Krishna's Mercy

What Time Did You Leave The Office Today

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“’You said that He is indeed everywhere, so why can He not be seen in this pillar? If I do see that Vishnu right now in the middle of the pillar, then I will not kill you. Otherwise, you will be divided into two.’ Having seen (his father) in that way, Prahlada began to meditate on that Supreme Lord.” (Narasimha Purana, 44.10-11)

Five Complaints I Have With Licensing

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.10)

Violating The Code Of Fighters

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:00:00 -0300

The One With The Deprogramming Course

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.10)

Everywhere and All of the Time

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:00:00 -0300

What Does His Opinion Matter

Sun, 31 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Nights Of Heavenly Sin

Sat, 30 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“It is certainly the mind that is instrumental in causing the senses to act in ways that lead to either auspicious or inauspicious conditions. And my mind right now is positively situated.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 11.41)

Five Warnings A Bro Could Have Given Hiranyakashipu

Fri, 29 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

The One With The Mysterious Animal

Thu, 28 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Everyone can understand that we drink the milk of cows and take the help of bulls in producing agricultural products. Therefore, since our real father gives us food grains and our mother gives us milk with which to live, the cow and bull are considered our father and mother. According to Vedic civilization, there are seven mothers, of which the cow is one.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi 17.154, Purport)

Five Gifts From Nature To Understand Why Cows Might Be Dear To Krishna

Wed, 27 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Five Rhetorical Questions To Ask The AI Advocate

Tue, 26 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“The Upanishadic verse runs as follows: nityo nityanam chetanash chetananam. The purport is that amongst all the living entities, both conditioned and liberated, there is one supreme living personality, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who maintains them and gives them all the facility of enjoyment according to different work.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 15.17 Purport)

Dependent But Not Demanding

Mon, 25 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“O chastiser of the enemies, along with you I wish to distribute my wealth to the brahmanas practicing austerities – to the many excellent brahmanas who live here, with firm devotion toward their gurus, and furthermore to all of those who depend upon me." (Shri Rama speaking to Lakshmana, Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 31.33-34)

Five People Who Should Not Suffer By Rama Leaving Ayodhya

Sun, 24 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Be Honest In Your Research

Sat, 23 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 14.4)

But He Always Plays The Fool

Fri, 22 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

You Might Not Like What You See

Thu, 21 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Five Things I Might Do For Fun

Wed, 20 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“O chastiser of the enemies, along with you I wish to distribute my wealth to the brahmanas practicing austerities – to the many excellent brahmanas who live here, with firm devotion toward their gurus, and furthermore to all of those who depend upon me.” (Shri Rama speaking to Lakshmana, Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 31.33-34)

Waiting Until He Is Invited

Tue, 19 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

The One With Not Enough Arms

Mon, 18 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“It is said in the Vedic literature that innumerable universes issue forth when Maha-Vishnu exhales in His yoga-nidra, and innumerable universes enter His body when He again inhales. We have to imagine that these universes, which, according to our limited knowledge, are expanded unlimitedly, are so great that the gross ingredients, the five elements of the cosmic manifestation, namely earth, water, fire, air and sky, are not only within the universe, but are covering the universe in seven layers, each layer ten times bigger than the previous one.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 2, Chapter 32)

Reverence for the Preceptor

Sun, 17 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

The One With The Expensive Replacement

Sat, 16 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“O son of Kunti [Arjuna], I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.8)

Mass Produced Mediocrity

Fri, 15 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“On the other hand, that literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, forms, pastimes, etc., of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a different creation, full of transcendental words directed toward bringing about a revolution in the impious lives of this world's misdirected civilization. Such transcendental literatures, even though imperfectly composed, are heard, sung and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.5.11)

Five Things We Might Consider To Be A Privilege

Thu, 14 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“One who sees the Supersoul in every living being and equal everywhere does not degrade himself by his mind. Thus he approaches the transcendental destination.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 13.29)

Five Times It Is Appropriate To Drop Flowers For Rama

Wed, 13 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Tulsidas says that the Lord is looking especially beautiful joined with Sita and Lakshmana. The demigods are happily showering flowers from the sky, and the whole place has a good aura and good qualities.” (Dohavali, 2)

Two Reasons An Enemy Might Exploit Someone Who Is Sarvatra

Tue, 12 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Five Things Hiranyakashipu Failed To Consider With The Pillar Test

Mon, 11 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

If You Cannot Build It

Sun, 10 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your own potencies, O origin of all, Lord of all beings, God of gods, O Supreme Person, Lord of the universe!” (Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.15)

Five Recent Discoveries That Are Actually Not Recent At All

Sat, 09 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“O conquerer of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.7)

Explain The Original Scientific Model

Fri, 08 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 14.4)

What Should I Ask For

Thu, 07 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“In the Hari-bhakti-sudhadaya there is another example, forwarded by Maharaj Dhruva. He says there, ‘My dear Lord, I have practiced austerities and penances because I was desiring to receive something from You, but in exchange You have allowed me to see You, who are never visible even to the great sages and saintly persons. I had been searching out some pieces of broken glass, but instead I have found the most valuable jewel. I am therefore fully satisfied, my Lord. I do not wish to ask anything more from Your Lordship.’” (The Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 46)

Where Is The Question Of Conversion

Wed, 06 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Passing The Cognitive Test

Tue, 05 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

A Tale Of Two Takes On Tattva

Mon, 04 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

A Repository For Dissatisfaction

Sun, 03 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Your Honesty To Blame

Sat, 02 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Suspicion Is Your Name

Fri, 01 May 2026 22:00:00 -0300

He Who Laughs Last

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Narasimha Chaturdashi 2026

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

The Human Being Against The Wild Animal

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Always Compromised

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“He speaks the truth, has a sweetness of voice like the Lord of speech, possesses a handsome form, is highly fortunate, is resplendent in everything, and is like Cupid incarnate.” (Hanuman speaking to Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 34.30)

Three Important Sanskrit Pairs Pertaining To Vision

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Yet there is another nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 8.20)

Five Times I Could Use A Confetti Drop

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Lie To Me Harder

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“One who has not listened to the messages about the prowess and marvelous acts of the Personality of Godhead and has not sung or chanted loudly the worthy songs about the Lord is to be considered to possess earholes like the holes of snakes and a tongue like the tongue of a frog.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 2.3.20)

A Tool For The Fool

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“The Deities of Radha and Krishna, Lakshmi and Narayana, and Rama and Sita are very attractive to devotees, so much so that when they see the statue decorated in the temple of the Lord they become fully absorbed in thought of the Lord. That is the state of liberation.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 3.25.36 Purport)

Two Pursuits Proven Preposterous By One Sanskrit Word

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Avyakta means unmanifested. Not even all of the material world is manifested before us. Our senses are so imperfect that we cannot even see all of the stars within this material universe. In Vedic literature we can receive much information about all the planets, and we can believe it or not believe it. All of the important planets are described in Vedic literatures, especially Shrimad-Bhagavatam, and the spiritual world, which is beyond this material sky, is described as avyakta, unmanifested. One should desire and hanker after that supreme kingdom, for when one attains that kingdom, he does not have to return to this material world.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, Introduction)

Four Ways To Locate Stuff

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“But you cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore I give to you divine eyes by which you can behold My mystic opulence.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 11.8)

You Have To Understand What You Are Seeing

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“But you cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore I give to you divine eyes by which you can behold My mystic opulence.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 11.8)

Five Sacrifices For Winning Someone Over

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“For the purpose of confusing the citizens, Rama spoke to the charioteer as follows: ‘Mounting the chariot alone, O Charioteer, beginning by facing north, go quickly for a while and then turn the chariot back again. Remaining careful, proceed in such a way that the citizens cannot find Me.'” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 46.30-31)

Five Reasons To Sleep Outside

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Five Situations Where It Makes Sense To Read Bhagavad-gita

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Wherever there is Krishna, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion.” (Bhagavad-gita, 18.78)

Four Personal Offenses To Contemplate For Appreciating Nityananda Prabhu

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“In the Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika (115) it is said that the two brothers Jagai and Madhai were formerly the doorkeepers named Jaya and Vijaya, who later became Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu. Jagai and Madhai were born in respectable brahmana families, but they adopted the professions of thieves and rogues and thus became implicated in all kinds of undesirable activities, especially woman-hunting, intoxication and gambling. Later, by the grace of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Shri Nityananda Prabhu, they were initiated, and they got the chance to chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi 10.1.20 Purport)

Five Reflections On Vrikasura Praying For A Boon

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“But if you have faith still in the words of Lord Shiva, my dear king of the demons, then why don’t you make an experiment by putting your hand on your head? If the benediction proves false, then you can immediately kill this liar, Lord Shiva, so that in the future he will not dare to give out false benedictions.” (Lord Narayana in the guise of a mendicant speaking to Vrikasura, Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 2, Chapter 33)

It Must Have Had A Lot Of Pictures

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“The beginning of Krishna consciousness and devotional service is hearing, in Sanskrit called shravanam. All people should be given the chance to come and join devotional parties so that they may hear. This hearing is very important for progressing in Krishna consciousness. When one links his ears to give aural reception to the transcendental vibrations he can quickly become purified and cleansed in the heart.” (The Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 10)

Five Ways The Fruit Vendor Could Have Responded To Krishna Approaching With Payment

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“While Krishna was going to the fruit vendor very hastily, most of the grains He was holding fell. Nonetheless, the fruit vendor filled Krishna’s hands with fruits, and her fruit basket was immediately filled with jewels and gold.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.11.11)

Five Ways To Be Joyful In Krishna Consciousness

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Endeavor executed with intelligence in Krishna consciousness is called utsaha, or enthusiasm. The devotees find the correct means by which everything can be utilized in the service of the Lord (nirbandhah krishna-sambandhe yuktam vairagyam uchyate).” (Shrila Prabhupada, Nectar of Instruction, Verse 3 Purport)

Always Honored

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Covered with flowers, Hanuman, the son of the wind, became brilliant in the middle of the Ashoka grove, looking like a mountain of flowers.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 14.11)

It Is Always A Matter Of Faith

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“The Personality of Godhead heard the appealing voices of His friends, and casting a pleasing glance over them, He began to answer. By speaking through His eyes, He impressed His friends that there was no cause for fear. Then Krishna, the supreme mystic, the powerful Personality of Godhead, immediately swallowed up all the flames of the fire. The cows and boys were thus saved from imminent danger.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 19)

Five Reasons Someone Might Leave Krishna Consciousness

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.2)

How Two People Spent The Last Twenty Minutes

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.34)

It Is Not Supposed To Be a Punishment

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“O King, as I repeatedly recall this wondrous and holy dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna, I take pleasure, being thrilled at every moment.” (Sanjaya, Bhagavad-gita, 18.76)

Does The Paper Talk Back To You

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“We may find some mailboxes on the street, and if we post our letters in those boxes, they will naturally go to their destination without difficulty. But any old box, or an imitation, which we may find somewhere, which is not authorized by the post office, will not do the work. Similarly, God has an authorized representation in the Deity form, which is called archa-vigraha. This archa-vigraha is an incarnation of the Supreme Lord. God will accept service through that form.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 12.5 Purport)

Five Uses For The Fruit Tree In the Backyard

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.26)

Why Doesn't God Always Use His Superpowers

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Language of the Mad

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Although Prahlada is only five years old, even at this young age he has given up his affectionate relationship with his father and mother. Therefore, he is certainly untrustworthy. Indeed, it is not at all believable that he will behave well toward Vishnu.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.5.36)

