“One who follows the regulated principles of freedom can obtain the complete mercy of the Lord.” - Bhagavad Gita (2.64)
Have you ever noticed how, after visiting Bollywood.com too often, your computer’s browser starts auto-suggesting it the moment you type the letter B? It’s as if the computer knows your guilty pleasures. Similarly, when we…
“He Hears What You’re Thinking” — Mystical Meetings and the Living Proof of Srila Prabhupada’s Mercy
“Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all.” – Bhagavad Gita (2.29)
We were meeting for the first time, and he casually dropped a bombshell: “Was your father working for the Indian…
“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.” – Albert Einstein
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Dhingra was financially endowed, yet he lived with the simplicity of a monk—spending less than a hundred dollars on himself each month. A recluse by choice or perhaps by destiny, his family and friends had long abandoned him. But he found refuge…
“The work that you do when no one is watching, will someday make you the person everyone watches.” I remembered the above quote when I saw two senior devotees serve quietly, without any honour and glory. Their stories are incredible, but true…..
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A young man from Japan once faced a heart-wrenching ultimatum from…
The story of a man who never stopped dancing
“The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord.” (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6)
Seattle, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Phoenix. Five cities in five days. I am physically exhausted, but emotionally refreshed.
Two special…
“Religion means to know God and to love him.” – Srila Prabhupada
An exercise will help you discover where you stand in your relationship with Krishna/God:
Open your mind’s eye. Now visualize a screen/board and draw a vertical line - the line of struggle. (Figure 1).
The space on the left of the line denotes ‘No…
“The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.” - Bhagavad Gita (15.7)
Habits unknown to us
I wanly said I have no habits as if I had resigned myself to being inadequate and unable to…
“Every disciple should always remain busy in some work for Krishna. We shall not allow our mind to remain vacant, and if the mind is always filled up with Krishna consciousness activities, there is no chance of Maya to sit on the mind and force us to act under her spell.” - Srila Prabhupada (Letter to…
“Therefore, any comfort of life or any material happiness which does not warrant an eternal life is but an illusion for the eternal living being. One who factually understands this is learned, and such a learned person can sacrifice any amount of material happiness to achieve the desired goal known as brahma-sukham, or absolute happiness.…
“If one is fortunate enough to beg from the Lord this Hare Krishna Maha Mantra, his life is successful.” – Srila Prabhupada (Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi 9.36, Purport)
He fights harder, struggles to perform more austerities, takes up more responsibilities, busies with day long services – hoping that he’d get so busy that he’d have no…
“He thus makes all things complicated, and he is always in trouble.” – Srila Prabhupada (Purport to Bhagavad Gita 15.5)
The first step though is to get more awareness. But we can’t stay stuck there. When Journal writing is clubbed with good association and studying wisdom literature with an open heart, self-awareness leads to a…
“Every living entity, especially persons in the human race, must feel grateful for the benedictions offered by the grace of the Supreme Lord.” - Srila Prabhupada (purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 3.19.36)
4. Gratitude journal
A one week experiment would reveal to you the incredible power of gratitude journal.
Write your inner most desires and don’t…