Library Blog – 12,358

    We were walking in Lakeshore Park, Lake Michigan. Srila #Prabhupada swung his cane and said, “What is this, fruit or flower?” Everyone else was silent. I knew a little bit about gardening. I said, … Read More

  Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī anxiously prays to the beloved friends of Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava and tells them of his painful love-in-separation. The aspirant devotee can only understand this by awakening his svarūpa. How sweet is that feeling: … Read More

  In Bhakta-māla, there is an significant incident from the life of Tulasidāsji, author of Rāmacharita Mānasa. It is written that one time, Tulasi das was walking on a path after performing his usual circumbulation of … Read More

  Bahubharyatva. (Polygamy). Polygamy was a custom in vogue in ancient India. It was not prohibited for a man to have more than one wife. It was customary to give dowry also. It is said in … Read More

      Most Terrifying Horror Story In Srimad Bhagavatam And The Remedy of Extreme Dreadful Ghost Souls

Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam, Part 14   BY: SUN STAFF     Jun 08, 2016 — CANADA (SUN) — A commentary on Lord Caitanya’s ‘Siksastakam’ by HDG Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, with a Bengali song for each verse … Read More

  Yadubara on Srila #Prabhupada Realizations Srila Prabhupada had a way of speaking so gravely that even when he said something simple, his words had significance beyond their immediate, apparent meaning. I experienced this several times … Read More

      स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवो: । प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ॥ २७ ॥ यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायण: । विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो य: सदा मुक्त एव स: ॥ २८ ॥   sparśān kṛtvā bahir bāhyāṁś cakṣuś caivāntare bhruvoḥ prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā … Read More

    योऽन्त:सुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव य: । स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति ॥ २४ ॥   yo ’ntaḥ-sukho ’ntar-ārāmas tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaṁ brahma-bhūto ’dhigacchati   yaḥ — one who; antaḥ–sukhaḥ — happy from within; antaḥ–ārāmaḥ — … Read More

    न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् । स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्‍ब्रह्मणि स्थित: ॥ २० ॥   na prahṛṣyet priyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya cāpriyam sthira-buddhir asammūḍho brahma-vid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ   na — never; prahṛṣyet — rejoices; priyam — … Read More

    HARIDASA He was a well-known scholar of Bhaktisastra. Haridasa, who was a relative of Biththalesvara, wrote many small books on Bhakti-tattva. The following works of Haridasa in Sanskrit are worth mentioning: Aisvaryavavivarana; Kamakhyadosavivarana : … Read More

    तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणा: । गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषा: ॥ १७ ॥   tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ gacchanty apunar-āvṛttiṁ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ   tat–buddhayaḥ — those whose intelligence is always in the Supreme; tat–ātmānaḥ — those whose minds are always in … Read More

Srila #Prabhupada says, ””outside of the sampradaya.” and, What is ”apa-sampradaya”?   Prabhupada: One who is in the line of disciplic succession cannot manufacture his own way of behavior. There are many so-called followers of the … Read More

Nowadays there is very little regard for the life of a child within the womb of the mother. Most people are concerned about their own pleasure. Many want the right to have sex with anyone and … Read More

  In a second all the airplane shakes were gone. As I was sitting on the narrow seat of Airindia airplane I was reading a book and a passage said that if you ardently desire to … Read More