Purifying Through Presence
Posted in DefaultTag, searching for sita on Oct 31st, 2011 Comments
“My having glanced at the wives of others sleeping in their home will certainly do a great harm to my virtue.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, 11.37)
Posted in DefaultTag, searching for sita on Oct 31st, 2011 Comments
“My having glanced at the wives of others sleeping in their home will certainly do a great harm to my virtue.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, 11.37)
Posted in DefaultTag, krishna pastimes on Oct 30th, 2011 Comments
“Mother Yashoda saw that her child felt sleepy, and to give Him all facilities for sleep, she lay down with the child, and when He was peaceful, she got up to attend to her other household affairs.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 10.7.5 Purport)
Posted in DefaultTag, janaki mangala on Oct 29th, 2011 Comments
“That country is looking so beautiful, and the Vedas have described its purity. Known in the three worlds, Tirahut [Janakpur] is the tilaka of the earth.” (Janaki Mangala, Svayamvara Ki Taiyari, 4)
Posted in DefaultTag, children on Oct 28th, 2011 Comments
“I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 10.8)
Posted in DefaultTag, searching for sita on Oct 27th, 2011 Comments
“My having glanced at the wives of others sleeping in their home will certainly do a great harm to my virtue.” (Hanuman, Valmiki Ramayana, 11.37)
Posted in DefaultTag, holiday, govardhana on Oct 26th, 2011 Comments
“My dear father, don't delay. The sacrifice you propose for Govardhana and the local brahmanas will take much time. Better take the arrangement and paraphernalia you have already made for sacrificing Indra-yajna and immediately engage it to satisfy Govardhana Hill and the local brahmanas.” (Lord Krishna, Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vol 1, Ch 24)
Posted in DefaultTag, holiday, diwali on Oct 25th, 2011 Comments
“O Sita, see the golden lord of mountains [Mainaka], which is golden-peaked and which rose up, piercing the ocean, to provide rest to Hanuman.” (Lord Rama speaking Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kand, 123.18)
Posted in DefaultTag, yoga on Oct 24th, 2011 Comments
“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)
Posted in DefaultTag, janaki mangala on Oct 23rd, 2011 Comments
“It is the good day of the svayamvara, which gives auspiciousness. By hearing of this Sita and Rama stay in the heart.” (Janaki Mangala, Svayamvara Ki Taiyari, 3)
Posted in DefaultTag, renunciation on Oct 22nd, 2011 Comments
“The Supreme Lord's pastimes are more attractive to liberated souls than to mundane people. He is of necessity not impersonal because it is only possible to carry on transcendental rasa with a person.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.1.3 Purport)