Episodes
Monday Nov 21, 2011
The Bird In The Cage
Monday Nov 21, 2011
Monday Nov 21, 2011
“The body and the mind are but superfluous outer coverings of the spirit soul. The spirit soul's needs must be fulfilled. Simply by cleansing the cage of the bird, one does not satisfy the bird. One must actually know the needs of the bird himself.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.2.8 Purport)
Monday Oct 24, 2011
Simple Living
Monday Oct 24, 2011
Monday Oct 24, 2011
“By keeping regular habits and eating simple food, any man can maintain his health. Overeating, over-sense gratification, overdependence on another's mercy, and artificial standards of living sap the very vitality of human energy.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.1.10 Purport)
Tuesday Aug 16, 2011
This Thorn In My Side
Tuesday Aug 16, 2011
Tuesday Aug 16, 2011
“Your business is to elevate yourself to perfect Krishna consciousness and nothing more. If you deviate from this law, if you don't accept this principle, if you want to enjoy more, then you have to suffer more.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Krishna Consciousness The Topmost Yoga System, Ch 9)
Wednesday May 11, 2011
The Gift of Consciousness
Wednesday May 11, 2011
Wednesday May 11, 2011
“In this material world we desire sense enjoyment, but without Krishna or without Krishna consciousness there is no possibility of sense enjoyment. We may have strong arms and legs, but when there is no consciousness—when there is no Krishna consciousness—we cannot even utilize them.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Teachings of Queen Kunti, Ch 21)
Thursday Mar 31, 2011
Necessity for Meditation
Thursday Mar 31, 2011
Thursday Mar 31, 2011
“Since Krishna is the cause of all causes, He is worshiped by all kinds of sages and saints by observance of the regulative principles. When there is a necessity for meditation, great personalities meditate on the transcendental form of Krishna within the heart. In this way the minds of great personalities are always engaged in Krishna.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 2, Ch 32)
Thursday Mar 10, 2011
What Makes An Object
Thursday Mar 10, 2011
Thursday Mar 10, 2011
"Any object is known by its four characteristic features: name, form, qualities and activities. Lord Krishna is the Supreme Object; thus He is knowable in terms of His unlimited and eternal name, form, qualities, and pastimes. The absence of these four features in anything denies its status as object. For example, impersonal Brahman is formless; hence it is not an object unto itself, but simply a distinctive trait of the Supreme Lord." (Harinama-Cintamani)
Saturday Sep 11, 2010
Whatever Works
Saturday Sep 11, 2010
Saturday Sep 11, 2010
“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)
Wednesday Jul 21, 2010
Attaining Yoga
Wednesday Jul 21, 2010
Wednesday Jul 21, 2010
“A person is said to have attained to yoga when, having renounced all material desires, he neither acts for sense gratification nor engages in fruitive activities.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 6.4)
Friday Jul 09, 2010
Elevator to the Top
Friday Jul 09, 2010
Friday Jul 09, 2010
“It can be concluded that a person who is freed from the bodily concept of life is an eligible candidate for pure devotional service. It is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita that after Brahman realization, when one is freed from material anxieties and can see every living entity on an equal level, he is eligible to enter into devotional service.” (Shrila Prabhupada, The Nectar of Devotion, Ch 3)
Wednesday Jul 07, 2010
Atmarama
Wednesday Jul 07, 2010
Wednesday Jul 07, 2010
“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)