Episodes
Tuesday Jan 30, 2018
Two Examples Of Krishna Being Baliyan
Tuesday Jan 30, 2018
Tuesday Jan 30, 2018
“When Krishna killed Arishtasura, some of the gopis said, ‘My dear friends, just see how Krishna has killed Arishtasura! Although he was stronger than a mountain, Krishna plucked him up just like a piece of cotton and threw him away without any difficulty!’ There is another passage wherein it is said: ‘O my dear devotees of Lord Krishna, may the left hand of Lord Krishna, which has lifted Govardhana Hill like a ball, save you from all dangers.’” (The Nectar of Devotion, Ch 21)
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Where Does Krishna Say That He Always Tries To Please His Devotees
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Monday Jan 29, 2018
“As stated in the Bhagavad-gita, Krishna always tries to please His devotees, and the devotees try to please Krishna. As the devotees always think of Krishna within their hearts, so Krishna also thinks of His devotees within Himself. When Kubja was converted into a beautiful society girl, she wanted Krishna to come to her place so that she could try to receive and worship Him in her own way.” (Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 1, Ch 47)
Sunday Jan 28, 2018
Three Reasons Krishna Is Known As Gopala
Sunday Jan 28, 2018
Sunday Jan 28, 2018
“Nondevotees cannot give any nomenclature for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, yet the Lord is known as Shyamasundara and Giridhari. Similarly, the Lord is known as Devaki-nandana and Yashoda-nandana because He accepted the role of son for mother Devaki and mother Yashoda, and He is known as Gopala because He enjoyed the sport of maintaining the cows and calves.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.2.36 Purport)
Saturday Jan 27, 2018
Three Times The Undefeated Was Defeated
Saturday Jan 27, 2018
Saturday Jan 27, 2018
“I shall go with you today to the forest. There is no doubt about it. I cannot be prevented, O greatly fortunate one. I am ready to go.” (Sita Devi speaking to Lord Rama, Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kand, 27.15)
Friday Jan 26, 2018
Four Examples Of Where Utility Is The Principle
Friday Jan 26, 2018
Friday Jan 26, 2018
“Sometimes people ask us, ‘Why are you utilizing material products if you condemn the advancement of material civilization?’ But actually we do not condemn. We simply ask people to do whatever they are doing in Krishna consciousness. This is the same principle on which, in the Bhagavad-gita, Krishna advised Arjuna to utilize his fighting abilities in devotional service.” (Shrila Prabhupada, The Nectar of Devotion, Ch 14)
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Four People Counseled And Inspired By Narada Muni
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
Thursday Jan 25, 2018
“There is a statement in the Skanda Purana wherein Parvata Muni tells Narada, ‘My dear Narada, of all saintly persons you are so great and glorious that simply by your good wishes a lowborn hunter also has become a great, elevated devotee of Lord Krishna.’” (The Nectar of Devotion, Ch 17)
Wednesday Jan 24, 2018
Three More Criticisms Devotees Don't Mind Hearing
Wednesday Jan 24, 2018
Wednesday Jan 24, 2018
“One day will come when death will finish everything, and the living entity will have to enter another body to begin another chapter of life and again begin the cycle of material sense gratification. Prahlada Maharaja describes this process as punah punash charvita-charvananam (SB 7.5.30). Materialistic life means chewing the chewed again and again.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 4.27.14)
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
Three Reactions To Winning A Million Dollars
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
“O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 2.14)
Monday Jan 22, 2018
Three Ways Forgetfulness Can Be Beneficial In Bhakti-Yoga
Monday Jan 22, 2018
Monday Jan 22, 2018
“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)
Sunday Jan 21, 2018
Trouble Finding Even Spare Change
Sunday Jan 21, 2018
Sunday Jan 21, 2018
“The one who never even received broken currency, who was so poor and nobody wanted - Tulsi says that Shri Rama, the protector of the poor, has made him worth so much.” (Dohavali, 108)