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Vaisesika Dasa
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These wisdom literatures answer that it's an accommodation of our consciousness. It's a way that we've developed our consciousness; the way in which we've developed our consciousness is then filled in. So, it's as if you made an impression with your foot in the wet sand and then filled it in with plaster of Paris—you get a perfect rendering of your foot. And in a similar way, our consciousness is what carries us or attracts to us our next physical body.This all goes to say that we're always in the creative process, and we're a lot more creative and powerful than we know. We may turn off that system and forget to create, and just let things happen to us and just take in random information. So, I am taking from this point of Leonardo da Vinci: he had an idea, he conceived of it, he was creative—and how did he express his creative nature? He would write it down for posterity, and then it became manifest as a useful tool.So, how many ways are we creating our next body or whatever is in our environment? It's called ātmakṛtam; it's what we are doing. So, this is a refined way, or a way of refining how we move in the world by being very deliberate and writing things down. This is what I'm trying to present: one of the ways of being very conscious about what we're thinking and where our mind is going, and also going in a predetermined direction—the way we want to go—by writing it down. So, that comes to also writing goals, priorities, and so forth.For instance, I have always in front of me on my desk a list of all my priorities, and they're always ready at hand because in a 24-hour period I can forget my priorities. But because I've taken my intentions, I've written them down very clearly, and I have a list now. I can go through and review and recall them, and stay on track. So, I'm saying that this is a manifestation tool.
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Chapter TwelveDevotional ServiceTEXT 1: Arjuna inquired: Which are considered to be more perfect, those who are always properly engaged in Your devotional service or those who worship the impersonal Brahman, the unmanifested?TEXT 2: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Those who fix their minds on My personal form and are always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith are considered by Me to be most perfect.TEXTS 3-4: But those who fully worship the unmanifested, that which lies beyond the perception of the senses, the all-pervading, inconceivable, unchanging, fixed and immovable – the impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth – by controlling the various senses and being equally disposed to everyone, such persons, engaged in the welfare of all, at last achieve Me.TEXT 5: For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied.TEXTS 6-7: But those who worship Me, giving up all their activities unto Me and being devoted to Me without deviation, engaged in devotional service and always meditating upon Me, having fixed their minds upon Me, O son of Pṛthā – for them I am the swift deliverer from the ocean of birth and death.TEXT 8: Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt.TEXT 9: My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga. In this way develop a desire to attain Me.TEXT 10: If you cannot practice the regulations of bhakti-yoga, then just try to work for Me, because by working for Me you will come to the perfect stage.TEXT 11: If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness of Me, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated.TEXT 12: If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yourself in the cultivation of knowledge. Better than knowledge, however, is meditation, and better than meditation is renunciation of the fruits of action, for by such renunciation one can attain peace of mind.TEXTS 13-14: One who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor and is free from false ego, who is equal in both happiness and distress, who is tolerant, always satisfied, self-controlled, and engaged in devotional service with determination, his mind and intelligence fixed on Me – such a devotee of Mine is very dear to Me.TEXT 15: He by whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anyone, who is equipoised in happiness and distress, fear and anxiety, is very dear to Me.TEXT 16: My devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and not striving for some result, is very dear to Me.TEXT 17: One who neither rejoices nor grieves, who neither laments nor desires, and who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things – such a devotee is very dear to Me.TEXTS 18-19: One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contaminating association, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn’t care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and who is engaged in devotional service – such a person is very dear to Me.TEXT 20: Those who follow this imperishable path of devotional service and who completely engage themselves with faith, making Me the supreme goal, are very, very dear to Me.
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In this Age of Kali, hari-kīrtana is very, very important. The importance of chanting the holy name of the Lord is stated in the following verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.3.51-52):kaler doṣa-nidhe rājannasti hy eko mahān guṇaḥkīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajetkṛte yad dhyāyato viṣṇuṁtretāyāṁ yajato makhaiḥdvāpare paricaryāyāṁkalau tad dhari-kīrtanāt“The most important factor in this Age of Kali, which is an ocean of faults, is that one can be free from all contamination and become eligible to enter the kingdom of God simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. The self-realization that was achieved in the Satya millennium by meditation, in the Tretā millennium by the performance of different sacrifices, and in the Dvāpara millennium by worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa can be achieved in the Age of Kali simply by chanting the holy names, Hare Kṛṣṇa.”(Cc Madhya 6.242)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#mantramusic #spiritualmusic #kirtan #mantra #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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, worship Krsna, and teach others about Krsna.3) Being careful to remain free of offenses; just take the holy name of Lord Krsna. Krsna is your mother, Krsna is your father, and Krsna is the treasure of your life.4) Giving up all sinful activities, carry on your worldly duties only in relation to Lord Krsna. The showing of compassion to other souls by loudly chanting the holy name of Krsna is the essence of all forms of religion.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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Chapter TwelveDevotional ServiceTEXT 1: Arjuna inquired: Which are considered to be more perfect, those who are always properly engaged in Your devotional service or those who worship the impersonal Brahman, the unmanifested?TEXT 2: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Those who fix their minds on My personal form and are always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith are considered by Me to be most perfect.TEXTS 3-4: But those who fully worship the unmanifested, that which lies beyond the perception of the senses, the all-pervading, inconceivable, unchanging, fixed and immovable – the impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth – by controlling the various senses and being equally disposed to everyone, such persons, engaged in the welfare of all, at last achieve Me.TEXT 5: For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied.TEXTS 6-7: But those who worship Me, giving up all their activities unto Me and being devoted to Me without deviation, engaged in devotional service and always meditating upon Me, having fixed their minds upon Me, O son of Pṛthā – for them I am the swift deliverer from the ocean of birth and death.TEXT 8: Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt.TEXT 9: My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga. In this way develop a desire to attain Me.TEXT 10: If you cannot practice the regulations of bhakti-yoga, then just try to work for Me, because by working for Me you will come to the perfect stage.TEXT 11: If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness of Me, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated.TEXT 12: If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yourself in the cultivation of knowledge. Better than knowledge, however, is meditation, and better than meditation is renunciation of the fruits of action, for by such renunciation one can attain peace of mind.TEXTS 13-14: One who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor and is free from false ego, who is equal in both happiness and distress, who is tolerant, always satisfied, self-controlled, and engaged in devotional service with determination, his mind and intelligence fixed on Me – such a devotee of Mine is very dear to Me.TEXT 15: He by whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anyone, who is equipoised in happiness and distress, fear and anxiety, is very dear to Me.TEXT 16: My devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and not striving for some result, is very dear to Me.TEXT 17: One who neither rejoices nor grieves, who neither laments nor desires, and who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things – such a devotee is very dear to Me.TEXTS 18-19: One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contaminating association, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn’t care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and who is engaged in devotional service – such a person is very dear to Me.TEXT 20: Those who follow this imperishable path of devotional service and who completely engage themselves with faith, making Me the supreme goal, are very, very dear to Me.https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/12/advanced-view/readchad.org
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To achieve the highest success in life by becoming a gosvāmī and then a pure devotee of the Lord, one must follow the instructions known as Upadeśāmṛta, which have been given by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has given many other books, such as Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Vidagdha-mādhava and Lalita-mādhava, but Upadeśāmṛta constitutes the first instructions for neophyte devotees. One should follow these instructions very strictly. Then it will be easier to make one’s life successful. Hare Kṛṣṇa. (Preface, Nectar of Instruction)https://versecircle.com/?s=1445To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualmusic#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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Did you know it’s mentioned in one of the commentaries that the gopīs used to read Dhruva Mahārāja and Prahlāda Mahārāja? They would weep reading those accounts of those little boys doing such austerities and so forth.Assimilate the Bhagavad-gītā. I know very few people who have actually gone deeply within the Bhagavad-gītā who can sit and discourse. I mean, Caitanya Caraṇa—he comments on it every day. He reads it deeply and thinks about it when he’s sleeping at night; he’s thinking about what he’s going to present the next day, how to bring out topical points in the world and connect them to the Bhagavad-gītā. Ask him if he’s assimilated the Bhagavad-gītā. What will he tell you? The more he’s going into it, the more he’s seeing how deep it is.What about the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam? Have you ever in your school days, or even now when you’re in school, ever noticed the phenomenon where you finish a course and then realize you absorbed about 2% of what was in the textbook? I used to save all my textbooks. My garage was full of....
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(1)ujjvala-varaṇa-gaura-vara-dehaḿvilasita-niravadhi-bhāva-videhamtri-bhuvana-pāvana-kṛpāyāḥ leśaḿtaḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam(2)gadgadāntara-bhāva-vikāraḿdurjana-tarjana-nāda-viśālambhava-bhaya-bhañjana-kāraṇa-karuṇaḿtaḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam(3)aruṇāmbara-dhara cāru-kapolaḿindu-vinindita-nakha-caya-ruciramjalpita-nija-guṇa-nāma-vinodaḿtaḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam(4)vigalita-nayana-kamala-jala-dhāraḿbhūṣaṇa-nava-rasa-bhāva-vikāramgati-atimanthara-nṛtya-vilāsaḿtaḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam(5)cañcala-cāru-caraṇa-gati-ruciraḿmañjīra-rañjita-pada-yuga-madhuramcandra-vinindita-śītala-vadanaḿtaḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam(6)dhṛta-kaṭi-ḍora-kamaṇḍalu-daṇḍadivya-kalevara-muṇḍita-muṇḍamdurjana-kalmaṣa-khaṇḍana-daṇḍaḿtaḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam(7)bhūṣaṇa-bhū-raja-alakā-valitaḿkampita-bimbādhara-vara-rucirammalayaja-viracita-ujjvala-tilakaḿtaḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam(8)nindita-aruṇa-kamala-dala-nayanaḿājānu-lambita-śrī-bhuja-yugalamkalevara-kaiśora-nartaka-veśaḿtaḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayamTRANSLATION1) I prostrate myself before the Son of Mother Saci, Whose radiant lotus face and body shine with the splendor of molten gold. This transcendental body is the playground for the continuous expression of variegated moods and ecstatic symptoms, that carry His consciousness to the realm where He is no longer aware of that transcendental body. By only a particle of His mercy he has delivered the three worlds.2) I salute the Son of Mother Saci, Whose heart is in a state of rapture, transformed by feelings of intense love. In His pastime of loud roaring, before the mischievous and malicious rascals, He removes all fear of the vast ocean of material existence, by the effect of His unlimited compassion.3) He is wearing garments the color of the eastern sky during the dawn, and His lovely cheeks shine with the same radiance. The nails of His hands and feet have the same pleasing effect of the moon, shining in the sky. His pleasure diversion consists in discussions and glorification of His own wonderful qualities and names. I offer my obeisances to the Son of Mother Saci.4) His lotus eyes are always wet with tears. His ornaments are the new and ever fresh transformations of ecstatic love that decorate His transcendental form. His gait is slow and majestic, yet His dancing is a wonderful pastime of enjoyment. I bow down before the Son of Mother Saci.5) The movement of His lovely, yet restless, lotus feet captivates the mind, and His ankle bracelets sweeten that charming scene all the more. His face, which defeats the beauty of the moon, is very cooling and pleasant. I offer my salutations to the Son of Mother Saci.6) He wears a cord around His waist and carries in His hands a water pot and staff. His divine appearance is complemented by His shaved head. The sins of the wicked are annulled by the rod of chastisement that he carries. I salute the Son of Mother Saci.7) His ornaments are the dust on His body and His radiant tilak, prepared with sandalwood. The beautiful sight of His trembling reddish lips brings delight to the mind and heart. I offer my obeisances to the Son of Mother Saci.8) His lotus eyes defeat the color of pink lotuses. His two lotus hands are very long, reaching down almost to His knees. He appears to be a mere adolescent, dressed as He is, ready to dance. I prostrate myself before the Son of Mother Saci.
To put on a yajña takes a lot of work—any kind of yajña—and to take it down takes a lot of work. The middle portion is often very short. Again, in a fire yajña, there’s only a few spoon fulls that go in, but getting all the ingredients (especially if you have to grow them yourself) and then cleaning up afterwards is the heavy lifting. But the combustion—spiritual combustion—happens in the middle, and this is one of the five most important practices according to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.I feel like we had that combustion because of the hard work of Śraddhā Devī Dāsī ,team members, and Divyanāma Prabhu—working, all of them, constantly. I’m in on weekly meetings for planning, and then I hear Śraddhā with her team. I see Divyanāma Prabhu constantly planning also for his team. And this is a confluence of different teams coming together; it’s just been really nice. I hear Nirākulā in the other room on meetings, and the detail that Śraddhā goes into to plan these is astounding to me, and many of you mentioned those types of things.I don’t know if you could hear out there, Śraddhā, but a lot of people were appreciating that you had a motherly presence and you were attentive to every detail. Really, it’s your tenacity and your very deep devotion that shows up in the way that you lean into your service completely. I couldn’t be more grateful, and all of us feel that way too. So thank you very, very much for giving such sacrifice so that we can achieve this yajña that is irreplaceable in our lives, in our sojourn, in our journey back to Godhead. Thank you very much.Divyanāma Prabhu, Vṛndārikā Ramāi, and their team—they have dedicated their lives, or a good portion of them, to putting on Yātrās. And just in the way things have come together over the years, we have now three Yātrās a year. They’ve just evolved. But they didn’t just evolve, just like the material world and all the species didn’t just evolve—there’s an intelligence behind it.Divyanāma and Vṛndārikā Ramāi are attached to the dhāma. They have spent a lot of time in the dhāma, and it was good fortune that they ran into Mukhāravinda in the Istanbul airport distributing books one day. Believe it or not, they were in transit, and that’s—without all the details—how we met. Then one thing led to another, with a ride from their house to the airport about starting the Youth Yātrā. I had always wanted to do it; didn’t know how it would ever happen, but then Kṛṣṇa sent them and they said, ‘We’ll do it.’Now there’s been a merging of Yātrās, and we have added on in October to the wonderful UK devotees coming together, and I get to spend time going around with that other Yātrā, and now these Yātrās are coming together. Kṛṣṇa has definitely got a plan, and we’re really grateful to you and Vṛndārikā Ramāi. Thank you very much for the tireless service you do.Back at ISV years ago, we used to have Devotee Appreciation Day, and we would come together once a year, I think, to try to appreciate the devotees. Every time driving home, I would look at Nirākulā and say, ‘Why am I so exhausted?’ It was really hard, because we all have this feeling—I’m hearing it from everyone—you want to try to mention everybody. It’s like seeing all the preparations that were just offered to Lord Jagannātha and then thinking you can eat them all. It’s impossible to glorify the devotees enough or appreciate them enough.And I always walked away feeling like, ‘Oh, I could have done more.’ And that’s exactly how I feel now—for all of you, that we came together to render service and create this environment. It’s a miracle. It’s a spiritual miracle that will be imprinted in our hearts forever.
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Even while engaged in various activities, devotees whose minds are completely absorbed at Your lotus feet, and who constantly hear, chant, contemplate and cause others to remember Your transcendental names and forms, are always on the transcendental platform, and thus they can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (SB 10.2.37)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/37/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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nārada muni, bājāy vīṇā'rādhikā-ramaṇa'-nāmenāma amani, udita haya,bhakata-gītā-sāmeWhen the great soul Nārada Muni plays his vina, the holy name, Radhika-raman, descends and immediately appears amidst the kirtan of the Lord’s devotees. (Translation verse 1)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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Song Name: Bhaja Re Bhaja Re AmarAuthor: Bhaktivinoda ThakuraBook Name: GitavaliLanguage: Bengali(1)bhaja re bhaja re āmār mana ati manda(bhajan vinā gati nāi re)(bhaja) braja-bane rādhā-kṛṣṇa-caraṇāravinda(jñāna-karma parihari’ re)(bhaja) (braja-bane rādhā-kṛṣṇa) (2)(bhaja) gaura-gadādharādwaita guru-nityānanda(gaura-kṛṣṇae abheda jene’ re)(guru kṛṣṇa-preṣṭha jene’ re)(smara) śrīnivās, haridās, murāri, mukunda(gaura-preme smara, smara re)(smara) (śrīnivās haridāse) (3)(smara) rūpa-sanātana-jīva-raghunātha-dvandva(kṛṣṇa-bhajan jadi korbe re)(rūpa-sanātane smara)(smara) rāghava-gopāla-bhaṭṭa swarūpa-rāmānanda(kṛṣṇa-prema jadi cāo re)(swarūpa-rāmānande smara) (4)(smara) goṣṭhi-saha karṇapūra, sena śivānanda(ajasra smara, smara re)(goṣṭhi-saha karnapūre)(smara) rūpānuga sādhu-jana bhajana-ānanda(braje bās jadi cāo re)(rūpānuga sādhu smara) TRANSLATION1) My dear mind, how foolish you are! Oh just worship, oh just worship the lotus feet of Radha and Krsna in the forests of Vraja! (Oh, without such worship there is no means of spiritual advancement!) Just worship the lotus feet of Radha and Krsna in the forests of Vraja! (Oh, giving up all speculative knowledge and materialistic activities!) 2) Just worship Gaura, Gadadhara, Advaita, and Lord Nityananda, the original spiritual master! (Oh, knowing Lord Gaura and Lord Krsna to be the same!) (Oh, knowing the spiritual master to be very dear to Krsna!) Just remember the dear associates of Lord Caitanya, namely Srivasa Thakura, Haridasa Thakura, Murari Gupta, and Mukunda Datta! (Oh, in deep love for Lord Gaura, you should remember, just remember!) (Just remember the two great personalities Srivasa Thakura and Haridasa Thakura!) 3) Just remember Sri Rupa Goswami, Sanatana, Jiva, and the two Raghunathas! (Oh, if you are engaged in worshiping Lord Krsna!) (Just remember the two great souls Sri Rupa Goswami and Sanatana Goswami!) Just remember Raghava Pandita, Gopal Bhatta Goswami, Svarupa Damodara Goswami, and Ramananda Raya! (Oh, if you really seek love of Krsna!) (Just remember Svarupa Damodara Goswami and Ramananda Raya!) 4) Just remember Srila Kavi Karnapura and all his family members, especially his father, Sivananda Sena! (Oh, always remember, always remember!) (Sri Kavi Karnapura and his family!) Just remember all the sadhus who follow the path of Sri Rupa Goswami and who are absorbed in the ecstasy of bhajan! (Oh, if you actually want residence in the land of Vraja!) (Just remember the sadhus who are followers of Srila Rupa Goswami!)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualsongs #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspiritual
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In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.(SB 11.5.32)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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1)saḿsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvamprāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇārṇavasyavande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam(2)mahāprabhoḥ kīrtana-nṛtya-gīta-vāditra-mādyan-manaso rasenaromāñca -kampāśru-tarańga-bhājovande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam(3)śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā-śṛńgāra-tan-mandira-mārjanādauyuktasya bhaktāḿś ca niyuñjato 'pivande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam(4)catur-vidha-śrī-bhagavat-prasāda-svādv-anna-tṛptān hari-bhakta-sańghānkṛtvaiva tṛptiḿ bhajataḥ sadaivavande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam(5)śrī-rādhikā-mādhavayor apāra-mādhurya-līlā guṇa-rūpa-nāmnāmprati-kṣaṇāsvādana-lolupasyavande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam(6)nikuñja-yūno rati-keli-siddhyaiyā yālibhir yuktir apekṣaṇīyātatrāti-dākṣyād ati-vallabhasyavande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam(7)sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrairuktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥkintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasyavande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam(8)yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādoyasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto 'pidhyāyan stuvaḿs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaḿvande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindamTRANSLATION1) The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.2) Chanting the holy name, dancing in ecstasy, singing, and playing musical instruments, the spiritual master is always gladdened by the sankirtana movement of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Because he is relishing the mellows of pure devotion within his mind, sometimes his hair stands on end, he feels quivering in his body, and tears flow from his eyes like waves. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.3) The spiritual master is always engaged in the temple worship of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. He also engages his disciples in such worship. They dress the Deities in beautiful clothes and ornaments, clean Their temple, and perform other similar worship of the Lord. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.4) The spiritual master is always offering Krsna four kinds of delicious food [analyzed as that which is licked, chewed, drunk, and sucked]. When the spiritual master sees that the devotees are satisfied by eating bhagavat-prasada, he is satisfied. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.5) The spiritual master is always eager to hear and chant about the unlimited conjugal pastimes of Radhika and Madhava, and Their qualities, names, and forms. The spiritual master aspires to relish these at every moment. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.6) The spiritual master is very dear, because he is expert in assisting the gopis, who at different times make different tasteful arrangements for the perfection of Radha and Krsna's conjugal loving affairs within the groves of Vrndavana. I offer my most humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.7) The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord, because he is the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of Sri Hari [Krsna].8) By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krsna. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master.
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Śrī ĪśopaniṣadThe knowledge that brings one nearer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, KṛṣṇaIntroductionInvocationoṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁpūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyatepūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāyapūrṇam evāvaśiṣyateMantra Oneīśāvāsyam idaḿ sarvaṁyat kiñca jagatyāṁ jagattena tyaktena bhuñjīthāmā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanamMantra Twokurvann eveha karmāṇijijīviṣec chataḿ samāḥevaṁ tvayi nānyatheto ’stina karma lipyate nareMantra Threeasuryā nāma te lokāandhena tamasāvṛtāḥtāḿs te pretyābhigacchantiye ke cātma-hano janāḥMantra Fouranejad ekaṁ manaso javīyonainad devā āpnuvan pūrvam arṣattad dhāvato ’nyān atyeti tiṣṭhattasminn apo mātariśvā dadhātiMantra Fivetad ejati tan naijatitad dūre tad v antiketad antar asya sarvasyatad u sarvasyāsya bāhyataḥMantra Sixyas tu sarvāṇi bhūtānyātmany evānupaśyatisarva-bhūteṣu cātmānaṁtato na vijugupsateMantra Sevenyasmin sarvāṇi bhūtānyātmaivābhūd vijānataḥtatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śokaekatvam anupaśyataḥMantra Eightsa paryagāc chukram akāyam avraṇamasnāviraḿ śuddham apāpa-viddhamkavir manīṣī paribhūḥ svayambhūryāthātathyato ’rthān vyadadhāc chāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥMantra Nineandhaṁ tamaḥ praviśantiye ’vidyām upāsatetato bhūya iva te tamoya u vidyāyāḿ ratāḥMantra Tenanyad evāhur vidyayā-nyad āhur avidyayāiti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṁye nas tad vicacakṣireMantra Elevenvidyāṁ cāvidyāṁ ca yastad vedobhayaḿ sahaavidyayā mṛtyuṁ tīrtvāvidyayāmṛtam aśnuteMantra Twelveandhaṁ tamaḥ praviśantiye ’sambhūtim upāsatetato bhūya iva te tamoya u sambhūtyāḿ ratāḥMantra Thirteenanyad evāhuḥ sambhavādanyad āhur asambhavātiti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṁye nas tad vicacakṣireMantra Fourteensambhūtiṁ ca vināśaṁ cayas tad vedobhayaḿ sahavināśena mṛtyuṁ tīrtvāsambhūtyāmṛtam aśnuteMantra Fifteenhiraṇmayena pātreṇasatyasyāpihitaṁ mukhamtat tvaṁ pūṣann apāvṛṇusatya-dharmāya dṛṣṭayeMantra Sixteenpūṣann ekarṣe yama sūrya prājāpatyavyūha raśmīn samūha tejoyat te rūpaṁ kalyāṇa-tamaṁ tat te paśyāmiyo ’sāv asau puruṣaḥ so ’ham asmiMantra Seventeenvāyur anilam amṛtamathedaṁ bhasmāntaṁ śarīramoṁ krato smara kṛtaṁ smarakrato smara kṛtaṁ smaraMantra Eighteenagne naya supathā rāye asmānviśvāni deva vayunāni vidvānyuyodhy asmaj juhurāṇam enobhūyiṣṭhāṁ te nama-uktiṁ vidhemaTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
You will find, when you think about priorities and you think about values, that some of them that are going to stick around probably throughout your life—but absolutely, it can be adjusted any which way. It’s a fluid document that you can work on. It’s for you, and it’s to just have a sense of which direction you’re going and what’s most important to you in your life. Because most people never think about it; they just do what’s in front of them, and there’s always something more you have to do to finish before you really get time for yourself to think about what’s most important to you in your life. That’s why self-examination and being self-directing in your life is a good thing.----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#determination #practice #priorities #goalsetting #value #purpose #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
You know you have a certain amount of time. I notice for myself, whenever I’m going on a trip, that’s when I get the most efficient: the week before, two weeks before, the day before. I’m focused on what I have to get done before I leave. So, putting time-bound goals makes it imperative that I finish what I want to do. Of course, you have to be careful to plan in some time for yourself too, so you’re not always pushing—because we may need some balance in our life, right?Review of Previous Presentation and Initial Points – 0:00:09Detailed Discussion on Principles of Determination – 0:01:12Avoid Distractions and Narrowing Choices – 0:05:12Plan Your Day and Setting Time-Bound Goals – 0:15:03Strengthen The Bonds That Free You and Acting Morally – 0:26:47Review Your Process and Celebrating Progress – 0:29:00Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks – 0:33:41------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#determination #practice #priorities #goalsetting #value #purpose #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Nowadays, the world is literally built for distraction, not direction. There is a concerted effort to catch your attention from all sides. Of course, there’s not just social media, but people advertise everywhere for the latest styles and ideas. I haven’t seen too many billboards about Kṛṣṇa.Most people start strong but quit early; and it’s not from a lack of talent, but a lack of systems to stay determined. My contention is that our determination outperforms skill, luck, and motivation in the long run.Just to give you a definition of determination—which you might find helpful and interesting—is that 'determination' has the word terminus in it, which means an ending point. In one sense, it means to be able to finish something. Finish what you start. Have you ever gotten halfway through a book and then left it behind, and then noticed a year later it's still there?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
and we should be sincere about that.Then as we do, that chanting and that intention will envelop the entire pot, and it will turn to something else. It’s a foregone conclusion that that will happen. So, it’s not a disadvantage to be engaged in the world. It’s only a disadvantage when you forget Kṛṣṇa. When you remember Kṛṣṇa, then 'vidyāṁ cāvidyāṁ ca yas' (Iso Mantra 7)—you see two things at the same time. You see ignorance and the result of ignorant activities, and you see Kṛṣṇa consciousness, you see the antidote. Those two become a solid realization when you see them side by side.It’s so interesting, isn’t it, to be engaged in the world when you’re reading Bhagavad-gītā?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I'll give a final point and a tip. The final point is that your pledge is your wedge. What it really means to be brave is to write down a number and make it bigger than the last time. That takes a lot of guts. You’ve got to write it down and then commit to it. That's when the energy starts to flow—not before, but only after you make the pledge.So, make the pledge. Whatever you think you can do, get together with your devotees and allow everybody in your area to pledge. Also, don't deprive anybody of the opportunity to be involved in the marathon; otherwise, they miss the nectar of life and the special mercy of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Lord Caitanya.(HG Vaisesika Dasa)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So that’s the theme of this year. It’s no fun holding back. We only experience our full potential when we’re brave and we move forward.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has also cited the Cāturmāsya-māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa concerning the necessity of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa in this age:tathā caivottamaṁ loketapaḥ śrī-hari-kīrtanamkalau yuge viśeṣeṇaviṣṇu-prītyai samācaret“In this way the most perfect penance to be executed in this world is the chanting of the name of Lord Śrī Hari. Especially in the Age of Kali, one can satisfy the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu by performing saṅkīrtana.”(Purport, SB 12.3.52)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kirtan #spiritualmusic #spiritualsongs #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Bhāgavatam, it said that the universe is working in a uniform way, which means that everything works perfectly because it's all under the guidance of Kṛṣṇa and His energies. So if something happens to you because of somebody else, we can see it as the universe working in a uniform way, and I'll give you an example.Peter Burwash was a friend of mine. He was a businessman. Passed away a few years ago. Used to be a professional athlete, and then he started a company called Peter Burwash International. He knew Prabhupāda well because he lived in Hawaii and Prabhupāda used to live there and write. And it was Peter Burwash's headquarters. He took a lot of advice from Prabhupāda, and when he was just getting his business started and he got interested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he gave a donation to the temple, and he handed it to the local temple commander to start his life membership. About an hour later, the person who accepted the money absconded, which means they ran away with the money. Peter Burwash was very angry and he went to Prabhupāda to complain directly to him because Prabhupāda lived just right upstairs. And when Prabhupāda heard his case, the first thing he said was: “Don't become angry with the instrument of your karma.”Peter Burwash lectured all over the world, and that was what he always started with when he gave talks—that he learned this from his spiritual teacher. He would say: “Don't become angry with the instrument of your karma.” So there are philosophical ways of dealing with it. They're very practical tools that you can use to get through all these sticky situations to make sure that you don't make it worse than it was before. But you don't have to just accept it and move on or just hold it in. There are ways to deal with it. (25:24)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kartikimmersionretreat #karma #spiritualawakening #angermanagement #etiquette #cooperation #devotion #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
kṛte yad dhyāyato viṣṇuṁtretāyāṁ yajato makhaiḥdvāpare paricaryāyāṁkalau tad dhari-kīrtanātWhatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the Lord’s lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/3/52/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kirtan #spiritualmusic #spiritualsongs #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(hātī-mātā-aparādha). Śukhi’ means that after the elephant tramples on your devotional creeper, it dries up, becomes ineffectual, and won't grow anymore. Śukhi’ yāya pātā—the creeper is ruined in that way. He told Sanātana and Rūpa Gosvāmī to be careful. And then the other thing he told him is.. (24:08)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And if you’ve ever thought you deserve something and then you didn’t get it, doesn’t it cause anguish?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanpuja #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Then, of course, he ripped him into shreds. But in that case, we see that Prahlāda didn't mind at all. In fact, he wasn't afraid at all of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva. In the whole mess he wasn't afraid because he was completely detached. All he wanted was service to his spiritual master..------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In 1972, Śrīla Prabhupāda made a down payment on the land in Juhu beach, Bombay, intending to build Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, a beautiful temple there. Even though Śrīla Prabhupāda had made a down payment on the land, the owner, who had a past history of shady dealings, had not yet handed over the land deed to ISKCON as he had promised he would do.Śrīla Prabhupāda saw indications that the owner might change his mind and decide not to sell the land, or worse, he may try to cheat the devotees and keep the down payment. In India, when one installs deities on a piece of land legally, it secures one's hold on the land, as the deities become the proprietors, and no one else will dare to move them. Therefore, to secure the Juhu land, Śrīla Prabhupāda moved the Deities Śrī Śrī Rādhā Rāsa-Bihārī there as quickly as possible after giving the down payment.Just after doing this, he also performed a ceremony to lay the cornerstone for the temple he intended to build there, another act that legally solidifies one's right to keep and stay on the piece of land. At first, due to a lack of facility, the devotees had to worship Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa in a tent. After some years of intense struggle, Śrīla Prabhupāda and his followers developed the land, relocating the previous renters, and established a beautiful temple there that today hosts millions of people every year. As humans, we have the chance to build such a temple in our hearts. Our bodies are like that Juhu land. Just as Śrīla Prabhupāda quickly installed the deities on the Juhu land, we should also install Kṛṣṇa in our hearts as soon as possible, before death comes and cheats us, taking away our opportunity.By making a firm vow to chant the holy names a fixed number of times each day, we lay the cornerstone for a temple in our hearts where we can properly worship Kṛṣṇa. As Śrīla Prabhupāda pushed forward to secure the Juhu land, we must also push forward against all odds to ready our hearts for Kṛṣṇa's worship.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Priorities determine what comes first when things compete. I don't know about all of you, but I've noticed there are a lot of competing philosophies. There are a lot of competing activities, different kinds of attitudes. So, when there's a confluence of all these things, we can feel overwhelmed. But if you have decided ahead of time what's most important in your life, and you have it ordered—that's what priority means—what comes first. Technically, it means one thing that's most important, the prime thing in your life. It has come over time that we make several priorities, and maybe there's a hierarchy, and that's how I recommend writing it. Write down the things that are most important to you and try to order them: what comes first, what comes second, what comes third.And then values—just giving definitions here—govern how I act, regardless of the outcome of whatever activity I'm engaged in. One of the cardinal principles of enlightened living is how we react to what happens to us. It's not what happens; it's what we do after it happens to us that defines our values. As we were just defining satisfaction, we may engage, and then something comes along that seems like an obstacle, how do we react to it? How do we remain satisfied? So, one of our values might be to be tolerant or to be in a state of equanimity. Dealing with situations governs how I react, regardless of what the outcome is. So, if I say I'm going to be satisfied, then if something desirable or undesirable comes, I am accepting.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#successsadhana #spiritualgoals #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So, in the matter of chanting, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “tṛṇād api sunīcena.” (One should be humbler than a blade of grass.) Be very, very humble and approach like this. It's the perfect method. And I especially liked: disciplined attention, patient attention, humility before what you're studying, a willingness to listen rather than dominate. Not expecting anything, but being humbly aware that perfect knowledge requires the perfect method, which means that if Kṛṣṇa is to reveal Himself in His name, I have to have great respect, humility, and patience.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehapy ##spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So what we consider value is that place where we worship.What are the values? Now I'll just give another element to this: All of these values are metaphysical. How will you measure empathy? You can't do it empirically. Empirically, you can't go to Ace Hardware and get a meter that measures empathy. You can judge how generous somebody is, but you don't know how much they have, so are they being really generous? These values are intrinsically metaphysical; they are beyond the physical world.So looking at them, feeling them, feeling separation from them, wanting to develop them, this is also part of spiritual development. When we become aware of the plethora of values that are available for cultivation, we can uplift our spirit, our spiritual part of life, by becoming aware of them.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#successsadhana #spiritualvalues #goalsetting #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I added to a section of this paper I'm writing about Prabhupāda's statement that chanting japa is 'forced meditation.' And in one sense, we consider that the name has force: nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis. There's śakti in the name. So it's not simply mindfulness, but it's direct association with Kṛṣṇa, who has his own power and his own agenda.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehapy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please protect Me and maintain Me.” He also chanted:Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Rāma, descendant of King Raghu, please protect Me. O Kṛṣṇa, O Keśava, killer of the Keśī demon, please maintain Me.”https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/96/Chanting this verse, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, known as Gaurahari, went on His way. As soon as He saw someone, He would request him to chant “Hari! Hari!” (CC Madhya 7.97)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/97/Watch the entire Youth Jam session here: https://youtube.com/live/RD3QEkOQS6o?feature=shareTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kirtan #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
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My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth. Attachment to his lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires. (Translation, Sri Guru Vandana Verse 2)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
https://vedabase.io/en/library/iso/11/So, it's not a big surprise that we have obligations in the material world, but what's required is to continue your hearing and chanting even as you're doing that, according to your capacity.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Every minute makes a difference if we want to stay in the fast lane, keep making the decisions to take Kṛṣṇa first, deal with Māyā later, and maybe next life, or never at all. Stay on that fast lane, the fast lane consciousness, just by starting early and getting your most important things done first before the price goes up and you have to pay a much higher price for it.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #japajolt #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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without any motive.3) My dear brother, just try and examine this. Within the three worlds there is no one like Lord Caitanya or Lord Nityananda. Their merciful qualities are so great that upon hearing Them even birds and beasts cry and stones melt.4) But Locana dasa regrets that I am entrapped by sense gratification. Since I have no attraction for the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda, then Yamaraja, the superintendent of death, is punishing me by not allowing me to be attracted by this movement.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
without any motive.3) My dear brother, just try and examine this. Within the three worlds there is no one like Lord Caitanya or Lord Nityananda. Their merciful qualities are so great that upon hearing Them even birds and beasts cry and stones melt.4) But Locana dasa regrets that I am entrapped by sense gratification. Since I have no attraction for the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda, then Yamaraja, the superintendent of death, is punishing me by not allowing me to be attracted by this movement.
And therefore, they're no longer material by the principle of:brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahma-karma-samādhinā(BG 4.24)Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad Gītā, anything you use in Kṛṣṇa's service becomes transcendentalized. When you take dīkṣā, it destroys all of your previous sinful reactions, and you begin a new life, a new lease on life, no more debts, and you're free to fully engage in devotional service and just serve Kṛṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Balarāma, Gopāl Prabhu, I came to your house in that little enclave called SLO, San Luis Obispo. It's a little isolated place. You have to airlift in all supplies. If you fly there, you have to drop in by parachute. It's a little place surrounded by reality. And we came to your house and saw that because of your sincerity, you had facilitated hundreds of young people, non-traditional, as Devavrata said, no previous connection with anything that has to do with Hare Kṛṣṇa. But I've never seen any dancing or chanting in kīrtan like the one that took place in your house. I kept looking up to see if the roof was still on. If it hadn't been a slab floor, it would have broken through, and that's a harbinger for your devotional service that you started in such an environment and facilitated it.Therefore, I pray to Śrīla Prabhupāda, to your spiritual master, and to Devavrata Prabhu and his team, and all the previous ācāryas, that may your sojourn in this life be marked by enthusiasm, full engagement in devotional service, and happiness of heart to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and see other people dance as enthusiastic as they were at your house. And may that enthusiasm that started in your house spread throughout California and then all over North America and the world. And we give you our sincere congratulations today for staying in the āśram system and strictly following in the footsteps of the previous ācāryas.Kirtan@SLO: https://youtu.be/dlBCymRVTKs------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In this Age of Kali, hari-kīrtana is very, very important. The importance of chanting the holy name of the Lord is stated in the following verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.3.51-52):kaler doṣa-nidhe rājannasti hy eko mahān guṇaḥkīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajetkṛte yad dhyāyato viṣṇuṁtretāyāṁ yajato makhaiḥdvāpare paricaryāyāṁkalau tad dhari-kīrtanāt“The most important factor in this Age of Kali, which is an ocean of faults, is that one can be free from all contamination and become eligible to enter the kingdom of God simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. The self-realization that was achieved in the Satya millennium by meditation, in the Tretā millennium by the performance of different sacrifices, and in the Dvāpara millennium by worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa can be achieved in the Age of Kali simply by chanting the holy names, Hare Kṛṣṇa.”(Cc Madhya 6.242)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#mantramusic #spiritualmusic #kirtan #mantra #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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removing from our heart, by hearing story after story, this sense of rāga or intense attachment to the material world.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Every mantra is a medicinal dose. It has to go in the ear. It's auṣadhi. Hear, then it goes into your heart. So, you get 108 individual medicinal doses per round. So, make sure you get all 108 here (ear) and then into here (heart). Don't think of it as one round. Think of it as 108 individual medicinal doses, and each one you've got to put the dose here (points to the ear). So, make sure it goes here (ear); then it'll go here (heart), and it's perfect. It's pūrṇa means there's nothing perfect in this world, except for the Holy Name. So, as soon as you hear the perfection in the name, then you'll start drinking the whole bottle as fast as you can. But now, get every individual dose in, inside.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So this is the meaning of this verse,saṁsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvamprāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇārṇavasyavande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam(excerpt from the lecture on Śrī Śrī Gurv-aṣṭaka by Srila Prabhupada, September 19th 1971Nairobi https://vedabase.io/en/library/transcripts/710919le-nairobi/#bb488567)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
(1)je ānilo prema-dhana koruṇā pracurheno prabhu kothā gelā ācārya-ṭhākur(2)kāhā mora swarūp rūpa kāhā sanātankāhā dāsa raghunātha patita-pāvan(3)kāhā mora bhaṭṭa-juga kāhā kavirājeka-kāle kothā gelā gorā naṭa-rāj(4)pāṣāṇe kuṭibo māthā anale paśibogaurāńga guṇera nidhi kothā gele pābo(5)se-saba sańgīra sańge je koilo bilāsse-sańga nā pāiyā kānde narottama dāsTRANSLATION1) He, who brought the treasure of divine love and who was filled with compassion and mercy--where has such a personality as Advaita Acarya gone?2) Where are my Svarupa Damodara and Rupa Gosvami? Where is Sanatana? Where is Raghunatha Dasa, the savior of the fallen?3) Where are my Raghunatha Bhatta and Gopala Bhatta, and where is Krsnadasa Kaviraja? Where did Lord Gauranga, the great dancer, suddenly go?4) I will smash my head against the rock and enter into the fire. Where will I find Lord Gauranga, the reservoir of all wonderful qualities?5) Being unable to obtain the association of Lord Gauranga accompanied by all of these devotees in whose association He performed His pastimes, Narottama Dasa simply weeps.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Whereas the spiritual world is ever fresh. Kṛṣṇa's pastimes are unlimited. His names are unlimited.Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākur advocated for the mass distribution of literature so that people who are under the grip of māyā could be liberated by this literary intervention, which is advocated for by Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself, who said to Sanātana Gosvāmī even before the printing press was even conceived:māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñānajīvere kṛpāya kailā kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa (Cc. Madhya 20.122)That in order for a soul to be wrested from the grips of māyā, he or she needs a literary intervention given by Śrīla Vyāsadeva. That was part of the yukta-vairāgya. But he also saw that people around the world needed to be introduced to Kṛṣṇa consciousness—but not just a culture—the actual philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness that can be adopted by anyone in any place in the world.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth. Attachment to his lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires. (Translation, Sri Guru Vandana Verse 2)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
nadīyā-nagare nitāi nece’ nece’ gāy reOh! In the towns and villages of Nadiya, Lord Nityananda ecstatically dances and sings these names of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (refrain)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection:iskconsv.com/book-store/www.bbtacademic.com/books/thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soun…ti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: @fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#mantramusic #spiritualmusic #kirtan #spiritualawakening #mantramusic #kirtan #spiritualsongs #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Oh! In the towns and villages of Nadiya, Lord Nityananda dances and dances ecstatically while singing these divine names, and Bhaktivinoda falls down at His reddish lotus feet. (Translation, Verse 7)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection:iskconsv.com/book-store/www.bbtacademic.com/books/thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soun…ti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: @fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#mantramusic #spiritualmusic #kirtan #spiritualawakening #mantramusic #kirtan #spiritualsongs #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
tasmāt saṅkīrtanaṁ viṣṇorjagan-maṅgalam aṁhasāmmahatām api kauravyaviddhy aikāntika-niṣkṛtamŚukadeva Gosvāmī continued:“My dear King, the chanting of the holy name of the Lord is able to uproot even the reactions of the greatest sins. Therefore, the chanting of the saṅkīrtana movement is the most auspicious activity in the entire universe. Please try to understand this so that others will take it seriously.” (SB 6.3.31)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #mantramusic #kirtan #spiritualsongs #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa has this inclination: He is ready to pour out mercy unlimitedly to any personality. We find the key here in Prahlāda Mahārāja, that if one imbibes this mood of service for service, then that's the moment we feel satisfied, but that's also the moment Kṛṣṇa takes notice of us and unleashes an ocean of mercy into our lives.For devotees who realize that this is our eternal relationship, they can't do enough at every second to give to Kṛṣṇa, because ātmānaṁ akhilātmanāṁ—the principle is, He's the soul of our soul. So, it's a practical realization in the end to know the science:sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁtat-paratvena nirmalamhṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyateThis is called devotional service (bhakti) when you realize that my senses actually belong to Kṛṣṇa, and everything else belongs to Kṛṣṇa, and therefore I'll use everything in His service. And in the process, we purify our senses. Also, Kṛṣṇa gives us His unlimited mercy, and it never stops; it keeps increasing.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Śrīla Prabhupāda gave some instructions about japa, and in one of them, he talks about how japa is forced meditation. One of the meanings of that is that one may sit and meditate, and that requires one's own introspection, whereas Kṛṣṇa's name has its own force because He's personally present there. But we are responsible for being aware of Kṛṣṇa's names when we're chanting.That's listed amongst all the what we call ten offenses, which is really eleven, because the eleventh one we add on, is all important. Because when we chant, the main point is to listen very carefully and show respect that Kṛṣṇa is present in His names. Prabhupāda also says that this is the main process: sitting or walking and continuing to chant until you become one-minded with the mantra.-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#mantrameditation #mantra #makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehapy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
, worship Krsna, and teach others about Krsna.3) Being careful to remain free of offenses; just take the holy name of Lord Krsna. Krsna is your mother, Krsna is your father, and Krsna is the treasure of your life.4) Giving up all sinful activities, carry on your worldly duties only in relation to Lord Krsna. The showing of compassion to other souls by loudly chanting the holy name of Krsna is the essence of all forms of religion.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
, worship Krsna, and teach others about Krsna.3) Being careful to remain free of offenses; just take the holy name of Lord Krsna. Krsna is your mother, Krsna is your father, and Krsna is the treasure of your life.4) Giving up all sinful activities, carry on your worldly duties only in relation to Lord Krsna. The showing of compassion to other souls by loudly chanting the holy name of Krsna is the essence of all forms of religion.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So now I'm not going to concentrate, then you can go for eight beads or 107 more without thinking of it. But if we train our mind to make a decision, use our free will to come back to each bead individually, it's a meticulous kind of training for the mind. Because the mind wants randomness in order to escape reality, which is that we're not this body, we are not part of the world. It's been conjured. And we don't like to be challenged our sense of reality. But it's not painful if we face reality, because reality is beautiful and abundant. Krishna is friendly.So if we train our minds that every bead is a new choice, and remember that between the gap of one bead and the next, we have to renew our decision to meditate on that next bead. If we can practice that, then the mind becomes trained to stay constantly in that decision-making process until it becomes completely natural to only think of the holy name and stay fixed there.Otherwise, if we let it descend into randomness, then it becomes like a dog. If you've ever met a dog—I have—who wasn't trained properly, he jumped on everything, everyone. Doesn't matter what you tell him, he just goes nuts because he wasn't trained early enough on. So that's one of the aspects of japa that's the great advantage to our own personal well-being and our training of the mind: attention training.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
As prabhu mentioned, we talked a lot about what our goals were. You know, before getting married, we wanted to make sure that we were in sync—what we wanted to do with our lives, how we wanted to serve our Gurudeva and the mission. We found that we had a lot of things in common.Of course, when you’re young and you get married, you don’t know what’s going to happen down the road. So we have always kept Kṛṣṇa in the center. Whatever was best for our service to our Gurudeva, and whatever helped us to remember and serve Kṛṣṇa, that’s how we made our decisions — whatever was best for our service. Throughout life, we all have big decisions to make, right? We’ve always made those big decisions based on what was best for our service.I guess some of the principles are learning how to communicate well with each other, to understand that we’re in each other’s corner. We support each other. We have each other’s back, so to speak. It’s a rough world out there, and you want to know that when you come home, you have someone who is there to support you.I don’t mean just saying, “You’re always right,” or something like that, but showing love and support. Learn how to communicate with each other so that you truly understand what the other is saying because we have different ways of communicating. In the first year or two of our marriage, that was the thing we worked on the most: clear and honest communication.We have disagreements. We don’t have fights, but we have disagreements, and we can work them out. We can talk it out. I feel really fortunate to have someone who always has that mentality. As I said, the big thing was making sure that our goals were in line and that we stayed true to those goals. And it has worked well for us.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I feel that this answer contains all of Śrīla Prabhupāda's most important instructions. It's at once practical and fully aligned with Śrīla Prabhupāda's mood. And I will say that Rādhānāth Swami exemplifies this, because of his advancement in devotional service. Despite the fact that he has service that is unimaginable for any one human being, he is able to handle it because he always remains blissful by being engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness—hearing and chanting, remembering Kṛṣṇa wherever he goes—and this is the key to life.I'm forever grateful to him for his association, for all he's doing for the saṅkīrtana movement, and for this one piece of advice, which has kept me steady and engaged in service over so many years.(excerpt from HG Vaisesika Dasa's offering)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant
And then he comes to the ultimate conclusion, which is that now I surrender to you. This is kind of the vulnerability of the person who comes to the conclusion that I'm not the supreme controller. What's more, I'm being crushed by the Wheel of Time, and therefore, Kṛṣṇa, please save me!------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
gītā su-gītā kartavyākim anyaiḥ śāstra-vistaraiḥyā svayaṁ padmanābhasyamukha-padmād viniḥsṛtāBecause Bhagavad-gītā is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one need not read any other Vedic literature. One need only attentively and regularly hear and read Bhagavad-gītā. In the present age, people are so absorbed in mundane activities that it is not possible for them to read all the Vedic literatures. But this is not necessary. This one book, Bhagavad-gītā, will suffice, because it is the essence of all Vedic literatures and especially because it is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (Gītā-māhātmya 4)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#bhagavadgita #gita #gitajayanti #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I just got off a class with the devotees in Mayāpur. We are taking the Bhakti-vedānta, and we have been reading this morning from the section of the Bhāgavatam: Kṛṣṇa chastises Kāliya. In our discussion, we had been talking about the ways in which Kāliya had received Kṛṣṇa's mercy because he danced on his hoods, but he simultaneously pounded him with his lotus feet. Because of that, he vomited out all the poison that he had, that was because of his unfortunate mentality, which he had become envious of. But somehow or other, his wives had offered prayers when they saw that Kāliya's mood had changed, and he had become a surrendered devotee.We were discussing about this point at which one decides to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. You don't have to wait till the poison is all pounded out of you; you can voluntarily surrender. And having the association of his wives, Jīva Gosvāmī said, who were pure devotees, that's what gave him an opportunity. His wives had thought that he must have done something previously to give him this opportunity to get Kṛṣṇa's mercy of dancing on his heads with His lotus feet. And the ācāryas say and so do his wifes that what he had done was...------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#mantrameditation #japajolt #makejapagreatagain #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#mantrameditation #japajolt #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
tasmāt saṅkīrtanaṁ viṣṇorjagan-maṅgalam aṁhasāmmahatām api kauravyaviddhy aikāntika-niṣkṛtamŚukadeva Gosvāmī continued:“My dear King, the chanting of the holy name of the Lord is able to uproot even the reactions of the greatest sins. Therefore, the chanting of the saṅkīrtana movement is the most auspicious activity in the entire universe. Please try to understand this so that others will take it seriously.” (SB 6.3.31)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
nārada muni, bājāy vīṇā'rādhikā-ramaṇa'-nāmenāma amani, udita haya,bhakata-gītā-sāmeWhen the great soul Nārada Muni plays his vina, the holy name, Radhika-raman, descends and immediately appears amidst the kirtan of the Lord’s devotees. (Translation verse 1)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
O King, constant chanting of The Holy Name of the Lord after the ways of the great authorities is the doubtless and fearless way of success for all, including those who are free from all material desires, those who are desirous of all material enjoyment, and also those who are self-satisfied by dint of transcendental knowledge.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/1/11------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Jīva Gosvāmī says devotees constantly remember that verse, and he also comments that Kṛṣṇa is 10 million times more dear to them than their own lives.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
kaliṁ sabhājayanty āryāguṇa jñāḥ sāra-bhāginaḥyatra saṅkīrtanenaivasarva-svārtho ’bhilabhyateThose who are actually advanced in knowledge are able to appreciate the essential value of this Age of Kali. Such enlightened persons worship Kali-yuga because in this fallen age all perfection of life can easily be achieved by the performance of saṅkīrtana. ( SB 11.5.36)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/36/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #spiritualmusic
Everyone wants to know, they're tuned into the radio station, WIIFM: 'What's In It For Me?' This is what's in it for the soul: complete happiness, freedom from distress, all auspiciousness, non-interest in any kind of liberation. And they know that they can attract Kṛṣṇa by taking to this process.Mūlaprakṛti Dāsī was a great saṅkīrtana devotee. Did you know there were many very powerful women in the beginning of the movement? And even now! I'm just saying they were there then and now also. Prabhupāda acknowledged his Vaiṣṇavī warriors, who would go out for book distribution in Los Angeles especially, but everywhere else as well, but there, especially, because he spent a lot of time, he would acknowledge the Vaiṣṇavīs who went out for book distribution. Sometimes, after they would return, he would call them to his room and give them personal audience, ask how they did, what they were saying. He also gave Mūlaprakṛti, one of the great saṅkīrtana warriors, some lines that she could use on book distribution, because, after all, Prabhupāda was the first book distributor.She wrote a book about Prabhupāda because she had interviewed many people in Vṛndāvana when he lived here alone in this little room. There were many sādhus here and those who worked in this temple, which used to not have this roof; it was just open air. She got information about things that Prabhupāda did when he lived here. And one of them was that he used to sweep the courtyard; he used one of those brooms. A sādhu here reported, and it's in her book, that he would be calling out to Rūpa Gosvāmī as he swept, begging for his mercy to spread the saṅkīrtana movement all over the world.So when we come to these spiritual power centers—and this is one of them—we have everything here. We have not just the Gosvāmīs, but also Śrīla Prabhupāda’s place where he incubated the idea and the means for spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world. If we can come here and pray very deeply to be empowered by the Gosvāmīs, by Śrīla Prabhupāda, they’ll readily include us and we can find our Jaladūta. Prabhupāda found a Jaladūta, got on it. But which one’s ours? Will we get on a boat by ourselves somewhere? We may not get on a boat, but we have to do something bold before we leave this world. We should take a stand for spreading pure devotional service to the poor, conditioned souls who are left only with Coca-Cola, football games and politics. That’s all you get in the material world. There’s three things you get: Coca-Cola, you get football games, and politics, and that’s only three things you can have. Everyone is dying of spiritual hunger. So we’re on a mission to end poverty, spiritual poverty.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! How long will you sleep in the lap of the witch called Maya? (Verse 1, Jiva jago)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(1)doyāl nitāi caitanya’ bole’ nāc re āmār mannāc re āmār man, nāc re āmāra man (2)(emon, doyāl to nāi he, mār kheye prema dey)(ore) aparādha dūre jābe, pābe prema-dhan(o nāme aparādha-vicāra to nāi he)(takhon) kṛṣṇa-nāme ruci ha’be, ghucibe bandhan (3)(kṛṣṇa-nāme anurāg to ha’be he)(takhon) anāyāse saphal ha’be jīvera jīvan(kṛṣṇa-rati vinā jīvan to miche he)(ese) bṛndābane rādhā-śyāmer pa’be daraśan(gaura-kṛpā ha’le he) TRANSLATION1) Chanting the holy name “Doyal Nitai Caitanya!” – O my mind, please dance! O my mind, please dance! O my mind, please dance!2) Oh! Such a merciful personality as Nityananda Prabhu is not to be found anywhere! He suffers a beating from Jagai and Madhai and still gives them the love of God! Oh! When your offenses are being vanquished, you will obtain the treasure of love of God! But in these names of Caitanya and Nitai there is no consideration of offenses! Once you have a taste for the holy name of Krsna, bondage to this world will come to an end.3) Oh! When there is attachment to the holy name of Krsna, the life of a living being very easily becomes successful! Oh! Without affection for Krsna, life is simply useless! At the end of life, you will obtain the beautiful vision of Radha and Syama in Vrndavana – but only when the mercy of Lord Gaura is first received! Oh!To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In his teachings to Śrīla Rūpa Goswāmī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave a schema indicating the rarity of those who take to the process of pure devotional service. He started with the population of all the living entities: some of them are humans. Out of them, very few are interested in religious principles. Out of those, some are serious about religious principles. And out of those, there are fewer still that are devotees of the Supreme. And out of them, there are very fewer still of those who are aware of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and who are engaged in the process of pure devotional service.Well, Prabhupāda performed a miracle in this world, but he didn't do it alone. He did it because there were some very special souls who came to his aid when he had no money and no place to stay, and who gave their entire lives to serve him. Kanka Devī is one of those devotees—the rarest of the rare—who are servants of the servant, of the servant of a genuine, pure devotee Ācārya.She joined the Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Movement when she was an adolescent, and she's been serving Śrīla Prabhupāda faithfully all these decades, almost sixty years, six decades of dedication to the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement.We know her nature because we see her regularly. One aspect of her nature is that she's steady. She has to drive a long way to come here, but she never misses. Another is that she's always remembering Śrīla Prabhupāda. Whenever we discuss Kṛṣṇa consciousness, she always has an anecdote remembering Śrīla Prabhupāda, and that's the best association one can have, especially in our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Movement. Those who have lived this life in dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda, and who were actually there and can remember the moods and methods, those nuances are what enriches the system of paramparā. We're in the midst, we're with somebody who has that mood, and who carries it forward.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If we have false expectations about what we're going to get in life and don't trace it back to the way we're doing our own planting, then this is illusory. An illusory lifestyle is not very satisfying. But what is satisfying is coming to grips with how what we're planting is coming up in various ways. So, being fully aware that the seeds we plant will give us specific results, and in our lives, also, we have to be very much aware of what we're doing and how we're doing it, so we can cultivate our consciousness to the highest level.Now, that brings us to something I alluded to a few minutes ago. And in slide number five, we have this oft-repeated concept in many of the ancient literatures—the Upanishads and the Vedas, the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Bhagavad Gītā—that human life has a very specific purpose. It's not willy-nilly. It's meant for us to cultivate something that bears a specific fruit. And therefore, we can count on the cultivation process. If we follow a system, and we're vigilant about it, we can expect something amazing.I think all plants are amazing. I'm just going to go ahead and say: I mean, how does it happen? How does it bear fruit, flowers, and come right out of the ground, and so forth? And human life can be an amazing adventure at every moment if we're invested in the cultivation process.But keeping in mind, the main point is, that's what we're meant for, according to the Śrīman Bhāgavatam, which says human life is meant to cultivate spiritual consciousness. Period. Full stop. It ends there. And if we do that, then we'll get the best fruits and flowers that will fully satisfy and nourish us. That's the implication.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So I gravitated. So it's one of the ways in which our teachers say that we're drawn to the association of devotees, as soon as we have a sense in our heart that I would like to be more engaged in service to God, and we look for people who are already engaged.Therefore, our founder started what he called a society, International Society, with a view to giving people everywhere an opportunity to associate with those who are sincerely trying to improve themselves spiritually. He recognized that it's a universal principle. It's not that it works in one culture, but not in another. It's not restricted to a particular culture, because it has to do with the living force, the soul and souls are equal everywhere. They may have different external circumstances, but internally, we're all the same, in that we're all parts of God and we're all conscious beings. Therefore, as he conceived it, the process of bhakti would work anywhere, in any country.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(1)devādi-deva gauracandra gaurīdāsa-mandirenityānanda-sańge gaura ambikāte vihare (2)cāru-aruṇa-guñjā-hāra hṛt-kamale je dhareviriñci-sevya-pāda-padma lakṣmī-sevya sādare (3)tapta-hema ańga-kānti prātaḥ-aruṇa-ambarerādhikānurāga prema-bhakti vāñchā je kare (4)śacī-suta gauracandra ānandita antarepāṣaṇḍa-khaṇḍa nityānanda-sańge rańge vihare (5)nityānanda gauracandra gaurīdāsa-mandiregaurīdāsa karata āśa sarva-jīva uddhāre TRANSLATION1) The Lord of lords, Sri Gauracandra, along with Nityananda Prabhu is pleasurably engaged in His pastimes in Gauridasa Pandita’s house in Ambika Kalna.2) Gaurasundara adorns Himself with a very beautiful, red gunja-mala, which falls over His lotus heart. Brahma and Laksmi worship His lotus feet with great respect.3) His body shines brilliantly like molten gold, and His cloth is saffron like the rising sun. He desires that prema-bhakti like the anuraga of Srimati Radhika.4) The son of Saci, Gaurasundara, who is so joyful inside, is roaming about with Nityananda Prabhu, purifying the hearts of the atheists.5) Both Nityananda and Gaurasundara are in the house of Gauridasa, who hopes that They will deliver all jivas.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kirtan #spiritualmusic #janamashtmispecial #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.(SB 11.5.32)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Rūpa Goswāmī explains that we understand the hierarchy of The Lord’s manifestations in terms of His qualities. And one of His qualities is that He plays a flute. Think about that: He is a musician. Once, when somebody asked Prabhupāda why Kṛṣṇa (God) plays a flute, Girirāj Mahārāj told us, Prabhupāda said it means that He is all play and no work.In the 1960s, way before you guys were born, here in the Bay Area, you could have a sighting of a certain kind of creature called the hippie. And lots of hippies played flutes. They also had bare feet, just like Kṛṣṇa is bare feet, and they had long hair, just like Kṛṣṇa has long hair. They played their flute, and they'd sit on the sidewalk. They had an idea also that they would be all play and no work. But it didn't work out, because then the '70s came, and then the '80s, and everything was finished, because everyone went back to business school and forgot about being hippies. They had to work hard, and most of them died early.So utopia, or the land of eternal happiness, is there in this association with Kṛṣṇa. And it comes down through sound when Kṛṣṇa plays His flute. Brahmā, the first living being in the universe, hears it. Then he realizes the Absolute Truth through the flute sound. That same sound can be transferred from one devotee to the next. Prabhupāda gives a statement, which we should not overlook, in his purport to a verse in the Madhya Līlā, in which he says that same flute sound that Brahmā heard at the beginning of creation, which endowed upon him enlightenment, is fully present now in the form of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahāmantra.So, we should listen for that sound. Our purpose in life is to organize in such a way that we can hear the sound of the spiritual world.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Thakura Bhaktivinoda, the humble servant of the Lord, says, “The holy name of Krishna has fulfilled all my desires by vibrating on everyone’s tongue.” Bhaktivinoda therefore prays at the feet of Sri Rupa Goswami that the chanting of harinam may continue like this always.(Verse 6, Narada Muni Bajaye Vina) ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#bhajans #spiritualsongs #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
S,o this act of coming every day to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, or taking your time to at least officially finish 16 rounds minimum every day, is a kind of taste. What's more, it will lead to every desirable aspect of life. Our connection with Kṛṣṇa will be re-established. So if we put our minds to the numerical strength and finishing every day, we'll be able to overcome all obstacles.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehapy #mantrameditation #japa#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #
And then, by that process, one advances from official bhakti to real bhakti.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/---------------------
So, envy can be overcome when one realizes one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#srimadbhagavatam #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Feel free to give your whole heart and mind to the process.Nothing else is needed, just this chanting with sincerity. And one other mood is that we're all going through a lot because we're in a human experience, and we're very vulnerable and exposed from all sides. We can use that to our advantage by just admitting to Kṛṣṇa how we're suffering in the material world and how we need a shelter, because no one else can help us, only Kṛṣṇa. Just take exclusive shelter of Kṛṣṇa through his name and chant with your heart.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japajolt #makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehapy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Western countries, where the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is spreading, learned scholars and other thoughtful men are realizing its effectiveness. For example, Dr. J. Stillson Judah, a learned scholar, has been very much attracted to this movement because he has actually seen that it is turning hippies addicted to drugs into pure Vaiṣṇavas who voluntarily become servants of Kṛṣṇa and humanity. Even a few years ago, such hippies did not know the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, but now they are chanting it and becoming pure Vaiṣṇavas. Thus they are becoming free from all sinful activities, such as illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. This is practical proof of the effectiveness of the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement, which is supported in this verse. One may or may not know the value of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, but if one somehow or other chants it, he will immediately be purified, just as one who takes a potent medicine will feel its effects, regardless of whether he takes it knowingly or unknowingly.(SB 6.2.19,purport)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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don't worry. Just do what you can now, and more will come as you're able to taste the flavor of The Holy Name and as Kṛṣṇa gives more facility in your life, or as is naturally available because of changes of different periods in your life, you get more opportunity. Just be ready for it to take advantage when it comes. (08:02)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/
Those who are actually advanced in knowledge are able to appreciate the essential value of this Age of Kali. Such enlightened persons worship Kali-yuga because in this fallen age all perfection of life can easily be achieved by the performance of saṅkīrtana. (SB 11.5.36)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/36/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
and thus mitho ’ghaugha-haraṁ harim refers to that assembly where people are reminding one another and remembering Kṛṣṇa together. Agha means sin, like the demon Aghāsura, and aghaugha-haraṁ signifies that the huge warehouses of horrible sinful reactions are destroyed in that assembly when you are speaking about and reminding one another of Kṛṣṇa.The last line bibhraty utpulakāṁ tanum, says then in that assembly, by reminding others and remembering Kṛṣṇa together, because it pleases Kṛṣṇa, your body starts to feel ecstasy. Your sins are all destroyed, and you start to feel ecstasy, and your bodily hair stand on end and things like that. What's more, the third line 'bhaktyā sañjātayā bhaktyā' says you transfer yourself from sādhana-bhakti to rāga-bhakti. You move from one kind of bhakti to another. How ? In the assembly reminding one another about Kṛṣṇa. So it's the most recommended of all processes to get together like this, and you will see your Bhāgavatam will solve all problems, and all the other benefits are mentioned.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If you just understand that the spirit soul is the eternal servant of Krsna, you will never have any more sorrows. Chant, chant “Radha-Krsna!” Everyone chant!(Translation,verse 3)https://versecircle.com/?s=1515To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please protect Me and maintain Me.” He also chanted:Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Rāma, descendant of King Raghu, please protect Me. O Kṛṣṇa, O Keśava, killer of the Keśī demon, please maintain Me.”https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/96/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkSoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark#mantrameditation #chanting #makejapagreatagain #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #mantra #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When one practices sitting to chant the holy name of the Lord, one has to tolerate benign discomfort, as the mind might want to move here or there. We should stay in the practice of bringing the mind back to the mantra until it becomes ekāgratā, or one with the mantra. And then we can find great benefit in being fully absorbed in the mantra.So, we're printing our world as we speak and as we chant, and we have to tolerate benign discomfort. There's great fruit in staying the course. If we can achieve one-mindedness with the mantra, we can achieve absorption. And all benefits, spiritual benefits, come from that absorption.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------
The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance.(Invocation)https://vedabase.io/en/library/iso/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkSoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark#mantrameditation #chanting #makejapagreatagain #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #mantra #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauḍa to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all.(Cc Adi 1.2)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/https://versecircle.com/?s=851To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkSoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark#mantrameditation #chanting #makejapagreatagain #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #mantra #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The recent journey of Vaisesika Dāsa and Nirākulā Dāsī through India was filled with inspiring moments they eagerly shared, including their stops in Jaipur, Puṇe, and Karauli. Among their favorite destinations were the renowned Imlitalā in Vṛndāvan and the tranquil Govardhan Āśram. They particularly stressed how important it is for devotees to read the Caitanya Caritāmṛta together, which provides remarkable depth of realization. The conversation wrapped up beautifully, offering insights into the spiritual meaning of their travels and how they navigate their lives between Vṛndāvan and the West.What was a favorite place you visited? (0:41)What was your biggest takeaway from the Chaitanya chartamartha readings? [03:01]What was something unexpected that happened on the trip? [04:42]Was there anyone you got to reconnect with after a long time? [06:56]What was one of your favorite meals you had? [08:57]When you think of Vrindavan and you close your eyes, where does it take you? [10:34]How do you deal with fatigue on a day-to-day basis during an Yatra? [12:52]What was your favorite time you had with the cows? [15:29]When you are in Vrindavan, do you miss ISV more? Or when you're in ISV, do you miss Vrindavan more? [17:18]How do you retain the freshness of going to the same dhams again and again, and how do you not take it for granted each time you go? [19:09]Did you see any monkeys? [21:54]Would you rather live in Vrindavan or live in America? [23:21]------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who are very expert in scrutinizingly studying all the revealed scriptures with the aim of establishing eternal religious principles for the benefit of all human beings. Thus they are honored all over the three worlds and they are worth taking shelter of because they are absorbed in the mood of the gopis and are engaged in the transcendental loving service of Radha and Krsna.(Translation Verse 2)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#livetogive #bookdistribution #sankirtan #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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O Krishna-nama! O inspiration of Narada's vina! You are full of sweetness, which is like an ocean full of waves of nectar. If You wish, please appear constantly on my tongue, along with transcendental affection for the Lord.(Namashtakam, Verse 8)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kirtan #spiritualsongs #bhajan #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
O my Lord! Transcendental poets and experts in spiritual science could not fully express their indebtedness to You, even if they were endowed with the prolonged lifetime of Brahmā, for You appear in two features — externally as the ācārya and internally as the Supersoul — to deliver the embodied living being by directing him how to come to You.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/29/6------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
O Krishna-nama! O inspiration of Narada's vina! You are full of sweetness, which is like an ocean full of waves of nectar. If You wish, please appear constantly on my tongue, along with transcendental affection for the Lord.(Namashtakam, Verse 8)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kirtan #spiritualsongs #bhajan #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(1) (kṛṣṇa) deva! bhavantaḿ vandeman-mānasa-madhukaram arpaya nija-pada-pańkaja-makarande(2) yadyapi samādhiṣu vidhir api paśyati na tava nakhāgra-marīcimidam icchāmi niśamya tavācyuta! tad api kṛpādbhuta-vīcim(3) bhaktir udañcati yadyapi mādhava! na tvayi mama tila-mātrīparameśvaratā tad api tavādhika-durghaṭa-ghaṭana-vidhātrī(4) ayam avilolatayādya sanātana! kalitādbhuta-rasa-bhāramnivasatu nityam ihāmṛta-nindini-vindan madhurima-sāram TRANSLATIONRefrain: (1) O Lord Sri Krsna! I am offering a prayer unto You. Please let the bee of my mind be offered the nectarian honey of Your lotus feet. 2) Although Brahma in full samadhi cannot catch a glimpse of even a ray of the effulgence from the tips of Your toe-nails still, O Acyuta! Having heard of the waves of Your astonishing mercy, I long to receive Your grace.3) O Madhava! Although I don't possess even a sesame seed of bhakti for You, still, by Your inconceivable power which makes the impossible possible, please fulfill the desires of my heart. 4) He Sanatana! Because Your lotus feet are filled with such wonderful rasa, let the bee of my mind always reside unwaveringly in that nectar which puts everything else to shame, for they are the essence of all sweetness. This is my only prayer.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhukirtans #spiritualmusic #soulfulmusic #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We'll talk tonight about the legacy that we have inherited and the ways in which we can carry it forward to other people. If you look around here today, you'll see that these are rare souls in the room, because we are in the midst of the saṅkīrtana movement. Somehow or other, we have been given this opportunity together to carry on the service that Śrīla Prabhupāda got from his spiritual master, and it goes all the way back to Kṛṣṇa.So, the service itself is a high sādhana that connects us to Kṛṣṇa most directly. What's more, it's the purpose of the creation. That's what Kṛṣṇa has in mind every time Mahā Viṣṇu exhales:yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambyajīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥviṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣogovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi(Brahma-saṁhitā 5.48)All the universes manifest, and then Kṛṣṇa reminds everyone where they left off in the last creation so they can start up again. But His underlying purpose in manifesting the world is to give every soul a chance to turn back towards him in the spiritual world and be happy. He says in the Bhagavad Gītā that those who take up the work of helping turn people back towards him are the most dear to him. Any spiritual practice that brings us closer to God, because it's a practice that's dear to him, is the most direct and the most important.So, book distribution is not a P.R. event. It's not a quaint activity that was meant for another era. Rather, it's a high sādhana that connects each one of us, not only to Prabhupāda, but also to Kṛṣṇa. And it was Śrīla Prabhupāda's mode, as he expressed it himself, that he picked up the mood of his spiritual master and he carried it forward. That was his main technique for spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness and staying connected to Kṛṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#livetogive #bookdistribution #sankirtan #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(1)nārada muni, bājāy vīṇā'rādhikā-ramaṇa'-nāmenāma amani, udita haya,bhakata-gītā-sāme(2)amiya-dhārā, bariṣe ghana,śravaṇa-yugale giyābhakata jana, saghane nāce,bhoriyā āpana hiyā(3)mādhurī-pūra, āsava paśi',mātāya jagata-janekeho vā kānde, keho vā nāce,keho māte mane mane (4)pañca-vadana, nārade dhori',premera saghana rolkamalāsana, nāciyā bole,'bolo bolo hari bolo' (5)sahasrānana, parama-sukhe,'hari hari' boli' gāyanāma-prabhāve, mātilo viśva,nāma-rasa sabe pāya (6)śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāma, rasane sphuri',pūrā'lo āmār āśaśrī-rūpa-pade, yācaye ihā,bhakativinoda-dāsa1) When the great soul Narada Muni plays his vina, the holy name, Radhika-raman, descends and immediately appears amidst the kirtan of the Lord’s devotees. 2) Like a monsoon cloud, the holy name showers nectar in their ears. All the devotees, due to great ecstasy, repeatedly dance to their hearts content.3) All the people of the universe become maddened upon entering this intoxicating shower of nectar. Some people cry, some dance and others become fully intoxicated within their minds. 4) Lord Siva, embracing Narada Muni, repeatedly makes loud screams of ecstatic joy, and Lord Brahma, dancing very ecstatically, says, “All of you kindly chant, Haribol! Haribol!” 5) In great happiness the thousand-faced Ananta Sesa chants “Hari! Hari!” By the influence of the transcendental vibration of the holy name, the whole universe becomes ecstatically maddened and everyone tastes the mellows of the holy name. 6) Thakura Bhaktivinoda, the humble servant of the Lord, says, “The holy name of Krishna has fulfilled all my desires by vibrating on everyone’s tongue.” Bhaktivinoda therefore prays at the feet of Sri Rupa Goswami that the chanting of harinam may continue like this always.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#livetogive #bookdistribution #sankirtan #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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So the consideration of the Bhāgavatam is that first, we worship the Vaiṣṇavas, or we worship the Vaiṣṇavas and we become servants of the servant. Evidence of this is in Prahlāda's prayers.We find that... (21:36)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 25.105-221https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/25/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------When we began distributing the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in the Western countries, a similar thing happened. In the beginning we were very much disappointed for at least one year because no one came forth to help this movement, but by the grace of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, some young boys joined this movement in 1966. Of course we distributed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s message of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra without bargaining or selling. As a result, this movement has spread all over the world, with the assistance of European and American boys and girls. We therefore pray for all the blessings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu upon all the devotees in the Western world who are spreading this movement.(Cc Madhya 25.170,purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