The One Who Gives Us Stuff

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Five Comforts Not Available In The Decision To Follow Rama

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

Rebuilding The Skyscraper

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Prahlada Maharaja replied: Because of their uncontrolled senses, persons too addicted to materialistic life make progress toward hellish conditions and repeatedly chew that which has already been chewed. Their inclinations toward Krishna are never aroused, either by the instructions of others, by their own efforts, or by a combination of both.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.5.30)

Just Give Me The Ingredients

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Shri Hari, who is the Lord of the demigods, who is worshiped by the people of the world, for benefiting the moving and nonmoving beings of the world took that dreadful form through His own energy and tore apart Hiranyakashipu, who caused suffering to so many, with His nails.” (Narasimha Purana, 44.43)

Even Your Lifeless Content Comes From Life

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“The Hari-bhakti-vilasa confirms that difficult things become easy to understand if one remembers Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and easy things become very difficult to understand if one forgets Him. We actually see that even those who are very great scientists in the eyes of the general public cannot understand the very simple idea that life comes from life, because they do not have the mercy of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. They defend the false understanding that life comes from matter, although they cannot prove that this is a fact. Modern civilization, therefore, progressing on the basis of this false scientific theory, is simply creating problems to be solved by the so-called scientists.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi 14.1 Purport)

It Is My Fault They Went Crazy

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Prahlada Maharaja said: O Supreme Lord, because You are so merciful to the fallen souls, I ask You for only one benediction. I know that my father, at the time of his death, had already been purified by Your glance upon him, but because of his ignorance of Your beautiful power and supremacy, he was unnecessarily angry at You, falsely thinking that You were the killer of his brother. Thus he directly blasphemed Your Lordship, the spiritual master of all living beings, and committed heavily sinful activities directed against me, Your devotee. I wish that he be excused for these sinful activities.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.10.15-17)

I Had To Witness The Cruelty

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

A Baseline of Safety

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“All different varieties of atmaramas [those who take pleasure in atma, or spirit self], especially those established on the path of self-realization, though freed from all kinds of material bondage, desire to render unalloyed devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead. This means that the Lord possesses transcendental qualities and therefore can attract everyone, including liberated souls.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.7.10)

Rama Navami 2026

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

"For the purpose of confusing the citizens, Rama spoke to the charioteer as follows: 'Mounting the chariot alone, O Charioteer, beginning by facing north, go quickly for a while and then turn the chariot back again. Remaining careful, proceed in such a way that the citizens cannot find Me.'" (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 46.30-31)

You Are The Poison To Extract

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“It is not proper to remain in this place. Let us go to another great forest, as here we have seen numerous calamities which are causes of ruin. The destruction of Putana and the reversal of the cart, and similarly the falling of the trees without the intervention of the wind. Therefore, let us without delay depart from Gokula to Vrindavana, where the earthly calamities will not overpower us.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.22-24)

I've Got Two Words For You

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Although Dhruva Maharaja was only a five-year-old boy, he underwent severe austerities by eating simply dry foliage, drinking only water and taking no food. In this way, after six months, he was able to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. When he saw the Lord, he forgot all his austerities and said, svamin kritartho’smi: ‘My dear Lord, I am very pleased.’” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.30.4 Purport)

In The Highest Percentile

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Would You Agree That God Is Difficult To Understand

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Why Is Mahadeva Associated With Wicked Characters

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Lord Shiva takes charge of reforming persons who are ghosts and demons, not to speak of others, who are godly; therefore he is the spiritual master of everyone, both the dull and demoniac and the highly learned Vaishnavas. It is also stated, vaishnavanam yatha shambhuh: Shambhu, Lord Shiva, is the greatest of all Vaishnavas.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.2.2 Purport)

A Friend Will Help You Move

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Triggering The Safety Signal

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

The Guru Chatbot

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.34)

Three Places You Might Have To Wait Before Celebrating

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Considering that it was the appropriate time and seeing a very large crowd at the door, the ocean of compassion, Raghubir, said with a smile, ‘Men and women, play happily.’ Then all the men and women of the city happily went to play Holi. Seeing Rama’s face, their hearts were full of happiness and attachment that cannot be measured.” (Gitavali, 310.5-6)

Five Points of Emphasis For Advice On How To Chant

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.11)

How Can You Say That Everyone Else Has It Wrong

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

They Are Not In Competition With Him

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

Why Is Attachment To Rama Sanctioned

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

Two Questions About Dasharatha's Affection For His Wife

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Being under the control of passion and lust, Rama’s father, Maharaja Dasharatha, wanted to fulfill Kaikeyi’s cherished desire, thus he did not go through with Rama’s installation ceremony.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 47.12)

When There Is Wisdom In Emotion

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

What Father Isn't Delighted By Imitation From Their Son

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

Why Isn't Every Religion Teaching The Five Principal Topics

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0300

“Ishvara (the Supreme Lord), jiva (the living entity), prakriti (nature), eternal time and karma (activity) are all explained in the Bhagavad-gita. Out of these five, the Lord, the living entities, material nature and time are eternal.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, Introduction)

If Krishna Wants To Go

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0400

The Supreme Shreyas

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“According to the shastras, there is shreyas and preyas. Shreyas is the ultimate goal. We should act in such a way that ultimately we will become happy. However, if we want immediate happiness and disregard the future, we want preyas. Preyas is for unintelligent people and children. A child enjoys playing all day; he does not want to be sent to school to be educated. Education is shreyas, the ultimate goal. No one is interested in this. The shastras instruct us to aim for shreyas and not be captivated by preyas. The supreme shreyas is bhakti-yoga.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Teachings of Lord Kapila, Vs 43 Purport)

I Thought Vengeance Was Bliss

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Although Dhruva Maharaja was only a five-year-old boy, he underwent severe austerities by eating simply dry foliage, drinking only water and taking no food. In this way, after six months, he was able to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. When he saw the Lord, he forgot all his austerities and said, svamin kritartho'smi: ‘My dear Lord, I am very pleased.’” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.30.4 Purport)

What Is The Favorite Place For A Sadhu

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“O King, as I repeatedly recall this wondrous and holy dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna, I take pleasure, being thrilled at every moment.” (Sanjaya, Bhagavad-gita, 18.76)

Holi 2026

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0400

"Considering that it was the appropriate time and seeing a very large crowd at the door, the ocean of compassion, Raghubir, said with a smile, 'Men and women, play happily.' Then all the men and women of the city happily went to play Holi. Seeing Rama’s face, their hearts were full of happiness and attachment that cannot be measured.” (Gitavali, 310.5-6)

Gaura Purnima 2026

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“After hearing all the explanations of all the different meanings of the atmarama verse, Sanatana Gosvami was struck with wonder. He fell down at the lotus feet of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and began to offer prayers.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya, 24.314)

Playing Fast And Loose With The No Hard And Fast

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“My Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, in Your holy name there is all good fortune for the living entity, and therefore You have many names, such as Krishna and Govinda, by which You expand Yourself. You have invested all Your potencies in those names, and there are no hard and fast rules for remembering them. My dear Lord, although You bestow such mercy upon the fallen, conditioned souls by liberally teaching Your holy names, I am so unfortunate that I commit offenses while chanting the holy name, and therefore I do not achieve attachment for chanting.” (Lord Chaitanya, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya 20.16)

At The Intersection Of Monkeys and Monsters

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“After downing her [Simhika] by using his vision, determination and dexterity, that brave monkey quickly again grew in size.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 1.195)

Five Reasons To Move For Your Child

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

The Gripings of Old Men

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

What Do You Have To Show For It

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

Five Tethers For The Hard Knot of Sense Gratification

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Everyone comes to this material world attracted to sense gratification, and the hard knot of sense gratification is the attraction between male and female. By this attraction, one becomes overly attached to the material world in terms of griha-kshetra-suta-apta-vitta—that is, home, land, children, friends, money and so forth. Thus one becomes entangled in the bodily conception of ‘I’ and ‘mine.’” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.29.85 Purport)

Hunter Of The Shadows

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“After downing her [Simhika] by using his vision, determination and dexterity, that brave monkey quickly again grew in size.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 1.195)

Why Context Is Important

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Even a guru becomes worthy of punishment if he becomes arrogant, cannot discern between what is to be done and what is not to be done, and goes astray from the path of righteousness.” (Lakshmana speaking to Lord Rama, Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 21.13)

Four Contaminations Associated With Prescribed Work

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“In conditioned life, all work is contaminated by the material modes of nature. Even if one is a brahmana, he has to perform sacrifices in which animal killing is necessary. Similarly, a kshatriya, however pious he may be, has to fight enemies. He cannot avoid it. Similarly, a merchant, however pious he may be, must sometimes hide his profit to stay in business, or he may sometimes have to do business on the black market. These things are necessary; one cannot avoid them.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 18.48 Purport)

Sorry We Do Not Accept That Coupon

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Disturbing Thoughts

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“My husband Rama is famous throughout the world. He is pure, truthful, and very gentle. He is mighty-armed, has wide eyes, and is always busy working for the welfare of all living beings [sarva-bhuta-hite-ratah].” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 47.11)

Compassion For The High and The Low

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“In spite of achieving the power to control in all directions and in spite of enjoying all types of dear sense gratification as much as possible, Hiranyakashipu was dissatisfied because instead of controlling his senses he remained their servant.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.4.19)

How Can There Be Good People

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Three Ways The Senses Express The Activities Of The Mind

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“When the mind is joined with a particular sense, it immediately becomes manifest in a certain way. For instance, when there is anger in the mind, the tongue vibrates so many maledictions. Similarly, when the mind's anger is expressed through the hand, there is fighting. When it is expressed through the leg, there is kicking. There are so many ways in which the subtle activities of the mind are expressed through the various senses. The mind of a person in Krishna consciousness also acts in a similar way. The tongue chants Hare Krishna, the maha-mantra, the hands are raised in ecstasy, and the legs dance in Krishna consciousness.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.29.63 Purport)

Five Designations That Are Of The Same Essence

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Situated on the vehicle given by material nature and reminded by the Supersoul within the heart, the living entity struggles all over the universe to fulfill his plans, thinking, ‘I am a brahmana,’ ‘I am a kshatriya,’ ‘I am an American,’ ‘I am an Indian,’ and so on. All these designations are of the same essence.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.29.62 Purport)

A Lie Shall Set You Free

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Why Should Arjuna Care About Dishonor

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“People will always speak of your infamy, and for one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.34)

Revealing My Siddha Deha

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“’The black-eyed Vaidehi is not aware of my strength or my power. Therefore, let her see that form which I can display at my desire.’ Hanuman, the best of the monkeys and annihilator of enemies, thinking thus then showed to Vaidehi his real form.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 37.32-33)

Meeting For A Moment

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“The verdict of all revealed scriptures is that by even a moment’s association with a pure devotee, one can attain all success.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya 22.54)

Three Things I Have To Ask My Wife About Carefully

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

Falls Count Anywhere

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Do You Read The Lyrics

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Remember Who Is Responsible For The Name

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Move Away From Harm

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Petit Larceny

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Real Housewives Of Ayodhya

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

Ripped Apart While Relaxing

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Does Liberation Mean You Will Become All-Knowing

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Why Didn't Prahlada Ponder Self-Preservation

