From the Preface:
"The reading matter is so arranged with its original Sanskrit text, its English transliteration, synonyms, translation and purports so that one is sure to become a God-realized soul at the end of finishing the first nine cantos."
Srimad-Bhagavatam
I love this:
From the Preface:
"The reading matter is so arranged with its original Sanskrit text, its English transliteration, synonyms, translation and purports so that one is sure to become a God-realized soul at the end of finishing the first nine cantos."
From the Preface:
"The reading matter is so arranged with its original Sanskrit text, its English transliteration, synonyms, translation and purports so that one is sure to become a God-realized soul at the end of finishing the first nine cantos."
Patience
The process of bhakta yoga is about igniting the fire of love in the heart. But before that fire burns brightly there is some smoke and it can be uncomfortable. We just have to be patient as neophytes to become more mature in our devotion.
And in the meantime we shelter of structure and dogma, because our previous lives were chaotic, and now we have some order.
Social Media
Social media is a tool. The analogy has so often been given of the knife. A knife can be used to cut vegetables to make a nutritious dish. A knife can also be used as a weapon to inflict harm on others. So here we have the example of a tool that can be used for profound good or harm; it all depends on how it's used. We could even take a step further and say it's a matter of the consciousness of the person who wields the tool.
This is such a common sense example that it's easy to become bored with this and let our mind wander onto something else. But when people mention social media as a problem, it doesn't take a lot of reflection to realize that it's only a problem because of the way it is being used. It's like speaking. Is speaking a problem? If you're not governing your intentions and your mind properly, then yes.
There is also the situation of people who are trolling social media platforms because they are bored. In other words, they're not looking to engage with others in any kind of a life-enhancing capacity, they're just bored and therefore frittering away their time by reading the conversations and experiences of others.
So the decision about whether to abstain from social media or whether to engage fully comes down to whether it's enhancing your life and the lives of others, or whether you're just getting yourself into trouble.
Srila Prabhupada went through tribulations to give us Krsna
Srila Prabhupada went through tribulations to give us Krsna
I left my home, my children and everything. I came here as a pauper, with seven dollars. That is no money. But I have got now big properties, hundreds of children. [laughter] And I haven’t got to think for their provision. They are thinking of me. So that is Krsna’s favor. In the beginning, it appears to be very bitter. When I took sannyasa, when I was living alone, I was feeling very bitter. I, sometimes I was thinking, “Whether I have done wrong by accepting?” So when I was publishing this Back to Godhead from Delhi, one day one bull thrashed me, and I fell down on the footpath and I got severe injury. I was alone. So I was thinking, “What is this?” So I had very, days of very tribulations, but it was all meant for good. So don’t be afraid of tribulations. Go forward. Krsna will give you protection.
Srila Prabhupada; Lecture — April 17, 1969, New York
Few Sincere Devotees
"It is very difficult to give up very quickly so many bad habits as you have got in your country, so educate them gradually, first with chanting, and do not be so much anxious to count up so many numbers of new devotees, if such devotees go away later being too early forced. I want to see a few sincere devotees, not many false devotees or pretenders."
Dated: Dec. 22, 1972
Location: Bombay
Letter to: Karandhara
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