2025 Kārtika Vrata at Govardhan Hill, we, together, over the last 21 days, have completed our vṛata of reading the Madhya Līlā of the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta. We pray that all the benedictions of the transcendental sound vibration may enter into the hearts of all of us, so we can take them out and give them to the people in the world who are suffering from spiritual starvation. May they feast upon the transcendental holy name and the transcendental literature given to us by our disciplic succession through His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda. Thank you for considering our request.A sense of deep gratitude to everybody for coming here to observe this vrat (or vrata), and a prayer that we can all be back together soon, doing it again without much delay at all.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 223-283https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/25/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------One should understand Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa from the six Gosvāmīs in the paramparā system. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is following as strictly as possible in the footsteps of the Gosvāmīs. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, ei chaya gosāñi yāṅra, mui tāṅra dāsa: “I am the servant of the six Gosvāmīs.” The philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is to become the servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord. Whoever wants to understand the difficult subject matter of kṛṣṇa-kathā should accept the disciplic succession. If one is somehow or other able to understand Kṛṣṇa, his life is successful. Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna. A perfect devotee is able to understand Kṛṣṇa through the disciplic succession, and his entrance into the kingdom of God is thereby certainly opened. When one understands Kṛṣṇa, there is no difficulty in transferring oneself to the spiritual kingdom.(Cc Madhya 25.271,purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And a lot of scientists are thinking that way nowadays. They're talking about how consciousness can't be measured in the same way that we've thought we could measure the material nature, and to some degree, we can, through controlled experiments, but you can't control consciousness in the same way. So that's one place I think that we could contribute to the conversation that's going on. (0:30:36)(excerpt from the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------
—and also treading lightly, being careful wherever we go. So those are what I say when I wake up in the morning (28:53).(excerpt from the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
whatever it may be. But it's visceral, and it's internalized by a person, by hearing, and all necessities are fulfilled by hearing. I mean, even on a material platform, as Prabhupāda points out in the Third Canto of the Bhāgavatam, what to speak of spiritually. So if the quality of the person is coming through in their talks, in their speech, and the person is feeling uplifted, then that fulfills that requirement—that should be able to deliver the necessities, to remove the doubts.If you look carefully at this passage about the Mahā-bhāgavata, you'll be surprised. In fact, it's used as a counter to those who opine that the way of becoming a guru requires such a lofty conception that only Nityānanda Prabhu or maybe Queen Kuntī could possibly initiate anybody or be involved in the process. But listen what Prabhupāda says here (Cc Madhya 24.330). (0:28:28)(excerpt from the discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So Prabhupāda had that kind of spiritual madness, too. I heard he brought a little bag of oats or something, in case there was nothing to eat.(excerpt from the discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And he took it to heart. So if one takes whatever happens—it doesn't mean, of course, you don't do due diligence. If somebody has abused you or is bullying you, you have to do your due diligence. It doesn't mean to become a doormat to forgive, but internally, one can become highly philosophical and think that 'whatever comes to me, it's by Kṛṣṇa's arrangement. Perhaps I'm paying back a debt from my last life,' and Kṛṣṇa gives this permission, or the śāstra does, to take it as a lesson and just let it go. So it takes a little practice and some philosophical underpinning.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So this is the original nature of Krsna, original nature of Krsna. He is Radha-Madhava. He is the lover of Srimati Radharani. And kunja-vihari, always enjoying the company of the gopis within the bushes of Vrdavana forest. Radha-madhava kunja-vihari. So He’s not only lover of Radharani, but braja-jana-vallabha. The whole residents of Vrndavana, they love Krsna. They do not know anything else. They do not know whether Krsna is God or not, neither they are very much harassed that “I shall love Krsna if He is God.” “He may be God or He may be whatever He is. It doesn’t matter, but we love Krsna, that’s all. ” That is called unnalloyed love. “If Krsna is God, then I shall love Him”—this is conditional love. This is not pure love. Krsna may be God or whatever He may be, but by His wonderful acts, the Vrajavasi, they are thinking, “Oh Krsna, He is very wonderful child, maybe some demigod. Maybe some demigod.” Because people are generally under impression that the demigods are all-powerful. They’re powerful within this material world. But they do not know that Krsna is above all of them. Isvarah paramah krsnah sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah [Bs. 5.1]. The highest demigod, Brahma, is giving his opinion, “The supreme controller is Krsna.”(excerpt from the purport to the song by Srila Prabhupada)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It is certainly not good to write literature for money or reputation, but to write books and publish them for the enlightenment of the general populace is real service to the Lord. That was Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī’s opinion, and he specifically told his disciples to write books. He actually preferred to publish books rather than establish temples. Temple construction is meant for the general populace and neophyte devotees, but the business of advanced and empowered devotees is to write books...------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------
So Prabhupāda said, and I believe that, and I now believe it even more firmly: 'I have given you everything. Everything is in my books,' if we have faith in that, and we read Śrīla Prabhupāda's books, and we read them together. That was the other nice thing about being here. During those readings, we discuss, we ask questions, we unpack, and it's so helpful for for me, as you know, as as an individual, pretty dull-headed, to hear the realizations and the questions that the others bring up. It's absolutely wonderful! If you have facility in your communities to start reading groups, if you don't already have them, I fully support that, because it really helps us to come close to Prabhupāda, to understand Śrīla Prabhupāda, what he has done for us by taking the time. He didn't sleep much, he traveled the world, and still he gave us these purports, translated these books, managed a movement—a fledgling movement of teenagers and twenty-something-year-olds who had come with no Vedic training, no training at all, pretty much, you know, as we heard about the apple or the date. We didn't, we didn't have the basic training. But everything I have, everything I am, it's Śrīla Prabhupāda's mercy. And I know that many, or all of you feel the same way. My whole life, Śrīla Prabhupāda gave me. So I'm grateful. I have so much gratitude, and I'm working to have even more gratitude, because it's unfathomable what Śrīla Prabhupāda has given me. When I was young.. (1:40)(excerpt from the offering)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 24.167- 220 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/24/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
These are the potency of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and so we are part of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission. We’re very fortunate to be His representatives. If you cultivate knowledge of who Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is by hearing again and again the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kavirāja Goswami says, if you hear it and you don't understand it, then hear it again, and again and again till you understand. And the effect is that we enter into that Līlā ourselves, and when we understand Kṛṣṇa by His grace, by hearing about Him, we become blissful, and we also become effectual in presenting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to others.Why is He so important? Because it’s very difficult to approach Kṛṣṇa, but Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa, but He comes as a devotee, and He makes Himself available, so that if anybody worships Him,tīrthāspadaṁ śiva-viriñci-nutaṁ śaraṇyam bhṛtyārti-haṁ praṇata-pāla bhavābdhi-potaṁ (SB 11.5.33)His lotus feet are the sum total of all the holy places. And if one serves Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and how does one do that? Join the saṅkīrtana movement, which is like an ocean. Then one comes out on the shore of the pastimes of Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
and then you'll be ready to integrate again.So, yeah, it's a good point. We should always try to find advanced association, and this is how to do it. Have some arrangement ahead of time.(excerpt from the discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
O Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope which binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes.(Translation,verse 8)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
nāmno hi yāvatī śaktiḥpāpa-nirharaṇe hareḥtāvat kartuṁ na śaknotipātakaṁ pātakī naraḥ“Simply by chanting one holy name of Hari, a sinful man can counteract the reactions to more sins than he is able to commit.”— Bṛhad-viṣṇu PurāṇaTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 24.1-99https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/24/------------------------------------------------------------A pure devotee becomes attached to Kṛṣṇa by hearing the Lord’s glories. The Lord’s glories and the Lord Himself are identical. One has to be qualified to understand this absolute truth; therefore one should be given a chance to associate with a pure devotee. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is meant for this purpose. We want to create pure devotees so that other people will benefit by their association. In this way the number of pure devotees increases. Professional preachers cannot create pure devotees. There are many professional preachers of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam who read this work to earn their livelihood. However, they cannot convert materialistic people to devotional service. Only a pure devotee can convert others to pure devotional service. It is therefore important for all the preachers in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement to first become pure devotees and follow the regulative principles, refraining from illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication. They should regularly chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra on their beads, follow the devotional process, rise early in the morning, attend maṅgala-ārati and recite Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and the Bhagavad-gītā regularly. In this way, one can become purified and free from all material contamination.(Cc Madhya 24.98, purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
But when people are following very strictly the basic things and also trying to do some service in an enlivened way, that's usually when there's a need for a personal instruction or that the person is noticed. I told the story before. One of my godbrothers.. (31:58)Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 23.1-93https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/23/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------The following summary of the twenty-third chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the symptoms of emotion and love and the awakening of one’s original loving relationship with the Lord, as well as the characteristics of a devotee who has actually attained that stage. He then describes the gradual increase of love of God up to the point of mahābhāva. He then describes the five divisions of attraction and how they continue. He also describes the mellow derived from conjugal love, which is the supreme emotion. Conjugal love is divided into two categories — svakīya and parakīya. Svakīya refers to loving affairs between husband and wife, and parakīya refers to loving affairs between two lovers. There are a number of descriptions in this connection. There is also a description of the sixty-four transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the twenty-five transcendental qualities of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes those candidates who are eligible to taste the mellows of devotional service. Their fundamental natures and their varieties are also described. The Lord also informs Sanātana Gosvāmī about all the confidential paraphernalia of devotional service. He gives a description of Goloka Vṛndāvana, where the Lord is engaged in His eternal pastimes described in the Hari-vaṁśa. There is also an opposing description and a favorable description of keśa-avatāra. All these instructions are mentioned herein.In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu blessed Sanātana Gosvāmī, placing His hand on his head. Thus Sanātana received the power to describe these subjects in books like Hari-bhakti-vilāsa.(Chapter description)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 22.134-169https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/22/advanced-view/Whoever hears this description of the process of practical devotional service very soon attains shelter at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa in love and affection. (Cc Madhya 22.168)------------------------------------------------------------An advanced devotee situated on the platform of spontaneity is already very expert in śāstric instruction, logic and argument. When he comes to the point of eternal love for Kṛṣṇa, no one can deviate him from that position, neither by argument nor by śāstric evidence. An advanced devotee has realized his eternal relationship with the Lord, and consequently he does not accept the logic and arguments of others. Such an advanced devotee has nothing to do with the sahajiyās, who manufacture their own way and commit sins by indulging in illicit sex, intoxication and gambling, if not meat-eating. Sometimes the sahajiyās imitate advanced devotees and live in their own whimsical way, avoiding the principles set down in the revealed scriptures. Unless one follows the six Gosvāmīs — Śrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa, Śrī Jīva, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa and Raghunātha dāsa — one cannot be a bona fide spontaneous lover of Kṛṣṇa. In this connection, Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, rūpa-raghunātha-pade haibe ākuti kabe hāma bujhaba se yugala pirīti. The sahajiyās’ understanding of the love affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is not bona fide because they do not follow the principles laid down by the six Gosvāmīs. Their illicit connection and their imitation of the dress of Rūpa Gosvāmī, as well as their avoidance of the prescribed methods of revealed scriptures, will lead them to the lowest regions of hell. These imitative sahajiyās are cheated and unfortunate. They are not equal to advanced devotees (paramahaṁsas). Debauchees and paramahaṁsas are not on the same level. (Cc Madhya 22.153,purport)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#preemptivegiving #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
or something like that. I mean, that's real-life experience of what happens. So, you know, it's on a very practical level.When we love people, we have a deep relationship where we're part of their lives, and they're part of our lives, and that's something, you know, you want to take on if you love somebody and you want to help them. But you have to go through it with them. It's not compartmentalized. It's part of your life. They're part of your life, and you're part of theirs. And that's an all-encompassing experience. That's my experience of it.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Turn off all other apps; they're not important anymore. There's only one thing that's important, and that is Rādhā and Krṣṇa have combined into one form, as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. And if you come and bow down to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and take his process of chanting the Hare Krṣṇa mahāmantra and spread it all over the world, then 'se se Vṛndāvane Rādhā-Śyāme pābe darśan.' You can enter into the pastimes of Rādhā and Krṣṇa, the love affair. The only thing that's worth thinking about: the love affair, the ādī-rasa that's going on in the spiritual world. And you'll be carried to the spiritual world by diving into the ocean of saṅkīrtan of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You'll come up on the beach, and you'll drag yourself up on the beach after being washed away by the saṅkīrtan movement. You'll look up, and you'll see Rādhā and Krṣṇa and their divine pastimes by the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu!Therefore, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākur gave us this very special song to sing, to remember that the Kali-yuga, it's the worst age.prāyeṇālpāyuṣaḥ sabhya kalāv asmin yuge janāḥ mandāḥ sumanda-matayo manda-bhāgyā hy upadrutāḥ (ŚB 1.1.10)This means, according to sages at Naimiṣāraṇya, in this Iron Age of Kali, men have but short lives.Tell me if you agree! They are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, unlucky, and always disturbed. However, if one dives into the ocean of saṅkīrtan and then swims for a while, you'll run into a beach, and when you crawl up on the beach, you'll look, and you'll see the pastimes of Rādhā and Krṣṇa by the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So that's not the means by which we judge whether somebody is a kaniṣṭha, madhyama, or uttama; it has to be verifiable signs.Madhvācārya says, when you're discerning an advanced devotee, you can't judge by the ecstatic emotions, because some pure devotees hide their emotions. That's in that verse: evaṁ-vrataḥ sva-priya-nāma-kīrtyā. He said there are only two ways by which you can judge the pure devotee, and that's: one is by their steadiness, and the other is by what they say. Do they speak about Kṛṣṇa and is their speech merciful?.-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality
Cc Madhya 22.1-50https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/22/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------In the twenty-second chapter, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the process of devotional service. In the beginning He describes the truth about the living entity and the superexcellence of devotional service. He then describes the uselessness of mental speculation and mystic yoga. In all circumstances the living entity is recommended to accept the path of devotional service as personally explained by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The speculative method of the so-called jñānīs is considered a waste of time, and that is proved in this chapter. An intelligent person should abandon the processes of karma-kāṇḍa, jñāna-kāṇḍa and mystic yoga. One should give up all these useless processes and take seriously to the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In this way one’s life will be successful. If one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness fully, even though he may sometimes be agitated due to having previously practiced mental speculation and yogic mysticism, he will be saved by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself. The fact is that devotional service is bestowed by the blessings of a pure devotee (sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ). A pure devotee is the supreme transcendentalist, and one has to receive his mercy for one’s dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness to be awakened. One has to associate with pure devotees. If one has firm faith in the words of a great soul, pure devotional service will awaken.In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu differentiates between a pure devotee and others. He also describes the characteristics of a pure devotee. A devotee’s most formidable enemy is association with women in an enjoying spirit. Association with nondevotees is also condemned because it is also a formidable enemy on the path of devotional service. One has to fully surrender unto the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa and give up attraction for women and nondevotees.The six symptoms of fully surrendered souls are also described in this chapter. Devotional service has been divided into two categories — regulative devotional service and spontaneous love. There are sixty-four items listed in regulative devotional service, and out of these sixty-four the last five are considered very important. By practicing even one of the nine processes of devotional service, one can become successful. Speculative knowledge and mystic yoga can never help one in devotional service. Pious activity, nonviolence, sense control and regulation are not separate from devotional service in its pure form. If one engages in devotional service, all good qualities follow. One does not have to cultivate them separately. Spontaneous devotional service arises when one follows a pure devotee who is awakened to spontaneous love of God. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the symptoms of devotees who are already situated in spontaneous love of God. He also describes the devotees who are trying to follow in the footsteps of the pure devotees.(Chapter description)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality
A and Reflections------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#determination #goals #spiritualpractice #sp#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
Cc Madhya 21.1-149https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/21/------------------------------------------------------------Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the twenty-first chapter. In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fully describes Kṛṣṇaloka, the spiritual sky, the Causal Ocean and the material world, which consists of innumerable universes. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes Lord Brahmā’s interview with Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā and the Lord’s curbing the pride of Brahmā. There is also a description of one of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with Brahmā. In this chapter the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta has presented some nice poems about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s superexcellent beauty. Throughout the rest of the chapter, our intimate relationship (sambandha) with Kṛṣṇa is described.(Chapter description)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 20.393-406https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/20/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------Whoever hears or recites these descriptions of the expansions of Kṛṣṇa’s body is certainly a very fortunate man. Although this is very difficult to understand, one can nonetheless acquire some knowledge about the different features of Kṛṣṇa’s body.(Cc Madhya 20.405)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
it doesn't matter externally how entangled we are. Once that decision is there within the heart, due to this transformation from Madana-Mohan, then we're going back to Godhead.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If it is your life, that's the perfect life.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kartikimmersionretreat #pilgrimage #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 20.336-390https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/20/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------Sanātana Gosvāmī wanted to confirm the fact that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa for this age. According to the śāstra, in Kali-yuga the Lord would assume a golden or yellow color and would distribute love of Kṛṣṇa and the saṅkīrtana movement. In accordance with the śāstra and saintly persons, these characteristics were vividly displayed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and it was therefore clear that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa. He was confirmed by the śāstras, and His characteristics were accepted by saintly people. Since Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu could not escape Sanātana Gosvāmī’s argument, He remained silent on this point and thereby indirectly accepted Sanātana’s statement. By this we can clearly understand that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was the direct incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa.(Cc Madhya 20.365,purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 20.274-335https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/20/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------In the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa says, 'Whatever nature you have, you should engage that as a meditation on Kṛṣṇa and to work for Kṛṣṇa.' And the more you're able to—as Prabhupāda the other day used the word—dovetail, your propensity for Kṛṣṇa's service, then the less affected you will be by the modes of material nature from your work.Because it's proven in the Fifth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā, where Kṛṣṇa says (BG 5.18):brahmaṇy ādhāya karmāṇisaṅgaṁ tyaktvā karoti yaḥlipyate na sa pāpenapadma-patram ivāmbhasāThat when you are doing your work, whatever nature you have, but sangam˙ tyaktvaˉkaroti yaḥ-- you divorce yourself from, you don't have a saṅga with the result; you are offering it to the Supreme as you're doing it. Lipyate means to get some of the pollen that gets smeared; it means to be smeared by the material nature—like how to walk through without getting smeared? lipyate na sa papena --what do you get smeared with? Pāpa. But you don't get that if internally you develop the idea that whatever I'm using my body for, just like Lord Brahmā in the mode of passion was using his body to create the universe. He said, if you transfer internally your desires, that you're doing it for Kṛṣṇa—sangam˙ tyaktvaˉkaroti yaḥ- all the work is for Kṛṣṇa, then 'lipyate na sa papena,' you don't get that after-effect.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So it never ends. I mean, that's why devotional service is bliss, because the variety, combinations, and permutations of hearing, chanting and seeing Deities, never come to the end of it.(excerpt from the discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
On a very practical level, this means to take up some service in the guru-pranāli-paramparā, become the servant of the servant of the servant of the servant. This is the method by which we can go back home, back to Godhead, following the mood of Śrī Uddhava: that let me be insignificant in service, not be insignificant, but to feel insignificant, and then become significant by taking the dust from the feet of the great devotees, meaning that I absorb myself in their mood and method for practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness and spreading it all over the world.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
we get into flow. You can do so much when you're in the flow. And that's what yajñas are like: you arrange it just so that there are no interruptions whatsoever, so you can go deeply within the chanting of sixteen rounds, or the reading and things like that.This morning at the ICC meeting, Guru Prasād Swāmi gave a talk. And during his talk, he was just trying to rally all the leaders that were there. He said in rare occasions only he would look at his phone in the morning. But the general rule is he doesn't turn on his phone until after the morning program. He was urging devotees to get into deep flow and absorption in the sādhanā.(excerpt from discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 20.57-123https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/20/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------A sinful person goes to a holy place of pilgrimage to be purified. In a holy place, there are many saintly people and temples of Lord Viṣṇu; however, the holy place becomes infected with the sins of many visitors. When an advanced devotee goes to a holy place, he counteracts all the sins of the pilgrims. Therefore Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira addressed Vidura in this way.Since an advanced devotee carries Lord Viṣṇu within his heart, he is a moving temple and a moving Viṣṇu. An advanced devotee does not need to go to holy places, for wherever he stays is a holy place. In this connection, Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura states, tīrtha-yātrā pariśrama, kevala manera bhrama: visiting holy places is simply another type of bewilderment. Since an advanced devotee does not need to go to a holy place, why does he go? The answer is that he goes simply to purify the place.(Cc Madhya 20.57 purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When distributing books and asking donations for something other than that related to the book, one may become nauseous after some time, because there's no challenge to that, and it's also kind of off-point. We are not begging for money. We don't need their money. And I, I personally feel that it's best to be ultra-straightforward with people, and when you are, then you have more potency. I like to tell people, 'We don't need the money. It's for you to give. It's your penance. It's your tapasya to give something so you can read the book; otherwise, you won't be able to understand it.' That's so stark, and sort of the last thing they expected. Because with beggars, they're always trying to make up some excuse why it's a good idea and why we really need the money. And then they're in the power position to give or not give. But when you tell them, 'I don't need your money. This is for you to donate so you can get the sukriti in order to understand the book. Otherwise, you won't be able to understand it.' I like that better.Years ago, I heard about this devotee in Russia who gave everyone complete free will. He would tell people, 'You know, you can give for the book or not give for the book, and I'm still going to give it to you.' And he really meant it. He didn't do it as a technique, and then he gave them freedom to do it, so they're using their free will to give or not give, not trying to trick him, or say, 'Oh, it's for starving babies or something like that.' Who are you won't give for a baby? When he gave them free will like that, he said it was amazing how much spiritual power he experienced. He said, 'Some people didn't give, but then other people gave way more.' And then I started doing it myself, it's a much more exhilarating experience.(excerpt from the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So we learned this lesson from Śrīla Kavirāja Gosvāmī, from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, to find the pure devotees and follow in their footsteps. Even if we feel unqualified, even if we are unqualified, we become qualified. Kalpante ye 'nu tān iha—in this world, from whatever position we’re in now, even Sūta Gosvāmī says in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (SB 1.2.25):bhejire munayo ’thāgrebhagavantam adhokṣajamsattvaṁ viśuddhaṁ kṣemāyakalpante ye ’nu tān ihaWhich means that previously, all the great saints worshipped the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is beyond the three modes of material nature. Anyone who follows in their footsteps and tries to emulate what they have done according to their capacity becomes eligible for the same result that they attained. So we come here begging for the mercy of Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī, thinking of how he carried wood in his hands for the Lord. And we can remember that he’s considered the most celebrated of all Vaiṣṇavas in our sampradāya, as he set the stage for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to come and teach the emotional love for Kṛṣṇa, which had not been taught ever before.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kartikimmersionretreat #pilgrimage #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 19 202-257https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/19/------------------------------------------------------------“When one thinks of Kṛṣṇa constantly, love for Him manifests within the heart. Even though one may be ignorant, one can reach the far shore of the ocean of transcendental love by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s mercy.”(Cc Madhya 19.236)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Even while engaged in various activities, devotees whose minds are completely absorbed at Your lotus feet, and who constantly hear, chant, contemplate and cause others to remember Your transcendental names and forms, are always on the transcendental platform, and thus they can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (SB 10.2.37)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/37/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 19.165-200https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/19/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------The criterion is that a devotee must know what Kṛṣṇa wants him to do. This understanding can be achieved through the medium of a spiritual master who is a bona fide representative of Kṛṣṇa. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī advises, ādau gurv-āśrayam. One who is serious in wanting to render pure devotional service to the Lord must take shelter of a spiritual master who comes in the disciplic succession from Kṛṣṇa. Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ. Without accepting a bona fide spiritual master coming in the disciplic succession, one cannot find out the real purpose of devotional service. Therefore one has to accept the shelter of a bona fide spiritual master and agree to be directed by him. The first business of a pure devotee is to satisfy his spiritual master, whose only business is to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness. And if one can satisfy the spiritual master, Kṛṣṇa is automatically satisfied — yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. This is the success of devotional service.(Cc Madhya 19.167, purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Take the simple path. You don't have to invent anything else; nothing fancy needed. Just follow the simple path. But do it very strictly, and don't deviate from that.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.(SB 11.5.32)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
harer nāma harer nāmaharer nāmaiva kevalamkalau nāsty eva nāsty evanāsty eva gatir anyathāIn this age, Kali-yuga, one cannot execute any process of self-realization or perfection of life other than kīrtana. Kīrtana is essential in this age.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We have come here to this most sacred place. We may or may not be able to appreciate it. We all have an appreciating capacity, and it can expand unlimitedly. So that's why we're doing this and we can pray for an ever-expanding, appreciating capacity for Kṛṣṇa Katha because that's something you can do, whether you are here, whether you are in London or the United States or on an airplane. You can go into the mode of hearing Kṛṣṇa Katha, and that is the beginning of all success in devotional service.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kartikimmersionretreat #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This is just people trying to find ways to explore their spirituality aside from following the four regulatory principles and chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.Then, after being beaten by Māyā severely, people often come back and realize that they had something very valuable. It's not a great idea, however, to go away for such a long period of time, because one can really lose one's momentum and the opportunity of putting together at least one full lifetime, from pillar to post, where one takes advantage of the process. Which is the best idea.(excerpt from the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings nareadings#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
But my opinion is, they're as much Prabhupāda's books as before that, because who trained them to talk like that and have a perfect grasp of the siddhānta and to be able to present it in the same mood that comes through the disciplic succession? It shines a light on the greatness of Prabhupāda that somebody was able to be there and continue that, as Prabhupāda asked them to do.(excerpt from the discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------
No appreciation for somebody who's more advanced! And humility means being able to detect the more advanced devotees, people who are more advanced than oneself. And of course, in deep, deep humility, one sees that one can learn from everybody. It's one of the benefits of preaching, going out into the world and seeing how the modes work, and also through the mouths of apparently just ordinary people controlled by the modes of material nature, one gets direction from Kṛṣṇa—how to refine oneself. And one could hear that voice.(excerpt from the discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
—that's where real happiness will come from.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kartikimmersionretreat #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 19.1-16https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/19/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Vṛndāvana through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa, Rūpa Gosvāmī left home and sent news to Sanātana that he was leaving with his younger brother (Anupama Mallika) to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī finally reached Prayāga and met with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for ten successive days. During this time, Vallabha Bhaṭṭa extended an invitation to the Lord with great respect. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu introduced Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vallabha Bhaṭṭa. After this, a brāhmaṇa scholar named Raghupati Upādhyāya arrived and discussed Kṛṣṇa consciousness with the Lord. Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana. During the ten days at Prayāga, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was instructed by the Lord, who gave him the basic principles of the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. The Lord then sent Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vṛndāvana. The Lord Himself returned to Vārāṇasī and stayed at the home of Candraśekhara.(excerpt from Chapter discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 18.128-229https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/18/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------I was once on an airplane ride from San Francisco to Hawaii, en route to India — it was a stopover along the way. And they had a talent show on the plane. They asked if anybody had a talent — if so, they could come up and, you know, do their thing. A few people volunteered and went up there.There was a comedian, then a breakdancer, and someone did a magic trick.I was a brahmacārī. I got up and chanted the Brahma-saṁhitā on the plane — and I won.They gave me two tickets to the Botanical Gardens in Hawaii. So yes... it always pays to learn verses.(excerpt from the discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And everywhere we look, there's something for our eyes to fall upon.So the perfection of the eyes is to come and see Kṛṣṇa in the temple, and then chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. And these two things together—coming and seeing Kṛṣṇa, worshiping Kṛṣṇa, ringing the bell, bowing down, offering flowers, and chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa—these are like two tracks on a train track. And where does the train go? Straight back to Goloka Vṛndāvana.So we are all on that train right now. Just look around—all the compartments are not even filled. We can put more people on this train! And the way the train goes, you load everybody on, and the way the train goes, you go see Kṛṣṇa, and then you chant, Hare Kṛṣṇa. And then the train takes you back home, back to God, and you forget about all the Coca-Cola signs in the world and all the clamor here in the material world. It’s Much Ado About Nothing. There's nothing really going on in the material world that is of interest to the soul whatsoever. It's a big fake out. So we have this opportunity together that's quite exhilarating. Don't you think? We could do this for days! Yes, we could do it for months!------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kartikimmersionretreat #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
And then use your free will to move back into the attentive stage..------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
O Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope which binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes.(Translation,verse 8)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I don't know, I just feel like that,' then you don't have any case. You have to be able to show evidence and also show legal theory from the books.' Prabhupāda said, 'We should know these books, the canon that we've been given, the way a lawyer knows his books.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 18.1-66https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/18/------------------------------------------------------------Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives the following information about Govinda-kuṇḍa. There is a village named Āniyora on Govardhana Hill, a little distance from the village of Paiṭha. Govinda-kuṇḍa is situated near here, and there are two temples to Govinda and Baladeva there. According to some, Queen Padmāvatī excavated this lake. In the Bhakti-ratnākara (Fifth Wave), the following statement is found:ei śrī-govinda-kuṇḍa-mahimā anekaethā indra kaila govindera abhiṣeka“Govinda-kuṇḍa is exalted for its many spiritual activities. It was here that Indra, defeated by Lord Govinda, offered prayers to Him and bathed Him.” In the book Stavāvalī (Vraja-vilāsa-stava 74) the following verse is found:nīcaiḥ prauḍha-bhayāt svayaṁ sura-patiḥ pādau vidhṛtyeha yaiḥ svar-gaṅgā-salilaiś cakāra surabhi-dvārābhiṣekotsavamgovindasya navaṁ gavām adhipatā rājye sphuṭaṁ kautukāt tair yat prādurabhūt sadā sphuratu tad govinda-kuṇḍaṁ dṛśoḥ“With humility caused by great fear, Indra took hold of the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa and, in the company of a surabhi cow, performed His coronation festival by bathing Him with the waters of the heavenly Ganges River. Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa’s kingship over the cows became splendidly manifest. I pray that Govinda-kuṇḍa, the lake created by that ceremonial bath, may eternally appear before my eyes.”Also, in the Mathurā-khaṇḍa it is stated:yatrābhiṣikto bhagavān maghonā yadu-vairiṇāgovinda-kuṇḍaṁ taj-jātaṁ snāna-mātreṇa mokṣa-dam“Simply by bathing in Govinda-kuṇḍa, one is awarded liberation. This lake was produced when Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa was bathed by Lord Indra.”(Cc Madhya 18.37, purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 17.186-234https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/17/------------------------------------------------------------Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “ ‘Dry arguments are inconclusive. A great personality whose opinion does not differ from others is not considered a great sage. Simply by studying the Vedas, which are variegated, one cannot come to the right path by which religious principles are understood. The solid truth of religious principles is hidden in the heart of an unadulterated, self-realized person. Consequently, as the śāstras confirm, one should accept whatever progressive path the mahājanas advocate.’ ”Cc Madhya 17.186------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of GodhTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurposeead who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.(SB 11.5.320)
Who's Rupa Goswami? We're known as Rūpānugas, followers of Rūpa Goswāmī. In the spiritual world. He has an intimate connection with Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa as a mañjarī. He's known as Rūpa Mañjarī, but here in this world, he shows very practically how we can perform the nine items of devotional service and water the seed of devotion, just as Lord Caitanya had taught, and we can have success in this life.To achieve that end, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is his spiritual master and preceptor, taught him all about how to worship the Deity. And you'll find in Caitanya-caritāmṛta that Lord Caitanya gives instruction to Sanātana Goswāmī exactly how to establish a Deity, how to worship the Deity. He asked Sanātana Goswāmī, who is the brother of Rūpa Goswāmī, to write the entire chapter on Deity worship, and who teaches it? Kṛṣṇa.He tells about the different forms of the Deity you can worship. There are Deities from metal, wood, stone, jewels, paint, and in your mind. You can make a deity out of earth, and so forth. And then he tells the exact process, and that process has been passed down also through great sages like Nārada. Because of Nārada, we have the Nārada Pañcarātra, and we have the Pāñcarātrikī vidhi, which is the rules and regulations of how to worship Kṛṣṇa in the Deity form.So this was part of the process of bhakti-yoga, to worship the Deity, and Rūpa Goswāmī worshiped Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda according to the instructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. And here in Jaipur, they still follow that system. So it's part of our Gauḍīya family tradition to come here and see Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda and remember Rūpa Goswāmī.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kartikimmersionretreat #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 17.128-185https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/17/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------Expectation is the mother of disappointment. If we can be appreciative of what we have in every moment, instead of being expectant of one thing or another.. Right now, we can appreciate everything. It's possible to appreciate everything, veritably. We live in the middle of an ocean of miracles. The very fact that we're alive—we can perceive things, we can use our tongue to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.I saw a little chipmunk this morning when I was walking out on the driveway, and one of those little berries had fallen down from the tree and got smashed on the ground, and he was down there licking it with his tongue, and I could see his tongue. And I thought, 'Chipmunk tongue: it's pretty small, but he's getting a taste from that little berry goo on the ground.' And I was thinking, 'I'm glad I don't have a chipmunk tongue, because all he can do is taste a nut or a berry, but I can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.' That's a miracle.Something that Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākur points out: there are all kinds of tongues in the world. The human tongue is the only one that can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. So, if we just start where we are, Kṛṣṇa says that sve sve ′dhikaˉre yaˉ niṣṭhaˉ sa guṇaḥ parikıˉrtitaḥ (SB 11.20.26): appreciate what you have right now. Don't worry about the future, and progress will come in due course of time.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Little did they know that Mahāprabhu was going to circle back there, and He would meet him there and have a big part in his līlā. But that's the way He works. That's the Tapana Miśra story.Audience: I can just imagine Tapana Miśra just there in Banaras, and then Caitanya Mahāprabhu just appears there in this scene. It must have been life-changing. HG Vaisesika Dasa: That's the life-changing nature of surrendering to Mahāprabhu. He takes us on a magical mystery journey, I won't say tour, and it's all His mercy. (excerpt from the discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 17.1-39 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/17/------------------------------------------------------------Prayer is a kind of declaration of one’s determination, and we don't even know how determined we are until we start praying, to hear ourselves. Rādhikā Ramaṇa Prabhu gave this masterful class In New Vrindāban that was about prayer. I mean, what class has he has ever given that’s not masterful?. And he said, when he was a kid and he was learning to read from the Bhāgavatam, he and his brother would listen to their parents read Bhāgavatam to them, they would get absorbed in the stories, and then when the prayers would start, they would think, 'Oh, not again!' Because sometimes the prayers seem—to those who are eager to hear Līlā stories—they can even seem tedious. But he said after a while, when he matured more, he realized that these were the most important part, because it was the response the devotees were having to Kṛṣṇa and what was in their heart. And he was talking about how important it is for us to hear the prayers, but also how important it is for us to pray, because we may have a general sense of our determination. But then when we voice it to Kṛṣṇa, we have to articulate it and really think about it. And then we also have the sense of, 'I’m saying this to Kṛṣṇa,' and it becomes more personal. In general, that’s the juncture at which we meet Kṛṣṇa is when we decide that we’re going to be serious and determined. Because somebody, as we hear from the ten offenses, somebody may maintain material attachments even after understanding so many instructions on the matter. One of my godbrothers used to say, 'Kṛṣṇa doesn't see what you are offering as much as he sees what you're holding behind your back.' If we become determined, and at least come to the point of saying that, 'Kṛṣṇa, you know what I’m holding behind my back? Please make me give it up.' That kind of frankness is an exhibition of one's determination.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 16.150- 290 (end of chapter)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/16/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------Indeed, the humility of these two brothers could even melt stone. Because I was very pleased with their behavior, I told them, ‘Although you are both very much exalted, you consider yourselves inferior, and because of this, Kṛṣṇa will very soon deliver you.’PurportSuch are the qualifications of a pure devotee. Materially one may be very opulent, experienced, influential and educated, but if one still thinks himself lower than straw in the street, one attracts the attention of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu or Lord Kṛṣṇa. Although Mahārāja Pratāparudra was a king, he took up a broom to cleanse the road for Lord Jagannātha’s ratha (chariot). Because of this humble service, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased with the King, and for that reason the Lord embraced him. According to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s instructions, a devotee should never be puffed up by material power. He should know that material power is the result of one’s past good activities (karma) and is consequently transient. At any moment all one’s material opulence can be finished; therefore a devotee is never proud of such opulence. He is always humble and meek, considering himself lower than a piece of straw. Because of this, the devotees are eligible to return home, back to Godhead.(Cc Madhya 16.263-264)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So these prayers were offered by Jayadeva Gosvami. One Vaisnava poet advented about seven hundred years before Lord Caitanya’s appearance. He was a great devotee, and his specific poetry, Gita-govinda, is very famous all over the world. Gita- govinda. Gita-govinda is the subject matter of Krsna playing on flute about Radharani. That is the subject matter of Gita-govinda. The same poet, Jayadeva Gosvami, has offered this prayer, pralaya-payodhi-jale-dhrtavan asivedam. He says, “My dear Lord, when there was devastation within this universe, everything was filled with water. At that time You saved the Vedas stacked in a boat, and You held the boat from being drowned in the water in the shape of a big fish.” This fish first of all was caught in the waterpot just like a small fish. Then it enlarged, and the fish was kept in a bigger water reservoir. In this way, the fish was increasing. Then the fish informed that “Devastation is coming. You just save all the Vedas on a boat, and I shall protect it.” Jayadeva Gosvami is offering prayer, “My Lord, You saved the Vedas when there was devastation in the shape of fish.”(excerpt from Srila Prabhupada's purport to the song)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the month of Kartika one should worship Lord Damodara and daily recite the prayer known as Damodarastaka, which has been spoken by the sage Satyavrata and which attracts Lord Damodara. (Sri Hari-bhakti-vilasa 2.16.198).”------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kartik #damodarashtakam #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
- (kṛṣṇa) deva! bhavantaḿ vande man-mānasa-madhukaram arpaya nija-pada-pańkaja-makarande(refrain) O Lord Kṛṣṇa! I offer my obeisancesunto You. Please fix my bee-like mind in the nectar of Yourlotus feet.2.yadyapi samādhiṣu vidhir api paśyati na tava nakhāgra-marīcim idam icchāmi niśamya tavācyuta! tad api kṛpādbhuta-vīcimO Acyuta! Although the great Lord Brahmä, inhis trance of samädhi, is unable to see even a particle of theeffulgence emanating from the tips of the nails of Your lotusfeet, still I desire this vision, for I have heard of the wonderfulwaves of Your mercy.3.bhaktir udañcati yadyapi mādhava! na tvayi mama tila-mātrī parameśvaratā tad api tavādhika durghaṭa-ghaṭana-vidhātrīO Mädhava! Although my devotion for You doesnot come forth even a tiny bit, because You are the SupremeLord above all, You are the accomplisher of the impossible.4.ayam avilolatayādya sanātana! kalitādbhuta-rasa-bhāram nivasatu nityam ihāmṛta-nindini vindan madhurima-sāramO Sanätana! Your lotus feet surpass even thenectar of the gods. Finding in this lotus flower of Your feet theessence of sweetness which is endowed with truly wonderfulmellows, I pray that today the bee of my mind may eternallyreside there.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
They couldn't grab that, because they were just so dependent on Prabhupāda's personal presence in their life. And there are some that, it seems to me, are more inclined to that.Then, of course, to your question, it's a matter of realization, because when we are serving, and while we are serving intensely and we feel the reciprocation of our spiritual master and Kṛṣṇa from within, then we may have a taste to do that more. I mean, that's kind of one of the most obvious statements anybody ever made, but that's what happens.I remember circa 1975 in Māyāpur, when Rohiṇīsūta and Maṇidhar—they were two distributors who were prolific in book distribution—and I think it was Rohiṇīsūta who didn't come. Maybe both of them didn't come to the festival. Prabhupāda asked where they were, and they said they wanted to stay and do more. And Prabhupāda approved of it, even though he had told everybody he wanted everyone to come to Māyāpur and Vṛndāvan, because he understood that they had a taste and they wanted to do it. So it's based on our own personal taste and realization.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kīrtana. You'll feel immediately refreshed. However burden you may feel, as soon as you perform kṛṣṇa-kīrtana, you'll find immediately refreshed. So one who has got taste for this kīrtana, he has no problem.(excerpt from a lecture by Srila Prabhupada, Lecture SB 01.16.23 - Honolulu January 19, 1974)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 16.1-64https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/16/advanced-view/Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of this chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to go to Vṛndāvana, Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya indirectly presented many obstructions. In due course of time, all the devotees of Bengal visited Jagannātha Purī for the third year. This time, all the wives of the Vaiṣṇavas brought many types of food, intending to extend invitations to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. When the devotees arrived, Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent His blessings in the form of garlands. In that year also, the Guṇḍicā temple was cleansed, and when the Cāturmāsya period was over, all the devotees returned to their homes in Bengal. Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade Nityānanda to visit Nīlācala every year. Questioned by the inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma, Caitanya Mahāprabhu again repeated the symptoms of a Vaiṣṇava. Vidyānidhi also came to Jagannātha Purī and saw the festival of Oḍana-ṣaṣṭhī. When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So that's a project.(excerpt from the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Very good. You should be afraid. It destroys the anarthas when you're afraid of the material energy, but not the fear that comes from being an object of ignorance.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Question: Could please share your reflection and instructions that you want us to take after reading whole Madhya Lila this Kartik? Thank you 🙏Answer: One is that it's important to take time to read, and it has to be very deliberately done. And It's best done with a group, because we get much more out of it when there's discussion and devotees express their realizations. As Prabhupāda wrote in one of the purports near the end, a sort of an admonition that you've got to do this, otherwise you'll fall down.He basically says—and that can't be emphasized enough—that Prabhupāda's books, and what he wrote, and the sound that comes out when we read them together, is the primal sound of ISKCON. That's what makes ISKCON. It's not the management, it's not the infrastructure, the brick and mortar. It's the sound of Prabhupāda's books and the Holy Name that he gave to us. All those other things are meant to support that. They are meant to facilitate more hearing and chanting from Prabhupāda's books and expressing his mood and mission to others, and spreading the Holy Name as far and wide as possible. And of course, the medium of book distribution is the preferred method. Prabhupāda, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta had the written word to make sure that it goes out in ever increasing quantities.(excerpt from the answer)Link to the final session: https://youtube.com/live/Jw9L9Sp5CMk?feature=share------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
—but then the symptoms will come, because Kṛṣṇa is all-powerful.(excerpt from the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality
Cc Madhya 15-.42 -108https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/15/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------As for being freed from all sinful reactions by chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa only once, one must chant the holy name without committing any offenses. Then chanting one name is sufficient to rescue a living being from all sinful reactions. Such a person who chants the holy name of the Lord offenselessly is very important and woshipable. Indeed, the nine devotional processes, beginning with śravaṇa and kīrtana, can all be attained at once if one simply chants the holy name of the Lord offenselessly.In this regard, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī states in his book Bhakti-sandarbha (173): yadyapi anyā bhaktiḥ kalau kartavyā, tadā; kīrtanākhya-bhakti-saṁyogenaiva. Out of the nine processes of devotional service, kīrtana is very important. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī therefore instructs that the other processes, such as arcana, vandana, dāsya and sakhya, should be executed, but they must be preceded and followed by kīrtana, the chanting of the holy name. We have therefore introduced this system in all of our centers. Arcana, ārati, bhoga offering, Deity dressing and decoration are all preceded and followed by the chanting of the holy name of the Lord — Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.(Cc Madhya 15.107,purport)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 15.1-41https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/15/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------There's the discussion that takes place when Caitanya Mahāprabhu can understand the mind of Sanātana Goswāmī. Sanātana Goswāmī was thinking of killing himself because he had sores on his body, and he was going to jump in front of the Jagannātha cart in the presence of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He didn't tell anybody, but Mahāprabhu, one day at the house of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, said to Sanātana Goswāmī, 'I don't approve of this.' He said, 'If I could have achieved Kṛṣṇa by dying, I would have done it millions of times already.(excerpt from the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 14.174-257https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/14/advanced-view/Dressing himself as a Vaiṣṇava, Mahārāja Pratāparudra entered the garden at Balagaṇḍi alone and began reciting verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. He then took the opportunity to massage the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it. After this, when Lord Jagannātha’s ratha car stopped moving, King Pratāparudra called for many elephants to pull it, but they were unsuccessful. Seeing this, Lord Caitanya began to push the car from behind with His head, and the car began moving. Then the devotees began pulling the car with ropes. Near the Guṇḍicā temple is a place known as Āiṭoṭā. This place was fixed up for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to rest in. When Lord Jagannātha was seated at Sundarācala, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw it as Vṛndāvana. He performed sporting pastimes in the water of the lake known as Indradyumna. For nine continuous days during Ratha-yātrā, the Lord remained at Sundarācala, and on the fifth day He and Svarūpa Dāmodara observed the pastimes of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune. During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from Kulīna-grāma — Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yātrā ceremony.(Chapter description)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 14.17-100https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/14/------------------------------------------------------------The greatest achievement for a devotee is to become a servant of the servants of the Lord. Actually, no one should desire to become the direct servant of the Lord. That is not a very good idea. When Prahlāda Mahārāja was offered a benediction by Nṛsiṁhadeva, Prahlāda rejected all kinds of material benedictions, but he prayed to become the servant of the servants of the Lord. When Dhruva Mahārāja was offered a benediction by Kuvera, the treasurer of the demigods, Dhruva could have asked for unlimited material opulence, but he simply asked for the benediction of becoming the servant of the servants of the Lord. Kholāvecā Śrīdhara was a very poor man, but when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to give him a benediction, he also prayed to the Lord to be allowed to remain a servant of the servants of the Lord. The conclusion is that being the servant of the servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the highest benediction one can desire.(Cc Madhya 14.18,purport)Note: This session could not be completely broadcast due to network issues.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 14.1-18https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/14/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------I think it's in contention for the best purport. We should have every year the 'Best Purport Awards.' This is what I'm going to enter. (HG Vaisesika Dasa)Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī wants to point out that nothing could compare to the Lord’s mercy toward Mahārāja Pratāparudra; therefore he uses the word dekha (“just see”) and caitanyera kṛpā-mahābala (“how powerful is the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu”). This is also confirmed by Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī: yat-kāruṇya-kaṭākṣa-vaibhava-vatām (Caitanya-candrāmṛta 5). Even a little of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy serves as a great asset for spiritual advancement. Therefore the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement must be spread through the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. When Rūpa Gosvāmī experienced the mercy and magnanimity of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he said:namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya tekṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya- nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ“I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who is more magnanimous than any other avatāra, even Kṛṣṇa Himself, because He is bestowing freely what no one else has ever given — pure love of Kṛṣṇa.” Śrīla Locana dāsa Ṭhākura has also sung, parama karuṇa, pahuṅ dui jana, nitāi-gauracandra: “The two brothers Nitāi and Gaura are so kind that no one can compare to Them.” Similarly, Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung:vrajendra-nandana yei, śacī-suta haila sei,balarāma ha-ila nitāi,dīna-hīna yata chila, hari-nāme uddhārila,tā’ra sākṣī jagāi-mādhāi“Just to deliver all the sinful persons of this age by propagating the chanting of the holy name, Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma have advented as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu. Jagāi and Mādhāi are evidence of Their success.”Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s special mission is the deliverance of all fallen souls in Kali-yuga. Devotees of Kṛṣṇa must persistently seek the favor and mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to become fit to return home, back to Godhead.(Excerpt from Cc Madhya 14.16,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/14/16/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 13.137-209https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/13/209/------------------------------------------------------------Anyone who hears this description of the car festival will attain Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He will also attain the elevated state by which he will have firm conviction in devotional service and love of Godhead.Cc Madhya 13.208------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(1)jaya rādhā-mādhava kuñja-bihārīgopī-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dhārī(2)yaśodā-nandana braja-jana-rañjanayāmuna-tīra-vana-cārīTRANSLATION1) Krsna is the lover of Radha. He displays many amorous pastimes in the groves of Vrndavana, He is the lover of the cowherd maidens of Vraja, and the holder of the great hill named Govardhana. 2) He is the beloved son of mother Yasoda, the delighter of the inhabitants of Vraja, and He wanders in the forests along the banks of the River Yamuna! To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 13.66-137https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/13/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------In his Anubhāṣya, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura describes the ecstasy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as follows. After giving up the company of the gopīs in Vṛndāvana, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, engaged in His pastimes at Dvārakā. When Kṛṣṇa went to Kurukṣetra with His brother and sister and others from Dvārakā, He again met the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalita, that is, Kṛṣṇa Himself assuming the part of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī in order to understand Kṛṣṇa. Lord Jagannātha-deva is Kṛṣṇa, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s leading Lord Jagannātha toward the Guṇḍicā temple corresponded to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s leading Kṛṣṇa toward Vṛndāvana. Śrī Kṣetra, Jagannātha Purī, was taken as the kingdom of Dvārakā, the place where Kṛṣṇa enjoys supreme opulence. But He was being led by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Vṛndāvana, the simple village where all the inhabitants are filled with ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Kṣetra is a place of aiśvarya-līlā, just as Vṛndāvana is the place of mādhurya-līlā. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s following at the rear of the ratha indicated that Lord Jagannātha, Kṛṣṇa, was forgetting the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. Although Kṛṣṇa neglected the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, He could not forget them. Thus in His opulent Ratha-yātrā, He was returning to Vṛndāvana. In the role of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was examining whether the Lord still remembered the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana.(Cc Madhya 13.119, purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's not to say that constructive criticism isn't helpful; it's very necessary. We have to find where we are lacking and try to fix it. But I think the mentality that is there, the crooked idea that 'I'll take this as my banner in life,' that really distracts one from the process of chanting, takes one away from 'tṛṇād api sunīcena,' and who knows, you could take birth as a kind of Yamarāja character in your next life. Just want to be the one who punishes everybody, or something like that. (excerpt from discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 12.134-212https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/12/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------By His practical activity, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu informed us how to cleanse our hearts. Once the heart is cleansed, we should invite Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa to sit down, and we should observe the festival by distributing prasādam and chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to teach every devotee by His personal behavior. Everyone who spreads the cult of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepts a similar responsibility. The Lord was personally chastising and praising individuals in the course of the cleaning, and those who are engaged as ācāryas must learn from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu how to train devotees by personal example. The Lord was very pleased with those who could cleanse the temple by taking out undesirable things accumulated within. This is called anartha-nivṛtti, cleansing the heart of all unwanted things. Thus the cleansing of the Guṇḍicā-mandira was conducted by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to let us know how the heart should be cleansed and soothed to receive Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and enable Him to sit within the heart without disturbance.(12.135, purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 12.24-134https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/12/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------You really have to be self-searching to make sure what your motive is. Japa is a good time to look at your motive and just see, am I actually sincere and self-searching? Because, just like, let's say, somebody writes you something or says something to you, and you perceive a molecule of anger, you know, the Rudra energy. Just say, you perceive a molecule of that when you... when you receive some... It might be translated into something like, 'How dare they?' Then, don't answer until you calm down. That's why letters were good, because you write it in anger, and the next day, because you couldn't find a postal stamp, it's like, 'What was I thinking?' Nowadays, people just push the button.And in a similar way, when we're making decisions, diplomatic or otherwise, I mean, diplomacy has a place, but we have to investigate: Am I self-motivated? Is there something in it for me, for my fame, or because I want to have the experience of dominating another person? If that's there, then it's going to be contaminated. So, be careful.(excerpt from the discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
hose who are cultivating spiritual life and executing devotional service are always engaged in activity. Such activity can be performed with the body or with the mind. Thinking, feeling and willing are all activities of the mind, and when we will to do something, the activity comes to be manifest by the gross bodily senses. Thus, in our mental activities we should always try to think of Kṛṣṇa and try to plan how to please Him, following in the footsteps of the great ācāryas and the personal spiritual master. There are activities of the body, activities of the mind and activities of speech. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person engages his words in preaching the glories of the Lord. This is called kīrtana. And by his mind a Kṛṣṇa conscious person always thinks of the activities of the Lord – as He is speaking on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra or engaging in His various pastimes in Vṛndāvana with His devotees. In this way one can always think of the activities and pastimes of the Lord. This is the mental culture of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.(Introduction NOI)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
one should give that up.(Reflection by HG Vaisesika Dasa )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 124-243https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/11/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------At the present moment we see that some of the members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness are tending to leave their preaching activities in order to sit in a solitary place. This is not a very good sign. It is a fact that Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura has condemned this process for neophytes. He has even stated in a song, pratiṣṭhāra tare, nirjanera ghare, tava hari-nāma kevala kaitava: “Sitting in a solitary place intending to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra is considered a cheating process.” This practice is not possible for neophytes at all. The neophyte devotee must act and work very laboriously under the direction of the spiritual master, and he must thus preach the cult of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Only after maturing in devotion can he sit down in a solitary place to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself did. Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to teach us a lesson He traveled all over India continuously for six years and only then retired at Jagannātha Purī. Even at Jagannātha Purī the Lord chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra in great meetings at the Jagannātha temple. The point is that one should not try to imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura at the beginning of one’s transcendental life. One must first become very mature in devotion and thus receive the approval of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Only at such a time may one actually sit down peacefully in a solitary place to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and remember the lotus feet of the Lord. The senses are very strong, and if a neophyte devotee imitates Haridāsa Ṭhākura, his enemies (kāma, krodha, lobha, moha, mada and mātsarya) will disturb and fatigue him. Instead of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, the neophyte will simply sleep soundly. (Cc Madhya 11.176 purport) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
O King, constant chanting of The Holy Name of the Lord after the ways of the great authorities is the doubtless and fearless way of success for all, including those who are free from all material desires, those who are desirous of all material enjoyment, and also those who are self-satisfied by dint of transcendental knowledge.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/1/11------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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But siddha is siddha. Besides that, you're a soul; you never touched the material world in the first place. So, I think these purports are absolutely charming and encouraging, because it's what the devotees feel when they join the Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Movement, Lord Caitanya's movement. It's so potent! Why wouldn't you feel completely liberated, because of being fully engaged in the Saṅkīrtana movement?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And that person fled because he wasn't sincere. He was just going with an insincere request, with a material desire. But Prataparudra was different. He actually had this burning desire to meet the Lord.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
whenever a kīrtana of pure devotees takes place, the Lord is immediately present. By chanting the holy names of the Lord, we associate with the Lord personally.(Cc Madhya 1.126)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cc Madhya 10.109-175https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/10/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------If one is to take advantage of the position of the spiritual master, then there has to be a sense of reverence, because mercy flows down. But, at the same time, one may lose the intimate connection of friendship in which the heart of the spiritual master opens and the contents flow out.So there's an example of fire. One shouldn't get too close to the fire, otherwise you get burned. But if you stay too far away, you may not be able to take advantage of the qualities of the fire. So, there should be an appropriate mix of both of those.And just as far as the second point goes, I mean, it's a generally accepted principle that intimacy in relationships anywhere, but especially with the spiritual master and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a more advanced position.itthaṁ satāṁ brahma-sukhānubhūtyādāsyaṁ gatānāṁ para-daivatenamāyāśritānāṁ nara-dārakeṇasākaṁ vijahruḥ kṛta-puṇya-puñjāḥ (SB 10.12.11)There's some wonderment in the discovery of those in Vṛndāvan in this verse I just quoted from Chapter Twelve of the Tenth Canto, that those who are in the topmost position have an equal position with the Lord. They are so intimately related, and that's put in the higher position, as more mercy, than those who are dāsyaṁ gatānāṁ para-daivatena. They see the Supreme Personality of Godhead as their master, The Supreme Lord with opulence. Therefore, the second answer to the second question is the one: when there is intimacy, then it's known that one's receiving more mercy, but both things should be there in the relationship. That's my final answer.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
? I mean, who's in a better position? Physical proximity? One's in Vṛndāvana, the other one's in Delhi.So your point about, okay, he (Kālā Kṛṣṇa Dāsa) was close to Caitanya Mahāprabhu—but if your mind isn't engaged, then you could be far away and not taking advantage of Mahāprabhu's mercy. The sun is there, but if you cover yourself from it, then you're not able to take advantage of it. Just like with chanting—you can chant and not even be aware that you're chanting. Then that's one of the offenses. You're chanting, and Kṛṣṇa is directly present before you as the avatāra, but then you are thinking about something else—so you are not really there.(excerpt from discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It is concluded, therefore, that the holy name of the Lord and topics in relation with Him are always worth hearing, and therefore He is called here in this verse nāma-dheya, or one whose holy name is worth chanting.(SB 2.7.15)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/7/15/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Verses discussed: Cc Madhya 9.280-10.17https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/9/advanced-view/People might think, 'Oh, this is very audacious to claim that this is the specific path, and there is no other.' Or they might find relief, because with deconstructionism and no ultimate conclusion, people are exhausted. They're sick of the retreat of logic; it keeps going back. People lie, and then they lie about the lies, and then it keeps going on and on.And when they find something very specific where somebody just authoritatively says, 'No, this is it; take it,' like Prabhupāda used to do with what he did for Yogī Bhajan. He said, 'No, it's in your scripture,' because Yogī Bhajan brought it up—that Govinda is there in scripture. Then take it. You take that!He kept on, and he wouldn't let him go. He said, 'No, you take that. Govinda is in your scripture. Take it! Why won't you take it?' And I felt that kind of relief when I first read the Back to Godhead magazine, because every other book I had read up to that point was wishy-washy. When finally somebody said, 'Lord Caitanya is God, and here's what he says, and just follow it,' I said, 'All right, finally something—a pitch I can hit.(excerpt from the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Verses discussed: Cc Madhya 259-279Prabhupāda explains that in one of his purports. He quotes from Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, and he said, there are three kinds of sukṛti. There's jñāna-sukṛti, which qualifies one for impersonal liberation. That's why some people—they already have that sukṛti—and they are attracted to that.Another is karma-sukṛti. It's called something else, but it means the same thing. They have sukṛti for getting really wealthy, really fast. It's just in them.And then there's bhakti-unmukhī-sukṛti, which means that somehow or other one comes in contact with pure devotees, as we know from another verse in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta:sādhu-saṅga, sādhu-saṅga—sarva-śāstre kayalava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi hayaJust a little bit of connection with pure devotees can give one this bhakti-unmukhī-sukṛti. In the Jaiva Dharma, you'll find near the beginning—in the Bṛhad-Nāradīya Purāṇa—there's a verse that describes how, when one gets this kind of bhakti-unmukhī-sukṛti and it accumulates within the heart, when it comes to a certain level, then śraddhā is born. And there is a sense of appreciation for devotees and devotional service. So there are three categories of sukṛti.(excerpt from the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Verses discussed:Cc Madhya 9.146-258Text 210: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to southern Mathurā [Madurai] and delivered the original manuscript of the Kūrma Purāṇa to Rāmadāsa Vipra.Texts 211-212: “When he was petitioned by mother Sītā, the fire-god, Agni, brought forth an illusory form of Sītā, and Rāvaṇa, who had ten heads, kidnapped the false Sītā. The original Sītā then went to the abode of the fire-god. When Lord Rāmacandra tested the body of Sītā, it was the false, illusory Sītā that entered the fire. At that time the fire-god brought the original Sītā from his abode and delivered her to Lord Rāmacandra.”Text 213: Rāmadāsa Vipra was very pleased to receive the original leaf manuscript of the Kūrma Purāṇa, and he immediately fell down before the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and began to cry.Text 214: After receiving the manuscript, the brāhmaṇa, being very pleased, said, “Sir, You are Lord Rāmacandra Himself and have come in the dress of a sannyāsī to give me audience.Text 215: “My dear Sir, You have delivered me from a very unhappy condition. I request that You take Your lunch at my place. Please accept this invitation.Text 216: “Due to my mental distress I could not give You a very nice lunch the other day. Now, by good fortune, You have come again to my home.”Text 217: Saying this, the brāhmaṇa very happily cooked food, and a first-class dinner was offered to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Text 218: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed that night in the house of the brāhmaṇa. Then, after showing him mercy, the Lord started toward the Tāmraparṇī River in Pāṇḍya-deśa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Verses discussed: Cc Madhya 9.99-144When we are performing something dutifully, there is an emotion, which is, "I'm doing this for Kṛṣṇa," because why else would you do it? I mean, there could be other motivations. But if you remember that even though you don't have a taste, you're dutiful in chanting your rounds, for instance, there is a taste in that because you're doing your duty. And you think, "I'm doing this for Kṛṣṇa."It's also helpful to associate with those devotees who have a taste, because it rubs off. Everything rubs off on us. 'Kāraṇaḿ guṇasańgasya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu,' Lord Kṛṣṇa says in the 13th Chapter of the Gītā, that all the traits that we have now have come from association. And just as much as our material traits come from our material association, so similarly, our spiritual traits come from our association with devotees. Therefore, one should associate with those who are like-minded and more advanced than oneself. And by such association, with in particular, devotees who have emotion and have taste, we'll also begin to develop that by their association.And especially if we approach more advanced devotees in the way that Kṛṣṇa recommends it (BG 4.34):tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayāupadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥOne of the strong impressions from Matajī's class this morning was so powerful about being humble, approaching all devotees in a humble mood. Can always learn something from everybody. And then, when one's hearing from advanced devotees, one should be submissive -- submissive hearing, and one should also render service.(excerpt from the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Verses covered: Cc Madhya 9.49-98yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurautasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ“Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed.”(Śvetāśvatara Up. 6.23)Actually the meaning of the words of the Bhagavad-gītā or Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam are revealed to one strictly following the orders of the spiritual master. They are also revealed to one who has equal faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In other words, being faithful to both Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master is the secret of success in spiritual life.(9.98 purport)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We are trying to please the Supreme by the supreme music. Golokera prema-dhana hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana. These sounds are not mundane sounds. These are Vaikuṇṭha sounds. Nārada muni bājaya vīṇā rādhikā-ramaṇa nāme. It is brought by Nārada Muni. It is not manufactured here.(Srila Prabhupada, Room Conversation, April 14th 1975, Hyderabad)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kirtan #bhajan #radhashtami #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It is said, tīrthī-kurvanti tīrthāni. A tīrtha, or holy place, is a place where great saintly personalities visit or reside. Although the holy places were already places of pilgrimage, they were all purified by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s visit. Many people go to these holy places and leave their sinful activities there, thus becoming free from contamination. When these contaminations pile up, they are counteracted by the visit of great personalities like Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His strict followers. Many kinds of patients come to a hospital, which may be infected by many types of diseases. Actually the hospital is always infected, but the expert physician keeps the hospital sterilized by his expert presence and management. Similarly, places of pilgrimage are always infected by the sins left by the sinners who go there, but when a personality like Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visits such a place, all contaminations vanish.(Cc Madhya 9.4, purport)Verses Covered Cc Madhya 8.286-9.49------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Question: "The Supersoul within everyone’s heart speaks not externally, but from within (C.C. Madhya 8.265)." What does that mean?Well, I will tell you what it doesn't mean. It does not mean that Krishna can't speak to you through nature or through the voices of other people. That's why the idea of vartmana-pradarśaka Guru comes from: as somebody who's unrelated to Krishna consciousness, who's just an ordinary person, might say something to you to inspire you to become Krishna conscious. And you also might serendipitously meet people by Krishna's arrangement that suggest something or another that helps you move forward on your path.(excerpt from the answer)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Verses covered:Cc Madhya 8.216-248 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/8/advanced-view/Whenever I have a sense of being overwhelmed, I try to come back into the present moment and say, 'What can I do right this second that will be progressive?' And I just keep asking myself that question: 'What's the next thing I can do right now that will add to my progress? Is picking that up or picking this up? Which one? Make a decision! Free will is in the very moment. So you have to go moment to moment and keep asking. Don't try to get all of it. Don't try to boil the ocean; just try to get one thing at a time. And if you can do one thing at a time, even if it's for two seconds, you're staying a little ahead of Māyā, which comes for us like a steamroller, so we want to keep that going.(excerpt from the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Verse Cc Madhya 8.139- 215https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/8/advanced-view/When a pure Vaiṣṇava speaks, he speaks perfectly. How is this? His speech is managed by Kṛṣṇa Himself from within the heart. Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya accepts this benediction from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; therefore he admits that whatever he was speaking was not derived from his own intelligence. Rather, everything was coming from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Cc Madhya.8.199, purport------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Verses covered: Cc Madhya 8.128-138Knowledge of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is more important than caste. In the system of varṇāśrama-dharma there are various duties for the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras. Actually the brāhmaṇa is supposed to be the spiritual master of all other varṇas, or classes, but as far as Kṛṣṇa consciousness is concerned, everyone is capable of becoming a spiritual master because knowledge in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is on the platform of the spirit soul. To spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one need only be cognizant of the science of the spirit soul. It does not matter whether one is a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra, sannyāsī, gṛhastha or whatever. If one simply understands this science, he can become a spiritual master.(Cc Madhya 8.128 purport)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Verses covered: Cc Madhya 8.78-127A materialistic person with material opulences should not be very proud or puffed up before a transcendental devotee. If one approaches a transcendental devotee on the strength of one’s material heritage, opulence, education and beauty and does not offer respect to the advanced devotee of the Lord, the Vaiṣṇava devotee may offer formal respects to such a materially puffed-up person, but he may not deliver transcendental knowledge to him. Indeed, the devotee sees him as a non-brāhmaṇa or śūdra. Such a puffed-up person cannot understand the science of Kṛṣṇa. A proud person is deceived in transcendental life and, despite having attained a human form, will again glide into hellish conditions. By His personal example, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explains how one should be submissive and humble before a Vaiṣṇava, even though one may be situated on a high platform. Such is the teaching of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the ācārya of the world, the supreme spiritual master and teacher.(Cc Madhya 8.27, purport)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Devotional activities, however, sometimes appear to be impure in the neophyte stage, but in the mature stage they are completely pure, or free from material activity. Therefore Rāmānanda Rāya replied after hearing the last statement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu: prema-bhakti — sarva-sādhya-sāra. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu actually accepted this verse (jñāne prayāsam) as the basic principle of perfection. One has to practice this principle in order to make further progress. When further progress is actually made, one comes to the platform of ecstatic loving service to the Lord. This first stage is technically called sādhana-bhakti, or devotional service in practice. The result of sādhana-bhakti must be ecstatic love, attachment for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which is also called prema-bhakti. In the neophyte stage, sādhana-bhakti includes faith, association with devotees, and practicing devotional service. Thus one is freed from all unwanted things. One then becomes fixed in devotional service and increases his desire to act in devotional service. Thus one becomes attached to the Lord and His devotional service.(Cc Madhya 8.68 Purport)Verses covered Cc Madhya 8.60-77------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Take time to discuss what we are reciting by rote every day—because when you do something every day by rote, you might not be aware of what you're even saying.My father used to work in a repertory theater when he was in college, and he said that the producer would have the actors come on stage off cue, or they would say lines that were different from what was in the actual play. In repertory theater, you do the same play over and over again—sometimes for a year or more—and in order for the troupe to not get used to it, he would have them always be aware that anything could happen. Someone might come in stage left instead of stage right, or someone might say a line that wasn't in the script. That was by design—to keep everybody aware.So it can be helpful when we do daily routines. And the more we can add significant verses and opportunities to recite things on a daily basis, the better. You get used to it after a while, and it's like when you put a frog—(not that I've ever done this; it's just a thought experiment)—in a pan of water and turn it up gradually, the frog doesn't notice it until it's too late. If you put him abruptly into hot water, he'll jump right out.In a similar way, as we continue to add little aspects of verse recitation or extra bhajan to our program, at a certain point you may notice that it's significant increase—but it's so gradual that you don't notice it's happening. The other byproduct is that, you just notice that by adding these types of verses that are important to certain rituals that we do regularly is that you know them.(excerpt from the discussion)Verses covered: -Cc Madhya 7.131-8.60------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
