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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”

Hare Krsna, My humble realization is that mode of goodness attracts goodness, mode of passion attracts things of passion, and mode of ignorance attracts worthless pursuits. A peaceful mind is attained in the mode of goodness (or pure goodness). It is like a clear still water of a lake. When the water is clear, stillContinue reading “SB 3.20.1-16: Hearing with a Peaceful Mind”

Hare Krsna, I have found tremendous value in deeply studying our weekly Srimad Bhagavatam lessons, meditating on the forum topics, and writing to share my realizations. I am not a natural and good speaker; however, writing come naturally to me. I always write the forum posts as an offering to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krsna.Continue reading “SB 3.19.27-38: Writing and Sharing Realizations”

Hare Krsna, The details of the actual fight between Lord Varaha and Hiranyaksa resembles the fight depicted in blockbuster movies. Materialistic people waste tons of money catching up on the mundane, sense gratifying movies that do not yield any ultimate benefit. Material sounds and things entangle conditioned souls; spiritual sounds liberate entangled sounds. I haveContinue reading “SB 3.18.21-28 & 3.19.1-26: Exchanges of Rasas Between Lord Varāha and Hiraṇyākṣa (Part 2)”

Hare Krsna, “One can practice bhakti-yoga in many rasas. There are twelve rasas, five primary and seven secondary. The five primary rasas constitute direct bhakti-yoga, but although the seven secondary rasas are indirect, they are also counted within bhakti-yoga if they are used in the service of the Lord.” (SB 3.16.31 purport) In the caseContinue reading “SB 3.18.1-20: Exchanges of Rasas Between Lord Varāha and Hiraṇyākṣa (Part 1)”