One receives such knowledge not by money, but respectful behavior and eagerness to learn and serve for the welfare of society. That is the dharma of receiving knowledge.
The power of Holy Names is unlimited. It not only frees us from material existence at the time of death, but even when we are alive, Holy Names help us to lead a happy, healthy, disease free life.
O King, one who has given up all material duties and has taken full shelter of the lotus feet of Mukunda [Krishna], who offers shelter to all, is not indebted to the demigods,.....
Another important word in this connection is "rta", which pertains to a straight line, or the unyielding command or order of reality; as opposed to a curved, which denotes deviation from order towards unreality.
This is in continuation of the previous offering titled, "Leadership and Dharma", in which we introduced the concept that leadership is inseparable from dharma.
One cannot, of course, do justice to leadership without deliberating on the spiritual foundation of dharma, especially since we are aspirants on the path of bhakti-yoga,....
So Prabhupada has done all the work for us. anushikshitam - He has given us the shikshaa - how to chant, how to do pranaams etc - but the alignment we should do.
In the previous offering we heard as to how Krishna has nothing to do with ordinary souls like us and it is only because of the mercy of pure devotees, we are able to get the Lord's merciful glance. Now we shall hear to further.
This is in continuation of the transcription of the class given by our God brother HG Viraja Krishna Prabhuji from Brisbane on Srimad Bhagavatam - verse 12.6.2.
One true incident in UK about a very rich man. Because he was so engrossed in his business, he actually did not pay much attention to his only son. And so his son after his teen-age years,
In the previous offering we had heard Prabhuji explain the word sākṣād - personally. Prabhuji also mentioned as to how Prabhupada had personally given us all this translations of Gita and Bhagavatam. Now we shall hear further.
This is in continuation of the transcription of the class given by our Godbrother HG Viraja Krishna Prabhuji from Brisbane on Srimad Bhagavatam - verse 12.6.2.
As Srila Prabhupada mentions in one of his commentaries, "Today people tend to pick quarrels over trifles." Just take a look at the news and you'll see even top politicians fight over insignificant things.
bhavatā means - "by your good self". "Your good self has been merciful upon me." karuṇātmanā - who are full of mercy. These words karuṇātmanā and anugṛha have similar meanings - that is mercy.
Whatever we are now is all because of the causeless mercy of Srila Prabhupada and our Guru Maharaj and many other devotees along the way in our life have helped us.
How much the Lord was thinking about the families of the monkeys when actually He is in a hurry to reach Ayodhya so that Bharata would not sacrifice his life.
Upon my asking for advice, he basically gave me three things to do, which will ensure my reconnecting with Srila Gurudev. Below is my recollection of the basic three points.
And apart from these 3 things, which are gross energy, superior energy, fine. So fine energy must have a free passage in the body, then there is no disease.