One who surrenders to Him and is ready to follow Him with heart and soul does not need to change his location. Nor is it necessary for one to change his status. One may remain a householder, a medical practitioner, an engineer or whatever. It doesn’t matter. One only has to follow the instruction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and instruct relatives and friends in the teachings of the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. One has to learn humility and meekness at home, following the instructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and in that way one’s life will be spiritually successful. One should not try to be an artificially advanced devotee, thinking, “I am a first-class devotee, so it is best not to accept any disciples.” Such thinking should be avoided. One has to become purified at home by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and preaching the principles enunciated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Thus one can become a spiritual master and be freed from the contamination of material life. (Cc Madhya 7.129)Verses covered: Cc Madhya 7.114-------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's such an important part of the culture, and that is that devotées are recommended. After seeing the character of a certain person as you said, then an elevated Vaiṣṇava will accept and appreciate based on that.When Prabhupāda got initiated in Allāhābād from Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākur, the local devotees there recommended him to Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta. Because he came there and uplifted the whole Yātrā—he was a business person—but then, when he was there, they saw he could do everything. He was expert at bhajan, harmonium, mṛdaṅga, giving class, leadership, management, everything. They recommended him.And Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta said, "Yes, I have marked him," because he had come to the Yātrā of his spiritual master. And Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta noted that he liked to hear. He said, "I've marked him that he likes to hear, and he doesn't go away." He initiated him (Prabhupada) there.Verses covered: Cc Madhya 7.65-113https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There is a long passage on that in the Bṛhat Bhagavatamṛta, and there, Sanātana Goswāmī gives ample evidence about how the primary process in Kali Yuga is the chanting of the holy names. Jīva Goswāmī also concludes that there are, other processes that we engage in. For instance, arcanam is there in the nine, but he says there that because in this age, the prime method is chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, even with arcanam, it has to be preceded by chanting of the Mahāmantra and followed by chanting the Mahāmantra in order for it to be successful.And that emphasis is there throughout the teachings of the Goswāmīs: that chanting is the primary process. Caitanya Mahāprabhu said it himself when asked, 'Of all the different processes, which completes them all?' And it's the chanting of the holy name of The Lord. As to why it's because it's especially recommended. Because, as an example, the Bhagavatam itself begins by mentioning chanting the holy names and ends with mentioning chanting of the holy names as the means for success.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Every knowledge system requires axiomatic statements. Otherwise, you can't go anywhere. Axiomatic means they don't require investigation. They're just accepted. And if you don't have that, as Aristotle said, you get infinite regress. You can't go anywhere. It's like troops keep retreating and retreating and retreating, and they never stand and fight.And H. H. Hridayānanda Mahārāja gave the example of this: that someone says, 'What temperature is water? What, 200 degrees, or whatever it is.' I said, 'Prove it.' So then you get water, and you boil it, put a thermometer in, and then it says 200, and then it starts to boil. And you say, 'There, it's proved.' He says, 'Wait a minute, prove that's a real thermometer.' So then you go get a thermometer testing kit, whatever that is, and you test it. You say, 'Okay, it's real.' And then you go, 'Prove that that's a real thermometer testing kit.' And in that way, you keep going back and back and back.There has to be a point at which you have an axiom where this is the source—this is self-revealing. It proves itself. You don't have to investigate it. So, every system has that. In our system of epistemology, the Vedas are apauruṣeya. They're not from a human source. They come directly from the Divine. In fact, they're co-eternal with Kṛṣṇa, and they prove themselves. And of course, Prabhupāda goes into some detail on this in the beginning of the Śrī Īśopaniṣad in this lecture in Albert Hall. He gave this as a premise to say how to understand this philosophy.(excerpt from the discussion)Verses covered: Cc Madhya 6.172-270https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/6/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When I see the verses that Lord Caitanya quoted from the Bhagavad Gita, whenever I quote him, I think Lord Caitanya quoted these so they have special, special place.(excerpt from an answer by HG Vaisesika Dasa)Verses discussed: Cc Madhya 6.145-171------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Every knowledge system requires axiomatic statements. Otherwise, you can't go anywhere. Axiomatic means they don't require investigation. They're just accepted. And if you don't have that, as Aristotle said, you get infinite regress. You can't go anywhere. It's like troops keep retreating and retreating and retreating, and they never stand and fight.And H. H. Hridayānanda Mahārāja gave the example of this: that someone says, 'What temperature is water? What, 200 degrees, or whatever it is.' I said, 'Prove it.' So then you get water, and you boil it, put a thermometer in, and then it says 200, and then it starts to boil. And you say, 'There, it's proved.' He says, 'Wait a minute, prove that's a real thermometer.' So then you go get a thermometer testing kit, whatever that is, and you test it. You say, 'Okay, it's real.' And then you go, 'Prove that that's a real thermometer testing kit.' And in that way, you keep going back and back and back.There has to be a point at which you have an axiom where this is the source—this is self-revealing. It proves itself. You don't have to investigate it. So, every system has that. In our system of epistemology, the Vedas are apauruṣeya. They're not from a human source. They come directly from the Divine. In fact, they're co-eternal with Kṛṣṇa, and they prove themselves. And of course, Prabhupāda goes into some detail on this in the beginning of the Śrī Īśopaniṣad in this lecture in Albert Hall. He gave this as a premise to say how to understand this philosophy.(excerpt from the discussion)Verses covered: Cc Madhya 6.172-270https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/6/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
A devotee asked Prabhupāda, "what's the difference between mental speculation and philosophical speculation?" Prabhupada said, "If the conclusion is Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then it's philosophical speculation. If it is that there is no God or Kṛṣṇa is not the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then it's mental speculation."So, one of the main points here, in these three verses, is svataḥ-pramāṇa. In any philosophical system, there has to be axiomatic truth. Otherwise, you have no place to stand. If you start to solve mathematical problem—you have to solve for x. You have to have a basis to start from. Otherwise, you get infinite regress and infinite deconstruction of everything you're talking about, and you have nowhere to go except for backwards, meaning that everything is up for interpretation.There has to be a place for svataḥ-pramāṇa—it's automatically revealed, just like the sun. You don't have to speculate when the sun came out; it's obvious. And so the śāstra reveals itself, and it's considered apauruṣeya. It's the ultimate word in everything, the Vedic word. So, that's what Caitanya Mahāprabhu was pointing out.(excerpt from discussion)Verses covered: Cc Madhya 102-144https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/6/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sricaitanyacaritamrita #govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If you are somebody approaching the Bhagavad Gītā as a devotee and accepts Kṛṣṇa, even if there is some fault, Kṛṣṇa says,api cet su-durācārobhajate mām ananya-bhāksādhur eva sa mantavyaḥsamyag vyavasito hi saḥ (BG 9.30)He said, “If somebody's rightly intentioned,” in other words, they want to be a devotee. They want to be pure, but they are not. They are actually horrible because they still have a lot of leftover stuff. Sudurācāro means they really are bad, but because they are well-intentioned, Kṛṣṇa says you should count them in with devotees, becausekṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmāśaśvac-chāntiṁ nigacchatikaunteya pratijānīhina me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati (BG 9.31)He said, “By that approach itself with sincerity, even if you are really bad at it, and even if you make big mistakes, still very quickly you become purified.” And Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna, “You say it out loud everywhere, because people will believe if you say it, that very quickly, my devotee becomes purified and attains the ultimate goal by the practice of devotional service.” So it’s okay to approach the Bhagavad Gītā even if you have some impurities.(excerpt from the discussion)Verses covered: Cc Madhya 6.80-101------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Even while engaged in various activities, devotees whose minds are completely absorbed at Your lotus feet, and who constantly hear, chant, contemplate and cause others to remember Your transcendental names and forms, are always on the transcendental platform, and thus they can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (SB 10.2.37)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/37/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So now we're going into 'Live to Give' campaign. For those of you who are moping around, feeling sad, 'What happened to Bhadra? It's over already? So fast! What am I going to do now with my life?' We've got Bhagavad-gītās, and now it seems easy, doesn't it? 'Oh, no problem!'So, what we are going for is a baseline of 5 million. A few years ago, when we talked about going for a million, everyone said, 'How would that be possible?' Now we're just creeping up to the 5 million point. Let's take a look at a few slides. This is how it looks. It's not as choppy as the Bhadra graph that we have; we're making a steady climb.Bhagavad-gītā is easy! We can make great strides.2025, we want to be poised for 2026 to hit the 5 million, or pass it, smash it! So, our goal for this year worldwide is 4.6 million Bhagavad-gītās. So, let's keep that in mind. You can advertise it to all your local people—everybody's invited! Everybody on the planet can distribute multiple cases of Bhagavad-gītā, and people are welcome to give millions of dollars to help this happen. The Christians do it; they do way more in Bible. So, let's get going. We don't have much time for this planet. We have to get into this very enthusiastically.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#bhadrapurnima #bookdistribution #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Congratulations to everybody! It's the driving force behind our ISKCON organization when we have something worthy to push for and to challenge ourselves. And this is what's happening through Bhadrā; we're rising to new levels.By fully concentrating on distributing books for Kṛṣṇa, one is fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa. This is Samādhi. It's a very special kind of Samādhi because it takes courage to present Śrīmad Bhāgavatam to others. It also takes one's own fortification through hearing Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and understanding that it's life-changing. I have noted that devotees who come into this kind of Samādhi improve in all areas of their lives.They become better at their sādhanā because they want to be more absorbed; they want to be more effective. They also become more efficient in using their time. Everything good comes from thinking of Kṛṣṇa and thinking of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and how to distribute, It is not different from thinking of Kṛṣṇa, but it's very special in the sense that Prabhupāda advocates throughout the Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta and the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and the Bhagavad Gītā that our main means of pleasing Kṛṣṇa is to preach. So this is the ideal way of thinking of Kṛṣṇa and being in Samādhi.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When devotees are interacting with others, especially those who are not yet Kṛṣṇa conscious, they are very gentle and non-condescending, and that brings people closer. It's an attractive quality. People want to know more and more: who you are, what you know, and where you got to be where you are, because of your character.That's what happened with Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. He saw this beautiful sannyāsī, all opulent, and then that sannyāsī saying, "Oh no, you, you're my spiritual master. Please teach me." That's the positioning.So it has nothing to do with the formality of dīkṣā. It's more about their spontaneous relationship in Mahāprabhu wanting to bring him t o the point of Sārvabhauma, using his paternal instinct towards Caitanya Mahāprabhu as a young sannyāsī to get the sukṛti in order to open his heart and understand Kṛṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#govardhanreadings#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
A summary of the sixth chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya as follows. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the temple of Jagannātha, He immediately fainted. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya then took Him to his home. Meanwhile, Gopīnātha Ācārya, the brother-in-law of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, met Mukunda Datta and talked to him about Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s acceptance of sannyāsa and His journey to Jagannātha Purī. After hearing about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s fainting and His being carried to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, people crowded there to see the Lord. Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees then visited the Jagannātha temple, and when they came back to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to external consciousness. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya received everyone and distributed mahā-prasādam with great care. The Bhaṭṭācārya then became acquainted with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and arranged accommodations at his aunt’s house. His brother-in-law, Gopīnātha Ācārya, established that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Kṛṣṇa Himself, but Sārvabhauma and his many disciples could not accept this. However, Gopīnātha Ācārya convinced Sārvabhauma that no one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead without being favored by Him. He proved by śāstric quotation, quotations from the revealed scriptures, that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Kṛṣṇa Himself in person. Still, Sārvabhauma did not take these statements very seriously. Hearing all these arguments, Caitanya Mahāprabhu told His devotees that Sārvabhauma was His spiritual master and that whatever he said out of affection was for everyone’s benefit.https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/6/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's hard to meet a famous person, but if that famous person writes a book, you get the best of that person, and you get to sit there in the comfort of your own home and that's like, 'How am I with this person that's telling me all their secrets?' They put everything in the book, and so Prabhupāda did the same thing. He said, 'If you want to know me and everything I had to say, read my books.' And he personally told a few of us—I was there with Keśava Bhāratī Mahārāja and myself and a couple of other devotees in San Francisco circa 1974—and our temple president gave the book distribution report, and then Prabhupāda looked at us, and he said, 'You must also read my books. I have not written them just for selling. I have written them for you to become a pure devotee and go back home, back to Godhead.' Thunderbolt!So that's what we're doing, purposefully coming to 'THE' place on the planet, which our authorities say is better than Rādhākuṇḍa, in a way, because from here we're like this (folded hands) 'to Rādhākuṇḍa. We stay here at Rādhākuṇḍa with Śrī Kṛṣṇa Mahārāja and his exalted devotees, and we just hear from Prabhupāda's books, and we discuss- 'smarantaḥ smārayantaś ca, 'and from that sādhana, then comes the emergence of bhāva. It comes naturally, so that's why we are here. At least, that's my idea of it.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The glories of Lord Gopāla, who is merciful to brāhmaṇas, are very great. The narration of Sākṣi-gopāla was spoken by Nityānanda Prabhu and heard by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.PurportThere are four points of instruction one should consider in the story of Sākṣi-gopāla. First, the Deity (arcā-vigraha) of Śrī Gopāla is eternally sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha, the transcendental form of the Lord. Second, the Deity surpasses material regulative principles and extends the reality of transcendental principles. Third, one can be situated in a transcendental position after becoming a brāhmaṇa, but as a brāhmaṇa, one has to follow the regulative principles very strictly. Lastly, brahmaṇya-deva indicates Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself, who is worshiped thus: namo brahmaṇya-devāya go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca/ jagad-dhitāya kṛṣṇāya govindāya namo namaḥ. This indicates that a devotee who is under the protection of Kṛṣṇa is automatically situated as a brāhmaṇa, and such a brāhmaṇa is not illusioned. This is factual.Cc Madhya 5.159------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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Mādhavendra Purī had no hesitation to go all the way back, just to be noted, whatever trouble he was taking. He took it as a burden of love, of course, but it did mention there that Gopāla wanted to spare His devotee any extra inconvenience, so he had him offer the sandwich locally. But your observation about "ye yathā māṁ prapadyante—that as one surrenders unto Me, I reward them accordingly"—is also apt and important. It's important that we notice Kṛṣṇa's reciprocation and how kind He is. That's the quintessential attitude of a devotee, as expressed in:tat te ’nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇobhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākamhṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas tejīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk(SB 10.14.8)..that the devotee sees that whatever comes is Kṛṣṇa's mercy. He's doing it purposefully in order to benedict me more and bring me closer to Him. That was a really nice observation.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanreadings #sricaitanyacaritamrita #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(1)hari haraye namaḥ kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ yādavāya mādhavāya keśavāya namaḥ (2)gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana giridhārī gopīnātha madana-mohana (3)śrī-caitanya-nityānanda śrī-advaita-sītā hari guru vaiṣṇaba bhāgavata gītā (4)śrī-rūpa sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha śrī-jīva gopāla-bhaṭṭa dāsa-raghunātha (5)ei chay gosāir kori caraṇa vandan jāhā hoite bighna-nāś abhīṣṭa-pūraṇ(6)ei chay gosāi jār—mui tār dās tā-sabāra pada-reṇu mora pañca-grās(7)tādera caraṇa-sebi-bhakta-sańe bās janame janame hoy ei abhilāṣ(8)ei chay gosāi jabe braje koilā bās rādhā-kṛṣṇa-nitya-līlā korilā prakāś(9)ānande bolo hari bhaja bṛndāban śrī-guru-vaiṣṇaba-pade majāiyā man(10)śrī-guru-vaiṣṇaba-pada-padma kori āś nāma-sańkīrtana kohe narottama dāsa WORD FOR WORD TRANSLATION: Hari Haraye Namah Krsna Yadavaya Namah TRANSLATION1) Hari! Obeisances to Lord Hari, unto Krsna, and Yadava. Obeisances to Lord of the Yadus, Madhava, Kesava.2) Gopala! Govinda! Rama! O vanquisher of Madhu! Giridhari! Lord of the gopis! Bewilderer of cupid!3) Sri Caitanya, Nityananda, Sri Advaita-Sita! Hari! Guru! Vaisnavas! Srimad Bhagavatam! Bhagavad Gita!4) All glories to Srila Rupa Goswami, Sanatana Goswami and Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami, to Srila Jiva Goswami, Gopala Bhatta Goswami, and Raghunatha Dasa Goswami!5) I bow to the feet of these six Goswamis. By their grace, our obstacles can be destroyed and all desires are fulfilled.6) I am the servant of these six Goswamis. The dust of their lotus feet is my fivefold subsistence.7) To be a servant of their lotus feet and to reside in the company of devotees--this is my aspiration birth after birth.8) When these six Goswamis lived in Vraja, they revealed the eternal pastimes of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna.9) In ecstasy, sing the name of Lord Hari and worship Vrndavana, joyfully fixing your mind upon the lotus feet of the bona-fide spiritual master and the pure devotees.10) The lotus feet of my guru and the Vaisnavas are my aspiration. Narottama Dasa thus sings Hari-nama sankirtana.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Pañcarātrik system of Deity worship, there are two standards. One is the standard for temple worship; the other standard is the standard for home worship of The Deity, and generally, they are very different.At the temple, one should worship Kṛṣṇa like a king, and every specific should be observed, and one should have ever-increasing opulence for The Deity. At home, the standard is not as strict in the Pañcarātrik system because families do have to eat. If you just eat all halavā and white pūrīs for every meal, or if that's what you feed your kid, because like, "Okay, you make six kinds of milk sweets, and here's your breakfast." You better have medical insurance, because there is going to be diabetes or something like that.So, eat what's healthy at home, it should be of the highest quality and should be sattvic, but it can be simple and healthy that you offer it to The Deity. And Prabhupāda gave various concessions in other countries as well, about different kinds of cuisine. Prabhupāda was accommodating because people had their natures.The main point is temple worship is very exacting and should be specifically the kinds of things Kṛṣṇa likes, with some few exceptions—for festivals, cooking for devotees, and things like that. But then for the Rāja-bhoga and things like that, those should be standards.At home, one can feed one's family according to what's most needed for their health and according to the home standard of Deity worship. Kṛṣṇa accepts that. That also goes for the general schedule. The schedule at the temple, you have to be exacting. The āratī starts a certain time, offerings are there, and so forth. If you do that at home, good luck! Especially nowadays, it's very difficult. So you do the best you can for the timings and so forth.Verses discussed: Cc Madhya 4.87-133------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If you go on parikramā of Govardhana Hill, you'll find some sections that are smooth, easygoing. This is more in relationship to hearing sections—for instance, of the Bhāgavatam. Sometimes people get to the Ninth Canto and they say, "Do I have to read the entire lineage going all the way to Kṛṣṇa's appearance?" And it seems tedious. But we should remember that, as Sanātana Gosvāmī says, every word of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam emanates a shower of nectar." It's all completely transcendental. I heard Prabhupāda the other day say that every verse in the Bhāgavatam is as good as the Mahāmantra; He said 'the same thing.' So no, we shouldn't skip it.And finally, this idea of feeling unqualified: How does one become qualified? Well, Kavirāja Gosvāmī told us earlier. He said, "If you can't understand it, then I request you to hear it again and again and again," not to avoid it, but just to hear and be submissive and listen. Because by hearing again and again, one can come to understand. It's not an academic type of hearing; it's a devotional hearing. And Kṛṣṇa responds within the heart and informs us.(excerpt from the discussion)Verses discussed: Cc Madhya 3.203 -4.86------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #govardhanreadings #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Whenever a kīrtana of pure devotees takes place, the Lord is immediately present. By chanting the holy names of the Lord, we associate with the Lord personally. Cc Madhya 1.126 purportTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please protect Me and maintain Me.” He also chanted:Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Rāma, descendant of King Raghu, please protect Me. O Kṛṣṇa, O Keśava, killer of the Keśī demon, please maintain Me.”https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/96/Chanting this verse, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, known as Gaurahari, went on His way. As soon as He saw someone, He would request him to chant “Hari! Hari!” (CC Madhya 7.97)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/97/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
It's mentioned that in the progression of devotional service—which we heard about earlier, and maybe it was in the class this morning heard in the purport—'ādau śraddhā, tato sādhu-saṅga, atha bhajana-kriyā, tato anartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt, tato niṣṭhā, tataḥ ruciḥ,' etc. This is the progression from śraddhā to prema, and Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura notes that this is anukrama—one step after another.However, sometimes they're anachronistic. Someone may have an experience beyond their adhikāra, and that can be taken in the way Nārada Muni had received some impetus. This is what it feels like.And yet another commentary from the Sixth Canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam—Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura talks about the chanting of the holy name specifically. He says that devotees who chant Hare Kṛṣṇa may experience the fruit of that at different times, for different reasons.He says: a tree, when planted, takes as long as it takes to produce a fruit. You can't hurry it up. It has to grow from a sapling and then put its roots down. Some trees, like almonds, they take seven years before you actually get any fruit from the tree. He said that sometimes Kṛṣṇa withholds the ecstasy of the holy name until the devotee is leaving the world.That's also there in Light of the Bhāgavata, where Prabhupāda, commenting on the sages staying back for Cāturmāsya, says they stay in one room—generally in one place. They don't go out anywhere. They just hear and chant for those four months. And then he says in his commentary that they don't realize the result of their austerity till they leave the room.When you're there, you just think, "Yeah, this is what we're doing." But when they leave, they go, "Oh my God, what did I do?"And then Prabhupāda says: we are in a Cāturmāsya-like existence. He said, we get this body and we have an āyuḥ—a span of life for so long—and it's kind of like a Cāturmāsya. We have this little opportunity in the short human life to perform the austerity, and we may not even realize the full effects of that cultivation until we leave the body.Verses discussed: Cc Madhya 3.99-203------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The remnants of food left by a pure Vaiṣṇava are called Mahā-mahā-prasādam. This is completely spiritual and is identical with Lord Viṣṇu. Such remnants are not ordinary. Spiritual masters who are to be considered on the stage of Paramahaṁsa and beyond the jurisdiction of the varṇāśrama institution. The remnants of food left by the spiritual master and similar paramahaṁsas, or pure Vaiṣṇavas, are purifying. When an ordinary person touches such prasādam, his mind is purified, and his mind is raised to the status of a pure brāhmaṇa.The behavior and statements of Advaita Ācārya are meant for the understanding of ordinary people who are unaware of the strength of spiritual values, not knowing the potency of food left by the bona fide spiritual master and pure Vaiṣṇavas.(Cc Madhya 3.97)Verses discusses: Cc Madhya 3.1-98------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I was appreciating how each one of those verses, one can enter into by singing it at appropriate times and places with appropriate rāga. And it's highly interactive, because each one of the verses really is not just expressing the emotion that's being described there, but it was also something that was written by someone with realization. And then it was consumed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself. It's like He chewed it. You know, they are remnants.So, each one of those verses, if you bring it into your life and make it a practice, then you're in resonance with the process that Caitanya Mahāprabhu is personally engaged in, and there's large scope for doing that unlimitedly.(reflections by HG Vaisesika Dasa)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Just one note about reading through a whole section of Prabhupāda's books. It's kind of like going on parikramā. When you go around, go over, downhill; you'll find some places more accommodating to your feet. It may be soft sand. Other places, at least in the old days, used to be places people just dumped gravel and there was no way around it. You just have to walk over it.So, when we're reading through, you might find some sections that are more appealing than others, but in these types of yajñas of reading, the best thing is just to be very patient and listen to everything. Because even though your mind may not appreciate certain sections, you don't know, it's going in. It's like radiation. You can't see it. It goes in, it stays in. And you'll be really surprised later, maybe two years later, five years later, even five minutes later, that you understand that Kṛṣṇa-kathā is transcendental. It's non-different from Kṛṣṇa. It goes in and it stays in, and it transforms us. So, it is a yājña, and you have to be steady and just stay the course.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanreadings #sricaitanyacaritamrita #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Competition is always there, but it should be marked by appreciation for the person and wanting to follow in their footsteps and try to do as well as they're doing because they're setting such a good example, and try not to feel adverse to such a person, and certainly not try to impede their progress. And that can happen.So, it's extremely important that we remain non-envious—and we have every reason not to be envious—because Kṛṣṇa is all-opulent. He is there for every living being equally. And if we tend to our own field and cultivate it properly, there is no question that we'll be fully abundant because of Kṛṣṇa's generosity. It's already there, even for the animals, what to speak of others. So, we have no cause to be envious of other people. We just have to develop our own service to Kṛṣṇa and our own mentality for him.The other compelling point is that when we're envious of somebody who is doing something well, then we become impervious to their good qualities. When we appreciate, as Voltaire once said, the good qualities in others, then they become ours. When we have true appreciation without envy, and not even a drop of envy, then the qualities of that exalted person—they go right straight into our heart, and we take them up too. So, that's our choice.(excerpt from the discussion)Verses read: Cc Madhya 1.161-218https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/1/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanreadings #sricaitanyacaritamrita #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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Prabhupāda encouraged everyone to write. The main forum for writing during Prabhupāda's time, since Prabhupāda was writing all the books, was the Back to Godhead magazine. He wanted devotees to make articles for that. He emphasized, and all that's there in the record—that writing is a way of consolidating your realizations. If you write essays or books, then you have to do deep research, and you also become very acquainted with it, and you become more articulate in teaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Because, as you know well, when you write, you have to refine the way you present it, and then it becomes refined in your mind also. What Prabhupāda said about it was that finding ways to present Kṛṣṇa consciousness in a modern context, he said that you have to be expert to do that. That's one thing he said. To give an anecdote, Prabhupāda encouraged Svarūpa Dāmodara Mahārāja to write a science book, which he did. He wrote a book called 'The Scientific Basis of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.' And Prabhupāda appreciated that a lot, and he touted that book, and his disciple who had written it, so he was encouraging about that.(excerpt from discussion)Verses covered: CC Madhya 1.86-109https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/1/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I quoted Prahlāda Mahārāja. We quote him again, but that was his, his mood: that even though Nṛsiṁhadeva was personally present, he said, 'Yeah, but I just serve my guru one-pointedly.' And we see, even in the Kṛṣṇa conscious movement, Jayananda Prabhu was famous for having one-pointed attention on serving Prabhupāda. It's palpable. If you see somebody who is like, 'That's their only interest,' they just want to serve their spiritual master. And Prabhupāda had that, in that he said, 'Everything for Kṛṣṇa and nothing for me.'How did he execute that? It was whatever the order of his spiritual master was. He just took that. That mood evolves from an understanding of our own self-interest, and it's not material, but it's ontologically correct. That's the last statement, because we're over time. But one of the main points made in the Eleventh Canto by Havi-yogendra, where he says:bhayaṁ dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ syād īśād apetasya viparyayo ’smṛtiḥtan-māyayāto budha ābhajet taṁ bhaktyaikayeśaṁ guru-devatātmā (11.2.37)In which he talks about what is the condition the soul has fallen into in this world. It's fear, which arises when the living entity considers himself or herself to be the material body, because of absorption in the external, illusory energy of the Lord. At that point, hesays, he also forgets his constitutional position as eternal servant of the Lord because he’s turned away from the Lord.He says, 'In that bewildered, fearful state, he forgets his constitutional position.' He says, 'Therefore one should'—tan-māyayāto budha ābhajet taṁ—'one should serve Kṛṣṇa with one-pointed attention through the medium of the spiritual master, whom he should consider as worshipable Deity.' He says, bhaktyaikayeśaṁ guru-devatātmā, 'his worshipful Deity and his very life and soul.'That we can see, even in the Kṛṣṇa conscious movement, those who have transferred from being falsely self-interested, or erroneously self-interested because they got the wrong sense of self, to real self-interest, that 'serving Kṛṣṇa is my real self-interest,' and then falling in love with the representative... You know, devotees were in love with Prabhupāda. They just wanted to serve him. You can see that in many of the devotees: that that was their only interest. Just "How would Prabhupāda be pleased with this?' And that's the mood that continues to expand in the spiritual world."------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prabhupāda explains that if you appreciate and render service to those who are dear to Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa will be very accepting. Therefore, we follow the footsteps of Prahlāda Mahārāja, who, even in his prayers to Nṛsiṃhadeva—who's present before him—says that, "First I worship my spiritual master, I serve Him." That's the mood of those who are in the disciplic line: they consider themselves dāsa-dās-dāsa-anudāsah. Caitanya Mahāprabhu liked that verse so much he chanted it during the Ratha Yātrā in front of Lord Jagannāth.So Prabhupāda said, "Love me, love my dog." If you meet somebody, like we did the other day in Gurugrām, we met a man whose name was Siddhārth, and he was walking his dog. And I said, "That's a nice dog." And the dog was happy; he licked me. The man was happy because I liked his dog, and then he took the book.So, when we please somebody who's dear to the Lord, or we get the positive glance of somebody who is dear to the Lord, then the Lord considers us. For instance, when Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva misbehaved, Nārada gave them shelter by cursing them, and then they took birth as twin Arjuna trees. But he said, "When Kṛṣṇa comes for His pastimes"—this was unscripted, because he just uttered it himself—"Kṛṣṇa will liberate you." And so Kṛṣṇa remembers during the pastime of Dāmodara-līlā, when He's dragging the churning apparatus, the grinding mortar. "Oh yeah, My devotee Nārada said that these two will be liberated. So I'm going to go take a little shortcut, or take the long way around, and pull down the trees and liberate them." And His specific thought was, "Because Nārada said it."So we go by that principle: that we try, as Prabhupāda said, "The more you're the servant of the servant of the servant of the servant, a million times removed," he said, "that is perfection." ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If you have been instrumental in creating the world by your speech and what you're listening to, you can uncreate it. Wouldn't you like to have an undo button, like 'undo whatever you've done,' or an uncreate button? If you don't like what you've created, uncreate it. You can reverse the process. And that's what happens with transcendental sound. Instead of cohorting with the material energy—talking about it, listening to ideas about how to manipulate it, and so forth—one transfers one's hearing process to hearing from the spiritual world.tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavoyasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty apināmāny anantasya yaśo ’ṅkitāni yatśṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti sādhavaḥ(SB.1.5.11)It means that there is sound that comes from another creation, and when that sound comes in, and you utilize that sound, it reverses the process of material creation and brings one back to one's original consciousness. And this idea of shpota, living being never actually mixed with the material world. 'Asaṅgo hy ayaṁ puruṣaḥ,' the Vedas say: 'You're not part of the material world. Never were. You're not right now either.' So, even Kṛṣṇa says in the Eleventh Canto of the Bhagavatam, 'There's no liberation for the soul, because he was never actually in bondage.' This is one perspective, and Kṛṣṇa is giving it to Uddhava because you never even touch the material world. You're only imagining that you're interacting with it through this facility that's created because of material sound, which is generated by your own desire. So, change it, and you can uncreate what you've done. And that's the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We're all doing something very serious. It's a serious lifetime we're engaged in here. It's very high stakes. Because when you're given something to invest, and you're fully aware of it, then there's some responsibility there. If someone squanders what they're given by a benevolent person, they're known as a miser. They don't spend it properly, or they lose it haphazardly—then they're foolish.So, we've been given the greatest opportunity. We have a life span. We have the knowledge, and we also have the practice. So it's important to help one another, because even though we have all these assets, still we're put upon by our own senses and mind, the internal sense. What to speak of people who have no knowledge and no practice? They're blissfully foolish, and so we can do the greatest good to ourselves by taking as full advantage as possible of the process and the knowledge we've been given, and to be generous, to offer it to other people. So much happiness and generosity, especially when you have unlimited assets to give!Just thinking how Mahāprabhu and his associates gave away the contents of the proverbial storehouse of love of Godhead. The more they gave it, the more it increased. And so the more we have generosity of heart to give to other people, the more it grows in us—that storehouse—and the more our community thrives as well.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Verse for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/3/17/If we look towards Kṛṣṇa in this lifetime, even though we're still within the material modes of nature, if we're utilizing our time to glorify Kṛṣṇa, then we won't be affected by the external circumstances. Kṛṣṇa mentions in the Bhagavad Gītā that such a person is never disturbed or concerned with the external goings-on of the senses and their objects in the material world.And Prabhupāda also quotes Bhagavad Gītā 2.40, where it says:nehābhikrama-nāśo ’stipratyavāyo na vidyatesv-alpam apy asya dharmasyatrāyate mahato bhayātThis means that if one can utilize even a little bit of time for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, then it protects one from the danger of completely misusing the human form of life and gliding back down again into the lower species. That's the greatest fear, but that can be mitigated by even a little bit of endeavor in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.Then Prabhupāda gives this metaphor of a drug. The implication here is, if even a little bit can save one from the most dangerous type of fear, why not give more? Why not increase the ratio of the time one uses in this world to use it for Kṛṣṇa?Prabhupāda then makes a point about transcendent topics. Kṛṣṇa katha is like an injection or an anesthesia. In anesthesia, they are given injection, and once you take it, once the drug is induced into the brain, then you go into a state of deep sleep—anesthetized. In a similar way, he says, if you hear from devotees about Kṛṣṇa, then it acts just as effectively as such a drug. This drug you take by hearing is taken through the ear, and then it'll have an effect on our whole body, mind, and life.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Ayur means life span. Harati means taking away. So every day the sun is taking away our āyuḥ, except for somebody who's engaged in harikathā.āyur harati vai puṁsāmudyann astaṁ ca yann asau (SB 2.3.17)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please protect Me and maintain Me.” He also chanted:Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Rāma, descendant of King Raghu, please protect Me. O Kṛṣṇa, O Keśava, killer of the Keśī demon, please maintain Me.”https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/96/Chanting this verse, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, known as Gaurahari, went on His way. As soon as He saw someone, He would request him to chant “Hari! Hari!” (CC Madhya 7.97)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/97/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
Everything matters, and especially what matters is our personal touch, the personal touch in general, and also our extending ourselves personally. We are persons. I thought about that this morning; I felt kind of enlivened. I was woken up. I was thinking, "What's going on?" And I looked at myself in the mirror and I go, "What's going on is you are a person, and therefore you can recognize that you are a person." I was looking at myself, and I knew, like, "Yeah, I am a person." And I was kind of— Wait a minute. I'm the one thinking that I'm looking, and that's why I thought of that whole train of thought this morning.There's responsibility in personhood. You can't just merge into the—well, you can—you can merge into the world of other people's control, the mind's control, your senses' control. Just give in to that. Or you can realize, "I'm the person. I can do things." And also, people only respond, ultimately, to the personal touch, that if we have sincerity in our heart, and we have—we're buoyed by Jñāna-tapas and we have Śraddhā in our hearts, and that means also empathy for others.ātmaupamyena sarvatrasamaṁ paśyati yo ’rjunasukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁsa yogī paramo mataḥ (BG 6.32)Kṛṣṇa says the yogī is the one who's had experience in the world and knows what everyone is going through because he or she's been through it herself, and therefore, when seeing other people, is not judgmental, so to speak, but empathetic, compassionate. And it's that personal touch that moves the heart of another person, and that's what Bhagavad Āśraya Prabhu said yesterday: "Our movements about love," a very personal thing, "love and trust." If we don't have that, then we have some external proceeding that may not fulfill our heart's desire.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Bhūri-dā janāḥ means the most munificent, the person who is giving the best, the best giver in the world. That's what we're coming to in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, because here we start with Kṛṣṇa saying in the Bhagavad Gītā, "Be fully Kṛṣṇa conscious" (Chapter 12). If you can't do that, practice thinking of Kṛṣṇa through the rules and regulations. If you can't do that, then just try to work for Kṛṣṇa. Give! If you can't give to Kṛṣṇa for some reason—and Prabhupāda gives definition to that, like your family won't let you: "I'm sorry, I can't give a check, but it has ISKCON on it. I'm toast."So then he says, "Well, just volunteer somewhere. Go and volunteer in a national park and try to do good for others. That'll raise your awareness that the more I give, the happier I become, the more fulfilled I am." That's a revelation to all living beings in the material world who are just trying to take for themselves. That's: ahastāni sahastānāmapadāni catuṣ-padāmphalgūni tatra mahatāṁjīvo jīvasya jīvanam(SB 1.13.47)This statement early in the Bhāgavatam says that living beings are just trying to eat each other. Everyone's stealing everyone else's property; whatever wealth other people have, they try to siphon it off somehow. And ultimately, you know, "You've got a body, I think I'll just eat your body to stay alive." That's the material world, and it's scary, but it's the reality of the world.So then we have this flip towards the spiritual world. How does it happen? Etāvāj janma sāphalyam: You want perfection in your life? Then learn how to give everything in a way of Śreyas—of doing good for others. That's how you become happy.tava kathāmṛtaṁ tapta-jīvanaṁkavibhir īḍitaṁ kalmaṣāpahamśravaṇa-maṅgalaṁ śrīmad ātataṁbhuvi gṛṇanti ye bhūri-dā janāḥ(SB 10.31.9)When Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard this verse, He became so enlivened that He embraced Pratāparudra Mahārāja at this point, when he said this verse, and He said, "You are the most munificent. You are the most munificent," He was saying over and over again to Pratāparudra Mahārāja for reciting that verse and letting that vibration out into the world. Those who are giving Kṛṣṇa-kathā, those who are teaching others about Kṛṣṇa, they are the most munificent in the world. So this principle escalates throughout the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#prabhupadapicks #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The best way is to, as Prabhupada said, train your eyes to spot offenses and take the ten offenses as very important. Don't take it as rote, that it's something we recite early in the morning before we start chanting. Instead, look into it and see how you can integrate those prohibitions into your lifestyle. And that's the only blockade between us and śuddha-nāma.As Bhaktivinoda points out in the Harir Nāma Cintāmaṇi, there are clouds and mist that block us from getting the full effect of the holy name. Those come in the form of aparādhas. Apa- rādha means we're not worshiping properly; we're making some offense. So, there are offenses to the holy name, offenses to devotees, and offenses in worshiping Krishna. If we study these very carefully and practice avoiding them as much as possible, then we move very quickly into the nāmābhāsa stage. In fact, just the endeavor to remove offenses means that we are in nāmābhāsa. When we're not, when we don't care for the offenses—in other words, we're not thinking about it, we're just chanting and we don't attend to the offenses, meaning we don't try to remove them, we are not vigilant—then we are a nāmāparādha.So, cultivate those and try to vigilantly avoid them. Then the holy name starts shining through much more quickly, and we can rise to the point of śuddha-nāma by that process: chanting and avoiding offenses. This is confirmed by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, who says it's not just chanting Hare Krishna through which we attain perfection, but it's chanting Hare Krishna and avoiding the offenses at the same time.Of course, if one is offensive and you don't know how to avoid offenses, then the Padma Purāṇa says:nāmāparādha-yuktānāṁnāmāny eva haranty aghamaviśrānti-prayuktānitāny evārtha-karāṇi caThen, just chant non-stop. Don't stop chanting so that your mouth says some offensive thing. Just keep chanting and don't stop, and then you'll develop the intelligence to avoid offenses.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the beginning of this narration, simply by remembering the spiritual master, the devotees of the Lord, and the Personality of Godhead, I have invoked their benedictions.(CC Adi 1.20)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Most people's activities are impelled by the force of karma. We are forced to take birth, and what is the other end of that? If we're forced to take birth, then what comes after that? (Sorry to bring it up, I know it's a family show). We also are forced to die, and we don't know when. But Krishna appears by his own sweet will. This is one of the main truths of Janmashtami to understand. Why is it important? 'Janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ.' Now here comes the most important part. Are you ready for the most important part of the verse? 'Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna.' Krishna says, "If you're able to understand this science of God, that God's not an ordinary person. He enters the world, not like us by force. He leaves the world, not by force like us, but that his activities are divyam, transcendental." He says, "tyaktvā deham." Deham means this body. We all have a body, right? And tyaktvā means "at some point we have to give it up." 'Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti.' That means when you leave this body, if you become fully cognizant of God and your relationship with God in this lifetime, you have come to the perfection of human life, and therefore you don't have to take birth again.Because this universe is a classroom. It's for all of us to refine ourselves. And what is the ultimate refinement? It is to reawaken our relationship with Bhagavan. Every single living entity has an eternal relationship with God, and when we are estranged from that relationship, then we feel fear because we think that we are independent or separated. We struggle here in this world to understand our nature, and we have existential angst about our own existence, and we are threatened by non-existence.But when we understand that we are co-eternal with the supreme, Krishna exists eternally. And just like the sun has its sun rays, we are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. He says in the Bhagavad Gita, "Mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati"—that every living being is a spark of God, of God's energy. God is like the sun, and we're like the sun rays. Simultaneously one, but different from the Supreme. He is supremely independent and all-powerful, and we're minutely independent and we are not all-powerful. I'm glad somebody regularly reminds me of that.So Krishna says (BG 4.9), janma karma ca me divyamevaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥtyaktvā dehaṁ punar janmanaiti mām eti so ’rjunaOkay, who's Kṛṣṇa speaking to in the Bhagavad Gita? (Audience: Arjuna) He says, "Dear Arjuna, if anyone can understand the truth of my appearance in the world and my activities, it's not ordinary, it's divyam. Then they don't have to take birth again here in this material world."So Janmashtami is a celebration of this event, but it's not an yearly event. It's an event that is happening at every moment, if that even makes logical sense. The fact is that Krishna is within the heart of all of us, and he is guiding our movements, giving us intelligence. In the Bhagavad Gita, 15th Chapter (BG 15.15), Kṛṣṇa says, sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭomattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ cavedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyovedānta-kṛd veda-vid eva cāhamI'm in the heart of every living being, giving knowledge, remembrance and even forgetfulness and so on. So on Janamashtmi we can remember that Krishna is in our heart. He's in the heart of every living being.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------
Your genius is that you make the impossible possible through creativity, compassion, and unshakable faith. In the words of your spiritual master, you have devised ways to organize, empower, and unite devotees in their service. The Bhadra campaign is your gift to the Vaiṣṇava world, a visionary plan to flood households with the jewel of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam sets by a date blessed by the scriptures themselves. With each passing year, the campaign grows, and thousands of devotees in dozens of countries now thrill at the transcendental challenge of placing these sacred volumes into eager hands. Truly, this campaign has become one of the defining legacies of your life—a revival of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s dream on a global, global scale.But your greatness extends beyond numbers and strategies. It lies in your deep absorption in the śāstra, your steady practice of devotional service, and your ability to communicate the timeless truths of Kṛṣṇa consciousness in a way that touches the hearts of all. Your mastery of ślokas, both in memory and in realization, makes your lectures shine like the sun, illuminating both the philosophical depths and the practical applications of bhakti. Many testify that your talks are among the finest in our movement: clear, systematic, rich with scriptural authority, and delivered with genuine love for Śrīla Prabhupāda and his followers.Equally inspiring is the way you embody the role of an ideal householder. You and your esteemed wife, Nirukulā Dāsī, have shown how a family life can be fully centered on Kṛṣṇa service. Together, you have nurtured not only yourselves but an entire community of Vaiṣṇavas in Silicon Valley and beyond. The devotees under your care are deeply attached to you because they know your heart beats only for their spiritual welfare. You care for them like a true father, guide them all with wisdom, encourage them with affection, and set the perfect example of balance between personal sādhanā preaching and family life.Dearest Vāiseṣika Prabhu, you are beloved not only in Silicon Valley but throughout the ISKCON world. When devotees speak your name, it is with affection, admiration, and gratitude.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The crane's superpower is focus, 'cuz fish are fickle and they come and go very quickly. And you have to, in order to observe them, wait until they come near. So, the crane is able to stand and wait and focus and keep his or her mind on the task at hand, which is to catch a fish.So, this is one of the tenets of raising the mind to sattva, or the higher mode of nature, is to practice focus. There's focus, and I'm giving the antithesis as distraction. And the statement as a reminder that "focus is nectar and distraction is torture."Patañjali Muni, in his book called the Yoga Sūtras, goes into the details of the human mind and the states of mind one may achieve through practice of focus. And he describes how there's a hierarchy of states of mind, five in all. He gives these five categories. The lower three are non-productive.Have you ever been in a state of mind where you noticed that you weren't being productive, or you sensed you weren't being productive, that your mind might be absorbed in randomness? That's an interesting, almost contradictory in terms, because we say "absorbed," the mind's absorbed in something, it might indicate focus. But if I'm focusing on randomness, then I may not be completely focused.So, the higher states of mind have to do with absorption in a specific subject, and also what's called samādhi, or one becomes one-minded with that object. And this is one of the practices of meditation: to find the ultimate object of meditation and learn how to bring the mind back to it. And Krishna talks about this in the Bhagavad Gītā in the sixth chapter. For those of you who are familiar with the sixth chapter of the Bhagavad Gītā, it's about dhyāna. Dhyāna comes from the Sanskrit word dhī, which means to be able to focus the mind in one place and become absorbed in it. And to achieve that, Krishna says in the sixth chapter of the Bhagavad Gītā, one has to learn how to again and again bring the mind back to one-pointedness. And just as when we practice some physical activity again and again, we get better at it, similarly, the mind has neuroplasticity; it can also develop what might seem as a parallel to muscle memory.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#successsadhana#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
You remain committed to your service, and you encourage me in mine. 'Your seva will save you' is more than just a phrase to you; it's a core principle that you live by. Your natural curiosity and eagerness to learn have made you knowledgeable in many areas. Even when you cannot delve deeply into a subject, you learn enough to use it meaningfully in service to Śrīla Prabhupāda. You are never without a small notebook and pen. Time and again, I've seen you turn conceptual ideas into reality. Tireless and focused, with the help of many talented devotees, you bring valuable projects to life.It amazes me how you can hold so many goals, ambitions, and services in motion and still remain productive and grounded. Your words are always honest, sincere, and straightforward. You have a rare gift for bringing out the best in others, whether during sankīrtan, as a spiritual guide, temple leader, friend, or husband. You are an expert at fanning the spark.I love how life in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness feels natural and effortless with you, as easy as breathing. Together, we are blessed with a peaceful life that supports our devotional service, and we want for nothing. Though I already knew the answer, I once asked you, 'When are you happiest?' Without hesitation, you said, 'When I'm out on book distribution.' Then you added, 'or dreaming about being out, or also when I'm reading Śrīla Prabhupāda's books with a group of devotees.(excerpt from the offering)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
All of you are taking Harinām initiation today. You may also say, 'Why is it that we take an initiation into a free mantra? I can get this downtown Palo Alto at Lytton Plaza. They just have to go and find the youth Harinām kīrtan and hang around, right?'"They're not selling it down there. They're just giving it away free, and Lord Caitanya gave it away free. 'Why do I have to take all these vows?' Well, Viśvanāth Cakravartī Ṭhākur answers this question in his commentary to the sixth canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam regarding the power of chanting the holy name. He says, 'If you can get the holy name from a Vaiṣṇav who's gotten it from a Vaiṣṇav, and that's the definition of a Vaiṣṇav—someone who has received the mantra from a Vaiṣṇav and is following the Vaiṣṇavs. That's why we call it Vaiṣṇavism.' He said, 'And you don't take it, then you're committing the third offense against the chant of the holy name.'In other words, you've got an attitude problem because you think you can go it alone. We can't go it alone. We consider that any advancement we make, any step we take, is enabled by the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who's Kṛṣṇa Himself, allowing us the highest, the biggest dispensation ever given in the history of the world, in the history of the universe, in the history of all the universes. 'Anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau' means there's the biggest sale of all time going on. Lord Chaitanya is giving this process through his Vaiṣṇava devotees.So we take the humble route, and we take the mantra, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, from a devotee who's following a devotee who's following a devotee all the way back to Kṛṣṇa. And then Bhaktivinod Ṭhākur says in his Harinām Cintāmaṇi, 'Success of the highest kind is available to such a person.'If one chants Hare Kṛṣṇa, incidentally, one can be freed from many sins. 'jaya nāmadheya muni-vṛnda-geya he' 'jana-rañjanāya param akṣarākṛte' 'tvam anādarād api manāg udīritaḿ' 'nikhilogra-tāpa-paṭalīṁ vilumpasi' (Nāmāṣṭakam Verse 2) Somebody says it derisively, it can be cleared from many sins. But if someone becomes sincere and says that this is my sole purpose in life—to remember Kṛṣṇa and the process recommended by Śukadev Gosvāmī, by the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam—a whole canto is dedicated to it: how to be extricated from the material world, but much more than that, how to develop love for Kṛṣṇa. It's just by chanting the Lord's Names, what to speak of Caitanya Mahāprabhu coming and demonstrating how this is the process in Kali Yuga. Anyone can take. All of you who are doing this today will change the world by your stance of unwavering dedication to the chanting of 16 rounds every day, minimum, following the four regulative principles.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna
We'll chant some of the Brahma-saṁhitā. Because in 1975, during an initiation ceremony in Chicago, Illinois, which we had the pleasure of being present for, Rohiṇī Kumar Prabhu, one of the founders of ISV, had organized a group of us to chant the Brahma-saṁhitā and the Puruṣa-sūkta in 1998. And Prabhupāda was present at an initiation, and afterward, he made it a point to tell the leaders there that he liked the chanting of Brahma-saṁhitā and Puruṣa-sūkta very much. So we continue that tradition by chanting Brahma-saṁhitā together.(Initiation Ceremony, 21 Sep 2025, ISV)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Lord Caitanya said 'devotee Vaidya.' The Vaishnava, is a doctor. Doctors got a little black bag. Doctors used to make home calls, and Lord Chaitanya says, 'What does he have in that little bag?' That little black bag? The doctor, the Vaishnava doctor, has hymns and instructions—two things to cure the disease of Maya. And it requires this personal touch. Somebody's going to knock on the door. Otherwise, what are they going to do? I'll give you one guess what they're going to do. It starts with an 'S' and ends with two 'L's: Everyone's scrolling! Used to be watching television, but now it's just scrolling. Nobody's doing anything but scrolling. That's why people can't pass a budget. That's why people can't get along. They're too busy scrolling.So, until we knock on the door and say, 'Hare Krishna, and here, please, please be our friend.Radha Krishna bolo, Sange Cholo, ei matra bhikha chai. Our bhikha is only asking people, 'Why don't you just come and chant Hare Krishna with us?' Because you can't have any more fun than we're having in the Krishna conscious movement. It's impossible, because this is the spiritual world. It's just flat-out fun to be with devotees, to chant Hare Krishna, to read Bhagavad Gita. This is the real life. Everything else is a wanna-be life, and it just isn't working. So Krishna again and again gives opportunity, and his touch is very personal. It's one point I'd like to make today: everything's personal. And I'm charmed, frankly charmed, when I read in the Second Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, 'kare spṛśan,' which means that Krishna shook Brahma's hand and he said, 'Bhadram te -Good luck, Brahma.'"See, that feels good. Everyone wants to do that. If we go in sankirtan, if you're on a road with busy traffic and you see somebody on the other side of the street and you go like this (shows a fist bump), they'll cross traffic, risking life and limb of being run over just to do this, because everyone's missing that. They don't have the personal touch. They want somebody to reach out to them and say, 'Oh, please, touch my soul. Touch my heart.' They can't get it in the material world because everyone's busy with themselves, being frustrated again and again in the love that's professed here. Maybe there's a glimmer, but we can't hold it. People are looking for that deep, loving exchange with Suhrit, their old friend, Krishna.So when Krishna starts the Sampradaya, he puts his good will into it. He speaks to Brahma; he shakes Brahma's hand. He tells him, 'Good luck with making this creation and also passing down the knowledge so that people can take it,' and it's an unbroken line of discipline succession. There are detours, but it's an eternal message that comes down, and Srila Vyasadeva helps to put it into order so that we can take advantage of it and distribute it to others. So we have a lifetime—or many lifetimes—of service, it's an eternal service to enter into that.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
I thank everybody for congregating here around The Holy Names and giving full attention. This is where we get strength, personally and also as a family, also as a community, also as a movement. It all comes from good japa. Any kind of adjustment you might feel in your life, you could trace it back to japa because:māṁ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇabhakti-yogena sevatesa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate (BG 14.26)The only solution to life's problems and anomalies is to rise above the three modes of material nature. There is no other solution, and the only way to do that is by chanting the holy name of the Lord. Harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam, kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā (Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa). So, let's make it our topmost priority and value to finish at least 16 rounds every day, and also to give full attention in the chanting and to avoid the 10 offenses in our daily lives from moment to moment.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
What is the ideal attitude for a practitioner eager to advance in devotional service? Śrīla Prabhupāda uses three adjectives to define it: strict, serious, sincere. To be strict means to be rigorous with oneself in following one’s chosen method of practice. Śrīla Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī, for example, was so strict in his daily routine that Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya-līlā 6.309) compares his devotional practices to “lines on a stone.” To be serious means that during one’s practice one is thoughtful and attentive to the details. It also means that one does not back down from doing the needful to attain one’s goal, even in the face of temptation, distraction, or calamity. In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (4.12.8), Dhruva Mahārāja is described as thoughtful and intelligent because when asked by the lord of wealth, Kuvera, to accept a reward for his austerities, Dhruva declined and in turn asked only for unflinching faith in and remembrance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The word sincere comes from the Latin sincerus, meaning “clean, pure, free from pretense or deceit; proceeding from genuine feelings.” To be sincere in one’s practice of devotional service means to accept and follow Kṛṣṇa’s directives without envy or ulterior motive.(From the chapter on Stong Sadhana Means Proper Attitude, Ch 14, Our Family Business, quoted in the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There is also a saying that it's impossible to understand the mindset of a pure devotee, so there is not always an exact, clear answer. And one of the ways the Bhagavatam also teaches us is because when do you ever get a completely clear answer when you're making decisions absolutely this and not that? Maybe when it's "take the Krishna consciousness," but then come all kinds of other decisions: Should I go back to school? Should I get a job and do Krishna consciousness? Should I get married, or should I just be a Brahmachari? It goes on constantly until the time of death. And at the time of death, you're thinking, "Okay, these people from Delhi say they have some new cure. Should I take it, or should I just settle into leaving my body?" And as long as we are in the material world, there's a complication. Even if you are a pure devotee, it's not always straightforward that, like, I understand how everything works, and there's some idea that there are no decisions to make, or that they're clear-cut. There's a little ambiguity involved, even for the pure devotees.Prabhupada says, "When he had taken sannyas and he was walking along in a village, he got to watch out for cows, because if you get too close, you think, 'Oh, what a nice cow,' and they swing their heads. They swing for the fences. And if there's a horn there, it can slam you." I saw it right in front of me one day. I was standing out here, and some man was, you know, like, "nicey-nicey" with the cow, and she just swung and slammed him right in the belly. He was down. They had to call the ambulance. And it happened to Prabhupada right after he took sannyas, and Prabhupada says in a lecture that he was hit by a cow like that, and that he said when he hit the footpath and he was lying there, he said, "Krishna, what is this? I just took Sannyas. Now what happened?"So, I bring that up as a point that you may say, "Okay, in the life of a pure devotee..," Prabhupada is a pure devotee, and he mentions in an assembly of devotees that "Krishna dismantled everything. He took away everything I had," and the devotees had a lighthearted response to it because they thought, "Well, what's it to you? You're a pure devotee. What do you care?" Because they only saw him as a paramahamsa in that stage of his life. But then Prabhupada retorted that, "No, when Krishna takes away everything, you become very morose." So Dhruva Maharaja is a pure devotee, but he's young. He hasn't gone through his whole life. And there are various ways in which you maneuver in the material world, even as a pure devotee.So that's part of the beauty of the Bhagavatam—that it's got nuance, it's subtle, and it's relatable also. And we can see that, yeah, pure devotees go through stuff, and when you go through something, and then you think of Dhruv Maharaja, and you think of him, "Yes, this, but then no, I shouldn't do it," then come back. Then you can understand that that's the way to make it through the world: is to constantly be coming back to the center.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the great commentator from antiquity says something that’s just so relatable and so enlivening, and it’s included in the first part of the purport that explains the commentaries of the great ācāryas, both Śrīla Sridhara Swami and Śrīla Vishwanatha Cakravartī Thākura. He gives this analogy. He says, "The son of a rich man has a primary duty in life: that is to stay alive. That’s very practical, right? What are you doing? Staying alive. Why? Because he’ll inherit the wealth." Similarly, he says, "The devotee has a singular duty: stay alive in Kṛṣṇa consciousness somehow or other." This is also the suggestion of Śrīla Rūpa Goswāmī, who says, "yena tena prakāreṇa manaḥ kṛṣṇe niveśayet," which means "somehow or other." This is from our main ācārya. He says, "somehow or other, you figure it out..." I love how Prabhupāda also says in a purport when he’s talking about how devotees should live in the world—because you have to make a livelihood—he says, "Be inventive. Figure out a way. It’s not that important what you do, just as long as you can survive somehow or other, be inventive." So he says, "somehow or other, stay alive in Kṛṣṇa consciousness." And if I can consider this, rather than thinking that I have to be stellar in all my activities, the best in everything, and I have to show up in such a way that everyone sees that I’m faultless, if we simply accept this basic principle of staying alive, I personally find it encouraging. What do you think?So I thought I would just mention a few points about staying alive, the ways that I stay alive or try to -habudubu. Habudubu means—as you well know, (just saying if somebody doesn’t know)—the sound of drowning. Habudubu, everyone say it three times. It’s bubbles on top of everything. Someone says, "You forgot to pay for the insurance, and the car just got hit, and her son ran away." That’s habudubu. Is it practical? How do you stay alive when what you expected didn’t happen, or something that is so disturbing to the mind—somebody criticizes you—that hurts right ? out of nowhere! And suddenly, you’re walking along singing a song, and next thing, you’re like, "Oh my God, maybe I’m doing it all wrong." So first on my list is to...------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So he (Lord Brahmā) says, "jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva jīvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām." Jīvanti means "to live"—if all you do is somehow or other stay alive. Jīvanti san-mukharitāṁ, just so you can attend the Bhāgavatam class, that's all you do. What do you do? Just try to stay alive all day long so the next day I can go to the Bhāgavatam class. That's all you do. "Yeah, that's all I do."Brahma says, "That's alright, jīvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām," because by doing that—in whatever position you're in now—you don't have to change anything. It'll change from the inside out. "Sthāne sthitaḥ śruti-gataṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhiḥ," because if that's your dedication, just to hear about Krishna, then ajita—jito—the unconquerable Ajita, becomes conquered by that person, praṇaya-rasanayā.They begin to love Kṛṣṇa so much just by hearing about him. That was the case with Rukmiṇī Devī. She never saw Kṛṣṇa, but she wrote this letter, "yasyāṅghri-paṅkaja-rajaḥ-snapanaṁ mahānto vāñchanty umā-patir ivātma-tamo-’pahatyaiyarhy ambujākṣa na labheya bhavat-prasādaṁ jahyām asūn vrata-kṛśān śata-janmabhiḥ syāt" (SB 10.52.43)She never met Kṛṣṇa, but she heard about him in the court of her father. She's a princess, so they were talking about Kṛṣṇa. It's said the more she heard about it, it was like, "That's who I'm going to marry. I'm going to marry him." And she was so determined that she wrote this note to Kṛṣṇa and sent it to him. It was like, "Look, you marry me, or I'm going to kill myself through austerities." That's what this verse says. "Yasyāṅghri-rajaḥ-snapanaṁ mahanto" says, "Great souls like Lord Shiva, they purify themselves by taking the dust of Your lotus feet and putting them on their heads." She said, "If I cannot attain your mercy, I'm going to perform such severe austerities that I'll be forced to give up my life. And then maybe, after many lifetimes of doing this, you'll give me your mercy and marry me."All she did was hear about it. And then the wives of the brāhmaṇas—all they did was hear about Kṛṣṇa from the marketplace. They went to the weekend market. What's that called? A farmers' market. They went to the farmers' market, and they were buying ingredients to assist their husbands in these yajñas. And there were some residents of Vṛndāvan there, and they were like, "Kṛṣṇa, this... Kṛṣṇa, that..."—Kṛṣṇa-kathā going on in the marketplace. They heard it. They overheard it. They discussed it. They fell in love with Kṛṣṇa, so much so that they're exalted way above their husbands. It's way above this so-called Brāhmaṇism, performing yajnas. It becomes a fact that one understands everything by Kṛṣṇa-kathā.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#prabhupadapicks #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna
Kṛṣṇa says in the 11th Canto of the Bhāgavatam, "mat-bhaktyā pūjābhyadhikā- better than worshiping Me is worshiping My devotees." This theme is illustrated in the story of Śrutadeva and Bāhulāśva. Kṛṣṇa, along with great sages, goes on a chariot to visit these two devotees. Śrutadeva is poor, and Bāhulāśva is a wealthy king.Kṛṣṇa then expands Himself so He can go to both of their houses at the same time. Not only does He expand Himself, but He also expands all the sages as well. So they all go in different directions, but it's the same entourage and the same Kṛṣṇa. At the house of Bāhulāśva, the king gives Him a royal reception, washes His lotus feet, and he hears from Kṛṣṇa. He worships Him and performs ārati. At Śrutadeva's house, the same thing happens, but he gives Him simpler accouterments, just a small place to sit and some water.Śrutadeva, especially was glorifying Kṛṣṇa with elaborate and effusive prayers. Kṛṣṇa stopped him and said, "All these sages are here; it is better if you glorify them. You are over-glorifying Me in the presence of these sages."So this theme continues throughout the Bhāgavatam. It is based on the verse: "ārādhanānāṁ sarveṣāṁ viṣṇor ārādhanaṁ param tasmāt parataraṁ devi tadīyānāṁ samarcanam," which means, "Of all types of worship, the worship of Lord Viṣṇu is the highest. But even higher than that, O Devī, is the worship of those things that are dear to Him."As Kṛṣṇa Himself says in the Bhagavad-gītā, there is no one more dear to Him than His devotees. Śrīla Prabhupāda put it simply: "Love Me, love My dog."(excerpt from the answer)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
While in Seattle in the fall of 1968, Śrīla Prabhupāda introduced for the first time this song to be sung during the evening ārati ceremony.GAURA-ĀRATIby Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura(1)jaya jaya gorācānder ārotik śobhājāhnavī-taṭa-vane jaga-mana-lobhā(2)dakhiṇe nitāicānd, bāme gadādharanikaṭe adwaita, śrīnivāsa chatra-dhara(3)bosiyāche gorācānd ratna-siṁhāsaneārati koren brahmā-ādi deva-gaṇe(4)narahari-ādi kori’ cāmara ḍhulāyasañjaya-mukunda-bāsu-ghoṣ-ādi gāya(5)śaṅkha bāje ghaṇṭā bāje bāje karatālamadhura mṛdaṅga bāje parama rasāla(6)bahu-koti candra jini’ vadana ujjvalagala-deśe bana-mālā kore jhalamala(7)śiva-śuka-nārada preme gada-gadabhakativinoda dekhe gorāra sampada(1)All glories, all glories to the beautiful ārati ceremony of Lord Caitanya! This Gaura-ārati is taking place in a grove on the banks of the Jāhnavī [Ganges] and is attracting the minds of all living entities in the universe.(2)On Lord Caitanya’s right side is Lord Nityānanda, and on His left is Śrī Gadādhara. Nearby stands Śrī Advaita, and Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura is holding an umbrella over Lord Caitanya’s head.(3)Lord Caitanya has sat down on a jeweled throne, and the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, perform the ārati ceremony.(4)Narahari Sarakāra and other associates of Lord Caitanya fan Him with cāmaras, and devotees headed by Sañjaya Paṇḍita, Mukunda Datta, and Vāsu Ghoṣa sing sweet kīrtana.(5)Conchshells, bells, and karatālas resound, and the mṛdaṅgas play very sweetly. This kīrtana music is supremely sweet and relishable to hear.(6)The brilliance of Lord Caitanya’s face conquers millions upon millions of moons, and the garland of forest flowers around His neck shines.(7)Lord Śiva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, and Nārada Muni are all there, and their voices are choked with the ecstasy of transcendental love. Thus Ṭhakura Bhaktivinoda envisions the glory of Lord Śrī Caitanya.https://vedabase.io/en/library/spl/2/ -----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualsong #arti #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
"Brink" means an extreme edge of land before a steep or vertical slope; a point at which something, typically something unwelcome, is about to happen. The verge. It reminds me of, samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavaṁ mahat-padaṁ puṇya-yaśo murāreḥ bhavāmbudhir vatsa-padaṁ paraṁ padaṁ padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām(ŚB 10.14.58)which is, you could say, paraphrasing, "Don't stay on the brink, the vipadām. Come back under the shelter constantly and just be under Kṛṣṇa's protection.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I was once driving with a friend of mine, who tends to get a little irritated when driving if somebody doesn't drive properly. Merging onto the freeway, he noticed that somebody didn't let him on, and I could tell that urge welled up in his chest and he started accelerating. And then I, the passenger, said the mantra, "We forgive you." As soon as I said that, it kind of broke that spell of that rush of anger that he had, and a second later, he looked over and said, "How do you do that?"To this day, he remembers that incident. It was at least 15 years ago, and whenever we get together, not all the time, but he will bring it up from time to time. He says, "I remember that time when you said when you uttered that mantra," because it's utterly contrary to what people often feel is the right thing to do. The mode of passion colors us. Incidentally, the mode of passion is the color red, appropriately, like when you "see red." It's practically literal, and it's also symbolic of the mode of passion that we see red. But we can preempt it if we are ready to forgive and let it go.And when we talk about forgiveness, forgiveness isn't condoning what anybody else does, but it's releasing ourselves from the situation so that we're not consumed by it, because rajas, that middle mode, it burns like fire, and fire can burn everything to ashes once it starts. Who knows how far it can go? It can burn down everything in your life. So learn to let it go instantaneously by having this mantra ready to go.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Following the advice of Rūpa Goswāmī and Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā, we can understand that we have to be consistent in chanting to begin with. We must use our intelligence. Kṛṣṇa says, "Conquer the lower self by the intelligence." So, when we're clear that this is medicinal and we have to trust that the doctor is qualified, then we can practice chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa for consistency. And here are just a few points. One is being professional. Professionals show up no matter what, not when they feel like it; otherwise, that person will be fired. So, for your japa and practice of japa, go for steadiness, not taste. Be very, very patient over the years to show up for your japa based on your intelligence and practice a lot.Those who learn to play the mṛdaṅga, who mess around, who don't take a teacher, who don't practice the rudiments, end up playing a sloppy mridanga, or concocting. I mean, if they're playing devotionally, there's no harm in it, but they end up slapping it in weird ways that disturbs the kīrtana rather than help it move along. And if we don't practice carefully—and practice means correct practice—and that means practicing again and again, even if out of 16 rounds, we can only hear one mantra, at least you hear one mantra. That can change everything. But we have to be patient. We have to practice a lot and keep showing up again and again.And we have to have determination of Rukmiṇī Devī. As I mentioned yesterday, she told Kṛṣṇa (SB 10.52.44), "yasyāṅghri-paṅkaja-rajaḥ-snapanaṁ mahāntovāñchanty umā-patir ivātma-tamo-’pahatyaiyarhy ambujākṣa na labheya bhavat-prasādaṁjahyām asūn vrata-kṛśān śata-janmabhiḥ syāt"I'm prepared to do this for hundreds of lifetimes if that's required." That is sheer determination. That's sadhana bhakti. It's not, "I'm not getting enough juice. I don't feel the bhāva. Therefore, this must not work. I quit. I'll go scroll on the internet instead." Don't do that. Be very professional. Show up for your japa. Be determined. If you don't get anything, then be prepared to give up this body and start over again in the next life and do it again.That's what Rukmiṇī says. She said, "If I can't have you as my husband in this life, I'll perform such severe austerities that I'll give up my body. In my next life, I'll do it again until you consent that you're going to marry me." So we have to be like that in sādhana-bhakti. Sādhana-bhakti is not messing around. It's very serious. So the place to be really serious is with our japa.Come as a pro. Do your work, bring your lunch box, and stay for the long term. And if you do that over many, many lifetimes, then maybe hear one mantra and realize that Kṛṣṇa and his name are not different. If we have that, then we have a joyful life dedicated to chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
Bhagavad-gītā, Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam—we do all the books, everything, but it’s just so tidy to take care of the basics. And besides, we can see this: here we are in the Fourth Canto. If we read this 108 times, if you all cancel your tickets, and, you know, we won’t come to the end of it. We’ll still be entering deeper and deeper into this one Canto, what to speak of one chapter, or just the prayers, or something like that. And we conceived of this perpetual distribution chain.In the beginning, the idea of Bhadra-pūrṇimā. Not everybody accepted it, because they were afraid that it would cannibalize the end-of-year marathon, which was non-descript. It was just, ‘do as much as you can.’ And actually it started off with just… it used to be 10 days or something like that. Anyway, what’s the harm in having perpetual book distribution going on? Because there’s unlimited people who are coming to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. They have to be engaged, and Prabhupāda gave us those books, so we might as well plan how to distribute them to the world. On the release of all of them, he gave instructions to print them in large quantities and distribute them, including the Caitanya-caritāmṛta.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #govardhanreadings #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(1)kṛṣṇa jinakā nāma hai, gokula jinakā dhāma haiaise śrī bhagavāna ko (mere) barāmbāra praṇāma hai (2)yaśodā jinakī maiyā hai, nanda jī bāpaiyā haiaise śrī gopāla ko (mere) bārambāra praṇāma hai (3)rādhā jinakī jāyā hai, adbhuta jinakī māyā haiaise śrī ghana-śyāma ko (mere) bārambāra praṇāma hai (4)lūṭa lūṭa dadhi mākhana khāyo, gvāla-bāla sańga dhenu carāyoaise līlā-dhāma ko (mere) bārambāra praṇāma hai (5)drupada sutā ko lāja bacāyo, grāha se gaja ko phanda chuḍāyoaise kṛpā-dhāma ko (mere) barāmbāra praṇāma hai (6)kuru pāṇḍava ko yuddha macāyo, arjuna ko upadeśa sunāyoaise dīna-nātha ko (mere) bārambāra praṇāma hai (final chant)bhaja re! bhaja govinda gopāla harerādhe govinda, rādhe govinda, rādhe govindarādhe gopala, rādhe gopala, rādhe gopalaaise śrī bhagavāna ko (mere) bārambāra praṇāma hai TRANSLATION1) He whose name is Krsna, and whose abode is Gokula – unto such a Supreme Personality of Godhead, I offer my most humble obeisances, again and again. 2) He whose mother is Yasoda, and whose father is Nandaji – unto such a cowherd boy named Gopala, I offer my most humble obeisances, again and again. 3) He whose Beloved if Radha, and whose illusory energy is very amazing – unto He whose splendorous complexion is the color of the fresh raincloud, I offer my most humble obeisances, again and again. 4) He who sneaks around to steal yogurt and butter, then hides to eat it, and who tends the cows in the company of His cowherd boyfriends – unto He who is the reservoir of playful pastimes, I offer my most humble obeisances, again and again. 5) He who prevented the dishonoring of the daughter of King Drupada, and who delivered the elephant Gajendra from the grasp of the alligator – unto He who is the abode of all compassion, I offer my most humble obeisances, again and again. 6) He who caused the great war between the Kurus and the Pandavas, and who spoke divine instructions to Arjuna on the battlefield – unto He who is the Lord of all helpless fallen souls, I offer my most humble obeisances, again and again.
