Gudakesha
sanjaya uvaca evam ukto hrsikeso gudakesena bharata senayor ubhayor madhye sthapayitva rathottamam (Bhagavad Gita 01.24) Translation: Sañjaya said: O descendant of Bharata, having thus been addressed by Arjuna, Lord Krishna drew up the fine chariot in the midst of the armies of both parties. Purport: In this verse Arjuna is referred to as Gudakesa. Gudaka means sleep, and one who conquers sleep is...
WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE
Question : WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE ? Answer : BY SRILA PRABHUPADA. etavan eva loke 'smin pumsam dharmah parah smṛtah bhakti-yogo bhagavati tan-nama-grahanadibhih TRANSLATION : Devotional service, beginning with the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, is the ultimate religious principle for the living entity in human society. (Srimad Bhagavatam). PURPORT : As stated in the previous verse,...
Don’t Listen To The Mind
Hare Krishna my dear devotees, I hope your weekend is being blessed by the Lord in all aspects. Today I was listening to a lecture from H.H. Sacinandana Swami on his Japa Retreat and he was talking about the method so you cannot listen to your mind. He made an exercise like that: devotees were chanting and he was trying to interrupt them saying things or making noise, pretending he was their mind and they had to continue...
How chanting is the best meditation
Meditation essentially involves calming and silencing ourselves so that we can tune out the rustle-bustle of the world and tune in to life’s subtler, deeper realities, for example, nature’s serenity. The subtlest and deepest of all such realities is Krishna. He is our greatest well-wisher, wisest mentor and closest friend. And he resides at the very center of our being. The purpose and perfection of the inner journey of...
Holy Name with Family Members – why not
Create a temple in your home and teach your family, how to come together to chant. The family that prays together stays together. When we pray, the holy name is a prayer; it is the most powerful prayer of the heart. And individually, we should train our consciousness to be in connection to the holy name from chanting of Japa, individual meditation and through this process of purification, our home is Vaikuntha, our life is the life of...
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