 7, 2021 | Quotes
We should take this opportunity to become devotees of Kṛṣṇa by following the processes of bhakti-yoga — śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇam . . . pāda-sevanam / arcanam. [SB 7.5.23] We can take one or all of the nine processes of devotional service and make our lives...
by Pranas | Jun 7, 2021 | Quotes
Lord Caitanya’s spiritual master instructed Him, therefore, that one must read Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam regularly and with scrutiny to gradually become attached to the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. CC Adi 7.73 purport
by Pranas | Jun 7, 2021 | Quotes
But the bhakti-yoga can be kept active by śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam. Just like you are hearing, I am speaking. This is kīrtanam. And you are hearing, both we are benefiting. śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam viṣṇoḥ / smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ / sakhyam ātma-nive…...
by Pranas | Jun 3, 2021 | Quotes
Whoever carefully recites the mysterious appearances of the Lord, with devotion in the morning and in the evening, gets relief from all miseries of life. SB 1.3.29 verse
