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Hare Krsna, The qualities of demoniac people (and kings) are perfectly enunciated by Lord Krsna in BG Chapter 16. The whole chapter deals with the divine and demoniac natures. In BG 16.13-15, Lord Krsna tells Arjuna, “The demoniac person thinks: “So much wealth do I have today, and I will gain more according to myContinue reading “SB 3.22.21-39: The Necessity of a Qualified King in Human Society”

Hare Krsna, The conversation between Svayambhuva Manu and Kardama Muni is deep, profound, and full of instructive lessons for us. There are quite a few things that stood out for me. “”My daughter is the sister of Priyavrata and Uttānapāda. She is seeking a suitable husband in terms of age, character, and good qualities.” (SBContinue reading “SB 3.22.8-20: Conversation Between Svāyambhuva Manu & Kardama Muni about Marriage”

Hare Krsna, For me it is hard to say at what moment in my life association with a saintly person changed direction of my life. I grew up in a family of demigod worshippers. We would visit many temples and interact with many holy people. Who knew whether there was a pure saintly person inContinue reading “SB 3.22.1-7: Association with a Saintly Person Can Change One’s Direction in Life”

Hare Krsna, This forum topic is so timely. As I write this, I am in New Vrindavana (West Virginia) this week to spend the last few days of Kartika (Damodara) month in this beautiful country-side holy place. Yesterday as I was taking a japa walk and meditating on the varnasrama system, I saw an oldContinue reading “SB 3.21-48-56: Meditations on the Varṇāśrama System”

Hare Krsna, Lord Kapiladeva is non-different from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is one of the plenary expansions of the Lord. The plenary expansions are also non-different from the Lord. Like a candle lit from the original candle as the same potency and brightness, there is no difference between the immediate expansion of theContinue reading “SB 3.21.32-47: The Lord’s Personal Incarnation as Kapiladeva”

Hare Krsna, It is important to understand the concept of acintya-bhedabheda-tattva to understand the difference between personalist and impersonalist points of view. This theory of simultaneous oneness and difference between the individual soul and the Supersoul is propounded by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the philosophy of acintya-bhedābheda-tattva. According to the acintya-bhedabheda principle, the livingContinue reading “SB 3.21.22-31: Differences Between Personalist and Impersonalist Points of View”

Hare Krsna, It is important to understand that Krsna has given living entities a limited amount of independence and free will to decide what they want to do. He lets them act as they like and be responsible for their activities. In one sense, although the material world is created by Him, He did notContinue reading “SB 3.21.16-21: The Real Reason for the Creation of the Material World”

Hare Krsna, From a purely material standpoint, the following two prayers of Kardama Muni may seem to express conflicting sentiments. In the first prayer, he says that the less intelligent people worship the lotus feet of the Lord to achieve cheap material things. “Your lotus feet are the true vessel to take one across theContinue reading “SB 3.21.8-15: Kardama Muni’s Conflicting Sentiments”

Hare Krsna, Stepping back a little bit into the beginning of the study of the Third canto, we see that the humble Vidura’s inquiries to Maitreya begin with the topics relevant to the common man who is suffering in this world, yet he also expressed his exclusive interest in hearing Krsna-katha. In the first chapterContinue reading “SB 3.20.40-53 & SB 3.21.1-7: Unfolding the Story of Populating the Universe”

Hare Krsna, “First of all, Brahmā created from his shadow the coverings of ignorance of the conditioned souls. They are five in number and are called tāmisra, andha-tāmisra, tamas, moha and mahā-moha.” (SB 3.20.18) A similar verse is also given in SB 3.12.2 that we studied earlier in the summer. “Brahmā first created the nescientContinue reading “SB 3.20.17-39: The First Five Coverings of Conditioned Souls”