Why 16 rounds and not another number?
Why 16 rounds of japamala and not another number? QUESTION Manonatha Maharaj, please accept my humble obeisances. What is the significance of the number 16? Why are we instructed to chant 16 rounds of Japamala … Read More
Inventory of Isvara Archive, 1st of January 2019
Dear devotees and friends, Here is the inventory of Isvara Archive at the 1st of January 2019. Books 36,685 Articles 22,272 History 26,234 IMG 14,150 Audio 3,710 Video 3,232 For … Read More
De los ojos de las Deidades viene un nectar llamado sudhakara?
Pregunta Su gracias Manonatha Prabhu por favor acepte mis reverencias AGTSP! Podría hablar acerca del sudakara por favor? Esto haciendo referencia al siguiente texto: No pierdas la oportunidad de venir regularmente ante la deidad y deja … Read More
On the practice of Japamala
Questions Hare Krishna Prabhu. Please accept my most humble and sincere obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. A question about the recital of the Maha Mantra. I chant it when I have time and often not … Read More
Ten different types of Citra-jalpa
Here Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura discusses the various “citra-jalpa”, or mad talks, from the spiritual point of view. To know these from the material point of view it’s enough to remove Krishna from the equation. Citra-jalpa, … Read More
One should neither praise nor criticize the conditioned nature and activities of other persons
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One should neither praise nor criticize the conditioned nature and activities of other persons. Rather, one should see this world as simply the combination of material nature and the enjoying … Read More
SOBRE DE KARNA (PARA BHAKTA HAROLD Y OTROS)
Tiempo atras tube una discussion en Whatsapp aqui sobre de Drona y Karna. Yo afirmava que Drona habia rechazado Karna para su nascimineto de clase baja mientras otros devotos afirmavan el contrario, que Dronacarya habia aceptado … Read More
More difficult than controlling the wind
Question In the gita Arjuna tells Krsna that controlling the mind is more difficult than controlling the wind. If intelligence is more subtle, is not then even more difficult to control? Answer We know that … Read More
Listen even if you don’t understand
Listen even if you don’t understand Srila Prabhupada’s response when requested to change his Guru Maharaja’s {Srila Bhaktisidanta Saraswati} book Brahma-Samhita Srila Prabhupada…” So even there is difficulty, let them read over and over and again. … Read More
UPDATE ON MY WORK ON THE MAHA-BHARATA
I received a few questions about this topic and I’d like to share them with you. I have been asked, why are you working on a Maha-bharata edition when there are already good Maha-bharata on sale? … Read More
How long it took to write the Maha-bharata?
ANSWER TO QUESTION: The Maha-bharata was completed in three years. This is the time that Srila Vyasadeva needed to dictate it and to Sri Ganesa to write it down. – Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Adivansavatarana Parva, section … Read More
