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Daily articles from July 2011 “Shri Rama’s holy name is like Narasimhadeva to the Hiranyakashipu-like Kali Yuga. For those who chant the holy name, the Lord offers them all protections and crushes their tormentors, just as He did for Prahlada Maharaja.“ (Dohavali, 26) I/O Talking to Trees My Bible In Your Dreams The Good and The Bad Mine Mine God Loving Final Exam Furthering a Purpose The Marginal Position Dissipating Doubts Stairway to the Stars Have A Little Faith The Biggest Winner The Same As Me This Is Your Life Hoard Mentality See Not My Fall From Grace Service and Compassion ...

harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha. "In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is chanting the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way." "Chanting the Holy Names" is a collection of nineteen essays discussing the method of bhakti-yoga known as kirtanam, or chanting, whose modern incarnation is the sankirtana-yajna, or the congregational chanting of the holy names, "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare ...

Remembering My Past Life is a collection of ten conversations discussing various topics of bhakti-yoga, such as reincarnation, how to die, praising of God, and the Supreme Lord's pastimes.

Daily articles from November 2011 “The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 15.7) Hate Me Now Every Kind of Happiness Coming Up For Air Assessing Sin Exclusive Love No One Like Him Negation Defined The Determining Factor Focus On The Positive Daughter of Janaka Attached To The Result A Monkey’s Mind Seeing The Future What Is Auspiciousness Tunnel Vision Among Their Own Endless Love Avoiding Scorn The Songwriter ...

Discussing couplets 1 - 17 from the Dohavali of Goswami Tulsidas “Subsisting on fruits and milk, chant Shri Rama’s holy name for six months. Tulsidas says that by following this formula all auspiciousness and every perfection will arrive in the palm of your hand.” (Dohavali, 5)

Daily articles from January 2012 “Consciousness of the material body means spiritual consciousness expressed through the medium of a material body. This consciousness is inferior, destructible and perverted. But superconsciousness of the supramind in the spiritual plane is as good as the spirit soul and is never annihilated.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Shrimad Bhagavatam, 1.6.4 Purport) A Very Joyous Meeting Pushing The Rock The Time Is Now Krishna The Person Joyful Respect A Cultured Upbringing All The Shots I Take Binding In Love Showering Nectar Daily Reminder For The Team I Love You Man ...

Worshiping Someone Else and Other Stories is a collection of 10 short stories discussing various topics of bhakti-yoga philosophy

Daily articles from October 2010 “She has fully absorbed her body, mind and life in Lord Jagannatha. Therefore she was unaware that she was putting her foot on My shoulder. Alas! How fortunate this woman is! I pray at her feet that she favor Me with her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannatha.” (Lord Chaitanya, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya 14.29-30) Destroying Our Foes Vishnu and Krishna Encouragement Words Mean Things You Gotta Believe The Messenger With The Message The Spiritual Doctor Hyphenation The Highest Gain Killing With Kindness What’s the Use Potential For Intelligence What ...

Hanuman’s Perseverance is a short collection of poems describing the pastime where Shri Hanuman first searches for Sita Devi after having entered the city of Lanka.

"I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge." "Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 4.34)

"O Sita, those munis, who have taken to strict vows, living aggrieved in Dandaka-aranya have personally approached Me, who am a protector of the surrendered, and sought refuge." (Lord Rama speaking to Sita Devi, Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya-kanda, 10.4) The sages residing in the Dandaka forest were being harassed daily by the ogres ranging the night, those demons intent on thwarting the peaceful religious activities of the rishis given to asceticism and penance. Understanding that their only chance at safety and peace lay in the hands of the divine prince of Ayodhya, Shri Rama, the sages kindly...

Daily articles from August 2010 “The activities or desires that relatively help a soul attain his constitutional position are called piety. The opposite are called sin. Since devotional service to Krishna is one’s constitutional position, when one cultivates this service, then nescience, which is the root cause of relative situations in the form of sin and piety, is gradually fried and abolished.” (Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Shri Krishna Samhita, 10.2 Purport) Saying Grace Jnana and Vairagya Ambrosia He Who Hesitates Is Lost Karma-mukta Delivering the Mind The Rock Achintya-...

"Thus after carefully considering in many ways the situation with the wife of the Lord of the earth, while situated in the branches of the tree that great soul decided to speak words that were sweet and true." (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 30.44) Chapters: Star of The Book of Beauty, The Ecstasy of Gold, Checking Your Work, Characteristics of the Enemy, God Is Good, Consoling the Moon, Using Common Sense, Yashasvini, Multitasking, Ranging In Darkness, Slow and Steady, A Talking Monkey, Skilled In Illusion, When In Rome, Cheated In All Ages, Further Deliberation, Sounds Like A Gamble, If ...

The Well-Wisher For All is a collection of essays discussing the qualities, names, forms and attributes belonging to the entity commonly addressed as "God". “The Supreme Lord, Purushottama, or Shri Krishna, is the maintainer of all, in both the transcendental and material worlds. He is the life and friend of all because there is eternally natural affection and love between the living entities and the Lord. He is the one friend and well-wisher for all, and He is one without a second. The Lord maintains all the living entities everywhere by His six transcendental opulences, for which He is ...

Daily articles from August 2011 “As a desire tree, whatever you want you can have from the Vedas. Veda means knowledge; it is so complete that whether you want to enjoy in this material world or you want to enjoy spiritual life, both kinds of knowledge are there. If you follow the Vedic principles, then you will be happy.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Krishna Consciousness The Topmost Yoga System, Ch 8 ) At Every Step Ease of Implementation The Starting Point Why Should I Try The Home of Dharma Betting On The Cure Endless Possibilities The Ripened Fruit From an Anthill Franchising Bhakti Rasa ...

The God Who Might Fail You is a collection of essays discussing the qualities, names, forms and attributes belonging to the entity commonly addressed as "God". “This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 9.10)

Following To Freedom, Warring Friends, Good Advice, and More is a collection of 10 short stories discussing various topics of bhakti-yoga philosophy

"The situation has come to this and I am at an impasse. What course of action is appropriate and timely for achieving my objective?’ Thus Hanuman thought the matter over and over again in his mind." (Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 13.19) "Who Else But Hanuman" is a collection of thirty-five essays discussing the verses in the Ramayana which describe Hanuman’s mental deliberation in Lanka during a time of doubt in his search for Sita Devi, Lord Rama’s wife.

The Cookie Competitor, Bitter Lemonade, Travelling Tirtha, and More is a collection of 10 short stories discussing various topics of bhakti-yoga philosophy

Making Friends is a collection of essays discussing the qualities, names, forms and attributes belonging to the entity commonly addressed as "God". “Krishna’s age, His beauty, His bugle, His flute, His conchshell and His pleasing attitude all provoke love in friendship for Him. His exceptional joking abilities, exhibited sometimes by His pretending to be a royal prince, or even the Supreme Personality of Godhead, also give impetus to devotees developing love for Krishna in friendship.” (The Nectar of Devotion, Ch 42)