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Hare Krsna, The personality of Subhadra devi is truly an enigma in the scriptures. Even though she is very well-known as the sister of Lord Jagannath and Lord Baladeva, not much is written or mentioned explicitly about her in the scriptures. Therefore, it is hard to reconcile various versions that exist about her. SB 10.1.56: EachContinue reading “SB 10.1.42 – 61: Meditations on Subhadra”

Hare Krsna, I would say there are two main factors why different people react after hearing transcendental wisdom. One factor is the particular mode of material nature that binds the people. Another factor is envy. There could be other factors too. In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krsna tells Arjuna: My dear Arjuna, because you are neverContinue reading “SB 10.1.27 – 41: How Different People React After Hearing Transcendental Wisdom”

Hare Krsna, The Supreme Lord speaks through His pure devotees. The living entities hear the instructions of the Lord through His pure devotees. The Lord’s pure devotees are the transparent via medium between the Lord and the conditioned souls like us whose senses are still not purified enough to hear or see the Lord. ThoseContinue reading “SB 10.1.17-26: Following the Orders of the Lord to Prepare for His Appearance”

Hare Krsna, The word “purification” is a deep subject matter. The mundane understanding of purification is at a gross bodily level, and therefore cleanliness is considered the same as purification. However for devotees on the path of attaining complete Krsna consciousness, purification is a journey and not just an activity that we perform each dayContinue reading “SB 10.1.5-16: Meditations on Becoming “Purified””

Hare Krsna, It is exciting to be back to the regular study of Srimad Bhagavatam in the association of sincere, dedicated, and like-minded devotees and teachers. This is it! After hearing about the Supreme Lord’s greatness through the previous nine subject matters of Srimad Bhagavatam (sarga, visarga, sthana, posana, uti, manvantara, isanukatha, nirodha and mukti),Continue reading “SB 10.1.1-4: Maharaja Pariksit’s Desire to Hear Specifically About Lord Krsna”

Hare Krsna, Chapter 8 explains the manifestation of Lord Brahma from Garbhodakasayi Visnu. The highlight of the chapter is Brahma’s beautiful darshan of Lord Garbhodakasayi Visnu. Visnu was looking splendorous with His shining bodily luster, ornaments, moonlike toenails, yellow cloth, Srivatsa mark on the chest and so on. He acknowledged the service of His devoteesContinue reading “Meditations on SB Canto 3 Chapters 8-12”

Hare Krsna, Realizations from Chapters 5 through 7: In the 5th chapter, Maitreya first elaborately described the creation of the material universe. In the course of creation, the gross and subtle material elements once formed were meant to combine together to form the universe and different bodies within it. But the elements couldn’t do soContinue reading “Meditations on SB Canto 3 Chapters 5-7”

Hare Krsna, Chapters 1 through 4 have a number of important lessons for us. SB 3.1.3-4: Text 3: The King asked Śukadeva Gosvāmī: Where and when did the meeting and discussion take place between Saint Vidura and His Grace Maitreya Muni? Kindly oblige, my lord, and describe this to us. Saint Vidura was a greatContinue reading “Meditations on SB Canto 3 Chapters 1-4”

Hare Krsna, The ultimate goal of life is to always remember Krsna and never forget Him for even a moment. “The highest perfection of human life, achieved either by complete knowledge of matter and spirit, by practice of mystic powers, or by perfect discharge of occupational duty, is to remember the Personality of Godhead atContinue reading “SB 3.33.23-37: Attaining the Ultimate Goal of Life”

Hare Krsna, To understand Devahuti’s later life, it is important to revisit Lord Kapila’s key instructions. I would like to highlight a few verses that summarize His teachings. SB 3.25.20: “Every learned man knows very well that attachment for the material is the greatest entanglement of the spirit soul. But that same attachment, when appliedContinue reading “SB 3.33.9-22: Meditation of Devahuti’s Later Life Example”