O my Lord, the unborn, You have shaken hands with me just as a friend does with a friend [as if equal in position]. I shall be engaged in the creation of different types of living entities, and I shall be occupied in Your service. I shall have no perturbation, but I pray that all this may not give rise to pride, as if I were the Supreme.
Completely rejecting all religious activities which are materially motivated, this Bhagavata Purana propounds the highest truth, which is understandable by those devotees who are fully pure in heart.
I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him.
He taught the general public by His own action - He followed eka patni vrata. His character was extremely good. By His own character and conduct He was an ideal example for the citizens. The citizens will follow whatever the leader does. That is why the leader should possess exemplary character
Sleeping and waking are creations of illusory energy. The living entity actually has no connection with either the activities of sleep or the activities of the so called wakened state.
One should be more serious about seeking the mercy of the devotee than that of the Lord directly, and by one's doing so (by the good will of the devotee) the natural attraction for the service of the Lord will be revived.
Let us serve the Lotus feet of Lord Narayana, Let us always worship Him ; Let us always chant His auspicious Names and always remember His inconceivable nature.
Krishna doesn't like face like banana [laughs] He like watermelon face. See? His face is like watermelon. You should smile, man, otherwise your cheeks will not get the exercise. You should smile so that cheek muscles will have exercise. Anyway keep happy Bhakta, keep happy
A person who desires liberation from this material world should not fall under the control of anger because when bewildered by anger one becomes a source of dread for all others.
Don't be lazy. The mind is going to go away. Before it goes away, use it nicely. It is just like that. Use it or lose it. It is not going to continue. So till it is there try to utilize it and try to learn as many things as possible
As soon as you chant Ram's name, as soon you chant Krishna's name you don't have death even. That is quality of Krishna's names and Lord Ram's names. You cannot have, unless you desire, you cannot die. That is the reward of Krishna Consciousness.
In Egypt formerly, you know, the mummies, the dead bodies was preserved medically. And not only that, but with the dead bodies servants were also buried.
The bona fide enjoyer of the fruitive work is the Personality of Godhead, and thus when it is engaged for the sense gratification of the living beings, it becomes an acute source of trouble
Let me please Your Lordship by chanting the bija-mantra Omkara. I wish to offer my respectful obeisances unto the personality of Godhead, who is the best among the most highly elevated personalities.
O Gadaadhara [Krishna], our kingdom is now being marked by the impressions of Your feet, and therefore it appears beautiful. But when You leave, it will no longer be so.
By regular attendance in classes on the Bhagavatam and by rendering of service to the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is almost completely destroyed, and loving service unto the Personality of Godhead, who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact.
The leader of the elephants, whose leg was attacked in a river by a crocodile of superior strength, was much aggrieved. Taking a lotus flower in his trunk, he addressed the Lord, saying, "O original enjoyer, Lord of the universe! O deliverer, as famous as a place of pilgrimage! All are purified simply by hearing Your holy name, which is worthy to be chanted
For one thus satisfied [in Krishna consciousness], the threefold miseries of material existence exist no longer; in such satisfied consciousness, one’s intelligence is soon well established