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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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"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-...

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)

"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 ...

Daily articles from January 2010 Sunshine of My Life What Goes Up Must Come Down Giver of Endless Riches Gravitas Learning By Example A New Beginning VIP Treatment Precious Time The Sweetest Thing Putra Characteristics of a Devotee Praying For Rain Something To Do My Buddy A High Birth Controlling the Mind Under the Influence The Supreme Personality of Godhead Vaikuntha Blameless Remover of Distress Loved By All Seeking God's Protection Not To Be Forgotten A Long Life Battling the Asuras Unconditional Love Return On Investment Coming Through For Us Pleasing the Spiritual Master The Glories ...

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 ...

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

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)

"For one who explains the supreme secret to the devotees, devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 18.68) "From the seeds distributed to the disciples by the spiritual master, trees of devotion get planted everywhere. But what’s even more remarkable is that the guru teaches his spiritual descendants how to distribute seeds themselves. This was especially the mission of Lord Chaitanya, who cut through the barriers erected by sectarian traditions and ignorance by traveling from town to town and inducing others to chant the ...

"Devotional Service" is a collection of thirty-six essays discussing the ancient art of divine love, bhakti-yoga, which is the culmination of all yoga practice and the natural occupational duty of the spirit soul, who is transcendental to the changing of bodies and the relative conditions created by contact with nature.

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.

Creating An Idol is a collection of ten conversations discussing various topics of bhakti-yoga, such as deity worship, intoxication and choosing a place to live.

"For Sita" is a collection of 108 original poems in honor of the beloved wife of Shri Rama and daughter of King Janaka.

“Worshiping the Deity” is a collection of twenty-four essays discussing the ancient art of deity worship, its purpose, its merits, its effectiveness, and how it is a most powerful tool used by the transcendentalist practicing bhakti-yoga, the highest occupation for man.

“Devoted to one husband, being born into a pure family and having obtained one also, I am incapable of doing such a reproachable act, one that ought not to be done.” (Sita Devi speaking to Ravana, Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kand, 21.4-5) “Poetic Insults” is a collection of fifty-three essays discussing the verses from the Ramayana that cover Sita's rebuke of Ravana when he approached her in the Ashoka grove in Lanka.