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Praising the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī Prabhu gives the following directions in his Bhakti-sandarbha (270): iyaṁ ca kīrtanākhyā bhaktir bhagavato dravya-jāti-guṇa-kriyābhir dīna-janaika-viṣayāpāra-karuṇā-mayīti śruti-purāṇādi-viśrutiḥ. ataeva kalau svabhāvata evātidīneṣu lokeṣu āvirbhūya tān anāyāsenaiva tat tad yuga-gata-mahā-sādhanānāṁ sarvam

August 2, 2025

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Without becoming a gosvāmī one cannot become a disciple

December 12, 2024

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Sixty-four important and prominent principles in devotional service

May 26, 2025

The Nectar of Devotion

Sex Life: Māyā’s Strongest Shackle

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To get rid of an unworthy child or to keep him?

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Bhāva-bhakti is the first seed of love of Godhead

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The power of meditation on Kṛṣṇa’s service

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Beyond caste: Who can be a spiritual master?

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The Nectar of Devotion

The glories of Śrīmatī Tulasī Devī

August 4, 2025

In the Skanda Purāṇa there is a statement eulogizing the tulasī tree as follows: “Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the tulasī tree,

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Sex Life: Māyā’s Strongest Shackle

May 18, 2026

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu should not be considered one of us. He is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the supreme living entity, and as such He never comes

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The ten offenses in chanting the holy name Hare Kṛṣṇa explained

September 5, 2025

TRANSLATION There are offenses to be considered while chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Therefore simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa one does not become ecstatic.

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Kṛṣṇa can eat the food with any one of His transcendental senses

December 6, 2024

The atheists cannot understand how the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appearing in the form of the Deity, can eat all the food offered by

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Who is unfit for receiving the mercy of the Lord?

December 14, 2024

The Supreme Lord never bestows His benediction upon those fixed in the bodily conception. As Kṛṣṇa clearly states in the Bhagavad-gītā (18.66): sarva-dharmān parityajyamām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajaahaṁ

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The Life and Legacy of Śrī Madhvācārya

March 15, 2025

Śrīpāda Madhvācārya took his birth at Uḍupī, which is situated in the South Kanaraḍā district of South India, just west of Sahyādri. This is

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A description of the inhabitants in the spiritual planets

November 3, 2024

As spiritual sparks of the beams emanating from the transcendental body of the Lord, we are all permanently related with Him and equal to

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The six darśanas or philosophical processes of India

August 6, 2025

In his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the six philosophical processes. Prakāśānanda admitted that Śrīpād Śaṅkarācārya, being very eager to

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The Soul’s Only True Beloved is Kṛṣṇa

May 18, 2026

There are different stages of devotional service and God realization. Strictly speaking, anyone who accepts the existence of God is situated in devotional service.

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Why did Kṛṣṇa assume the form of Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

May 18, 2026

Why did Kṛṣṇa assume the form of Caitanya Mahāprabhu? It is explained that Kṛṣṇa desired to know the glory of Rādhā’s love. “Why is

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Who and What Are Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa?

May 18, 2026

This brings up the question of who Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is and what Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa is. Actually Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa is the exchange of love. This is not

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Sex Life: Māyā’s Strongest Shackle

May 18, 2026

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu should not be considered one of us. He is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the supreme living entity, and as such He never comes

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Śiva-tattva: Understanding Lord Śiva’s Position

January 16, 2026

TRANSLATION Rudra, who is an expansion of Sadāśiva and who appears in unlimited universes, is also a guṇāvatāra [qualitative incarnation] and is the ornament

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The ten offenses in chanting the holy name Hare Kṛṣṇa explained

September 5, 2025

TRANSLATION There are offenses to be considered while chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Therefore simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa one does not become ecstatic.

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Who is authorized to chant the holy name Hare Kṛṣṇa

September 3, 2025

A person who cannot keep his faith in the words of his spiritual master but acts independently never receives the authority to chant the

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Only the devotee of Kṛṣṇa can become desireless

September 1, 2025

TRANSLATION “Because a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa is desireless, he is peaceful. Fruitive workers desire material enjoyment, jñānīs desire liberation, and yogīs desire material

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Beyond caste: Who can be a spiritual master?

August 30, 2025

TRANSLATION “Whether one is a brāhmaṇa, a sannyāsī or a śūdra-regardless of what he is-he can become a spiritual master if he knows the

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Essential guide: Receiving and perfecting the mantra

August 28, 2025

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

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