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“O Daityas, just as Vishnu is in those weapons and also situated in me, so by that truth your weapons will not be able to overcome me.” (Prahlada Maharaja, Vishnu Purana, 1.17.33)

How Do You Love Something That Is Inanimate

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

We Are Moving To Vrindavana

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Knocked Down To Nothing

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Three Unexplainable Collapses That Caused The Move To Vrindavana

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

How Are We Supposed To View Someone Like Kaikeyi

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Those men who will again see Rama along with Sita, accompanied by the mighty-armed Lakshmana, returning home will be successful.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 72.38)

Torn Asunder

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Five Ways Someone Helped By God Might Not Show Appreciation

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

I Slam My Gavel Down

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

You're Grounded

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Two Pivot Points For Understanding Damodara

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Five Reflections On The Sudden Appearance Narasimha

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Love Without Sight

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“O king, the beauty of Rukmini was indeed unparalleled on this earth. The highly effulgent Vasudeva desired her simply by hearing about her. Indeed, through hearing Janardana was also desired by her. She thought, ‘As He is heroic, resplendent, and strong, He should become my husband.’” (Hari-vamsha, 87.14-15)

Two Reasons Kaliya Was Treated Differently By Krishna

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Our dear Lord, we are offering our loving service unto You because we are all eternal servitors of Your Lordship. You can order us and ask us to do whatever You please. Every living being can be relieved from all kinds of despair if he agrees to abide by Your orders.” (Nagapatnis offering prayers to Krishna, Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 16)

Five Things I Must Be Shown In Order To Believe In God

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Why Does It Seem That Initiation Now Resembles Joining A Gang

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Those who sing of the auspicious occasion of the initiation and the wedding of Sita and Rama with excitement get countless auspicious blessings day after day, says Tulsi.” (Janaki Mangala, Chand 24.2)

Don't You Think Females Need Proper Role Models

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“That which in the beginning may be just like poison but at the end is just like nectar and which awakens one to self-realization is said to be happiness in the mode of goodness.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.37)

Two Images Of Surrender In Bhagavad-gita

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Therefore the doubts which have arisen in your heart out of ignorance should be slashed by the weapon of knowledge. Armed with yoga, O Bharata, stand and fight.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 4.42)

Is It Not Dangerous To Worship The Guru As God

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

”It is customary, after being initiated in the Gayatri mantra, for one to live away from home for some time under the care of the acharya in order to be trained in spiritual life. During this period one has to work under the spiritual master as an ordinary menial servant. There are many rules and regulations for a brahmachari living under the care of an acharya, and both Lord Krishna and Balarama strictly followed those regulative principles while living under the instruction of their spiritual master, Sandipani Muni, in his place in northern India. According to scriptural injunctions, a spiritual master should be respected and be regarded on an equal level with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 44)

Five Ways To Know That Love of God Is Natural

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“It is the living entity’s constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Krishna because he is the marginal energy of Krishna and a manifestation simultaneously one and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or fire. Krishna has three varieties of energy.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya, 20.108-109)

Five Things That Could Make My Spouse Happy

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Whether it be residence on top of a palace, traveling on airplanes, or flying through the sky (via yogic powers), in all circumstances the shade of the husband’s feet is by far superior.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 27.9)

You Can Now Be Upset At Any Time

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Worship With Impunity

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“As the director of different kinds of clouds, Indra called for the samvartaka. This cloud is invited when there is a need to devastate the whole cosmic manifestation. The samvartaka was ordered by Indra to go over Vrindavana and inundate the whole area with an extensive flood. Demonically, Indra thought himself to be the all-powerful supreme personality.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 25)

Make Your Own Parole

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

Three Things Missing In The Motherly Affection Of Yashoda

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Five Opinions On What Makes Govardhana-puja So Great

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Prepare very nice foodstuffs of all descriptions from the grains and ghee collected for the yajna. Prepare rice, dahl, then halavah, pakora, puri and all kinds of milk preparations like sweet rice, sweetballs, sandesha, rasagulla and laddu and invite the learned brahmanas who can chant the Vedic hymns and offer oblations to the fire. The brahmanas should be given all kinds of grains in charity. Then decorate all the cows and feed them well.” (Krishna giving direction on the first Govardhana Puja, Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 24)

Five Things That Tick Me Off

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“O Rama, for as long as You shall stand before me, even if it be for one hundred years, I will always remain Your servant. Therefore You should be the one to choose a beautiful and appropriate place for the cottage. After You have selected a spot, please then command me to start building.” (Lakshmana speaking to Lord Rama, Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 15.7)

He Will Make You Chase After Him

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Four Kinds Of Resistance To Worship With Impunity

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“When Indra understood that the sacrifice offered by the cowherd men in Vrindavana was stopped by Krishna, he became angry, and he vented his anger upon the inhabitants of Vrindavana, who were headed by Nanda Maharaja, although Indra knew perfectly well that Krishna was personally protecting them. As the director of different kinds of clouds, Indra called for the samvartaka. This cloud is invited when there is a need to devastate the whole cosmic manifestation.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 25)

Is It Time To Rethink The Regulative Principles

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.10)

What Is Your Take On The Concept Of Privilege

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna, of such beautiful and auspicious names – remembering those four sons of King Dasharatha and worshiping them fulfills all the desires of the mind.” (Dohavali, 121)

Everyone's Praying But No One's Believing

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Five Things That Brightened My Day

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.14)

It Was Like He Visited A Temple

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

The Final Adjustment

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“But those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My transcendental form – to them I carry what they lack and preserve what they have.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.22)

Tell And Show

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

It Is Not Worth Losing A Friendship Over

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Five Instances Of Pure Devotion In The Ramayana Of Valmiki

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“O Rama, You should know that just as fish cannot survive when taken out of water, neither Sita nor I can live without You for even a moment.” (Lakshmana speaking to Lord Rama, Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 53.31)

Five Reasons To Celebrate A Saintly Person

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“One time, that wicked king of the Daityas saw his son of lotus-like face and beautiful eyes, surrounded by women, having returned from the home of the guru. In his hand, that boy was holding a slate which had the mark of a chakra at the top and the name of Krishna written with great adoration.” (Narasimha Purana, 41.35-36)

Five External Causes For Prayer

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“My dear Lord, the garlands, scented substances, garments, ornaments and other such things that have been offered to You may later be used by Your servants. By partaking of these things and eating the remnants of food You have left, we will be able to conquer the illusory energy.” (Uddhava, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 11.6.46)

Five Things To Take From A Saintly Person

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“The value of a moment’s association with a devotee of the Lord cannot even be compared to the attainment of heavenly planets or liberation from matter, and what to speak of worldly benedictions in the form of material prosperity, which is for those who are meant for death.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.18.13)

Five Kinds Of Revenge Prahlada Could Have Asked From Narasimha

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Five Developmental Changes I Was Helpless Against

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.13)

When God Already Likes You

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Five Justifications For Forgiveness

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

When There Is No One To Impress

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Everyone's Looking At Death From The Sky

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Kamsa was the son of Ugrasena, of the Bhoja dynasty. It is said that Kamsa was the most demonic of all the Bhoja dynasty kings. Immediately after hearing the prophecy from the sky, he caught hold of Devaki’s hair and was just about to kill her with his sword.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 1)

Not Waiting For The Foxhole

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Three Common Road Signs That Help To Explain Sin

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Good and bad, which are part of the illusion created by Hari, cannot be removed without worshiping Hari. Keeping this in mind, worship Rama and renounce all desires.” (Dohavali, 127)

Three Things Krishna Can Do As Damodara

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“It is thus that He became known as Damodara, for being bound by a rope.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.20)

When It Doesn't Pay To Be Nice

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

If The Forgiveness Is Fake

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Five Reasons To Be Upset Over A Skipped Religious Observance

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“O sober Vidura, King Indra, his honor having been insulted, poured water incessantly on Vrindavana, and thus the inhabitants of Vraja, the land of cows, were greatly distressed. But the compassionate Lord Krishna saved them from danger with His pastime umbrella, the Govardhana Hill.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 3.2.33)

What Is Your Take On Psychologists

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“By virtue of the processes of the subtle body, the living entity develops and gives up gross bodies. This is known as the transmigration of the soul. Thus the soul becomes subjected to different types of so-called enjoyment, lamentation, fear, happiness and unhappiness.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.29.75)

Proof Of Reincarnation

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Foolish people deny the existence of the soul, but it is a fact that when we sleep we forget the identity of the material body and when we awake we forget the identity of the subtle body. In other words, while sleeping we forget the activities of the gross body, and when active in the gross body we forget the activities of sleeping.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.29.71 Purport)

It Is Not Supposed To Be Ordinary

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Four Times Women Offered The Best Prayers To Krishna

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Three Times Hanuman Offered Respects To Rama

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Seeing that woman of intoxicating eyes, Hanuman shed tears of joy and offered respectful obeisances to Shri Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 17.31)

My Dear Friend

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“That very ancient science of the relationship with the Supreme is today told by Me to you because you are My devotee as well as My friend; therefore you can understand the transcendental mystery of this science.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 4.3)

Always Bad Timing

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunti, never takes birth again.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 8.16)

Kicking The Vending Machine

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.34)

Have Women Been Lied To This Entire Time

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Stating Fact But In A Beautiful Way

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Our dear Lord, You are appearing as the best of the Yadu dynasty, and we are offering our respectful humble obeisances unto Your lotus feet. Before this appearance, You also appeared as the fish incarnation, the horse incarnation, the tortoise incarnation, the swan incarnation, as King Ramachandra, as Parashurama, and as many other incarnations.” (Demigods praying to Krishna in the womb of Devaki, Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 2)

We Worship The Person Who Gives Us A Choice

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Arjuna inquired: Which is considered to be more perfect: those who are properly engaged in Your devotional service, or those who worship the impersonal Brahman, the unmanifested?” (Bhagavad-gita, 12.1)

What Does It Mean To Have A Relationship With God

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Under His Control

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Unintelligent men, who know Me not, think that I have assumed this form and personality. Due to their small knowledge, they do not know My higher nature, which is changeless and supreme.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.24)

Five Times I Prayed For Something

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Three Suggested Objects Of Worship And The Corresponding Evidence

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Why Aren't We Teaching Character

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“The man who reads and recites this narration of the Ramayana will be blessed with a long duration of life and after death will be welcomed and respectfully received in the heavenly region, along with sons, grandsons, and relatives.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kand, 1.99)

Quality Assurance Testing

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Because My Faith Tells Me To

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

I Don't Want You To Suffer Like I Did

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“For as long as there is not devotion to Shri Rama and the release of material desires, which are like an abode of grief, the living being should not expect to find welfare and peace of mind, even in a dream.” (Dohavali, 131)

What If They Banned The Holy Names

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

If You Are Going To Be Bad

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“In order to assure His parents that Kamsa was dead, Lord Krishna dragged him just as a lion drags an elephant after killing it. On sight of this, there was a great roaring sound from all sides, as some spectators expressed their jubilation and others cried in lamentation. From the day Kamsa heard that he would be killed by the eighth son of Devaki, he was always thinking of Krishna twenty-four hours a day without any stoppage—even while he was eating, while he was walking, while he was breathing—and naturally he got the blessing of liberation.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 43)

Five Things I Saw And Later Forgot About

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Five Ways To Show Support For Someone Who Has Been Wronged

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

What Would You Say You Do Here

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

Vexed By The Vending Machine View

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“O best among the Bharatas [Arjuna], four kinds of pious men render devotional service unto Me – the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.16)

