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Hare Krsna, In the sixth chapter of Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krsna explains the process of meditation and dhyana-yoga to Arjuna.  In this chapter, Krsna describes astanga-yoga in greater detail as a means to control the mind and the senses. The word “yoga” means linking with the Supreme. When the linking process is predominantly in fruitiveContinue reading “SB 3.15.43-45: What is the Goal of Meditation and Yoga?”

Hare Krsna, At first, I was hesitant to write on this forum topic because of my ignorance of life in the spiritual world. It is impossible for a materially imprisoned person like me to say something about the spiritual world for the simple reason that I have never seen that transcendental abode of the Lord.Continue reading “SB 3.15.32-42: Life in the Material World vs. Life in the Spiritual World”

Hare Krsna, Anger is not absent in the spiritual world. Everything that exists in the material world exists in the spiritual world but in a purest form. The perverted reflection of such things exists in the material realm being contaminated by the three modes of material nature. Even though Bhagavad Gita 18.54 says: brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmānaContinue reading “SB 3.15.20-31: Anger Even in the Liberated State”

Hare Krsna, To hear about the abode of the Lord gives me immense pleasure. Just to know that there is another world, away from this material world, that is completely pure, transcendental, 100% Krsna consciousness, full of eternity, knowledge and bliss, where is there full of love and devotion for the sweet Lord uplifts myContinue reading “SB 3.15.1-19: Meditations on Vaikuntha”

Hare Krsna, Srimad Bhagavatam is replete with pastimes related to chastisement and benediction. In this chapter we have seen how Kasyapa first chastises Diti for interrupting her husband’s evening duties. He curses her that she will give birth to two demoniac sons who will cause constant lamentation to all the three worlds. SB 3.14.38-41: TheContinue reading “SB 3.14.31-51: Chastisement and Benediction”

Hare Krsna, We have been taught that there is a proper time, place and circumstances for everything. This principle even applies to cultivating good grhastha-asrama and giving birth to good progeny. Insanity is acting according to one’s own whims and fantasies disregarding scriptural injunctions and still expecting good results. The Vedic literatures are the lawsContinue reading “SB 3.14.16-30: The Gṛhastha-āśrama and Good Progeny”

Hare Krsna, In one of the earlier lessons, we studied that the forms of the Lord are all transcendental. In this lesson, we have learned that all the activities of the Lord are transcendental too – be they His childhood pastimes, His boar like pastimes, or His war pastimes. Nowdays people are engaged in discussingContinue reading “SB 3.14.1-15: The Lord’s War Pastimes”

Hare Krsna,                     The Supreme Personality of Godhead is as sentient as we are. The Lord is satisfied if someone offers a nice prayer, and similarly, He is dissatisfied if someone decries His existence or calls Him ill names. The Lord is situated at the core of everyone’s hearts; he knows our motives and intentions. ToContinue reading “SB 3.13.33-50: Hearing the Pastimes of the Lord Pleases Him”

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”