In the supplementary Vedic literature, there is the following list of 32 offenses in the matter of serving the Lord: 1) One should not enter the temple of the Deity in a
The conversation between Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the brāhmaṇa is proof that the Lord in His arcā-mūrti, or form made of material elements, is not material, for those elements, although
TRANSLATION “In this universe there are limitless living entities in 8,400,000 species, and all are wandering within this universe. PURPORT This is a challenge
In the Middle Ages, after the disappearance of Lord Caitanya’s great associate Lord Nityānanda, a class of priestly persons claimed to be the descendants of Nityānanda,
There are different stages of devotional service and God realization. Strictly speaking, anyone who accepts the existence of God is situated in devotional service.
TRANSLATION Rudra, who is an expansion of Sadāśiva and who appears in unlimited universes, is also a guṇāvatāra [qualitative incarnation] and is the ornament
TRANSLATION There are offenses to be considered while chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Therefore simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa one does not become ecstatic.
TRANSLATION “Because a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa is desireless, he is peaceful. Fruitive workers desire material enjoyment, jñānīs desire liberation, and yogīs desire material
The following injunction is given in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (1.194): tāntrikeṣu ca mantreṣudīkṣāyāṁ yoṣitām apisādhvīnām adhikāro ‘stiśūdrādīnāṁ ca sad-dhiyām “Śūdras and women who are chaste