The Lord, Gaurasundara, puts His devotees in various difficulties and associations to test their patience and strength of mind. Success depends upon their good fortune.

A brāhmana should always fear homage as if it were poison; and constantly desire to suffer scorn as though he would long for nectar. For he who is scorned may sleep with an easy mind, but the scorner utterly perishes.

MAN WOMAN INTERACTION LECTURE #5 Eger, Hungary https://usercontent.one/wp/bhaktividyapurnaswami.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20070802_1_BVPS_Eger_Hungary.mp3 So the Vedic culture then begins with the brahmachari ashrama. Brahmachari means is where one is studying actually to understand what is human life. One understands what is transcendence, how is the process of attaining it. Because from there, then any other

There is no solution in this material world. The only way is to get out. That's it. And so, that means at one point we must detach ourself and not care and turn our back on it.

http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year1/bg101/2011-01-20-BVPS-BG-10.4-10.11-There-is-only-Krsna-differently-situated.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 1 and consists of 91 lectures, available on: http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/classes/bhagavad-gita-seriatim/ Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur, September 2010-April 2011 The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents. The qualities everyone manifests are Krishna's. All experiences gained from different activities are the same.

PHILOSOPHICAL DEFINITIONS LECTURE #3, 22nd Sep 2008, Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/2015/03/20080922_Philosophical_Definitions_menial_service-5_levels_of_consciousness-Dasa_Mula_BAMM-yajna_dana_tapa-5_topics_of_BG.mp3 HH BVPS Maharaja: One has to have an interest to know before one will be involved in the activity of learning and having been engaged in the activity of learning then one will naturally apply it. In this

MAN WOMAN INTERACTION LECTURE #20 Eger, Hungary https://usercontent.one/wp/bhaktividyapurnaswami.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20070809_BVPS_Eger_Hungary.mp3 HH BVPS Maharaja: So we see in conclusion of this process of buddhi-yoga is that one is trying to engage oneself fully in Krishna's service. So body, mind and words are then engaged according to one's natural propensities, and in that way

MAN WOMAN INTERACTION LECTURE #15 Eger, Hungary https://usercontent.one/wp/bhaktividyapurnaswami.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20070807_1_BVPS_Eger_Hungary.mp3 HH BVPS Maharaja: Any questions? Prabhu: It was mentioned that where our focus goes, naturally that activity gives us better results, or proper results. But sometimes devotees have this concept that if they do some service, which is not in accordance with

MAN WOMAN INTERACTION LECTURE #9 Eger, Hungary https://usercontent.one/wp/bhaktividyapurnaswami.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20070804_1_BVPS_Eger_Hungary.mp3 Prabhu: So sometimes arguments become a fight, and does it mean that a fight, any tense argument where there is shouting, speaking going on...