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Hare Krsna, I want to share something about my life to give a better context of the tribulations faced by a living entity within the womb of the mother and outside in the material world. I grew up in a beautiful mountainous town in Northeast India. It is a very small town nested in theContinue reading “SB 3.31.15-21: Prayers by the Baby in the Womb”

Hare Krsna, Janma-mrtyu jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosanudarsanam (BG 13.9). The body is subject to its own principles of birth, death, old age and disease, but one who is situated in spiritual life (yato bhaktir adhoksaje) has no birth, no death, no old age and no disease. Whenever we explain to a layman these four defects of human lifeContinue reading “SB 3.31.1-14: Tolerating the Sufferings of Birth”

Hare Krsna, Upon reflecting on this chapter deeply, I am quite alarmed at the way Lord Kapiladeva is unraveling the perils of unregulated family life. Typically, what we consider to be a safe comfort zone turns out to be a gateway to hell if handled carelessly.  Family household life is a source of great joyContinue reading “SB 3.30.18-34: What Happens to Sinful People After Death?”

Hare Krsna, “Māyā has two phases of activities. One is called prakṣepātmikā, and the other is called āvaraṇātmikā. Āvaraṇātmikā means “covering,” and prakṣepātmikā means “pulling down.” In any condition of life, the materialistic person or animal will be satisfied because his knowledge is covered by the influence of māyā.” (SB 3.30.4 Purport) We are witnessContinue reading “SB 3.30.1-17: Prakṣepātmikā and Āvaraṇātmikā”

Hare Krsna, SB 3.29.37-45 The time factor, who causes the transformation of the various material manifestations, is another feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Anyone who does not know that time is the same Supreme Personality is afraid of the time factor. Out of fear of the Supreme Personality of Godhead the wind blows,Continue reading “SB 3.29.37-45: The Supremacy of the Supreme Lord”

Hare Krsna, This was a nice coincidence. As I was reading through the gradation of the living entities, I was thinking how Srila Prabhupada is beyond each of the stages. When the forum topic suggested that we meditate on the unique position of His Divine Grace, I couldn’t help smiling at this sweet coincidence. AsContinue reading “SB 3.29.26-36: Descriptions of the Greatest Human Beings”

Hare Krsna, SB 3.29.21-24 In BG 5.29, Lord Krsna gave the world a famous ‘peace formula’. bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁsarva-loka-maheśvaramsuhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁjñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher ofContinue reading “SB 3.29.17-25: Awareness of the Lord in All Living Beings”

Hare Krsna, In Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu (1.3.1), Srila Rupa Goswami gave nine symptoms of bhava bhakti or devotees who are situated in pure devotional service: Srila Prabhupada has touched upon a few of these characteristics in his purports of the lesson. He writes that pure devotees are completely detached from any tinge of sense gratificationContinue reading “SB 3.29.11-16: Where I Need to Improve to Attain the Stage of Pure Devotional Service”

Hare Krsna, In my personal bhakti journey, I have gone through all the three categories of devotional service. Phase 1: Devotional service in the mode of goodness Before I came into the association of devotees in ISKCON, I had the good fortune of receiving Bhagavad Gita As It Is from a sankirtana devotee here inContinue reading “SB 3.29.1-10: Categories of Devotional Service, From Pure Devotion to Devotion in the Mode of Ignorance”

Hare Krsna, Having gone through a few chapters of Lord Kapiladeva’s teachings to His mother Devahuti, I could see a pattern in His instructions on detachment and devotional service to the Supreme Lord. He arrives at the path of liberation from material bondage and bhakti through different angles. In chapter 25 (The Glories of DevotionalContinue reading “SB 3.28.39-44: Conquering the Insurmountable Spell of Māyā”