Destined For Annihilation

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Again and again the day comes, and this host of beings is active; and again the night falls, O Partha, and they are helplessly dissolved.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 8.19)

Two Possible Images Of The Almighty In His Perch From High Above

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“O Dhananjaya, all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever detached, seated as though neutral.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.9)

Why Not Retaliate Against Krishna Directly

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Five Historical References Found In Bhagavad-gita

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Arjuna said: The sun-god Vivasvan is senior by birth to You. How am I to understand that in the beginning You instructed this science to him?” (Bhagavad-gita, 4.4)

Five Insults Towards A Kutumbini

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Two Ways The Savior Of All Might Choose To Help People

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Can You Explain The Significance Of Telling Shastra In A Modern Language

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Meditating on Shri Rama, who has Janaki to His left and Lakshmana to His right, brings all auspiciousness and is your wish-fulfilling tree, O Tulsi.” (Dohavali, 1)

Two Aspects To Bhakti-Yoga To Consider

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“For one who worships Me, giving up all his activities unto Me and being devoted to Me without deviation, engaged in devotional service and always meditating upon Me, who has fixed his mind upon Me, O son of Pritha, for him I am the swift deliverer from the ocean of birth and death.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 12.6-7)

Why Was Indra Forgiven After The First Govardhana Puja

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“When King Indra ordered the samvartaka and companion clouds to go to Vrindavana, the clouds were afraid of the assignment. But King Indra assured them, ‘You go ahead, and I will also go, riding on my elephant, accompanied by great storms. And I shall apply all my strength to punish the inhabitants of Vrindavana.’” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 25)

Five Places Where Devotees Sometimes Lack Dedication

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Those who are on this path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is one. O beloved child of the Kurus, the intelligence of those who are irresolute is many-branched.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.41)

Two Kinds Of Friendship

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“O best among the glorious ones, all of this has been achieved by me through the divine grace of You and Your brother. One who does not repay the favors offered to him certainly is considered a disgrace among men.” (Sugriva speaking to Lord Rama, Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kand, 38.26)

Why Was World Domination Not Enough For Hiranyakashipu

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

How Do We Help Children Stuck On The Mythology Angle

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 4.40)

How Do Devotees Know What To Say

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Four Activities In Bhakti Where Someone Might Question Your Sanity

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The Lord heard the story of Sakshi-gopala with great pleasure because He wanted to impress upon the atheists that the worshipable Deities in the temples approved by the great acharyas are not idols, as alleged by men with a poor fund of knowledge.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, Introduction)

Back When We Were Always Connected To Something

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Ways Krishna Is Related To Arjuna

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“I have in the past addressed You as ‘O Krishna,’ ‘O Yadava,’ ‘O my friend,’ without knowing Your glories. Please forgive whatever I may have done in madness or in love. I have dishonored You many times while relaxing or while lying on the same bed or eating together, sometimes alone and sometimes in front of many friends. Please excuse me for all my offenses.” (Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita, 11.41-42)

Five Steps On The Ascending Scale Of Vitality In Surrender To Krishna

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Five Sanskrit Words That Show Hinduism Is Monotheistic

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Five High-Spots From Krishna-Lila

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

"For two hours Krishna remained like an ordinary child gripped in the coils of Kaliya, but when He saw that all the inhabitants of Gokula—including His mother and father, the gopis, the boys and the cows—were just on the point of death and that they had no shelter for salvation from imminent death, Krishna immediately freed Himself." (Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 16)

Five Times It Felt Wrong To Win

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The great generals who have highly esteemed your name and fame will think that you have left the battlefield out of fear only, and thus they will consider you a coward.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.35)

Five Reasons Someone Might Be Crying While Holding Bhagavad-gita

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu told the brahmana, ‘Indeed, you are an authority in the reading of the Bhagavad-gita. Whatever you know constitutes the real purport of the Bhagavad-gita.’” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya, 9.102)

Five Places To Find Lakshmana

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“That best among men would not go to sleep without Him, nor would he eat without Him, even if the food brought was very palatable.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kand, 18.30)

Is There A Way To Identify The Presence Of The Divine Prakriti

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“O son of Pritha, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.13)

Five Promises Krishna Did Not Make To Arjuna When Recommending Shelter

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.66)

Five Things To Recall From The Name Kaliya-mardana

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The inhabitants of Vrindavana were perplexed by great difficulties because a certain portion of the Yamuna was poisoned by the chief of the reptiles [Kaliya]. The Lord chastised the snake-king within the water and drove him away, and after coming out of the river, He caused the cows to drink the water and proved that the water was again in its natural state.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 3.2.31)

Govardhana Puja 2025

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“When everything was complete, Krishna assumed a great transcendental form and declared to the inhabitants of Vrindavana that He was Himself Govardhana Hill in order to convince the devotees that Govardhana Hill and Krishna Himself are identical. Then Krishna began to eat all the food offered there.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 24)

Diwali 2025

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Those men who will again see Rama along with Sita, accompanied by the mighty-armed Lakshmana, returning home will be successful.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 72.38)

How Do We Develop The Urgency To Serve

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

How Is Hearing A Valid Form Of Yoga

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Can You Explain The Knower And The Field

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The Blessed Lord then said: This body, O son of Kunti, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the field.” (Bhagavad-gita, 13.2)

How To Survive A Nirjanam Place

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Giving up all enjoyable things, forced by affection for her husband she entered into the desolate forest, not concerned with the hardships.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 16.19)

What If I Don't Want To Erase My Experiences

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“My dear gopis, what auspicious activities must the flute have performed to enjoy the nectar of Krishna’s lips independently and leave only a taste for the gopis for whom that nectar is actually meant. The forefathers of the flute, the bamboo trees, shed tears of pleasure. His mother, the river, on whose bank the bamboo was born, feels jubilation, and therefore her blooming lotus flowers are standing like hair on her body.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.21.9)

Five Potential Rewards For Dridha-Vrata

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Others will also ridicule and scorn saying, ‘This child is an asura but prays to the gods. It is like a cat offering prayers to a mouse or a peacock to a snake.’ This is indeed a bad omen, behavior resembling an enemy, as even after obtaining great wealth and power, an unintelligent person can fall down.” (Hiranyakashipu speaking to Prahlada, Narasimha Purana, 41.59-60)

Five Times I Fell Flat On My Face In Bhakti

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.40)

Five Times We Might Ask For Credentials In A Pact Of Protection

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal divine person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervading beauty. All the great sages such as Narada, Asita, Devala, and Vyasa proclaim this of You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me.” (Bhagavad-gita, 10.12-13)

When You Want Ten Dollars

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“When your personal and supreme interests can be easily obtained from one place, it is not sensible for you in weakness to beg at the doors of others, O Tulsi.” (Dohavali, 54)

Just From Hearing

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“O king, the beauty of Rukmini was indeed unparalleled on this earth. The highly effulgent Vasudeva desired her simply by hearing about her. Indeed, through hearing Janarada was also desired by her. She thought, ‘As He is heroic, resplendent, and strong, He should become my husband.’” (Hari-vamsha, 87.14-15)

Five Times I Wanted To Offer A Supporter Something In Return

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Narada Muni then told the hunter, 'I have one thing to beg of you.' The hunter replied, 'You may take whatever animals or anything else you would like.’” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya 24.244)

Someone Who Is Not Afraid Enough

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Things That Can Go Wrong With A New Venture

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Every endeavor is covered by some sort of fault, just as fire is covered by smoke. Therefore one should not give up the work which is born of his nature, O son of Kunti, even if such work is full of fault.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.48)

Is God Not A Glory Hog

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Giving up all enjoyable things, forced by affection for her husband she entered into the desolate forest, not concerned with the hardships.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 16.19)

What If There Is No Institution

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Exploiting Affection

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“When all the demon’s life air had passed away through that hole in the top of his head, Krishna glanced over the dead calves and cowherd boys and brought them back to life. Then Mukunda, who can give one liberation, came out from the demon’s mouth with His friends and the calves.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.12.32)

I Can Cheat Better Than You

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“In the yoga system, by the perfection called mahima-siddhi, one can expand himself as he desires. The demon Aghasura expanded himself up to eight miles and assumed the shape of a very fat serpent. Having attained this wonderful body, he stretched his mouth open just like a mountain cave. Desiring to swallow all the boys at once, including Krishna and Balarama, he sat on the path.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 1, Chapter 12)

Dussehra 2025

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Mind, why are you not worshiping Shri Rama, whose bow is like time, with weapons of arrows representing the different units of time, such as paramanu, lava, nimesha, barasa, yuga, and kalpa?” (Dohavali, 130)

Noticing The Source Of Everything

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The Vedic scriptures and the acharyas, or saintly teachers, are compared to expert boatmen, and the facilities of the human body are compared to favorable breezes that help the boat ply smoothly to its desired destination.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shri Ishopanishad, 3 Purport)

Five Times I Had To Tell People About Something Good I Did

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“’After planting the tulasi tree before your house, you should daily circumambulate that tulasi plant, serve her by giving her water and other things, and continuously chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.’” (Narada Muni speaking to the hunter, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya 24.261)

Why Is Birth Considered A Misery

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“O scion of Bharata [Arjuna], O conquerer of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.27)

Why Did Prahlada Have To Be Weird

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Sources Of Knowledge For Krishna-lila

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Bypassing The Gatekeepers

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The highest perfection of human life, achieved either by complete knowledge of matter and spirit, by practice of mystic powers, or by perfect discharge of occupational duty, is to remember the Personality of Godhead at the end of life.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 2.1.6)

Five Symbolic Aspects To The Aghasura Story

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Pessimistic Predictions About The Newborn

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The material world is so made that unless one becomes a clever diplomat, his life will be a failure. Not to speak of human society, even the society of lower animals, the birds and bees, cleverly manages its bodily demands of eating, sleeping and mating. Human society competes nationally or individually, and in the attempt to be successful the entire human society becomes full of diplomacy. We should always remember that in spite of all diplomacy and all intelligence in the struggle for our existence, everything will end in a second by the supreme will. Therefore, all our attempts to become happy in this material world are simply a delusion offered by maya.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 3.30.9 Purport)

Why Wasn't Hanuman Bitter Towards The Higher Powers

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“I offer my obeisances unto you, O daughter of Daksha. Indeed, I have entered your mouth, and the truth of the boon granted to you has been maintained. I shall now go to where Vaidehi is.” (Hanuman speaking to Surasa, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 1.169)

Why Are Jnana And Yoga Considered Inferior To Bhakti

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Two Unexpected People Offended By Krishna's Universal Acceptance

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“O son of Pritha, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth – women, vaishyas [merchants], as well as shudras [workers]— can approach the supreme destination.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.32)

Four Disputes In Krishna-lila Where We Checked With The Judges

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Disputes With Narasimha Where We Checked With The Judges

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Reasons I Don't Trust Devotees Today

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five People Who Should Be Above Paranoia

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Why Does Sadhu-Sanga Feel Like A Convention Of Salesmen

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five People Who Ignore Me

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Being freed from attachment, fear and anger, being fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many, many persons in the past became purified by knowledge of Me – and thus they all attained transcendental love for Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 4.10)

When You Become The Bad Guy

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Like Volunteering For A Lifetime Of Service

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

What Exactly Am I Working For

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Can Fearlessness Be Bought And Prescribed