Physicists have theories about the substance of the universe and describe it as wave-like. The fabric of the universe, so to speak, is woven together with threads of vibration, vibrational threads. Some have even described it as a kind of symphony, the whole universe, because it's woven together by sound, and matter is extremely fluid. It can bend, it can stretch, it can morph into something else, much like music. One can introduce variations to it, and there are modulations. So matter is like that also.In the Bhāgavatam, Kṛṣṇa describes, or Kapiladev describes, how the universe comes from sound as the first element. And from sound, the various other elements emerge and the various patterns in matter are created by various kinds of sounds, coming back to the point that Prabhupāda makes. Acts of creation in this world are dependent on the kinds of sound vibration that we make, or to be more specific, what we say and what we listen to. And as I've mentioned in previous discussions, quoting from the Vedānta-sūtra, the last verse, Anāvṛttiḥ śabdāt, which means everything comes from sound. There are different interpretations of that sūtra, but other ones say that you can become enlightened by sound, or uncovered, Anāvṛtti, by sound, śabdāt. So Prabhupāda mentions how all paraphernalia is available to us. If you want to organize it in a certain way, then you go figure out what kinds of things to listen to and what kinds of things to say.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Bhagavad-Gītā, Kṛṣṇa describes,bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁsarva-loka-maheśvaramsuhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁjñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati(BG 5.29).He said, "If you want śānti, what is śānti? Peace. If you want to feel peaceful, which is impossible in this world, and especially in Silicon Valley, then there are three things that you can come to understand which will allow you that peace you are looking for." The first one is that if you want the love that you're seeking in this world to be fully reciprocated, then give your heart to The Personality of Godhead. That's what it bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ means many people you give your love to can't give it back, true or false? But Kṛṣṇa can give unlimited love back. Whatever we give Him, even the tiniest gesture, if you just one day, unsophisticated, without any context, you just had an urge to offer God a little flower or leaf that you found, and you just offered it in a simple way—no ritual involved, just from the heart—He will accept it. That's one of the main themes of the Bhagavad-Gītā. If you're sincere and you try to offer something, then Kṛṣṇa will accept it, and He'll reciprocate directly with you, and He is only waiting for that. That is what bhakti means, "I understand that I'm looking for love in all the wrong places. I'm just trying to give my affection to those who can't fully reciprocate it."Incidentally, when we develop this sense of loving Kṛṣṇa, then we're able to more fully love everyone. Because our capacity for love for individual entities separated from Kṛṣṇa is limited. We may love them, and then we may hate them. But there's a deeper level of love when we understand that everybody's part of Kṛṣṇa: every animal, every plant, even some of the 52 cousins that we have that we don't like at all. We even love them because we know they're part of Kṛṣṇa. It's a different level of love.-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's mentioned in the Bhāgavatam. Kṛṣṇa says to Uddhava, "Sometimes sādhus live by the Gaṅgā, but then they take it for granted because it's in their backyard. And then they say, 'I'll go somewhere else to take a bath.'" So one has to study the mantra and remember how one is fortunate, and also stay in a humble state of mind.Be a beginner. Start over every day. Don't think, "I know this. I've got this. I've done this before." Instead, start over. "I'm helpless. I don't know anything." And that gives us a way to reverentially approach the process of chanting Haré Kṛṣṇa, which is the same as being in Kṛṣṇa's presence and invoking his presence.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In tamas, we're helpless. If you've ever felt helpless—for instance, if you have some addiction and you can't give up, or you feel so depressed that you can't do anything—this is the modality of tamas.Above tamas comes rajas. Rajas is the modality of intense activity. That is, we are creative. In rajas however, the setback is that no matter what we get, it's not enough, because we remain in that active and creative mode. We attain something, we create something, but it has to become more. We may attain a position—for instance, you may become a city council member, but then think, "Well, that's nothing. I want to be the mayor." When you become mayor, you may think, "Well, why don't I become governor?" And after becoming governor etc etc. There's never an endpoint. In modern parlance, it's called the hedonic treadmill; that is, no matter what I get, it's not enough. And there are plenty of songs and poems from ancient times and modern times expressing the experience of being in rajas and tamas. For instance, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" and many, many more, like "Too Much Is Not Enough," etc.And then there's the highest of the modalities in this world, called sattva. Sattva is the modality of clarity, where we see ourselves beyond the body. Gone is the drive to attain something, because we realize we already are something. We are something that's so amazing. And as Kṛṣṇa describes in the Bhagavad Gītā, when you see yourself beyond the body, you realize that this is the most amazing thing: the soul itself. Kṛṣṇa says 'āścaryavat', he calls it amazing, 'āścaryavat.' Some see it as amazing, some hear of it as amazing. And when you analyze who you really are, you examine your consciousness, or you become introspective, then you don't feel that you have to attain anything necessarily, because you already are something, and you're here right now, and you feel tuṣṭa, or satisfaction in the self. This is sattva.But there's a modality beyond sattva, which is called śuddha-sattva, which is a completely transcendental realm—transcendental to the modes—meaning you've gone beyond any of the modalities of the material world. And this is pure consciousness. So the perfection of the teachings of Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is to come to that pure consciousness.Verse for discussion:https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/2/24/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This music is being imported from Vaikuṇṭha, many millions and many millions of miles away. So this is not just music of this mundane sound. Otherwise, why you are not tired, repeating it for many, many days? Any mundane sound, we repeat it, you cannot prolong it. You cannot prolong it. But we are..., we have learned this only Hare Kṛṣṇa, and you can chant this. And you also hear it. You're attracted.(Srila Prabhupada, Room Conversation, April 14th 1975, Hyderabad)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We are trying to please the Supreme by the supreme music. Golokera prema-dhana hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana. These sounds are not mundane sounds. These are Vaikuṇṭha sounds. Nārada muni bājaya vīṇā rādhikā-ramaṇa nāme. It is brought by Nārada Muni. It is not manufactured here.(Srila Prabhupada, Room Conversation, April 14th 1975, Hyderabad)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kirtan #bhajan #radhashtami #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When we meditate on Kṛṣṇa, we avail ourselves to everything. As parts and parcels of Kṛṣṇa, that meditation on Kṛṣṇa is not only fascinating but it is also completely satisfying. So, those who are overly attached to the material varieties for their own enjoyment can't do that- rāga .Bhaya means people become discouraged because of their experience in the material world. They have been let down one too many times in their relationships; therefore, they have fear of personal relationships. It's a psychological anomaly. And thirdly, people become angry.I met such an angry person two days ago when we went on saṅkīrtan. That was Saturday, I think. There were two young men standing near where we were distributing books. I was searching the area for somebody to talk to, and two young men were there, and one of them was decidedly angry. Krodha, that's the third anomaly: they become angry. He was a bystander; I was showing book to his friend but the bystander had a scowl on his face. When I asked about karma, 'You believe in karma?' he said he didn't believe in it. And he said, 'Because it judges people. Is this book telling what's good and bad and what's morality?' He became indignant by the fact that we were presenting something that we were calling authoritative. He was resisting that idea vehemently, so much so that I could see he was angry. When I asked him a few questions about it, he became disturbed, and he walked away. End of conversation, but I felt the anger.So these three things: rāga—attachment to the material world, which is a big mistake because we can't really experience the elements of the material world. They are only reflected on the imagery on the screen of our mind. And then we watch them and think that we're interacting with them, but it's the interaction of watching a movie screen and feeling emotion, we are not really part of that. It's illusory. And then the fear that we experience because of disappointment with personal relationships over many, many lifetimes, that's also not necessary. Krodha comes from overthinking. Too many people go off-road and try to find their own philosophy due to a sense of false ego, that they want to come up with something original. Everybody's a muni, but not a very good one, especially nowadays.And Prabhupāda, I heard him say just two days ago when I was listening to my little red box early in the morning, he was saying, 'We're safe because we don't make anything up. We just follow Kṛṣṇa.' So these three things, Kṛṣṇa says, "Vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodha": you have to give up this inordinate attachment to the variety of the material world. Yeah, it's nice because it's a reflection of reality, but learn the difference: reality distinguished from illusion.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
There's niyama-āgraha and niyama-agraha. Niyama-āgraha means to do something, but to not be aware that you're doing it actually, you're just doing it by rote. And the other one, niyama-agraha, means to avoid doing it altogether. Finding that balance is the perfection of practice. In that, I'm doing it, but I'm also aware that I'm doing it, and I'm doing it with deliberation, as that's when the chanting becomes really powerful. So Haridas Thakur in the Harinam Chintamani said you should make whatever arrangements you have to on a daily basis in order to be aware that you are chanting and to be very deliberate about it. And if you find yourself falling into a rut—that either I'm not doing it or I'm doing it, but I'm not deliberately doing it—then adjust. Move your environment around, get new association, do something. And that's why we have these japa circles as a kind of booster so that when we come together, it gives us more awareness that we're chanting and the importance of chanting, and so forth. Hopefully, it carries forward.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Question: What we can do from our part is to imbibe more during these readings and make the most out of whatever we are investing here.My point is that if you're processing something and you're also hearing, the mind is more absorbent. Any good hearing and chanting session leaves us with more questions than answers, because then we are eager to hear the next time. Even in reading continuously in a canto, oftentimes, the questions that come up early on are answered as we continue, or they're answered in discussion. I found the session last night to be especially helpful, as brainstorming is really powerful amongst devotees. There is a synergy that occurs in discussions, and Kṛṣṇa manifests out of that because of the goodwill of the devotees.(excerpt from the answer)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I was speaking with some of the devotees who noticed the same thing, just by chanting Harē Kṛṣṇa. We associate with Kṛṣṇa. We are in Kṛṣṇa's immediate proximity in a very special way, through the avatār of the holy name. And as the Bhāgavatam says, just by such proximity, we develop all of Kṛṣṇa's qualities. So the most advantageous of all practices is to stay in Kṛṣṇa's proximity.(Japa Jolt, 10 Sep 2025)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japajolt#mantrameditation#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
You can add this to your portfolio. "I was there. I chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa. I got up early, I dropped what I was doing, and I sat and chanted with the devotees, gave full attention to The Holy Name." This some people don't achieve after millions and millions of lifetimes, but all of you have this conviction: 'Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti,' Vasudev is everything. You also have śraddhā, which means, "śraddhā-śabde-viśvāsa sudṛḍha niścaya, kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya" (CC Madhya 22.62). That if I chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and I give my full attention to the holy name, then everything else will be perfectly executed in my life. Nothing else is needed. "Vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva, dāneṣu yat puṇya-phalaṁ pradiṣṭam, atyeti tat sarvam idaṁ viditvā, yogī paraṁ sthānam upaiti cādyam" (BG 8.28). That is Kṛṣṇa, who assures us at the end of the eighth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, that if you just give yourself to Kṛṣṇa and the process of devotional service, you achieve the results of everything else you're trying to achieve in your life. This is why you're here. This is very deep. So this is no small accomplishment to be able to sit and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Most people can't do it. The mind is raging, there's problems to solve. "I feel depressed, I feel attracted to something else." But the fact that you show up means that you have evolved spiritually over many, many lifetimes to come to this position. So take advantage of it, that you know this, and that you know that all the Vedas are pointing to one thing—the holy name. And that is by taking part every day in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Finishing 16 rounds, you're following the instructions of the Ācārya, which means you're safe. So stay safe.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Education means that people have to come to some mature knowledge and awareness of what's right and wrong and what the important values in life are. It's not just about vocation, but the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam goes right to the point of the real values in life, how to attain them, and why it's important to act in a certain way. That's because there are consequences to everything that we do, and if we take up the simple, direct processes mentioned in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam for practicing devotion to God in practical ways, then we'll not only be happy, but we'll also be able to make other people happy.So the propagation of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is the greatest welfare activity, according to those in the line of the teachings of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. That's what the sages mention, or asked at Naimiṣāraṇya: "How to do the greatest good for the most people? How to benefit the soul?" And the answer was to show people how to perform devotional service to God, so that it's continuous and it is in a mood of service, not expectant of receiving something in return.So we have inherited that. Therefore, in ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), the first order of the day is a Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class. All around the world people come together; they'll sit in assembly and they'll hear from the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. If you read one verse a day, you'll finish the whole book in 50 years. But you can also take it home and have it in your house, and you can read more if you want.I have noticed that any environment can be uplifted by reading Śrīmad Bhāgavatam aloud. It seems as if, oftentimes, there's no solution to the problems that face us. Have you ever felt like that? It happens a lot. There are things that come up, and you think, "How am I going to get out of this one?" And the solution is to raise one's consciousness. And how might one do that? By reading from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Education means that people have to come to some mature knowledge and awareness of what's right and wrong and what the important values in life are. It's not just about vocation, but the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam goes right to the point of the real values in life, how to attain them, and why it's important to act in a certain way. That's because there are consequences to everything that we do, and if we take up the simple, direct processes mentioned in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam for practicing devotion to God in practical ways, then we'll not only be happy, but we'll also be able to make other people happy.So the propagation of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is the greatest welfare activity, according to those in the line of the teachings of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. That's what the sages mention, or asked at Naimiṣāraṇya: "How to do the greatest good for the most people? How to benefit the soul?" And the answer was to show people how to perform devotional service to God, so that it's continuous and it is in a mood of service, not expectant of receiving something in return.So we have inherited that. Therefore, in ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), the first order of the day is a Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class. All around the world people come together; they'll sit in assembly and they'll hear from the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. If you read one verse a day, you'll finish the whole book in 50 years. But you can also take it home and have it in your house, and you can read more if you want.I have noticed that any environment can be uplifted by reading Śrīmad Bhāgavatam aloud. It seems as if, oftentimes, there's no solution to the problems that face us. Have you ever felt like that? It happens a lot. There are things that come up, and you think, "How am I going to get out of this one?" And the solution is to raise one's consciousness. And how might one do that? By reading from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's a story about Prabhupāda, whether it's apocryphal or not or enhanced, I'm not sure, but one devotee recounted it, I think it's in a Memories of Prabhupāda. He said that Prabhupāda was praying intensely before the Deity, and later on, his servant asked him, "Do you mind me asking what you were praying for?"Prabhupāda said, "To not fall down to material nature."Then then the devotee allegedly responded, "But a pure devotee never falls down."And Prabhupāda said, "That is why! Because the devotees is always praying like that."There's an example of that in Prahlāda Mahārāja's prayers, where he says, "trasto ’smy ahaṁ kṛpaṇa-vatsala duḥsahogra-" He's talking about how everyone was afraid of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva. That's why they pushed Prahlāda forward and said, "You talk to him." Even Lakṣmī, his wife, thought like, "Who is this person?" And then Prahlāda said, "I'm not afraid of you. I'm afraid of your Viṣṇu Māyā, that's what I'm afraid of. I'm afraid niṣpīḍyamānam upakarṣa vibho prapannam—I'm afraid of getting reabsorbed into the material energy." He said it's like a big wheel. "You are caught in it and he said, "I'll get ground up by the wheel."So devotees should be fearful. I was just writing about that this morning because in the 10th Canto, second chapter, there's a series of purports about fear, and it's in relationship to Devakī's fear of Kaṁsa. She was constantly afraid. Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says this fear of material association is purifying. He says the ṣaḍ-garbha asuras represent kāma, krodha, lobha, mada, moha, and mātsarya, and that they were killed one after another, which was symbolic. It actually happened, but it's also symbolic of the way in which, when we're afraid of material nature, we burn up our last attachments to it.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The sociologist Michels wrote about the "iron laws of oligarchy." Those, he said, who take up a noble cause naturally tend to protect their position at the cost of the noble cause over time. And that's why political movements that are well-intentioned, people who take office, who may be well-intentioned—although it's probably hard to find one these days—tend to then change the way they see their job and try to consolidate power more and more rather than do their work. There's no replacement for maturity and enlightenment. We can't manage it out of the system. Devotees have to be detached.vāsudēve bhagavatibhakti-yogaḥ prayōjitaḥjanayaty āśu vairāgyaṁjñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam (SB 1.2.7)When you practice devotional service, you'll naturally get a sense of detachment and knowledge, which will make you more flexible and so forth.My experience in being part of a community is that management means solving problems. Problems come from people, personal interaction. If I accept that that's the norm, even amongst devotees, then I'm better equipped to face it and deal with it. The best way to deal with it, I've found, is patiently and through meticulous conversation. As Stephen Covey wrote in his book, The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People, "first seek to understand."It's easy enough to take a position and then say, "I want to protect my position." In fact, ISKCON Resolve, when they answer the phone, they say, "ISKCON Resolve. Get over it." I've used them a number of times, but I also talked to them deeply about what the methodologies are, what is behind all this. They said, "Try to understand people's circumstances, what's beneath the surface." And what I find to be solidifying in a community is the act of taking the time. Even in the most trying circumstances—I'm conflict-avoidant, it's my nature, but I have to face these issues and bring the parties together and then talk about it.I find that when there's the light of awareness through communication, then oftentimes we can come to an enlightened understanding together. And that's the greatest victory we can have in our communities. Talk about "boiling the milk"—really learning how to get along with one another, despite the fact that we come from different cultures and have different ways of seeing things, different gurus, and this and that. When we're able to come together and have a common understanding and appreciate one another's point of view and, for the sake of the higher good of the mission, we decide to cooperate one way or another—one of those is worth, I don't know, what do I want to compare it to? It's invaluable. And that's what really makes a community strong, is taking the time to do that. So the only remedy I've seen is to talk about it.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant
This section of something I have been writing lately, has to do with Prabhupāda's statement about how chanting Harē Kṛṣṇa is forced meditation; I'm just interpreting that. I've included some other śāstra, which I'll just read to you briefly. In other words, it's a brief segment excerpt. At Nectar of Instruction, verse three. In his purport, Śrīla Prabhupāda tells how powerful such a prayer can be. "Devotional service," Prabhupāda writes, "is so pure and perfect that once having begun, one is forcibly dragged to ultimate success." In other words, for those who pray for Kṛṣṇa's help, Kṛṣṇa takes personal care and pulls them in the right direction. Anugraha, often translated as mercy, literally means "to grab and pull." Chanting japa invites Kṛṣṇa to grab and pull us to him.Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, in his last bhajan in Śaraṇāgati, tells how the Holy Name abducts him, taking him directly to Kṛṣṇa. "The Holy Name is the bud of the flower of divine love, and it is the very abode of astonishing mellows. Such is the power he manifests that when his holy name starts to blossom a little further, it then reveals his own divine form and qualities. Thus my heart is abducted and taken directly to Kṛṣṇa. Blossoming fully, the flower of the holy name takes me to Vraj and reveals to me his own love dalliance. This name gives to me my own eternal spiritual body, keeps me right by Kṛṣṇa's side, and completely destroys everything related to this immortal frame of mine."Abduct means "the action of taking someone away by force." Kṛṣṇa, by his supreme powers, personally escorts those who chant his divine name back to his supreme abode. Kṛṣṇa's name is so kind that he helps even those who accidentally chant His names, what to speak of those who chant with love? As Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.2.55, The Yogendras say the Supreme Personality of God is so kind to the conditioned souls that if they call upon him by speaking his holy name, even unintentionally or unwillingly, the Lord is inclined to destroy innumerable sinful reactions in their hearts.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/2/55------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
'Yas tu sarvāṇi bhūtāny ātmany evānupaśyati sarva-bhūteṣu cātmānaṁ tato na vijugupsate.' This is Śrī Īśopaniṣad (Mantra 6). Anupaśyati, as Prabhupāda explains in his purport, means that you should systematically see all living beings as parts and parcels of the Lord. And 'na vijugupsate' means, if you have that vision, that systematic vision, it doesn't mean that you suddenly try to imitate the uttama-adhikārī. But what Prabhupāda says is you should follow in the footsteps -anupaśyati, systematically see that there's a soul within everybody. Then na vijugupsate means that you won't hate anybody or any being, because you're not repulsed or attracted by their body, because you're seeing their spirit soul.So that's our directive. When we say to somebody, "You look spiritual," we mean it. Because you look at them and you see there's consciousness coming through their eyes, and they're animated. How is that? It's because there's a soul in the body. That soul's a part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. What's more, there is Supersoul, you can offer obeisances. Kṛṣṇa says to Uddhava in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, to a dog, because you realize Kṛṣṇa is within the heart of the dog, and therefore you offer obeisances. Now that's śāstra, and that's how we're enjoined to see others.https://vedabase.io/en/library/iso/6------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Next is an excerpt from something that Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākur wrote about chanting the Holy Name of the Lord. It's entitled "Don't artificially meditate on the form of the Lord."Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta: I am overjoyed to hear that your enthusiasm for chanting is increasing. As our contaminations are removed by chanting, the Lord's form, qualities, and pastimes will be revealed to us in the Holy Name. There's no point in making a separate effort to artificially remember the Lord's form, qualities, and pastimes. The Lord and His name are one and the same. This will be understood clearly when the coverings in your heart are removed by chanting without offenses. You will personally realize that all perfection comes from the Holy Name.Through chanting, the distinction that exists between the self and the gross and subtle bodies is gradually effaced, and one realizes one's own spiritual form. Once aware of the spiritual body, as one continues to chant, one sees the transcendental nature of the Lord's form.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There is a way in which, if we become aligned with a Vaiṣṇava and we are able to please the Vaiṣṇava, then we can understand that we are pleasing Kṛṣṇa. The other way is that when we understand clearly what Kṛṣṇa's intentions and desires are, and we know we are aligned with them properly, then we can assume that we are also pleasing Kṛṣṇa. This is because guru, sādhu, and śāstra are all in alignment. Since I mentioned the sādhu, it's helpful to get confirmation. You know, devotees are careful about that. For instance, Kavirāja Gosvāmī, when he was about to write the Caitanya Caritāmṛta, everyone told him he should do it, but he still went to the Deity and said, "Should I do it?" A garland fell down, and everyone said, "Yay!"So, devotees are careful to check in with the guru, make sure they're following śāstra, and the sādhus can be really helpful, because it's easy to doubt oneself. But if you have people around you who have your best interest in mind, and you can consult with them and say, "How am I doing?" you will find it's helpful, because it's hard to see sometimes how we're doing. There are also detractors. As soon as you try to do something for Kṛṣṇa, then somebody is going to come along and say, "You're doing it completely wrong." So, you have to have trusted people that you can say, "Am I really doing it wrong, or am I okay?(excerpt from the answer)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We have books that have changed the world. We can name many others, but the fact is, books have been extant in human society for many years. When people decided to write, and they have been for generations—they would find any surface they could write on. In India, the chosen surface was palm leaves. Painstakingly, they would copy things onto these palm leaves using a stylus; they'd have to expose it to the sun so you get that darkened area. Isn't that beautiful handwriting? And how long would it take you to copy the Bhagavad Gita by hand? Audience: A year! That would take a while to generate enough to try to win the marathon for book distribution.So other people realized, as technology advanced, that books could be printed. The first thing was the Gutenberg Press. That's not it. There was a Gutenberg Press. A man named Gutenberg invented it to spread the Bible. You can trace Christianity and see how it expanded through the distribution of the printed book. Then came other printing presses. This one is a replica. It's a picture of the kind of printing press that Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur brought to Calcutta and kept running 24/7, along with two others. They had them lined up near the altar because he kept them near the altar to show that they were also Deities.Anybody here from Ohio? One, two. You know where these printing presses came from? Ohio is a good export state. These printing presses came from Ohio. He shipped them all the way to India. And Prabhupada had expressed to us, when he started his mission, that he was following the instruction of his spiritual master, whom he asked several times for direction about what kind of service he would like him to do. I'm wearing a wristband right now. It says, "If you ever get money, print books." Who said that? Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur. And where did he say it to our founder-acharya? At Radha Kund! At that sacred place of Radha Kund, our Prabhupada had asked Srila Bhakti Siddhanta, "What can I do?" And Srila Bhakti Siddhanta said that, "I've got this big temple, the Bhagbazar marble temple, and I wish now that I could take the marble from that temple, sell it, and print some books." Then he said, "If you ever get money, print books." Prabhupada said, "I took this from his mouth that he was very fond of books."So when he began his campaign, he extended that same mood to all of us, and it remains. Now, I'm going to teach you a few points that have come by Krishna's mercy to the minds and hearts of devotees who have been distributing books for many years that will save you a lot of time and grief.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality
One must not only finish one's daily vow of chanting a fixed number of rounds, but one must also adopt a favorable attitude. To develop an ideal attitude for chanting, one may follow the 11 habits of respect. The essence of these principles is to take one's chanting seriously, to perform it attentively, and finally, to remember why one is doing it. Respect, literally, means "to look at something carefully." To ensure that we give due regard to our japa—or more accurately, the object of our meditation while chanting japa, Kṛṣṇa—there are 11 habits that we can memorize and make parts of our lives. They are summarized in the following affirmations: the 11 Habits of respect.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Lord Śiva is described in this verse as the chief of all thinkers. Lord Śiva, of course, does not engage in useless mental speculation, but as stated in the previous verse, he is always thoughtful regarding how to deliver the demons from their fallen condition of life. It is said that during the advent of Lord Caitanya, Sadāśiva appeared as Advaita Prabhu, and Advaita Prabhu’s chief concern was to elevate the fallen conditioned souls to the platform of devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa. Since people were engaged in useless occupations which would continue their material existence, Lord Śiva, in the form of Lord Advaita, appealed to the Supreme Lord to appear as Lord Caitanya to deliver these illusioned souls. Actually Lord Caitanya appeared on the request of Lord Advaita. Similarly, Lord Śiva has a sampradāya, the Rudra sampradāya. He is always thinking about the deliverance of the fallen souls, as exhibited by Lord Advaita Prabhu.(SB 4.6.39 purport)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In this world, you may have a complicated life. You may think yourself unqualified. Don't worry. If you follow in the footsteps of the sages, you'll be successful. "Tvat-pāda-potena mahat-kṛtena," means if you follow the process given by the greats, then you'll be boarding a boat. In this verse, it says that the ocean of complexity, which is this material world, shrinks for those who have the process. How small ? Size of the hoof print of a calf, and then one can easily step over it. And in the next verse, Brahma goes on and describes how that becomes a boat where we can cross the material ocean but when you approach the boat, the ocean shrinks.And Prabhupāda explains in the purport how we're part of what's called the Ācārya-sampradāya. When we come to an ISKCON temple, we find that Prabhupāda is prominently seated there. That's lucky for us. If you go to see Rādhā-Govinda in Jaipur for mangala-ārti, no doubt, one of the most ecstatic experiences in the world when you go to see Rādhā-Govinda, but you won't find a prominently seated Ācārya somewhere. If you go to the temples of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura in Māyāpur, his flagship temple, you'll find all the Ācāryas. In fact, they're situated in a circle around Gandharvikā Giridhārī, and you can go see each one where their origin is. Each one comes from a divine origin passed down to other mahats, other greats. And he emphasized that, as do all the Ācāryas, and as does Kṛṣṇa Himself, "ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān navamanyeta karhicit." One should respect the Ācārya-sampradāya, Kṛṣṇa says. "Don't consider that they're ordinary people. Consider that you should sit there the sum total, better than all the demigods put together, and not ordinary."So we have this clear object of meditation. We also have a clear path that one may follow to walk in the footsteps of the Ācāryas. It consists of what we've been given, and those who follow the simple path strictly are the most successful.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prabhupāda used to go on morning walks, so it's an enlivening practice. Don't you think? The sun is coming up? Feel that the whole world you can see revealed is Kṛṣṇa’s energies. It's very sweet. Shall we mosey back?I wanted to show you something along the way. There is a shop on the corner; they have a little neon sign in the window. In Toronto, I noticed when we were there during the pandemic a couple of years ago that a lot of people had these little neon purple hearts in their windows, about this big. And I traced it out and found out where they were made. It was a movement to honor the first responders during the pandemic and also to give some donations.I found the company that makes them, so we’re working on a little design. We're looking at a few designs to make a small neon thing, and when somebody gets a Bhāgavatam set, we'll give them one of those things. It's not that expensive; they could plug it in and put it in their window. Then, wherever we go, we can look and see if they have a Bhāgavatam set.It would be like one of those shelters during a tsunami or anything. If anybody needs to, they can knock on the door and say, “Could you just read me some Bhāgavatam?” We want to make it a movement so it goes all over the world. We will see who has Bhāgavatam, and people will catch on that they should keep a Bhāgavatam in their house. That way, we could flood the world with Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. What do you think?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japawalk #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I was reading in the Yoga Sutras about mystic powers, and one of the ways that one develops this power—to say something that then becomes manifest is by always telling the truth. One who becomes avowedly truthful then, first of all, one of the mystic powers is he's believed everywhere. It almost sounds like one follows the other, but he's indicating there's a kind of a mystic power, and there's a way in which such a person then develops the power from speech to be able to manifest things and so forth.Well, another way to look at it is that although they're dealing with Brahma Tejas, it's kind of in a superficial way, because in this context, they're destroying things. And it's always easier to blow stuff up than it is to create something. Through the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, there are people who are dead spiritually, and then they come alive. I mean, if you wanted to argue it the other way, you could say like it is manifesting, because Prabhupāda came to the park, he chanted the mantra, and then all of a sudden, now there are tens of thousands of temples all over the world. Where did that come from? That's kind of hard to do. Even Brahma Tejās can't do that.(excerpt from the discussion)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We do have to move in this life. Which direction will we move? We have to find a venerable Vaiṣṇava, somebody who has been through life and through all the tribulations, trials, and has continued to serve Kṛṣṇa. Such a person can give us that advice. Prabhupāda had lived his whole life, gone through all the stages, all the way to Paramahaṁsa, and then came to the West to teach us and gave us a process. And at every step, he knew how to navigate the world, not only telling us how to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, but how to live a balanced life. So, we are very fortunate to have a venerable Vaiṣṇava to follow in the footsteps of.In Govardhana Hill, we go on parikramā during Kārtika. Some days are either cold or too hot, and you are tired from the day before. And I always found that if I found a devotee going around fast and just got behind him and followed, every step, he moved to the left, I would move to the left. He'd speed up, I'd speed up. Sometimes he'd turn around and say, "Who is following me?" But without even looking up, I didn't even look where I was going. I just watched where the footprints were and kept going. And in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, it is recommended to find a Vaiṣṇava to chase behind. It makes life very easy, and the ocean of the material world shrinks.Śrīla Prabhupāda kī jai! Vaiṣṇava ācāryas kī jai! Assembled devotees ki jai ! And now we have one more song glorifying not only the Vaiṣṇavas, but all the holy dhāmas. And I actually heard this song one day when I was going around Govardhana Hill in the dark. I heard a Vaiṣṇava somewhere up ahead of me singing this song. I didn't know what the song was, so I got close. I didn't have a recording instrument, but I listened as carefully as I could, so I could catch at least a few lines and try to look it up. And then I found it was a song by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākur where he glorifies the devotees, the dhāmas, and devotional service.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualmusic #kirtan #bhajan #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
What you are really asking is, how do you know if it's Krishna's plan or if you are doing something wrong? So that you may not know immediately. As Radhika Raman pointed out in his class about prayers, he said that when Hiraṇyakaśipu was trying to kill Prahlāda, one of the ways he tried to do that was to throw him over a cliff. He said, “Kṛṣṇa caught him at the bottom, not at the top.” And in a similar way, as we go through various situations in our life, we wonder whether they are providential, they are an intervention by God, or because I messed up somehow. At first, we may not know. We may have to have faith that Kṛṣṇa will catch us at the bottom. But that’s why we have 'tat te ’nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo,' when one is able to position oneself in such a way as to accept whatever comes. This is a categorical statement: 'tat te ’nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākam.' Just accept categorically that whatever is happening is by Kṛṣṇa’s arrangement. And then you may come to know, as Prabhupāda in his lecture on Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākur’s disappearance day, he did several, but in one of them, he’s talking about the various setbacks he had in trying to follow his spiritual master, and then he’s pointing out, “But look, this is what it brought me to.” And he had a series of statements prefaced by, “Who knew? Who knew that my coming to America would result in this? Who knew?” And Prabhupāda had pointed out in his lecture that he had reversals. He lost his business, he was gored by a cow, he was kicked out of his league of devotees, and so forth. He was thinking back, “Who knew? Who knew? Who knew what? This was Kṛṣṇa’s plan.” So it’s difficult when these things come up, and we have to fortify ourselves by hearing śāstra and also take the shelter of godbrothers.I was once in managing a project..------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
A godbrother and friend asked me, as we sat down together for lunch one day at Govardhan Ashram. "Yes, please," I replied. He leaned toward me, placing his left hand on the floor. "Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead," he continued, 'is not only all-powerful, but he's also all-merciful." He went on, 'If he were all-powerful but not all-merciful, we'd be in trouble. And if he were all-merciful but not all-powerful, then what could he do for us?' His point was that Krishna is all-good. He wants to help us in every way, and he is the one person who can help us. "Then why isn't my life better than it is?" people often ask. Srila Prabhupada explains, 'The sun is equal toward all, and one simply has to take advantage of it. The sunshine is available, but if we close our doors and want to keep ourselves in darkness, that is our decision. Similarly, Krishna is everywhere. Krishna is for everyone, and Krishna is ready to accept us as soon as we surrender," Prabhupada wrote, 'But how can I surrender? How may I take advantage of the sunshine, and exactly what's in it for me?' are often the next questions. The answer is that chanting your daily 16 rounds of japa places you directly in the sunshine of Krishna's grace. And here is a summary list of what's in it for those who do, and it's based on the verse from the Padma Purana.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
A man becomes the greatest soul by accepting the goodness of others' qualities. It's a quotation from Voltaire that I often think of in relationship to that: when you appreciate the good qualities of others, they become your own. On the opposite side, when you don't have an appreciation for people's qualities and you become envious of them, it blocks your ability to take their association and take on their good qualities. It closes the heart. This reminds me also of 'gṛṇanti' (SB 1.8.36). Kuntī Devī in her prayers, uses the word 'gṛṇanti' which means, in that context of her prayers, that just by appreciating the devotional service of others, one can make advancement. So if you have great appreciation for others practicing devotional service, even if yours is very basic, you can make advancement by appreciating their excellent devotional service.(Excerpt from the discussion)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/4/4/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanreadings #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the context of bhakti, we see in the Sixth Canto of the Bhagavatam and elsewhere, as one of the ācāryas has mentioned, this principle of accumulation of bhakti sukṛti in circumstances where one is not fully aware of what one is doing. For instance, one may hear the chanting of The Hare Krishna mahāmantra. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī very clearly says, "yad-ābhāso ‘py udyan kavalita-bhava-dhvānta-vibhavo dṛśaḿ tattvāndhānām api diśati bhakti-praṇayinīm" (Nāmāṣṭakam, verse 3). And that is, if you hear, even those who are in ignorance of what the Holy Name is, or why people are chanting The Holy Name. Did you see anybody like that last night? How many, as a percentage, had no idea what was going on? In other words, they knew something was happening. They just didn't know what it was. So what percentage? 95%? So those people are called by Rūpa Gosvāmī --"tattvāndhānām." They don't know tattva. They have no idea of what that is. But Hare Krishna is directly the Lord, and therefore there is a dawning of bhakti in their heart that comes from the ābhāsa—just the indirect rays of The Holy Name. And such people then can see or experience for themselves in their hearts the truth of bhakti, an amazing statement in and of itself.As is mentioned in the Sixth Canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam in the section of Ajāmila, in Prabhupāda's purport, he said, "Such encounters are recorded and counted." And so there's a little book, and it goes in the book. And Prabhupāda puts it and gives a different metaphor. He said, "Every living being has a bank account in his or her heart, and every time you come in contact with Krishna, the devotees, then there's a deposit."Of course, we have to be careful, because we may think that it means it doesn't matter how we disseminate Krishna consciousness; it's some sort of inoculation by force. Because there is a way in which, if we are artful and gentle in the ways that we present Krishna consciousness and teach according to people's cultural and psycho-physiological natures, then their hearts will be more open to hearing and taking in, and they'll gain more sukṛti.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This worship of the spiritual master, anything we do here, we can do every day and then think, “Okay, I'm done. Now I go to the next thing—when's prasādam?” But if we can enter into it with, first of all siddhanta, siddhānta baliyā citte nā kara alasa ihā ha-ite kṛṣṇe lāge sudṛḍha mānasa' (CC Adi 2.117)—means that we should understand precisely why we are doing it, especially we're worshiping the guru here, there, and everywhere so we should understand what guru-tattva means. It's not sentimentality. It is Kṛṣṇa’s way of interacting with us—one of the many ways that He reaches out to us. And if we understand that, then our minds become very fixed in that process. Otherwise, our minds have to take dictation from somewhere else. That is: “I will compromise. I will maybe do halfway devotional service. Why get so fanatical? I should just be a little in touch.” But that doesn't last long, because gradually we become more on the side of the senses, the material world, and so forth.So we have a few opportunities in this lifetime—for Guru Pūjā, for celebrating Janmāṣṭamī, Rādhāṣṭamī—very few. If you count them up on a clicker, you'll see there's a finite number we get a chance. So if we take advantage while we're there—to be in full knowledge while we're doing these things, and be focused on what it means to us—and also follow the guru-paramparā, what we are getting through our guru-varga… Be careful. Follow it strictly. Otherwise, it becomes some boring ritual for anyone, and we can forget how fortunate we are. And also what a precarious situation we are in too. We can lose the opportunity at any moment. So we should be attentive. (13:07)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
To the point of what about giving up one's home, going to the forest, and fasting most of the time? The answer is the process of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahāmantra doesn't require these. And the answer is in Prabhupāda's letter, where he uses the phrase "forced meditation." Force means power, and "forced" means pushed by a power greater than oneself. The chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa is infused with Kṛṣṇa's unlimited powers. What's more, when chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa with attention, Kṛṣṇa, the all-powerful, pushes us along. Consider how when someone forces us to do something, that person is more powerful than we are. When someone forces us to do something, we are not doing it voluntarily. For example, a mother may force her child to go to school. Consider the phrase, "Clyde's mother forced him to go to his first day of school, as he was at first unwilling." Clyde's mother, in this sense, is more powerful than Clyde, and she makes him go to school for his own good.When we chant the mahāmantra, we invite Kṛṣṇa to push us forward on the spiritual path, even if we are unwilling. Those who chant japa avail themselves of Kṛṣṇa's power. The Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is a prayer requesting The Lord to engage us in His spiritual service. Getting out of the material world, the world regulated by Māyā Devī, is not easy. We are stuck, not just in her orbit, but we are imprisoned in her world. Devī-dhām—a place of torture—that is impossible to escape. Who will intervene on our behalf? Who will save us? Kṛṣṇa will. But more precisely, Kṛṣṇa's names have appeared as our liberator. Our chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, therefore, is our cry for Kṛṣṇa's help, recognizing that he is not only more powerful than we are but he is also the master of Māyā Devī. What's more, he knows better than we what is good for us.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's a case I read about in a book, 'How to Win an Argument', by a professor from York University. He talked about how there are different kinds of arguing. He gave the case of fanatics and said, "Here's how you deal with a fanatic." Then you turn the page, and there was one word: "Don't."In columning when people utter untruths in order to defame somebody, if you enter into it and you are not expert enough, it just makes it worse. Some people are hell-bent. They have lost all sense of restraint. They have this sense of envy, and they want to criticize others, so they go about it wholeheartedly. That is basically their livelihood. So, sometimes, when people are fanatical like that, engaging more, especially on the internet—can become an endless proposition that becomes tit for tat, very difficult to untangle such a situation.(excerpt from an answer by HG Vaisesika Prabhu)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#govardhanreadings#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
You might think, "Where do we go from here, where we are now, to there, somewhere near there?" Of course, we hold these subject matters high above our heads. We aspire, after first trying to deserve. This is the instruction Srila Prabhupada gave in Los Angeles. I remember 1976: "First deserve, then desire, never aspire."What does that mean? "First deserve," engage in Krishna's service, capture the attention of Krishna, capture the attention of Srimati Radharani, and then you can desire. Yes, "Let me serve them for their pleasure." But "never aspire." What does he mean, "never aspire?" "First deserve, then desire, never aspire." He explained, from your low position—he was quite graphic—"From your monkey position, don't jump to the top of the tree." First deserve, and then develop some genuine spiritual desire. But never, from your position on the ground, aspire that you want to jump to the top of the tree. So I wanted to share with you some realizations I've had about the mysticism, the Gauranga mysticism behind ISV. Are you ready?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prabhupāda said that you should continue chanting to become one-minded with the mantra. See, when you don't perceive anything else except the mantra, then you're happy. The mind's always darting here and there and considering, like, 'What's going to happen?' Nothing, because you're right here, always right now. It's just a movie that's playing.So when we can take shelter of the holy name and actually be one-minded, and we're only there with the holy name, which is Kṛṣṇa, we're there with Kṛṣṇa, then we're satisfied. So we have to be with it until the end. And effort means that we have free will. We have to use our energy to do something, to lift up, to try. It's not that the rope comes down, and we say, 'Thanks for the rope, but come down here and tie it around my hand. Otherwise, I'm not going to do it.' We have to take some effort.That's in the story of Yaśodā tying Kṛṣṇa. This is two inches, right? And the one inch, Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says, is our effort, because when Kṛṣṇa saw that Yaśodā was perspiring and giving her effort, then He extended the other inch, which was, 'Okay, I'll let you tie Me.' So we have to put our effort in. Determination, effort. It's not just automatic it happens. We have to be there in the relationship, not that I have to develop faith in Kṛṣṇa.' He has to develop faith in you, in us. He has to see, like, 'This person's good for it. They're doing their due diligence.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
“Prabhupada Picks” refers to a selection of verses from the 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam that Srila Prabhupada memorized himself and quoted very frequently in his teachings.List of verses:https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/4/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/13/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/16/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/30/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/32/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/36/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/37/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/8/4/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/9/21/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/12/11/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/3/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/4/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/8/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/29/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/58/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/22/35/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/29/15/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/31/9/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/33/29/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/33/39/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/52/43/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/81/16/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/82/44/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/82/48/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/84/13/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/88/8/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/90/48/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Any service that's done for the sake of service for service, without expectation of getting something in return — "sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati. (SB 1.2.6)" The sages at Naimisharanya said, "If you can do service like this in which you're not expecting anything in return—you can try that." In the Bhagavad Gītā, Kṛṣṇa says, "Do that." And he said, "If you can't do that, then practice doing it." Then he said, "If you can't do that, then just give away some of the fruit of your work." This is in the twelfth chapter. He said, "If you can't do that for one reason or another, try to do something in the world selflessly, like go volunteer somewhere and see if you don't feel better about yourself. In this principle where you give without expecting anything in return." People feel good when they volunteer somewhere, because they think, "Oh, wow, how come I feel better? I didn't want anything. I just volunteered. I tried to do a good thing." When we practice in devotional service and we associate with pure devotees, we notice that they're happy all the time because they're doing selfless service, and it catches. They think, "Why are they so happy? Why do they live such an opulent, happy life?" It's because they follow the formula, and then we might try it ourselves. So that's what we're all doing. In fact, I was talking to a godbrother yesterday, and he was saying how it's especially important to remember when we are in a community like this that how we do things is more important than what we do. It's not that we're trying to achieve some goal, because the goal could always be higher, and what's it to Kṛṣṇa? He owns everything anyway. But it's the mood that we do it in that's most important. If we have a mood of loving service to others, we do things out of love for our friends in devotional service, and we'll feel a natural sense of happiness. That's what makes this, or any other spiritual community, sanguine and cheerful. That is selfless service. So just try to do selfless service and see how you feel.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(refrain)rādhe jaya jaya mādhava-dayitegokula-taruṇī-maṇḍala-mahite (1)dāmodara-rati-vardhana-veśehari-niṣkuṭa-vṛndā-vipineśe (2)vṛṣabhānūdadhi-nava-śaśi-lekhelalitā-sakhi guṇa-ramita-viśākhe (3)karuṇāḿ kuru mayi karuṇā-bharitesanaka-sanātana-varṇita-carite WORD FOR WORD TRANSLATION: Radhe Jaya Jaya Madhava Dayite TRANSLATION(Refrain) O Radha! O beloved of Madhava! O You who are worshiped by all the young girls of Gokula! All glories unto You! All glories unto You! 1) You who dress Yourself in such a way as to increase Lord Damodara's love and attachment for You! O queen of Vrndavana, which is the pleasure grove of Lord Hari! 2) O new moon that has arisen from the ocean of King Vrsabhanu! O friend of Lalita! O You who make Visakha loyal to You due to Your wonderful qualities of friendliness, kindness, and faithfulness to Krsna! 3) O You who are filled with compassion! O You whose divine characteristics are described by the great sages Sanaka and Sanatana! O Radha, please be merciful to me!
“Prabhupada Picks” refers to a selection of verses from the 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam that Srila Prabhupada memorized himself and quoted very frequently in his teachings.List of verses:https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/4/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/13/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/16/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/30/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/32/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/36/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/37/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/8/4/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/9/21/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/12/11/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/3/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/4/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/8/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/29/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/58/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/22/35/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/29/15/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/31/9/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/33/29/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/33/39/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/52/43/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/81/16/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/82/44/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/82/48/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/84/13/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/88/8/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/90/48/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This verse in the Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā (BS 5:37) describes Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. It says Kṛṣṇa is there, but eternally expanded to serve him is Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and within the purport—have you ever read the purport to that verse? We've read it together in the old days. It's the longest purport you'll find in the Brahma-saṁhitā or perhaps anywhere else, and it's a description really of the 64 arts that Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is perfect in. And she offers that to Kṛṣṇa.It's this perfection of service that is ārādhanam, this feeling of "Let me perfect my service." So this is the motto of ISV. Our motto, our battle cry, is "Always better service," and this is the mood of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and all the devotees are always trying to follow in her footsteps to perform better and better service to Kṛṣṇa, because her service is the best. Her service is perfect, so we try to perfect our service.In Vṛndāvana once, Prabhupāda came out of his room and the devotees offered him a garland. It was scraggly. Is that a word? Scraggly? It is? Yay! It was scraggly; it was withered. And in the first place, it wasn't a very nice garland, but after the heat hit it, then it turned into something that made Prabhupāda's lips curl a little bit. And then he called all the garland makers to his room, and he gave them a seminar on how to make garlands.So when I walked in this morning and I saw these—the garlands that the devotees are making here—this is ārādhanam. This is the mood of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. In the fine arts in the spiritual world, as an example, garland making is one of the arts. Can it be refined? Well, I remember a day here at ISV when it was by Jamunā's grace that we had any flowers at all. We were so poor. How poor were we? I remember we were so poor when we decided to start our saṅkīrtan party and we needed a table. We looked around at each other, "Where are we going to get it? We need a table to set up. We'll have to get somebody to loan us the money." The flowers that we were getting, because Jamunā from the very beginning was the only one supplying us flowers, and they were carnations, but the room was so hot there at our old temple. How hot was it? It was so hot that those little garlands that we offered, the best of what we could put together, they would dry up within an hour and they became these very scraggly little garlands.But over time, we see that the devotees have learned the art of making garlands, and Kṛṣṇa has given more and more facility to get flowers, which is the real opulence in Deity worship—flowers. And now, if you see these vases up here next to Prabhupāda or over here, this looks like somebody is following in the footsteps of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. What to speak of Prabhupāda's garland! Hare Kṛṣṇa! And you can imagine, while they are making those garlands—they take hours, it takes hours to make those—and then the offering goes. And Śrīla Prabhupāda wears it for a few hours. The Deities wear them for a few hours. But do the devotees who made them feel satisfied? Yeah, completely satisfied...Verse for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/9/21https://vedabase.io/en/library/bs/5/37------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------#prabhupadapicks #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy
The word "attend" has the word "ten" in it. It's Latin. "Ten" is the same word in tendon, which holds together muscle and bone. It also means to stretch towards something, to give it special attention. At-ten-tion. It's there also, intention. So, when we attend to the mantra, we're holding on, we're stretching towards it, always keeping the mantra. And on my screen, I was just noticing that I left four items behind because I have those little air tags. And I was thinking how, if you chant the mantra, you'll get a little notice: "Four anarthas left behind," really, because Kṛṣṇa purifies us by the sound vibration. But we have to be innocent and we have to be sincere and really try to attend to the mantra always. This instruction this morning about just listen to the sound vibration, try to hear it, don't interpret it, but just be very patient and accept that it's an avatār of Kṛṣṇa in sound. Then everything's revealed. Kṛṣṇa (04:30).------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japawalk #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Nārada says, "Tasyaiva hetoḥ prayateta kovido na labhyate yad bhramatām upary adhaḥ." He mentions that things come and go in this world, and we are also visited by distress, distressful situations. Yes, sometimes, he said, you didn't invite it. You didn't put anything out on the internet that said, "If anybody wants to bug me, please feel free. Here's my number. Call me any time of day or night and just try to give me grief." Did anybody do that? But still, people call you in the middle of the night and give you grief, right? Maybe innocently. They just call you to tell you about something that went wrong, and now you're accountable for it for one reason or another.So, Nārada said those things come of their own accord, and the reason they come of their own accord, he says, is "gabhīra." It's very deep. It's mixed into our experience of the material world. Because if we wrote an autobiography for the soul, that would be a nice book, right? "The Autobiography of a Soul." How many lifetimes would you have to go back to have a complete memoir of your time in the material world? It could be many creations—a creation is 311 trillion years—times who knows what? It could be thousands or millions or trillions of those. How would you trace it out?So that's why it's gabhīra, because we interact with the material world. Knowingly or unknowingly, we contact good and evil even beyond our control; therefore, it all comes out in this lifetime. So he says, just as grief visits you without you asking for it, he said, gain or happiness, it will visit you, even if you don't ask for it. He gives a comparison: you didn't ask for grief, right? How did it come to you? By the impeccable arrangement of the energy of The Lord. And how does good come to you? By the impeccable arrangement of The Lord, it comes automatically.He said, "So therefore you shouldn't spend so much time trying to hyper-arrange for your maintenance." Live a balanced life, take what you need, but don't become overheated in the process. Know that everything's coming from God, and if you know the secret of life—that the more you give, the more you grow. That's what yajna is. Yajna means you've discovered the secret of life: the more you're able to give to the Supreme, the more you gain, the more you become happy, the more you're satisfied, and have everything you need.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#prabhupadapicks #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If you want to find the ultimate thing, you have to ask the question and if you want to acquire something, you have to ask about it. And whatever you ask about, that's what you're going to get. So if you just ask about the basic necessities of life, you get what the snails get: just a little grass. But if you ask about God, then you can get that. So the Brahma-sūtra says, "Athāto Brahma-jijñāsā." Now you should ask, who is Brahman?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
For those who have accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Murāri, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf’s hoof-print. Their goal is paraṁ padam, Vaikuṇṭha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger at every step.SB 10.14.58https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/58------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#prabhupadapicks#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If you can get a leśa, a whiff, a molecule, something tiny, mercy from Kṛṣṇa, the smallest amount, a leśa—then you can understand everything about him. The whole process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is to receive this mercy.“Prabhupada Picks” refers to a selection of verses from the 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam that Srila Prabhupada memorized himself and quoted very frequently in his teachings.List of verses in the description here: https://youtu.be/8teL06bAL1o Verse for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/29------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Would you like to inherit the kingdom of God? Just say, "Yes." Brahmā says, there's one technique, and that is whatever happens to you in this world—and the same kinds of things happen to all of us, understand that this is the mercy of God, because this world is not for enjoyment. It's an Airbnb, it's an Uber. You don't own it. You don't get to keep it. You don't get to stay. So why are we here? It's a classroom. We're meant to learn something. And if you accept that God's creation is perfect, and the way that He interacts with His devotees is for their ultimate good, and you accept that in your life, and you tolerate whatever miseries come as the special gift of God to purify you of your last vestiges of attachment to the material world, he said, then you inherit the kingdom of God------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#prabhupadapicks #backtogodhead#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If you hear about the bhakti process and you have access to the bhakti process, but you abandon it for some more sophisticated, complicated process, then Brahmā says, you're like somebody who goes to a grain field and you find some husks. The grain is already taken out—that's what the husk is—and then you take that home instead, and you beat it over and over again to try to get something out of it. He said, "There's nothing to get here in this world, only bhakti."------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I was just thinking, also, about yesterday. We went out. It's an ocean out there, and people are coming from every direction. You don't know who they are, where they're coming from. I was thinking of the churning of the milk ocean when the devas and the asuras came together for the yajña. It was Viṣṇu's wish that they did this yajña. So, they threw all the ingredients into the ocean. And then, of course, with the help of The Lord at every step, because they couldn't even carry them out by themselves. But when they started churning, then of course, Hālāhala poison came out. And then there was Lakṣmī Jī and all the different entities.Saṅkīrtana is like that. It's the yajna, yuga-dharma. When we go out and attempt to distribute the holy names, the Bhāgavatam, and the Bhagavad-gītā, it's like churning in that crowd, and you don't know who's going to come out of it. Yesterday, on the way home, I got a note from somebody on our team about a person who had written in and said that many years ago, they got a book at a motel, and they didn't think anything of it. They said, "We stole it." It was a Bhagavad-gītā, and they said, "We also got some packet at Los Angeles Ratha-yātrā; somebody handed us one. We had them all, and we didn't do anything about it." He said, "But now I'm chanting. I'm reading. I'm part of the program." So the yajña is very potent because The Holy Name always has a supreme effect, even if somebody accidentally does it, what to speak of jokingly.I was thinking yesterday, too, there were so many challenges. Somebody called me a white devil. Another kid, when I asked about karma, he had some—he was very pugnacious and wanted to challenge the whole idea of morality and everything. It was like everywhere you go, there's some challenge, and it's very healthy to go out and be part of that polishing process where you're getting hit from every side, and then you are endeavoring to give people Holy Names.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japawalk #sankirtan #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Chaitanya and Nitai are so merciful that they don’t consider any offenses. That’s one of the reasons that Śrīla Prabhupāda mentions that when we approach Kṛṣṇa, we first have to approach Nitāi and Gaurāṅga.One of the names of Lord Nityānanda is adoṣa-darśī. Doṣa means a fault, and adoṣa means no fault, and darśī means to see. So, what his name means is he’s the one who doesn’t see any faults in others. He only sees the good and tries to uplift all living entities. So Nitāi Adoṣa-darśī Gaurāṅga is a befitting name for these Deities because they've come here to Los Altos to perform their pastimes and to give everyone who comes here an opportunity to chant, dance, feast, and read the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. And even if they’re busy, or they’re working, if they have a little bit of association with Nitāi Adoṣa-darśī Gaurāṅga, they’ll become transcendentalized and begin to take to the process of devotional service.So this is a great day of celebration. We were feeling great happiness driving over here today, knowing that the Adoṣa-darśī Gaurāṅga would appear in your home. When I went in the back room to see them, they were so blissful.It reminded me of the song of kevala ānanda-kanda. The whole process of worshiping them, or keeping them in your home and just chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa together, is so sublime and effective that anyone who takes to this will become uplifted.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When Brahmā saw this little child in Vṛndāvan playing with his friends, some of them were stealing food from one another, putting it in their mouths, taking it out, and giving it to another, like kids do sometimes, he thought, “Why is everybody making a big deal? This couldn't be the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” So he played a trick and stole the calves and cowherd boys. Kṛṣṇa re-manifested them exactly the way they were, and Brahmā became extremely bewildered and offered prayers to Kṛṣṇa.One of the first prayers, which is very famous, is:jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta evajīvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtāmsthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhirye prāyaśo ’jita jito ’py asi tais tri-lokyām (SB 10.14.3)You're going to be happy to hear this, because in this verse spoken by Lord Brahmā, he says, “Forget about trying to understand God with your intellect, completely forget.” He's the smartest person—he got 16 million on his SAT—and he said, “Forget about trying to understand God with your intellect.” Jñāne prayāsam udapāsya! 'Jīvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām.' Jīvanti means, “If all you do is stay alive somehow or other so you can make it to the Bhāgavatam class and hear about Kṛṣṇa, if that's all you do, “What do you do?”“I just try to stay alive.”“Why?”“Because I want to go to the class. I just want to hear about Kṛṣṇa.”'Jīvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām.' He said, then your life was perfect. You don't have to do anything else. And then Brahmā says: 'Sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhir.' This means you don't have to quit your day job. No moving to the Himalayas. "Sthāne sthitāḥ.” Sthitāḥ means, “Stay, stand, don't move. Just stay in your position and hear about Kṛṣṇa and worship that vibration with your body, mind, and words.” And then he says something remarkable and that is just by that simple process of bhakti—of hearing about Kṛṣṇa, revering the transcendental vibration, the līlā of Kṛṣṇa, the instructions of Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad Gītā— 'sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhir ye prāyaśo ’jita jito ’py asi tais tri-lokyām." Kṛṣṇa is known as ajita, which means he's unconquerable, but he becomes conquered by the love of his devotees. He's submissive to his devotees' love, and one develops this love by hearing about Kṛṣṇa from the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Second Chapter of the First Canto, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam says:śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥpuṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥhṛdy antaḥ stho hy abhadrāṇividhunoti suhṛt satām(Text 18)naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣunityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayābhagavaty uttama-ślokebhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī(Text 19)tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥkāma-lobhādayaś ca yeceta etair anāviddhaṁsthitaṁ sattve prasīdati(Text 20)evaṁ prasanna-manasobhagavad-bhakti-yogataḥbhagavat-tattva-vijñānaṁmukta-saṅgasya jāyate(Text 21)bhidyate hṛdaya-granthiśchidyante sarva-saṁśayāḥkṣīyante cāsya karmāṇidṛṣṭa evātmanīśvare(Text 22)In this paragraph spoken by Sūta Gosvāmī, he says that the main means for elevating oneself to pure consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is to participate in the hearing of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. He starts by saying: śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ. If you sit for Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and just listen submissively, then you're gaining spiritual credit, or puṇya. This goes into a bank account in your heart, and you never lose it, as Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad Gītā : nehābhikrama-nāśo ’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt (BG 2.40). When you do something for Kṛṣṇa and you make advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, it's never lost; it goes to your eternal credit.He goes on to say that by hearing Śrīmad Bhāgavatam gradually, anything which is abhadra is winnowed out. Everyone knows what bhadra means, right? Bhadra means something auspicious, but abhadra means those things that are inauspicious. By hearing the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, gradually any of the anarthas, or unwanted things, that are within our consciousness are winnowed out by the process of hearing.He then says, "evaṁ prasanna-manasaḥ," which means that one's mind becomes happy. That's very difficult in this world because there is always one anxiety after another. When you finish solving one problem, there's another. But by hearing the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and allowing the spiritual sound vibration to enter your ears and heart, your mind gradually becomes happy.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Śukadeva Gosvāmī says in the 14th Chapter of the 10th Canto that when people have a home, if it doesn't have Kṛṣṇa Consciousness inside, then it becomes like a prison. They're locked in, can't get out. Every realm is defined by the sound vibration. So you can have a fancy house, but once you are locked in there, you're stuck with the sound vibration that's inside. If the sound vibration is mundane, then it doesn't matter how fancy the house is, you'll be in hellish consciousness. And by the same principle, if you're even in the simplest environment, if the vibration is pure, then you're not in the material world. You're in the transcendental realm, as the realm is defined by the transcendental sound vibration.I once lived in Bhuvaneśvara in a little hut, went to my god-brother, and HH Gaura Govinda Mahārāja was staying there too. We had no facility, except for we would cook on a little fire, and Mahārāja would give class in the morning sitting on just a little wooden platform. There was nothing around at that time. But we were just completely happy, just a little khichḍī. We would sleep on the dirt floor in that hut and then listen to Bhāgavatam and chant, and then go to Jagannāth Purī. And it's a blissful life.So this grandiose society, everyone's trying to find happiness by developing materially, but they don't know the principle, which is sound vibration. So it's our job to introduce the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness so people can transform their lives by upgrading their soundtrack and making sure that they include The Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahāmantra. They could even put Gaura Nitāi in their house. What a difference that would make! You could spend $5 million on a house on the street that's on the low side. We looked it up. One house is for sale down here. It's 4.2; it's the crappiest house on the block. But if there's no Gaura Nitāi inside any of these places, then what is the use? Soft pillows and a bed? It's just the exact same thing. That's what Śukadeva Gosvāmī says in the beginning of the Second Canto of Bhāgavatam you know, just live simply and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and be happy. Or if you live in a nice place so more people can come, it doesn't disturb us either because the main thing is the vibration—keeping the transcendental little vibration going. ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This is bhakti, how The Lord can become one's little child and drink breast milk from the mother. And our ācāryas say, "Yes, Nanda Mahārāja was very fortunate. He became the father of Kṛṣṇa, but Yaśodā is the most fortunate because Kṛṣṇa never left her. He was with her 24 hours a day as a child. No one was closer to Kṛṣṇa than Yaśodā."In the same section of the Bhāgavatam, we hear the admonition that was much repeated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His teachings. When He went to South India, He talked to Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa. Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa was in the Rāmānuja-sampradāya, the Śrī-Sampradāya, and they were having a discussion—Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa, the great ācārya there. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was telling him, "Actually, Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you worship as Lord Nārāyaṇa."So Veṅkaṭa wanted to know, "Well, how can you say He's the Supreme Personality of Godhead?" And Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked him, "How is it that the consort of Lord Nārāyaṇa came to Vṛndāvana and performed severe austerities to enter into the rāsa dance?" And Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa said, "You please tell me." It's because the quality of devotion in Vṛndāvana is topmost. There is no more intimate relationship between Kṛṣṇa and His devotees than in Śrī Vṛndāvana, and of all the devotees, Mother Yaśodā has the most intimate connection with Kṛṣṇa in His childhood.And therefore Śukadeva Gosvāmī says: "nāyaṁ sukhāpo bhagavān dehināṁ gopikā-sutaḥ jñānināṁ cātma-bhūtānāṁ yathā bhaktimatām iha (SB 10.9.21)." And this is the verse quoted by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa from the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. There are many approaches. One may try to cultivate knowledge to understand God; one may perform yoga, haṭha Yoga, aṣṭāṅga Yoga; one may be a karmī, trying to position oneself in the material world in such a way as to have the best of everything. And Śukadev says, "None of these ways will attract Kṛṣṇa. Only simple bhakti will. "Nāyaṁ sukhāpo bhagavān dehināṁ gopikā-sutaḥ jñānināṁ cātma-bhūtānāṁ yathā bhaktimatām iha." In this world, only by bhakti, following in the footsteps of the residents of Vṛndāvana,... This is later written by Rūpa Gosvāmī, the process of devotional service: "tan-nāma-rūpa-caritādi-sukīrtanānu- smṛtyoḥ krameṇa rasanā-manasī niyojyatiṣṭhan vraje tad-anurāgī-janānugāmī kālaṁ nayed akhilaṁ ity upadeśa-sāram (NOI 8)." He said, "This is the essence of all advice. One should take to the practice of hearing, chanting, and remembering, etc. Śravaṇam, kīrtanaṁ Viṣṇu, smaraṇaṁ, pāda-sevanaṁ, arcanaṁ, vandanaṁ, dāsyaṁ, sakhyaṁ, ātma-nivedanam —the nine processes of devotional service continuously. Then one will come to appreciate the devotional service of the residents of Vṛndāvana."And when one develops this appreciation for the devotion of the devotees in Vṛndāvana, one may become intrigued by that. This is the beginning of one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa in a particular mood. This cannot be artificially stimulated. It comes only by copious hearing over many lifetimes to come to this position of bhakti.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------
He is our little vegan friend (pointing to a snail on the sidewalk). He is informed from within by the Supersoul, but I'm not sure where he's going now, because it doesn't look promising, does it? You can see how hapless living entities who have no guidance can wander into some place that is extremely dangerous and be stepped on by material nature.So, it's there in the Bhagavatām: 'samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavaṁ mahat-padaṁ puṇya-yaśo murāreḥ bhavāmbudhir vatsa-padaṁ paraṁ padaṁ padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām (SB 10.14.58).' The material world is vipadam; it's very dangerous. Any step—your step or somebody else's step—can crush you.So that's like material nature. Here's the Virajā, maybe here's Vaikuntha . So, the avatāra comes and just intervenes. "I'm really sorry, my little vegan friend. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. We love you very much. Please tell all your friends to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, and please, in your next life, come back to our program for going back to Godhead. But for now, we'd like to introduce you to a more lush environment. Please enjoy the salad bar, all you can eat. (3:17)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japawalk #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Everybody carries a song in their heart. That's what moves all of us. Melody and rhythm are universal. So in Bhakti, when we sing these bhajans, they go deeply within our body. They overwrite the other sound vibrations that are there, and they leave us with the clear, pristine spiritual sounds of another realm. And when we have those and we can aspire for that realm, actually, we'll be carried to that realm by the power of that sound vibration.(excerpt from the talk Material World Has a Shelf Life | Prabhupada Picks #6&7 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 16 Aug 2025)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the spiritual world, this is the norm: that every gait is a dance, every word is a song. So the spiritual world is not void, and Kṛṣṇa is not alone, but the spiritual world is where all the living entities who are enlightened and in love with Kṛṣṇa reside. The material world is a little lonely because we are separated from the light of the spiritual worlds and from Kṛṣṇa. So the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam brings our attention to the portals through which we can see the spiritual world and understand it.It's not illogical. In the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa says, "ūrdhva-mūlam adhaḥ-śākham aśvatthaṁ prāhur avyayam chandāṁsi yasya parṇāni yas taṁ veda sa veda-vit," that this material world is a reflection of the spiritual world. We see variety here, but the variety here is temporary. It has a shelf life. Whatever we want to embrace here, whatever we want to taste here, has a beginning and an end. It's a temporary world because it's a reflection of the spiritual world.So the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam says that the mission of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is "reality distinguished from illusion for the benefit of all." If I try to embrace an illusory apple, a reflection on the water, this is folly; I won't be able to eat it. But the substance is there in the spiritual world.So Brahmā gives this explanation of how one can see Kṛṣṇa. He says, "Although Kṛṣṇa is transcendental form is presented as black." Devotees who are in love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead appreciate the Lord as Śyāmasundara, having a very beautiful, blackish form. The Lord's form is so beautiful that the Brahma-saṁhitā also states, "veṇuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ barhāvataṁsam asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam / kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṁ / govindam ādipuruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi... I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord who plays on His transcendental flute. His eyes are like lotus flowers. He is decorated with peacock plumes, and his bodily color resembles the color of a fresh black cloud. Although his bodily features are more beautiful than millions of Cupids, this beauty of the Supreme Lord can be seen by devotees who are in love with him, devotees whose eyes are anointed with the love of Godhead: 'Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena.'------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#prabhupadapicks #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Do you know what devotee means? It comes from Latin; it's the same word as vote. When you vote for something, it also means to make a vow—to vow or to vote. When you vote for something, you put your heart into it. You stand for this. When we make a vow, the same thing, like, "I'm doing this, that's it."So, a devotee is someone who keeps his or her vows. There is something worth vowing for. There is an objective to life; there's an ultimate goal. And if there is, who wouldn't want to make a vow towards that? If one could point out—at least theoretically—that there is an ultimate goal of life and that you have time in this life to achieve it, why wouldn't you want to make a vow? Of course, it could be complicated, but in one's heart, one has to make a vow. And then eventually, the most edifying of all experiences is to make a vow to Krishna and say, "No matter what happens, I'm with you. I'm voting for you. I don't care who else is running, I'm voting for you." That's a devotee. And if you can make that vow in your life, then everything changes.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
'Mahāt' means those who are great souls. They are perfectly situated, and kṛtena means they devise a method to live in this world and at the same time, practice spiritual life. They do it for themselves, but they also leave behind them the process so that everyone can take it up. For instance, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is The Supreme Personality of God. He appeared 500 years ago, and had many disciples. They listened to everything Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, and then they codified it. They wrote it down in books like Śrī Upadeśāmṛta, which is the primer for bhakti yoga, written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.I was in the San Francisco Airport some time back; the airport had given me a space to distribute books from. One of the books I had in ample quantity was the Upadeśāmṛta, so I used to distribute it a lot at the airport. It was in Terminal Two, which used to be the International Terminal at San Francisco Airport. Any airport in America—I'll tell you anything about it. I grew up in one. And they gave us what used to be an insurance counter. It was a round, actually octagonal, booth. They used to sell flight insurance there, but then they got a machine that replaced the people who worked there. So they gave us the booth and said, "If you would like to sell your books, you can use this booth." So I used to stand behind that booth, and people would come over asking for directions. I would give them directions to their flight, and then I would give them directions to the spiritual world.And I particularly remember one day I met a young man from Taiwan, a student who had finished his education here. He was on his way home, and I told him about the Upadeśāmṛta and how it was written 500 years ago by a great saint named Rūpa Gosvāmī. I said, "There are instructions here for life, how you can make spiritual progress." He said, "Oh, very nice. I'd like it." He offered a donation so we could print more books. He opened his carry-on bag, which had a zipper on top. He put the book in and zipped it closed. I watched him as he walked toward his gate, and I was thinking, "I wonder if Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī envisioned this 500 years ago, that there would be airports, or that this young man from Taiwan, so far from Bhāratavarṣa, would somehow meet another young man (I was young at that time) from California, and we would have an interaction where I'd give him a book written 500 years ago by a saint named Rūpa Gosvāmī, who wrote the book in Vṛndāvana at a place called Ter Kadamba? And he would take it home to Taiwan and read those instructions.“Prabhupada Picks” refers to a selection of verses from the 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam that Srila Prabhupada memorized himself and quoted very frequently in his teachings.List of verses are in the description here: https://youtu.be/8teL06bAL1oVerse for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/30------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality
All glories to Radha and Krsna and the divine forest of Vrndavana. All glories to the three presiding Deities of Vrndavana--Sri Govinda, Gopinatha, and Madana-mohana.(Translation 1, Jaya Rādhe, Jaya Kṛṣṇa, Jaya Vṛndāvan)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
How would you feel if you were cursed to die in seven days? Not very good. But Parīkṣit Mahārāj said, ‘Let the snake-bird, or whatever magical creature this boy has conjured, bite me at once. All I want is to go on hearing the transcendental vibration about Kṛṣṇa.’ He wasn’t disturbed by it. In fact, there’s a list of symptoms given in the Madhya-līlā of the Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, which is the teachings and pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. That’s another book besides the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. It's a must-have, by the way.And within that, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu teaches Sanātana Gosvāmī the tenets of bhakti-yoga. In one section, he describes what symptoms one would have when one becomes spiritually advanced. He gives Parīkṣit Mahārāj as an example of a highly advanced person. The first symptom of the heart being spiritually enlivened, otherwise known as bhāva, is that he didn’t mind being cursed. It was called kṣāntir, a kind of immediate forgiveness of the situation. He said, ‘You’re cursed.’ A little boy cursed you, and it’s effective. So it's coming. There's a snake-bird coming for you. And he said, ‘Let it come. It’s the arrangement of the Lord.’ In fact, his opinion was that this is Kṛṣṇa’s arrangement for me. He said, "I was a king. I was so attached to all my things. How else would I have given them up? But now I have an excuse. A perfect excuse." Who else got an excuse in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam to walk out on his family? Vidura.Vidura was not cursed, but he was insulted severely by Duryodhana. You remember this? Vidura was trying to stand up for the Pāṇḍavas, and Duryodhana said, ‘Who is this guy, anyway? He’s not even full-blooded, part of our family. He’s a mutt. Get him out of here! I'll beat him up! I'll beat him out of here!’ In that very moment, Vidura felt, ‘This is Kṛṣṇa's opening for me to go out and just be absorbed and go on pilgrimage.’ This is what you do when nothing else works out. You just go to the Dhām. He went on pilgrimage for many years. He walked outside that palace, laid down his bow and arrow right on the doorstep, and then he was unrecognizable after that. No one could tell where he was, or they couldn’t see him anymore.So, the times in which we’re tested most deeply in this world are the times when we can understand, 'How spiritually advanced am I?' One of the first symptoms is called kṣāntir. It means the heart is forgiving. It's like, 'Okay, it's Kṛṣṇa's arrangement.' This is embodied in one of the most famous verses that we’re going to visit today, in the 14th chapter of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.“Prabhupada Picks” refers to a selection of verses from the 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam that Srila Prabhupada memorized himself and quoted very frequently in his teachings.List of verses are in the description here: https://youtu.be/8teL06bAL1o Verse for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/16------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
Bhaktivinoda concludes by saying: "Whosoever attains the stage of enthusiasm for these devotional practices will be supremely blissful wherever he may be."(From the song Suddha Bhakata Carana Renu)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
“Prabhupada Picks” refers to a selection of verses from the 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam that Srila Prabhupada memorized himself and quoted very frequently in his teachings.List of verses are in the description here: https://youtu.be/8teL06bAL1o Verse for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/13------------------------------------------------------------My friend, Dave Dibberne, I forget which birthday it was. He was so fanatical about music that for his birthday he asked for a particular record. Unfortunately, he asked everybody for it. Kids, in the old days, there used to be records. There were no computers, live streams, or anything like that. You would get a vinyl disc, this big. It was called a 45. It had to play on a turntable, just bringing it up to speed. It's a physical object. It had two songs, one on each side. That's all you got. It cost a couple of dollars, and that was a lot of money back then. He got the same song from seven people. It was called “Monday, Monday.” He tried to listen as much as he could, but after a while, he just got really tired of it, and he didn't like the song anymore. He wished he had asked for something else. And that's what happens in the material world. Everyone wishes they asked for something else after a while, because whatever we get here, it gets old, fast or slow. Either way, it runs out. We run out of thirst for it. But spiritual thirst, you can go on drinking. You can go on hearing that is over and over again, and it never gets old. No one's ever complained that the Bhagavad Gita is boring because every time you hear it, it has new meaning. Srimad Bhagavatam is something you can embark upon for your lifetime. This lifetime, if you would like, you can volunteer today. We're going to put it out there on the table, to read and dedicate the rest of your life to hearing the Srimad Bhagavatam. Get a PhD in the Srimad Bhagavatam. Am I making sense? And I guarantee you won't come to the end of it, even if you spend the rest of your life studying the Srimad Bhagavatam very deeply every day with full concentration, you will have bouts of ecstasy in reading The Bhagavatam, listening to the verses, the poem, the poetics of it, and also the very contact with the sound vibration will enliven you.This is the beautiful statement of Srila Prabhupada that: "The entire world is suffering because of spiritual thirst." And so you can make it your mission if you want to do something good for people — to help quench their thirst spiritually.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
Verse for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/4So, my point was, when they (western devotees) went back to India, there was an inordinate response. People came running out. Where was it? In Gujarat? Audience:Surat. Surat, most pious place on Earth. What can you expect? But they went there, they're having a kīrtan down the road. People came running out. They were grabbing the dirt on the road where the devotees had performed kīrtan and smearing it on their bodies. And the devotees were shocked actually, like, "Hey, we're just mleccha-yavanas and whatnots," as Prabhupāda says. "And why are they doing this?" Prabhupāda said later, "Because you follow four regulative principles and chant 16 rounds." He said, "You'll be famous all over the world." And so, you know, it's not a cheap thing: 'nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād.' What do you have to do for this? Just die to the material world. Just give up everything, that's all. Just have no other interest except for Kṛṣṇa. Then you'll be fine. "Sure, no problem."But those who do that and then represent in a straightforward way what has already been presented... Prabhupāda gives a clear definition of that in the first canto, fourth chapter, first paragraph describing what it means to represent. He says, "You should not try to screw out any new meaning from what the previous ācāryas have said. Don't try to be a Muni and say, 'I have a different idea.'" Same thing, but he said, "You should adjust the language to accommodate the local people, the local vernacular, how they can understand, build context. Say it in your own language, but say the exact same thing." Prabhupāda said, "That is what is known as realization," and that's the great need.Notice that Prabhupāda uses words in his commentaries like "Superspirit," "Supersoul." Where do these things come from? Prabhupāda's realization of how to present to a world population so that they can accommodate the concepts and the language and so forth. Straightforward, but in a way that people in a context, they can understand it.Date: 16 Aug 2025------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And the second verse—one of the two Prabhupāda's most-quoted verses, there are only two out of that whole chapter (SB 10.33: The Rasa Lila) —is: "vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir idaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ śraddhānvito ’nuśṛṇuyād atha varṇayed yaḥ bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ hṛd-rogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa dhīraḥ (SB 10.33.39)." The topics of Kṛṣṇa, especially His consorting with the gopīs of Vṛndāvan, have so much spiritual potency that, śraddhānvito ’nuśṛṇuyād, if somebody faithfully hears them, if they have the context and they understand the other verse, then, such a person very quickly, acireṇa dhīraḥ, that person becomes dhīra. He's not affected by the material world anymore, which is interesting because it's a love story. But by hearing that story, one becomes immune to the so-called "love story" of the material world that everyone is affected by. Everyone is overtaken by Cupid in the material world; nobody can get out of it. It's too powerful.But the potency of Kṛṣṇa kathā is such that if one hears that and understands Kṛṣṇa's position—"dharma-vyatikramo dṛṣṭa īśvarāṇāṁ ca sāhasam"—He's an Īśvara. He's like fire; he can't be contaminated. So, what is taking place there? If one could understand that topic, then 'acireṇa dhīra,' very quickly, one becomes sober and not affected by the material world. What to speak of, 'bhaktim, Param Bhagavati, pratilabhya kama,' he attains the highest level of bhakti and overcomes the "dread disease of the heart," which is Kāma, the lust of the material world.What do you think? Audience: That's very powerful.It's very interesting because if you look at the selected verses throughout the 10th Canto, you can gain something by seeing which ones Prabhupada quoted the most and which topic he was on, what was his thread when you go through. But I just noted that those are the two from the Rasalīlā chapter. He could have quoted something more rasika on a regular basis, but he gave these verses that give context so that one could enter into them properly. Any other realizations or thoughts?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japawalk #spirituallessons #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, on this sacred day of your divine appearance, I offer my humble obeisances again and again at your lotus feet. I pray for the humility to accept correction, the zeal to share Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and the patience to serve others in their spiritual journey. May I always remember that devotional service is about service, not status. Please bless me to purify my heart, to improve my chanting, and to remain forever protected at your lotus feet.My beloved Gurudev, everything meaningful in my life comes from you. Without your guidance, I would be lost in the waves of material desire, but by your mercy, I have found purpose, hope, and joy in serving Kṛṣṇa and his devotees. On this day of Vyāsa Pūjā, I renew my dedication to your mission. I pray that your books illuminate every home, that The Holy Name echoes in every heart, and that your movement thrives forever. May my life, every thought, word, and action, be a token of gratitude to you. All glories to you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, all glories to your ISKCON, and all glories to The Holy Name.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vyasapuja #srilaprabhupada #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Śrīla Prabhupāda, you have shown us the real wealth of life: the joy of cooperating together in devotional service to a pure devotee. You have given us the ultimate formula for fulfillment—not tit-for-tat exchanges or transactional relationships, but the mood of selfless giving, free from ego and ambition. You taught us that cooperation among devotees is not merely a strategy for organizational success; it is the very symptom of spiritual advancement.In a world torn by division, the ability of devotees to serve together in harmony is nothing short of miraculous. At ISKCON of Silicon Valley, we witness this miracle every day. Devotees come together not only to distribute your books, but to cook and serve prasādam with devotion, to dress and worship The Deities with care and attention, to clean the temple joyfully as an offering to you, to chant the holy names together, to teach and nurture the children of our community in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and to give newcomers a chance to catch hold of your mood and method of serving Kṛṣṇa.Each of these services is powerful on its own, but when we perform them without a sense of entitlement or desire for recognition but rather, when we execute them in the mood of cooperation for the sake of maintaining unity and purity of purpose in service to your mission—they become transcendental expressions of love. Obstacles dissolve, spiritual joy increases, and the power of sādhu-saṅga becomes tangible. In a letter to Gurukula teachers, you wrote, "We are persons and Kṛṣṇa is a person, and our relationship with Kṛṣṇa is always open as a voluntary agreement. That voluntary attitude, 'Yes, Kṛṣṇa, I shall gladly cooperate, whatever You say,' that ready willingness to obey is only possible if there is love. Forcing will not make me agree. But if there is love, oh, I shall gladly do it. That is bhakti. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness."A medicine tablet, which contains fillers, is effective only because it contains an active ingredient. The active ingredient of your movement is voluntary service based on love, stimulated by loving exchanges in the process of hearing and chanting about Kṛṣṇa. In you, Śrīla Prabhupāda, we find no filler. Even a small dose of your vāṇī therefore can cure the disease of material life.You have given us the most precious gift: the knowledge that real happiness comes not from consumption but from contribution, not from income but from surrender, not from being served but from serving. That clarity of purpose—śuddha-bhakti—shines like a jewel amid the refuse like distractions, and entanglements of this world. And it is this essence that unites and inspires our community at ISKCON of Silicon Valley to continue your mission with enthusiasm and conviction.Śrīla Prabhupāda, we pray to imbibe even a fraction of your selfless spirit. Please bless us with the humility to put service before recognition, to put unity before individual ambition, and to put your pleasure before our own comforts. Let ISKCON of Silicon Valley always remain a beacon of cooperation in your service, a family that mirrors the miracle you began.Link to the entire festival: https://youtube.com/live/s6rAQPwDWdE?feature=share------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
(refrain)jaya mādhava madana murārī rādhe-śyāma śyāmā-śyāmajaya keśava kali-mala-hārī rādhe-śyāma śyāmā-śyāma (1)sundara kuṇḍala naina viśālā, gale sohe vaijantī-mālāyā chavi kī balihārī rādhe-śyāma śyāmā-śyāma (2)kabahūń lūṭa lūṭa dadhi khāyo, kabahūń madhu-vana rāsa racāyonācata vipina-vihārī rādhe-śyāma śyāmā-śyāma (3)gvāla-bāla sańga dhenu carāi, vana-vana bhramata phire yadu-rāikāńdhe kāmara kārī rādhe-śyāma śyāmā-śyāma (4)curā curā nava-nīta jo khāyo, vraja-vanitana pai nāma dharāyomākhana-cora murārī rādhe-śyāma śyāmā-śyāma (5)eka-dina māna indra ko māryo, nakha ūpara govardhana dhāryonāma paḍāyo giridhārī rādhe-śyāma śyāmā-śyāma (6)duryodhana ko bhoga na khāyo, rūkho sāga vidura ghara khāyoaise prema pujārī rādhe-śyāma śyāmā-śyāma (7)karuṇā kara draupadī pukārī, paṭa lipaṭa gaye vana-vārīnirakha rahe nara nārī rādhe-śyāma śyāmā-śyāma (8)bhakta-bhakta saba tumane tāre, binā bhakti hama ṭhāḍe dvārelījo khabara hamārī rādhe-śyāma śyāmā-śyāma (9)arjuna ke ratha hāńkana hāre, gītā ke upadeśa tumhārecakra-sudarśana-dhārī rādhe-śyāma śyāmā-śyāma WORD FOR WORD TRANSLATION: Jaya Madhava Madana Murari TRANSLATION(Refrain) Glories to the husband of the goddess of fortune, who is the transcendental Cupid and the enemy of the demon Mura. Glories to the divine couple Radhe Syama, also known as Syama Syama! Glories to Lord Kesava, who has fine hair, who removes the miseries of the age of Kali—Radhe Syama Syama Syama! 1) O Krsna, You wear beautiful earrings, and You have lovely widened eyes. Around Your neck hangs the splendorous vaijanti flower garland. Your complexion is most excellent—Radhe Syama Syama Syama! 2) Sometimes You secretly plunder yogurt and eat it, and sometimes You design a rasa-dance performance with the young gopis in the forest of Madhuvana. There dances Vipina-Vihari, You who love to sport in the forest— Radhe Syama Syama Syama! 3) You herd the cows in the company of the cowherd boys. You, the monarch of the Yadu dynasty, thus wander from forest to forest, carrying a blanket draped over Your shoulder— Radhe Syama Syama Syama! 4) Because You, O Murari, repeatedly steal fresh butter from the homes of the women of Vraja and secretly eat it, they have named You ‘Makhan-Chor’ (the butter thief)— Radhe Syama Syama Syama! 5) One day You curbed the pride of Indra by lifting the great mountain Govardhana upon the tip of Your fingernail, thus winning for Yourself the name Giridhari— Radhe Syama Syama Syama! 6) You did not accept the sumptuous feast of the wicked Duryodhana, but took the coarse food offered by Your devotee Vidura. Therefore You are worshipped by love and not by mere rituals—Rädhe Radhe Syama Syama Syama! 7) To bestow mercy upon Draupadi, You, the Lord of the forest, supplied unlimited cloth to protect her from shame, while the assembly of men and women looked on— Radhe Syama Syama Syama! 8) You deliver each of Your devotees in unique ways. Alas, we who are bereft of devotion are standing here outside Your door. Please favorably receive the news of our presence— Radhe Syama Syama Syama!9) You were the driver of Arjuna’s chariot, and on the battlefield You gave Arjuna the instructions of the Bhagavad-Gita. During the fight You exhibited Your form as the wielder of the discus Sudarsana— Radhe Syama Syama Syama!To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/
Today, we have such a great opportunity. The world is in disarray because they have forgotten that Kṛṣṇa is Satyam, the supreme truth, and that life becomes simple if we simply follow his instructions and don't try to invent anything new. Just be a devotee. Think of Kṛṣṇa. Worship Kṛṣṇa. Bolo Kṛṣṇa, Bhajo Kṛṣṇa, and teach Kṛṣṇa consciousness to everybody. So, thank you very much for being such dedicated devotees. It's very powerful, and it's good news for Silicon Valley that we're all here today, creating this vortex of spiritual power.So today, all day long, we'll be engaged in devotional activities. Thank goodness nobody can get to us. You always say, "Sorry, I'm busy. I've got to park cars." "Sorry, I'm busy. I've got to wash the floor." "Sorry, I'm busy." Just be busy all day in Kṛṣṇa's service: hearing, chanting, śravaṇaṁ, kīrtanaṁ. Sweepnam, mopanam... Yeah, if you want to make real advancement, sweepnam, mopanam, and go for the restrooms. Go for the parking lot. Pick up the trash, clean everything.And we want to also welcome all the people who come here throughout the day. You're all stalwarts. That's why you're here at Maṅgal Ārti. So you're deputized to be one of the nicest people on Earth today to everyone who comes here. Just be a kind friend. Give them a smile, give them a welcome. Help them see the deities before you see them. Let's extend ourselves to everyone and bring people closer to Kṛṣṇa, which is the mission of the International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The spiritual master is always engaged in the temple worship of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. He also engages his disciples in such worship. They dress the Deities in beautiful clothes and ornaments, clean Their temple, and perform other similar worship of the Lord. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.(Translation,verse 3)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#janmashtami #festival #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
One may transfer oneself, and it takes practice, to the internal potency, and that's what we're doing. So, anyone can be trained in the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness to attain this, it takes a lot of coaching, and you have to coach yourself. Everyone feels put upon by material nature, subjected to various miseries. Do you ever feel subjected to various miseries? Then change the subject, because the subject of our mind is how to fix everything in the material world. That's the subject. That's why there are shops everywhere. Every shop has tried to fix some problem, and it doesn't matter how many you go to, it won't work.But if you come to this shop and you practice every day meditating on the one object, the ultimate object of meditation, there's only one ultimate object—that's Bhagavān, and then it's Kṛṣṇa or Lord Caitanya, same. Stay there, and then, "How do I do that? My mind is fickle." Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and listen to the holy name. Everything, all potencies, are fully available in that. It has to be practiced every day carefully. Then when the result comes, there's a change of one's position in life. We go from the struggle of anartha-nivṛtti, which is, "How do I overcome this? Why am I being assaulted constantly by my senses?" to a place, niṣṭhā, where it's noticeable that the noise has gone down, and one feels that one has a standing in spiritual life. It's noticeable. One has a standing in spiritual life and isn't being pushed around by the unwanted desires. They're gone. And then from there comes ruci, which means that it becomes so enjoyable to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa that it's the main thing I want to do, not the last thing I want to do or not, "I have to do this," it's, "When can I do it? How can I do it more?"------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's very difficult to fit into the material world because we don't belong here, and the hard struggle for existence means trying to find a niche here in the material world, but there is no niche for spiritual souls in this world. So, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa with feeling puts us immediately in our constitutional position. So, it feels natural, and there's great relief because we're acting in our constitutional position as servant, and especially if we remember the meaning of the prayer that we're asking, "Kṛṣṇa, please, let me be daring and active in your service. Please, let me serve you somehow or other."And I was just reading in the Ninth Canto where Śrīla Prabhupāda says that those who are in business, those who are industrious, start some enterprise, and they get some progress in building a business, and they make some money, but they want more. They want to build more buildings. Facebook isn't big enough now, Apple's not big enough. It has to be bigger, bigger buildings, more people involved, more money coming in. So, Prabhupāda then says, "But a devotee is the same way with service, our priorities. We have the same ambition, but the priorities are different. We want more and more service."And chanting with that kind of ambition is very effective, because if I'm just passively chanting or not paying attention, then I may or may not hear the mantra. But if I have this desire, "I want more," think like a CEO or a business owner, "I want more," and if you chant with that mood, "Hare Kṛṣṇa, please give me more service. It's not enough. More, more, more," then that constitutional position becomes even more apparent, and there's deep satisfaction, because Kṛṣṇa not only gives more service, but he also gives empowerment to do it, and in that, we develop more and more capacity. And it's using the human life to develop more capacity for service that actually makes us happy and exalted. The more service one gets by calling out to Kṛṣṇa and asking for help and then following up with what he gives, the more we come to a position of exaltation. That is, we're using the full purpose of human life, and we know it. And then everybody else knows it, too, because they can see that the person is properly situated. Nothing else needs to be done except for service to Kṛṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#mantrameditation #makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When we think about a great person and we think, "How could I sit down and have a...? What do you want to have with a famous person? What kind of snack? What kind of prasadam? What kind of prasadam would you like to sit down and have with a famous person? Audience: "A bagel?" Okay, Mazel Tov! So Anapayanai Bhakti(from the audience) wants to find a famous person, sit down, have a bagel and talk. So how realistic is this? Most famous people that we contact and say, 'Hare Krishna! Would you like to talk?' they don't even answer us, and the ones who are very polite, they send a message through their secretaries, like, 'Ah no, thanks. Yeah, no.' Some people say yes, but it's very rare. Even when the people say yes and we talk to them, how much can you assimilate in an hour of talking?But if you take the book of a famous person, you enter into the intimacy of their own thoughts. They pour out their hearts into their books. So there's a way in which Srila Prabhupada had mentioned that "Everything I had to say is in my books." And he said, "These are my own realizations I'm offering to you." Therefore we have access, and anyone can have this kind of association. So Krishna is very kind, and although he appears, not everyone can have direct association with him. After all, all of us who were born recently, within the last 100 years, anyone? We missed it. We missed being on the planet with Krishna by approximately 5,000 years. That's a pretty big miss, isn't it? But do not worry. Well, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu—we missed him by 550 years. That's still quite a miss. So what to do?'Kṛṣṇe sva-dhāmopagate dharma-jñānādibhiḥ saha kalau naṣṭa-dṛśām eṣapurāṇārko ’dhunoditaḥ (SB 1.3.43).' Just after Krishna left, the Bhagavatam appeared as an incarnation of The Lord to give us that direct association. Anyone who takes the time every day and hears from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam will not feel bereft. Actually, the person will attain all the good qualities of the devas— even better than the devas—because, as we'll hear in this chapter itself, 'yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanāsarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ.' That one who performs devotional service attains so many good qualities, and especially here from hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, that the devas want to come and live in your house. Would you like that?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī,mama māyā duratyayā.Mām eva ye prapadyante,māyām etāṁ taranti te.That means that the material world is too complicated; nobody can ever figure it out. Why are you in so much anxiety? Because everyone, from the ant to Lord Brahmā, is. So, there’s a resort: it's the holy name. It's the only resort. Don't feel bad about being in anxiety. Everybody's in anxiety because the material world is duratyayā. Don't try to fix it by figuring it out—you can't do it, it's impossible. But if you take shelter of the holy name and just say, "Kṛṣṇa, you're my only resort. I'm just taking shelter of You, please show me the way, and please show me how to figure out this complicated mess I'm in here in the material world." Just keep doing that and put that into The Holy Name and take shelter take shelter take shelter, over and over again.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japajolt #makejapagreatagain#mantrameditation#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Today is a reminder that there's a point in time—and we should take it seriously—that if we put ourselves on the line for Lord Caitanya, then He'll remember us quite favorably. One of my godbrothers, in the early days, went to join Śrīla Prabhupāda in India because Prabhupāda had asked some Americans to come to India and help out because he had gone back there to start the movement, and he had been there for several months. He had a few little services, and he'd go to Prabhupāda's darśanas and classes, but Prabhupāda never recognized him.Untill he went out on a traveling Saṅkīrtana party, and there were some things in the newspaper that were favorable because of the efforts he took along with a few others on travelling sankirtan. As soon as he got back, Prabhupāda started talking to him regularly and consulting with him about how to expand what he was doing. That's the way to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and it's also the way to advance the Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Movement: is to take risks.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#bhadrapurnima #gotogoloka #bookdistribution #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
That's the first step in spiritual life: to be self-effacing, or effacing the false self, and say, "I'm not anything in this world. It's just a dream that I'm something." My main designation is, "I'm a servant of Kṛṣṇa" And that's what comes out of this is that Kṛṣṇa is so kind; he gracefully helps us to divest ourselves of the false ego that I'm something great. What to speak of the poison that we get.Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, "Icchā-dveṣa-samutthena dvandva-mohena bhārata sarva-bhūtāni saṁmohaṁ sarge yānti parantapa." Everyone gets born into this world with an attitude. Lose your attitude, he says. You give it up. Don't be such a fool. Just take shelter of Kṛṣṇa. And we see that right before our eyes in the pastime of Kāliya and how nice Kṛṣṇa was to Kāliya also. In fact, it's noted by Rūpa Gosvāmī in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, after he chastised Kāliya, his words were so sweet to Kāliya. After he beat him up, Kāliya's heart was really touched. Kṛṣṇa was so nice to him. So we can know from this pastime, we can learn that we're getting beat up for a reason in this world. It's so that we can open our hearts and actually live the real life we want to live, which is to be lovers of Kṛṣṇa. And we can't do that when we're holding all this poison, and don't put any more in either. There's so much poison you can drink in your ears or watch and take in through your eyes. Why drink poison? Drink Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.Hi, I'm Vaiśeṣika Dasa. I drink Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. We recommend it.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's a way in which, if one is pure or impure, "oṁ apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bahyābhyantaraḥśuciḥ." If you somehow or other remember Kṛṣṇa, then whether you are in an impure state or not, you'll become pure by remembering Him. And the best way to remember Kṛṣṇa is by chanting His holy name. The conundrum comes when I feel that I'm so impure that I can barely chant. So when and how do we get out of that rut?The śāstra says, "nāmāparādha-yuktānāṁ nāmāny eva haranty agham aviśrānti-prayuktāni tāny evārtha-karāṇi ca," that "go on chanting, somehow or other, keep that vibration going, and by the power of the vibration, then we'll get more strength, and we'll also rise above the three modes of material nature. When we're taking off in an airplane or a rocket or in a project, the energy in the beginning has to be concentrated so we can get off the ground. So similarly, when we start chanting, when we are in the beginning stages of devotional service, there is more pressure from the atmosphere. It's difficult to get out. So we have to have association. We have to hear sambandha-gyān, and we have to try really hard to focus our minds and to chant the holy names without offense.When we come to the point of niṣṭhā and ruci, then we're taking off from the ground, leaving the atmosphere of the three modes of material nature, "māṁ ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate" (BG 14.26), and the chanting will become easier because we have taste and a standing in devotional service. So whatever situation of life we're in, we should take shelter of the holy name. Whatever condition I think I'm in, there's no disqualification. I have to go on chanting, somehow or other. Fix the mind on Kṛṣṇa, which means somehow or other, go on chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I would also like to mention a poetical phrase, one of Prabhupāda's penchant for phraseology that especially lends itself to mantras and the brief presentation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness in such a way that people can assimilate it that I found at text number SB 10.1.34, in the second paragraph. Prabhupāda writes, "The entire world is suffering because of spiritual thirst." I don't know about you, but I hate being thirsty. Sometimes I wake up at night and I'm thirsty, and it's a real bummer. So if there's thirst, that means thirst can be quenched. If anybody wanted to know why people are anxious? Why people are morose? Why is there morosity in the world? Why is there anxiety in the world? What is the cure for it all? It's to quench the thirst with Kṛṣṇa kathā. And once people are in the shelter of the sound vibration, "satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ" or "mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ." Kṛṣṇa says, "If you're in the association of mahātmās (great souls), what are they doing? "Satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥtaj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani śraddhā ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati (SB 3.25.25)."Kapiladeva says, "Here's what devotees do. They're always engaged in hearing and chanting about Kṛṣṇa." Satāṁ prasaṅgāt, if you sit with sādhus (saints), you are going to hear something that is spiritually melodious, and it's no ordinary melody. It's not a titillation of the sense for hearing, something which one may grow tired of, but he says it goes in the ear, and then from the ear, it goes in the heart, and it acts like medicine to overcome the attachments one has to the bhava roga or the constantly changing, treacherous material world. And then step by step, just by that process of sitting with sādhus...------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Nāmābhāsa, there's a way in which, if we keep trying, Kṛṣṇa notices that we're showing up. And despite the fact that the mind is difficult to control, or sometimes we don't have taste, we show up anyway. This is an indication that one's moving into that clearing stage. The Padma Purāṇa says,nāmāparādha-yuktānāṁnāmāny eva haranty aghamaviśrānti-prayuktānitāny evārtha-karāṇi caEven if you're offensive in chanting, keep showing up and keep the mantra going no matter what, because the mantra is more powerful than the mind; it can overcome. And there is a point at which we'll cross over. Even one mantra crossed over from offensive chanting into the Nāmābhāsa, according to Haridāsa. He says it's so beneficial that it can clear one's way for more offenseless chanting. And you have to start somewhere, so don't stop chanting. Always show up for the practice as much as you can, be attentive, and get that one molecule you're talking about.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
vahasi vapuṣi viśade vasanaḿ jaladābhaḿhala-hati-bhīti-milita-yamunābhamkeśava dhṛta-haladhara-rūpa jaya jagadiśa hareO Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of Balarama, the yielder of the prowl All glories to You! On Your brilliant white body You wear garments the color of a fresh blue rain cloud. These garments are colored like the beautiful dark hue of the River Yamuna, who feels great fear due to the striking of Your plowshare.(Verse 8, Dasavatara Strotram)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We have that opportunity to save human beings whose lives are most valuable, like connecting them to the sound vibration of the spiritual world. In any case, it was the preoccupation of Śrīla Prabhupāda to render The Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, The Bhagavad-gītā, and all these priceless vibrations into written form. So obviously he labored for this, and that's what Prabhupāda calls kriyāsu, manual labor.And in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Tenth Canto, Second Chapter, Thirty-seventh Verse, Prabhupāda writes the following in his purport, from this famous verse spoken by the demigods to Lord Kṛṣṇa in the womb. It's the last paragraph. He says: "The word kriyāsu, meaning “by manual labor” or “by work,” is important in this verse. One should engage in practical service to The Lord. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, all our activities are concentrated upon distributing Kṛṣṇa literature. This is very important. One may approach any person and induce him to read Kṛṣṇa literature so that in the future he also may become a devotee. Such activities are recommended in this verse. Kriyāsu yas tvac-caraṇāravindayoḥ. Such activities will always remind the devotees of The Lord’s lotus feet. By fully concentrating on distributing books for Kṛṣṇa, one is fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa. This is samādhi." Couldn't be any clearer.I'll just make one last point, because we would like to hear from the devotees from various parts of the world what kind of manual labor they are engaged in to distribute the books. First comes pledges, then comes the mercy. In fact, when people are depressed, psychologists say, "Find something you can do," and then your mind will rise to the occasion. If I say, "Oh, I can't do anything," and then I say, "Well, that way I won't do any manual labor," then you'll just stay in that doldrum. This is a movement for those who want to take risks. The biggest risk is making a pledge and saying, "I'm going to do something." And therefore our battle cry is, "Assume it can be done." What's illegal is keeping a list of all the reasons it can't be done. If somebody keeps a list like that, they should hide it very carefully, because if we find it, you are going to be in big trouble, and definitely don't bring it with you wherever you go. Just assume it can be done. Take a risk. Life is short. Try to do this. Kṛṣṇa is doing it anyway; we are just instruments. We have to rise to an occasion.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#bhadrapurnima#gotogoloka#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There is one other mechanical aspect that's not from the Bhāgavatam, but it's from The Psychology of Patañjali Muṇi. I find it helpful because he has defined the stages and states of mind that we can be in. Here are the five that he lists: dull, which is in tamas; and then there's wandering, which is rajas; then distracted, which is sattva-rajas; and there's one-pointed, which is sattva. And finally, it's called nirguṇa, above the guṇas. So, there you have it, a few thoughts about how everything's manifesting in our lives. It's coming from us. One may say, 'I don't like my situation,' and we just say, 'undo it.' Reverse the process, use transcendental sound, and be aware of how you're manifesting whatever you have in the world, and take help from Bhagavad Gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam to understand how to properly point your desires towards your highest interest.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's a reminder that comes up often in the Bhāgavatam: labdhvā su-durlabham idaṁ bahu-sambhavānte mānuṣyam artha-dam anityam apīha dhīraḥ (SB 11.9.29). It's such a rare opportunity, and it's so temporary. But if you take something temporary and you turn it into something eternal, then you're the wisest person—if we can just use the short time slot we have here. And it goes by so quickly. If you blink your eyes and open them again, you'll look up and go, "Oh my goodness, I'm 64 years old." You know, it just happens in a blink of an eye. So, fill in all the blanks with Harinām. Fill in all the blanks with Bhagavad Gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, and just do service and stay in it no matter what else is happening in your life. Because if you can do that and fill it in, then when you leave this body, Kṛṣṇa will make arrangements to continue your service in amazing ways.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(1)jaya rādhe, jaya kṛṣṇa, jaya vṛndāvanśrī govinda, gopīnātha, madana-mohan (2)śyama-kunḍa, rādhā-kuṇḍa, giri-govardhankālindi jamunā jaya, jaya mahāvan (3)keśī-ghāṭa, baḿśi-baṭa, dwādaśa-kānanjāhā saba līlā koilo śrī-nanda-nandan (4)śrī-nanda-jaśodā jaya, jaya gopa-gaṇśrīdāmādi jaya, jaya dhenu-vatsa-gaṇ (5)jaya bṛṣabhānu, jaya kīrtidā sundarījaya paurṇamāsī, jaya ābhīra-nāgarī (6)jaya jaya gopīśwara vṛndāvana-mājhjaya jaya kṛṣṇa-sakhā baṭu dwija-rāj (7)jaya rāma-ghāta, jaya rohiṇī-nandanjaya jaya vṛndāvana-bāsī jata jan (8)jaya dwija-patnī, jaya nāga-kanyā-gaṇbhaktite jāhārā pāilo govinda-caraṇ (9)śrī-rasa-maṇḍala jaya, jaya rādhā-śyāmjaya jaya rasa-līlā sarva-manoram (10)jaya jayojjwala-rasa sarva-rasa-sārparakīyā-bhāve jāhā brajete pracār (11)śrī-jāhnavā-pāda-padma koriyā smaraṇdīna kṛṣṇa-dāsa kohe nāma-sańkīrtan TRANSLATION1) All glories to Radha and Krsna and the divine forest of Vrndavana. All glories to the three presiding Deities of Vrndavana--Sri Govinda, Gopinatha, and Madana-mohana. 2) All glories to Syama-kunda, Radha-kunda, Govardhana Hill, and the Yamuna River (Kalindi). All glories to the great forest known as Mahavana, where Krsna and Balarama displayed all of Their childhood pastimes. 3) All glories to Kesi-ghata, where Krsna killed the Kesi demon. All glories to the Vamsi-vata tree, where Krsna attracted all the gopis to come by playing His flute. Glories to all of the twelve forests of Vraja. At these places the son of Nanda, Sri Krsna, performed all of His pastimes. 4) All glories to Krsna's divine father and mother Nanda and Yasoda. All glories to the cowherd boys, headed by Sridama, the older brother of Srimati Radharani and Ananga Manjari. All glories to the cows and calves of Vraja. 5) All glories to Radha's divine father and mother, Vrsabhanu and the beautiful Kirtida. All glories to Paurnamasi, the mother of Sandipani Muni, grandmother of Madhumangala and Nandimukhi, and beloved disciple of Devarsi Narada. All glories lo the young cowherd maidens of Vraja. 6) All glories, all glories to Gopisvara Siva, who resides in Vrndavana in order to protect the holy dhama. All glories, all glories to Krsna's funny Brahmana friend, Madhumangala. 7) All glories to Rama-ghata, where Lord Balarama performed His rasa dance. All glories to Lord Balarama, the son of Rohini. All glories, all glories to all of the residents of Vrndavana. 8) All glories to the wives of the proud Vedic brahmanas. All glories to the wives of the Kaliya serpent. Through pure devotion they all obtained the lotus feet of Lord Govinda. 9) All glories to the place where the rasa dance of Sri Krsna was performed. All glories to Radha and Syama. All glories, all glories to the divine rasa dance, which is the most beautiful of all Lord Krsna's pastimes. 10) All glories, all glories to the mellow of conjugal love, which is the most excellent of all rasas and is propagated in Vraja by Sri Krsna in the form of the divine parakiya-bhava [paramour love]. 11) Remembering the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda's consort, Sri Jahnava Devi, this very fallen and lowly servant of Krsna sings the sankirtana of the holy name.
