Devotees Should Not Base Their Social Development on Prana-maya
One only notices qualities one has. Now, you might notice them in the positive or in the negative. So you associate with those you see in the positive, but you have to be careful that the negative that you are seeing is actually negative and it’s not just that one has a negative view of […]
Are Gurukula Kids Trained to Do Book Distribution?
Austerity and Taste in Devotional Service
Prabhu: If the devotional service is the nature of the living entity, so that means that the devotional service must be performed in natural way and guided by taste or rasa. But opposite of that there is a part of austerity. So what’s the difference between these two things, are they opposite? HH BVPS Maharaja: […]
SCIENCE OF RELATIONSHIPS SEMINAR RIGA, LATVIA 2011 PART 2
SCIENCE OF RELATIONSHIPS SEMINAR RIGA, LATVIA 2011 PART 1
WHY DEVOTEES WOULDN’T WANT TO DO SAMSKARAS?
Rules and regulations aren’t the problem. It’s not understanding them, that’s the problem. Because if you understand them, they are fine. Like devotees, when we say “samskaras”, “Why do we have to do samskaras? What’s the big deal?” Like that. But if you think about it, okayy, the parents like their kid, they want to […]
Family Relationship Seminar, Moscow 2007, Part 3
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rudlurn3pD8&w=536&h=397] QUESTIONS Q.1: It is said that a woman should serve Krishna through husband, and only in this way she will return to the spiritual world. What to do if due to various circumstances woman is alone, without a husband? HH BVPS Maharaja: Means, the devotee is serving Krishna. They are chanting their japa, […]
Family Relationship Seminar, Moscow 2007, Part 2
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMnlIzH09_Y&w=536&h=397] FAMILY RELATIONSHIP SEMINAR, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 20TH AUGUST 2007, PART 2 QUESTIONS Q.1: Is there any meaning in talking about demoniac influence on Grihastha Ashram? Is it the reason for most of the divorces? HH BVPS Maharaja: Basically the Grihastha Ashram not working is just lack of knowledge of what one is doing.
Family Relationship Seminar, Moscow 2007, Part 1
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP SEMINAR, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 19th AUGUST 2007, PART 1 Human life is meant to realize God. So that means everything in God’s creation is connected to Him. So what’s correct means it’s connected to God and what’s incorrect means it’s not connected to God. That’s the real definition of piety.