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“When Lord Narasimhadeva saw the small boy Prahlada Maharaja prostrated at the soles of His lotus feet, He became most ecstatic in affection toward His devotee. Raising Prahlada, the Lord placed His lotus hand upon the boy's head because His hand is always ready to create fearlessness in all of His devotees.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.9.5)

Why Not Use AI To Assist In Prayers

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Complaints About Kids Today

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

The Magic Is In The Momentum

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Cases Of Elasticity Exhibited By Krishna

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Lord Krishna saw 16,100 young princesses, who had been kidnapped and held captive there. When the princesses saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, enter the palace, they immediately became captivated by the beauty of the Lord and prayed for His causeless mercy. Within their minds, they decided to accept Lord Krishna as their husband without any hesitation.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Volume 2, Chapter 4)

Elasticity Is An Attribute Of The Infrastructure

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

What If I Am Afraid Of Krishna Consciousness

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“You crossed over the ocean of one hundred yojanas wide, the reservoir of sharks and alligators, as if it were a small puddle.” (Sita Devi speaking to Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 36.8)

How Do You Know The Human Birth Is Rarely Achieved

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Prahlada Maharaja said: One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the human form of body from the very beginning of life—in other words, from the tender age of childhood—to practice the activities of devotional service, giving up all other engagements. The human body is most rarely achieved, and although temporary like other bodies, it is meaningful because in human life one can perform devotional service. Even a slight amount of sincere devotional service can give one complete perfection.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.6.1)

Not Saying Anything He Doesn't Mean

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Stops On A Tour Of Appreciation In Vrindavana

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

The Irony Of The Requests

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Radhashtami 2025

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Here someone sat down, decorated with flowers by Him. She must have worshiped Vishnu, who is the soul of all, in a previous birth.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.13.34)

The Need To Perform For A Crowd

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.14)

Science Only Recognizes

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Five Things To Appreciate In Gokula-Vrindavana

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

There Is Nothing Sinful About Showing Appreciation

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

Five Things That Every Person Does

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“O son of Kunti, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.27)

Reconciling The Horrors Of Birth

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

If I Could Give Endless Riches

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead said to the brahmana: I am completely under the control of My devotees. Indeed, I am not at all independent. Because My devotees are completely devoid of material desires, I sit only within the cores of their hearts. What to speak of My devotee, even those who are devotees of My devotee are very dear to Me.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 9.4.63)

Five Settings Rama Had To Navigate

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The eldest son to that king was named Rama. He was very dear, had a face resembling the moon, was a knower of distinctions, and was the best among all wielders of the bow.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 31.6)

When Your Social Mileage Runs Out

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Three Ways Hanuman Is Adbhuta

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“At night, on the sun having set, Maruti [Hanuman] contracted his body. Becoming the size of a cat, he was a wonderful sight to behold.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 2.49)

Five Ways Someone Could Have Made Fun Of Hiranyakashipu

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Turning An Ocean Into A Puddle

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Three Points of Controversy In Vedic Practices And The Burden Of Proof

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

"You should know Krishna to be the original Soul of all living entities. For the benefit of the whole universe, He has, out of His causeless mercy, appeared as an ordinary human being. He has done this by the strength of His internal potency." (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.14.55)

Vyasa Puja 2025

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.61)

Krishna Janmashtami 2025

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“’O naughty child, now try going from here, if you can.’ Having spoken thus, she returned to her household duties.” (Vishnu Purana, 5.6.15)

The Books Are Too Long

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.3)

Why Do Trust Fund Kids Tend To End Up A Certain Way

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Why Does It Sometimes Feel Like God Can See Right Through Me

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“When I have spoken to you thus, why are you not responding to me? A pious soul named Sugriva, who is a warrior and a hero among Vanaras, being expelled by his brother, wanders the earth with a distressed mind.” (Hanuman speaking to Rama and Lakshmana, Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kand, 3.19-20)

Five Truths About Narasimha

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Are Not The Sannyasis Showing Off

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“She has fully absorbed her body, mind and life in Lord Jagannatha. Therefore she was unaware that she was putting her foot on My shoulder. Alas! How fortunate this woman is! I pray at her feet that she favor Me with her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannatha.” (Lord Chaitanya, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya 14.29-30)

Create Your Own Armor

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Why Not Ask For Liberation

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

How To Overcome The Pressure To Conform

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

A Case Of Satya Sankalpa

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Why Was Hiranyakashipu Liberated

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Ways Rama Is Visheshajna

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Ways To React To A Promotion

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“O Lakshmana, do you rule this earth with Me. You are like My second self, so this glorious opportunity has been presented to you as well. O Saumitra, do you enjoy all the pleasures you desire and the fruits of the regal life. My life and this kingdom I covet for your sake alone.” (Lord Rama speaking to Lakshmana, Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 4.43-44)

We Are No Longer Poor

Sat, 02 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Three Indications Of Intelligence In Kaikeyi

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Those men who will again see Rama along with Sita, accompanied by the mighty-armed Lakshmana, returning home will be successful.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 72.38)

Two Simple Ways To Understand Dharma

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again when they are annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation?” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.28)

Does Anyone Care About Doing What Is Right

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Alas, how strange it is that we are preparing to commit greatly sinful acts, driven by the desire to enjoy royal happiness.” (Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita, 1.44)

Four Instances Of Female Assertion In The Ramayana

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

Five Things Not Available In The Forest For A Princess From Birth

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“O friend, Sita now wishes to give to your wife a pearl necklace, a string of gold and a girdle. O gentle one, please take them.” (Lord Rama speaking to Suyajna, Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 32.7)

Is There Symbolic Significance To The Appearance Of Narasimha

Sun, 27 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Reasons To Go To Church

Sat, 26 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“A yogi is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a yogi.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 6.46)

Five Tools And The Corresponding Fields Of Play

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Convinced There Is Nothing Better

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Of these, the wise one who is in full knowledge in union with Me through pure devotional service is the best. For I am very dear to him, and he is dear to Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.17)

What Would God Appreciate

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.14)

The Fields Look Different

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its owner is called knowledge. That is My opinion.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 13.3)

What About Your Machine

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Who Made Who

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your own potencies, O origin of all, Lord of all beings, God of gods, O Supreme Person, Lord of the universe!” (Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.15)

Five Instances Where No Outcome Is Good Enough

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“A yogi is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a yogi.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 6.46)

Five Opinions On What Makes A Good Government

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“O Ravana, inevitably all of the Rakshasas will be completely destroyed, for they have a person like you, who is stupid, lustful, and unable to control his senses, for their king.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 48.22)

Five Places Where The Human Soul Theory Falls Apart

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The living entity, thus taking another gross body, obtains a certain type of ear, tongue, and nose and sense of touch, which are grouped about the mind. He thus enjoys a particular set of sense objects.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 15.9)

Five Kinds Of Nivritti Considered Crazy Today

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor proper behavior nor truth is found in them.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 16.7)

Five Things Prahlada Could Not Do In Response To Attacks

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Is It A Fair Fight

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

I Will Run Cover For You

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.66)

Five People Who Might Deserve Appreciation

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Ways To View The Princesses Left Behind By Bhaumasura

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Instances Of An Abusive Relationship

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“In the conditional state, every living being is envious of another living being, but in the liberated state there is an absence of animosity. Prahlada Maharaja was tortured by his father in so many ways, yet after the death of his father he prayed for his father’s liberation by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He did not ask any benediction that he might have asked, but he prayed that his atheistic father might be liberated. He never cursed any of the persons who engaged in torturing him at the instigation of his father.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 3.14.46 Purport)

Five Reasons To Appreciate The Teacher

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“When Lord Brahma was perplexed about how to construct the material manifestations in the universe and went down within the water to find out the means and the source of his lotus seat, he heard the word tapa vibrated twice. Taking the path of tapa is the second birth of the desiring disciple. The word upashrinot is very significant. It is similar to upanayana, or bringing the disciple nearer to the spiritual master for the path of tapa. So Brahmaji was thus initiated by Lord Krishna, and this fact is corroborated by Brahmaji himself in his book the Brahma-samhita.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 2.9.6 Purport)

Five People Who Benefitted From The Marriage of Sita and Rama

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Times I Get In The Way Of Myself

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“O friend. Sita now wishes to give to your wife a pearl necklace, a string of gold and a girdle. O gentle one, please take them.” (Lord Rama speaking to Suyajna, Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 32.7)

Five Verses To Include In A Press Guide For Broadcasting The Glories Of Hari

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Why So Many Names

Sat, 05 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Why Are The Purports So Biased

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

What If I Want A Life Coach

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Driven by a virtuous or evil purpose, each living entity performs some work, which has consequences associated with it. After death, the same person steadily reaps all those auspicious and inauspicious results.” (Hanuman speaking to Tara, Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kand, 21.2)

Making Sense Of The Newest Vow At Initiation

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

What Is Spontaneous Devotion

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Ways To Rebel In School

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Ways To Punish A Misbehaving Student

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Conditioned To Fear Rejection

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Potential Ways To Worship

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Is Trusting The Experts A Feature Of Religion

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

I Have A Slate Too

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Meeting Us Where We Are

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Times I Took Pleasure In Someone Else's Misery

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“When Devaki saw her brother so repentant, she also became pacified and forgot all his atrocious activities against her children. Vasudeva also, forgetting all past incidents, spoke smilingly with his brother-in-law.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 1, Ch 4)

What Does It Mean To Be Deluded By The Change Of Bodies

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Any man who has perfect knowledge of the constitution of the individual soul, the Supersoul, and nature—both material and spiritual—is called a dhira or a most sober man. Such a man is never deluded by the change of bodies.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 2.13 Purport)

Three Things From Childhood I Grew Up To Hate

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Two People I Could Potentially Trust In Navigating The Mysteries Of Life

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Maya Will Be Their Trauma

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 15.7)

Where Is The Evidence That Devotees Are Saved

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.66)

The Vultures Feast Around You Still

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Don't The Supposed Miracles Have An Alternate Explanation

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“If You think that I am able to behold Your cosmic form, O my Lord, O master of all mystic power, then kindly show me that universal self.” (Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita, 11.4)

Five Times The Underlying Culture Of My Interest Surprised Me

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Don't You Find The Temple Visit Routine A Little Weird

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Habits I Want To Break In My Child

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Items In The Bidding War For The Child's Interest

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Things I Appreciated During Childhood

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Different Perspectives On The Sun

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“In the middle of the day, it is exceedingly pleasant to go about and it is delightful to the touch. In the daytime the sun is pleasing, while the shade and water are not pleasing.” (Lakshmana speaking to Lord Rama, Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 16.10)

Why Don't People Meditate More

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Sadness and Hope In Devotion To Vishnu

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Why The Lack Of Formal Worship During The Time Of Avataras

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

How Is This Particular Name Of Sita Considered Valid

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“By this symbol, O best of the monkeys, the daughter of Janaka will be able, without any fear, to properly understand that you have come from My presence.” (Lord Rama speaking to Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kand, 44.13)

Is Pravritti The Same As Pravritti-Marga

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Actions which are performed in terms of the directions of the scriptures are called pravritti, or actions that deserve to be performed, and actions which are not so directed are not to be performed. One who does not know the scriptural directions becomes entangled in the actions and reactions of work. Understanding which discriminates by intelligence is situated in the mode of goodness.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 18.30 Purport)

Schedule For Sanity

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.14)