Bhaktivinoda Thākura explains that the demons Kṛṣṇa kills represent the kinds of anarthas we have that we can overcome, especially by hearing Kṛṣṇa līlā- "śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥhṛdy antaḥ stho hy abhadrāṇi vidhunoti suhṛt satām." Abhadra means inauspiciousness, but if you personify it, you think of those wanton desires within the heart that distract us from devotional service, to be like the demons in Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes, of which we know Braja Rasa Bhāvana memorized within one day I remember a few years ago. How would they be killed? Especially by śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ, by the kathā about Kṛṣṇa, it has a special potency to kill those anarthas within the heart.And then Bhaktivinoda Thākura says that the demons that Balarāma kills in the pastimes in Vrindavan and elsewhere are of a slightly different category. He says that they can be overcome especially by following the orders of the spiritual master. This means one should do one's due diligence to be vigilant in following the process of devotional service to overcome these various anarthas represented in Vrindavan by the demons that Balarāma killed. The implication there is that Balarāma expands Himself through the various gurus—the vartmāna pradakśaka guru, the śikṣā gurus, the dīkṣā gurus, and so forth. And there’s a way in which these are a lifeline from Lord Balarāma in this world - "naivopayanty apacitiṁ kavayas taveśabrahmāyuṣāpi kṛtam ṛddha-mudaḥ smarantaḥ yo ’ntar bahis tanu-bhṛtām aśubhaṁ vidhunvann ācārya-caittya-vapuṣā sva-gatiṁ vyanakti" (SB 11.29.6).Says Uddhava that "Kṛṣṇa, you’re so kind, you manifest in all these different ways." Those manifestations are really expansions of direct expansions of Kṛṣṇa into Balarāma, and Balarāma, then that's His potency. That's why people notice when they take shelter of the Śrī Guru Paramparā, that they feel more equipped to deal with the anarthas, because Balarāma is ready to help. We have to grab on and take his help, and he will smash the heck out of him. But we should position ourselves in such a way that he can assist us.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#balarama #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the pastime of Dhenukā, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says that Dhenukāsura is a demon who represents avidyā (ignorance). The donkey gets a lot of bad publicity. Although some people appreciate that donkeys can be very nice, there's a lot in śāstra comparing low-class people to donkeys. For instance, 'śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ saṁstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ na yat-karṇa-pathopeto jātu nāma gadāgrajaḥ' (SB 2.3.19) states that those who are like hogs, dogs, camels, and asses praise those people who never listen to the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa (gadāgrajaḥ).So, the ass is known for its pursuit of sense gratification. Especially during mating season, an ass will approach a female ass and get kicked in the face multiple times but that doesn't stop him. This is compared to trying to find happiness in the material world, being kicked in the face again and again by material nature, and being punished repeatedly, but just for a little bit of happiness or sense gratification, one keeps trying. This is avidyā, a completely mistaken idea about what human life is for.So, Balarāma kills that tendency for avidyā and awakens us to the fact that the real goal in life is to serve Kṛṣṇa. He does it himself, as we talked about this morning, by expanding himself in multiple ways to serve Kṛṣṇa in all the different rasas.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
vahasi vapuṣi viśade vasanaḿ jaladābhaḿhala-hati-bhīti-milita-yamunābhamkeśava dhṛta-haladhara-rūpa jaya jagadiśa hare O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of Balarama, the yielder of the prowl All glories to You! On Your brilliant white body You wear garments the color of a fresh blue rain cloud. These garments are colored like the beautiful dark hue of the River Yamuna, who feels great fear due to the striking of Your plowshare.(Verse 8, Dasavatara Strotram)
Vaiséṣika Dāsa emphasizes the significance of Earth as a special planet for spiritual practices, particularly the saṅkīrtana movement initiated by Lord Caitanya. He stresses the importance of faith in the process of chanting "Hare Kṛṣṇa" as a means to return to Godhead. Vaiséṣika Dāsa urges everyone, especially the youth, to spread this message and engage in the sādhana of Lord Caitanya. He highlights the critical state of the world and the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa in the form of "Hare Kṛṣṇa." The session concludes with a prayer for intelligence and faith in the holy name.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japawalk #morningwalk #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When one becomes completely purified, one no longer identifies with the material body, what's more, the ways in which we're attracted to the material world become completely superfluous to us. So in essence, the subtle body and all its predispositions towards the world, it's more that we become uninterested in them, and that we're not pushed by them anymore.Karma really means that what we've done in the past is pushing us forward right now in a certain way, like there's choices. We may say we have free choice, but then, because of our past activities, although we have two choices, we pick the wrong thing because of what we did in the past. And when we're purified of that impulse that pushes in a certain way, we're freer to make better choices, and one becomes freed from the influence of the subtle body that impels one to make predictable choices, predictable because one's conditioned by the modes in nature. When you're non conditioned, you're free to not engage according to the impulses of the subtle body anymore. So karma gradually gets diminished, and that's what this verse is talking about, the impulse to again and again act in the material world, and you feel as if you're pushed into it, even if you don't want it. And you say, I thought I gave that up. And it comes back again that the very source of that impulse becomes neutralized by the power of devotional service, and then one's not obligated to take another material body. There is a time at which karma stops. So when you leave this material body for the last time, when you're no longer engaged in karma in your mind or compelled or impelled by it, your only attraction is to devotional service then you don't get a material body again, forest fire is put out, and you get a spiritual body. One of the very practical ways is to say that sounds unattainable, but if you become engaged in devotional service in such a way that you don't want to do anything else, nor do you have time for anything else. Often times, when devotees are doing devotional service, they're thinking, I wish I could do more, but I'm limited by my material body. Have you ever felt like that? I want to do more service, but I have to take rest now. I read a letter just the other day Prabhupada wrote. He said, "I want to spend more time writing my books but I also have to manage the movement." And He said in the letter, "Sometimes I have to sleep four hours a night, and I have to use that time." When you have this kind of inclination that you're so eager to do devotional service, then what is the accommodation for that in your next life? Well, there's only one way to keep doing devotional service without being interrupted, and that's get a spiritual body, so that gets accommodated. And that subtle body that was impelling you to keep working in the material world, it's no longer there, it's no longer effective, it becomes neutralized.Verse For discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/25/33------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark#spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
O my Lord! Transcendental poets and experts in spiritual science could not fully express their indebtedness to You, even if they were endowed with the prolonged lifetime of Brahmā, for You appear in two features — externally as the ācārya and internally as the Supersoul — to deliver the embodied living being by directing him how to come to You.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/29/6------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
You may notice when you look at the Caitanya-caritāmṛta in the paintings, that Prabhupāda commissioned certain paintings. Andne of them was of the Harinām-saṅkīrtan Party and the rāsa-līlā split screen. One is the rāsa-līlā, the other is Harinām-saṅkīrtan. The reason for that is that Kṛṣṇa-līlā and Caitanya-līlā are interchangeable. They're kind of like if you've ever seen one, I don't know if they have them down here in SLO, but there are reversible jackets. Have you ever seen a reversible jacket? You can wear it one side, and then you turn it around and it's like, Hey, you got a good jacket. The other way, it's a good jacket. The deeper you go into Caitanya leela, e. The deeper you go into Caitanya-līlā, you'll eventually come to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa-līlā, and the deeper you go into Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa-līlā, the more you're going to come into Caitanya-līlā.That theology is expressed at the very beginning:rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī śaktir asmādekātmānāv api bhuvi purā deha-bhedaṁ gatau taucaitanyākhyaṁ prakaṭam adhunā tad-dvayaṁ caikyam āptaṁrādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalitaṁ naumi kṛṣṇa-svarūpam (CC Adi 1.5)This explains how The Lord is eternally separated Himself into Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa for His own enjoyment, but now they've come back together again in Lord Caitanya. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says that by serving the feet of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, you become qualified to enter into Kṛṣṇa-līlā.When Caitanya Mahāprabhu appears thousands of years later after Kṛṣṇa, He brings all His associates with Him. Just as you read in the Kṛṣṇa Book that when Kṛṣṇa is coming, it's called tat-priyārtham, meaning all these other exalted people should come with Him. When Kṛṣṇa appears, it's like a huge dramatic performance -His līlā, and He brings all the players with Him, each with their own roles. And when He comes again as Caitanya Mahāprabhu—because He is Svayam-Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa—He brings the same associates, only now they have different names and interactions with the Lord, although their interactions identify them as being the ones from before.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If during a japa session, we can feel that "this is where I want to be; I don't want to be anywhere else," if that feeling comes over you when you're chanting japa instead of being harassed by the thought that "oh, I need to be somewhere else. When's this going to be over?" then you're getting traction. You're going somewhere because it means we're willingly associating with the holy name. And that's the sum and substance of the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. How to advance is to be willingly in the association of the holy name, in a mood of service, and to feel that I don't want to be anywhere else.Śraddhā'-śabde — viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścaya kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya (CC Madhya 22.62). And part of that feeling is that everything's done by this. I can't be effectual in this world, really, because everything's already—to quote one of our leaders—"rigged." The material world. It's all rigged. The whole material world is rigged by the three modes of material nature. This is: 'tasyaiva hetoḥ prayateta kovido na labhyate yad bhramatām upary adhaḥ tal labhyate duḥkhavad anyataḥ sukhaṁ kālena sarvatra gabhīra-raṁhasā.' This means the whole world's rigged. It's already rigged. So don't worry about trying to change the karma. Worry about trying to go deeply within The Holy Name and stay in a mood of service to the holy name. And then there's happiness, and then there's traction in spiritual life.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's a difference between Kṛṣṇa and his name, even though the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam says there's no difference. What does this mean? He says, 'Certainly, Kṛṣṇa and his name are the same, but there's a difference because Kṛṣṇa's name is more merciful than Kṛṣṇa himself.' Although one may leave Kṛṣṇa, one may forget Kṛṣṇa, one may ignore Kṛṣṇa, the holy name follows us into the dark material world. As Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, 'nāma binā kichu nāhiko āro, caudda-bhuvana-mājhe', there's nothing else to be had in the 14 worlds except the holy name, and that's the essence of life. So, let's sing this beautiful tune, Haṁsa Dhvani, to usher in the kīrtan melā.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This is the title of Jagannath Puri itself-- Vipralambha Kṣetra, the place where Caitanya Mahāprabhu goes to dive deeply within this mood of separation. The residents of Vṛndāvana felt. And so, the benefit of this festival, of course, there are many verses. We have read some in the Nectar of Devotion. There are many verses in the various Purāṇas, that if somebody sees Lord Jagannātha on his cart, or hears about his pastimes, such a person gets eternal benefit. It even says they'll go back to Godhead. And for those who have dedicated themselves to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and his movement, Brahmā gives us a verse in his prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa that is uplifting and directive. He says:jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta evajīvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtāmsthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhirye prāyaśo ’jita jito ’py asi tais tri-lokyām (SB 10.14.3)And a key part of this verse is where Brahmā says, "jīvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām," and the word "jīvanti" means to live, but to live for what? To live just to hear about Kṛṣṇa, as is mentioned in this verse, "Don't try to speculate. Don't try to follow your own path." This morning, we were on a japa walk. We went three times around the entire block, and at the end, we had a sharing session to see how it was for everyone and how the japa went. And Bhāgavata Prāṇa, who's sitting right here, said that he had gotten a little behind the parikramā, and so he thought he would cut across somehow and try to catch up. He found himself in the middle of a sprinkler that went off. Dogs barking, (I'm embellishing, a little), zigzag, lost, couldn't find it. And when he finally caught up at the end, he said, "Better just to follow the straight path." The moral is, don't try to take a shortcut. And so, "jīvanti san-mukharitāṁ" means that if you simply take the authorized version given through paramparā and hear about Kṛṣṇa, that's your life.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There have been attempts since time immemorial in this world to try to find abundance. It never happens, ever, not even for one second. But if you're able to connect for one second to the spiritual stratum, you'll immediately feel it for yourself. It's who you are. We don't belong to the temporary world. We belong to the eternal world, and the sages and the Bhagavad Gītā have given us this path. It's very simple. It's not easy, but it's simple, and it's highly recommended.So, what you're all doing here—this is just what the sages were doing 5,000 years ago at Naimiṣāraṇya: sitting in a room together and discussing these points. This is real spiritual practice that you're doing. And then, just take what you can of it and apply it. The more you apply it in your life, the more you'll feel abundant, satisfied, and grateful.I'll end by saying, Oṁ Tat Sat. The scripture recommends it in the Bhagavad Gītā. Do you know that one? Repeat after me: Oṁ Tat Sat. It means, "Whatever you just did, you dedicate it to God." But try to dedicate it ahead of time too, because there's a story of Gopāl Ban. My spiritual master taught us this. He said, "Gopāl Ban was a rascal." All his friends told him, 'Listen, Gopāl Ban, you never give anything to God. Why? Why are you such a miser?'"So, Gopāl Ban was in his field and he was carrying a big basket of grains back to his house, and a big gust of wind came and blew the grains way up in the air, scattering everywhere. He goes, "I offer that to God!" So, Oṁ Tat Sat doesn't mean that. Dedicate whatever you're doing to the supreme and then intentionally keep your consciousness absorbed in Bhagavān through chanting the mahāmantra, and every part of your life will feel complete and abundance will be abundant.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If we can touch that region of absorption and experience, just for one second, then the controlling of senses is not an issue—because it's a higher taste. And it takes a lot of practice, because the mind has been controlling us since time immemorial—not just this lifetime, but previous lifetimes as well. It keeps forcing us to do things. It's like an overlord. Kṛṣṇa tells that to Uddhava in the 11th Canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, that we've been under no other master except for the mind since time immemorial, and it has fearsome, god-like powers over us—as in, practically nobody can do this. We can only do it with the help of Kṛṣṇa.So, the chanting of Kṛṣṇa’s names—calling out to Him for help—and the ways that He has extended Himself to us The Holy Name, if we extend back.. Attention, It has the word ten in it. It’s the same root as in the word tendon, which comes from Latin tendere, “to stretch.” It means to hold on to something, just like a tendon holds muscle and bone together. So that’s our attention: we have to extend ourselves back to Kṛṣṇa.And just from this one process—there is no other process: "harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam," eva kevalam --nothing else. It’s only one thing. So don’t think you have to go shopping anywhere else for some other process. That’s just another trick of the mind—to say, “This is too hard,” or “I’ll go find something easier,” or “There must be something fancier or more rasika.” No—the rasika is in The Holy Name, and the real rasikas are the ones who do the hard work. They try it every day.That’s why I called you stalwarts: you show up with your lunch box, and you sit down, and you do your work—and that’s sādhana-bhakti. No excuses. No cutting class. You show up for your japa, and you make sure that you extend yourself as much as possible and keep practicing. And at some point, the mind becomes attracted to The Holy Name. It starts to sound sweet. Even before that, in nāmābhāsa, there’s this radiation from The Holy Name that is described in the Harināma cintāmaṇi—that is bringing us unlimited benefits and preparing us for continuance in the process of chanting The Holy Names.So, nothing is lost in the process. And then, if we can really try to avoid the offenses—especially being inattentive—don’t be lazy. Really try to work at it. Do the heavy lifting that nobody else wants to do. Everyone wants to scroll. "Just let the mind do it and maybe figure it out at the time of death." It won’t work. You have to do it now. You have to do it when you’re young. And you’ve gotta get really strong now. Then everything else becomes easy. The only thing that makes it hard is the mind.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
I'm going to relay to you the advice given in the Bhagavad Gītā in the next slide. It may sound commonplace, but one of the main ways to deal with the modalities is to tolerate them because they come and go. If you don't like the mode that you're being assailed by at a particular moment, then if you persevere and you keep going—of course, that would require a little bit of sattva—the modes will eventually change.Tolerate means to be capable of continued subjugation to an environmental condition without averse reaction. So, a person who anticipates the modes, knows what they look like when they come, and is able to recognize that this will pass, doesn't overreact to them. It's not an adverse reaction; adverse reactions entangle one more. But if you're able to tolerate it and let it pass like a storm..When a storm comes, or when there's a particular geopolitical event that's happening, we can become so absorbed in it that our whole body and mind become affected. Or we can learn to tolerate because it's going to move on. That's why the mantra, 'This too will pass,' is very helpful. In fact, at the very beginning of this show, when we started on Zoom, it was the beginning point of the pandemic. And we talked a lot about this mantra, 'This too shall pass.' That's how the material world works; things come and go constantly. The thing that doesn't come and go is us, because we're the constant; we're the consciousness observing the things coming and going.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
That's really the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. You know, maybe you want to stop for a minute and think about where you're going ? Are you heading into a desert somewhere, and you're going to dry up like a little worm in a hot, in a hot field? Bhagavad-gītā gives that perspective. And then, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu comes to simplify the Bhagavad-gītā. He says, "Okay, you know, you don't have a lot of time for philosophy in this age. After all, you've got to go to kindergarten, and that's a lot of responsibility. You have got to finger paint and all that stuff, and then learn how to cooperate with others. And it never—it doesn't, it doesn't stop either. You know, once you finish college, you've got to get an internship, right? And for the internship, it's like, "Okay, you're hired, and, by the way, you've got to work hard." So, I mean, it doesn't stop in the material world. So, Lord Caitanya said, "Okay, we need a simple way that people can connect directly to that fourth dimension, beyond all the considerations and the anxieties we have here in this world. We need a transport system that takes us to the next level." He said, "It's sound vibration. It's very simple, one thing—that's it, only one thing. And if you just invest your intelligence in it and understand how it's possible on a physical level, you can understand how it works on a metaphysical level, and then you can concentrate long enough to embrace the process. But even if you can't, that's okay, because the chanting is very engaging.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
As humans, we have this ability to rest our own attention from wherever it is and point it where we want to go. "Yānti deva-vratā devān pitṝn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ." (BG 9.25) Kṛṣṇa says, "Wherever you point your attention, you're going to end up going there, so make sure you know where you're going little fella." I say that sometimes to earthworms because I see them crawling in the wrong direction. It's like, "Are you sure you want to go there? That's a desert out there." So, there's a principle of attention, and I've rendered it like this: "I respect the principle that I am fully responsible for where I direct my attention at any given point. Giving my attention to the Mahamantra while I'm chanting my rounds is essential to improving my chanting and eventually coming to the pure state of chanting."If you walk your dog and the dog goes off the leash and bites somebody, who's responsible? You or the dog? You are! Similarly, with our attention, we have to direct it. We're responsible for it. If it goes off somewhere else, that's on us. It's not like, "Oh, that's just what my attention does." Well, maybe when you are an animal, but not when you're a human, and especially not when you're a Sadhaka. Sadhaka means, "I take full responsibility for my attention," and you sign the sheet that says, "I'm taking responsibility for my own attention." This is where it really counts when we chant Japa.Because everyone says, "It's too hard, I can't do it." We can do it! Not only that, it's nectarian. "Nāma-cintāmaṇi-kṛṣṇaś caitanya-rasa-vigrahaḥ." Kṛṣṇa is fully present in his name, and he's there as a gem, just wanting to benedict our lives. That's what everyone's looking for: benediction. His name is: "Vṛṣākapi" means that when we give our attention to Kṛṣṇa, His reciprocation is to shower us with blessings, to fulfill all our desires, and to take away our miseries. So, is it worth meditating on Kṛṣṇa and taking the austerity to not look at the social media for half a second and just concentrate fully on Kṛṣṇa ? Yeah! The great acharyas do it, and they assure us that it's the doubtless and fearless way of success for all. So don't complain; chant, and don't worry if it's hard.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #kttvg #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Last point I would like to make is there is a book called From Good to Great, and it's about companies that excel, and they're great, not just good. And I was thinking recently when chanting that as far as our status as devotees, go from great to good. Don't try to be a great devotee; just try to be a good devotee. They go from good to great; we go from great to good. Being a good devotee means: Do your best, be sincere, and just try to be a steady, good devotee, not great. And by becoming a good devotee, then great things will happen. And even though you don't try to become a great devotee, try to chant great rounds and be a good devotee who chants great rounds. Harē Kr̥ṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #kttvg #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Thank you very much for joining us for the Yuga Dharma. It's a process passed down through millennia, engaging transcendental sound—the names of the Divine. When one chants the names "Hare," "Krishna," "Rama," which are nomenclature for the supreme source of everything, then one comes directly in contact with that source because it's the absolute principle: Advaya-jnana-tattva. There's no difference between the name and the named. Anyone who chants Hare Krishna will rise above any of the complexities of the world by the sublimity of the process.One can chant at any time, in any place. You can chant to yourself, just loud enough to hear, or you can join together with your friends and chant. We also recommend the Bhagavad-gita. It's widely revered wisdom literature that dates back thousands of years. People all over the world have been studying it, taking solace in the Bhagavad-gita. So please help yourself; we have plenty of books. And also, we have this program here at Lytton Plaza every month.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Remember, Valmiki, one of the tricks of the mind is to say, "I'm too fallen. I can't chant." So Valmiki said that, "I can't chant. I'm too fallen. I might as well just wallow in Maya." And Nārada Muni invented a way. "Okay, you chant 'death, Mara, Mara, Mara, Mara,' and just keep chanting." And the śāstra says: "Nāmcparādha-yuktānāṁ nāmāny eva haranty agham aviśrānti-prayuktānitāny evārtha-karāṇi ca."You're too fallen? You have too many offenses? Keep chanting. Don't stop. Just keep, keep doing it, no matter what. Find the spaces to do it. Keep doing it, even though your mind says, "You know this, it won't work for you, it works for everybody else," but you keep going.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
From the Bhagavad Gītā again on the chapter that describes the modalities, Kṛṣṇa says the following: "When the embodied beings transcend these three modes associated with the material body, they become free from birth, death, old age, and their distresses, and enjoy nectar even in this life."So, it's not inconsequential to rise above the three modes of material nature. When we are still conditioned by the modes of material nature, it's as if we are in a prison. We can look out, we can see the free light outside and see what it looks like, but that doesn't mean we can go out there. We still have to stay in the prison. And when we're in this body, we may get theoretical knowledge of the self. We may even have a vision of "I'm not my body." But as long as we're conditioned by the modes of material nature, we're still restricted by the habits dictated to us by the modes of material nature, and just like bars, we can't get free from them, unless we do.And that brings us to the last slide, advice for those in the modes. One of the most prevalent descriptions of a way to not just detach, but a symptom of one who's risen above the modes, and also one of the ways in which one does rise above the modes of material nature, is to remain neutral in ups and downs. In other words, don't become more entangled in them by reacting to the modes. You can become indifferent to the modes and aware of the fact that you are not part of them. They're just a part of the material world from which you are separate, and you practice being neutral in happiness, distress, loss or gain, victory or defeat, doesn't mean not to do your due diligence; you have to do that.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
People have been noticing how polarized people are. For instance, in America, there's this abject polarization in ideologies, and one of the reasons that some thinkers are putting forward is because of the way we are being controlled by algorithms. When we go online and we make any moves, then immediately it adjusts to trying to catch our attention, to pull us in a certain way, and then it defines who we are according to our profile. You all know more about this than I do. And then, the more we look at it, the more we become isolated in a particular point of view, because we're being controlled by algorithms that are responding to our initial investment of our attention in a certain place that can be measured, and it is being measured at every second. Therefore whatever point of view, whatever rabbit hole we go down, that becomes augmented more and more. That's how Māyā works also. "Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate." For many lifetimes, I've gone down the rabbit hole, and now I come out and I think, "This is who I am. This is how I think. This is my opinion." But it's not your opinion. It's just the algorithms that you've been subjected to. So we're caught in that, and life after life, we're dragged, dragged from one life to the next."Sarīraṁ yad avāpnoti yac cāpy utkrāmatīśvaraḥ gṛhītvaitāni saṁyāti vāyur gandhān ivāśayāt."We are very subtle, we are being blown along into one next situation because we are locked into these algorithms. So to undo all algorithms: "bhidyate hṛdaya-granthiś chidyante sarva-saṁśayāḥ kṣīyante cāsya karmāṇi dṛṣṭa evātmanīśvare." We have to come to see the self as Master. We have to come to see Krishna as master and that we are His servant. We slash through all the algorithms and come to the only algorithm that actually matters, and that is, "I'm a servant of Krishna." The shastra gives us full permission. It says, "You know, break through! Get your algorithm right. You're really messed up, little Jiva. You know, everyone's telling you wrong stuff. Don't believe it. Go to one source, one news channel: Bhagavad-Gītā. Listen to the Bhāgavatam. Don't take in all this other stuff, because it just messes up your algorithms. If you want to fix them, you've got to sit down for a long time every day and really concentrate on these 16 words, 32 syllables. Let it rearrange everything, all the ceta, Ceto-Darpaṇa-Mārjanam. Fix it. And then you'll be happy and you'll have everything. You'll have victory."------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam mentions that those who are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa are at such a high level because The Holy Name is the pinnacle of all Vedic knowledge. "Aho bata śva-paco ’to garīyān yaj-jihvāgre vartate nāma tubhyam tepus tapas te juhuvuḥ sasnur āryā." Devahūtī says, "Aho bata śva-paco ’to garīyān," which means, "Oh, how wonderful it is!" "Tepus tapas te juhuvuḥ sasnur āryā brahmānūcur nāma gṛṇanti ye te." (SB 3.33.7)This means that those who have somehow or other come to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, even if it's just a little bit, with the tip of their tongue, they just say Hare Kṛṣṇa once —these people you should understand to have already graduated. There are levels of education. For instance, one has to go through a process to become a lawyer, an attorney, what to speak of after that, to become a judge. You know that if somebody is a judge, he or she has gone through law school, and that's why that person is sitting behind the bench giving verdicts.In a similar way, Devahūtī is saying, if someone can say Hare Kṛṣṇa, they have to be counted amongst those who somehow or other have come to this high level of connection with the Supreme Personality of God, through His Holy Name. And if someone can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and does so with sincerity, it's also known that that person has superseded the level of Brāhmaṇism. So, accepting The Holy Name as one's life and soul and one's main meditation is the recommendation of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.At the outset of the Bhāgavatam, in the First Canto, First Chapter (SB 1.1.14), it is said: "āpannaḥ saṁsṛtiṁ ghorāṁ yan-nāma vivaśo gṛṇantataḥ sadyo vimucyeta yad bibheti svayaṁ bhayam'" So, there's no difference at all between Kṛṣṇa and His Holy Name. Therefore, anyone can take advantage of the association of Kṛṣṇa and can get protection from Him just by saying "Hare Kṛṣṇa," because Kṛṣṇa is personally present. And near the end of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, it is said that the essence of everything is the chanting of Hari, the Lord's holy names.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/33/7https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/1/14------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Song Name: Bhaja Re Bhaja Re AmarAuthor: Bhaktivinoda ThakuraBook Name: GitavaliLanguage: Bengali(1)bhaja re bhaja re āmār mana ati manda(bhajan vinā gati nāi re)(bhaja) braja-bane rādhā-kṛṣṇa-caraṇāravinda(jñāna-karma parihari’ re)(bhaja) (braja-bane rādhā-kṛṣṇa) (2)(bhaja) gaura-gadādharādwaita guru-nityānanda(gaura-kṛṣṇae abheda jene’ re)(guru kṛṣṇa-preṣṭha jene’ re)(smara) śrīnivās, haridās, murāri, mukunda(gaura-preme smara, smara re)(smara) (śrīnivās haridāse) (3)(smara) rūpa-sanātana-jīva-raghunātha-dvandva(kṛṣṇa-bhajan jadi korbe re)(rūpa-sanātane smara)(smara) rāghava-gopāla-bhaṭṭa swarūpa-rāmānanda(kṛṣṇa-prema jadi cāo re)(swarūpa-rāmānande smara) (4)(smara) goṣṭhi-saha karṇapūra, sena śivānanda(ajasra smara, smara re)(goṣṭhi-saha karnapūre)(smara) rūpānuga sādhu-jana bhajana-ānanda(braje bās jadi cāo re)(rūpānuga sādhu smara) TRANSLATION1) My dear mind, how foolish you are! Oh just worship, oh just worship the lotus feet of Radha and Krsna in the forests of Vraja! (Oh, without such worship there is no means of spiritual advancement!) Just worship the lotus feet of Radha and Krsna in the forests of Vraja! (Oh, giving up all speculative knowledge and materialistic activities!) 2) Just worship Gaura, Gadadhara, Advaita, and Lord Nityananda, the original spiritual master! (Oh, knowing Lord Gaura and Lord Krsna to be the same!) (Oh, knowing the spiritual master to be very dear to Krsna!) Just remember the dear associates of Lord Caitanya, namely Srivasa Thakura, Haridasa Thakura, Murari Gupta, and Mukunda Datta! (Oh, in deep love for Lord Gaura, you should remember, just remember!) (Just remember the two great personalities Srivasa Thakura and Haridasa Thakura!) 3) Just remember Sri Rupa Goswami, Sanatana, Jiva, and the two Raghunathas! (Oh, if you are engaged in worshiping Lord Krsna!) (Just remember the two great souls Sri Rupa Goswami and Sanatana Goswami!) Just remember Raghava Pandita, Gopal Bhatta Goswami, Svarupa Damodara Goswami, and Ramananda Raya! (Oh, if you really seek love of Krsna!) (Just remember Svarupa Damodara Goswami and Ramananda Raya!) 4) Just remember Srila Kavi Karnapura and all his family members, especially his father, Sivananda Sena! (Oh, always remember, always remember!) (Sri Kavi Karnapura and his family!) Just remember all the sadhus who follow the path of Sri Rupa Goswami and who are absorbed in the ecstasy of bhajan! (Oh, if you actually want residence in the land of Vraja!) (Just remember the sadhus who are followers of Srila Rupa Goswami!)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualsongs #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions
Some people complain that when they pray to God, they do not feel His presence. We should know that this is due to our incapacities, not God's. There are two conceptions of presence: the physical conception and the vibrational conception. The physical conception is temporary, whereas the vibrational conception is eternal. When we enjoy or relish the vibration of Kṛṣṇa's teaching in Bhagavad-gītā, or when we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, we should know that by those vibrations, He is immediately present. He is absolute. And because of this, His vibration is just as important as His physical presence. When we feel separation from Kṛṣṇa or the spiritual master, we should try to remember their words of instructions, and we will no longer feel that separation. Such association with Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master should be association by vibration, not physical presence. That is real association. We put so much stress on seeing, but when Kṛṣṇa was present on this earth, so many people saw Him and did not realize that He is God. So what is the advantage of seeing? By seeing Kṛṣṇa, we will not understand Him, but by listening carefully to Him and His teachings, we can come to the platform of understanding. We can touch Kṛṣṇa immediately by sound vibration. Therefore, we should give more stress to the sound vibration of Kṛṣṇa and of the spiritual master, and then we will feel happy and won't feel separation.(excerpt from Elevation to Krishna Consciousness discussed in the talk )https://krishna.com/book/elevation-to-krishna-consciousnessDate: 28 Nov 2020------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Reading a chapter of Bhagavad-gītā makes you smart, because the Bhagavad-gītā is, as Prabhupāda describes, The Vedic intelligence. It's all there in one place, and Kṛṣṇa is speaking himself. So you get to hear directly from Kṛṣṇa, and you have your intelligence fortified by the Vedic intelligence. So, which would you rather have: the intelligence of the combined forces of everyone who posts on the internet, consumed in 10-second bites at a rate of about 50 per 30 seconds, or would you rather have the infusion of Kṛṣṇa's words and His intelligence?(excerpt from the Talk 'Be Renounced Where it Counts)BG Chapter 10: https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/10------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's an old saying, and it came from (I looked it up) William Gladstone from the 1600s. He said that "Justice delayed is justice denied." Have you ever heard that, any law students in here, or anybody who watches the news? "Justice delayed is justice denied" means when you don't mete out justice when it's due and you delay it, then generally it never happens. In the same way, you can apply this to the itches of the senses by saying, "Sense gratification delayed is sense gratification denied."This comes up in the pastime of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who was visited by somebody in the middle of the night who wanted to interrupt his chanting. And he told that person, "Fine, but wait later." He didn't say no; he just said, "Just sit down, and later we'll talk about it." And "later" never came. In fact, that person became a devotee and didn't want to distract him anymore—minus all the details. So, rather than saying "absolutely no, never again" and then bouncing back into the same thing one was doing before, one can apply this principle of neglect. Prabhupāda mentions it in a purport; we could call it "tender, loving neglect"—TLN, not TLC. So, when those distractions come into one's mind, urges to do something foolish that becomes entangling, then one can say, "Later," delay.Does anybody here know how to procrastinate? Well, there's a university major you can take; it's called applied procrastination, and you can learn it from the Bhagavad Gītā and from this lesson today: when the inferior objects present themselves, if you have the power to procrastinate at that point, that's a good thing. Just say, "Fine, I acknowledge you, but I can't engage with you right now—later," and just keep putting it off. You know how to do that, right? I'm expert at it. So you just have to find the right thing to neglect and keep neglecting it while you steal time to do your bhajan and keep doing it, because there will come a point when the scales will tip in favor of the transcendental sound, then you move to the safe side in devotional service. ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
"I respect the principle that I am fully responsible for where I direct my attention at any given moment." Just on that, being aware of the fact that it's up to us—we can't blame it on someone else, we can't blame it on our mind. We have to take full responsibility for where our attention is going, and that's our free will. Our free will is where we're directing our attention. So, if we let our mind run off in a different direction and it bites somebody, then we are the one that the police come to and say, "Hey, your dog got loose and bit somebody." You can't say, "Oh, I know nothing about it." No, he's your dog; you are the one who's going to be held responsible.So, if your attention, if you take it off a leash and let it go and it bites somebody somewhere, then that's on you. So, take full responsibility for your own attention, and don't claim that it's not possible. Don't claim that "somebody else made me do it," or whatever. And then it (the 11th principle of respect written by HG Vaisesika Dasa) goes on to say "Giving my full attention to the Mahāmantra while I'm chanting my rounds is essential to improving my chanting and eventually coming to the pure stage of chanting."------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japajolt #makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The problem with the device we keep in our pocket is, it just wants to get engaged in some random thing, and it calls you to do that. So if you, for instance, have a specific reason to go on, then do that. And if there are specific things you can mine out of that huge pile of randomness that say, "This is something I'm working on," for instance, maybe there are some things about how to be articulate. Pick all those things and put them in a separate file somewhere else. So then, when that habit, that urge, comes up, like, "I have to look at things," it's "Okay, only look at this," because you already decided this is what you're going to look at. This is what I'm cultivating something because there's a specific skill I'm trying to develop. Go here. Don't just go to the random site.When you get used to that, then your mind becomes more and more disciplined. If you don't have some parameter and it just goes at the whim of your mind, then your mind becomes more and more flabby. And then when you try to chant, it's just randomness. There's no sense of control of the mind, or what Krishna describes as vyavasāyātmikā-buddhi—the fixed intelligence. So that, that's my suggestion.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When you inquire, there's going to be a response, because Kṛṣṇa is fully responsive. So it's quite natural when one evolves. It's not Darwinian evolution that matter evolves, but we, the soul, evolve through different species by the law of karma. When we come to the human form of life, there's a natural sense of inquiry. And when one exercises that inquiry, then Kṛṣṇa, who's the Antaryāmī within everyone's heart, He says in the Gītā: "Teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ tam yena mām upayānti te," that if you are sincere and you inquire, then I'll guide you from within the heart. So because Brahmā was deeply self-searching, even though he was born into ignorance, he did have that impetus to ask. And Kṛṣṇa fulfilled his desire: "uvāca puratas tasmai tasya divyā sarasvatī" (Bs. 5.24). Divyā Sarasvatī appeared before him as a representative and gave him a mantra: "tapas tvaṁ tapa etena tava siddhir bhaviṣyati" (Bs. 5.25), and she said, "You take this mantra and you'll have all perfection." Then Brahmā chanted the mantra; he got clear knowledge. He also met personally with Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa gave him, heart and soul, all the knowledge that he needed, which is the truncated version of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam in four verses. Does everyone know the catur-ślokī Bhāgavatam?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
'Avatar' means our friend who comes down to get us, and The Holy Name really takes us by the hand. We need a friend in this world to hold us by the hand and to take us out. We can't fend for ourselves here in this world; we are overwhelmed. 'Daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te' (BG 7.14) This surrender is actually sweet surrender. It means, "Accept The Lord's hand." He's holding it out, especially through His name. And if I just grab on and say, "Kṛṣṇa, I can't do this by myself. Please allow me to accept Your merciful hand to pull me out of this material world." That's exactly why He comes as The Holy Name, to save us.So, I want to point out too that we don't just have to chant during japa. We have to keep The Holy Name always close to us throughout the day. Keep the vibration going as much as possible—in between, after, during, when you wake up in the morning, when you wake up at night, say, "Hare Kṛṣṇa, always Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama, Rama, Hare Hare"Prabhupada had a god-brother, Akinchana Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj, whom he liked very much. He loved him. When he would come, they would sit together for hours and talk. And Akinchana Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj, he only chanted Hare Kṛṣṇa. I mean, he spoke very few words; he would chant shlokas and he would chant Hare Kṛṣṇa constantly. And this is the prerogative of a soul ready to go back to Godhead: they just say, "You know, hey, it didn't work out. So I tried for a few trillion lifetimes. It didn't work. So no problem, let me just take shelter of a different course now."------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The gopīs spoke thus: Dear Lord, whose navel is just like a lotus flower, Your lotus feet are the only shelter for those who have fallen into the deep well of material existence. Your feet are worshiped and meditated upon by great mystic yogīs and highly learned philosophers. We wish that these lotus feet may also be awakened within our hearts, although we are only ordinary persons engaged in household affairs.(SB 10.82.48)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualmusic #kirtan #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
For any reason, if you don't like the material world, then you are in luck because you have the process to rise above it. As a US president used to say during his campaigns, "Don't boo, vote." He would talk about the opposition; people would go, "Boo!" And he said, "No, don't boo. Just vote." In the same way, you don't have to complain. I mean, you can a little bit because it feels good sometimes, but don't complain too much. Just chant and arrange your life so that you can hear.The śṛṇuyāt principle means the medicine is there. It's right on the shelf. You can just take a few steps and take it down. And don't complain if you have a stomach ache, the cure is right there. Just get it and start taking the cure as much as possible, and rise from being a kaniṣṭha-adhikārī to a madhyama-adhikārī. Kaniṣṭha-adhikārīs complain, a lot. In fact, they're always quarreling. Prabhupāda mentions this in the Śrī Īśopaniṣad. He says, "Kaniṣṭha-adhikārīs quarrel amongst themselves about the details of the process, whether somebody else is doing it right or wrong." And then he says the madhyama-adhikārīs—they're absorbed in thinking how to give Kṛṣṇa consciousness to others. Who would you rather hang out with? People who are always quarreling and complaining and criticizing each other for the details of how they're doing devotional service, or those who are thinking about how to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa is the witness in everyone's heart and is fully aware of every devotee's intention. Complete sincerity is the price for tasting the nectar of one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa through The Holy Name. Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommended that if somebody is chanting and feels, "I can't appreciate the name at all, durdaivam I'm unfortunate." Then, He said, "Be very humble and just admit your faults and say, 'I'm so fallen, I'm lower than this straw in the street,' and humbly beg, 'Please give me some standing in devotional service.'"Dar Śrīla Prabhupāda, dear Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, if You so desire, please instill in us sincerity and humility so that we may chant The Holy Name with full attention and love.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
O King, constant chanting of The Holy Name of the Lord after the ways of the great authorities is the doubtless and fearless way of success for all, including those who are free from all material desires, those who are desirous of all material enjoyment, and also those who are self-satisfied by dint of transcendental knowledge.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/1/11------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In this Age of Kali there is no other means, no other means, no other means for self-realization than chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name of Lord Hari.CC Adi 17.21To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Tonight, with a heavy heart on one side and lightness of heart on the other, I'd like to honor a dear Godbrother who passed away just yesterday, unexpected to us. He was one of Prabhupāda's secretaries in the early days, and a kind-natured person, Paramahaṁsa Dāsa.Even though we didn't see him all that much, last time we drove up there with Śrutikīrti, he and Paramahaṁsa, who had traveled together to take care of Prabhupāda for several years, talked into the wee hours of the night, remembering their time together serving their Guru Mahārāja. So it came so unexpectedly that he left this world. I would like to pray to Lord Narasiṁhadeva that He may always keep him close to us in our circle. May we see him on the other side. Śrī Paramahaṁsa Prabhu kī jaya!(HG Vaisesika Dasa)He was kind of a hermit, almost, but he was still chanting, he was still reading, he was still talking about Kṛṣṇa. And I'm just so grateful Prabhupāda didn't let him go, and he couldn't let Prabhupāda go. So I feel fortunate to feel these emotions, because he was a great friend and an exceptional devotee who did so much service in the early years. And I'm tolerating, but also glad that I have these feelings that I could express and appreciate. (HG Nirakula Dasi)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Before we chant our japā, we can make a saṅkalpa. In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Prabhupāda writes (and I'll read this to you, 2.2.16): "When the mind acts under the spiritual urge, it acts wonderfully for going back home, back to Godhead, for life in complete bliss and eternity. Therefore, the mind has to be manipulated by good and unalloyed intelligence. Perfect intelligence is to render service unto the Lord. One should be intelligent enough to understand that the living being is, in all circumstances, a servant of the servant.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Although Kṛṣṇa is nondifferent from His name, and although the process is simple, our minds may become blank or bored and think of some other kind of variety of the material world. This is why practice is required, because that's an obstacle to our ultimate well-being and happiness in life, which is to reconnect with Kṛṣṇa.When we talk about crossing the ocean of material existence, we talk about crossing over these conditions of mind that prevent us from steadiness in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One of them is this sense that chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa is boring; that can be counteracted by numerical strength -"saṅkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gāna-nātibhiḥ." It means, even though you may not see the results right away, you still have to show up and do your number. You have to count it, and you have to do it every day, and you can't skip it. That's what determination looks like, and that's what seriousness looks like in spiritual life, that's necessary.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Although Kṛṣṇa is nondifferent from His name, and although the process is simple, our minds may become blank or bored and think of some other kind of variety of the material world. This is why practice is required, because that's an obstacle to our ultimate well-being and happiness in life, which is to reconnect with Kṛṣṇa.When we talk about crossing the ocean of material existence, we talk about crossing over these conditions of mind that prevent us from steadiness in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One of them is this sense that chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa is boring; that can be counteracted by numerical strength -"saṅkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gāna-nātibhiḥ." It means, even though you may not see the results right away, you still have to show up and do your number. You have to count it, and you have to do it every day, and you can't skip it. That's what determination looks like, and that's what seriousness looks like in spiritual life, that's necessary.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the Lord’s lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.(SB 12.3.52)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I was writing in one of the chapters of my book the other day, which is about mantra meditation. I reread one of the paragraphs, it was about concentration. And really, it's a simple process in doing japa: the main point is to listen. That's simple, but it may not be so simple if the mind runs off here and there. So, Kṛṣṇa recommends in the sixth chapter of the Gita that practice that. In normal meditation, focusing on the tip of the nose or on some singular point. It's like building a muscle.But actually, when you chant japa, you're invoking the avatāra. Kṛṣṇa is making His avatār, His descent, in the name. So He actually takes us by the hand. If we extend ourselves through our attention and we actually sincerely try, then He'll lift us up, because He has the power to do that. He can lift us up above the chatter of the mind, above all the modes of material nature."Māṁ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate (BG 14.26)."By Kṛṣṇa's power, which is fully invested in The Holy name – "nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis"– He is no different. All the śaktis are there within His Holy Name. We can be lifted up above. So, it's the most worthwhile practice to take time every day to fully listen with attention to the name, to ourselves repeating the name over and over again, and then self-examine: "How did I do and why didn't I do as well as I thought? What's the defect?" And in that practice, one makes advancement in devotional service without a doubt. It's very, it's the most powerful of all the practices. That's why Prabhupāda insisted, "At least you do 16 rounds every day."------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Devotional service means that we have a whole lifetime, a fulfilling lifetime, of all these activities. There are so many that it's hard to choose from, which one wants to do next. Material life, on the other hand, by contrast, seems ludicrous. I was just comparing notes with Devavrata last night. He said something that I have noticed many times and even mentioned that at the Los Angeles Ratha-yātrā: everyone lives on one block, all the devotees. So, if you stay there and do service and go to Maṅgal Ārti, you really don't have to leave the atmosphere of the temple at all because you just walk across the street and go back. And usually, we stay there for a few days to prepare for the Ratha-yātrā, and then you get in a car, you go to the Ratha-yātrā, and you get dropped off right at the cart, so you're still in that atmosphere. You get to the festival, you're there, and then when you have to go home, you have to walk across The Venice Beach boardwalk, and there you notice a completely different environment. There is always a very noticeable contrast between the spiritual energy and the material energy. And one of my thoughts oftentimes is, "I'm surprised that people are still doing that," because I start thinking like the whole world's like what we do: sevā and having kīrtan and prasādam. And then when I see somebody else doing it, "Oh, yeah, right, it's still going on." That's a sign of how devotees can become absorbed in devotional service and no longer feel fearful, and also not in anxiety, because they are being fully satisfied.Then, of course, there's the philosophy. As Prabhupāda writes in the Śrī Īśopaniṣad, "All forms of incompleteness are experienced due to incomplete knowledge of the complete whole." By hearing in association with devotees, like in a Bhāgavatam class, there is also an intellectual satisfaction, where we feel that what we are doing it's all reasonable, it's well-reasoned . It's not just some whimsical activity. Like the philosophical statements of the Bhagavad-gītā and the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam are so profound that they satisfy the mind. In fact, I often have the feeling, "How do they know everything?" When we read the Bhāgavatam and they describe what material life is like, it's like, "How do they know that?" They know all the psychology of why someone would be in the material world, and what it feels like to be trounced by the material energy. The sages describe it so accurately that one feels to be properly situated in devotional service. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave these basic concepts that anybody can investigate for themselves.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
In the Bhāgavatam, there is a description of the various levels of the mind. In one of them, when we are exposed to it, we are really just listening to the echo of all the things we have been doing—not just this lifetime, but previous lifetimes. And it's more or less described as chatter. So we are advised, really, to rise above that.It takes practice to be able to enter into higher levels of concentration on The Holy Name of the Lord and also to purify the consciousness, as I was just saying to Kṛṣṇa Prabhu that you know maybe it's natural we think of service or something like that. But really, the objective of japa is described in one śāstra: where you put your mind in the mantra and the mantra in your mind. With ordinary objects, you can't do that, but with the mantra, you can. So, the more we can become focused and absorbed in the name and the feeling of chanting first that, "Please engage me in Your service," the more effective our japa will be.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The first section was, 'Change the channel, change your life.'" We talked about why we are where we are now: it's because of what we've been listening to, what we've been reading—the sound that we're allowing to come into our mind and our heart. So, how do I get into this most intimate of services, a connection with a pure devotee, Śrīla Prabhupāda, under whom I've taken shelter in this Krishna Consciousness Movement? How do I do it? How? It sounds okay—maybe it's for others, maybe not me. Page by page, reading Śrīla Prabhupāda's books every day is a prerequisite for knowing him and for advancing in spiritual life. So, we actually have to make voluntary life changes. We call this the VLCs. You are human, you can decide; you make the voluntary life change because you're the agent of your own improvement. Here are the two elements that are necessary: knowledge and practice, that will move you to your destination.Remember that nobody—there's no soul that's permanently unqualified. Everyone can rise in due course of time. And remember, even if you're inept, even if you're not very good at it, at least show up, because there's magic in just being there for the reading. So here's one of the obstacles. After we've surveyed many devotees around the world and asked them, "What's the main obstacle?" The answer is, "I don't have time."Here's breaking news for those of you who may be missing it: it's not time we lack, it's taste, and we only get a taste by taking time. This unlocks and disposes off this particular obstacle that "I don't have time." We already found out we all have 24 hours, at least the ones we interviewed. It may be different in Iceland or something, but we all get the same amount of time. So, it's not time; it's taste. Why do some people read more than others? Because they have a taste for it. How do you get a taste? You have to take the time. So you have to budget some time to start.Another common thought is, "I can't understand Śrīla Prabhupāda's books." Śrīla Prabhupāda said he couldn't understand his guru when he first heard him, but he stayed. That's the reason Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta noticed him at his initiation. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta said, "I marked him. He likes to hear. He does not go away." So if you want to be recognized, you could stay there and listen.There was a brāhmaṇa in South India that Caitanya Mahāprabhu met, who was every day reading the Bhagavad-gītā, but he couldn't read. He just did the best he could; he hacked away at it, and everyone was laughing at him. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that this brāhmaṇa was crying when he was reading, and He asked him, "Why are you crying?" And he said, "My guru told me to read this every day, but I can't read." He said, "Then, why are you crying?" He said, "Because I think of Krishna when I'm doing this, that He drove the chariot for Arjuna, and He's so kind to His devotee, so I can't help but cry when I think of Krishna and holding this Gītā and trying to read it. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took that brāhmaṇa with Him. He said, "You've actually understood the Bhagavad-gītā." You don't have to be a great scholar or a Sanskritist. You just have to have a little sincerity and try to read Prabhupāda's books.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------
Everybody, keep going and remember, Vṛṣākapi—it's a name of Kṛṣṇa. It means when the devotees choose to think of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa becomes inclined towards such a devotee. He showers his benedictions, satisfies his or her desires, and removes all miseries. If the atheistic mind tells you there's somewhere better to be, or "this is boring," don't believe him. Just believe the śāstra that everything comes from our relationship with Kṛṣṇa. We're part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. And just take full shelter of the Mahāmantra and keep going.Pay close attention to the syllables and be aware if you're chanting or not. If you're not aware that you're chanting, your mind's not on the mantra. So be aware that you're chanting and listen to the syllables. Kṛṣṇa is all good. His name's perfect. He's non-different from His name. Just stay focused.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Here's another mantra: "Scrolling makes you dumb, and reading a chapter of Bhagavad-gītā makes you smart!" Because the Bhagavad-gītā is, as Prabhupāda describes, The Vedic intelligence. It's all there in one place, and Kṛṣṇa is speaking Himself. So, you get to hear directly from Kṛṣṇa, and you have your intelligence fortified by the Vedic intelligence. So, which would you rather have: the intelligence of the combined forces of everyone who posts on the internet and consumed in 10-second bytes at a rate of about 50 per 30 seconds, or would you rather have the infusion of Kṛṣṇa's words and His intelligence?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So, wherever you go wearing neck beads, you're sure to find someone in a remote area who unexpectedly says, 'Haribol!' And that's a good thing, because it will remind you that, 'Yes, I'm on a mission here, and I'm representing the Śrī Guru Parmparā. It's a point of high distinction, although we take it very humbly that we're able to display ourselves as Vaiṣṇavas, as the first stage of initiation. It's a process, not an event.' That's tapa, which means you turn away from the material world, realizing that this is not the purpose of my life—to try to settle here or to enjoy—but to serve.(excerpt from the talk by HG Vaisesika Dasa)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Everything that we do, especially as humans, has consequences. There's a sequence that takes place when we enact anything—say any word, think any thought, perform any action, or do any work. There's a consequence; there's a sequence that unfolds. The most important of all consequences come from the chanting of The Holy Name.Another point is that if we don't do anything else right in our life, if we don't do it perfectly, if we concentrate all our disciplined energy in chanting good rounds, then everything else will go right. This is because, by chanting good rounds, everything else self-aligns. As Prabhupāda writes in one of his purports, by chanting the mantra, all energies are synchronized in one place.Finally, it feels so good to chant because, first of all, it's perfect alignment. In other words, in the vernacular, we're doing the right thing. It's also Ācāryopāsanā because, as we heard, the great sages, the great devotees, they chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Not only that, we got instructions directly from Lord Caitanya and then, through this succession, under whom, Śrīla Prabhupāda, we've taken shelter to chant in a particular way and to finish a particular number. This is numerical strength, and by doing it regularly, we get this ācāryaopāsanā, worship of the Ācārya. And so, everything good comes from chanting The Holy Name.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We have to tolerate the extremes in the world, and toleration is one of the ways that Krishna recommends throughout the Bhagavad Gītā to be steady in spiritual consciousness. Don't give in to the extremes and the changes of the external world. Also, notice that if you pursue the pleasure of the senses in this world, then the result of it will be—although it may feel like pleasure in the beginning—there'll be misery at the end, because you'll have to contend with the reaction to it. So, we remain neutral while we're in the body, and we go on with our spiritual duty. And as one does that, there's a sense of satisfaction, which is invaluable in this world, because nobody has it. It's very rare because you can only get it from the spiritual platform. You can't get it from having money. You can't get it from having a beautiful property somewhere. You can't get it from having freedom to fly all over the world. Any of these things don't bring lasting happiness; only if one has developed Krishna consciousness can one become happy, and it doesn't matter what the situation is externally. So, although this seems to be a very simple principle in a simple verse, it's one of the essential aspects of practicing spiritual life: learning how to tolerate the dualities and to go on with one's practice in spiritual life.And the final point I'll make is that consistency is king in spiritual practice. If you're able to be consistent, even if you start with a minimal practice, but you keep it up every day and do your quota that you've decided to do, then it will have its effect. And there's an example that someone once gave about how, when you make yogurt, does anybody here know how to make yogurt? You take a big pot of milk—let's just say it is a big pot, and call your life a big pot of milk. If you take a little yogurt that's already there and you put it in the milk, even if it's a little bit, you put it into the big pot of milk, and then you set the pot in a place with an even temperature, not too cold, not too hot, and you leave it overnight, a miracle happens. You come back and the whole pot turns to yogurt. So we have a lot of things going on in our lives, but if you can add that spiritual practice to the big pot of your life, then eventually the whole pot transforms, and everything about your life gets connected to Krishna consciousness. It doesn't mean you have to give up what you're doing.As an example here is Arjuna. He's a warrior, and therefore he has to fight. It's his duty. If you call somebody when you're getting attacked, who's supposed to be a police officer, and say, "Please help me," and they say, "Oh, no, sorry, I'm non-violent, I can't help you," a non-violent policeman or a violent priest are not wanted. Everyone has their duty to do; they have to do it. So we go on with whatever our duties are in life, but if we add this spiritual practice and do it consistently, then gradually, everything transforms.-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
If you just look around, and you're not looking around with an eye to do some service, or you don't have a mission when you're looking at anything, you're scrolling. We're scrolling all the time. Kṛṣṇa consciousness means to be conscious of what you're looking at and why you're doing it.And then, of course, there's what's called atyāhāra. 'Ati' means extreme, and 'āhāra' means eating—extreme eating. I'm not going to talk about eating, so don't worry. But that phrase is also extrapolated upon by our great ācāryas to mean, 'Don't collect unnecessarily. Don't collect too much.' And it means collecting too much information also.You don't have to have so much information you can't even process it.And scrolling isn't even really processing information. It's barely touching each subject for just a few seconds and then moving on to something else, with a sense that there might be something better in the next thing. Frankly, those who set up a platform like that are trying to get you to scroll, and they don't care if you stay on one subject or another. Well, they do, because they register that and then put more of it out. But as long as you stay on their platform, that's okay.So, one thing to leave behind that can have an instant, positive effect is to leave behind scrolling. Don't scroll on your phone. Don't scroll indiscriminately, looking at anything randomly. Look at it purposefully, which means...Link to the full video: https://youtu.be/U2149-nBeog------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This is a very exciting time. Find a service to assist in expanding it around the Bay Area and make history. Now is a good time. And yes, of course, everyone has some anxiety. You can count on that. There's going to be problems you have to worry about when you wake up at one o'clock in the morning and you think, "Why did that guy say that to me? Why aren't they paying me enough? Why are they laying people off? Who are these people anyway?" That's just the side-guy stuff, the material world, especially in Kali Yuga. And if you know that that's coming, and then you bypass it, you do the best you can to do what you can within it. But you bypass it by taking full advantage of the opportunity to spread the Krishna consciousness movement. You won't be touched by it. You'll remain transcendental.Thank you for listening so attentively. And so, thank you and congratulations to everyone here for all that you're doing, for representing the Krishna Consciousness Movement, representing Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. And experiment with expanding your service by offering, wherever you live, your homestead as a place where people can come learn Krishna consciousness. Every house can be a temple. You can also expand through social media. You can also expand by going out and meeting people door-to-door. You do that; I've seen you.So, with that comes great joy. The members of Lord Caitanya's personal party were quite enthusiastic about it. In fact, the way it's described in Caitanya-caritāmṛta, metaphorically, is they broke open the storehouse. Did you ever break into anything when you were a kid? Alright, I won't ask you. It's kind of fun anyway, nothing too criminal, (couple snow cones). Breaking and entering, smashing open a lock, and then taking the contents out and then giving it away as a kind of Robin Hood-type thing, you know, take it and give it to the masses of people who need it.And this is a mood that is uplifting. It's not boring. The idea of making a faster chip, although it's hard work, it's not that exciting because it hasn't made a difference in the quality of our life or the feeling of satisfaction in our hearts. The fact that, compared to not having a cell phone to now having a cell phone, it hasn't increased the sense of satisfaction in my heart. That's over a span of whatever they came out, 30 - 40 years ago, and I remember somebody saying, "Are you sure you want to carry one of those things around with you?" But it does make a difference when people come in contact with the spiritual sound vibration. So we can emulate Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's associates by this enthusiastic distribution of Krishna consciousness. And it mentions also that not only to distribute it, but they tasted its contents. So, maybe with one hand you distribute, the other one you can be tasting it. And that's the mood of the Krishna Consciousness Movement.------------------------------------------------------------
As we go on chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, it's very natural that our Kṛṣṇa consciousness will awaken, step by step, by the force of the spiritual energy that's coming from Kṛṣṇa. No question about it; absolutely certain, 100%. So we have to be patient, and we have to continue with the process and be very, very confident that everything will happen by Kṛṣṇa's arrangement at the right time. The way that you're dedicating yourselves to getting absorbed in chanting Harē Kṛṣṇa—is a sure way to success for everybody.It doesn't matter what your present position or condition is. It doesn't matter which combination of complexities you're dealing with in your life; everybody has them. The process of devotional service and of chanting Harē Kṛṣṇa will be absolutely 100% effective. So you have to continue, despite the fact that you're walking a gauntlet in the material world, where you're being harassed at every step, on all sides, by the mind and by all the miseries that come naturally with the material world. They come to every single living being, from the time that you're in the womb till the time that you're leaving your physical body, that's for sure.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japajolt #makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
For the recipients of great mercy, Kṛṣṇa has the Karunya Shakti, through which He delivers those who are not deserving. Anyone who feels that they’re not deserving of Kṛṣṇa's mercy, please raise your hand! Then you’re eligible for this special stimulus package issued by Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu to save people who don’t have any spiritual wealth.There’s justice and there’s mercy. Justice means you get what you deserve. Anybody would like to get what they deserve? Please raise your hand. If anybody would like to get mercy—which means you get special consideration even though you don’t deserve it—raise your hand! Therefore, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommends that we keep ourselves in this humble position: “I don’t deserve anything. I’m simply depending on The Lord’s mercy.”So, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is "Namo Mahā-vadānyāya Kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te." He’s giving special mercy to those who don’t deserve it, and those who have been ensconced in material energy and illusion since time immemorial, or, as we say, anādi—since a beginningless time. We can’t say how long the living entity has been in the material world because, as Śrīla Prabhupāda says, there’s no beginning; you can’t trace it out.So, what mercy is there? Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu comes and He imbues the chanting of the holy name with His own prema, and then He distributes it all over the world. Anyone, even if a person isn't intellectual or well-read, but is simply humble and takes the holy name in the mood of, “I need mercy, and I’m surrendering to the Holy Name,” such a person will receive the infusion of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy. It’s coming down from Goloka Vṛndāvana: "Golokera prema-dhana Harinama Sankirtana."And this is the way in which we can become delivered and deliver the whole world: by chanting the holy names, beginning with Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita Gadādhara Śrīvāsādi Gaura Bhakta Vṛnda. So let’s take advantage of this process given to us.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Circa 1973, there was a precipitous rise in book distribution. Just the conditions were all coming together where it was ready to take off. One of the leaders of book distribution, who was the head of the BBT in Los Angeles at that time, was giving very pointed classes related to Caitanya-caritāmṛta and these sections about the ways in which devotees want to bring others closer as Prabhupāda had done. Prabhupāda commissioned paintings where there was the Rāsa-līlā and the Harīnāma saṅkīrtana (Caitanya Mahāprabhu) in one picture. Of course, we know from the outset of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta: "anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam" (CC Adi 1.4). Caitanya Mahāprabhu's innermost desire was Kṛṣṇa's innermost desire, which is just thinking, "I want to give this to everybody." A lot of people later, after Mahāprabhu's appearance, said, "You're going to give this now in Kali-yuga? It's just an odd juxtaposition when people in Kali-yuga are satisfied with a little fast food, a little screen to look at, no philosophy to speak of, no logic to speak of, and then you're going to give the Ujjvala-rasa ? The highest thing?" You know others—Prabhupāda Sarasvatī, for instance—are saying, "This is unheard of, even amongst the greatest scholars": 'tathā paramahaṁsānāṁ munīnām amalātmanām bhakti-yoga-vidhānārthaṁ' (SB 1.18.20). Kuntī Devī says this is for the paramahaṁsas—what Kṛṣṇa is giving—and now it's being given in Kali-yuga to everybody.And this person was then bringing all these points to bear and saying book distribution—going out into public and meeting people for the purpose of bringing them to Kṛṣṇa—that's related to not just Caitanya Mahāprabhu's pastimes, but because Caitanya Mahāprabhu's pastimes are like a reversible jacket. You know a reversible jacket? You can wear it either way. Caitanya Mahāprabhu, you reverse it, then you have Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa-līlā. As we hear in the song "Gaurāṅgera duṭi pāda," Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura says, you dive into the ocean of the saṅkīrtana movement, and you come out on the shore of the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa-līlā.So he was preaching with this very enthusiastic devotee that book distribution is in the mood of the gopīs. You see how you could get there. You'd have to show your work on paper, like they say in a math class, "I'm going to see your work." You'd show it in the margins. Do they still do that? You don't just give the answer because you could have looked it up on ChatGPT. You have to show that you did the work. So devotees wanted to know, "Is this accurate?" And Prabhupāda confirmed. He said, "Yes, this is an accurate understanding." This is the mood of the gopīs; the mood of all the great devotees is to distribute the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, and Caitanya Mahāprabhu has come specifically for the distribution of the Ujjvala-rasa to everybody in the Kali-yuga. 'Māyā-mṛgaṁ dayitayepsitam anvadhāvad,' it is mentioned by Karabhājana Muni that he ran after people to give them this process, even if they were not that interested.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
One could also argue, using the things Prabhupāda said and what the śāstras say, that chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa is our primary business. After all, in taking Dīkṣā or Harinām initiation, one promises to chant The Holy Name. One doesn't promise, you know, other kinds of services necessarily, but that's the main thing that we say, "we'll do every day, without fail." And in that last section I read from Prabhupāda, he said, "If you, if you don't do anything else, you just chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, then, yeah, you're okay." So it's an important point to remember, this is sevā. We're serving Kṛṣṇa by chanting.One thought I had when we started the chanting was that when we have that perspective—at least I know when I'm chanting, if I think, "Oh, where's the bliss? Why aren't I happy? You know, how come the holy name isn't entertaining me and dancing in front of me or something like that?"—then it's very difficult to chant. But if I'm thinking, "This is a service," I'm more in a service mind and I'm thinking, "I am serving Kṛṣṇa by chanting out loud like this," then it feels very blissful. It opens the pathway for the taste to come, because I'm thinking of doing it for Him, not for me..------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #makejapagreatagain #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Question: What instruction would you give to the next generation? Do you see that it's important for us to develop a personal relationship with Śrīla Prabhupāda? Do you see any instruction that you would like to give us, any suggestion, any guidance that you would like to share with us?"Nirakula Dasi: Well, not so much an instruction. I'm grateful for what you just said. And if the devotees are feeling this connection, it's all Śrīla Prabhupāda’s mercy. It's just, if I can share some of that, it's just his mercy. But for the generations to come, it is important to develop a personal relationship with Śrīla Prabhupāda. And it's possible, and many of you have. What I would suggest is, of course, reading Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books. His spiritual ecstasies are in those purports, and they just get deeper and deeper. The more we read them, the more we hear them, the more we share with each other, like-minded devotees, and share those realizations together. So that's definitely something. But listening to his lectures, I listen to Śrīla Prabhupāda every day, and I kind of crave his voice. And, you know, because I've seen him in person, and because I've watched a lot of videos, I can imagine the facial expressions and the movements of his hands. And not just his classes, but, you know, his morning walks and his room conversations, you know, things like that. They, they give a different aspect of of Śrīla Prabhupāda. I think those are a couple of things that are important. But I think the most important thing is, or very important, is do something to make you feel part of the mission. When you feel a part of the mission, you have goals, you're excited, you're challenged, you know. And you all have talents, amazing talents and intelligence. Use those abilities, and nowadays it seems to me...------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I'm going to read one small section from Prabhupada's teachings on The Holy Name. This is from a lecture on Sri Caitanya-caritāmṛta. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu has five features. What are these? Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa manifestation, Kṛṣṇa incarnation. Kṛṣṇa is different, potency in this way. And Kṛṣṇa, the source of devotional service. He is Kṛṣṇa. Caitanya, bhakta-śaktikam. To advance in devotional service requires spiritual strength. It is not so easy thing. The spiritual strength is also Kṛṣṇa, bhakta-śaktikam. Therefore, we have to practice Hare Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Kṛṣṇa advises, 'Always think of Me.' Where is the difficulty? We have to think of something; we cannot keep our mind vacant. That is not possible. So, make it a point that, 'Think of Kṛṣṇa.' That's all. Think of Kṛṣṇa. And if you chant, if you engage your tongue, Hare Kṛṣṇa, and if you hear, then everything is compact in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So handy! Just one mantra and only one duty for the tongue: keep chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa in all circumstances, and everything will be perfect by Kṛṣṇa's arrangement. That's a good deal! Who would pass it up?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
