Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura states that according to the Buddhist cult there are two ways of understanding philosophy. One is called Hīnāyāna, and the other

One who is fully surrendered is qualified with the six following characteristics. (1) The devotee has to accept everything that is favorable for the

TRANSLATION   The desire to gratify one’s own senses is kāma [lust], but the desire to please the senses of Lord Kṛṣṇa is prema

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

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

It is a great happiness for a mother if her son does not leave home to search out Kṛṣṇa but remains with her. At the same

In the scriptures it is stated: ṣaṭ–karma-nipuṇo vipro mantra–tantra–viśāradaḥ. A qualified brāhmaṇa must be expert in the occupational duties of a brāhmaṇa. His duties