Five Things You Were Right About

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Vedic knowledge is called shabda-pramana. Another name is shruti. Shruti means that this knowledge has to be received simply by aural reception. The Vedas instruct that in order to understand transcendental knowledge, we have to hear from the authority.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shri Ishopanishad, Introduction)

How Is It Floating

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“We often wonder how these big planets are floating in the air. It is stated here that the Supreme Lord, by His inconceivable energy, is sustaining all these big planets and systems of galaxies. The word achintya (inconceivable) is very significant in this connection. God's energy is beyond our conception, beyond our thinking jurisdiction, and is therefore called inconceivable (achintya). Who can argue this point? He pervades this material world and yet is beyond it. We cannot even comprehend this material world, which is insignificant compared to the spiritual world-so how can we comprehend what is beyond? Achintya means that which is beyond this material world, that which our argument, logic and philosophical speculation cannot touch, that which is inconceivable. Therefore intelligent persons, avoiding useless argument and speculation, should accept what is stated in scriptures like the Vedas, Gita, and Shrimad-Bhagavatam and follow the principles they set down. This will lead one to understanding.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 8.9 Purport)

Five Ways To View Mahadeva

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Reasons Someone Might Need A Slate

Sat, 31 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Not A Paid Spokesperson

Fri, 30 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Go Live Out Your Dreams

Thu, 29 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Why Does Religion Exploit The Poor

Wed, 28 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Phases Of Grief For The Inimical Father

Tue, 27 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Reasons Someone Might Say I Am Advanced

Mon, 26 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Because Of Those Who Came Before Us

Sun, 25 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Two Conditions When Considering What To Work For

Sat, 24 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Items In A Potential Bhakti Home Starter Kit

Fri, 23 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Overwhelmed By The Illusory Energy

Thu, 22 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

First Understand The Creation

Wed, 21 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Our dear friend Yashoda, your son sometimes comes to our houses before the milking of the cows and releases the calves, and when the master of the house becomes angry, your son merely smiles. Sometimes He devises some process by which He steals palatable curd, butter and milk, which He then eats and drinks. When the monkeys assemble, He divides it with them, and when the monkeys have their bellies so full that they won’t take more, He breaks the pots. Sometimes, if He gets no opportunity to steal butter or milk from a house, He will be angry at the householders, and for His revenge He will agitate the small children by pinching them. Then, when the children begin crying, Krishna will go away.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.8.29)

A Foundation From Which To Start

Tue, 20 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

The OG Truthteller

Mon, 19 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Harmful Experiences During School

Sun, 18 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Corrupt People Exposed By The Symptoms

Sat, 17 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Arjuna inquired: O my dear Lord, by what symptoms is one known who is transcendental to those modes? What is his behavior? And how does he transcend the modes of nature?” (Bhagavad-gita, 14.21)

Incompatible With This World

Fri, 16 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Things The Slate In Prahlada's Hand Was Not

Thu, 15 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Sometimes The Child Tells The Father

Wed, 14 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

I Will Spot You A Benefactor

Tue, 13 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

I Am Only A Kid And You Included Me

Mon, 12 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Isn't This The Most Dangerous Teaching From Krishna

Sun, 11 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Narasimha Chaturdashi 2025

Sat, 10 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Shri Hari, who is the Lord of the demigods, who is worshiped by the people of the world, for benefiting the moving and nonmoving beings of the world took that dreadful from through His own energy and tore apart Hiranyakashipu, who caused suffering to so many, with His nails.” (Narasimha Purana, 44.43)

Don't We Need Maya

Fri, 09 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

What Is So Great About Being Advanced

Thu, 08 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Everything Else Will Be Tolerated

Wed, 07 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Three Auspicious Visions To Greet A Loving Father

Tue, 06 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Things I Could Write On My Slate At School

Mon, 05 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Your Son Said A Bad Word In School Today

Sun, 04 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Supplicating The Inferior

Sat, 03 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Kinds Of Fathers

Fri, 02 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 4.34)

Five Potential Ways To Test Renunciation

Thu, 01 May 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Three First Principles Of Vedanta

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Bhagavad-gita also confirms that when the Lord appears He appears as He is by His internal potency. He is not contaminated by the material energy because He is the Lord of material energy. In the Vedic literature we find that His whole embodiment is spiritual. He has His eternal form called sach-chid-ananda-vigraha.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 13.15 Purport)

What Is There To Gain From Defining God

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Start With The Gross

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Things I Can Ask Someone Else To Take Care Of

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Where There Is Sunshine

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.4)

Five Classrooms Where It Would Be Strange To Not Have A Field Of Play

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The Blessed Lord then said: This body, O son of Kunti, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the field.” (Bhagavad-gita, 13.2)

It's Your Time Now

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together is the duration of Brahma’s one day. And such also is the duration of his night.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 8.17)

An Active Field Of Play

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The Blessed Lord said: While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor the dead.” (Bhagavad-gita, 2.11)

Shouldn't You Pray For Eternal Life

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent there is no endurance, and of the existent there is no cessation. This seers have concluded by studying the nature of both.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.16)

What Do You Do For Money

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

To Know What You Don't Know

Sun, 20 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Things That Would Have To Be False Under Mayavada

Sat, 19 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.4)

Five Lessons On Life Revealed Through The Ramayana

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

Two Viewpoints On The Implementation Of Religion

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.2.6)

Convenience Does Not Mean Advancement

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

The Two Sides To Nihilism

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogis in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 8.15)

Five Conditions I Am Eager To Sign Up For

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Are We Restricted Anywhere Else

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

How Do You Deal With People Who Trust No One

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Suta Gosvami said: Thus Bhishmadeva merged himself in the Supersoul, Lord Shri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with his mind, speech, sight and actions, and thus he became silent, and his breathing stopped.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.9.43)

Giving Shelter To The Shelterless

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.34)

The Two Conclusions To Deduce From Mayavada Philosophy

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The last illusion, the last snare of maya to trap the living entity, is the proposition that he is God. The living entity thinks that he is no longer a conditioned soul, but God. He is so unintelligent that he does not think that if he were God, then how could he be in doubt? That he does not consider. So that is the last snare of illusion.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 18.73 Purport)

Fit To Be Abandoned

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Belittling Insults For The Female

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Questions Of Understanding Which Are Not Exclusive To Hindus

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The Blessed Lord then said: This body, O son of Kunti, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the field.” (Bhagavad-gita, 13.2)

What Does It Mean To Be Cursed

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of life.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 16.19)

Rama Navami 2025

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Of what use are wealth, comforts and pleasures, home, wives, and sons if one is not able to see Shri Rama?” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 48.7)

Five Layers To Sanatana-Dharma

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Things The Atheist Likely Believes In

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.4)

Does Not Your Philosophy Resemble Nihilism

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

What Are You Going To Do On Another Planet

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Reasons We Do Not Worship In Our Spare Time

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

What Has Really Changed

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.14)

Why Do People Insist On Waiting For Pratyaksha Pramana

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Greater Than Or Less Than

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead will appear on the earth very soon along with His supreme powerful potencies, and as long as He remains on the earth planet to execute His mission of annihilating the demons and establishing the devotees, the demigods should also remain there to assist Him.” (Message of Lord Vishnu to Lord Brahma and the demigods, Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 1, Ch 1)

Five Things It Would Be Silly To Say You Must Be Born Into

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“By remembering Shri Rama’s holy name, even those who are born into a low caste become worthy of fame, just as the wild trees that line the roads in the heavenly realm are famous throughout the three worlds.” (Dohavali, 16)

You Don't Know What It's Like

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Why Is Religion So Tasteless

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.59)

Five Other People I Worship

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Reasons Kirtana Is Limited Outside Of Bhakti

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

What Does It Mean To Die For Someone's Sins

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“The guru takes the torchlight of knowledge and presents it before the living entity enveloped in darkness. That knowledge relieves him from the sufferings of the darkness of ignorance.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Science of Self Realization, Ch 2a)

Five People Who Are Spiraling Out Of Control

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.20)

You Are Calling Me Home

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Expressions In Our Relationship With Food

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five People I Really Hate

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Don't Be Distracted

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“Endowed with such a faith, he seeks favors of a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.22)

What Is Your End-Game

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“O King, as I repeatedly recall this wondrous and holy dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna, I take pleasure, being thrilled at every moment.” (Sanjaya, Bhagavad-gita, 18.76)

Five Trenches I Have Suffered In

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“My dear Krishna, Your Lordship has protected us from a poisoned cake, from a great fire, from cannibals, from the vicious assembly, from sufferings during our exile in the forest and from the battle where great generals fought. And now You have saved us from the weapon of Ashvatthama.” (Queen Kunti, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.8.24)

Holi 2025

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Gaura Purnima 2025

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Benefits To Cooking Everyday

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

If You Have No Other Shelter

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

No Rush For A Bestseller

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

“A human being should be inquisitive to know who he is, what the universe is, what God is, and what the relationship is between himself, God and the material world. Such questions cannot be asked by cats and dogs, but they must arise in the heart of a real human being. Knowledge of these four items-namely, oneself, the universe, God, and their internal relationship-is called sambandha-jnana, or the knowledge of one’s relationship.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi 7.146 Purport)

Five Ways My Religious Life Feels Like Prison

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0300

Five Things The Elderly Man Has Lost Interest In

Sat, 08 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desires to have anything; he is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.54)

Five Ways Krishna Might Annoy Me

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Our dear friend Yashoda, your son sometimes comes to our houses before the milking of the cows and releases the calves, and when the master of the house becomes angry, your son merely smiles. Sometimes He devises some process by which He steals palatable curd, butter and milk, which He then eats and drinks. When the monkeys assemble, He divides it with them, and when the monkeys have their bellies so full that they won't take more, He breaks the pots. Sometimes, if He gets no opportunity to steal butter or milk from a house, He will be angry at the householders, and for His revenge He will agitate the small children by pinching them. Then, when the children begin crying, Krishna will go away.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.8.29)

Five Components To A Comeback Story

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“There are many faults associated with ending my life, and if I remain alive I can find all-auspiciousness. Therefore, I will keep my life-breath, for by living success is assured.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 13.47)

Starting With Sadness

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Why Is The Jnani The Best In The Four Categories Of Worshipers

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Why Am I Still Unhappy

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“For human happiness, one must care for the animals, especially the cows. Vasudeva therefore inquired whether there was a good arrangement for the animals where Nanda Maharaja lived. For the proper pursuit of human happiness, there must be arrangements for the protection of cows. This means that there must be forests and adequate pasturing grounds full of grass and water. If the animals are happy, there will be an ample supply of milk, from which human beings will benefit by deriving many milk products with which to live happily.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.5.26 Purport)

Five Conditions To Satisfy Having Made It

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Why The Push For Strong And Independent Women

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“May Indra protect you on the East, may Yama protect you on the South and Varuna on the West and Kuvera on the North.” (Sita Devi speaking to Lord Rama, Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 16.24)

Five Reasons The Pandavas Might Question Their Belief In God

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“He (Vidura) indirectly hinted, ‘A weapon not made of steel or any other material element can be more than sharp to kill an enemy, and he who knows this is never killed.’ That is to say, he hinted that the party of the Pandavas was being sent to Varanavata to be killed, and thus he warned Yudhishthira to be very careful in their new residential palace.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.13.8 Purport)

Five Reasons Your Dogmatic Insistence Does Not Work On Me

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Thus I have explained to you the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.63)

Without My Sanction

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Good and bad, which are part of the illusion created by Hari, cannot be removed without worshiping Hari. Keeping this in mind, worship Rama and renounce all desires.” (Dohavali, 127)