As souls, we need loving relationships, and we have that eternal loving relationship with Krishna. But we're not at that point yet (I should speak for myself). I'm not at that point where I can always feel that love of Krishna. So, I feel His love through His reciprocation with me, through the devotees.And one of those ways is through acts of kindness. While preparing for this, I was thinking of all the many, many acts of kindness that have been shown to me over the years. I'll tell of a few personal ones, but one thing that came to mind was devotees who have empowered me to do service, or have shared service with me, or given me service to do. It really has turned out to be one of the biggest acts of kindness, in my life.I was in Los Angeles, and I started helping the devotee Jalasayi. She was in charge of the free feast. So I became her helper. We had our first Rath Yatra in 1977, and after a few years, she couldn't continue it, so she passed that responsibility of managing the free feast for the Rath Yatra to me, and I still do it. I passed on the management of it to someone else, but by Lord Jagannath's mercy and Prabhupada's mercy, I still am able to do that every year.So that was in 1977, and I've been through a lot of changes. And the movement has been through a lot of changes. L.A. has been through a lot of changes, so many things, but having that anchor, even though it was a yearly service—you know, there was all the planning every year and the shopping and so many things. I go down a week before Rath Yatra, and so I felt like I had Rath Yatra for the whole week, and not just the day. And of course, I was working, so I had to plan that I would have that time off, and so it really anchored me throughout my whole year. And I'm just thinking back, that was just one of the nicest things that a devotee could have done for me.Even when I first joined, Manjuali was the temple president's wife, and she was exceptionally kind to me. She still is. I had an hour-long conversation with her just the other day, and she's so full of encouragement, kind words, wonderful realizations. But I was fortunate enough to have her as my mentor when I first joined the temple, and she was always encouraging me, always giving me service, so that was something that I thought of when I was thinking of acts of kindness.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's a very famous book called the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, and it's supposed to be the cream of all the teachings of these ancient literatures. It starts with a king who's famous, and he gets cursed to die in seven days.As soon as he found out he had seven days to live, he left his kingdom. He went to a sacred place and sat down and he got a pad of paper and a pen—just kidding! But he sat and reflected very deeply: "What's the most important thing to do in the last seven days of my life?" Because he asked that question, he met his teacher. There was no internet, there was no way of connecting physically, but spiritually, they lined up, and the teacher came. The whole book is questions and answers between the king and the teacher.His first question was, "What is the duty of a person who's about to die?" And the teacher, Śukadeva, gave an immediate answer: "It's to be in perfect consciousness when you leave this body; to be able to remember the Personality of God when you leave this present body." The rest of the book is instructions about how we can perfect our consciousness.If I don't ask the question, then the teacher, the teachings, they don't come into my life. We are in the same situation as the king. How many days do we have in this world? Well, some people say seven, because Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, they are the same thing over and over again. But if we think like the king, "What's my ultimate duty in the last seven days?", then the rest of our life becomes more rich.Have you ever taken someone that you love for granted? Did you ever become annoyed with them for the way they chew their cereal? When we have an awareness of our ultimate purpose and that we're only here just for seven days maximum, the way we interact with people is very different. This is the kind of vision that is taught in the ancient wisdom literature: to see how everybody's passing through this life very quickly. And a very important point: human life is purposeful, and we can discover the purpose if we ask about it. So the first question is, "What's my purpose?"------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#purposedrivenlife #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The more we give, the more we grow. It's spiritual mathematics. People mostly miss that class when they're going through grammar school and high school, and so it's a natural phenomenon that when we think about doing good for others, then we become more expansive. And The Holy Name, actually Lord Nityānanda, rewards those who are thinking about how to do his work to give the holy name to the most fallen—we get more mercy. I mean, Krishna says it in the Gītā too, that "anyone who's teaching this to others is the most dear to me." So why wouldn't they feel more ecstasy from chanting the holy name?So that was Prabhupada's formula. He had us all going out, door to door, on the streets, everywhere we could think of. If there were Zoom rooms at that time, he would have had us in Zoom rooms—whatever way we can come up with to spread the holy names. And because of that, we make ourselves more open to the mercy of the holy name. It's the simple formula.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#mantrameditation #makejapagreatagain #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's not that everyone who is steadily chanting Harē Kṛṣṇa or reading feels like doing it all the time, especially in the beginning. And for whatever reason, it could be the punishment-reward system that you had, as you mentioned. It could be subliminal. And the way to deal with that in the beginning of the practice, as I'm sure you know from many of the disciplines that you've applied in your life—education or sports or music or anything like that—is you have to turn professional.There's a book that I like. It's mostly about writing, and it's called The War of Art, not The Art of War. The War of Art means that when you want to do something creative, like write something, you may face what the author Steven Pressfield (who, by the way, is the author of the book The Legend of Bagger Vance, which was turned into a movie about Bhagavad Gītā and stars Will Smith) says: when you go to do something worthwhile, there's this resistance in the universe—instilled Resistance with a capital 'R'—very difficult to overcome.For instance, in writing, people often write books in their head, but when it comes time to sit down and actually do it, there's a strong resistance. Or to paint, or to learn a musical instrument. It's a lot harder in the beginning when you realize that you have to work at it. So what is his solution? He says you have to turn pro, like professionals; they show up and they just do it, whether they feel like it or not.And that's what in the beginning of devotional service, Rūpa Goswāmī described vaidhi bhakti—it's a discipline. In the beginning, you have to use your intelligence. Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad Gītā:evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvāsaṁstabhyātmānam ātmanājahi śatruṁ mahā-bāhokāma-rūpaṁ durāsadam (BG 3.43)In the beginning, you have to use your intelligence to see what's good for you, like, you know, for studying for school, right? You may not feel like doing it sometimes, right? Is that a correct assumption? Yes. But you know, if I don't study, I'm going to suffer more later, because I'm going to sit down for the test and realize "Ah if I just put in a few more hours a day, I would have been ready for this." And you have to apply a similar principle in the beginning for chanting.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's so clear in the teachings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu that He brought it out through His own teacher, Śrīla Īśvara Purī, who instructed Him upon initiation into the process of chanting Hare Krishna:harer nāma harer nāmaharer nāmaiva kevalamkalau nāsty eva nāsty evanāsty eva gatir anyathāThat you don't have to look anywhere else. It's all here. He said it three times: that it's in the holy name, it's in the holy name, holy name. By chanting, chanting, chanting, then you'll attain the perfection of your life, of yoga. Everything else comes from that.So, the process of chanting japa is extremely powerful. And the more that we're able to focus on the devotional chanting, the more our love for Kṛṣṇa manifests in our heart. You can feel it even in one session of chanting. If you actually invest your emotion—that "I'm very fallen, I need shelter. Kṛṣṇa, You're so kind"—the mood of gratitude is being manifested out through your voice, in chanting the holy names. Then, as I mentioned in the beginning, all stipulated energies are manifest.I'll just read the sentence one more time. We'll take some reflections. Prabhupāda writes: "By chanting the Lord's holy name, one can derive all these stipulated energies synchronized from all sources," so everything becomes perfectly manifest. And if we can focus our desire on advancing spiritually and then chant the holy name with that intention, then everything manifests in our life: all spiritual paraphernalia, all the mentorship, all the enthusiasm, whatever is necessary will be manifest in our lives.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
These verses have spiritual power in them. Puṇya, śravaṇa-kīrtana. Puṇya! Everyone wants some puṇya, but what’s the best way to get puṇya? By just staying in contact with these ślokas. They’re pregnant with puṇya. And when one reads them, hears them, memorizes them, it comes out because they are transcendental. "Itaṁ bhūta-guṇo Hari"—they have the same quality as Krishna does; they’re transcendental. So, when you stay absorbed in these ślokas and these śāstras, you’ll get this kind of spiritual enlivening and spiritual credit that comes from this very powerful, uttama-śloka.So, they purify us. They prepare us for the time of death. In the Gajendra-mokṣaṇa, we’ll find that Gajendra, who had been King Indradyumna in his last life, when he offended the sage, the sage became angry at him and cursed him, “You become a dumb animal in your next life!” So, he became an elephant. And then Gajendra was bathing one day with his family, and he got captured by a crocodile. And when he was in great anxiety, he remembered the ślokas that he had recited dutifully in his previous life. In that section of the Bhāgavatam, Śrīla Prabhupāda mentions that besides chanting, “Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare,” one should also learn some Stotram, like Cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu (like we’re learning the Brahma-saṁhitā altogether), or the Nṛsiṁha prayers, or some other kind of Stotram. And one should become very well acquainted with it, he said, because if some of my students don’t happen to—you know, if they happen to make some slip and they become an animal in the next life—they’ll even be saved from that. This is how potent memorizing these ślokas are. They’re indelible. They go into the heart, the subtle body, and they stay there. And one can take shelter of those ślokas at any time, even in the next lifetime. So, think of it as the best investment of your time. So here are a few quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda about learning verses.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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Once in Detroit, Michigan, there was a large assembly of devotees. 99.9% of them were brahmacārīs, because that's what the constitution of ISKCON used to be. There were a couple of householders here and there; they were outliers. And there was this very sincere man who was sitting amidst a sea of brahmacārīs. He wasn't a brahmacārī; he had a house outside, which was also an astounding achievement at that time, it wasn't an achievement, but it was looked at like, "Ooh, you live outside, poor person."And this man, in a very humble, sheepish way, said to Śrīla Prabhupāda, "But you know, I have my three children, and I live outside. And what can I do?" And Prabhupāda said, "This temple is made of brick and stone, and your house is made of brick and stone." He said, "In the temple, the business is serving Kṛṣṇa. If, in your house, you serve Kṛṣṇa, no difference." That was a revelation to everyone present: no difference.But this is the genius of the process given by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the Goswamis. It covers all aspects of our lives, and it covers the different eras of our lives, and gives us a comfortable slot that we can adhere to during our youth, during our adolescence, during our middle age, during old age, and so forth, so that we can always remember Kṛṣṇa. And one of the most important ways of doing it is to have the image of Kṛṣṇa in one's house. As Kṛṣṇa describes, the deity form of the Lord can be worshiped in many ways, in paint. In other words, if you have a painting of Kṛṣṇa, like the Pañca-tattva, you can worship that. In fact, that's how Prabhupāda started all his temples, with pictures of Pañca-tattva. Still some of them around, those original paintings. He had them. He commissioned them, so each temple that opened would have a painted picture of Pañca-tattva. If you do that, Prabhupāda writes in one of his purports, you won't want for anything. You'll have all the mercy of Kṛṣṇa through the Pañca-tattva.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Caitanya Mahāprabhu teaches actually that The Holy Name is very merciful and descends for our benefit, but we mustn't take it for granted. Not taking it for granted means giving full attention to the chanting. If we do that, we'll find for ourselves what is called nāma-bala, or strength that we get from the name. We'll understand that even chanting in nāmābhāsa, although we haven't realized the direct manifestation of Kṛṣṇa in His name, we'll start to feel the effects of chanting, and will get faith.In nāma-aparādha or chanting without attention would be like calling somebody to speak to them, and they come over to you, and then you turn your back on them and get on your cell phone. How would they feel? Similarly, when we're chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, we're calling Kṛṣṇa, "Please come. Please help me." And when He comes, if I turn around and do something else with my mind, with my intelligence, or even physically, if I turn the other way and start fixing a curtain rod, then this is a kind of an offense.Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says this kind of chanting can actually lead to atheism. Why? Because if I do that repeatedly, then I'll start to think that there is no actual manifestation of The Holy Name because I'm not experiencing it. I'm not getting nāma-bala or strength, I'm not having any sphūrti or direct realization of The Holy Name. And then I'll start to commit the fifth offense and think that The Holy Name is imagination, that somebody just made it up.There's some made-up philosophy, and then there's a series of other events he describes, in which I try to justify the situation. And then people can even stop the process altogether and become lost again in the material whirlpool, drowned. So it's incumbent upon the sādhaka to take the process of chanting seriously, and seriously means to give your full attention when chanting. So that takes practice, because the mind is accustomed to taking shelter of distraction and finding pleasure in it. It actually feels some kind of perverse satisfaction in moving from one thing to the next. It's a kind of conditioning. Or, it takes shelter in dullness or laya, where my mind feels satisfaction in sleep—in a kind of thick darkness, in which I zone out from the variety of the world. And then when I wake up, I get back into the distracted state.In order to come to the state of actually full focus on The Holy Name, ekāgra—where I'm one-pointed—it takes a lot of practice, and also a kind of again and again practicing simplicity of the mind: that I'm okay without being distracted, without going to other things, and I can simply focus on the chanting without going anywhere else.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whys
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What I've talked about today is being renounced where it counts. And there is a lesson to be learned in this world, because the whole world is available to us through our senses in various ways. Our responsibility is to learn which things to leave behind and which things to pick up. Make a list. In fact, I wrote it in my book. This one I keep with me every day.Did any of you have a to-do list? Anybody keep a to-do list? Only five people. This is scary. Okay. Well, I recommend you keep a not-to-do list. Try it, because you may have been struggling with a particular habit and you thought, 'Why do I keep doing this?' It's because it's not in your not-to-do list! Make a list and just see how powerful that is.Yeah, there's a to-do list, and it keeps growing longer, right? You keep thinking, 'I gotta do this, I gotta do that,' and you still haven't finished it all. And I hate to bring up a sore subject, but when you die, it's still going to be full. And a lot of people think, 'Oh, I didn't finish. I didn't finish. I didn't finish.' Do yourself a favor and write a not-to-do list, even if you put one thing on it—that one thing that keeps bugging you, where you can't feel your own integrity because you keep doing this one thing that makes you look in the mirror and think, 'Why am I still doing something like this?' Put it on your not-to-do list.And then, add to your to-do list the most important things:First important thing is Chant Hare Krishna.Second, read Bhagavad Gita.Third is, get some service!-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
As far as trust goes, it's the most valuable element that we can procure. I say that sort of metaphorically, as if you could procure it. But as we know from any relationship, it comes over time. We find that when we interact with others and we see them in various situations, we come to know their nature. It takes time to trust. You may not trust somebody that you meet immediately, because we haven't had time to verify that they're trustworthy. And so when you interact with somebody and they're consistent in the way they show up, or even if they forget to show up or don't show up, they're contrite at the right times, in the right ways, then we start to develop trust.It's also important that we may consider that we may act in such a way that Kṛṣṇa can trust us. Any relationship is two-way. This relationship that we have with Kṛṣṇa is personal; it's not mechanical. And if we remember that Kṛṣṇa is our ever well-wisher and we work to trust Him, then we'll notice His reciprocation. As in any relationship, by noticing the reciprocation, as Prabhupāda indicated in the purport by quoting from Bhagavad-gītā 10.11, which is:teṣāṁ evānukampārtham aham ajñāna-jaṁ tamaḥnāśayāmy ātma-bhāva-stho jñāna-dīpena bhāsvatāThat when one sincerely tries to reach Kṛṣṇa, then, as Prabhupāda wrote in the purport here, Kṛṣṇa flips on a light. In the Gītā, it's a lamp, the kind that you might light with a mantra, maybe. And then it's a lamp, but Prabhupāda says, 'switch on the light,' and light is self-evident. It's not that you have to intellectualize light. When the sun comes up, the birds know it. The birds know it first, apparently, because they start singing before it comes up.I noticed that: I was camping once, and in the deep, dark forest, all by myself, I pitched a tent, and I was living out there for a couple days, and I just noticed that the birds were clamorous, and I thought, 'Well, time to get up.' So I looked out. It's pitch black. How did they know the sun was coming up? And how do we know when the sun has come up? It's self-evident. And when we act in such a way that Kṛṣṇa can trust us and He begins to shine light in our heart, so we can see more than we saw before, then there's an inkling of a relationship. I think that's a reciprocation. We may verify that, but as time moves on, as in any relationship, we become more and more certain, and that certainty leads to this implicit trust that we have in Kṛṣṇa, and it's always exhilarating, because...------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
And he (Prabhupada) said, 'Similarly, by spiritual sound vibration, then all spiritual paraphernalia necessary for your advancement will come together as well. And therefore, by very deliberately chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and purifying one's consciousness by that process, there's a natural way in which one's spiritual life evolves.' And one last point is that the mood of chanting is important, because Kṛṣṇa is The Paramātmā, The Supersoul within everyone's heart, and He's fulfilling the desires of all living beings. So it's not some mechanical process, because material nature is malleable, and one might exploit it for one's own purposes. In which case, Kṛṣṇa can make such an arrangement. But if we sincerely desire to serve Kṛṣṇa and we chant with that intention, Kṛṣṇa very quickly delivers the spiritual paraphernalia necessary.So it's chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. It's also in the mood of surrender to Krishna, which is the smartest thing any living entity can do after 'striking out' (a baseball term, I don't know if you have it in cricket) billions of times and finally decides to surrender to Krishna.' So if we chant with that mood, then Lord Caitanya says, 'It is an utterance which is now coined as the Śikṣāṣṭakam: param vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam,' that will have complete success. So it's worthwhile cause to take time to chant in the mood of surrender The Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahamantra------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Excerpted from the Brihat-bhagavatāmṛta about the power of Saṅkalpa:"My dear boy, whatever you desire while chanting your mantra, by its power, you will fully achieve. Indeed, you will attain more than you desire."Commentary: Before performing any religious ritual, including the chanting of mantras, one should solemnly formulate one's saṅkalpa (intention), either verbally or mentally. In most Vedic sacrifices, one can expect one's saṅkalpa to be fulfilled only in the indefinite future, most likely in the next life. But by the blessings of his guru, Gopa-kumāra's specific saṅkalpas would all be quickly realized, as we shall see as his story continues.So, solemnly formulating saṅkalpa is like aiming your arrow before shooting it. And as is mentioned, it should be done to develop a determination, which means a firmness of purpose, a resoluteness. It's the process of establishing something exactly, typically by calculation or research. These are necessary to aim when we're chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, to aim ourselves as the arrow towards Kṛṣṇa. And "solemn" means characterized by deep sincerity. When we solemnize something, we're doing it duly, and we're doing it very formally. So, it's not casual.So, before chanting, if you clearly establish your purpose for doing it, you will gain immediate momentum and get in the mood of doing it. So this saṅkalpa is recommended. And I just ask all of you, if it's possible, to take just a moment right now. If you happen to have a pen and a piece of paper close by, you can try this experiment because it's a very useful exercise. And that is, just in one sentence, write down your main purpose in chanting japa this morning. You don't have to overthink it, but from your heart, with your determination, write down why you're chanting the japa this morning.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught, as did Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākur, passing on the teachings of the Bhāgavatam, that if you had faith, śraddhā—if you had an abiding desire in your heart to know the supreme, and when you heard a little bit about it, you embraced it—this is called śraddhā. Śraddhā means "the heart" and is an active verb; it means "where you place something." So, what are you putting your heart into? Those who put their hearts into the basic teachings of Bhagavad-gītā will make spiritual advancement. Similarly, with Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta and the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, if you put your heart into it, Kṛṣṇa will give you intelligence how to follow it. That's what Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā. So, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākur knew this, and he wanted it—meaning the teachings of Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu—to be available to everybody, all over the world. And nowadays, there are centers in, as I mentioned, every continent of the world, but cities everywhere in the world where people are practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Let's name 10 cities that you don't normally hear about on the news or elsewhere where Krishna consciousness is being practiced right now.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And of course, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught us a couple of principles to make the experiment in our lives and the transformation effective. As all of you have, I'm sure, done labs in the past, the conditions have to be right. So one of the conditions is that one has to have a humble heart, a humble heart and mind, in approaching The Holy Name. And that means in body, mind, and words, and not just at the time of chanting. It has to be integrated into one's lifestyle and the way that one approach others, the way that one looks at the world. "I am insignificant. I am an instrument. I give respect to all others." How can that be done? Well, Mahāprabhu says, "See at each person has a spiritual spark and the potential within them, and their connection to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and practice it. That's why he says one should be ready to offer all respects. So get ready for that. That's the lifestyle which prepares us to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead through His Holy Name and actually vibrate the mantra in such a way that it becomes fully effective in our lives.So Mahāprabhu gave this scenario: "Okay, I've realized that The Holy Name is Kṛṣṇa—nāma nāmākāri bahudhā nija sarva śaktis—all of His personal presence is there. However, I can't do it. I'm so unfortunate, I still can't do it, even though I know it." So he said, "Here is how to rearrange the clinical setting so that you can do it: tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā, amāninā mānadena kīrtanīya sadā hari." Work on your attitude towards the world, towards other people. And if you develop a humble heart—it just sounds good, doesn't it? "Have a humble heart"—if you develop a humble heart, and if you've ever met anybody with a truly humble heart, there's a way in which you just gravitate towards that person. So Kṛṣṇa gravitates towards those who have a humble heart also, and who respect others, and try this: be ready to not accept any respect in return for anything. What if you lived in that space? Well, Caitanya Mahāprabhu said," then you could go kīrtanīya sadā hari—you can go on singing the name, effectively." He'll appear on your tongue, in your heart, in your mind, and everything becomes self-evident from that point. So we have to perform the experiment on ourselves. And every day, the Japa is an opportunity to do that.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
All of us here are conscious. If you notice, when you look around, you can see somebody, and you feel that somebody's looking back at you. There's a conscious being there. You look at the wall; you don't get the same experience, because there's no consciousness in the wall, but there is within each one of our bodies. And as Krishna describes in the Bhagavad Gītā, we are conscious beings—a person. A person is a conscious entity, and we inhabit a body. It's not that we are the body; we inhabit the body. And the superior energy, Krishna describes in the Bhagavad Gītā, is all of the conscious beings in this world who are inside a material body, which is an apparatus through which we can engage with the lower energies in the world. For instance, I have eyes, and I can touch the objects of my eyes, the light, and it comes back to me in different forms and shapes, and it gets interpreted by my brain. I can be aware of the shapes and colors of the world, and that goes for all the different senses.However, the difference is important because when we're taking conscious control of our life, The Bhagavad Gītā describes how we must be deliberate in what we do. To do that, we have to deliberate. Deliberation is one of the processes that leads to spiritual enlightenment. If you think of the word "deliberate," everyone say it, please. I should say, I don't mean to be so demanding. You might notice a word within the word "deliberate," which is "Libra." Have you ever heard "Libra"? I was born on September twenty- seventh, so I am a Libra according to the Sun calendar. And what is the sign of Libra? Any Libras in here? Alright, it's a pan scale. There are two sides. You put something on one side or the other, and then you can, for instance, put a cauliflower on one side, if you go to the Green Market, and you put a weight on the other side. When it balances out, you can tell how much it weighs. So, "deliberate"—there's a way in which one should weigh out the consequences of what we do. That's one of the teachings of the Bhagavad Gītā. It sounds rather simple, but how do we do that? One of the ways we start is by understanding the different categories of energy. So, let me give you an example of how this applies or can apply in our lives. We're taking conscious control of our life. In the Bhagavad Gītā, Krishna mentions that..------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(1)hari haraye namaḥ kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ yādavāya mādhavāya keśavāya namaḥ (2)gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana giridhārī gopīnātha madana-mohana (3)śrī-caitanya-nityānanda śrī-advaita-sītā hari guru vaiṣṇaba bhāgavata gītā (4)śrī-rūpa sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha śrī-jīva gopāla-bhaṭṭa dāsa-raghunātha (5)ei chay gosāir kori caraṇa vandan jāhā hoite bighna-nāś abhīṣṭa-pūraṇ (6)ei chay gosāi jār—mui tār dās tā-sabāra pada-reṇu mora pañca-grās (7)tādera caraṇa-sebi-bhakta-sańe bās janame janame hoy ei abhilāṣ (8)ei chay gosāi jabe braje koilā bās rādhā-kṛṣṇa-nitya-līlā korilā prakāś (9)ānande bolo hari bhaja bṛndāban śrī-guru-vaiṣṇaba-pade majāiyā man (10)śrī-guru-vaiṣṇaba-pada-padma kori āś nāma-sańkīrtana kohe narottama dāsa TRANSLATION1) Hari! Obeisances to Lord Hari, unto Krsna, and Yadava. Obeisances to Lord of the Yadus, Madhava, Kesava. 2) Gopala! Govinda! Rama! O vanquisher of Madhu! Giridhari! Lord of the gopis! Bewilderer of cupid! 3) Sri Caitanya, Nityananda, Sri Advaita-Sita! Hari! Guru! Vaisnavas! Srimad Bhagavatam! Bhagavad Gita! 4) All glories to Srila Rupa Goswami, Sanatana Goswami and Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami, to Srila Jiva Goswami, Gopala Bhatta Goswami, and Raghunatha Dasa Goswami! 5) I bow to the feet of these six Goswamis. By their grace, our obstacles can be destroyed and all desires are fulfilled. 6) I am the servant of these six Goswamis. The dust of their lotus feet is my fivefold subsistence. 7) To be a servant of their lotus feet and to reside in the company of devotees--this is my aspiration birth after birth. 8) When these six Goswamis lived in Vraja, they revealed the eternal pastimes of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. 9) In ecstasy, sing the name of Lord Hari and worship Vrndavana, joyfully fixing your mind upon the lotus feet of the bona-fide spiritual master and the pure devotees. 10) The lotus feet of my guru and the Vaisnavas are my aspiration. Narottama Dasa thus sings Hari-nama sankirtana.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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(1)kali-kukkura kadana yadi cāo (he)kali-yuga pāvana, kali-bhaya-nāśana,śrī śacī-nandana gāo (he) (2)gadādhara-mādana, nitā’yera prāṇa-dhana,advaitera prapūjita gorānimāñi viśvambhara, śrīnivāsa-īśvara,bhakata-samūha-cita-corā (3)nadīyā-śaśadhara, māyāpura-īśvara,nāma-pravartana suragṛhijana-śikṣaka, nyāsikula-nāyaka,mādhava rādhābhāva-pūra (4)sārvabhauma-śodhana, gajapati-tāraṇa,rāmānanda-poṣaṇa vīrarūpānanda-vardhana, sanātana-pālana,hari-dāsa-modana dhīra (5)vraja-rasa-bhāvana, duṣṭamata-śātana,kapaṭī-vighātana kāmaśuddha bhakta-pālana, śuṣka-jñāna-tāḍana,chala-bhakti-dūṣaṇa rāma TRANSLATION1) If you want to be rid of the influence of the dog-like personality of kali, then just sing the glories of the beautiful Son of Mother Saci (Saci-nandana). He is the Savior of the kali-yuga (Kali-yuga Pavana), and He is (Kali-bhay-nasana), the destroyer of all fear caused by the age of quarrel. 2) He maddens Sri Gadhadara with His name, (Gadadhara-madana) He is the treasure of the life of Sri Nityananda Prabhu (Nita'yer Prana-dhana), and He is the most worshipable object of Sri Advaita Acarya (Advaiter Prapujita). He is affectionately named Nimai by His mother, due to being born under a Nim tree, and He has been named Visvambhara by His grandfather. He is the only Lord of Sri Srivasa (Srinivas-isvar), and He steals the hearts of all the assembled devotees (Bhakta-samuha-cita-cora). 3) Lord Caitanya is the moon over Nadia (Nadiya-sasadhar), the Lord of Sri Mayapura-dhama (Mayapura-isvar), and the divine propagator of His own name (Nama-pravartana Sura). He is the instructor of family men (Grhijana-siksaka), and He is also the hero of those who are in the renounced order (Nyasi-kula-nayaka). He is the husband of the Goddess of Fortune (Madhava), and He is over-flowing with the ecstatic moods and sentiments of Srimati Radharani (Radha-bhava-pura). 4) Lord Caitanya is the corrector and purifier of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya (Sarvabhauma-sodhana), and the deliverer of King Prataparudra (Gajapati-tarana), the source of nourishment of Srila Ramananda Raya (Ramananda-posana), and He is a great hero (Vira). He increases the ecstasy of Srila Rupa Gosvami (Rupananda-vardhana), He is the maintainer and protector of Srila Sanatana Gosvami (Sanatana-palana), He gladdens Haridasa Thakura (Haridasa-modana) and He is very grave (Dhira). 5) Lord Caitanya is the source of all the transcendental mellows of Vraja-dhama (Braja-rasa Bhavana), He is the destroyer of all mischievous and wicked mentality (Dustamata-satana), and He dissolves the mundane lust of the deceitful insincere souls by His causeless mercy (Kapati Vighatana Kama). He maintains and protects His pure Vaisnava devotees (Suddha-bhakta-palana), and He chastises dry speculative knowledge (Suskajnana Tadana). He destroys pretentious and hypocritical devotion (Chala-bhakti-dusana), and He is the reservoir of pleasure (Rama).To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife
ohe! vaiṣṇaba ṭhākura, doyāra sāgara,e dāse koruṇā kori'diyā pada-chāyā, śodho he āmāya,tomāra caraṇa dhori (2)chaya bega domi', chaya doṣa śodhi',chaya guṇa deho' dāsechaya sat-sańga, deho' he āmāre,bosechi sańgera āśe (3)ekākī āmāra, nāhi pāya bala,hari-nāma-sańkīrtanetumi kṛpā kori', śraddhā-bindu diyā,deho' kṛṣṇa-nāma-dhane (4)kṛṣṇa se tomāra, kṛṣṇa dīte pāro,tomāra śakati ācheāmi to' kāńgāla, 'kṛṣṇa' 'kṛṣṇa' boli',dhāi tava pāche pāche TRANSLATION1) O venerable Vaisnava, devotee of Krsna! O ocean of mercy, be merciful unto your servant. Give me the shade of your lotus feet and purify me. I hold on to your lotus feet. 2) Teach me to control my six passions; rectify my six faults, bestow upon me the six qualities, and offer unto me the six kinds of holy association.* 3) I do not find the strength to carry on alone the sankirtana of the holy name of Hari. Please bless me by giving me just one drop of faith with which to obtain the great treasure of the holy name of Krsna. 4) Krsna is yours. You have the power to give Him to me. I am simply your servant running behind you shouting, "Krsna! Krsna!"To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's a very mysterious world. Physicists can't figure out what matter is, nor do they know what consciousness is. Psychologists have different ideas about the brain; sociologists, different theories about how people interact; and so on and so forth. It's very, very complicated. And if you don't want to strain your brain, like people have done over many millennia, then just chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. So in one sentence, what would you tell somebody who didn't was a an acquaintance of yours, maybe a classmate or a relative who doesn't know anything about chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa in one sentence, what would you tell them was your experience this morning?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Who can give a verse that might indicate the empowerment you would get from chanting The Holy Name of The Lord? What kind of empowerment could you get from chanting Japa? And what verse might indicate that? ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In some ways, we give names to consciousness as a unit of consciousness, like Ātmā means "a spark of consciousness." It's eternal, it's non-reducible, it's always there, it always exists, and it always will exist. And it's flame-like in that it illuminates. For instance, right now we're sitting here, and all our bodies are illuminated by that flame. You can feel your feet; you can feel your hands, and that's because you're conscious. Consciousness is like a flame, but we forget about it.One of the ways we forget about it is we come into what's called the bodily concept of life, and I start thinking, "I am my body." So the forgotten flame is that we've forgotten who we are, which is part of that. And then, under the pull of nature's modes, lies your purest self waiting to be remembered. This is a simple explanation of what spiritual practice is: it's an awakening to what we already are. You don't have to become something else; you don't have to change who you are. You just have to remember who you actually are.And it's in diverting our attention to a false sense of self we call ahaṅkāra, which means "a false ego." There is a real ego; that's the real thing, who we are. But the false ego means I misidentify myself with the body, and when I do that, I suffer. And what's that suffering feels like? It feels kind of like a forest fire, like being in the middle of a forest fire; things are burning. So that's the other forgotten flame: we forget we're in the middle of a forest fire. And if you are planning a picnic, let's say, in the middle of a forest fire, it's going to be interrupted one way or the other.There's an ancient text written by a really powerful sage, scholar, a saintly commentator on the ancient Vedas named Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura. And he wrote this song in Sanskrit that starts:'saṁsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka- trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam prāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇārṇavasya,vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam.'In this first stanza of his poem, he says it's from Sanskrit that actually the world is burning. Our bodies are burning; they're 98.6 degrees—that's hot—and they eventually burn out. And the world is sort of like a forest fire. Whatever we are used to now, whatever paradigm we think is our paradigm, somehow or other, it will be burned. So he says we're in this forest fire. We can't soothe that burning sensation from the massive fire that we're in the middle of with a few buckets of water. You need a rainstorm; you need a heavy rainstorm, and that would quell the intense heat and the flames of destruction. So this is one of the ideas of spiritual practice also: that we invoke a rainstorm of what's called kāruṇya, a kind of soothing of this burning sensation from the material world. And it's altogether possible because we're not actually burning; we're burning because of our false identification with the world.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#successsadhana #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant
List of verses:https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/4/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/13/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/16/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/30/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/32/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/36/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/37/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/8/4/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/9/21/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/12/11/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/3/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/4/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/8/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/29/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/14/58/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/22/35/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/29/15/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/31/9/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/33/29/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/33/39/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/52/43/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/81/16/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/82/44/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/82/48/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/84/13/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/88/8/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/90/48/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The devotees, on the other hand, are carefree because they've already signed everything over to the Supreme Personality of Godhead but it's not tyāga, it's virakti, because as they engage in this process, 'paramayā mudāh,' of serving the Lord, they feel happiness. They feel pleasure. It's happier over on our side of the street, because we get to engage directly in chanting the holy name, or it may be happier on their side. Who knows? Because, as we heard this morning after the verse, naiṣātiduḥsahā kṣun māṁ tyaktodam api bādhate pibantaṁ tvan-mukhāmbhoja- cyutaṁ hari-kathāmṛtam (ŚB 10.1.13)Then comes 'vāsudeva-kathā-praśnaḥ puruṣāṁs trīn punāti hi vaktāraṁ pracchakaṁ śrotṝṁs tat-pāda-salilaṁ yathā' (ŚB 10.1.16).Just as the Ganges purifies the whole universe. So similarly, the sound vibration that comes from Krishna, kathā or chanting Hare Krishna, it purifies three kinds of people. The people who are chanting, they get the most credit—that's there in the commentary. The one who's speaking or chanting, they get the most credit (If you want to get extra credit). then next is the people who are listening, and third is everybody else who gets hit. As Nirākula's Mother used to say, because she had a lot of kids, and they'd fight in the backseat of the car, as she was driving, she would say to them, "If you don't settle down in a moment, I'm going to turn around and swing and I don't care who I hit, Joan." And similarly, the holy name doesn't really care who He hits. If you're out on the Avenue and you're chanting, He's going to hit you. In fact, last night, I was appreciating the dogs. I saw at least three dogs go by and, yeah, dogs are very loyal animals they stick with their masters. So they were out for a walk with their master or mistress, and as they walked along, I mean, the person just walked him by the Harinām, that's not our fault. They could have taken another route. And the dogs seemed a little taken aback by the sound vibration, but as they were going by, I was envisioning a sort of car wash where the soul goes through and the cycles unfold, and that animal, who's actually a spirit soul in a dog's body, got cleansed from hearing the sound vibration of the holy name. That's verified in the sixth canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. What could be more fun than that? Take your dog through the car wash. He walks by and a little dog, startled by the sound, but you know, you're pulling him through, and he comes out with the holy name in his ears, albeit dog ears. The holy name goes right to the soul. What to speak of the people who could envision fun?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you, everyone, for participating in our special prayer for peace all over the world. This is an ancient process of meditation on the Supreme, called Kṛṣṇa. 'Hare' means the energy of the Lord. 'Kṛṣṇa' means the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And 'Rāma' means the highest pleasure.In this world, there are many anxieties that come to the mind. In the process of mantra, "man" means mind, and "tra" means to deliver. So, one chants the transcendental mantra that delivers the mind from all the anxieties that come from participating in the harried world of today. So, we invite everyone to chant along. There are some cards here with the mantra on them. You can take one with you, chant it in the shower or on your way to work, and you'll find that your mind will rise above the normal churnings that it goes through every day.And as it's stated in the ancient scripture, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, "vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁjñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam" (SB 1.2.7). When one performs transcendental divine service to the Supreme, Kṛṣṇa, then one automatically gets knowledge and detachment from the world. Those are hard to come by, so we invite everyone to chant along with us, and also never miss a chance to dance. There's not enough dancing in the world.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kirtan #spiritualsongs #spiritualmusic #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Even while engaged in various activities, devotees whose minds are completely absorbed at Your lotus feet, and who constantly hear, chant, contemplate and cause others to remember Your transcendental names and forms, are always on the transcendental platform, and thus they can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (SB 10.2.37)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/2/37/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Also, this is another tendency of people: to try to come up with some new religion that will fit everybody. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura was in that conversation with others, and then he discovered the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta. Of course, I'm cutting out a lot of details, but one detail of him finding Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta was that it wasn't so easy to find at that time. We may take for granted that we can go on Amazon and get any book we want by tomorrow, or even today, but back then, books were rare. They had to be written by hand, and if they were printed, then you'd have to search them out. So, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura had gotten the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta and came back to that group as the first of the modern converts to the movement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, presenting that, "Actually, this is the continuation of the philosophy of the Bhāgavata through the modern incarnation of Krishna in the age of Kali, which is very clearly pointed out by our ācāryas." And he brought that to bear and then began to proselytize for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.In this way, he revived Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement. He brought it back to the surface, brought it back to life, and envisioned it then—and this was after he had studied the great religious philosophies of the world and saw in each of them, and you can find this in his writings, that they are meritorious ideas. And he speaks of them oftentimes, with respect—with respect for their principles, not oftentimes but "regularly." And then he presented Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as Krishna and The Savior of the world. So, this was a shock to many of his intellectual friends, but he had come out at that point for his real mission in life: to bring out the movement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to the world.What's more, he then began to meet the pure devotees who are also always there, even when Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement had not been extent, the pure devotees are always there. In fact, there's a statement somewhere in śāstra that says the world wouldn't hold together if they weren't, because if there's not a pure devotee somewhere walking the earth or chanting, then I mean, everyone's going to give up and collapse.There is a sustaining force when there are pūre devotees on the planet. But, as the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam says, just like waterfalls, sometimes waterfalls pour forth profuse water, and at other times there’s nothing. Similarly, sometimes pure devotees are front and center, and they’re teaching the principles of the Bhāgavata. And in other times, there are periods in which they’re silent and they’re doing their private bhajan. So, all this came to bear when, this means the pouring forth of the philosophy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, which had been practically underground—like a river that goes underground; it’s down there, but you just can’t access the water, but he brought it out. Therefore, he was noted by a famous editor of one of the most important religious publications of the time. Bhaktivinoda Thakura used to write for that publication, if I remember correctly, and the editor had deemed him The Seventh Goswāmī, based on the fact that when Lord Kṛṣṇa left the world, then the Goswāmīs had been tasked by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to revive the holy places where he had performed his līlā and his philosophy. And the philosophy of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, of course, which gave access to Vṛndāvan and the philosophy of the Bhāgavad. And after that had been obscured, it came back again through Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura who was then called The Seventh Goswāmī because he again revived Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s importance in the world, to say the least.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/
We've had in the past devotee appreciation days. We call them D.A.D. — Devotee Appreciation Day. We did it for maybe four years, and by the fourth year, I remember driving home and saying to Nirākulā, "How do you feel?" She said, "Alright." And I said, "Well, I don't feel quite right." We felt some anxiety. As we discussed it more, we realized that we were both feeling some anxiety, and we were able, finally, by Krishna's giving us intelligence, to understand what it was. We couldn't say enough about the devotees, although we tried. For those of you who were there during those times, the D.A.D.s, everyone would try. Some, the overachievers in our group, which is 99% of the population, would get up and try to exalt as many devotees as they could. In fact, in those days, it might have even been possible for the valedictorian, the 1600-SAT-type person, to think of everybody and say something about each one. But it was rare and hard, and for those of us who are not so capable, it seemed like "a dwarf," as Prabhupāda sometimes said, "reaching for the moon."Somehow, we felt unfulfilled that we weren't able to say enough. Or maybe that feeling when we fell asleep at night, we woke up at one in the morning and thought, "Oh, I missed somebody!" And it made us realize that it's not possible to fully express our gratitude to the devotees for their association. I'm saying for everyone involved, because I know other devotees felt like that, too. But we can express our gratitude to one another by holding space the way we've been asked to by Krishna and our spiritual masters: to show up for our services and set an example for others. And whenever we have the opportunity, when it comes naturally, to fully express, or as far as possible, express our gratitude to the devotees. (excerpt from HG Vaisesika Dasa's talk)We were in the U.K., and I was asked to speak with Jāhnavī Jīvana’s mom, and who many of you have met, Guru Charaṇa Padmā. She’s a lovely devotee. And we were talking about the six loving exchanges, and one realization I had was that a loving exchange can be something like, which was really valuable to me, was giving gifts and giving the gift of service to someone.I remember the devotees who have given me service, and it’s a gift that, you know, as they say, keeps on giving. So, as you know, we have so many devotees that have been here for decades, and we’re welcoming soon, so many new faces. Let's open our hearts to them as well and make them feel as loved and supported and appreciated and valued as we all feel for the devotees we know really well. And if we have some service that we can give to them, do it. It’s the biggest gift that you can give to someone, because, you know, what’s the saying? “Your sevā will save you." I’m sure all of you have experienced that somewhere in your lives already. I know we have, I continue to experience that. So, if you have the opportunity to encourage someone, especially someone new to the community, please, please do it. Let them feel the completeness, the acceptance, the care that we all give to each other who we’ve known for so long. That’s one of the most valuable things that we have as a family and a community.(excerpt from HG Nirakula Dasi's talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/
Mukharvinda Prabhu was telling us, during our program at 12 noon, about an engineering principle: that if you're trying to solve a problem and it's not easily solved, you have to go back and look at the root. It's called the RCA- root cause analysis. So, Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a root cause analysis, and the root cause of all problems, all confusions, and complexities has to do with forgetting Kṛṣṇa. And so, that's why chanting japa feels like such a relief, because most of our lives are moving from one place to another, trying to solve a problem, and as soon as we solve one problem, if we ever do, then another one comes, or maybe a multiple of the first ones, like a hydra.But when we go to the RCA and we take the advice of the śāstra, which is, "Always remember Kṛṣṇa, never forget Kṛṣṇa," and then to the very clear philosophy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, which is, "Kṛṣṇa is fully present in his name," also, of course, the philosophy of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam—āpannaḥ saṁsṛtiṁ ghorāṁ, Kṛṣṇa and His name are non-different—then we naturally feel happy to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. What's more, if we're trying to find the solution to a problem and we can't find it, better chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. And if we feel that life is overwhelming us, better chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.So, thank you for being among the sumedhasah, as mentioned by Karabhajana Muni in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. Those who take to this chanting are extremely intelligent, because they've figured out the RCA.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And of course, Kṛṣṇa is bound in love to the gopīs, as described by Kārbhājana Muni in the 11th Canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 'māyā-mṛgaṁ dayitayepsitam anvadhāvad,' which is a verse describing Rāmacandra, Lord Caitanya, and Kṛṣṇa in the matter of the description of Kṛṣṇa, he says māyāmṛgam means he becomes like a toy—one of those play toys that children have—in the hands of the gopīs of Vrindavan, because they love him so deeply.Kṛṣṇa is Ajita; he is unconquerable, but he is conquered by the love of his devotees. That's one of the realizations that Lord Brahmā had after he saw Kṛṣṇa in Vrindavan: “jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva īvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ manobhir ye prāyaśo ’jita jito ’py asi tais tri-lokyām” (SB 10.14.3).That if one takes this method of worshiping the Lord, following in footsteps the residents of Vrindavan, he recommends that. "ñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva īvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām" - when he hears about the interaction with Kṛṣṇa and his devotees in Vrindavan,“Vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir idaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ śraddhānvito ’nuśṛṇuyād atha varṇayed yaḥ bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ hṛd-rogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa dhīraḥ” (SB 10.33.39). So, Śukadeva Gosvāmī says that by just hearing about the playful pastimes Kṛṣṇa has with his most intimate devotees in Vrindavan—especially the gopīs—their hearts then become bound to Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa also becomes bound to them. And although Kṛṣṇa is unconquerable, he's conquered by the love of his devotees.This is the greatest quality of Kṛṣṇa: he becomes conquered by the love of his devotees. In Vrindavan, there's no life without Kṛṣṇa. And after Kṛṣṇa leaves Vrindavan—apparently, although mysteriously or very esoterically at least—he's there in his bhava feature. The surroundings of Vrindavan are important, because the backdrop of Vrindavan is the way that Kṛṣṇa dresses in Vrindavan, the way he interacts with everybody. That's the mood of Vrindavan, where we say God is at home.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#rathyatra #jagannath #vrindavan #bhakti #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I like the metaphor, "leaning in." It's like crossing through a doorway where we have no other awareness except for The Holy Name. I was thinking back to what I read at the beginning—that there are states of consciousness that we cycle through, and one of them is the deep sleep. Even then, we have proximity to Kṛṣṇa. If we can learn to cross beyond the chatter of our minds and enter that door, lean into it—where we're enveloped by Kṛṣṇa, then our lives will become enriched by this internal potency of Kṛṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The general theme of all these literatures is that anyone can rise in due course of time. And if you do it step by step, first by getting knowledge and then having practice, these are the two things you have to have. First, you have to have knowledge; then, you have to practice. Ignorance doesn't help. Ignorance could also mean "ignore- ance."This is the story of a famous musician. His name was Warren Zevon, and from the time he was a child, he was always afraid that he might die of cancer. He did die of cancer, but the fear caused him to ignore any symptoms he had when he was an adult. Because he was so afraid of going to the doctor and hearing that he had cancer, he didn't go. And he missed the timeframe when it was at stage one and two, when he could've cured it. But he let it go, and then it was too late.So, yeah, it's a little scary to hear the "C word." But if you're proactive, and you go in early and say, "Yeah, I understand I have some of these symptoms. So what can I do about it? How can I start now?" Little bit at a time one can catch it in the beginning and make progress. That's the optimistic part about it.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions. (SB 11.5.32)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Devotional service and taking up spiritual practice can be heroic. You actually take a stance. You take a stand. If you don't stand for something, as they say—sorry about this—you'll fall for anything. And Krishna invites us to stand up, be strong. In another language, in the Third Chapter of the Gita, he says, "evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā saṁstabhyātmānam ātmanā jahi śatruṁ mahā-bāho kāma-rūpaṁ durāsadam" (BG 3.43). He's telling Arjuna, "You stand up and fight for conquering over the lower self by the higher self."So, "nirmāna-mohā jita-saṅga-doṣā"—give up false association with the world—and "adhyātma-nityā"—find out about transcendental knowledge. What that means is, read the Bhagavad Gita every day. If you want to have a nice day, read the Bhagavad Gita. If you'd like getting confused and disturbed, then just don't read it. "Adhyātma-nityā vinivṛtta-kāmāḥ." Kāmaḥ means desires that can't be fulfilled, and that's also the craziness of this world, is trying to fulfill a desire that will never be fulfilled. So he says, "Give this up." It's a permission to not engage in what most people do."Dvandvair" means duality. It means don't see anything separate from your highest interest in life, which is to serve Krishna. Don't have a dual identity. Don't have cognitive dissonance and try to play both sides. Just be absorbed in Krishna and get everything from Krishna. Consider Krishna your protector, and consider him your maintainer. And whatever you do, do it for Krishna. You don't have to do it for anybody else. Even if you do have to do something for anybody else, consider that you're doing it for Krishna. Dvandvair, give up that sense of duality in the material world that causes consternation.And then "vimukta" means to be liberated. Be a liberated soul. "Sukha-duḥkha-saṁjñair gachanti" means now... Gachanti means you can go. "Yānti devavratā devān, pitṟn yānti pitṛvratāḥ, bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā, yānti mad-yājino 'pi mām" means you can go wherever you want. Little jīva, free to move about the universe. You can go wherever you're able to point your attention; you can go there.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Disappearance Day Celebrations | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 07 Jul 2013 by Vaisesika Dasa
Get consistent and stay on a program. And once you feel confident that you've got it down at the level that you can do it now—whether it's coming to the temple every day or whenever you can do it on a regular basis, say, once a month, or whatever you can add into your schedule—once you've achieved consistency in a certain level of practice, then move your foot to the next rung.That's Bhaktivinoda's advice in the Caitanya-sikṣāmṛta. He said, "If you try to run up the ladder too fast, you're going to slip and fall off. If you're too timid and you don't put your foot on the rung, and you say, 'Oh, I can't do it,' that's illegal." Yes, yes, you can! Just get comfortable. At least put your foot on the first rung. We say, "Something more than zero, not less than one." And once you're confident there, he says, "Then move your foot to the next rung and move up."There's no fun staying down at a lower level and wallowing in it. Sometimes people who beg for a living have to look forlorn all day long, because otherwise people won't give them money. And then they have to stay in that position because that's their livelihood. So, don't make a livelihood out of being non-advanced. Just genuinely advance and be humble, and then appreciate the fact that you've got unlimited steps you can take, and try to move up. That's the excitement of life with devotional service.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the next verse, he says: "Kavim Purāṇam anuśāsitāram, aṇor aṇīyāṁsam anu smaret yaḥ, sarvasya dhātāram acintya-rūpam, āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt, (BG 8.9)" starting with the first word, which is Kavim, which means "the one who knows everything." So he knows everything; he knows everything about us. And this is a very powerful meditation, because mostly we have difficulty with our relationships because people only partially know us, and sometimes they misunderstand us. But when we're standing before the one who knows everything about us, it's a kind of light where we can be ourselves and just say, "All right, you already know everything about me, so why should I try to make a mask here? I'll just reveal myself to you." It's a way of letting when we chant, is to say, "Kṛṣṇa knows everything. He knows everything about me. He's the closest one to me." He confirms that in another chapter: "Vedāhaṁ samatītāni, vartamānāni cārjuna, bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni, māṁ tu veda na kaścana." Basically, he says, "I know everything. I know everyone."This is a solace that we can take when we're chanting Hare Krishna—just to be aware that Krishna is aware of us. He's supremely aware of every living being, but as far as our personal relationship, he knows us. And when we're chanting, he knows the mood we're chanting in, so we could practice refining the mood we chant in and just being vulnerable: "Kṛṣṇa, you know me. You know everything about me. Please shine your light on me and just reveal everything so that I can be ananya-cetāḥ - my consciousness can just be unalloyed in my mood towards you. You are my master. I'm your servant.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Rūpa Goswami says, "Just as young boys are naturally attracted to young girls, and young girls are naturally attracted to young boys"—if you unload a busload of teenagers in front of the Grand Canyon, they won't see the Grand Canyon because they're in samādhi. He said, "In the same way, may my mind be drawn to you." So when Prabhupāda said, "This is a feeling festival, the Ratha-yātrā," there is a story behind it, a love story. But it's THE love story; it's not any love story, it's THE love story. It's the ādi-rasa that gets perverted in this world as what's called āhlāda-tāpa-traya—the love affairs of this world that end in misery and strife and difficulty and complications. Of course, there are complications in the love story of the spiritual world, but they're all ānanda. And this Ratha-yātrā is so remarkable because what we have here is an apparently ordinary parade, but we're pulling the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and not just an image of God. And we say, "God is great, and we're all small and we're all servants," but there's this very specific story of Lord Kṛṣṇa meeting again the residents of Vṛndāvana, and the depth of their separation from him, which is never broken, because true love is never broken. Even Shakespeare says that. And that's all encapsulated within the Ratha-yātrā festival.So brilliant was Prabhupāda to bring it out to the world that both aspects are there: kevalānanda-kāṇḍa—the bliss of the chanting, the prasādam, the display of booths, and "Here's Kṛṣṇa consciousness, you'll get inner peace." But beyond that, there's the most esoteric of all stories that highly advanced paramahaṁsas relish again and again, and tell over and over again, which they go into the details of again and again, and relish it unlimitedly. So we're part of that legacy to bring Ratha-yātrā to the world, and along with the Ratha-yātrā, we may also distribute Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta. For anyone who has such an intervention in his or her life by seeing the Ratha-yātrā and then receiving transcendental literature, what to speak of prasādam and the association of devotees, can then take to the path of devotional service.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#rathyatra #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Māyā gives combinations and permutations of apparent enjoyment to every soul to exhaust that person's idea that "I can enjoy separately from Kṛṣṇa."Queen Kuntī says: 'janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrībhir edhamāna-madaḥ pumānnaivārhaty abhidhātuṁ vai tvām akiñcana-gocaram (SB 1.8.26).' We should be very, very humble, because Māyā can sneak into our lives at any time, and one of the ways she sneaks in is through the door of pride. There are some attitudes that we can be very careful about and avoid, like "My preaching is better than everybody else's," or "In general, I'm just better than other people," and become proud. Another one is, "I'm liberated. Why am I liberated? I'm in ISKCON. I'm initiated. I'm beautiful. I'm smart. I'm a Brahmin." I may also justify cheating: "Although there are these principles, I've been here a long time, I've seen many things. Give me a break. I know these things, and I am okay. I'm liberated, I'm entitled." So pride opens the door for Māyā, and then justification allows her to stay inside. It's like, "It's okay, because I'm liberated. It doesn't matter. Who are these people? Mangal Arti, going 16 rounds. Who do they think they are? I know everything. And laxity—being lazy, lazy about following the regulative principles, not strict.Here's a way to close the door on Māyā: "I am not liberated." Say that, "I'm not liberated." "I am a servant of the servant of the servant a million times removed." Prabhupāda says, "When you think, 'I'm the servant of the servant of the servant of the servant, a million times removed,' then you're liberated." But always say, "I'm not liberated." Always say, "I'm not liberated." And also, we shouldn't justify, and don't be lazy. Be careful. Prabhupāda says that besides practicing the rules and regulations in devotional service, you should also be careful. And we should also fortify ourselves by very strong sādhana. Prabhupāda writes in the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta that if we don't read all the books, then we'll fall down.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There are various ways in which we can organize our lives so that we elevate our consciousness. Now, the first and most important is to take an inventory of what we call the soundscape, or the soundtrack, of your life. Do any of you have a soundtrack in your life? If any of you have ever been to a movie, they have soundtracks. That's what defines the era of the movie, isn't it? Yeah, you look at a movie, you can also understand from the very beginning, after the opening credits, when the movie comes on, you can tell if it's a comedy. If it's kind of whimsical music. "Oh, this is going to be funny." If it's very—there's a dark "uh oh, somebody's getting killed here"—mystery. You know, this is all defined by the soundtrack.And so there's a way in which we also have a soundtrack in our life. And Sūta Goswami addresses this. He's talking about elevation of consciousness, and then he describes a series of practices, or one practice, that evolves our consciousness. One practice that sounds simpler, doesn't it? Technically, it begins with meeting somebody who has a better soundtrack than we have. So he says, and I'll quote what Sūta Goswami spoke to the sages:śuśrūṣoḥ śraddadhānasyavāsudeva-kathā-ruciḥsyān mahat-sevayā viprāḥpuṇya-tīrtha-niṣevaṇāt(SB 1.2.16)That means, if you can meet somebody who's spiritually awake and their taste in hearing is transcendental sound vibration, they like it. They're absorbed in it. What's more, they've been around others who like it, and they've evolved their consciousness. So he says, if you can get around such people, high-minded souls, and do some sevā—means, try to assist them in their life, in whatever they're doing. If you do that, that rubs off on you. It's a technique that Kṛṣṇa mentions in the Bhagavad-gītā also about getting knowledge from a wise person. He says, "Tad vidhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ." When you want knowledge, approach a person who already has it, but do it in a mood of submission. Don't go there saying, "Yeah, I heard that before, yeah, I know that." It'll close the person down. Just be really open. Don't say, "I already know that," ever. Then also render some service. Back when I was a kid, it was cliché that you would bring the teacher an apple. I don't know if they have that here in New York. Are you supposed to bring your teacher an apple? Did you know that ?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad Gītā asked us to manage our expectations, and he tells us that the material world is a place of suffering. I know this is a family show, and I don't mean to bring a downer to everybody, but it's just a fact. It's there in the Bhagavad Gītā, where Kṛṣṇa says, "duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam." "Duḥkha" means what? Duḥkha, misery, and "ālayam," it's a place. So duḥkhālayam is the place where you go to get misery. So if you manage your expectation and you know that this is a place of misery, when various inconveniences come to you in your life, you won't be so disappointed, because you'll know that's what happens here.So there's a way that we deceive ourselves, and we say that when my circumstances change, I will become happy. When my circumstances change. What kind of circumstances need to change in order for me to be happy? (Audience: job) I've got to get a different job. What else, to be happy? I've got to have more money or less, because if it's less, see me afterwards, I can help you out. What else? (Audience: Weather) If the weather, if the weather changes, then I'll be happy. What else? (Audience: clothes) If I just had the right clothes, I don't have the right clothes yet. (Audience: car) I need a new car. Yeah, to be happy, I need a new car. I need to be immortal, yeah, then I'll be happy.The problem is the circumstances are always changing, and from moment to moment, when I depend on the circumstances, then my fortune changes and my mood and attitude change. So here's the healthy outlook. Would you like to hear the healthy outlook? Okay, only half of you said yes. The rest of you, cover your ears. When I purify my heart, I'll become happy. You can say that, it sounds nice. When I purify my heart, I'll become happy.Here's a limited outlook: The world is an opportunity for my enjoyment. It's a very limited opportunity. Here's the unlimited opportunity. Are you ready? The world is an opportunity for service. Yes, so devotees learned from reading Bhagavad Gītā that every circumstance is an opportunity to improve my devotion to to Kṛṣṇa. And this is possible because we're human, to make changes in our life, to adjust. So we have voluntary life changes versus forced life changes. Have you ever been forced to change something in your life? Were you happy about it? Not so much, maybe. But you can make your own list and say, "These are the items that I'd like to change in my life so that I can be on the right track." And these are called voluntary life changes, or VLCs, or there's reactionary life changes, which means
This is the sensitivity of the heart of a Vaiṣṇava—that he or she will see within everyone the good qualities. What to speak of a dog who wants to join the party, and he considers him part of our group and Prabhupāda had such quality, he would invite people to stay. Of course, he said it is not a hotel for lazy people, the āśram, but there were some devotees who were slightly dysfunctional, and devotees would complain. And Prabhupāda was very tolerant because he said, "They have not understood the mercy of Lord Nityānanda."So we can remember Śivānanda Sena and how accommodating he was. We don't know what is inside people, what that flame is for devotional service that we can fan, that can grow into something. And that's one of the great exhibitions of life, is to see that grow within somebody's heart.We can always make a facility to give people something so they can be connected. Prasādam is very nice. Distributing books is the heartbeat of our Sampradāya. Chanting the holy names everywhere is very important. Writing articles on science and producing short presentations to give people an idea of how to interpret various scientific theories, to understand the context of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.Braja Rasa Bhāvana Prabhu has done a presentation on the big bang that was well received. He followed the footsteps of Sada Puṭa Prabhu and put together a nice presentation. I haven't seen the second one, which was about Darwinism or Darwinian evolution, but I heard that was well received also. These are important presentations. People are aimless or misguided, and all of you have a great opportunity as young people who are Kṛṣṇa conscious and also highly educated to give guidance to people all over the world.So please remember that the Vaiṣṇavas are welcoming of every living entity, and that the more you give yourself to Kṛṣṇa, the more He takes care of you. He takes care of you anyway; He takes care of all animals and everyone. But it's a very personal duty for Kṛṣṇa, a duty of love, to take care of His devotees.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I took some devotees from a faraway land who visited California into a forest called Muir Woods, and it's got a stream going through it. One day, when we were walking through, we saw a ranger in there pulling out something: these long tongs, in gaiters on boots that go up to your hips. And so, we stopped by to talk to the friendly ranger. That's what you should do: always talk to a friendly ranger.And we asked him, "So, what are you doing?" And he said, "I'm taking micro trash out of the river." And I said, "What's micro trash?" He said, "You know how people open a pack of gum and that little piece that's left over somehow blows away in the wind and ends up in the water? Or somebody else throws pennies in because they think it'll bring them good luck? Everything everyone does ends up in the water, and it disturbs the sensory perception of the fish. And the fish are an important part of the ecology here," he said.And then he told us the story of the Coho Salmon who lived there. He said, "They're born here in this little area, and then they migrate downstream from the fresh water all the way to the ocean. And they swim around in the ocean for thousands of miles for several years, and then they come back to the very stream in which they were born. Not only do they do that, but they also swim upstream to find the very pond where they were born."And I said, "How do they do that?" And the ranger—and rangers know stuff—he said, "It's by smell. They can smell their way back. Of course, there are various theories, but that's a prevalent theory," and he presented it to me that day.And when I walked away, I was thinking, "Aha, this is our process too! Not by smell, but by hearing. We can hear the spiritual world. Golokera Prema dhana Harinama Sankirtana." When we chant Hare Krishna, and we can hear that, the sound of "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Hare, Hare" doesn't sound like anything else in this world. When your ears become so sensitive that you realize this is a different sound that comes from the Spiritual World, and you listen to it, the more you listen to it, the more you're drawn naturally to the spiritual world. It compels you. It changes your heart. 'Ceto-darpana-marjanam' – it cleanses the mirror of your mind, all at once, because Krishna is wonderful, and He's all-powerful, and He loves us. And if we chant His name over and over again and listen, then we will be drawn to the spiritual world.So we're endeavoring for this, and we know that if we're minding our own business, one day, Krishna came and knocked at our door, and we opened it, and He said, "Let's go right now, back home, back to God." He puts out His hand. Would you go?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna
We don't have to be envious because Kṛṣṇa is so opulent that if you just have your own bhajan, it's enough, because Kṛṣṇa gives everything to everyone, all at once. You don't have to worry that somebody got more fame than you do, or they can sing better, or they have better association. We all have an eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa, who's the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And there's no lack ever—that feeling of, "Oh, I didn't get it," or "Somebody else is better than me," or something. We don't have to have that; it's not necessary. We can just be sincere and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and take shelter of Kṛṣṇa and be very, very, very grateful. And I see the devotees who are most advanced: they're joyful when they see other devotees advancing, when they see others that have shining qualities, they become gleeful. And that's real life. There's no end to the happiness that we experience when we feel grateful for devotees. And we love devotees because they're loved by Kṛṣṇa. That's real life.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa does admit in the Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta when He meets Gopā Kumāra, He says, "I made special arrangements for you, although I'm neutral with everybody. I made you take birth in Govardhan, and I came personally. That spiritual master that you met, that was Me. I came personally because I've been waiting too long." So there are ways that Kṛṣṇa tries to bring us back to Godhead, and especially when we take a step towards Him, then He takes license to pull us further. I love this whole section. There's a story I heard from H.H. Girirāja Mahārāja about how in Bombay (Mumbai), when he was the temple president, there was a young man who was helping with the translation for the Marāṭhī Gītā. And he would come to see Prabhupāda regularly to check the translation and ask him philosophical questions. I don't know if Prabhupāda spoke Marāṭhī, but his father would come with him because he his father wanted to get some darśana with Prabhupāda. And the father had a habit of smoking, and he was ashamed of it. So Prabhupāda knew that, and after a few times visiting and knowing that the man was ashamed of it, and Prabhupāda asked, 'Are you still smoking?'" And he said, "Yes," very ashamed. He said, "I need your special mercy to give this up." And Prabhupāda said, "Yes, you can get Kṛṣṇa's special mercy, but it means that you become so miserable that you'll be forced to give it up." Then he said, "Would you like special mercy?" And the man said, "No, no, no, no, I'll do it myself. I'll volunteer." So there's a little push-pull going on. You can do this—they used to say—you can do this the easy way or the hard way. If you want to do the easy way, just make up your mind: sarva-dharmān parityajya, "that's it, I surrender."------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Sometimes, devotees can try to be more Catholic than the Pope. Prabhupāda had certain ways; he had a certain mood, and it wasn't fanatical. We were fanatical, a lot, and a lot of times we amplified certain things Prabhupāda said and just took that as all in all. We think that by being more and more austere, physically punishing our senses and so forth, that we become more advanced. It was in youthful energy like that; it's not sustainable. It can even make the heart hard. I'm not saying we should not be austere to some degree, but we should observe how Prabhupāda was. He was austere for the right reasons, but not just for the sake of it. Like when he went to Kumbha Melā, he went there to preach. It wasn't like he was after some benediction from the Kumbha, you know, Kumbha Melā, right? You're supposed to bathe at the right time, get some benediction from Lakṣmī. Prabhupāda didn't care about that. He wanted that we go there and distribute books and prasādam.Prabhupāda went here, there, and everywhere. His mission was always the same, and he was always aligned with the same principles that his spiritual master taught him. And if we stay aligned with the mood and mission of our guru and the Guru-paramparā very clearly, then we can navigate through life. The decisions we make are based on what's the main thing: the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. (27:31)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Well, maybe we can just give a quick definition of this word: surrender. It also sounds a slightly intimidating from the word itself: surrender. Somebody says, "Surrender your passport," or something, or there's an image of somebody getting chased by police in a car and trying to run away, and then finally they surrender. It can be applicable to us, but śaraṇāgati and the path of taking shelter of Krishna can be more comprehensible in the sense that it describes six methods of taking shelter of Krishna. Śaraṇāgati means that path.So, the first one is to accept everything that's favorable. When there's something favorable to your devotional service, you accept it. That's a kind of surrender. And then, giving up things that are not favorable. When somebody points them out to you that these things won't help your bhakti, you may not be able to give them up right away, but when it becomes your intention, and then you work at it, you finally give them up. That is surrender. Another is that you develop the awareness that The Lord is your maintainer, nobody else. You may have some source of income (briefly inaudible) is to be humble. And then finally, ātma-nivedanam, or offering yourself to Krishna that "Krishna, I'm yours. Everything I have is yours. Even myself is yours."So, does that sound doable? Yes? Then no problem. You're doing it. By the way, you're already doing it. It's a process. If you can have a good strategy for your life, try to have your midlife crisis as early as possible, and then use the last part of your life, or whatever part. Don't even have a midlife crisis, just keep doing what you can to be Kṛṣṇa conscious throughout your life. You'll get more and more favor from Krishna, and you'll also develop more determination and steadiness and everything else. So you have a way better than equal chance of having complete success. So don't worry. Mā śucaḥ.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Vaisesika Dasa: It's easy to surrender to Krishna than not. I stand by that, from extensive experience.Audience: It feels easier sometimes not to surrender. Vaisesika Dasa: That's ignorance. You know, we get absorbed in ignorance. For instance, scrolling may seem to be a kind of shelter, but it's shelter in the mode of ignorance. And Kṛṣṇa then enlightens us In the Bhagavad Gītā, He says, "Shelter in the mode of ignorance leads to more foolishness. The shelter in the mode of passion leads to misery, but shelter in the mode of goodness leads to a sense of happiness."But the only shelter is shelter of Kṛṣṇa. He gives an example: even in the mode of goodness, it's like poison in the beginning, nectar in the end. And shelter in the mode of passion is nectar in the beginning, poison in the end. Relatable, right? So there is some tapasya in taking shelter of Krishna because of the ways in which the senses have become addicted to passion and ignorance and so forth. The remedy: 'śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ hṛdy antaḥ stho hy abhadrāṇi vidhunoti suhṛt satām. Naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā bhagavaty uttama-śloke bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī.tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥ kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye ceta etair anāviddhaṁ sthitaṁ sattve prasīdati (SB 1.2.17-19).'By hearing Bhāgavatam then gradually all that clears up, and we can understand that our only shelter is Krishna. And then at the verse, "tadā rajas," I know when I was a kid, when we would do a magic show and pull a rabbit out of a hat or something, we would go, "Tada!" So in this verse, there's a point at which tadā means, "at that point." Tadā — I'm free from all these false shelters. Tadā rajas tamo 'bhāvāḥ. They're all diminishing because of the power of Krishna in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. So chanting Hare Krishna and hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam—it's the panacea through which we can give up all bad shelters.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Sometimes we meet people and we tell them something about Kṛṣṇa, give them a book, and it’s not immediately evident, but later, we’ll meet them. Or maybe we won’t meet them, we’ll meet somebody else who had an incidental contact with the devotee, and then they’ll tell how everything started from that one statement. “I heard that thing. He said this, I read this one thing, and then it started.”And we’re in a liminal state. Any minute we can cross back over into the spiritual environment by a little encouragement from the sound vibration, or by the same principle, we can always slip into nescience. But once the devotees have been awakened and have experienced the taste of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even if they temporarily slip into darkness, it’s not the same, Nārada Muni says, “as it is for somebody who’s never experienced it, they always remember it.” Even though they become captured by Māyā, they still remember. As Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura said, they’re haunted by the ghost of rasa. Rasāgraha, he said, “they’re grabbed by it.” They keep thinking, “Oh, yeah, but I remember that time.”So it’s very poignant, what you said about the power of the sound. And the saṅkīrtana movement is based on that; it’s spreading that same sound vibration, Bhagavad-gītā, and the holy names to other living entities.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When I was a new devotee, we went in to meet Prabhupāda in his room. The Temple President very proudly introduced us as his saṅkīrtana team and told the scores for book distribution. Prabhupāda immediately said to us, "You must also read my books. I've not written them just for selling." He went on from there and said more, but I got from that that he wanted us to balance our lives, and we have to be self-determining. That one statement he made so directly and sternly empowered me a lot through a lot of the times, especially in the early days, when everyone was in emergency mode 24/7. I always took my time to read because Prabhupāda told me to, and to have a dose of that is helpful.Now, ISKCON is a community, it's a society, and we want to do a lot of service. It's nectarian to do service, and there's unlimited service to do. Unless you're in a situation where somebody is very thoughtful in meting out service that you take, you have to be a little careful yourself to make sure you don't take on too much and you don't take on too little either. If you take on too little and you get in the mode of, "Well, I'm a Bābājī now," then that can turn into something else. So you have to balance, self-regulate, and be careful if you don't have that already.One of the reasons is, from my own experience, if people notice that you're talented in some way (of course, it couldn't apply in my case, but I'm talking about other people), if they notice that you can get things done in a certain way, you have some life, they'll just say, "Hey, can you do this? Can you do that?" Rarely do they say, "Do you have a timesheet that tells how much time you're using already?" And so, you have to learn some techniques of saying "No" first, and then think about it and see if it fits into your schedule.After all Kṛṣṇa says: "yukta-hāra-vihārasya yukta-ceṣṭasya karmasu yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā." Yukta means to be balanced in the way that you approach everything in your life, and that can change from era to era, and obviously from community to community. So the fact that you feel a little confused about it is not out of the ordinary. The human condition is quite confusing anyway. There's never a time when there's not some conundrum causing a spin in your head where you're trying to figure out how to manage, because we're really in a liminal state here in human life, and it always requires repositioning constantly to try to figure out how I should do now. Besides that, just someone once told Prabhupāda...Verse: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/10/10/ ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
