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Hare Krsna, It is a common understanding in Gaudiya theology that the spirit soul is Ananda-mayo-bhayasat. We are hankering after pleasure. The living entities, like the Lord, are full of consciousness, and they are after happiness. The Supreme Lord Krsna is the reservoir of all pleasures. The Lord is perpetually happy, and if the livingContinue reading “SB 3.5.1-8: The Search for Happiness and Where to Find It”

 Settings  Hare Krsna! Why Uddhava alone remained behind can be understood from the following verse of Srimad Bhagavatam. SB 10.2.31: O Lord, who resemble the shining sun, You are always ready to fulfill the desire of Your devotee, and therefore You are known as a desire tree [vānchā-kalpataru]. When ācāryas completely take shelter under YourContinue reading “SB 3.4.28-31: Why Uddhava Alone Remained Behind”

Hare Krsna! This forum topic is timely. This month we are celebrating Gita Jayanti – the day when Lord Krsna spoke Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna on the battlefield. Arjuna was bereaved and confused due to his bodily relationships; he was lamenting about the possibility of killing his friends, relatives, and teachers. Unable to deal withContinue reading “SB 3.4.20-27: Subduing Bereavement with Transcendental Knowledge”

Hare Krsna! This forum topics needed good amount of reflection. I have many spiritual desires, but I was not sure about my core desire. Because of deep material conditioning, my core desire does not manifest clearly in my heart yet. When I started in the Krsna consciousness movement, I had lofty goals. But as myContinue reading “SB 3.4.9-19: What is My Core Desire?”

Hare Krsna! “The supreme occupation (dharma) for all humanity is that by which man can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.” (SB 1.2.6) This verse describes the perfect in the human form of life. Be to a pure devoteeContinue reading “SB 3.4.1-9: Perfection in the Human Form of Life”

Hare Krsna, Krsna’s eternal pastimes, especially His appearance and disappearance, are very difficult to understand. “Kṛṣṇa appears and disappears in innumerable universes, just as the sun appears and disappears during the day. Although the sun appears to rise and set, it is continuously shining somewhere on the earth. Similarly, although Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes seem to appearContinue reading “SB 3.3.14-23: The Lord’s Mission Accomplished”

Hare Krsna, When we meditate on someone, we usually meditate because of that person’s good qualities such as kindness, love, compassion, mercy, beauty, gratitude, etc. These very qualities of the person make dear to someone. We do not prefer to meditate on someone’s bad qualities. In this lesson, Uddhava, being a great devotee he is,Continue reading “SB 3.2.15-24: Uddhava’s Meditation on Krsna’s Contradictory Qualities”

Hare Krsna, The forum  topic is ‘Uddhava’s spontaneous love’; I was meditating on the meaning of spontaneous love. There are two kinds of devotional service in practice (sadhana-bhakti) – vaidhi bhakti and raganuga bhakti. Vaidhi Bhakti means service according to regulative principles. Raganuga refers to the point at which, by following the regulative principles, oneContinue reading “SB 3.2.25-34: Uddhava’s Spontaneous Love”

Hare Krsna, The qualities of Uddhava are like an ocean. No amount of glorification and description will do justice to them. We got a glimpse of Uddhava’s exceptional nature in the first chapter (of Canto 3). SB 3.1.25: Then, due to his great love and feeling, Vidura embraced him [Uddhava], who was a constant companionContinue reading “SB 3.2.1-6: Meditations on the Great Devotee Uddhava”

Hare Krsna, The essence of this forum topic is sadhu-sanga. The whole point of going on a pilgrimage is to associate with sadhus. Association with a great personality is most important. In Caitanya-caritāmṛta Lord Caitanya says that sādhu-saṅga, the association of a great saintly person, is very important, because even if one is not advancedContinue reading “SB 3.1.17-25: Vidura’s Travels to Holy Places of Pilgrimage”