Five Horrors Experienced At The Family Gathering

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“The learned brahmana Sudama passed that night at the house of Lord Krishna, and while he was there he felt as if he were living in a Vaikuntha planet. Actually he was living in Vaikuntha, because wherever Lord Krishna, the original Narayana, and Rukminidevi, the goddess of fortune, live is not different from the spiritual planet, Vaikunthaloka.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 2, Ch 26)

Five Tricks Of The Snake Oil Salesman

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“O King, as I repeatedly recall this wondrous and holy dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna, I take pleasure, being thrilled at every moment.” (Sanjaya, Bhagavad-gita, 18.76)

Five Potential Activities For The Thrill Seeker

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“O King, as I repeatedly recall this wondrous and holy dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna, I take pleasure, being thrilled at every moment.” (Sanjaya, Bhagavad-gita, 18.76)

Applying For An Exemption

Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“It is better to live in this world by begging than to live at the cost of the lives of great souls who are my teachers. Even though they are avaricious, they are nonetheless superiors. If they are killed, our spoils will be tainted with blood.” (Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.5)

Sin All You Want

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Five Irrational Justifications For Dismissing Divinity

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Our dear friend Yashoda, your son sometimes comes to our houses before the milking of the cows and releases the calves, and when the master of the house becomes angry, your son merely smiles. Sometimes He devises some process by which He steals palatable curd, butter and milk, which He then eats and drinks. When the monkeys assemble, He divides it with them, and when the monkeys have their bellies so full that they won't take more, He breaks the pots. Sometimes, if He gets no opportunity to steal butter or milk from a house, He will be angry at the householders, and for His revenge He will agitate the small children by pinching them. Then, when the children begin crying, Krishna will go away.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.8.29)

Five Items Listed In Krishna's Rap Sheet In Gokula

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Our dear friend Yashoda, your son sometimes comes to our houses before the milking of the cows and releases the calves, and when the master of the house becomes angry, your son merely smiles. Sometimes He devises some process by which He steals palatable curd, butter and milk, which He then eats and drinks. When the monkeys assemble, He divides it with them, and when the monkeys have their bellies so full that they won't take more, He breaks the pots. Sometimes, if He gets no opportunity to steal butter or milk from a house, He will be angry at the householders, and for His revenge He will agitate the small children by pinching them. Then, when the children begin crying, Krishna will go away.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.8.29)

Five Iconic Images From Krishna's Childhood Lila

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Our dear friend Yashoda, your son sometimes comes to our houses before the milking of the cows and releases the calves, and when the master of the house becomes angry, your son merely smiles. Sometimes He devises some process by which He steals palatable curd, butter and milk, which He then eats and drinks. When the monkeys assemble, He divides it with them, and when the monkeys have their bellies so full that they won't take more, He breaks the pots. Sometimes, if He gets no opportunity to steal butter or milk from a house, He will be angry at the householders, and for His revenge He will agitate the small children by pinching them. Then, when the children begin crying, Krishna will go away.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.8.29)

Five Reasons I Might Hesitate To Ask Krishna For Help

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“The brahmana thought that there was no need to ask any material benefit from Lord Shri Krishna, but he was induced by the repeated requests of his wife. Moreover, he thought, ‘If I go there I shall be able to see the Lord personally. That will be a great opportunity, even if I don’t ask any material benefit from Him.’” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 2, Ch 25)

Five Potential Warnings From The Guide At The Temple

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Upon observing the brahmana’s rigid vow, Lord Shri Ramachandra ordered His younger brother Lakshmana to deliver a pair of Sita-Rama Deities to the brahmana. The brahmana received the Deities from Shri Lakshmanaji and worshiped Them faithfully as long as he lived.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya 9.11, Purport)

How Can Religion Appeal To The Strong

Sat, 15 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Five Things I Might Be Willing To Pardon

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Alas, how strange it is that we are preparing to commit greatly sinful acts, driven by the desire to enjoy royal happiness.” (Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita, 1.44)

Two Routes For Responding To The Accusation Of False Gods

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Thus I have explained to you the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.63)

Five Opinions On What Makes An Intelligent Person

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

I Will Write It On The Paper

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Those men who will again see Rama along with Sita, accompanied by the mighty-armed Lakshmana, returning home will be successful.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 72.38)

Five Important Announcements That I Might Miss

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Those men who will again see Rama along with Sita, accompanied by the mighty-armed Lakshmana, returning home will be successful.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 72.38)

What If Hospitality Is Held Back

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Five Ways To Know That An Important Person Is Also Nice

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Why Do You Keep Rereading The Instruction Manual

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“O King, as I repeatedly recall this wondrous and holy dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna, I take pleasure, being thrilled at every moment.” (Sanjaya, Bhagavad-gita, 18.76)

Five Playing Fields Corresponding To Qualities

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

The Most Beautiful Weapons

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“My Lord, who are never conquered by anyone, I am certainly not afraid of Your ferocious mouth and tongue, Your eyes bright like the sun or Your frowning eyebrows. I do not fear Your sharp, pinching teeth, Your garland of intestines, Your mane soaked with blood, or Your high, wedgelike ears. Nor do I fear Your tumultuous roaring, which makes elephants flee to distant places, or Your nails, which are meant to kill Your enemies.” (Prahlada Maharaja, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.9.15)

A Regurgitation Of The Past

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Five Versions Of God A Saintly Person Could Give Me

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Our dear friend Yashoda, your son sometimes comes to our houses before the milking of the cows and releases the calves, and when the master of the house becomes angry, your son merely smiles. Sometimes He devises some process by which He steals palatable curd, butter and milk, which He then eats and drinks. When the monkeys assemble, He divides it with them, and when the monkeys have their bellies so full that they won't take more, He breaks the pots. Sometimes, if He gets no opportunity to steal butter or milk from a house, He will be angry at the householders, and for His revenge He will agitate the small children by pinching them. Then, when the children begin crying, Krishna will go away.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.8.29)

Why Would God Descend As A Child

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Our dear friend Yashoda, your son sometimes comes to our houses before the milking of the cows and releases the calves, and when the master of the house becomes angry, your son merely smiles. Sometimes He devises some process by which He steals palatable curd, butter and milk, which He then eats and drinks. When the monkeys assemble, He divides it with them, and when the monkeys have their bellies so full that they won't take more, He breaks the pots. Sometimes, if He gets no opportunity to steal butter or milk from a house, He will be angry at the householders, and for His revenge He will agitate the small children by pinching them. Then, when the children begin crying, Krishna will go away.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.8.29)

Five Things My Father Could Give Me

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Those fourteen thousand Rakshasas of frightening deeds were eliminated by that one man, a foot-soldier, who was Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 26.35)

Find Me One Person

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“I do not find in this world any man who can describe a fault in Him, even in His absence, be it an adversary or someone defeated.” (Lakshmana, Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 21.5)

Just What Is It Exactly That People Want

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Sometimes the naughty babies would crawl up to the cowshed, catch the tail of a calf and stand up. The calves, being disturbed, would immediately begin running here and there, and the children would be dragged over clay and cow dung. To see this fun, Yashoda and Rohini would call all their neighboring friends, the gopis. Upon seeing these childhood pastimes of Lord Krishna, the gopis would be merged in transcendental bliss. In their enjoyment they would laugh very loudly.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 1, Ch 8)

Three People I Failed To Set Straight

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Endowed with such a faith, he seeks favors of a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.22)

Five Tales From Rama-Lila That Have Philosophical Significance

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Those fourteen thousand Rakshasas of frightening deeds were eliminated by that one man, a foot-soldier, who was Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 26.35)

How Did You Know

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“All the persons I have just mentioned obtain temporary fruits from their material work. Indeed, the meager and miserable situations they achieve bring future unhappiness and are based on ignorance. Even while enjoying the fruits of their work, such persons are filled with lamentation.” (Lord Krishna, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 11.14.11)

Five Things Rukmini Had Going Against Her

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“I can understand that the marriage of Rukmini with Shishupala has been arranged by her elder brother in a spirit of animosity toward Me; so I am determined to give a good lesson to all of these princes. Just as fire is extracted and utilized after manipulating ordinary wood, similarly, after dealing with these demoniac princes, I shall bring forth Rukmini, like fire, from their midst.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 1, Ch 52)

Amazing Stories

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Those fourteen thousand Rakshasas of frightening deeds were eliminated by that one man, a foot-soldier, who was Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 26.35)

Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

A Rare Position Is An Isolated Position

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.19)

Always Agitated

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

They Think They Will Be The Exception

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Cruelty Towards Victims

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“The Blessed Lord said: While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor the dead.” (Bhagavad-gita, 2.11)

When The Reality Is Unacceptable

Sun, 19 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Day after day countless living entities in this world go to the kingdom of death. Still, those who remain aspire for a permanent situation here. What could be more amazing than this?” (Maharaja Yudhishthira speaking to Yamaraja, Mahabharata, Vana-parva, 313.116)

Empirical Data To Prove History

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Arjuna said: The sun-god Vivasvan is senior by birth to You. How am I to understand that in the beginning You instructed this science to him?” (Bhagavad-gita, 4.4)

Pravritti For The Win

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Home Is Where Hari Is

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“There are an infinite number of living beings, both moving and nonmoving, who have many different abodes, with some residing in the earth, some in the sky, and some in the water. But O helpless Tulsi, for you Shri Rama’s holy name is your only home.” (Dohavali, 37)

Three Reasons Arjuna Could Feel Safe In Becoming A Disciple Of Krishna

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me clearly what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.” (Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.7)

Does Not Simplicity Indicate A Lack Of Intelligence

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“My dear father, I am very respectfully and humbly inquiring. What is this arrangement? Why you are busy in making some sacrificial ceremony, what is the reason, and what is the result? For whose benefit is it and by what means will it be accomplished?” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.24.3)

Doomscroll My Life Away

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Five Amazing Aspects to Narahari

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Self-Realization For The TLDR Inclined

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“My dear King, although Kali-yuga is full of faults, there is still one good quality about this age. It is that simply by chanting the holy name of Krishna, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 12.3.51)

Five Personal Life Experiences Which Explain Concepts Of Tattva

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Kirtanam actually means ‘describing.’ We can describe with music, words, pictures, etc. Shravanam goes hand in hand with kirtanam, for unless we hear, we cannot describe. We don’t need any material qualifications in order to attain the Supreme. All we have to do is hear from authoritative sources and repeat accurately what we hear.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Raja-vidya, Ch 4)

Five Activities That Can Be Done As Yajna

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Work done as a sacrifice for Vishnu has to be performed, otherwise work binds one to this material world. Therefore, O son of Kunti, perform your prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain unattached and free from bondage.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 3.9)

Five Excuses For Arjuna Not Taking The Medicine From Krishna

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Thus I have explained to you the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.63)

Five Ways I Show I Am A Big Fan

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Krishna saw all the trees, overloaded with fruits and fresh twigs, coming down to touch the ground as if welcoming Him by touching His lotus feet. He was very pleased by the behavior of the trees, fruits and flowers, and He began to smile realizing their desires.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 1, Ch 15)

Not The Dreaded Renewal

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are surrendered to Me, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss enlightening one another and conversing about Me.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.9)

Five Reasons It Is Offensive To Use The Term Demigod

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Four Factors Of Confusion When Following Bhakti

