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Hare Krsna, In BG 4.6, Lord Krsna says, “Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all living entities, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form.” In BG 4.9, Lord Krsna declares to Arjuna, “One who knows the transcendental nature of MyContinue reading “SB 3.13.14-32: The Forms of the Lord are All Transcendental”

Hare Krsna, One special quality of bhakti-yoga is that hearing ABOUT pure devotees is as powerful as hearing FROM pure devotees. “Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is full of the transcendental topics of the Personality of Godhead and His pure devotees. In the absolute world there is no difference in quality between the Supreme Lord and His pure devotee.Continue reading “SB 3.13.1-13: Hearing About the Activities of Devotees of the Lord”

Hare Krsna, In BG 14.3, Lord Krsna says: The total material substance, called Brahman, is the source of birth, and it is that Brahman that I impregnate, making possible the births of all living beings, O son of Bharata. In the purport to the above verse, Srila Prabhupada explains that this combination of material natureContinue reading “SB 3.12.36-57: Overview of Populating the Universe”

Hare Krsna, In the material world there is an attraction between woman and man. This is the arrangement of conditional life. A man and a woman attract each other, and in that way the scope of material activities, involving house, wealth, children and friendship, increases, and thus instead of decreasing one’s material demands, one becomesContinue reading “SB 3.12.21-35: The Sexual Urge”

Hare Krsna, To understand the concept of self-deception, it is important to take a few steps back and understand what caused this self-deception in the first place. The context is that unless a living entity forgets his real identity as the eternal servant of the Lord Krsna, it is impossible for him to live inContinue reading “SB 3.12.1-20: Meditations on Self-Deception”

Hare Krsna, While I was meditating on the times in the life of Brahma, I was reflecting upon the appearance of Lord Sri Krsna and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Their appearance is extremely rare. A divya-yuga consists of the total duration of four yugas – Satya-yuga, Treta-yuga, Dvapara-yuga, and Kali-yuga. The four yugas multiplied by oneContinue reading “SB 3.11.16-42: Times in the Life of Brahmā”

Hare Krsna, I am amazed by the chain of questions and answers going between Maitreya Rsi and Vidura. Maitreya Rsi’s explanation of the various categories of information related to the universal creation is actually in response to Vidura’s two questions below: SB 3.10.1: Śrī Vidura said: O great sage, please let me know how Brahmā,Continue reading “SB 3.10.19 – 3.11.15: Understanding Creation by Categories ”

Hare Krsna, In BG 14.4, Lord Krsna proclaims: It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kuntī, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father. In this verse, it is clearly explained that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is the original fatherContinue reading “SB 3.10.1-18: Sarga, Visarga and Eternal Time”

Hare Krsna, There is no doubt that no one can offer prayers to the Lord without His causeless mercy. When a living entity desires to serve the Lord in transcendental loving service, the Lord helps the devotee in so many ways as the caitya-guru, or the spiritual master within, and thus the devotee can performContinue reading “SB 3.9.37-44: Review of Lord Brahmā’s Prayers”

Hare Krsna, Penance and perseverance are important qualities for spiritual realization. The mercy the Lord bestows upon a particular person engaged in executing the responsible work entrusted unto him is beyond imagination. But His mercy is received due to our penance and perseverance in executing devotional service. SB 3.9.30: O Brahmā, situate yourself in penanceContinue reading “SB 3.9.26-36: Receiving Instructions from the Lord in the Heart”