When you're used to something, you don't see it after a while. And when somebody new comes and looks at it, they go, "Oh, that!" Like, if you have a beautiful picture in your house, you see it all the time, so you don't even notice it until you bring someone over and they look and say, "Where'd you get that? It's beautiful!" And you go, "Oh, that? Yeah, I haven't seen it for a year."That's why it's important to bring new people into Kṛṣṇa consciousness, because they come in and they're wide-eyed—meaning, full of wonder. And then we remember that it's not just some ritual, that it's an awakening when we see other people awakening.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The other one I was thinking of was that Śukadeva Gosvāmī gives this verse (SB 10.90.48): jayati jana-nivāso devakī-janma-vādoyadu-vara-pariṣat svair dorbhir asyann adharmam sthira-cara-vṛjina-ghnaḥ su-smita-śrī-mukhena vraja-pura-vanitānāṁ vardhayan kāma-devamYou know that one? It's in the padyātis as a good, recommended verse to say when you first wake up in the morning. And I have said it for a long time when I wake up. But then, when I was studying that section of the Bhāgavatam, I found out that Śukadeva, according to Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, recited that verse for a very specific purpose. Which was, he says, it starts with "Jayati", which is in the present tense: "The Lord is victorious now." "Jayati jana-nivāso", and then he goes on to describe how He walked among all the people, "jana-nivāsa", and what were His attractive features.But the point is, it's in the present tense that it's happening now. And Viśvanātha said, "Because, to assuage the disappointment that people would feel that they were not here for Kṛṣṇa's appearance." They're thinking, "Why couldn't He have just kept His pastimes going here on earth and been fully available even now? Why did I miss it by 5,000 years or whenever?" And so he said, "Don't worry, 'Jayati', they're going on right now. They're fully available through the medium of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam at the present time.Sections read:https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/10/9/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/2/35/https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/14/27/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/3/44/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the verse today, by context, boy met girl, they got married, and then, at some point, the husband went away to the forest to hunt, which means he left his wife for some time. Obviously, he wasn't satisfied, so he went away and tried to enjoy separately. Now he's come back to his wife and to his kingdom.And this verse, after he's been away hunting in the forest, describes him feeling hungry and thirsty. So, he eats, he takes a bath, he puts on sandalwood pulp, and now he's feeling relieved. So, Prabhupāda turns this into a metaphor. In his purport, he describes this as analogous to a person becoming refreshed by finding a saintly person. In this verse, we have a very straightforward understanding of how one can improve one's life: that is by attaining the association of saintly persons.Everything we are now is because of our previous association. "Puruṣaḥ prakṛti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛti-jān guṇān kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’syasad-asad-yoni-janmasu." Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad Gītā 13.22 that whatever good or bad we have in our life, or whatever kind of body we have now, it has come about because of our association. And the means by which one can come to the perfection of life is by getting the association of the pure devotee. This is a theme throughout The Bhāgavatam, The Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, and The Bhagavad Gītā. Bhāgavatam 5th Canto: 'rahūgaṇaitat tapasā na yāti na cejyayā nirvapaṇād gṛhād vā na cchandasā naiva jalāgni-sūryair vinā mahat-pāda-rajo-’bhiṣekam.'This is a verse that, when Jaḍa Bharata meets Rahūgaṇa, he realizes that he has been transformed by the association of the pure devotee. So he says you cannot achieve perfection by tapasya -'na cchandasā naiva jalāgni-sūryair' means that you may go in the summertime and sit next to hot fire just to detach yourself from the body or same thing with cold water. Or you may perform your duties properly in the grihasta ashrama or the sanyasa ashrama, but none of these things will bring you to the perfection of life...------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Chanting the holy name, dancing in ecstasy, singing, and playing musical instruments, the spiritual master is always gladdened by the sankirtana movement of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Because he is relishing the mellows of pure devotion within his mind, sometimes his hair stands on end, he feels quivering in his body, and tears flow from his eyes like waves. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.(Śrī Gurvaṣṭakam, Verse 1)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Student: How did you find your path? Did you do something else before, right? Vaisesika Dasa: Well, I got involved in this when I was around 16.Student: Oh, that's pretty early. Vaisesika Dasa: I became a monk when I was 16. From the time I was born, I had a curiosity about what life was, why I was here in the world, and why I had to die, things like that. Student:OkayVaisesika Dasa: But in high school, I came into this Bhagavad Gita and other spiritual knowledge. My teacher is from the tradition of Bhagavad Gita. You know Bhagavad Gita? Bhagavad Gita is from India. It's where yoga comes from, meditation. Teaches that the body's like a machine, but the consciousness, the soul inside, is the driver. -----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There are five stages in Deity worship starting with gathering paraphernalia and putting it together, that's the first stage. And then the second, once the paraphernalia is assembled, it is called Yoga, which means that one has to conceptualize oneself as an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, separate from the body. To that end, there's the Bhūta Śuddhi; 'I am by nature the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, but by misfortune, due to being inimical towards Him since time immemorial, I have been wandering in the cycle of birth and death again and again in this material existence being burnt by the threefold miseries. Now, as a result of some unimaginable good fortune, by the mercy of my spiritual master, I have attained the good fortune of serving at his lotus feet, as well as the lotus feet of Lord Chaitanya Mahāprabhu and Rādhā-Śyāmasundar. And then: nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro nāhaṁ varṇī na ca gṛha-patir no vanastho yatir vā kintu prodyan-nikhila-paramānanda-pūrnāmṛtābdher gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ (CC Madhya 13.80)I have no material designation. I'm only the servant of the servant of Kṛṣṇa.----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This morning, I was listening to Prabhupada, and he was talking about how there are different kinds of liberated souls: "muktānām api siddhānāṁ nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ su-durlabhaḥ praśāntātmā koṭiṣv api mahā-mune (SB 6.14.5).' There are millions and millions of sages and different kinds of people who have achieved liberation through knowledge. They've seen the impersonal Brahman and Paramatma. But it's the most rare that someone can understand Bhagavan -Kṛṣṇa. And it's only by association with pure devotees, He said, that only by understanding Bhagavan is there Ananda. When you have that relationship, you know you have a relationship. And then Prabhupada named the different relationships you could have: as a parent, as a lover, as a friend, as a servitor. Then he started saying, you could be the water in Vrindavan. And he was talking about how, once you have that relationship, then that ānanda is unlimited. It's not like, he said, in the material world, we think ānanda comes from some temporary pleasure, but that, he said, only lasts for a few minutes. So intelligent people, 'ye hi saṁsparśajā bhogā' they don't appreciate it at all.The sages, he said: 'ramante yogino ’nante satyānande cid-ātmani iti rāma-padenāsau paraṁ brahmābhidhīyate (CC Madhya 9.29).' That those who understand that real pleasure comes from Rama, association with Kṛṣṇa, that's the real happiness, and they don't need anything else. Once they taste that ānanda of Kṛṣṇa, then every other kind of pleasure is insignificant for them.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When we chant with intention, and we remember that we're requesting Krishna for service, or requesting Him to give us the best of association and the wherewithal to take advantage of it, then our chanting can be more pointed.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's a fairy tale called "The Princess and the Pea." The princess, the true princess, was born into a kingly family and then somehow or other was estranged from her family. There was a mix-up, and when the royal family came to know of it, they wanted to reclaim their daughter, the princess. So they put out a royal edict that anyone could come to their home, because they were in search of the real princess. Thousands signed up for it, and there was a lineup, because everyone thought, "Well, maybe they'll just claim me."And they had a device to determine who was the princess. Does anybody remember what it was? It's in the title: the pea. So, for the sake of this story, it was a garbanzo bean, or a chickpea, that was dried up. If you've ever seen those, if you step on one, you'll know it's like a little stone. So what they did is they put the pea on the floor, and then they put seven mattresses on it, and made the bed for the visiting candidates for princess-hood. They would give a royal feast and then invite the candidate, "Here, here's your room, royal bedstead. Please go to sleep, enjoy yourself." And in the morning, they would interview, "How did you rest last night?"All the candidates, one after another, would say, "Oh, the best sleep I ever had! Thank you very much for your hospitality." And they'd say, "Next." And finally, after hundreds and hundreds, they came to one, and the royal feast, invited her to her room, "Please have a nice rest tonight." And in the morning, the person said, "I couldn't get any rest at all!" And they said, "Why not?" "There was something hard underneath." And they said, "Aha! Here's the princess!" The idea is, her body was so delicate as a princess that she couldn't tolerate even the protrusion of one little pea underneath seven mattresses. That's the idea.In a similar way, no matter what kind of situation we arrange for ourselves in this world, as conscious beings who are used to subtlety, aesthetic beauty that's beyond anything we can see in this world—because this world is a reflection of the spiritual world—we just can't get comfortable. You can never get comfortable in any body, and no matter how much money you have, no matter how fit you feel, still there's a pea under those seven mattresses. And you go, "Ugh, it's not right!"So, this spiritual practice is something that brings us back to a real comfort. When we know who we really are and we don't have to struggle with a false identity and keep up appearances, then we feel naturally enlivened in life and happy, not the least of which is because we don't die.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
'Bhejire munayo ’thāgre bhagavantam adhokṣajam sattvaṁ viśuddhaṁ kṣemāya kalpante ye ’nu tān iha.' Suta Goswami says in the Srimad Bhagavatam, First Canto, Second Chapter, that previously - agre, all the great sages worshiped Lord Narayan because He's beyond the modes of material nature. Therefore, they attained the highest benefit. Anyone who follows in their footsteps, even if they're not great sages, is eligible for the same result. So, this point that Ranchor Prabhu is making is very important: if we follow the pathway of the great acharyas—mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ—however insignificant we may be, we'll attain the same result because of following in their footsteps.And Krishna gives us this encouragement, as He spoke to Uddhava in the Bhagavatam, 11th Canto (11.21.2): 'sve sve ’dhikāre yā niṣṭhā sa guṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ,' that if you follow according to your capacity, that's a good quality. 'Viparyayas tu doṣaḥ syād'—it's the opposite if you try to do more than you're qualified for. Then, He said, it's a fault. Stay within your limit and do the best you can with what you have right now, and you'll be able to attain everything by the mercy of the process, which is also mentioned: 'tvat-pada-potena mahat-kṛtena, kurvanti, govatsa-padam bhavābdhim.' This means it's a process left behind by the great acharyas. And if we embrace the process that has been given to us by the great acharyas, 'tvat-pada-potena mahat-kṛtena,' then the material world, which is like a dangerous ocean, shrinks to the size of the water contained within the hoof print of a calf, and then one can easily step over by the mercy of the acharyas' process that they have left for us.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When we hear from Bhagavad Gītā, from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Kṛṣṇa mentions how we come to a stage where, externally, we may be suffering. And this is my experience, I mentioned the other day: when my father died, I expected he would at some point, but I didn't know how I would react to it even though I knew, "Dehino 'smin yathā dehe..." I could recite that verse, but I didn't know how I would feel about it. And as it turned out—and here was my realization - "If I cut myself, I'm going to bleed." In the subtle body, when we suffer a loss of a loved one, then the heart bleeds, and it has to heal, the subtle body. Same thing when I lost my mother, I realized the umbilical cord is not just a gross material thing. There's also subtle umbilical cords in the mothers. After all, if you get an A on your report card, who do you run home to show? And that's part of our internal workings, our false ego, and everything is tied into mother, father, and so forth, and to all our attachments in the material world. There's an elaborate way in which we're connected to the world, and we have a construct of what it is and who we are with it. And the Bhāgavatam very helpfully helps us to watch the scenario and then to deconstruct it and say, "How does it look now? And here's what others went through, and here's what they experienced," and we can vicariously heal or experience what they've gone through, and then experience their healing process and go through that. You were saying, "How does one deal with it?" That's one of the ways that we deal with it.And as far as administering compassionate care to others around us, it's important to recognize that we're bidimensional beings, because even though we're souls and we don't die and nor do our loved ones, we still have a subtle and a gross body, and there still is pain, although it's described Third Canto Srimad Bhagvatam to be like a bad dream, but still there's suffering there, even though it's temporary. So we have to address both sides. If one experiences loss, I've found that it's important not to coach people that don't grieve because you're not your body------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#patience #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prabhupāda writes: 'Regarding your last question about the ecstatic symptoms of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa: You should know that the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra has an equal effect upon all devotees. Just like the sunshine has an equal effect on everyone, but when it is covered, the sunshine has a different effect. Similarly, the influence of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra becomes manifest when one is no longer covered by the ten offenses to chanting. The more we become free from the ten offenses, the more the effect of chanting becomes manifest through us. Everyone can become a great devotee, being freed from the offenses 100%, simply by one's own determination and effort.'(June 16, 1969, quoted in the session)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Just to summarize, we are not our bodies; we're spiritual beings. You have to feed the soul. If you're feeding something other than the soul, that's what is causing the anxiety. Simple equation, not a difficult algorithm to change. Change where you're giving your nurture. Don't nurture just the body; just nurture the body enough so the soul can be properly situated in the body, so that you can feed the soul as much as possible. And if you don't feel satisfied, feed your soul more.Just remember that, because it's what the Bhāgavatam says: "All the brightest people in the world got together at Naimiṣāraṇya to discern what is the purpose of life," and they came out with this admonition: "sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati." (SB 1.2.6)That means that if you want to be blissful, if you want to be actually happy, then find out how to be more engaged in feeding your soul by being connected in Kṛṣṇa consciousness through what we call bhakti yoga—doing the activities that connect you directly to Kṛṣṇa. That's always the answer, and there is no other. All the anxieties of the world cannot be fixed—or, I should say, any of the anxieties of the world cannot be fixed—by making more money. It doesn't work. You can't fix the problem. You can temporarily fix it with self-help. And we may need some organization in our life; we may need some physical therapy. If you have a pinched nerve, you've got to take care of it. You may need some psychological therapy. If your mind is so disturbed, you have to get to a place where at least you can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa without your mind being in a stage of rage or whatever it may be in. But the ultimate solution, says the Bhāgavatam, is to find out how to integrate this spiritual process, especially chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, into your life by increments, more and more, as we get older, we should do more, not less.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I saw this sign when we were coming down here.This restaurant is called 'A Land Remembered'. And it just sounded poetical to me - A Land Remembered ! And I was thinking, "Land means somewhere you can land." We can't land anywhere in the material world. There's no place that will accommodate us for very long. We just have to get pushed along. So everyone's remembering that land where we can stay, and that's the place, that's the home we're looking for.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the final ceremony, Kumari Gopi will keep her right foot in each circle, and I'll read out seven purposes of their marriage. After each step, everyone can give a hearty Haribol! That's a Hari Haribol, or a hearty Haribol.Kumari Gopi, take the first step as your vow to support and uplift one another on your spiritual journey, helping each other to grow closer to Krishna.You take the second step to cultivate trust by treating one another with respect and kindness, creating a harmonious life together.Please take your third step. This third step is to inspire one another to become the highest versions of yourselves, living with heartfelt purpose.The fourth step: to stand by and support one another through highs and lows, joy and sorrow, sickness and in health."Are you ready? Please take the fifth step. The fifth step is to create a home centered around Krishna, where you serve and host devotees, friends, and family with love and devotion."Please take your sixth step. Take the sixth step to communicate with honesty and patience, working together to overcome any challenges that may arise.The seventh step: to cherish your relationship and love, honor, and daily choose each other for the rest of your lives.Please stand here, Dear Sri Sri Pancha Tattva. May Kumari Gopi and Radisham Ananda thrive in all areas of their lives. (1:43:22)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
You have to reinvent yourself every day and don't become disappointed, because progress comes in a series of comebacks. You have to be the comeback kid, because even during one round of Japa, you may have to make 10 comebacks. What to speak of You know, in a lifetime of devotional service, you have to reinvent yourself, start over, make comebacks constantly, and be willing to do that. And that's the way to put together one whole lifetime in which you're on an upward trajectory.And as Prabhupada writes, in the Light of the Bhagavata, missteps may not be detrimental. They may become the pillars to success if we approach with the right attitude. Be humble, and also appreciate devotees who have good qualities. As Voltaire once said, 'When you appreciate the good qualities in others, they become yours. If you're envious of others, you don't get anything. You void the possibility for attaining good qualities in this life.' So, worship devotees. Wherever you see somebody who's more enthusiastic than you, serve that person or appreciate them deeply. And if you keep doing that, especially with devotees, because our main source of advancement is the association of devotees.Find devotees. And it doesn't just mean that there's only one person, there's only Jesus, there's only Muhammad, there's only Prabhupada. Prabhupada is reflected within everyone. In fact, it might be the new person. Lord Caitanya did this in the Jagannath temple, at the Garuda-stambha. He was beholding the beautiful lotus eyes of Lord Jagannath. And an Orissan woman came in and climbed up on the Lord's shoulders, one foot on the Garuda-stambha and one foot on The Lord's shoulder so she could look. She was oblivious to the fact that anybody was standing there, because she was so eager to see The Lord. And then when Govinda, His servant, saw her climb up there, he said, 'Get down! Get down! Get down! Get down! What are you doing?'Mahaprabhu then became aware of what was happening, and He chastised Govinda, not the woman. He said, 'What are you? An uncivilized person?' He said to His servant. 'Don't you recognize the enthusiasm that she has? I wish I had that.' So we should see that in everyone. That's why Sankirtan is a beautiful thing, and the preaching you're doing here is beautiful. Because isn't it when you bring new people into Krishna consciousness, vicariously, you experience what you experienced the first time?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Don't you find that the more you practice listening to The Holy Name and being fully present, the more the mind has a glimmer of attachment for the chanting of the Holy Name? If so, that's great advancement. Even the slightest inclination of the mind that 'I'd like to do this' shows that you're moving forward in Krishna consciousness.And even if you're not, if you have that sense of determination, that śraddhā in the śāstra, in the words of Guru-Paramparā, that you should do this, and you do it based on this sense of 'I must do it'—in the vaidhī mode—still, there's a taste in that. Because you feel, 'Yes, I'm doing the right thing.' Most of the time in the material world, everyone's doing the wrong thing, and there's cognitive dissonance: 'I'm doing the wrong thing, I'm doing the wrong thing. I wish I could do the right thing.' So even when you're doing it out of duty and you're doing the right thing, there's a sense of victory.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Thank you very much for joining us for Make Japa Great Again. It's our main objective in our practice of Bhakti Yoga to make japa great. Everything else falls into place when that's correct. In Japanese, there's a word hazu. In an arrow here's a little groove or a notch where you drop the bow into so you can shoot it, and that's called the hazu. So, that word is used when people are talking about something that was appropriate, that fit. And so when our japa is correct, we have hazu. That means everything else fits perfectly in our life. If we don't have that, then it doesn't matter what else we do; we'll shoot the arrow in the wrong direction, or it won't shoot at all.So, this is our main service. We have full permission from Mahaprabhu and all our acharyas to give ourselves fully to the process of chanting japa. No one will fault you for that if you shut off everything else and schedule time just for japa. And if they do, they're not the kind of people you want to have in your life anyway.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Someone told me the other day that we've done over 150,000 sets of Bhāgavatams from our concerted efforts. You know, so many of these things happen when we're not looking because we're just looking down at what we're doing right now and what we're going to do next. But together, as a team, 150,000 sets of Bhāgavatams! Inconceivable six years ago. But somehow or other, by the combined energy of all of you working together and all of the all over the world devotees feeling the same impetus to do service for service, and believing in that magic of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, as Prabhupāda did when he was aboard the Jaladūta, when he said, "This will be the tip of the spear. This is what will create the revolution in the impious lives of the world's misdirected civilization." Here we are. It's the launch of Bhādra. We have full permission from Śrīla Prabhupāda to give our mind and attention in, as he puts it, "practical samādhi" of distributing Bhāgavatam sets. We have the encouragement from the Bhāgavatam itself, from Śrīla Śukadeva Goswami, who included the verse that says, "Do this! Give it to other people. You'll go back to Godhead in the process." Let everybody go back to Godhead.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Japa is the mainstay of every practitioner, and anyone who takes it seriously, starting with the idea that no matter what every day, "I always finish my prescribed number of rounds." Anyone who thinks like that is a high-level sādhaka, and anyone who does that without fail will make advancement in devotional service without any doubt. So this is "Make japa great again!" And it means make it great again. Even if it was great yesterday, you have to start over again today and make it great today. Every day is a compartmentalized unit, and we can't rely on the past. We have to say, "Today is the day when it's going to be great." So, knowing that we're authorized by the great ācāryas, all of them recommend, "ei mukta-kaler upasyamānam," all the liberated personalities recommend chanting Hare Krishna. The śāstra recommends chanting Hare Krishna. We have full permission to do what we're doing here today.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Sometimes, at a certain age, devotees wonder, "Am I really going to be a devotee? What about the rest of the world? What about my other opportunities and so forth?" These thoughts are all going through a person's head.Jhanavi Jivan talks about how she and her family went to Sharanagati. You know where that is: it's a farm up in Canada, not too far from Vancouver, I believe. And it's a big devotee farm, obviously. Living there was a very famous sādhvī, a female sādhu. Her name was Yamunā Dāsī. She was one of Prabhupāda's earliest disciples, a very famous devotee not just for singing but also for cooking, and most of all, known for her guru-niṣṭhā. She was determined to serve her guru and totally fixed in service to the lotus feet of Śrīla Prabhupāda as her eternal spiritual master.So she, like Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who describes in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, had the assets of a sādhu. And what do sādhus have? According to Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they have hymns and instructions. And they're doctors. You know, doctors carry a little black bag. What do they have inside? For the devotee doctors, they have hymns - mantras and also have instructions - how to work the mantra.So when they went and stayed at the home of Yamunā Dāsī, Jhanavi Jivan describes how after a few days of watching this sādhvī, this devotee who was fully dedicated, she never stopped chanting. She was always engaged, always praying to Kṛṣṇa, offering to Kṛṣṇa, teaching how to cook—everything about Kṛṣṇa. In that environment. When she came out, she got into the car. They were leaving. She was sitting in the back seat, and it came through her in a visceral way. She could feel it through her whole body, up her spine, throughout her system that, "I've met the person who's my ideal in life. I want to be like her. I want to be a devotee."And this is the power of association with sādhus. They give us the most valuable asset, which is śraddhā, faith in Kṛṣṇa, that "if I become like this, then I'll be perfect. If I could just be like this person, then everything will be good in my life. I'll be fully satisfied and happy. I want to be that person, I want to follow in his or her footsteps and become a devotee." So this is the most valuable asset.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I heard Prabhupāda speaking this morning. Tāmal Kṛṣṇa Mahārāja, as a very young devotee, was telling Prabhupāda, as he was listening to him in awe, he was saying, "Prabhupāda, I always want to remember you speaking. I always want to be able to remember what you're saying and then to be able to recall it and say it myself." And Prabhupāda said, "This takes cultivation." He said, "Everything takes cultivation."So our "right as rain" process, where we sit down and chant every day and just do it—do the activity—because it's following in the footsteps of the ācārya - 'ācāryavān puruṣo veda', means that you know everything, you're properly situated. If you can cultivate that, then you've got a perfect life as a human being. And that's why it feels so good to every day finish your rounds and do the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa. I know after last week's session, I just felt great because I was thinking, "Wow, there's something in this Hare Kṛṣṇa chanting!" If we can stick together and keep doing this and get more people involved, then it's the only way to make the world a better place—to start from that level and then work outwardly. So it's a worthy cause.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
'Māyā-mṛgaṁ dayitayepsitam anvadhāvat' - Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chases after the conditioned souls to embrace them and bring them back to Godhead. He'll take anybody back to God who wants to go. But Lord Nityānanda will even take those people who don't want to go. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda are the most merciful of all incarnations in the world. Even māyāvādīs with stone-like hearts, when they hear the names Nitāi and Gaura, begin to cry and dance in ecstasy.Let the whole world hear the sound of their Holy Names by going door to door, everywhere we go, every person we meet, give them an opportunity to take this train back home, back to Godhead. And already, if we listen very carefully, we can hear people who have been weeping in their apartments, lonely after hearing about Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu there's a sound vibration coming up. If we listen really carefully, we can hear it now:Gaura Kṛpā Hole he, Gaura Kṛpā Hole he, oh, for the mercy of Lord Caitanya!------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualmusic #soulfulmusic #gauranitai #kirtan #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
'Māyā-mṛgaṁ dayitayepsitam anvadhāvat' - Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chases after the conditioned souls to embrace them and bring them back to Godhead. He'll take anybody back to God who wants to go. But Lord Nityānanda will even take those people who don't want to go. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda are the most merciful of all incarnations in the world. Even māyāvādīs with stone-like hearts, when they hear the names Nitāi and Gaura, begin to cry and dance in ecstasy.Let the whole world hear the sound of their Holy Names by going door to door, everywhere we go, every person we meet, give them an opportunity to take this train back home, back to Godhead. And already, if we listen very carefully, we can hear people who have been weeping in their apartments, lonely after hearing about Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu there's a sound vibration coming up. If we listen really carefully, we can hear it now:Gaura Kṛpā Hole he, Gaura Kṛpā Hole he, oh, for the mercy of Lord Caitanya!------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa declares that he is subordinate to the love of his devotee. Bhakti is so powerful that the supreme controller of all controllers finds the greatest pleasure in being controlled by the love of his devotee. But to realize that love requires Kṛṣṇa's grace.Śrīla Prabhupāda gives an example: when we talk of the oneness of a nation, it doesn't mean everybody merges into a nation. There may be millions of individuals, but the oneness of a nation is that we are united on the higher principle of the nation, the interests of the nation. When we speak about one family, it's not that everybody in the family becomes, you know, like the filling in a samosa—we all get smashed together. The oneness of a family is when the interest of the family is the higher principle that we are all united on, and that's actually oneness.Śrīla Prabhupāda describes that this is the idea of Kṛṣṇa consciousness: that we are all conscious of Kṛṣṇa. We all have our diversity, we all have our natures, we all have our experiences, we all have our individual, unique struggles in life. But there's a higher principle that we unite on: saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam—what will please Kṛṣṇa. And in our life, we know what will please Kṛṣṇa is what will please Śrīla Prabhupāda.Variegatedness, or diversity, without appreciating the higher principle that we've been brought together to represent, could create envy and division. But in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, variegatedness actually creates deeper appreciation for each other with our differences, and that is a test of actually if we're Kṛṣṇa conscious.When we see the wonderful associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, there's so much variegatedness. In ordinary society of that time, these people would probably have nothing to do with each other. But they were so loving and so gentle; they actually loved each other, not just the austerity of not fighting, because they were seeing each other according to the higher principle.Mahārāja Pratāparudra was a king, an undisputed king called Gajapati of the empire of Orissa. He had palaces, incredible treasuries, armies. And then there was Kolavecā Śrīdhara. He was so simple and poor; he would sell the leaves of bananas just sitting on the side of the road. And he was so simple; he dressed in rags because that's the only clothes he had. He had a simple little straw house that was one room with a dirt floor, and when it would rain, the rain would come in because it was just a little straw roof. He was so thin because he hardly had money. But whatever he earned, before spending anything, he would donate half for the worship of Mother Gaṅgā, because she was the energy of the Lord, purifying and giving mercy and blessings to all beings without discrimination of who was fit or unfit. Whether you're rich or poor, whether you're of one caste or one color or one sex or one community, still, Mother Gaṅgā is flowing and purifying you, even if you're a buffalo, or an elephant, or a snake, or a lizard. Mother Gaṅgā is flowing for everyone.So Kolavecā Śrīdhara was living so simply, but yet, when he would come to Purī, he didn't think of the king as a gross materialist living in his palace, "King, you are in māyā. Look, you have all of this!" He had the highest regard and appreciation for King Pratāparudra, because he was using what he had in God's service. And King Pratāparudra would sometimes think of giving everything away and becoming like Kolavecā Śrīdhara, a beggar, because whatever little he had, he was giving in God's service.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------
Prabhupāda signed his letters, "Your ever well-wisher," which means he wished us well. He gave us the instructions, which were his blessings. You find at the beginning of his letters, he says, "Please accept my blessings." So the blessing is that I'm giving you this sound, this vibration, and now I'm your well-wisher, but you have to take advantage of it.There's only one kind of true happiness in life: the happiness of applying oneself to the order of the ācāryas. In that endeavor, taking some austerity means prying myself away from what I want to do or what my senses want to do, and instead doing what the ācārya says is good for me. This is tapasya, and in tapasya there's actual happiness. The senses become purified. I feel joy in my heart. I feel aligned with Kṛṣṇa, and I get all good qualities naturally.The supreme process in the Age of Kali-yuga is this chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. So everybody here that's on this call or connected in any way listening to it afterwards is in the right place at the right time. You came to the right Yuga, the right planet, and the right room, because here we're chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. We're following the ācārya to the best of our ability, and that means success.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Here's an excerpt from the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, chapter four, in which Prabhupāda quotes from the Bhakti-sandarbha. This is the verdict of Jīva Gosvāmī in describing the process of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa:"Chanting the holy name is the chief means of attaining love of Godhead. This chanting or devotional service does not depend on any paraphernalia, nor on one's having taken birth in a good family. By humility and meekness, one attracts the attention of Kṛṣṇa. That is the verdict of all the Vedas. Therefore, if one becomes very humble and meek, he can easily attain the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa in this age of Kali. This is the fulfillment of all great sacrifices, penances, and austerities, because when one achieves ecstatic love of Godhead, he attains the complete perfection of life. Therefore, whatever one does in executing devotional service must be accompanied by the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare, Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.'------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Every time we're able, even two minutes, to talk about Kṛṣṇa, to be together, to remember Him, it's like that gold that you're talking about that may come in the form of dust, but it adds up. And Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is also compared to a capitalist, and we are also following in His footsteps, so we want to have that sense of accumulation, but not materially obviously, spiritually.Link to entire talk:https://youtu.be/DTMlTw5ZG4Q------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Now we find out what happens when one who is qualified by Brahma Bhutah. After all, we know from Gita (BG 18.54): 'brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām.' When one comes to this point of Self-Realization, one's no longer obligated to the senses in the way one was before. They're always demanding. Senses always feel entitled, "I demand that, and I deserve it! You give it to me now!" No more. There's no more obligation by the senses, and the incredible weight of the world comes off one's head that "I have no more debt in this world, no one to pay back because I have no more connection to the world."Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā, one becomes happy. Na śocati na kāṅkṣati—no more lamentation or hankering and one has no more envy of living beings, because samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu. Burning envy is a problem in this world, Icchā-dveṣa-samutthena. Mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām -from that position, one is at the threshold of the door of bhakti, and one can enter in easily from that position, Krishna is saying there. So here's the perfect situation: the Kumaras are coming into Vaikuṇṭha, and then the verse of ultimate transformation, which indicates the superior quality of bhakti yoga and gives, by example, the very definition of what bhakti is, when Narayan comes near, we hear that "tasyāravinda-nayanasya padāravinda kiñjalka-miśra-tulasī-makaranda-vāyuḥ" (SB 3.15.43)...Verse for discussion:https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/15/29/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In this world, it's important to be informed about what's important. We need an intervention. Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Sanātana Goswami, māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñāna jīvere kṛpāya kailā kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa.'" For that reason, Kṛṣṇa personally comes in the form of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, and he makes available very clear knowledge that is comprehensible to humans. Humans can pick up a piece of literature or hear from someone who's heard from others wisdom that's been passed down through an authorized line, and when they hear it, then they can transform and improve their lives. It's not automatic that people come out of illusion. "Māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ" (CC Madhya 20.122) — it's not automatic that somebody just comes out of illusion. There has to be an intercedence by someone who comes along and gives an indication that there's a better choice. In fact, the availability of lesser goals is the main hindrance for human beings. We have a plethora of paths that lead to results in our lives that are not sanguine and do not fulfill our innermost desire. Fortunately, Kṛṣṇa loves us and wants us to have his association in the blissful spiritual world, and he makes every arrangement so that we can have such interventions in our lives. And Prabhupāda once said that two things are necessary to extricate oneself from one's present position and rise to a higher level, and those are knowledge and practice.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In Vṛndāvan, the devotees depend exclusively on Kṛṣṇa and the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam begins speaking about the holy name in the first chapter: āpannaḥ saṁsṛtiṁ ghorāṁ yan-nāma vivaśo gṛṇan tataḥ sadyo vimucyeta yad bibheti svayaṁ bhayam (SB 1.1.14) If anyone feels fear in their heart—and who doesn't, here in the material world?—bhayaṁ dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ syād. Fear arises at every moment when we forget Kṛṣṇa, as Śrīmad Bhāgavatam says, "To be free from fear and achieve all safety, call out the name of the Lord."So now we're all together in this sanctified place—more mahamantras chanted here than any other hotel in Orlando, Florida. Let's banish all fear from our hearts once and for all. Are you ready? We're going to raise our arms in the air as high as we can in one second, and we're all going to say "Kṛṣṇa!" But really say it with a feeling of, "Kṛṣṇa, please give me shelter." Śrīla Jīva Goswāmī says in one of his commentaries that the pure devotees of The Lord always remember Kṛṣṇa's promise in the Bhagavad-Gītā: "sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ (BG 18.66)"We're tired of the material world, right? We're not going to take it anymore, right? We only want Kṛṣṇa, right? And now let's put our arms in the air all at once. We'll say "Kṛṣṇa!" as loud as we can. One, two, three: KṚṢṆA!------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#kirtan #sadhusanga #spiritualmusic #musicforsoul #soulfulmusic #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the tenth Canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, we find a verse left for all of us here today by Śukadeva Goswāmī. All of those who feel left behind, who feel hopeless in life, who are striving for the spiritual world, find that it's like reaching for the moon. He wrote: 'Jayanti jana-nivāso devakī-janma-vādoyadu-vara-pariṣat svair dorbhir asyann adharmam sthira-cara-vṛjina-ghnaḥ su-smita-śrī-mukhena vraja-pura-vanitānāṁ vardhayan kāma-devam(SB 10.90.48).'The verse starts with the word Jayati, which means victory, but it is written in the present tense because Śukadeva understood that people after Krishna's disappearance would feel separation from Him and wonder, "Why couldn't His pastimes have gone on even to the present day?" And here he's saying they are going on right now for us, right here in this room. 'Jayanti jana-nivāso devakī-janma-vādo' - He's the Lord who is jayanti jana-nivāsaḥ. He walks among us. He gives His association to all human beings, and for those who enter deeply within the sādhana given to us by Śrīla Rūpa Goswāmī, He is perfectly present in our lives. We need never fear separation from Him by continuing the transcendental vibration in our lives, and the transcendental vibration is the clarion call for everyone to go back home, back to Godhead.Anyone who wants to go back to Godhead, say, "Hare Krishna!" We're going to be singing the Hare Krishna mahā-mantra. This is the most famous song in the world. It's not only sweeping the nation here, but all over the world: Russia, Australia, China, Mexico, Japan.In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam it is mentioned that in the spiritual world, every devotee of Krishna has a unique rāga or a melody for which he or she sings to Krishna from his or her heart. Then it goes on to say that actually, every species of life has a unique rāga to express their deep yearning for Krishna.This next rāga is called Haṃsadhvani, and it is the rāga of the swan. The gracefulness, the aesthetic beauty of the spiritual world, once captured in one's mind, it never leaves. And the song brings us to the swan swimming back to its home. So let's all take Haṃsadhvani into our heart and go back home, back to Godhead.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Actually, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa is the only thing that can completely satisfy the heart, and one of the reasons is—or the main reason is—that we’re part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. We have a very intimate relationship with Him. In one sense, we are Kṛṣṇa because we’re one of His limbs. On the other side, achintya bheda abheda: we have our own identity. It’s achintya, inconceivable. But if you consider how intimate we are, as Prabhupada explains, if you have a limb like a finger, what will you do to protect your finger? How will you take care of it? How important do you consider it to be?So, Kṛṣṇa considers every one of us to be important because we’re His limbs, we’re His parts and parcels—in one sense, on one side, non-different from Kṛṣṇa. And the feeling of separation from Him, dvitiya, thinking that I’m something separate from Him, is the cause of a completely different world. It’s a world in which there’s ignorance of the fact that we’re part of Krishna, we’re eternally His servants, and we enjoy in cooperation with Him, just as the finger does in cooperation with the hand and the rest of the body. So, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa feels so good because we finally have that respite we need from the pounding we get in the material world when we’re trying to arrange things separately from Kṛṣṇa. We’re just fully putting our attention in the hands of Krishna and just focusing on His name.Just as an experiment for a few minutes, we can probably only take about four or five in the time we have left. But I’d like you to rate yourself on a scale of one to ten. Ten means samadhi, that you attained complete absorption, that you’re just fully fixed on the name without any fluctuation of your attention to any other place. One means that you were like sleeping on the floor and dreaming about some other land. Where did you end up on the scale? How do you rate yourself in the last 45 minutes of chanting the maha-mantra? Say a number—you don’t have to give a long explanation, just a short one. And then say one thing that you find to be endearing about And then say one thing that you find to be endearing about Kṛṣṇa. ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The main way that we develop our character in this world, or any other is by our association. As Kṛṣṇa says in the Gītā: "kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo 'sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu." Any situation you're in now, whatever way you've developed in your life, that is because of your association.Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, when teaching about devotional service to Sanātana Gosvāmī, starts with talking about the power of association. Whenever you can get an opportunity to associate with those that you feel are ideal, take the opportunity to hear from, to serve, and to observe. That's very powerful that when you find somebody who is so high minded that you're impressed with them, you're in good association. Somebody who's doing things better than you could imagine that you could. If you spend some time with such advanced devotees, then there is a way that you'll also start taking on their qualities. And if you can get advice from such gentle souls, you can reveal your mind to such persons and say, here's the specific thing. How should I deal with it? You may even feel safe enough to admit whatever your anartha is, and then it becomes diminished because of exposure to the light, and guhyam akhyati pricchati. Rupa Goswami says, we need this kind of fellowship with advanced devotees to be able to reveal our minds. You can also work on yourself about being vulnerable, meaning start little by little by talking about what your anarthas are.There's a fear we might lose our stature in life. "I wear a mask that this is who I am as a human being or as a devotee, or whatever societal situation I’m in. I feel I have to protect that in order to be whole and to be accepted, to be loved." But if you can find situations where you can practice your vulnerability and find those people you feel safe enough with that you can admit certain things about yourself, then you realize that not only are you okay, but you feel unburdened by that. That’s guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati. It's very helpful.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When we have service, we feel naturally satisfied. My tendency is, in material consciousness, to think, "Why aren't people serving me enough?" And that's why I'm dissatisfied. "Let's make a list: my such-and-such isn't serving me enough." Suggestions -Wife, husband, start there. Let's start at home. "The kids aren't serving me enough. Who else?" My contractor, whatever it may be. You can make a long list, and you say, "They're not serving me enough." You'll be in endless anxiety, because no one will ever serve you enough, and we'll never be able to serve them enough, either, on the materialistic level. But for ourselves, when we say, "How can I be of service?" and we go into service mind, rather than the false ego of "Why aren't people serving me enough?" then there's a sense of relief, natural relief. It's a very simple switch: from being the center or trying to find a place that's comfortable for me, to being a servant.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The Bṛhat-bhāgavatāmṛta mentions that devotees don't look for peace. They're not looking for peace of mind; they're looking to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. In the endeavor to satisfy Kṛṣṇa, there are many complex situations, and there are many anxieties. And on record, a devotee asked Prabhupāda, "Devotees sometimes are in great anxiety." For instance he gave the example of distributing books, "they are in so much anxiety about it." And Prabhupāda said, "Tell them that that is spiritual anxiety." Then he gave the example of Yaśodā. And he said, "Yaśodā is always in anxiety. There's never a time when she's Oṁ śānti śānti śānti." She's constantly worried, "Will Kṛṣṇa get into something in Vraj? He's playing with the calves and the cows, and are they getting into trouble somewhere?" For instance, Kṛṣṇa goes and steals from people's houses, and then Yaśodā gets called about it, "Your son's stealing!" And then Kṛṣṇa has this impish look on his face, and so forth. So, constant anxiety for Kṛṣṇa.One takeaway from just the threshold of entering into this cursing pastime is that these kinds of differences of opinion or anxieties or complexities happen in spiritual life because of the uniqueness of the soul and the unfolding Līlā of Kṛṣṇa. And so, we needn't be utopian in interpreting this and saying, "How could this ever happen?" As we will find out tomorrow and onward, from this pastime The Lord appears. And tomorrow, we find that there's more about the nature of the Kumāras and why they became angry and then, subsequently, last point I'll make is that their transformation. This is a pastime of transformation, and it's very important ,because throughout the Srimad Bhagavatam, we find this beacon of pure devotional service, which is directing us towards the highest position of life, which is to attain pure love for Krishna. And in the process, we find different kinds of people from different levels of consciousness.For instance, the Kumaras were at a level of undifferenced monism and they're about to be transformed into Krishna bhaktas.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We've been given full permission to give our complete attention to chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, talking about Kṛṣṇa, and worshiping Kṛṣṇa. And if somebody brings up another topic, you can say, 'I appreciate it very much. If it were any other lifetime, I would be happy to discuss it with you. However, in this lifetime, I no longer have time, because I have been given one business—and that is to chant about Kṛṣṇa, worship Kṛṣṇa, and spread the Holy Name to people all over the world.If it was any other lifetime, I would be happy to talk to you about it. But in this lifetime, I've dedicated myself to this project, and I don't have time. Like, you know, sometimes people say, "It was any other day," or "any other something." It's like, "It was any other lifetime, it was any other previous lifetime." I would have probably been happy to talk to you about this, but in this lifetime, I won't be able to, because I have one point of dedication:Tasmād ekena manasāBhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥŚrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś caDhyeyaḥ pūjyaś ca nityadā. (SB 1.2.14)This is the conclusion of the seminar, the 1000-Year seminar that took place at Naimiśāraṇya. They came up with a few mission statements, and one of them is "tasmād ekena manasā." Therefore, "tasmād ekena manasā" means to just point your mind in one direction. This has been the mission statement; it has been passed down from the top of the company. They already decided, and they gave it to us. So, if someone wants to bring your mind somewhere else, to some other conversation that doesn't sound like it's part of your mission, say, "Yeah, no problem. If it was some other previous lifetime, I would have definitely entertained it with you. But in this lifetime, I've been given 'tasmād ekena manasā bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ.' I can only think of Bhagavān and do that kind of business and topic.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #soul #mantrameditation #spiritualawakening #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When Advaita Ācārya started his prayers to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he held open class and prayed that Lord Caitanya would come and help spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement all over the world. So, however insignificant it may seem, the way one starts—one person—can change the whole world; one person with a sincere desire. And we feel it in you, Mahārāj, that wherever you go, you set this example of utter humility, at the same time complete seriousness, about this strategy to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world.I remember years ago when we talked about New York, and it seemed to be a complicated situation, but I remember you'd always say, "But Prabhupāda started there. He wanted us to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness in New York." And even in the most difficult situations, you've always adhered yourself to Śrīla Prabhupāda's desire. So all the initiates today are fortunate to be able to see you, to observe how you live and how you interact with others, and to be able to adhere themselves to your instructions.And I'm personally grateful to all the devotees here who are following in Śrīla Prabhupāda's footsteps by accepting His Holiness Radhanath Swami Mahārāja as the representative of the Guru-paramparā, who's showing how to use one's entire life to not only expand Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world, but to attain the ultimate perfection of life, which is to constantly remember Kṛṣṇa, talk about Kṛṣṇa, and chant Harē Kṛṣṇa.(HG Vaisesika Dasa)Thank you so much, Mahārāj, for keeping us in your orbit, for inspiring not only your disciples, but all of us here at ISV and around the world. And I'm very happy for these initiates to be connected to our glorious Paramparā. Under your shelter, we're so fortunate to be connected to the most glorious Paramparā. It's a big step you're all taking, and the whole community is here to support you and help you in any way you can. And I already see so many of you who do so much here, do so much service, do so much preaching. So however we can continue to serve each other, serve your Guru Mahārāj and serve Śrīla Prabhupāda. Personally, I want to offer my help, my support, and I'm just so happy for you all to be under the shelter of Radhanath Mahārāj and Śrīla Prabhupāda. Thank you. Harē Kṛṣṇa!(HG Nirākulā Dāsī)I am so happy to see that you are under the shelter of Vaiśeṣika Mahārāja and Nirākulā Devī because, from the core of my heart, I appreciate how Śrīla Prabhupāda is so pleased with their surrender, their example, and their spiritual leadership for this community, and actually for inspiring the whole world of our movement.And I'm just a little creature that's crawling around trying to serve, but Vaiśeṣika Prabhu and Nirākulā Devī are really great Vaiṣṇavas, and how they are pleasing Śrīla Prabhupāda is so meaningful to me and so many other devotees. There is nothing more pleasing to me than you trying to assist them and please them.In my own heart, I'm just assisting them by trying to inspire all of you in this connection to Śrīla Prabhupāda and our Guru-paramparā (HH Rādhānātha Maharaja)Link to the complete ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3tMBBPxMt4------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
Vaisesika Dasa discusses the importance of hearing and serving pure devotees as outlined in Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.16. He explained that devotees, free from vice, are bridges to higher spiritual realms. The conversation emphasized the significance of Vaishnava association, or sadhu sanga, for spiritual advancement. Vaisesika Dasa highlighted the stages of devotional service, from shraddha (faith) to bhava (prema), and the role of devotees in transforming asuras (non-devotees) through their association. Practical tips for managing friendships and developing a taste for reading Srimad Bhagavatam were also provided.
When all else fails, chant Harē Kṛṣṇa, and everything else will fail. There's no question about it; any of my plans that don't include chanting Harē Kṛṣṇa will fail. In fact, even the best-laid plans of the most intelligent people in the world always get reversed one way or the other in this world. So, we have to come to the position of submission to the will of the Supreme Lord, and the best way to express that is by chanting Harē Kṛṣṇa sincerely.In fact, just the idea of every day taking time just to say Kṛṣṇa's names over and over again, exclusively, is a form of submission. Say "your will, not my will," and then "you're in charge, not me." And Prabhupāda mentions, throughout his teachings, the ways in which by chanting Harē Kṛṣṇa, all the energies from all sides are synchronized. And so, there's a growing sense for those who chant Harē Kṛṣṇa that this is the only solution.In fact, oftentimes, Prabhupāda would answer devotees' inquiries about what to do about this or that. He'd say, "Well, just chant Harē Kṛṣṇa." And it works, because Kṛṣṇa is God, and we're His parts and parcels, and we must be submissive. Otherwise, we don't feel satisfied. In submission, we actually feel happy. It's the independent spirit trying to break off from Kṛṣṇa and be the big man here in this material world. That's very difficult and challenging and mentally straining. So, devotees are happy because they submit to Kṛṣṇa. The best way to submit to Kṛṣṇa is to chant His Holy Names.And Caitanya Mahāprabhu mentioned that there are multiple benefits from chanting Harē Kṛṣṇa, including that the disease that causes my departure from Kṛṣṇa's instructions—the envy within the heart and so forth—becomes rectified by chanting His names. And I also am introduced to the concept of real good fortune in the world. I get knowledge, and I'm able to conquer the material world by the power of Kṛṣṇa's Holy Names. So, it's a good idea. Chanting Harē Kṛṣṇa is the best idea there is. If you list all the ideas that are available in this world, chanting Harē Kṛṣṇa is not just at the top of the list; it's light years away from any other idea that anybody might have.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I was just in a redwood forest a couple of days ago. Wednesday, I was there, today is Friday. I was in Muir Woods. Looking with a friend of mine, we were looking at the trees, and you have to strain your neck to see upwards; they're so tall! Then we were looking at a seed of one of the redwood trees that is there, and it is minuscule. How does it all start? It starts from a seed. How much information is in that seed, enough to grow a huge tree? And all you have to add is light and water and a little air, some earth, and you've got a tree. This is given as a metaphor for the whole universe. The universe comes in seed form, then expands into all the forms that we see now. All that's needed is a little attention from the glance of the original source, and then everything else opens from a seed. So, in this way, there are many of the world's phenomena that are mentioned in the ancient wisdom literature, not the least of which is the Bhagavad Gītā, which talks about how to see everything in the world as part of the source, and therefore you're never separated from the source, because you can always meditate on that source.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#successsadhana#lessonsfromthegoldenmonk#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I'm so deeply grateful to all of you for your one-pointed attention on devotional service. You're using your lives, starting with the most important part—the beginning—and getting established deeply in sādhana that will carry you through your whole life. All auspiciousness comes from chanting strictly every day, and all nonsense subsides from your life. Nonsense leads to great suffering, confusion, and so forth. So dry up the whole sea of nonsense that's there in your mind by the powerful winds of the holy name. Keep chanting throughout the day as much as possible and keep reading Prabhupāda's books. Follow the four regulative principles, because going off the guard rails, over the guard rails, means that you've got to climb back out again with injuries. So stay safe. Wear your safety belt. Don't go off the road. Hare Kṛṣṇa------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japajolt #makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #mantra #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This morning, I was reading a eulogy of my dear godbrother, Jayananda Ṭhākura, who is very dear to Śrīla Prabhupāda. And Śrīla Prabhupāda had written him a letter that I very much appreciated, regarding the chanting of the holy name, and it has a very straightforward purport. So I wanted to read it to you. And here's what he wrote:1967 Prabhupāda wrote the following: 'Your service attitude for Kṛṣṇa and your sincere attempts at being advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness will work with you and make your life more and more glorious and a happy state. I have been very glad that you are appreciating by yourself the effects of sincere Kṛṣṇa consciousness. I have nothing new to instruct you. The same old instruction, namely, constant chanting and attentively hearing the transcendental vibration Hare Kṛṣṇa is the only process for self-realization in this age. In San Francisco, while you were driving your car, and I was sitting by you, hearing Your transcendental vibration, this very sincere attempt has enriched your consciousness. And my only instruction is that you may constantly do this habit without fail."So Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura said, "Apply the simple path very strictly." So there's a way in which Prabhupāda says here, "There's no new instruction I have for you." And this is one of the ways the mind tries to trick us by saying, "There must be something more sophisticated." But Prabhupāda comes back and says, "No, this is the simple process." He says, "This is the same old instruction: chant Hare Kṛṣṇa." So knowing that everything is there for improvement on all levels is a calming factor to the mind—that just be there. Just hear the vibration, bypass the mind, go straight from the lips into your heart, and be confident that this is the only process that will be effective in this age.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When the devotees first went to India, Prabhupāda was there, and he invited devotees to come over because he wanted to show what happened. You know, he went alone to America, and he comes back with all these Americans. In India, at the time, people were looking to Americans and go, like, 'How are we going to catch up to these guys? We want what they have.' And then Prabhupāda plays this trick on them, where he comes to America, he gets all these Westerners, and he comes back with a big airplane full of Westerners. 'Here you go. They want what you are supposed to want, which is pure love for God.' In Surat, devotees went there, and they were having kīrtana, and people came out of their houses, and they were grabbing the dust after the devotees walked there, so much so that there were holes in the road! And devotees were surprised and taken aback, and they asked Prabhupāda later, 'Why were they doing that?' And he said, 'Because you follow the four regulative principles and you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, anywhere you go in the world, you'll be honored because of them.'The greatest desire one can have is what Prahlāda Mahārāja showed us: 'Oh my Lord, if I have any desire within my heart, let it be no material desire, only the desire to serve You.' So we have the stark examples: Hiraṇyakaśipu—boo! And then you have Prahlāda Mahārāja, he's worshipable to us. In fact, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, when He would sit with Gadādhara Paṇḍita to hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, He wanted to hear that story over and over again. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta told all his disciples to read Prahlāda 108 times. Hear that story over and over and over and over again, and he's famous, Prahlada Maharaja. He's famous all over the world because of that.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Last year in Kārtika, one of our devotees, Kṛṣṇa-sakha, was on Govardhana parikramā, and just came around the hill. A boy who was begging started to follow him, and he followed him for several kilometers. And Kṛṣṇa-sakha said no, and the boy kept following, and they got to Rādhā-kuṇḍa. And then he kept following. They'd gone a quarter of the way around Govardhana Hill, and the boy kept following. And someone who saw that offered to give the boy something, but he said, 'No, I don't want anything from anybody else but him. I've already followed him this far,' and at some point, Kṛṣṇa-sakha realized that this is divine intervention. 'I don't know who this is. I should give him something.' And he looked in his pocket and he didn't have anything except for a very large bill. And good luck getting change anywhere in India! So, as if conducted by providence, he handed over the large bill to the small boy who now looks content enough to go on his way.Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu comes to this world to give a dispensation that's never been given before: 'anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalausamarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ (CC Ādi 1.4)'. Kṛṣṇa comes thinking, 'I have not given away the greatest gift forever. Can't even remember when. And what's more, people don't know about the topmost realm in the spiritual world. For there's an unceremonious love that actually pleases Me to the core of My heart.' So in Kali-yuga, He's ready to give away the big bills. All we have to do is beg," says Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in this song, 'enechi aushadhi maya nasibaro lagi'..------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhukirtans #kirtan #spiritualmusic #soulfulmusic #song #spiritualawakening #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We're not going out to collect money, really. We're going out for our own purification, first and foremost. It's a high sādhana to go out into the great unknown and present the Vedic literatures to people. And it's also something that they really appreciate too, because frankly, life is really boring in the material world. Same things happen all the time, and people are sick and tired of it, and they're waiting for devotees to come door to door. In fact, Prabhupāda wrote in his poem "Vṛndāvane Bhajan," before he came to America, "The people are sitting in their homes, and they're looking out the window down the road, and they're wondering, "When are Nitāi and Gaurāṅga going to come and save me?" Did you know that that's what they're doing in their houses?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We're eternal servants of Kṛṣṇa , and when we're able to find that seed which is given to us by association of pure devotees, that the only thing that is important to me ultimately is the sincere desire to serve Kṛṣṇa with no motivation, even if we're not able to act in that position yet, when we know and recognize that I have that desire seed within my heart, it will grow, and Kṛṣṇa will reward that. If He rewarded Pūtanā, if He rewarded Pauṇḍraka, and who can even find the desire seed within their hearts to serve Kṛṣṇa, how much more will He reciprocate with somebody who's sincerely trying, even if unable to do it? Kṛṣṇa gives such encouraging words in Bhāgavatam, like 'jāta-śraddho mat-kathāsu nirviṇṇaḥ sarva-karmasu veda duḥkhātmakān kāmānparityāge ’py anīśvaraḥ (SB 11.20.27-28)' He said, "You may know you don't want any part of the material world, but you're not able to detach from it because of so many present habits you've developed from past association." He said, "But don't worry, keep up. Just go on with the process, because that seed of pure devotional service that you have in your heart will fully manifest by My grace." There's a very encouraging purport in the light of the Bhagavata in which Prabhupāda says that once you've recognized that desire in your heart and expressed it even one time - 'sakṛd eva prapanno yas,' that's from the Rāmāyaṇa—that Vibhishana said, you know, "I'm your servitor." And Rāmachandra said, "Anyone who says that, from that day forward, I'm their protector. I'm always there for them. I'll never forget that they said that." If we are able to come forward in devotional service to serve the Lord in that way, then Prabhupāda writes that even if you change your mind, the devotional service by its own force will drag you to perfection. So better to inform ourselves of the perfection that we already have as living entities, as servants of the Lord, and water that seed as much as possible in all circumstances by being very submissive to the process of devotional service. Don't take anything personally in this world; it's all for our purification. Just depend on the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. And Prabhupāda alludes to that in the purport. He said, "The perfectional mentality of 'sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaḿ śaraṇaḿ vraja,'—just take shelter of Kṛṣṇa." You may be confused; you may not know exactly how everything works together, whatever it is, as Prabhupāda indicates in this purport, it's from Kṛṣṇa's words, 'mā śucaḥ.' He said, Prabhupāda writes, "But such worry is useless. Just surrender to Kṛṣṇa, and He'll take care of everything." That's real perfection in life, even if we're imperfect. If we have that conviction that if I surrender to Kṛṣṇa, there is a God, and I'm not Him, and if I surrender to Him, He's perfect, and He'll make everything else perfect—that's all you need. If you start there, and you give your heart and soul to watering that seed, then everything will manifest in due course of time.Verse for discussion:https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/9/27/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------
(1)vibhāvarī śeṣa, āloka-praveśa,nidrā chāri' uṭho jīvabolo hari hari, mukunda murāri,rāma kṛṣṇa hayagrīva(2)nṛsiṁha vāmana, śrī-madhusūdana,brajendra-nandana śyāmapūtanā-ghātana, kaiṭabha-śātana,jaya dāśarathi-rāma(3)yaśodā dulāla, govinda-gopāla,vṛndāvana purandaragopī-priya-jana, rādhikā-ramaṇa,bhuvana -sundara-bara(4)rāvāṇāntakara, mākhana-taskara,gopī-jana-vastra-hārībrajera rākhāla, gopa-vṛnda-pāla,citta-hārī baṁśī-dhārī(5)yogīndra-bandana, śrī-nanda-nandana,braja-jana-bhaya-hārīnavīna nīrada, rūpa manohara,mohana-baṁśī-bihārī(6)yaśodā-nandana, kaṁsa-nisūdana,nikuñja-rāsa-vilāsīkadamba-kānana, rāsa-parāyaṇa,bṛnda-vipina-nivāsī(7)ānanda-vardhana, prema-niketana,phula-śara-jojaka kāmagopāṅganā-gaṇa, citta-vinodana,samasta-guṇa-gaṇa-dhāma(8)jāmuna-jīvana, keli-parāyaṇa,mānasa-candra-cakoranāma-sudhā-rasa, gāo kṛṣṇa-jaśarākho vacana mana moraTRANSLATION 1) The night has come to an end and the light of dawn is entering. O jiva soul, arise and give up your sleep. Chant the holy names of Lord Hari, who is the giver of liberation; the enemy of the Mura demon; the supreme enjoyer; the all-attractive one; and the horse-headed incarnation, Hayagriva.2) Lord Hari [Krsna] incarnated as the half-man, half-lion, Nrsimha. He appeared as a dwarf-brahmana named Upendra and is the killer of the Madhu demon. He is the beloved son of the King of Vraja, Nanda Maharaja, and is blackish in complexion. He is the slayer of the Putana witch and the destroyer of the demon Kaitabha. All glories to Lord Hari, who appeared as Lord Rama, the son of King Dasaratha.3) He is the darling of mother Yasoda; the giver of pleasure to the cows, land, and spiritual senses; and the protector of the cows. He is the Lord of the Vrndavana forest; the gopis' beloved; the lover of Radhika; and the most beautiful personality in all the worlds.4) As Ramacandra He brought about the end of the demoniac King Ravana; as Krsna He stole the older gopis' butter; He stole the younger gopis' clothes while they were bathing in the Yamuna. He is a cowherd boy of Vraja and the protector of the cowherd boys. He steals the hearts of all and always holds a flute.5) Lord Krsna is worshiped by the best of yogis and is the son of Nanda. He removes all the fears of the inhabitants of Vraja. He is the color of a fresh rain cloud, and His form is enchanting. When He wanders about, playing His flute, He looks very charming.6) He is the son of Yasoda and the killer of King Kamsa, and He sports in the rasa dance among the groves of Vraja. Krsna engages in this rasa dance underneath the kadamba trees, and He resides in the forest of Vrndavana.7) He increases the ecstasy of His devotees. He is the reservoir of all love and is the transcendental Cupid who uses His flowered arrows to increase the loving desires of the gopis. He is the pleasure of the gopis' hearts and the abode of all wonderful qualities.8) Lord Krsna is the life of the River Yamuna. He is always absorbed in amorous pastimes, and He is the moon of the gopis' minds, which are like the cakora birds that subsist only upon moonlight. O mind, obey these words of mine and sing the glories of Sri Krsna in the form of these holy names, which are full of nectarean mellows.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/
(1) (kṛṣṇa) deva! bhavantaḿ vandeman-mānasa-madhukaram arpaya nija-pada-pańkaja-makarande(2) yadyapi samādhiṣu vidhir api paśyati na tava nakhāgra-marīcimidam icchāmi niśamya tavācyuta! tad api kṛpādbhuta-vīcim(3) bhaktir udañcati yadyapi mādhava! na tvayi mama tila-mātrīparameśvaratā tad api tavādhika-durghaṭa-ghaṭana-vidhātrī(4) ayam avilolatayādya sanātana! kalitādbhuta-rasa-bhāramnivasatu nityam ihāmṛta-nindini-vindan madhurima-sāram TRANSLATIONRefrain: (1) O Lord Sri Krsna! I am offering a prayer unto You. Please let the bee of my mind be offered the nectarian honey of Your lotus feet. 2) Although Brahma in full samadhi cannot catch a glimpse of even a ray of the effulgence from the tips of Your toe-nails still, O Acyuta! Having heard of the waves of Your astonishing mercy, I long to receive Your grace.3) O Madhava! Although I don't possess even a sesame seed of bhakti for You, still, by Your inconceivable power which makes the impossible possible, please fulfill the desires of my heart. 4) He Sanatana! Because Your lotus feet are filled with such wonderful rasa, let the bee of my mind always reside unwaveringly in that nectar which puts everything else to shame, for they are the essence of all sweetness. This is my only prayer.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhukirtans #spiritualmusic #soulfulmusic #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The purpose of the creation, ultimately, is to give the living entities an opportunity to come out of this illusion. And Saṅkarṣaṇa, who is not intimately, but somehow indirectly—connected with the creation of the material world, as mentioned in the Fifth Canto of the Bhāgavatam, before He starts His destruction in the material world through the agency of Rudra, He becomes a little annoyed because He's given unlimited chances for the jīvas in the material world to come back to their senses and come back to Him, and then they say, 'Oh no, I'm not interested.' And it's in that sense of annoyance that the Rudras pop from His forehead and start their dance of destruction and burn down the material world. And then it starts over again, giving an opportunity for all living entities to come back to Godhead. So we can take from this many things. Two general things are that the material world is perfectly accommodating, and if we just adjust ourselves to Kṛṣṇa's purpose, then just as every living being is being fully accommodated to try to enjoy the material world in exactly the way that that living entity wants to be accommodated, we will be fully accommodated in the spiritual world, even if our desire is minuscule. The Lord is waiting for that tiny desire, even of the living entity, to say, 'No, I would like to have You instead.' If He's accommodated every living being to enjoy the material world in exactly the way he or she wants to, makes sense that since His main purpose is for us to come back to Him, that He would also accommodate our desire for devotional service. And the other lesson is that..------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(1)gaurāńgera duṭi pada, jār dhana sampada,se jāne bhakati-rasa-sārgaurāńgera madhura-līlā, jār karṇe praveśilā,hṛdoya nirmala bhelo tār (2)je gaurāńgera nāma loy, tāra hoy premodoy,tāre mui jāi bolihārigaurāńga-guṇete jhure, nitya-līlā tāre sphure,se jana bhakati-adhikārī (3)gaurāńgera sańgi-gaṇe, nitya-siddha kori' māne,se jāy brajendra-suta-pāśśrī-gauḍa-maṇḍala-bhūmi, jebā jāne cintāmaṇi,tāra hoy braja-bhūme bās(4)gaura-prema-rasārṇave, śe tarańge jebā ḍube,se rādhā-mādhava-antarańgagṛhe bā vanete thāke, 'hā gaurāńga' bo'le ḍāke,narottama māge tāra sańga TRANSLATION1) Anyone who has accepted the two lotus feet of Lord Caitanya can understand the true essence of devotional service. If one is captivated by the pleasing pastimes of Lord Caitanya, the dirty things in his heart will all become cleansed. 2) One who simply takes the holy name of Gaura-sundara, Sri Krsna Caitanya, will immediately develop love of God. To such a person I say: Bravo! Very nice! Excellent! If one appreciates the merciful pastimes of Lord Caitanya and feels ecstasy and sometimes cries, this process will immediately help him to understand the eternal pastimes of Radha-Krsna. 3) Simply by understanding that the associates of Lord Gauranga are eternally free from material contamination, one can immediately be promoted to the transcendental abode of Lord Krsna. If one simply understands that the land of Navadvipa is not different from Vrndavana, then he actually lives in Vrndavana. 4) If one says: "Let me dive deep into the waves of the nectarean ocean of the transcendental loving movement introduced by Lord Caitanya", he immediately becomes one of the confidential devotees of Radha and Krsna. It does not matter whether one is a householder living at home or a vanaprastha or sannyasi living in the forest, if he chants "O Gauranga, and becomes a devotee of Lord Caitanya, then Narottama dasa begs to have his association.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#caitanyamahaprabhu #vaisesikaprabhukirtans #kirtan #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself, and He also comes as the ācārya. He's both devotee and Kṛṣṇa at the same time. So there's a double benefit. He's teaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness as a devotee, but He's also Kṛṣṇa. If one dedicates him or herself to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya, which means to—in service, what it means to dedicate oneself to the lotus feet, it means to become a servant and think, 'How can I do something to assist the Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu? What is His desire and how can I help Him?' And if one does this, then the person will know the true essence of devotional service. Then He goes on to say that the heart of anyone who gives submissive aural reception to the pleasing and sweet pastimes of Lord Caitanya immediately becomes cleansed of all material contamination— 'hṛdoya nirmala.' This contamination in the heart is completely cleansed if one gets on a regular schedule of hearing about Kṛṣṇa and about Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Then He says, 'Anyone who simply chants the name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya will immediately develop love of God.' So try 'Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.' As I was doing āratik in my home this morning, and I offer the incense, and then I have to walk out on the porch to plant the incense, and then when I offer the lamp, I had to walk in the other room to find Nirakula to let her touch the lamp. And all the time I was still chanting the 'Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu Nityānanda' mantra. And I was remembering that the first time I came in contact with the Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Movement, I got a magazine that had a picture of Lord Caitanya on the front, and then it had the mantra of 'Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu Nityānanda.' Also there was an article where Prabhupāda said we are following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya. And I became fascinated by the form of Lord Caitanya. I didn't know exactly who He was, but I started reading. I always felt that whenever, after I joined the temple, we'd chant the 'Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya' mantra, or I'd hear somebody else chant it, there was special mercy coming from that mantra. And then I confirmed it. It's in all the śāstra saying that the name of Caitanya Mahāprabhu is especially merciful. The name of Kṛṣṇa and all the names of God are known to be fully potent, but the name of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, says Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, is especially merciful because Caitanya Mahāprabhu doesn't consider any offenses when you chant.So if you chant the name of Sri. Chaitanya, then you'll immediately develop love of Godhead.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If somebody unjustly takes your property, rendering selfless service doesn't mean, 'Oh, yeah, let everyone violate me, and I'll just sit by passively.' That's not what it means. That's why I say it's not mutually exclusive. One must do one's duty dutifully. If you're in the corporate environment, however, I know for sure that there's a sense even from the top of the big corporations—that's why they invite people like us to come there and speak all the time. I'm going there on Tuesday to give a presentation, and there's an open invitation from so many of these corporations to come and hear wisdom that talks about higher values, like gratitude, like selflessness, Because what corporations have come to realize is that people cannot survive just by the rough and tumble of competition—that 'let us compete, and then the best person wins,' and then there's a kind of social Darwinism. People come fatigued by that, and they also don't do as well. The research, social research, is showing that people who have high-minded values can be more productive. If you do your due diligence, and you also have this sense of selflessness, like some of the corporations do, like even Marc Benioff has this way of giving away a lot of what he earns from the corporation. How's that working out? Fine. And what about other corporations like Tata? They give away, just by their bylaws, half of what they earn. I know a person very well who's a very successful entrepreneur. Lives in Singapore, but he commutes to Silicon Valley. He gives seminars on this, and the last one I attended just to observe, he was advocating for this idea that when you work for service, not only do you feel more satisfied, but he actually produced evidence, statistical evidence, that people do better financially, which is counterintuitive. And it also goes to the idea of, even within the realm of fundraising, people who give tend to be able to give more because they realize more capacity. By giving you do grow, and you can prove it on paper. And it's not just an amorphous idea, a sentimental idea, or something like that.So that's not mutually exclusive. You can protect your interests, which you should do, because you have to be able to work and earn a living, and you should do the best you can. And if there's some sense of somebody violating your space, you have to protect yourself. ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
One other thought about the ocean comes from the Twelfth Canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 12.13.2) When the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as Lord Kūrma, a tortoise, His back was scratched by the sharp-edged stones lying on massive, whirling Mount Mandara, and this scratching made the Lord sleepy. May you all be protected by the winds caused by the Lord’s breathing in this sleepy condition. Ever since that time, even up to the present day, the ocean tides have imitated the Lord’s inhalation and exhalation by piously coming in and going out.