Sat, 04 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“Good and bad, which are part of the illusion created by Hari, cannot be removed without worshiping Hari. Keeping this in mind, worship Rama and renounce all desires.” (Dohavali, 127)

Five Unfortunate Situations Turned Around Through A Single Connection

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

“I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths.” (Queen Kunti speaking to Lord Krishna, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.8.25)

Five People Who Gave Me Trouble In Life

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

To Not Be A Disgrace

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0400

Waiting For Liberation

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Those great saints, who are knowers of dharma and greatly fortunate, spoke these words to me: ‘Rama will visit your very pious ashrama. Along with Saumitra [Lakshmana], you should offer Rama the greatest hospitality as your guest. Thus after seeing Him, as a benediction, you will ascend to the eternal realm.’” (Shabari speaking to Lord Rama, Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 74.15-16)

More Than Just Theory

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Important Factors Of Life Explained By Ante Narayana-Smriti

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

The Two Kinds Of Bhakti-Yoga

Sat, 28 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Those who have not attained the platform of spontaneous attachment in devotional service render devotional service under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master according to the regulative principles mentioned in the revealed scriptures. According to the revealed scriptures, this kind of devotional service is called vaidhi bhakti.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya, 22.109)

A Happiness Not Dependent On External Factors

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“All the demigods and their exalted qualities, such as religion, knowledge and renunciation, become manifest in the body of one who has developed unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva. On the other hand, a person devoid of devotional service and engaged in material activities has no good qualities. Even if he is adept at the practice of mystic yoga or the honest endeavor of maintaining his family and relatives, he must be driven by his own mental speculations and must engage in the service of the Lord’s external energy. How can there be any good qualities in such a man?” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 5.18.12)

Five Ways The Envious Person Might Respond To Seeing The Universal Form

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“The Supreme Lord said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most secret wisdom, knowing which you shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence.” (Bhagavad-gita, 9.1)

Proven Through Empirical Data

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

What About The Animals Sacrifices Mentioned In The Vedas

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Concepts Created Due To Degradation Of Culture

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“A sacred place will be taken to consist of no more than a reservoir of water located at a distance, and beauty will be thought to depend on one's hairstyle. Filling the belly will become the goal of life, and one who is audacious will be accepted as truthful. He who can maintain a family will be regarded as an expert man, and the principles of religion will be observed only for the sake of reputation.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 12.2.6)

Assuming The Burden

Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Those fourteen thousand Rakshasas of frightening deeds were eliminated by that one man, a foot-soldier, who was Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 26.35)

How Can You Say That The Soul Does Not Do Anything

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Those with the vision of eternity can see that the soul is transcendental, eternal, and beyond the modes of nature. Despite contact with the material body, O Arjuna, the soul neither does anything nor is entangled.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 13.32)

Five Events I Might Arrive Early For

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Ways To Agitate The Senses

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Materially, everyone wants to satisfy his senses, and he wants God to be the order supplier for such satisfaction. The Lord will satisfy the senses of the living entities as much as they deserve, but not to the extent that they may covet. But when one takes the opposite way—namely, when one tries to satisfy the senses of Govinda without desiring to satisfy one's own senses—then by the grace of Govinda all desires of the living entity are satisfied.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 1.32-35 Purport)

Enemies To Their Standard Of Civilization

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Things We Never Get Over

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Justifications For My Inclination To Remember A Single Verse From The Ramayana

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Those fourteen thousand Rakshasas of frightening deeds were eliminated by that one man, a foot-soldier, who was Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 26.35)

Five Interests Shared By Every Rational Person

Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Ways I Postpone Thinking

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Vishnu, in Treta-yuga by performing sacrifices and in Dvapara-yuga by serving the Lord's lotus feet can also be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 12.3.52)

Five Virtues I Expect Out Of A Leader Of Men

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Transformations I Needed In Order To Succeed As A Parent

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

An Inclusive Event

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

If No One Is Going To Save You

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

The Most Remarkable Hardship

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

What Is Your Favorite Moment From Rama-lila

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Those fourteen thousand Rakshasas of frightening deeds were eliminated by that one man, a foot-soldier, who was Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 26.35)

Five Reasons We Might Show Respect To A Guest

Sat, 07 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Important Decisions Upon Which I Should Deliberate

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Thus I have explained to you the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.63)

Three Phases Of The Father-Son Relationship

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“The Vedas, like the Mundaka Upanishad, as well as the Shvetashvatara Upanishad, compare the soul and the Supersoul to two friendly birds sitting on the same tree. One of the birds (the individual atomic soul) is eating the fruit of the tree, and the other bird (Krishna) is simply watching His friend. Of these two birds—although they are the same in quality—one is captivated by the fruits of the material tree, while the other is simply witnessing the activities of His friend. Krishna is the witnessing bird, and Arjuna is the eating bird.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 2.22 Purport)

The Blissful Relief Of Not Being Interested

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Let not the wise disrupt the minds of the ignorant who are attached to fruitive action. They should not be encouraged to refrain from work, but to engage in work in the spirit of devotion.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 3.26)

Everyone Should Deliberate

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Thus I have explained to you the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.63)

Five Criticisms Of The Leader Of The Large Corporation

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Things The Physical Book Is Missing

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Places I Cannot Find Peace

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Experiments And Calculations

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Those fourteen thousand Rakshasas of frightening deeds were eliminated by that one man, a foot-soldier, who was Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 26.35)

Two Desired Factors In The Life Of The Ideal Man

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Ways Krishna Bends The Rules In His Lila

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Proof From The Bookshelf

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.3)

Five Ways To View Narasimhadeva

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

What Is The Difference Between Rama And Krishna

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Those fourteen thousand Rakshasas of frightening deeds were eliminated by that one man, a foot-soldier, who was Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 26.35)

How To Be The Ideal Man

Sat, 23 Nov 2024 23:00:00 -0400

Five People Aspiring To Be Something

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.3)

Five Things Every Child Should Be Taught

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Mayavada Overload

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“By becoming fixed in this knowledge, one can attain to the transcendental nature, which is like My own nature. Thus established, one is not born at the time of creation nor disturbed at the time of dissolution.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 14.2)

Not For The Faint Of Heart

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

When I Become An Order Supplier To Him

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Criticisms Against Your Guru

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your own potencies, O origin of all, Lord of all beings, God of gods, O Supreme Person, Lord of the universe!” (Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.15)

Biographical Tales Or Philosophy Detailed

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Those fourteen thousand Rakshasas of frightening deeds were eliminated by that one man, a foot-soldier, who was Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 26.35)

Why The Forgiving Nature In The Traumatized

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“I would consider it better for the sons of Dhritarashtra to kill me unarmed and unresisting, rather than fight with them.” (Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita, 1.45)

You Will Be Back

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Meant To Hide Him All It Can

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Getting A Little Tired Of Hearing How Great Saintly People Are

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“…Due to the great variety of desires and natures among human beings, there are many different theistic philosophies of life, which are handed down through tradition, custom and disciplic succession. There are other teachers who directly support atheistic viewpoints.” (Lord Krishna, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 11.14.8)

Our Ignorance Of The Unexplainable Infinity

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.55)

The Only Genuine Liberation Movement

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Good and bad, which are part of the illusion created by Hari, cannot be removed without worshiping Hari. Keeping this in mind, worship Rama and renounce all desires.” (Dohavali, 127)

Five Times I Feel Pain In Dealing With My Children

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“The example is given that small lamps may become agitated by a little breeze, but the greatest lamp or the greatest illuminating source, the sun, is never moved, even by the greatest hurricane. One’s greatness has to be estimated by one’s ability to tolerate provoking situations.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 2, Ch 34)

Vishnu As A Human

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Those fourteen thousand Rakshasas of frightening deeds were eliminated by that one man, a foot-soldier, who was Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 26.35)

Five Reasons I Might Not Be Comfortable With The Hindu Designation

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Thus I have explained to you the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.63)

Replete With Stinkiosity

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“The Sanskrit word mantra is a combination of two syllables, man and tra. Man means ‘mind,’ and tra means ‘deliverance.’ Therefore a mantra is that which delivers you from mental concoction, from hovering on the mental plane. So if you chant this mantra—Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—very soon you’ll find that you are coming from the darkness to the light.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Journey of Self-Discovery, Ch 2.6)

Five Reasons We Worship A Man

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Those fourteen thousand Rakshasas of frightening deeds were eliminated by that one man, a foot-soldier, who was Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 26.35)

Four Lopsided Fighting Configurations

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

“Those fourteen thousand Rakshasas of frightening deeds were eliminated by that one man, a foot-soldier, who was Rama.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 26.35)

If Everyone Is Brahman Then Why Is Krishna Special

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0400

Five Factors Required By The Professional Performer

Sat, 02 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0300

Govardhana Puja 2024

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0300

Diwali 2024

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“Good and bad, which are part of the illusion created by Hari, cannot be removed without worshiping Hari. Keeping this in mind, worship Rama and renounce all desires.” (Dohavali, 127)

With So Much Blame To Go Around

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

Five Excuses I Might Make When Asked To Do Something Difficult

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“O very powerful one, I depend on your might. As you are the best of the monkeys, O son of the wind, do you exert yourself in such a way that by using your extraordinary strength and bravery, O Hanuman, the daughter of Janaka may be found.” (Shri Rama speaking to Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kand, 44.17)

Recurring Royalties

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Prahlada, O most pure, O great saintly person, your father has been purified, along with twenty-one forefathers in your family. Because you were born in this family, the entire dynasty has been purified.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.10.18)

Two Insights Into The Person Who Configured Seeds

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 14.4)

Contingent Relationships

Sat, 26 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“The man who has escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kunti, performs acts conducive to self-realization and thus gradually attains the supreme destination.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 16.22)

Why The Lack Of Dogmatic Insistence In Vedic Culture

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“Thus I have explained to you the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.63)

If The Outcome Is Known

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 14.4)

Is The Asura Good Or Bad

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“There are instances in history of many asuras – Ravana, Kamsa, Hiranyakashipu – to whom the Lord appeared in various incarnations just to kill. Therefore God’s mercy is shown to the asuras if they are fortunate enough to be killed by Him.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 16.20 Purport)

Five Ways To Know A Single Person Of Prominence

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“An old woman in Vrindavana, present at the time of Krishna’s pastimes, once stated in surprise: ‘How wonderful it is that Krishna, who owns the hearts of all the young girls of Brajabhumi, can nicely speak the language of Brajabhumi with the gopis, while in Sanskrit He speaks with the demigods, and in the language of the animals He can even speak with the cows and buffalo! Similarly, in the language of the Kashmere Province, and with the parrots and other birds, as well as in most common languages, Krishna is so expressive!’” (The Nectar Of Devotion, Ch 21)

Books To Explain How The World Works

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“Smelling the fragrance of Rama and Lakshmana, like a dog smelling a tiger, certainly you will not be able to stand.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 21.31-32)

What Is The Harm In Labeling Krishna A Prophet

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

Five Ways Arjuna Could Have Mocked Krishna At Kurukshetra

Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

The Typewriter Seed

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.11)

An Answer To The False God Criticism

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“This boy Prahlada is the killer of my brother, for he has given up his family to engage in the devotional service of the enemy, Lord Vishnu, like a menial servant.” (Hiranyakashipu, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.5.35)

My Chance To Remember

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

Five Results Where The Cause Cannot Be Unknown

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300

“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas am I to be known; indeed I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 15.15)

Three Sanskrit Pairs To Describe The Consequences To Action In A Material Existence

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0300