The Lord's devotees have a special qualification in that, as Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā (6.32): "ātmaupamyena sarvatra samaṁ paśyati yo ’rjuna sukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁ sa yogī paramo mataḥ." They're the parama yogīs because, He says, they have compassion. Atmaupamyena means they feel empathy towards others because they've been through it themselves, and they know what the material world's like. Although Kṛṣṇa oversees the material world and there's a sense of the suffering of the living entities, the ones who feel it most intensely are those who've been in it and then have been saved by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and are given the opportunity, then, as a lifetime occupation, to go out and give mercy to others. And He describes, as everyone knows, several ways in which this potency of Kṛṣṇa appears through the devotees in this world, through the seemingly incidental way in which someone may introduce somebody to Kṛṣṇa consciousness—the vartmana pradakṣaka guru, somebody who shows you the path. Kṛṣṇa works through that person. There's serendipity there.Interestingly, that person who introduces one to the path may not even be fully aware that he or she is doing it. For instance, Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura is mentioned in the first chapter of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, and his girlfriend is the one he accredits for introducing him to the path of pure bhakti. He was just going to hang out, and she said, "What are you doing with your life? Couldn't you, like, get it together? You'd actually be a great devotee if you just use some of this energy for God." And it woke him up. So he eternally gives her credit as Kṛṣṇa is speaking to him through an agent called the vartmana pradakṣaka guru—guru, one who opens one's eyes from darkness into light.Then he describes how there are many instructors who speak on behalf of Kṛṣṇa, and then there's one who gives the mantra. And all of these, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī describes as manifestations of Kṛṣṇa. It's the way that He appears in this world. Uddhava mentions at the end of the Uddhava-gītā: "naivopayanty apacitiṁ kavayas taveśa brahmāyuṣāpi kṛtam ṛddha-mudaḥ smarantaḥ yo ’ntar bahis tanu-bhṛtām aśubhaṁ vidhunvann ācārya-caittya-vapuṣā sva-gatiṁ vyanakti (SB 11.29.6)." He says to Lord Kṛṣṇa, 'That I cannot offer enough gratitude. I cannot express enough gratitude to You, because You appear in this world as the ācārya to sva-gatiṁ vyanakti, to show the path to You. And You also appear as the antaryāmī, the Supersoul within the heart.' As we know, and Kavirāja Gosvāmī quotes this in the first chapter of the Ādi-līlā: "teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te" He uses the metaphor that 'I'm there ready to light a lamp and show you the direction if you become interested in Me.' He said, 'So You're there as the antarayāmī to show the path.' And then he said, 'You manifest externally as the different gurus who will show me the path. Externally walk me by the hand along the path of devotional service,' called anugraha. As graha means a grabber, and anu means follow. So somebody who makes you follow, like, 'No, no, come here. Hold on there, little fella, come over here for a second. We have a little something for you,' and that the devotees who are representing the Lord in the material world, although The Lord doesn't get involved; the devotees do that. They're little grabbers. People feel a little bit roughed up for a minute or two, and then they realize later on, "Oh, saved me from falling on the railway track, pulled me up, grabbed me from falling off the roof." As Prahlāda Mahārāja says..To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/
In Japan, where we go frequently, there's this little tranquil river that's barely flowing, but enough so that there's life in it, and it's beautiful. And retired people in Japan like to fish. Some do, and they'll stand by that little stream and they fish. When I go for my walks there, I watch, and I have never seen anybody catch anything, but what they do is they put the lure in the water, and then they pull it back and put it in and pull it back. With fishing, the fish has to see the lure and then get attracted to it and then bite. And so you can think of your mind like a fish. Fish are very fickle. They'll go off at any second; you look at them and make a wrong movement, they're gone. So you have to be a patient fisher and throw the lure and keep bringing it past. The mantra is the lure, and you keep bringing it past your mind. Keep bringing it past your mind, until the fish of your mind sees the lure. And then when you've captured it, when it's hooked on the mantra, then you've achieved a success. It's all successful, but that's something that is noticeably helpful to us when our mind actually gets caught on the hook of the holy name. After all, Kṛṣṇa means 'the attractor,' and the mind is attracted to everything else. But if you can get attracted to this name Kṛṣṇa and get caught on it, then you can reel it in, and then you'll feel that you've had this experience that will pervade the rest of your life.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #mantra #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's broken down by Viśvanāth Cakravartī Ṭhākur in the Madhurya Kadambinī. He says, when you eliminate certain obstacles, then you're known to be in niṣṭhā. And I mentioned some of them, like sleep, distraction, the awakening of lower desires—suddenly they come out in different ways, indifference; you're not distracted, you're not sleepy, but you just don't care. Meh!All of that evaporates in time by good association, by following the process, and then one has this sense of no obstacle. There's nothing holding me back from the process. And that's called niṣṭhā—steadiness, consistency. From that platform, then one can make further advancement in devotional service; otherwise, we're always knocked back. So it's recommended that we really invest ourselves in getting out of the mire of bad qualities by seriously practicing devotional service till we come to niṣṭhā, then we can proceed to the next stage, which is ruci, where it's noticeable that we really want to hear.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When we become frustrated to the point of despair, there's an opening for us. And that opening for Arjuna in the Bhagavad-gītā was that he gave up. There's so much effort I put into trying to organize everything in the world so it'll come out straight, and it always comes out crooked. Prabhupāda mentions in one of his purports, in the Second Canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, that observing our own frustration can be enlightening because it means that we're incompatible with the nature of the world. And that's because, as he says, 'We are a different category of energy altogether.' We are consciousness, and consciousness can't be measured in the same way that material elements can. We have the controlled studies scientifically to come out with a predictable outcome, or as close as possible, so that we can say that there are certain principles that work uniformly in the world, but with consciousness, you can't apply the same measurements. It's impossible to use the same tools to measure it. We're subtler than matter, and it really bugs us. Bugs me. I'm always trying to get things to work right. And then I remember that purport where Prabhupāda says, 'Just notice that the material nature is clumsy.' I may attribute it to myself, but that's because I want more; I want something more refined. So in despair, we can find teachable moments—that is, times in which we feel so out of place in this world that we can come to a point of questioning why. And oftentimes this is the turning point. It is possible to not take advantage of despair, not take advantage of frustration, and just continually try to fix it or try to forget about it and become distracted. Oftentimes we do that. I'll speak for myself. So one of the big admonitions given in the Brahma-sūtra, otherwise known as the Vedānta-sūtra, is the introductory statement that now you've got a chance to inquire, ask a big question. It says, athāto brahma jijñāsā—means now that you've come to the human form of life, you have an opportunity to ask, 'Why? Why am I suffering?' Also, other questions could be there, like, 'Why do I have to die? Why do—why am I faced with non-permanence when I definitely feel like I shouldn't be?' That's a conundrum and can lead to a sense of angst, existential angst. And it's a relief to know, isn't it, that the wisdom literature knows us?Of course, I could go back to Vyasadeva. He's the one who compiled it, and put that question first amongst all the others, a myriad of questions that can be asked or statements that can be made, principles that can be expounded. But then he says, you do it, you ask, you ask, Why am I suffering, and what's the purpose of life? The implication is that there's an answer waiting for you.It's forthcoming------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife
CC Antya 16.52namas te nara-siṁhāyaprahlādāhlāda-dāyinehiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥ-śilā-ṭaṅka-nakhālayehttps://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/antya/16/52CC Antya 16.53ito nṛsiṁhaḥ parato nṛsiṁhoyato yato yāmi tato nṛsiṁhaḥbahir nṛsiṁho hṛdaye nṛsiṁhonṛsiṁham ādiṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadyehttps://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/antya/16/53/SB 5.18.8oṁ namo bhagavate narasiṁhāya namas tejas-tejase āvir-āvirbhava vajra-nakha vajra-daṁṣṭra karmāśayān randhaya randhaya tamo grasa grasa om svāhā; abhayam abhayam ātmani bhūyiṣṭhā oṁ kṣraum.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/5/18/8/SB 10.87.1 (Prayers by Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, quoted in the purport)vāg-īśā yasya vadanelakṣmīr yasya ca vakṣasiyasyāste hṛdaye saṁvittaṁ nṛṣiṁham ahaṁ bhajehttps://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/87/1/CC Madhya 8.5“śrī-nṛsiṁha, jaya nṛsiṁha, jaya jaya nṛsiṁhaprahlādeśa jaya padmā-mukha-padma-bhṛṅga”https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/8/5/SB 7.10,7yadi dāsyasi me kāmānvarāṁs tvaṁ varadarṣabhakāmānāṁ hṛdy asaṁrohaṁbhavatas tu vṛṇe varamhttps://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/10/7/SB 7.10.10oṁ namo bhagavate tubhyaṁpuruṣāya mahātmaneharaye ’dbhuta-siṁhāyabrahmaṇe paramātmanehttps://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/10/10/CC Madhya 8.6ugro ‘py anugra eväyaàsva-bhaktänäà nå-keçarékeçaréva sva-potänämanyeñäm ugra-vikramaùhttps://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/8/6/Śrī Daśāvatāra-stotra 4tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-śṛṅgaṁdalita-hiraṇyakaśipu-tanu-bhṛṅgamkeśava dhṛta-narahari-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hareFull video:https://youtu.be/3YFrewWo-qU------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So, this is one of the very important lessons that Prahlād Mahārāj teaches us, is to become trained in the spiritual science. Don't neglect the Bhagavad-gītā. Or should I say it in the positive? It's better, isn't it, because that might go and you may think, 'Neglect the Bhagavad-gītā.' No. Read Bhagavad-gītā every day. How's that for a challenge? If one reads Bhagavad-gītā every day, then you won't have to make excuses for why you make mistakes, or why you made mistakes, or why you feel morose, or why you feel confused, and so forth, because those who read the Bhagavad-gītā every day don't get confused. They see things as they are, and they see the difference between matter and spirit. And that's fairly simple. Let me just check, do we have any Bhagavad-gītās? Just checking to see if we have them on site. Do we have any here? I heard that we've distributed over approximately 500 million books since Prabhupāda started book distribution, and we have a few of them here. Bhagavad-gītā is available. Do any of you have it at home? Just checking.It sounds simplistic, but sometimes the simple things are the true answer. It's called Occam's razor. So if you take this challenge that Prahlād Mahārāj is putting out—educate yourself the way a geologist becomes educated to see the way the world's actually working and to find out where the gold is—then you'll never be bewildered. So if you read at least a chapter of Bhagavad-gītā every day, hear the verses, and go deeply within the purports as much as possible, then you'll see the world and find the great treasures in life and avoid the difficulties. Now, speaking of difficulties, Prahlād Mahārāj also talks about that. He says..Selected texts discussed: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/7/21/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/7/41https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/7/42/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The third theme, besides sincerity and wanting to help others, that's so prominent in Prahlāda's prayers is that he said, "My Lord," when he's right in front of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, he says, "I just want to serve my spiritual master." Kṛṣṇa has appeared for him. He's right in front of him, and he doesn't say, "I'll serve You, my Lord." He said, "I'll serve my spiritual master to serve You." And that mood of being the servant of the servant, servant of the servant, he said, "Nārada Muni saved me. My spiritual master saved me. So how could I ever forget his service?" What's the verse? Say it loud.Evaṁ janaṁ nipatitaṁ prabhavāhi-kūpekāmābhikāmam anu yaḥ prapatan prasaṅgātkṛtvātmasāt surarṣiṇā bhagavan gṛhītaḥso ’haṁ kathaṁ nu visṛje tava bhṛtya-sevām (SB 7.9.28)'Bhṛtya,' I'll be the servant of my spiritual master. "How I was falling into a blind well full of snakes, but my spiritual master saved me from this. That's His mercy that I can see You." So he offers himself to a spiritual master.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Seventh Canto, ninth chapter, we get a kind of fruit because we hear the prayers that are coming from Prahlāda's heart, and from those we can learn many, many lessons. The fact that the Lord came to save Prahlāda and to answer his prayers, and hearing the prayers that Prahlāda offered, is an important exercise for the devotees because Prahlāda represents the foundational position from which one can actually enter into devotional service—that is, selfless service. As he says to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, who offers him benedictions, "I don't want anything," and he really means it because Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva had to ask him a few times. They said, "No, take something." And Prahlāda said, "No, you're my master. I'm your servant. I serve Your command, and that's what I do. I don't want anything, please." And so this is a foundational point for those who are entering into the realm of bhakti: "I don't want anything in return." This is where one starts to notice the reciprocation of the Lord in a very sweet way—that I'm giving to the Lord without asking anything in return, and that He goes out of His way to give things to such a devotee. So there are many, many lessons we can take.Verse for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/9/7/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sincerity #narasimha #prahladjimaharaj #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Of all the practices, japa is the most essential. It's the one that we do ourselves. We depend on our own sincerity to fuel the process. In the beginning, we also do it as a medicinal process, as when a doctor gives a prescription and says, "Take this many for the next two weeks, and then don't miss a dose. If you do, then make it up." And when the medicine acts, then we can see for ourselves its efficiency. In the beginning, we have to trust the doctor, and we have to trust the medicine. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī uses this word, nirṇītaṁ. He said, "Don't worry, this medicine is highly potent. It's been vetted by all the best medical scientists in the world—spiritual scientists. And it's a doubtless and fearless way that one can make advancement in spiritual practice.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #japajolt #mantrameditation #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prahlāda Mahārāja is the subject of the Seventh Canto. If you measure which topics are there in the entire lengthy seven cantos of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva makes a very short appearance. He just comes in, tears apart Hiraṇyakaśipu, and that's it. But Prahlāda is featured throughout as a tender child, offering instructions to his classmates and also praying to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva. These are memorable prayers which have been repeated over millennia, people remembering what is the basic entry-level standard for the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or bhakti, or what we call devotional service, and that is, "I don't want anything except to serve. I just want to serve Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's devotees, and whatever I have for myself, it's only so that I can go on serving." And Prahlāda is the emblem of that. Interestingly, in the Bṛhat-Bhāgavatāmṛta, when Nārada Muni is trying to find the devotee who's received the most mercy from Kṛṣṇa and is interviewing different people, observing them, when he comes to Prahlāda Mahārāja, Prahlāda said, "I didn't get much mercy actually." He said, "Because I didn't get any service; He just came to save me, but He didn't give me specific service to do." And that actually is very telling, because when you get service, then you can go on doing that eternally. If you are granted some service, like, SKP, he just walked in with the list. Hare Kṛṣṇa, we're fortunate because we've been given some service to do, and that's the greatest benediction that we can have.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We have a special treat, which is a bhajan written by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, five prayers to Nṛsiṁhadeva in Navadvīpa. In a very revealing way. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura mentions that by his worship of Nṛsiṁhadeva, ostensibly in Nṛsiṁha Palli, and by rolling in the courtyard in ecstasy there at NṛsiṁhaPalli, the place where Nṛsiṁhadeva himself gives 24-hour darśana (the temple is never closed, because even if you go there and the door is closed, there's still a grid; you can look in and see Nṛsiṁhadeva), and of course, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura had a close relationship with Nṛsiṁhadeva in that Lord Narahari Deva had helped to reveal the actual birthplace of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. That is, that from the vantage point in Godrumadvīpa (which some of you may have visited), there's a balcony on the house of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, or where he and Śrīla Bhaktsiddanta Saraswati Ṭhākura resided together and did many of their writings. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura would look out and, curiously, in the morning time, just before maṅgala-āratī, he would see a cloud of dust coming from Nṛsiṁha Palli all the way to the place where the Yoga Pīṭha, or the appearance place of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, is. And that was one of the ways that he triangulated to come to understand that Nṛsiṁhadeva himself was coming for the maṅgala-āratīk of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in that place.We find that Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, although sometimes people may say or opine that, "Well, he's a Vaikuṇṭha deity. What are you worshiping him for? Our destination is Goloka Vṛndāvana and vraja-prema." But you'll see in this next bhajan, after the Daśāvatāra Stotra, that Nṛsiṁhadeva was actually prevalent, ubiquitous almost, in the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He appears in various places, not the least of which is one of the first pastimes when the saṅkīrtana movement starts and Nṛsiṁhadeva personally comes and chastises the Kazi. The Kazi had tried to stop the saṅkīrtana, and Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva woke him up at night and put his nails into his chest and said, "Don't do that." And of course, there's Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī and other appearances of Lord Narahari Deva.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We've noticed here at ISKCON of Silicon Valley, which is a small little laboratory somewhere tucked away in California where we experiment. We experiment and see how far can we push the goals and how far will Krishna meet us? And every single time we make a new goal, we're not sure how we're going to make it. In fact, it seems like last time it worked, but this time, everything's different. So how will we possibly do it this time? I propose that that's where real life is. It's in that gap where we know what we want to do for Krishna and we have that ambition, but we're not sure how we're going to do it, and we decide we're going to do it anyway, no matter what happens. We're going to try for it with all our heart. And then miracles happen, and right after they happen, and we reach the goal, then we say, or somebody says, "Yeah, but can you do it again next year?" And we have the same feeling all over again. Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura used to ask His devotees to spend money when they got it; someone would come along and give a big donation, and then he'd say, "Spend it all on a festival." He wanted them to feel this sense that "we're broke. And now what are we going to do? Depend on Krishna." When the devotees lived in Ulta Danga Junction Road, apparently they were very poor because someone, maybe it was Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta, or one of his disciples, said, "We were so poor. Now, remember, you're in Bengal, it was hard for us to even buy rice." That's hard to believe, because it's Bengal, where you can't not find rice. But that's how poor they were, and when they moved to the big temple in Bagh Bazar, with all the marble that somebody had already paid for, mortgage was clear, everything, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī said, "We were better off in old Danga, because there we had that sense of adventure, what's going to happen next?" And he noticed that devotees were starting to feel that "we're entitled. I've got my room now, and plus, I get to use the car." And then they start..------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Unauthorized or improperly parked vehicles will be towed away at the owner's expense." Means that if—if you leave your mind unattended and not engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service, it's like you just parked it somewhere in the wrong place, it'll get towed away. And when you get your mind towed away, if you've ever had your car towed away, you've got to go down to the impound and pay some exorbitant amount of money to get it back. It's not easy, and so don't park your mind in an improper place and just leave it there, because it will get towed so far away, you may not be able to find it again. Stay present in the mantra and in thinking of Kṛṣṇa------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #japawalk #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Bhagavad-Gita, Krishna says, "There is a right, there is a wrong. Wrong means you're going towards the darkness. Right means you're going towards the light, which is Krsna. And when you go towards darkness, then there's a repercussion. Your consciousness becomes dark, and there are dark ways in which you relate to other people, heartless ways. And what about animals? How could one even think of harming an animal when when one would think that there's a divine soul within and God's there next to him, within his heart?" Therefore, in the Śrī Īśopaniṣad it is said: 'yas tu sarvāṇi bhūtāny ātmany evānupaśyati sarva-bhūteṣu cātmānaṁ tato na vijugupsate (Īśo Mantra 6)This means that when one becomes aware of God, is looking towards the light and seeing God within everyone's heart, and every relationship, and every living being has a relationship with God and with me, then I don't hate anything or any being. What's more, I show respect everywhere, and when I don't show respect, when I ignore what is reality, and when that darkness comes in, I do things which cause more darkness in my life. Some people call it sin. We call it vikarma, or missteps that entangle us more and more in darkness. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in teaching Rūpa Gosvāmī, said, "As soon as you turn towards the light, then the darkness goes away. Kṛṣṇa, sūrya sama; māyā haya andhakāra." He said, "Ignorance is darkness, and Krsna is light. And when you turn toward Krsna, then the darkness goes away immediately.The reactions to activities done in darkness, which cause more reactions, called karmic reactions, become so numerous that we can't experience them all in one lifetime, and they're carried over to the next lifetime, the next lifetime, next lifetime." And this has been going on since time immemorial, and it's a process of suffering from one body to the next. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu said this chain of suffering caused by these reactions to ignorance can be immediately stopped by taking to the light. It means turning towards Krsna in what's called devotional service. And he quoted from the most valuable book for those who are eager to come into the light called the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. This is the book that points us directly to Krsna.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Every worthy goal has a discipline. Some people work for becoming a surgeon—four years of college, seven years of medical school, residency, waiting for this and that, maybe to cure cancer. Is there a cure for cancer? No, but they still keep doing it. And there's this practice of reaching our original position with Kṛṣṇa in the spiritual world. What's that worth? Four years of college, seven years of special training? It's worth lifetimes, and every session of chanting japa is a testament to our determination to reach Kṛṣṇa, who says in His teachings to Uddhava, "This dedication that you have—bhaktyāham ekayā grāhyaḥ śraddhayātmā priyaḥ satām—it's very dear to Me." So if we remember that the goal is something beyond what anybody else is doing in this world, and that our orientation is towards Kṛṣṇa, despite whatever other duties we have to do in this world, our main process is pointing ourselves back home, back to Godhead. Every japa session is a welcome opportunity to lean into that determination and express to Kṛṣṇa from our heart, "This is what I really want." So we can use this session today. For some of us on the West Coast, it's still Akṣaya Tṛtīyā until the sun is fully up. But whatever, it doesn't matter. The main point is that every moment is an opportunity to express our sincere desire to reach Kṛṣṇa, so we can put that into the chanting today.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
By taking a little time to chant, either while you're sitting or you're standing, or even if you're walking, to repeat the mantra, you'll notice that it lifts the mind above the many thoughts about the past and the future. Often times, future is about worrying, past about lamentation, what I could have done. And when we chant the the mantra, then, by its very definition, Mantra, the the word tra comes from trayate, which means to deliver. The mind gets delivered from the myriad worries, lamentations that are constantly churning within the mind, and by the power of the mantra, we can notice that we're transcendental to the mind. We're also transcendental to the body, and we're not really part of this world altogether. We're part of the spiritual world, and even from here, we can feel that connection to the spiritual world just through the mantra. So Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who I described, the monk from 500 years ago, taught this as a process that anyone could take to doesn't matter where you're starting from, what your background is, if you sincerely chant the mantra the way a baby might cry out for its mother. When a baby cries for the mother, the mother hears the tone of the baby and knows, "oh, I better go quickly." And if we have that sincerity of purpose when we're chanting the mantra, then we'll also very quickly experience the results of our chanting. ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualpurposeoflife #mantra #mantrameditation #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
What Kṛṣṇa is saying is that if you find your sincerity and you offer it to Kṛṣṇa, and you say, "Kṛṣṇa, I'm Yours, and I will surrender to You and only depend upon You," then Kṛṣṇa is already there, as Gajendra, I mentioned, said, "He's there waiting." It's not that He becomes bored; He's always interested in us. He's always aware of us, and what He's mostly aware of, as we found out in this verse today, is our motive. That's the most secret thing within the heart. In the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa says, rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ—it's secret. Why is it secret? Because someone may read it and think, "I'll make a new commentarian, then I'll become Kṛṣṇa." Or, "Who is this person?" Prabhupāda mentions. Some people say, "How audacious of Him to say, 'Surrender to Me.'" And there are scholars who are expert in dissecting the verses, but they have no intention of surrendering to Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, when they write about Kṛṣṇa or they give commentary on the Bhagavad-gītā, their commentaries are meaningless, what to speak of misleading.So the relationship we have with Kṛṣṇa can be immediately realized when we find in ourselves our motive, and even if it's very difficult to bring forth, if we find even a scintilla—is that's small enough. Scintilla? I don't know if a scintilla is smaller than a molecule, but there are different types of terms. One is about a specific element or entity. Scintilla means something very tiny—if we can find that, that's what's important. So this verse is a reminder that if we all were able to find that sincerity and offer to Kṛṣṇa and come what may offer ourselves in service—tat te ’nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo, knowing that "I'm in Kṛṣṇa's hands, whatever happens because I'm a surrendered soul to Kṛṣṇa, everything that happens to me is for my purification."Verse for discussion https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/13/49/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sincerity #purpose #livebhagavatam #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So in japa, this principle can be applied of asking Kṛṣṇa for what's most valuable, and we can ask again and again, because the mind might go to something lesser. The main obstacle is a clear path to a lesser goal, and in japa, we're forging a path to the highest goal, but it has to come from us, and that's why it's an individual practice. Kṛṣṇa wants to know especially what we want. He's attentive to every living entity in an individualized way. So if you remember that it's personal and that the only kind of chanting or asking that's fulfilling is if we ask Kṛṣṇa for what's most important, which is sincere service at His lotus feet, and to help us overcome any attraction to anything less than that.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
'Drive with care' is something Kṛṣṇa points out in the Bhagavad Gita. First he says, "yānti deva-vratā devān pitṝn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti mad-yājino ’pi mām (BG 9.25)." Yanti means to go. He said, You can go any direction you want. In this universe, it's a matter of where you push your attention. Because where attention goes, energy flows. And he says you should drive with care, because, for instance, if you drive blindfolded, you're going to smash into somebody, and it's going to have a negative consequence on your life. So in the Gita, he talks about how you should be aware of how the world is comprised of three modes of material nature, and be careful where you associate yourself and how you interact with the world. Be very careful and deliberate where you go by getting knowledge about how to move towards a worthy destination and how to choose all the right circumstances so that you can keep moving in that direction.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's a principle that when you appreciate the good qualities in others, then they become part of you. But if you become envious of others, or don't try to understand actually what they're doing and you disparage them, then you lose that advantage. So in the culture of respect, when you see somebody that's doing something, I think you said it too. When you see somebody doing something better than you're doing it, you should have the humility to appreciate them and be able to approach them, and that way you can receive knowledge. If you see somebody who's sincerely engaged in practicing God consciousness and chanting the Lord's Names, if you take the urge of envy, and then say something to knock them down a peg or two so that you feel better about yourself. Then not only do you lose the opportunity to take on their good qualities and do what they're doing. But there's also kind of a universal way in which when somebody is sincerely trying to worship God and then you say something bad about them, to defame them, then the person that they are aspiring to appreciate doesn't appreciate you. In this case, it's, it's Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And Krishna does take it personally when those who are His devotees are not spoken of kindly when they should be. So we should respect our own consciousness and realize that it's not to be wasted, because our consciousness is a part of the supreme consciousness. Therefore it's divine. We're units of the supreme like the sunshine is a unit of the sun. So we're the same as but different at the same time. So when we notice our own consciousness, we should be respectful of it and not waste it. ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When you're reading a book, if you've ever had the experience that you get finished with a paragraph, you know you read it. But if somebody said, "What did you just read?" you'd say, "I have no idea," because although my eyes are going down the page and somehow the reading process is happening, I'm thinking about something else, like signing up for the next set of classes or paying my taxes or something like that. So, when you're chanting, it's a time where you can become more observant of your mind and notice whether you're aware that you're chanting or not. And if you keep asking yourself that question, "Am I aware that I'm chanting?" it's simple, because you don't have to conjure anything. You just have to be aware that you're chanting and keep chanting and hear the mantra, and that's the main process.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
That's why we're always so confounded, because we're always trying to create a self. What is my relationship now, when I go to kindergarten with all these other kids that I never met before? What about in fifth grade? How do I adapt? Should I wear jeans or corduroys, or should I wear shorts? Who should I be like? Which identity should I take on now? And throughout our lives, trying to create a persona based on the material body and mind is extremely troublesome, and what to speak of the fact that it's untenable. You can't hold it. Whatever identity you have now will be diminished. It will change. It will be lost completely at a certain point. So, this is one of the tenets of the teachings of Jung—Jung and the Bhagavad-gītā. And finally, we have this statement: modern psychology and ancient wisdom both address this with beautiful parallels and profound differences. So, let's go into a few more of them. The problem: losing the self. This is a problem. We've lost ourselves. In the ancient Upaniṣads, this is called ātma-hā—death of the self. There is no death of the self, but we conceive that ourself has died, and we lose sense of our real self. And when we do that, we get into this trap. So, Jung says we get trapped in personas—masks. He calls them living for society's expectations. This is a sociological fact. Everyone is working very hard to put on the right mask in order to fit in. It's one of the deep needs of the human psyche: I have to fit in with everybody else. Therefore, I'll wear the appropriate mask at the appropriate time, whether it's in relationship to the family or to the greater society. One has to play a certain role and assume a certain sort of mask. He also says, "The unconscious gets repressed, leading to alienation and neurosis." I'll read that again. Maybe it resonates: "The unconscious gets repressed, leading to alienation and neurosis." And here's some from the Bhagavad-gītā. I'll give some summary comparison between what Jung said and what Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa says. In Bhagavad-gītā, the soul (ātmā) identifies with the temporary body and mind. This phenomenon is called māyā, which means it's a mistake, and it forgets its eternal divine nature. If you remember your eternal divine nature and you're aware of it, you don't have a problem. The problem comes when you forget it. Next, this leads to suffering and endless rebirth—this is called saṁsāra. One thing leads to another. The world is accommodating our desires, and our misguided sense of self leads us to misguided desires, which are then accommodated by this material nature, which is very mechanical, and we end up moving from one temporary situation to another. And in each one of them, we're striving for something that cannot be achieved. We cannot find permanence in a temporary world. That's our problem.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives this technique for success in chanting which is to beg. If you beg Kṛṣṇa for a place in devotional service, you will make advancement, although we're helpless—just tiny beings enveloped by the material energy and conducted by the modes of material nature—if we beg Him to be a servant and just keep begging over and over again, think of a very persistent beggar who follows somebody for miles and miles and miles and won't give up. That's how Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says that he was successful. He received the Holy Name from Lord Caitanya because he begged for it. So, if you want it bad enough and you're willing to beg for it and just do whatever is necessary, let it all be in your voice and the chanting, and have your hand out: "Please, Kṛṣṇa, give me something, just even a molecule." ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I find that when something looks too hard, then it's easy to get discouraged. If you put the bar low enough, and someone says, "So anybody could do that," that's a good place for it, which is what Lord Caitanya is doing there. So oftentimes, devotees become intimidated because they think, "It's too hard," or "It's too much," but there are many encouraging statements like that in the śāstra. Can you hand me a Bhagavad-gītā? Is there one available right there? If you can't get a Bhagavad-gītā in a Hare Krishna temple, I don't know.So, at 3.31, this is one of my favorite encouraging purports, and it has to do with doing what you can with what you have now, because there's another phenomenon, which is, "Because I can't do everything, I won't do anything." And in this verse, Krishna says, "One who executes his duties according to My injunctions and who follows this teaching faithfully, without envy, becomes free from the bondage of the fruit of actions." And Prabhupāda writes the following in his purport: "The injunction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is the essence of all Vedic wisdom, and therefore is eternally true without exception. As the Vedas are eternal, so this truth of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is also eternal. One should have firm faith in this injunction without envying the Lord. There are many philosophers who write comments on the Bhagavad-gītā but have no faith in Kṛṣṇa. They will never be liberated from the bondage of the fruit of action, but an ordinary man with firm faith in the eternal injunctions of the Lord, even though unable to execute such orders, becomes liberated from the bondage of the law of karma. In the beginning of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one may not fully discharge the injunctions of the Lord, but because one is not resentful of this principle and works sincerely, without consideration of defeat and hopelessness, he will surely be promoted to the stage of pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness." Do you find that encouraging?https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/3/31/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#sincerity #spiritualstudy #spiritualpurposeoflife #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please protect Me and maintain Me.” He also chanted:Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Rāma, descendant of King Raghu, please protect Me. O Kṛṣṇa, O Keśava, killer of the Keśī demon, please maintain Me.”https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/96/Chanting this verse, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, known as Gaurahari, went on His way. As soon as He saw someone, He would request him to chant “Hari! Hari!” (CC Madhya 7.97)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/97/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
Once, when we were in a spot where there was no light whatsoever, no moon and no cities nearby, I stepped out of the car, and the stars were so bright, I was almost knocked on my back. I had an existential moment thinking, "Oh, I'm in a universe I forgot. And look at all these planets that abound." There's a universal form of the Lord described in the Bhagavad-gītā and the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. But beyond that, there's the original beauty of the Supreme Personality of God Himself that's so captivating that He's known as Kṛṣṇa. It means He captivates everyone. There was a song written by George Harrison many years ago, "There's something in the way she moves." Actually it was originally "in the way He moves," but the producers thought, "Well, that won't fly." He was talking about Kṛṣṇa, "That attracts me like no other lover," and he was just singing a song. And there are myriad songs, not just from one who heard about Kṛṣṇa from someone else, but you go to the great ācāryas and poets, and they'll be saying—they'll—they'll want to write the choicest poetry. That's why Kṛṣṇa is called uttama-śloka. Everyone wants to write something to try to describe the limit of Kṛṣṇa's beauty, and they never get to that point of describing the limit, because it's unlimited. It's always becoming more beautiful and more captivating. And without this beauty, we're relegated to the reflection of beauty in the material world. Whatever natural scene we see, if you've ever noticed, it can't completely satisfy the heart. It doesn't reciprocate. There's a verisimilitude. It's the reflection of reality, and therefore we're attracted to it, and it's breathtaking for a moment, but you can't keep it within you. You can't—it doesn't reciprocate with you. But Kṛṣṇa is beauty, because His beauty, His opulence is non-different from Himself. By seeing Kṛṣṇa, the ultimate object for the for meditation—dheyam sadā—one can continuously, says the Bhāgavatam, look at Kṛṣṇa's beauty, and you'll never get tired of it. Other scenes you make you might get used to. If you've seen the ocean enough times, then you think, "Oh, I'm going to go somewhere else." Seeing enough sunsets, you forget about it, like, "Oh, that's suns to get in my eyes. Close the curtains. Let's watch TV." The Bhāgavatam says that everyone's looking for that beauty everywhere. There's never a time we're satisfied by it, until we see Kṛṣṇa, who's the source of all beauty. And this is what's available through bhakti-yoga—is the beautiful form of Kṛṣṇa and the descriptions of His beauty. And Rūpa Gosvāmī said, "This is the second element by which one doesn't even care about—" one who has seen the beauty of Kṛṣṇa and is pursuing the beauty of Kṛṣṇa no longer cares about liberation. They're only addicted to that. "I just want to see the beauty of Kṛṣṇa."------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
This uncontrolled mind is the greatest enemy of the living entity. If one neglects it or gives it a chance, it will grow more and more powerful and will become victorious. Although it is not factual, it is very strong. It covers the constitutional position of the soul. O King, please try to conquer this mind by the weapon of service to the lotus feet of the spiritual master and of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Do this with great care.(https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/5/11/17/)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prabhupāda also says that one can be attentive when one has a sense of love for Kṛṣṇa, and following the process of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa requires some adjustment to one's lifestyle and also consciousness, in that we remember that "I'm helpless," as Kuntī says, "let go of any sense that you have a maintainer or protector, and just take shelter of Kṛṣṇa, then your chanting will be effective." 'Janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrībhir edhamāna-madaḥ pumān naivārhaty abhidhātuṁ vai tvām akiñcana-gocaram (ŚB 1.8.26). So it's the one opportunity we have. Of course, every moment is an opportunity, but this is very deliberate to aim our consciousness like an arrow towards Kṛṣṇa, and we can be very focused by feeling ourselves helpless. And as Caitanya Mahāprabhu said: "tṛṇād api su-nīcenataror iva sahiṣṇunā amāninā māna-dena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ"(Śikṣāṣṭakaṁ, Verse 3) being utterly dependent on Kṛṣṇa and realizing our own ineptitude.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #mantrameditation #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
As we make progress in devotional service, it's vital to be aware of who we're tuned into, and to that degree, Prabhupāda was meticulous in instructing us about the process of hearing. And I'll just give a couple of examples, and I will stop in a moment.One was when the devotees first went to India, they came to understand that there was a bigger universe, spiritual universe, outside of ISKCON. Prabhupāda had a few books: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, The Nectar of Devotion, Teachings of Lord Caitanya, and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was coming out volume by volume. Prabhupāda brought a bunch of devotees to India because he was eager to get the movement started there. So when they came there, they started to notice things. For instance, wow! there are other devotees in the world. There is Prabhupāda’s own origin from the Gauḍīya Maṭh. And then there were books from the Gauḍīya Maṭh, what to speak of even then there was Gita Press. You could go get anything, if you could read Devanāgarī, that is. Of course, nowadays, there's Rāsi Bihārī Lāl’s; that's a more recent thing that wasn't there in the 70s. Rāsi Bihārī Lāl is the biggest little bookstore in the world. So if you walk up the stairs, you'll notice one floor after another. I hope they have strong beams in there, because that's all they have, is books all the way to the rafters. And you can find books from anybody, because they're indiscriminate. They're not promoting Guru Paramparā and such; they're promoting the sale of books. So anybody could walk in there and pick out any stack of books they wish and go home and read it. It could have mistranslations, it could have misconceptions. It could have anything.As Śivarāma Mahārāja once commented, anybody could go buy books in the cloth market in India. He was referring to Rāsi Bihārī Lāl’s, and if you're listening, Rāsi Bihārī Lāl Prabhu, no offense, I still want to buy tilakas sometimes.So a controversy came up, because devotees did find some books that they could read from the Gauḍīya Maṭh, and the temple president had understood from Prabhupāda that being exclusivistic in one's hearing is not limiting. It's the opposite. Counterintuitively, the more you refine your hearing to the Guru Paramparā specifically, and you're careful to hear from those who are authorized. And one may say, "Authorized, everybody's authorized." Well, you can take that point of view, but that it's not very refined.In fact, that goes to who can come into the circle of devotees who are cultivating a particular mood and speak? And some people would say, "Well, they're followers of Lord Caitanya, it doesn't matter," okay, but it does.Prabhupāda said it himself when Mukunda Mahārāja had wondered what would happen if Prabhupāda left, because early on, Prabhupāda had severe health problems, and he was going to go back to India. And Mukunda Mahārāja, this is in the Līlāmṛta, had brought up to him, "Well, maybe we'll bring over some senior devotee from the Gauḍīya Maṭh to take your place."Prabhupāda was quiet about it until later, and then, in a more parokṣavād, indirect way, he had indicated that that was not a sanguine idea.He mentioned at that time the famous mantra, which was, "If they say one word different, then it will cause confusion."(excerpt from the talk)Verse for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/4/20/31/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
When we would stay at Govardhana Hill during Kārtik every year, he would come on parikramā with thousands and thousands of devotees. The Govardhana āshram is a quiet place, and during the festival season, sometimes during the day, a yātrā will come in and swarm the place for half an hour, an hour, and then go away. Mahārāja was so personal that he would stop in to see any of his godbrothers, whatever room they were in. And I can remember many times when he would just burst in the room, and then the room would be flooded because devotees would come in with him. Sometimes I'd be sitting doing a pūjā or getting ready for something, and all of a sudden the door would fling open, and Mahārāja would come in with his devotees, and we'd offer obeisances. He would grab my hand, and he'd always have some encouraging words to say. He would say something personal, and it was 99.9% of the time about book distribution, that we have to distribute more, we have to double it. He would say encouraging things, and he would stop in and see other godbrothers, and then he would go on his way.When he came here to ISV, we invariably asked him to make a video for us. Luckily, we have those and we have the pictures of them. One of the times I remember, he sat outside there in front of the hedge in a chair, and we had all he camera set up, and he had the microphone, and it was a blissful time that we had to sit around him and feel that here's one of the senior most leaders in our movement, and he's a book distributor, and he's for us. He would take the time to sit down and go through the rigors of making a video. "Did that go through? Did that take? Fix the microphone, move a little to the left." He didn't mind because he knew the influence he would have by advocating for book distribution, so he would take the time to do that, and we would sit with him and listen to him speak, and it did have a huge effect on people all over the world, as it still is now.Last year, because the devotees were dedicating their activities in distributing books to Mahārāja, and they were especially inspired, which is also the mode of the devotees after their spiritual master leaves the world—where to take shelter? The tirobhāva means when the light of the spiritual master's personal presence goes out, then what light does one follow? One must follow the order of the spiritual master, and one must reconstitute everything one's heard and seen in one's guru to understand how to conduct one's own life. How did my guru speak? How would he make a decision about a particular issue that's going on? We all of you who are his disciples and all of us who are his loving godbrothers and anyone else have a catalog of all he said and the way he said it and the way he reacted to circumstances that we can remember and bring out as we go through the maze which is the material world and trying to find our way through darkness and conduct our services. A heartfelt moment I had with Mahārāja was after...(excerpt from the talk, 24 Apr 2025, ISV)Link to full programe: https://youtube.com/live/2IRzqMpeQ7U?feature=share------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
Once, the spiritual master of my spiritual master, my Param-Guru Mahārāja (Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura) had said that he wanted a magazine published every day about Kṛṣṇa-kathā and distributed in many places. Someone said, "But how will you have enough news?" He said, "The spiritual world is full of the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and His devotees eternally. In the material world, the news is old within a few hours. And," he said, "what to speak of one day or every day, we can publish a magazine every second, every minute, about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa." Practically speaking, that's been done in the form of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. These are the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, and as is mentioned in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the commentary by our ācāryas, the Bhāgavatam that we have—that you see here on the bottom shelf—this is the short version. There are longer versions in the higher planetary systems, some of them with hundreds of volumes, some of them with thousands, and some of them with millions, because Kṛṣṇa's pastimes are unlimited. And not only that, they're ever-fresh news. In this world, you may read half the newspaper or maybe a couple of pages and then just throw it in the dustbin. But the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is revered and worshiped and read thousands and thousands of times again and again, and it's always fresh.Therefore, satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido—when one is in the association of devotees and hears these topics of Kṛṣṇa, then one becomes enlivened and purified. And what's the result of that? 'bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ,' says Kapila-deva speaking in the Third Canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, that when you hear about Kṛṣṇa, the sound vibration acts like medicine. It goes in the ear—most medicine, how do you take it? Orally? Ayurvedic medicine—you take a little medicated ghee, right? But this, He said, this medicine you take in the ear, and it goes from the ear to your heart, and then one begins to change one's course in life.
The person who's representing Kṛṣṇa is 'priya' dear to Kṛṣṇa. So there's a philosophy Prabhupāda used to say, "Love me, love my dog." So there's a way that, if you're walking around SLO, if you just approach somebody and try to talk to them directly, appreciate them, they may be taken aback. But if they're walking their dog and you say, "Nice dog," they'll stop and they'll say, "Oh, do you have a dog too?" And then you can say, "Well, what kind of dog is it?" You'll immediately have a rapport—"love me, love my dog." So in a similar way, Prabhupāda said, if you appreciate the representative of Kṛṣṇa, then you very quickly please Kṛṣṇa. So that the path to Kṛṣṇa is direct, but it's indirect at the same time. You become the servant of the servant of the servant of the servant. That way, it pleases Kṛṣṇa, and you're able to have direct contact with Kṛṣṇa, although it seems indirect.(excerpt from the explanation)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
One of the principles: the less you claim to have or to know, the more you're open to learn, and the more grateful you are for what you get. There's a way in which entitlement—thinking that I deserve more, leads to disappointment, to the degree we have this sense of entitlement. And also in learning, one may see, "The more I know, the more I know I don't know." Oftentimes people, including myself, when I'm hearing some valuable information or getting a lesson from someone, I may think, my unruly mind may say, "I already know that." One of my colleagues, who speaks all around the world, says there are four words that block all learning. Should I say what they are? I'm going to write them in the chat.There they are: "I already know that." So how can you receive more knowledge if you already know something? "I know that. I know that." And oftentimes due to a sense of knowing more than other people, we can't listen to what other people say, because my mind's saying, "I already know that. I already know that, already know that. I know more than this person. When they stop talking, then I'm going to say something more valuable." So of course, we want to listen to those who are most qualified to teach us something. But in the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa talks about this principle of knowledge. When you're akiñcana and you come as an empty slate, then you can take in so much, even if somebody is not as qualified as you, you might hear something from them that will edify you.In the Gītā, Kṛṣṇa says that there are three ways you should approach somebody teaching you knowledge. One is that you should be open to hear. It's called praṇipāta. The other one is that you should be in a mood of service—that somebody's giving me something, I should give them service. And you should also be ready to ask questions that are relevant so you can get more out of that person. All this takes place when you are willing to be akiñcana—to, said the golden monk and Queen Kuntī.You can learn so much when you claim to know nothing------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If we sincerely try to fix our mind on Kṛṣṇa and we practice, then:teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁbhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakamdadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁyena mām upayānti teKṛṣṇa directly gives us intelligence, the practice of devotional service. He's there. He's speaking to us. Actually, He's always trying to direct, but it's like when somebody's speaking to you and you're looking into your cell phone and you're not actually paying attention, or your mind is going somewhere else, and then you say, "What'd you say?" And they say, "I just told you." It's like, "Yeah, but I didn't hear you," but it went right in your ear, but I didn't hear you because I didn't give attention. So Kṛṣṇa is speaking to us, but in material life, 'bhayaṁ dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ syād'—I'm absorbed in something else, some other thing besides hearing Kṛṣṇa.Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so simple, it means turning our attention, our awareness, back to listening to Kṛṣṇa. And if we follow four regulative principles, and we chant 16 rounds, and we live in the association of devotees, take prasādam, then gradually we can hear Kṛṣṇa's voice in the buddhi-yoga. He tells us exactly what to tell people, which person needs this, which person needs that, and also guides us on how to move forward in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Of course, He also expands Himself externally, as Uddhava says to Kṛṣṇa, "Then I'm so grateful to You, because You not only instruct me from within, but You also manifest outwardly in the form of my different gurus who are directing me."------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
What is the access point for all of us in talking about conquering the heart of Kṛṣṇa? We hear the pastimes in which great devotees conquer Kṛṣṇa's heart, but how is it that we all have access? Well, we heard this morning that one of the ways is to understand what providential means. Once, when I was having a managerial crisis, I consulted some godbrothers about what to do, and they tried to placate me by saying, "It'll probably be all right." And I've heard that a lot before, throughout my whole life, and it wasn't necessarily true. I came home and was still quite disturbed about the situation, which I won't go into now, because I'm sure you have many of your own. Then I got an email from one of my godbrothers who had been there when I had gone to consult with several of them, they happen to be in one place same time. And he said, "Oh, maybe this will help you." It was a verse from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the pastimes of Pṛthu Mahārāja. Pṛthu Mahārāja had been engaged in performing his 100th horse sacrifice, but it was thwarted by Indra, as you know, who became envious and didn't want to see him complete it, because he's known as the one who's done 100 horse sacrifices—Indra, that is. He disguised himself several times as a sannyāsī (which he's not), and he stole the sacrificial horse and rode off into the sky with it a couple of times. Pṛthu Mahārāja's son, chased after him. Finally, Pṛthu Mahārāja said, "Oh, I'm going to kill him." The priest there said, "Not a good idea. We'll kill him. We'll use our power of mantra, and we'll suck him into the fire, and he'll be killed in that way." Then Brahmā came and said, "You can't kill Indra. He's a devotee." And at that time, Brahmā gave a verse to Pṛthu Mahārāja, saying that these kinds of twists of fate come to us, and we have to learn to tolerate them when there's nothing else that can be done. In the purport, Prabhupāda said, "When something's providential, and you have to learn to tolerate, just as Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, what else can you do?" When I read that, I felt relief, amazingly, as if I had taken a magic pill.There's a way in which we have the opportunity to enter into the mercy of Vṛndāvana and avail ourselves of the Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mercy by ārya-vacasā— by following the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the Second Canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, in the matter of the catuḥ-ślokī Bhāgavatam, Śrīla Prabhupāda writes in a purport that "The order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is a manifestation of His internal potency." I'll say that again: "The order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is a manifestation of His internal potency." And then he goes on. You want to hear the second part? (Yes) "It is by that particular potency that one comes to see the Personality of Godhead face to face."When I read that, I thought, "Oh, this is access." I had spoken with the scholar and great devotee, Rādhikā-ramaṇa Prabhu, when we stayed at his house in Utah, and we had a conversation about access. And he said, "Scholars everywhere, philosophers everywhere, say that whatever philosophy you may present, if it has no access point for people in general, that philosophy is useless." What good is it to us? It sounds good, but where do we come in? And finding the access point is always important, because we want something to do, and we want to know what's in it for us, right? so this is the order of The Supreme Personality of Godhead, which is abundantly available to anybody.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/
Extended mental concentration. If you can practice this, your mind gets better at it. If you practice scrolling, that's what you'll get good at. It's not helpful, because it puts rajas in the mind, and that's one of the reasons we have a problem sitting and concentrating—too much rajas. The mind wants to go somewhere else, somewhere else, somewhere else, but the more we can practice in our japa extended mental concentration and stay focused on hearing the holy name, just the sound vibration, keep coming back to be aware that we're chanting, the stronger it will become. It's like developing a muscle. Also, it's not by chance; it's by practice.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Books are beloved in human society. People revere them, and when somebody takes the trouble to put a book together and organize thoughts put in a bound form or electronic. Then people respect it, and they read it. It gets passed around, the ideas that get embedded in society. So it's actually a good idea to inculcate various philosophies into wide sections of society and perhaps even the whole world by distribution of books. It's not a sentimental process. It's extremely practical. ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Well one is to express gratitude. One of my godbrothers told me, while we were traveling, and this is an example of getting something valuable from association. He said, every morning when he wakes up, as soon as he swings out of bed and puts his feet on the floor (of course, if you're a brahmacārī—I don't know how you're going to do that), but before he stands up, he says, 'Thank you, Śrīla Prabhupāda.'" And I said, "I'm going to start doing that too." So I started doing that upon getting up. And then I started saying, "Thank you, Kṛṣṇa." I'd say it a few times until I was chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. I'd say, "Thank you, Kṛṣṇa. Thank you, Kṛṣṇa. Thank you, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare, Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma." And then when I'm chanting my japa, I'm thinking, "Thank you, Kṛṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Don't underestimate the power of reading Bhagavad Gita everyday, it can be that - "I think, oh, yeah, Bhagavad Gita, I've read that." I distribute Bhagavad-gītā. I mean, I meet people—all the time in the street. In fact, I don't hand Bhagavad-gītās to Indians, because they're going to say, "I already know Bhagavad-gītā, my mother read Bhagavad-gītā, and my grandmother memorized Bhagavad-gītā." So as everybody knows, if they see me distributing on the street, I withhold and I say, "You already know this. This is not for you. Your mother read Bhagavad-gītā, your grandmother memorized Bhagavad-gītā." And they were going, "What do I say now? " There's more to it. It's not like I don't give them a Bhagavad-gītā, but that's it.But the fact is, millions of people know about the Bhagavad-gītā, but who actually communes with Kṛṣṇa through the Bhagavad-gītā? I'm not saying that I have such intimacy, but it is Kṛṣṇa's direct words. There's nothing like the Bhagavad-gītā in this whole world. It's Kṛṣṇa speaking directly to us, as Prabhupāda said, "It's not just Arjuna." And as Lord Caitanya said, "With one arrow"—that is the speaking of the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa saved the whole world." What kind of book is that that I'm not reading? And so that's another one: to really try to read Bhagavad-gītā and listen for His voice, that He's speaking to me when I read the Bhāgavata. When He says, "Māma," He's actually there on the page.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I started noticing at our community that there where kids, and my first notice of them would be that they would trump through the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam class while we were conducting it, without a care in the world, or noticing that they were walking through a group of devotees who were hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Then I started noticing that they were exceptional. Little by little, I noticed that, and I got fascinated with how they were born into families where the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, where the devotees were chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. And I saw they must be some special souls. Then I started realizing more and more that they were, and then I started realizing more and more that they were one of the main pillars of the community.So I gave more and more attention to the young people, partly because they were non-judgmental, and it was really easy to be around them and have programs. And then I started doing more research about how to give more facility to young people. I wanted to know what they thought when they were growing up, and what it felt like to be an adolescent in the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. In fact, I called some devotees who were already grown up, but they had been through that, like Jhanavi Harrison, that I talked to for some time, and she told me how she had met Jamunā and had been deeply inspired by her. And when she was leaving her home and driving away, she thought, "Yeah, I'm going to be a devotee." Then I got together a group of young people who were my godbrothers and godsisters who had been initiated at a young age—some of them at 12, Prabhupāda gave initiation to—and I wanted to know from them what inspired them and what was a hindrance in their progress. After some conferences, they came up with these two mantras. One of them was in the middle of this pentagon that you see there. What helped them the most was seeing peers doing great, and the thing that held them back the most, they said, was not having upward mobility they felt at the time there. There wasn't any opening for them for taking on service or management or anything like that.Then I started noticing that young people gravitated, oftentimes and in many places around ISKCON, to kīrtana. And I started some interaction with the kids, where we had not just kīrtana, but also some of the other things you see here: ślokas, śravaṇam (hearing from Prabhupāda's books), then of course kīrtanam, and then visits to the Deities' rooms, and also learning book distribution. I saw those as five points that could be really helpful, and we started several programs like Youth Jam, Śāstra Jam, Japa Jolt, and Youth Yatra. Why am I bringing this up regarding community? Because people care about their kids right? now, really say, "Yes, yeah." I mean, and when the kids are becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious and well-rounded, and they actually cross that threshold where they say, "No, I want to be a devotee. It's not that I was a devotee. Now I'm growing up, and I'm going to move on and do something else." They feel part of the mission, and they start taking responsibilities like initiation and also wanting to do service. And they're really smart, too, and they bring in everybody else. They bring in the rest of the community. It enlivens them.So I made these two pentagons. One of them is a reminder that it all comes back to śravaṇam-kīrtanam. There's no point to coming together for niceties if there's no transcendental sound vibration, and the community is all based on hearing and chanting and then distributing to as many people as possible. If we have those as a center point, and if we feel that we're flagging in one way or another, we can always remember that the antidote to that is to hear and chant more and increase the transcendental sound vibration. That's helpful to know. And it's the verdict of the śāstra that that's our main process.
So he (Lord Caitanya )went back to His spiritual master, and he said, "Did you give me the right mantra? Because when I chant this, I go crazy." And the spiritual master said, "Very good, very good, very good." And there in the purport, Prabhupāda said, "A spiritual master isn't interested in donations or any material facility. What he wants to see is that the disciple gets the freedom of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and gets a taste for chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa."Prabhupāda—the first time I had the fortune of sitting in his presence, it was in 1973 in San Francisco, a kid from the suburbs. Here's a paramahaṁsa. I went in with a group, got whisked in, sat down, and when the devotees read Prabhupāda the saṅkīrtana results for the day, he looked right at us, and he said, "You must also read my books. I've not written them just for selling. I've written them for you to read, become pure devotees, and go back to Godhead." That's what Prabhupāda wanted. He says so in his books. So he wanted us to read his books. And after that time, I felt full permission to read Prabhupāda's books as much as possible, and I still do, and it's the mainstay of our movement—that is the sound vibration, that is the books. Prabhupāda's books are the primal vibration of ISKCON, and taking full advantage of that vibration by going deeply within them, reading them regularly, reading all of them completely, all the way through as many times as possible in his lifetime—that gives one this internal spiritual strength, and one can understand exactly what Kṛṣṇa wants, what Prabhupāda wanted, hearing from his purports. He said, "Everything I had to say, I said in my books, so please read them carefully and discuss them." He said in his final purports before he left the world that if there's ever any difference or problems, he said, "Sit together and read Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and you could work it out."So that's what he wanted us to be internally, to be deeply in love with the Bhāgavatam. And that's not hard to do because it's so beautiful. The Bhāgavatam solves all the problems. Kṛṣṇa mentions in the Bhagavad-gītā vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhāḥ—there are these three main stumbling blocks in the material world: rāga, bhaya, krodha. By reading through the whole Bhāgavatam, there's a way in which the Bhāgavatam helps us overcome all of the psychological anomalies that hold us back from giving our full heart to Kṛṣṇa. And that's what Kṛṣṇa wants. That's what Prabhupāda wants. That's what any Vaiṣṇava wants. They want to see everybody happy. And a Vaiṣṇava knows you can't be happy unless you're with Kṛṣṇa.I mentioned in a class this morning, I just read in the 11th Canto of the Bhāgavatam that the emptiness that people feel in the material world because they're not in contact with Kṛṣṇa is worse than death and hell. The pain of struggling through life and then dying and going to hell is not as great as the emptiness that one feels by not being connected to Kṛṣṇa. And you can directly connect to Kṛṣṇa by reading the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, because that's the sound incarnation of Kṛṣṇa. So that's what Prabhupāda wanted. He wanted us to take advantage of what he painstakingly presented for us.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
We're really in a pickle here, and there's a way in which Kṛṣṇa absolves us of all that, if we just come back to our happy life, happy Life means, "Kṛṣṇa, I'm Yours. I'm Your servant." So the meaning of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa is very profound. It means that you've come to the pinnacle of understanding that my life is meant for Kṛṣṇa, and everything I do is to be used in His service, dedicated to Him. When you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, you can take full shelter of Kṛṣṇa and just say, "Kṛṣṇa, I am a lost soul. I'm not liberated. I have nothing in this world. I'm the runt of the litter. I've been left behind, abandoned. I'm freezing by the roadside in the middle of nowhere, and have nobody else but You. Please, please engage me in Your service." And Kṛṣṇa is so kind that in our forlorn, lost situation, He'll be there. In fact, He's always been there for us, and there's a recognition that He's there for us. When we call out to Him, then immediately we'll feel satisfaction in our heart. All the disappointments we've had in this world, all the tenuous situations, trying to hold on to things that we know we can't hold on to, will be assuaged from our fears, from our false hopes that are nagging at us, giving us a sense of cognitive dissonance at every moment of our lives, even when we're dreaming—it will be dried up.Our tears will dry up.Excerpt from the Talk: Put Together A Lifetime of Dedication to Kṛṣṇa https://youtu.be/cwiBso8Mafk ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
That eagle then leapt out from his hands and began to soar. And in that moment realized that it was not a chicken, but it was an eagle. The story—many people may take various lessons from the story—but one of the ways it relates to the practice of what we call Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which means to come back to our original consciousness, is to see that the ways that we work in this world and the idea that we're a material entity ,"I belong to a particular family"—when you perform a yajña, there's a recount of your family and your heritage and so forth. But actually, we don't have anything to do with this material identity that we've assumed. And because of association, we've taken on a very determined lifestyle that, "Oh, I'm a human. I have to do human things and so forth, and I have work to do, I have a family, I have obligations to my material body." So Kṛṣṇa says, "This is a mistaken identity." But when we're reminded by Kṛṣṇa and those who teach Kṛṣṇa consciousness like our spiritual teacher here came to the West and just had a simple message that the work that you're doing and the way that you're identifying yourself s not your real nature. He was like that wise person who came and took the eagle and said, "Here, here, no, try fly," and it's quite natural, because that is our nature. We're spiritual beings.Link to the entire talk: https://youtu.be/rQ7AlWtSorY ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When you look at the world, you think, "Oh yeah, I know how this works. I know causality. I know the resultant vector of what's taking place here." And when you read the Bhagavad-gītā and Kṛṣṇa tells you, "Here's how to identify the modes of nature, and here's the effect of each mode of nature." For instance, He says, in passion, it's like nectar in the beginning, but poison at the end. When you know that, and it's there in your intelligence strongly enough, and the opportunity comes and you go, there's a little screen in front of your face, like there's a little readout that you can see, like if you had those AI glasses or something. And then you look, and you go, "Rajas: happy in the beginning, poison in the end." And like, "Would you like poison?" "No thanks." Even though the senses are going, "Take it, come on, take it," and then the intelligence says, "No, we don't want to drink poison right now. Thanks a lot. Maybe, you know, some other time."This is what we get from the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. So in the beginning, if we're diligent in doing vaidhi—taking shelter of the scripture. Vaidhi means scripture. In the beginning, we're not practicing spontaneous devotional service. We don't have a taste, but we have faith in śāstra. As it is pointed out many times by our ācāryas and by Prabhupāda, śāstra or śastra. It comes from the same root, but śāstra means the scripture which gives us this razor-sharp intelligence, and śastra means the sword of the material world. If you put your hand in the wrong place, you get your fingers cut off. So which do you prefer? You take the śāstra or the śastra? That's why we emphasize our movements based on this śāstra. If you join a movement and there's no śāstra and they just have emotions, you really won't be able to make advancement.This is also there in the Second Chapter—it's a few verses before where we are now, śṛṇvatām. It says (SB 1.2.12),tac chraddadhānā munayojñāna-vairāgya-yuktayāpaśyanty ātmani cātmānaṁbhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayāTo make advancement on this path, you need śāstra. It has to be there. And if you don't have that, then it's going to be very difficult just to say, "Okay, I already have a higher taste; therefore, I won't be attracted to everything else." If you don't have that yet, you will be pulled back into the idea that maybe I can enjoy both things—I'll do devotional service and also enjoy the material world at the same time. And that doesn't work out well.Verse for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/2/17/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
How is it that transcendental sound can be transmitted through a material medium? After all, when you hear "Hare Kṛṣṇa," that's a percussive sound, it's coming through the air, and it's touching your eardrum, and it's vibrating, and it goes through the auditory nerve, and then you're able to make some association. So how do you distinguish a material sound from a spiritual sound? Or how are those two different?And they are different, say the personified Vedas, because Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He controls all energies, and He's fully cognizant of why you're chanting. Therefore, when a pure devotee chants, Pṛthu Mahārāja says in the Fourth Canto of the Bhāgavatam, there's a different effect than when a māyāvādī chants, māyāvādī poison. Pṛthu Mahārāja says, when a pure devotee with love in his heart (or her heart) for Kṛṣṇa chants the holy name, then that holy name, he says poetically, touches Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet. Look, His lotus feet are besmeared with saffron, and that's in the paste that the devotees put on the Lord's lotus feet, and then the sound vibration is mixed with saffron mercy particles. So when you hear that sound vibration by Kṛṣṇa's divine arrangement from a pure devotee, then your heart changes, and you say, "I think I'll surrender to Kṛṣṇa." When a māyāvādī chants, and they think they're chanting to become God, or all demigods are God, are the same, then the sound vibration is contaminating.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#srimadbhagvatamreading #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When you follow the footsteps of the great sages, you say, "Only Kṛṣṇa. All for Kṛṣṇa. I'm all in for Kṛṣṇa. I'm all out for the idea that I'm going to be happy in the material world. That's it—finished, done, no más, out." Then you're eligible for the same result as the greatest of sages: kalpante yennu tāṁ iha—means you get what they got, because you're following their footsteps. Even if you feel feeble in your attempt, you will attain the highest perfection.So if you take this attitude that "Kṛṣṇa, I'm Yours, there's nothing else but You," then you'll never make an offense, also never feel entitled.Entitlement is a dangerous attitude. If you feel it creeping in, then go somewhere and get some remedial measure to overcome entitlement, because it can creep in and you might not even know that you have it. If somebody notices it in you and mentions that you seem entitled, like you feel entitled, then be afraid. What should you be? Actually, I'm going to modify that. Be very afraid. Be afraid of entitlement and feel that "I'm not entitled to anything," and you may notice that it's natural. Your senses feel entitled. Have you ever noticed that if you see a cupcake, your tongue may say, "That's for me. That's mine." And you can say, "No, that's not your cupcake. That's Kṛṣṇa's cupcake." First, you offer it to Kṛṣṇa, then you can have a little bit. Don't be entitled, and be sincere. Just be sincere. Don't think you have to perform a trick. This is not a circus act. It is not something to show that "I'm something" or "somebody." We have nothing except our own sincerity. Just come down to that essence. Bottle it, if you can find it inside, you put it in a little bottle, and every day, take a little drop of that, and remember you just need sincerity. Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā: 'teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te' (BG 10.10)He's there for us just as long as we're sincere, and He knows what our heart is. And if we're sincere, don't try to have pretense—a pretense that "I'm more than I am." You don't have to do that. It's not important. Nobody cares anyway. Everyone is concerned with their own stature and how they look. And everyone looked in the mirror this morning at one time or another and thought, you know, "How am I going to come off in the world?" You don't have to worry about that, except for as a record of being a representative of Kṛṣṇa, but for ourselves, we can remain akiñcana. Queen Kunti says, don't get caught up with the designations of wealth or beauty or intelligence. Don't try to perform like a circus animal. Just be a sincere devotee of Kṛṣṇa. And don't even try to be a great devotee. Just try to be a good devotee. And if we just try to be good and put together one lifetime of dedication to Kṛṣṇa—just one lifetime—that's it.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
Frame or be framed. If I don't frame my exact purpose for my attention, then the undisciplined mind will take me to a myriad other places. So remembering that our two obstacles in chanting are apathy and distraction—at least those are two major ones. And we're here to remedy those by sitting with devotees and chanting, and also remembering that the goal of life is to remember Kṛṣṇa, especially at the time of death, and that we're in a practice session right now. So get ready and do your due diligence. Do your repetitions now. Don't wait until it's too late.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There is an interim period in devotional service when we begin. This unfolds in the story, because we'll notice and other people have asked, and ācāryas have answered, how is it that Ajāmila chanted "Nārāyaṇa," but it seemed that he went on with a sinful life? He was chanting "Nārāyaṇa" a lot. "This is Nārāyaṇa. Come eat. Nārāyaṇa. Please come sleep. Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa." And in that case, Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, or in the commentary for this chapter, explains (as does Prabhupāda, obviously) that once he had chanted "Nārāyaṇa," then, although he went on with the momentum of his sinful life, it was like a snake with no teeth. Although the snake seems to be biting again and again like that, there's no effect. There's no poison that comes from it.The interim period of devotional service, when one begins devotional service in earnest, of course, one has to cross over anartha-nivṛtti. And as Kṛṣṇa Himself explains to Uddhava in the 11th Canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB/11/20/27-28):jāta-śraddho mat-kathāsunirviṇṇaḥ sarva-karmasuveda duḥkhātmakān kāmānparityāge ’py anīśvaraḥtato bhajeta māṁ prītaḥśraddhālur dṛḍha-niścayaḥjuṣamāṇaś ca tān kāmānduḥkhodarkāṁś ca garhayanThis interim period, He says, is when jāta-śraddho mat-kathāsu—your faith in the process is awakened of hearing that will kill all sinful reactions, and one will progress on devotional service. nirviṇṇaḥ sarva-karmasu—the person also becomes aware that he's disgusted with his tendency to engage in material activities. 'Veda duḥkhātmakān kāmān'—because he knows that engagement in sense gratification leads to misery. But 'parityāge ’py anīśvaraḥ'—parityāga means to give something up, and īśvara means supreme controller, obviously, but it also means the power to do something. He's in this position: he knows what it leads to, but still he doesn't have the power to give it up. So then Kṛṣṇa says that one should go on with the process and know that anyone who's engaged in devotional service is very dear to Him. And gradually, by the strength of the process, when one comes to full strength in devotional service, duḥkhodarkāṁś ca garhayan—and He said, garhayan means you should have a little regret, but not too much. If you become obsessed with how unqualified you are, and then you say that "I'm permanently unqualified," that's illegal, because the power of devotional service is so great that anyone can become purified if you just stick to the process. And He said 'garhayan'—you can take just a little bit of that, like when you use asafoetida (hing). If you use any more, if you can use enough that you can see it, that's too much. It has to be microscopic; otherwise, you'll kill the preparation. So similarly, we should have a little bit of remorse for the fact that we're not at that level.(excerpt from the discussion)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/6/1/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
If you win something, you call somebody on the phone: "I just won something!" and tell somebody else. We've won a lot! We've won a free human birth. There are several places. For instance, the Avadhūta Brāhmaṇa—he's out in the wilderness, and Mahārāja Yadu meets him and says, "How did you become enlightened? You're obviously enlightened." And he said, "I have all these gurus around." Mahārāja Yadu said, "I didn't see anybody. It's just wilderness." And he starts pointing to natural phenomena and saying, "I got lessons from the mountain, from the tree, from the kurara hawk." He names these 24 gurus, and one of the statements is: 'labdhvā su-durlabham idaṁ bahu-sambhavānte mānuṣyam artha-dam anityam apīha dhīraḥ.' That is, the human life is very rare to get. You can't sign up for it. You just either get it or you don't. And once you've got it, you can turn this temporary (and miserable, by the way) life into something eternal and blissful forever. That's a pretty good deal. So that's something we've won.And then we have also won because of the sampradāya—the sages, the great devotees—they feel so happy, and they also understand Kṛṣṇa's mission for the world. Kṛṣṇa's mission for the world is: He's the Prabhu, He's the master, and we're all His jana—we're all His subordinate servants. Those who are ensconced in material energy and lost to the happiness of the spiritual world, Kṛṣṇa wants to reclaim, and that's His main purpose for creating the material world. And if you know that, then you can be an insider in spiritual life by helping Kṛṣṇa in His mission, by sharing Kṛṣṇa consciousness with other people. If you do that, then you become part of this phenomenon called sampradāya, giving the greatest gifts. There are lots and lots and lots—millions—of good causes in the world. Even in London, there are good causes, but there's only one great cause, and that is to take Kṛṣṇa consciousness while you're a human and you have the opportunity, and you give it to as many people as possible. And that's the spirit of the sampradāya. The more we take it ourselves through these five methods and feel the effect of it, the more you'll be enthusiastic to administer the medicine. That's a metaphor given often in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: 'nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād bhavauṣadhāc chrotra-mano-'bhirāmāt' in which Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes how this is medicine. You're in a diseased condition, and hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is medicine. And you give the medicine to people if you see that there's a need for medicine, and you have it, and then you get a chance to distribute it, it's a very heartfelt service. Sometimes people don't know they need it, but they get it and then take it, and then they feel revived and then become eternally grateful, and they want to give it out also to other people. That's nice to see, right?So that's all part of this idea of sampradāya. It's a great life. It's the best life—is taking what's the most valuable, imbibing it for oneself so you feel genuinely qualified to recommend it to others, because you've taken it and you're taking it, and you feel the change in your life, and then you naturally just want to share it with other people. So it's not really a technique; it's just life—life in abundance. There is only one way to be abundant in life, and it's to think of Kṛṣṇa and chant Kṛṣṇa's names, have prasādam—this is abundant life—and then we share it with other people. And that's Lord Caitanya's mission, which is called audārya.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------
Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.(BG 9.14) https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/9/14/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It comes from the root word viśeṣa, which means specific or special. It's a name of Kṛṣṇa, indicating that His creation is unique in every aspect, and that means that there's no one particle that's the same as another. There's no one relationship that Kṛṣṇa has, as Brahmā mentions in his prayers, in the 14th chapter, of the 10th Canto, that it's multifaceted, or unlimitedly faceted, his relationships with living beings—they're all unique. So it means "unique Kṛṣṇa's unique nature and His unique creation." It's also a name of Lord Balarāma, found in the Balarāma-sahasranāma, where it says He is the knower of Vaiśeṣika philosophy.And it's also an atheistic philosophy by Kaṇāda. In that philosophy, the word viśeṣa, or the root word viśeṣa, indicates his philosophy of how the universe works—their unique particles that, as I alluded to before, they have different properties, and when they mix in the combinations and permutations, they form, the different forms in the world appear from that process. And if you consider my name to be Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, and I would serve those who are illusioned by that philosophy by giving them Prabhupāda's books, that's a service that I would like to offer to the Vaiśeṣikas.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked, "What is the most unbearable pain in this world?" He said, "The most unbearable pain in this world is separation from the Vaiṣṇava." There's nothing more severe than that, which indicates that the way that one finds this thread of connection is to become very deeply attached to a Vaiṣṇava. The way to become most definitely connected is through service necessity. The service is passed down through the disciplic succession. If one can find a Vaiṣṇava who's fully engaged in service, having had that bequeath to him or her, and then one is able to take that same service mood, then one also, even more readily, becomes attached to Kṛṣṇa through that service from the Vaiṣṇavas. And we find the same taste and association with the Vaiṣṇavas when we're able to associate and serve Vaiṣṇavas. Prabhupāda writes in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, first chapter, that in the absence of one's spiritual master, one should take the instruction of the spiritual master as one's life and soul; even if there's some physical separation, one never feels separated.I had experienced this when Prabhupāda left the world, and I was in New York at the time, at 340 West 55th. And every day, I was going to LaGuardia Airport with my godbrother Praghoṣa. As we heard the news that Prabhupāda left there in the temple, we stayed up all night chanting, and there was a feast the next morning. Everyone was emotionally and physically exhausted, but Praghoṣa came to get me, and he said, "Of all days, today we have to go out and do our service." And we got in our station wagon, and we drove to LaGuardia Airport rather dazed. As I went up the escalator to approach the place I usually would distribute books, I felt disconnected from the world. But as soon as I stepped on that little area where I was supposed to stand every day going to the airport, I suddenly felt this acute sense of connection to Prabhupāda that I had not felt so acutely throughout my devotional life. Because I put my foot on the floor, there was a sense of spiritual electricity coming through, and a revelation that you'll never be separated, because that service is there. And through our service, we can actually take the power of Kṛṣṇa's presence.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#service #caitanyacaritamrita #caitanya #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Just a reminder, there are thousands, tens of thousands, millions of scriptures. They have admonitions about what to do and what not to do. But when we come to our Vaiṣṇava śāstras, and it's repeated in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and agreed upon by our own ācāryas, there's only one purpose to all of them, and that's to somehow or other fix your mind on Kṛṣṇa. There's no other place where the mind is satisfied, anywhere in the three worlds. Doesn't matter where you go, how much you get, it won't be satisfied. It'll be disappointed. It'll be morose. And if you think of Kṛṣṇa, then naturally you'll feel satisfied and you'll achieve everything. Lucky for us, there's an all-encompassing and all-engrossing way that we can do that. It's just by chanting the holy name and bypassing the mind. Just let the name of Kṛṣṇa, which is non-different from Him, go directly into our minds and just hear the sound into our ears, and just hear the sound. So don't feel that you have to think of anything else. You don't. Yena kena prakāreṇa manaḥ kṛṣṇe niveśayet—one way or another, find a way just to fix your mind on Kṛṣṇa. That's the...that's the whole purpose. And chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa is the topmost way to do that. It's been vetted by all the great ācāryas. So feel free, just fix your mind on Kṛṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's another aspect of the Rāmāyaṇa that always touches me very deeply, and it's a story that's told again and again about Rāvaṇa's brother. Rāvaṇa, of course, was the archetypal demoniac king who wanted to enjoy the whole world—the opposite of what we're talking about. Rāma gave up silk to wear tree bark; Rāvaṇa, he wanted everything in the world for himself and couldn't help himself. One of his family members, his brother, Vibhīṣaṇa, tried to dissuade Rāvaṇa from his suicide course, stealing Sītā and holding her there in his kingdom. And when Rāma came with his armies, Vibhīṣaṇa, after having a very severe fight—argument with his brother about his wrong-headed ways—came to surrender to Rāma. At that time, he told Rāma, "I want to join you. I was born into this family, I tried to take Rāvaṇa on the right course; it wasn't possible. So now I'm submitting myself to you." Some, as we've heard from the Rāmāyaṇa, were suspect, because during wartime, there is a sense of mistrust of the other side. It's the first conclusion people often come to: they're trying to harm us in some way. It's no trust. But Rāma, being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, had observed the countenance of Vibhīṣaṇa, as did one of his great devotees, Hanumān, whom Rāma consulted. But Rāma was responsible then for accepting him or not accepting him. He uttered a verse which you can keep in your pocket, and you can pull out any time you feel like you need a boost in life, in which He said that if one time somebody says, "I'm surrendering to you, I take you as my shelter." If someone says it one time, He says, 'sakṛd eva prapanno yas, tavāsmīti ca yācate—one time somebody says to Me,' "I accept you as the supreme, and you're my shelter." He said, "dadāmy etad vrataṁ mama—that I make a vow for that person', to that person—'abhayam'—'that from that time forward, you'll be without fear, you'll be without burden, and always, I make the vow that I will protect you and I will always be there, one time if you say it." You want to say it? Go ahead, say it.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#rama #ramayan #surrender #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
You are very rare, because not many people take the time to practice spiritual life, and the ones that do are not so focused; they don't have the specificity that you do and the momentum that you do, that you're getting from the mercy of the paramparā. So let's take the advice we're giving ourselves every day and keep practicing, because the ultimate test comes ante nārāyaṇa-smṛtiḥ—to remember Kṛṣṇa at the time of death. It's serious business. Prabhupāda says, "Going back to Godhead is not a plaything." We're not doing it as a hobby or a show or a fad or anything like that. This is for us to use the human form of life to go back home, back to Godhead.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In friendship, we require trust between the two. So it's not just that we're trying to develop faith in Kṛṣṇa. It's also that we're trying to act in such a way that He'll have faith in us. Easy come, easy go. If one has very easy access, it would seem like something very insignificant. We do have access, but it's a serious relationship also, where Kṛṣṇa, when He sees that we're sincere and serious, the more that He does reveal Himself to us and talk to us.He does talk to those who are pure devotees and who have no other motive. He says so in the Bhagavad-gītā, that "I'm attentive to those who are attentive to Me." So as an example, let's say you're chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and what if Kṛṣṇa did talk to you, and He said, "Why don't you come back to Godhead right now?" What would you say? "I would, but I got work later today," or "I still have to go to school," or "I would, but, you know, I wanna take care of my family a little more before I go with You." Kṛṣṇa's relationship is beyond an ordinary relationship where you can be serious or not serious, but Kṛṣṇa wants to evoke that sense of seriousness in us. -----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#spiritualquestions #answer #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I read a quote—I hope it's accurate, it was from Einstein. He said, "You can see the world as an ordinary course of events, or you can see everything as a miracle." And the poet Blake had mentioned how you can, through observation, appreciation and gratitude, actually notice within a drop of water the entire cosmos. So there's this sense of, when you look out and you see the rain, or you see the ocean, or you see the ability in another person, you can notice that all these things are coming from a source, and it's overwhelmingly amazing. When we have that sense of awe and gratitude and appreciation, this is the next stage of consciousness, opening consciousness, not being contracted and just resigned to the material body, but then it becomes more and more expansive. And what is it that's becoming more and more expansive? It's that emotion of gratitude that's the beginning of our spiritual awakening, besides just noticing that we're not our body, but also noticing that we're grateful for our life and that everything around us is amazing. There's not one thing around us that isn't unique and amazing. So this becomes more and more expansive as bhakti grows, and it grows unlimitedly, just as if you shine a light upwards towards the sky. Theoretically, it will expand unlimitedly like this, and our consciousness can expand like that, unlimitedly, through the process of appreciation and gratitude, otherwise known as bhakti.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Hearing the voice of his master, Kirāta, suddenly stood up, breaking the anthill. And as he emerged from the anthill, Nārada said, "Your name is Vālmīki." In Sanskrit, the word Vālmīki means "one who emerged from an anthill," chanting over decades, centuries, being absorbed in the mantra. His heart became pure. He was a new person. He made his journey to meet Sītā and Rāma, and as we know from the Rāmāyaṇa, he took to a life of compassion. What's more, he became so empowered by chanting the Rāma mantra that he was appointed the to be the author of the Rāmāyaṇa. And so powerful was the name of Rāma in his life that he wrote the pastimes of Rāma as if he was seeing them in his own room. They were taking place right before his eyes, and all he had to do was write down the activities in detail, which formed the Rāmāyaṇa.Śrīla Prabhupāda brought the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and distributed it literally everywhere. He brought it. People would come together. I was in San Francisco today with a group of very new participants in the Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Movement. And I took them to a couple of places in the city where the old temple used to be and where Prabhupāda used to stay. They were walking behind me, and I noticed that they couldn't stop chanting, "Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare, Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare." Everywhere he went, they kept the vibration going, and I felt the same power. Anyone from any position of life, whether one be a Kirāta or a person on the street in San Francisco, or what to speak of somebody with a high birth being born from devotee parents who takes the sacred name of the Lord and repeats it again and again—well, certainly, as the Bhāgavatam says, āpannaḥ saṁsṛtiṁ ghorāṁ, yan-nāma vivaśo gṛṇan, tataḥ sadyo vimucyeta, yad bibheti svayaṁ bhayam—the Lord gives protection to anyone who calls His name. What's more, by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, the heart becomes pure, and one can see the Lord directly, just as Vālmīki saw the pastimes of the Lord. Those who chant Hare Kṛṣṇa will come to know their eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The service that we do is always based on our intention. If we're cooking something or we're dressing The Deities, or let's say, leading a kīrtana, we're chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. But if that mantra coming from our heart is actually, "Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. Everybody, look at me," it's not the same as if you're expressing, you know, "Kṛṣṇa, You're everything." So the real service comes from that intention of the way you're doing it. And chanting is the time, as I said in the very beginning, when you can fully express that, and even a molecule of that expression of sincerity is what connects us so deeply with Kṛṣṇa, because He's already there waiting for us to look, look in His direction. So you can think of it like that. He doesn't need anything from us, but when we give our loving attention with the mood of service, then that's service itself.-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japajolt #mantrameditation#makejapagreatagain #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Jīva Gosvāmī says in his Sandarbha that you can understand your own advancement by how eager you are to hear. It's not to say, "Okay, somebody's feeling not as inclined," but one must practice hearing on a regular daily basis until one begins to be attracted. The reason I'm not attracted to chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa or to hearing the pastimes is because of the effects of rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa within my mind, but 'śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ, puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ, hṛdy antaḥ stho hy abhadrāṇi, vidhunoti suhṛt satām' (SB 1.2.17) - the effects of rajas and tamas are quickly dissipated by the hearing of Kṛṣṇa's pastimes and of ātma-tattva-jñāna, and one then desires to hear. And Jīva Gosvāmī says to the degree that one desires to hear about Kṛṣṇa in all the details, that's one of the other aspects. As you can tell from Parīkṣit Mahārāja, when he's inquiring from Śukadeva Gosvāmī, he wants to know about everything. Like, why did he ask that question? And Prabhupāda answers in his purport, was it because it's related to Kṛṣṇa, directly or indirectly anything related to Kṛṣṇa, he wants to know it. He wants to drink it with his ears. As we continue to hear, we'll also develop such an impetus to hear more and to hear the details, and that will develop into this same sense that Rāmdās Vipra has for hearing Rāmāyaṇa.Rūpa Gosvāmī then says, 'kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa-bhāvitā matiḥ, krīyatāṁ yadi kuto ’pi labhyate, tatra laulyam api mūlyam ekalaṁ, janma-koṭi-sukṛtair na labhyate (CC Madhya 8.70).' You can't get that kind of desire to hear about Kṛṣṇa from doing good works in this world, some sukṛti, because it's not the mode of goodness. You can cultivate the mode of goodness, but it won't bring you to this intense desire to hear about Kṛṣṇa, but by association of Vaiṣṇavas who are interested in hearing and by being patient and listening to Kṛṣṇa's book, to the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, to the Bhagavad-gītā, to the books that Prabhupāda gave us, entering again and again into hearing them, there will be a natural attraction, and that attraction, says Rūpa Gosvāmī, when it comes to a sense of greed—you can tell the intensity of Rāmdās Vipra, because he said, "I'd rather die than think about this idea of Sītā being touched by Rāvaṇa"—he was so absorbed in the pastime. When our desire is on the stove, or our practice is on the stove, and the fire is coming up, you can see from water—those who are cooks, they know there are different levels of temperature in the water. You can do it even without a thermometer. I know. My grandmother was a cook, and she was saying that when those tiny little bubbles come up, she said, "Okay, that's called smiling—the water smiling—because it's a little bit boiling," and then when it's raging, boiling, and it's spilling over, that's the topmost. As those different levels of desire we may have for devotional service, the intention is to hear until, well, you can feel it's smiling, like, "Yeah, I gotta get back there. I want to hear the class. I don't want to stand on the corner and gossip. I want to hear the kathā." And then it becomes more and more imperative to hear, and when it becomes laulyam, what's described as a kind of greed that you'll steal it wherever you can, and you can't do without it at any time, then he says, that's the price of admission into bhakti. I heard a story...https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/2/17/https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/8/70/https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/138/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/
This is a great privilege to have specific knowledge of the entryway into The Lord's heart, as mentioned by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in the book Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta, that there are two means by which one's liṅga-śarīra, or subtle material body that holds one to the material world, is destroyed, and one can attain one's spiritual form. The first is by chanting Kṛṣṇa's names, and the second is by seeing Kṛṣṇa's beauty. And there's a way in which Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes nāmākārī bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis, that The Lord's Names have His full potencies, which includes His beautiful form.In the teachings of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, through the Harināma-cintāmaṇi, we find that the Lord has primary (mukhya) names and secondary (gauṇa) names. Primary names have to do with the creation of the world. In the description of the creation of the world, concentration is more about the living entity who's dependent on the Lord as Paramātmā to supply all needs. But beyond the material creation is The Lord's realm of līlā, where He Himself is interacting with His bhaktas. The names that relate to the Lord beyond the material creation, says Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, are called primary names, and these names are especially potent. By chanting these names, then one becomes aware of the full charm and beauty of Kṛṣṇa, and by that means one's heart is attracted away from the material world, and all the anarthas are destroyed within the heart, as mentioned in the 11th Canto of the Bhāgavatam, Second Chapter and 55th verse, which is the last verse in the chapter, the perfection of one's devotional service is mentioned:visṛjati hṛdayaṁ na yasya sākṣāddharir avaśābhihito ’py aghaugha-nāśaḥpraṇaya-rasanayā dhṛtāṅghri-padmaḥsa bhavati bhāgavata-pradhāna uktaḥIt is said ukta pradhāna bhakta—the highest level of devotional service is achieved by one who chants The Holy Name of The Lord with love. Praṇaya means love. Rasanayā means ropes. Dhṛtāṅghri-padmaḥ means that one's able to tie Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet by chanting with love.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/2/55/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantra #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We find in the case of Śiśupāla, a couple of things happen as he took birth. He was also extremely opulent. You may have noticed in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Śiśupāla was materially no slouch. He was practically described as more opulent than Kṛṣṇa. He had so much opulence he was killed by Rāmacandra in his next life. He had all these assets, and we all know that when he was a little child, he began saying the Lord's Names, and it's a chanting, but he was blaspheming Kṛṣṇa. He still had this hatred towards the Lord, and in his last act at the Rājasūya Yajña, where he tried to ruin the whole yajña, he waited till the perfect time to stand up and say, "Kṛṣṇa is not qualified," because previously, they could have taken back the yajña, but after it was already finished, and he said, if they had followed him and said Kṛṣṇa wasn't qualified to be the first one worshiped in this yajña, it would have nullified the whole rājasūya. So he was diabolical in his calculation, because he hated Kṛṣṇa so much, and he stood up in the assembly and began blaspheming Kṛṣṇa. So what happened there? Kṛṣṇa artfully cut off his head—artfully, I say because it was a yajña, he didn't want to spill any blood. So He's so precise in the way He chopped off his head. Sorry, I know it's a family show that no blood hit the ground. What's deeper and what's related to this conversation is that Śiśupāla, in the last moment before his head was severed, drank the beauty of the face of Lord Kṛṣṇa. What's more, he had been chanting Kṛṣṇa's names, and this I brought up at the Japa circle this morning, as mentioned by Rūpa Gosvāmī, there are two main ways that one becomes perfect in this life: one is by saying the names of the Lord, and the other is by seeing His beauty, because it's unparalleled. Rūpa Gosvāmī uses this as proof because Hiraṇyakaśipu saw Lord Nṛsiṁhadev, Rāvaṇa saw Lord Rāmacandra—no liberation. But when Śiśupāla saw Kṛṣṇa and chanted His names, he was liberated at that point. So there's a way in which Kṛṣṇa is Bhagavān Svayam. We have the description of Lord Rāmacandra within the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, but it's by way of comparison to take us through the rasas and bring us to the ultimate conclusion that Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of all rasas. What's more, His beauty is incomparable even to His other forms. Let's not get it wrong. They're all Kṛṣṇa, but only Kṛṣṇa is Kṛṣṇa, and only those killed by Kṛṣṇa are completely liberated.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #ramayan #rama #ramanavmi #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
One of the teachings that comes down to us from Kṛṣṇa, 'tad viddhi praṇipātena, paripraśnena sevayā, upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ, jñāninas tattva-darśinah (BG 4.34),' is that to find the path forward in spiritual life, then you must find a representative, one who's following the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, of spiritual life, who emulates the teachings of the scripture and also speaks authoritatively, and then attach yourself to the instruction. And for better or for worse, in fact, the world moves in strange ways we cannot predict. We can't hold on to our so-called good fortune in this world, there will be reversals of fortune. But Kṛṣṇa recommends that, as we're living in the world, that we buoy ourselves by taking the order of the Supreme, and especially as it's passed down through the representatives of the Supreme and coming to us. If we hold on to that, that's the rope that will take us through the turbulent waters of the material world, 'mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya, śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ, āgamāpāyino ’nityās, tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata (BG 2.14).' We can be tolerant, because we'll know, "Although I'm being subjected to many changes in this world, I have one-pointed attention on what I'm supposed to do in all circumstances, and if I try to adjust all the circumstances in my life, then I'll never come to the end of it." So one can take the order of Kṛṣṇa coming down through what we call disciplic succession, and hold on to that in all circumstances in one's life. This is one of the greatest lessons of the Rāmāyaṇa, following the footsteps of Lord Rāmacandra.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#ramayan #rama #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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Those who are able to catch the ārya-vacasā—the words that are coming down authoritatively through this disciplic line, coming from the authority of Kṛṣṇa, passed down over many generations—by taking that and, in essence, what Bharata did? He put those shoes up, and he said, "Okay, not my will, but Thy will. I'm going to follow this what your words say." And it doesn't matter if it looks like I'm going in the wrong direction, because everyone said, "Rāma, you're going to the forest. You should be king." He said, "That's okay. I'm following the ārya-vacasā." And of course, it all came out properly. And when Prabhupāda followed the order of his spiritual teacher, he was 69 years old when he embarked on a journey on a not well-equipped cargo ship with no connections in America. But he, as he wrote, he's only following the ārya-vacasā. His guru said to do it. So he's doing it. And many people said, "This is foolhardy. You'll die." He almost did, but he followed the ārya-vacasā. And as the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, as we see it now, has spread to every continent—we're working on Antarctica.Prabhupāda claimed these victories by this principle only. He said, "It's not me, it's the ārya-vacasā. It's the fact that I receive these words and I'm just trying to carry them out. That's what I'm doing, and that's why I'm successful. It's because I'm acting on behalf of the ārya or the authority." So this principle exempts us from the entanglement of the material world. The moment, as a bank teller, I take $1 off the top of the stack and put it in my pocket—it'll be on camera nowadays—you're fired. It's just $1, doesn't matter. It's the principle that's not yours to touch. So this world isn't ours to touch either, only on behalf of the owner of this world, who's mentioned in the Śrī Īśopaniṣad, īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam. I'll give you a verse to solve all your problems. You want all your problems solved? Okay, only half of you said yes, the other half cover your ears.You want your problems solved? All right, here you go: īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvaṁ, yat kiñca jagatyāṁ jagat, tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā, mā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanam. Here it is. "Everything animate or inanimate within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong." You can thank me later. This is the principle through which anyone can live in this world without being—and I hate to say being, and then the next word—besmirched, meaning smeared by the material energy and entangled in the material energy. Kṛṣṇa says in the Gītā that just as a lotus flower comes from the mud and it sits in the water, but doesn't become wet. Lotuses are amazing like that. They're in the water and they're in the mud, but they don't become muddy or wet. So similarly, if someone lives in this world with this principle that I've just described, that "I'm doing this on behalf of the authority, not for me, it's for the authority," then you're never entangled in this world, and you can become a conduit for Kṛṣṇa. In fact, that's what the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is. It means to become a representative to the world, to give goodwill, to become an ambassador of goodwill to the world.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------
- (kṛṣṇa) deva! bhavantaḿ vande man-mānasa-madhukaram arpaya nija-pada-pańkaja-makarande(refrain) O Lord Kṛṣṇa! I offer my obeisancesunto You. Please fix my bee-like mind in the nectar of Yourlotus feet.2.yadyapi samādhiṣu vidhir api paśyati na tava nakhāgra-marīcim idam icchāmi niśamya tavācyuta! tad api kṛpādbhuta-vīcimO Acyuta! Although the great Lord Brahmä, inhis trance of samädhi, is unable to see even a particle of theeffulgence emanating from the tips of the nails of Your lotusfeet, still I desire this vision, for I have heard of the wonderfulwaves of Your mercy.3.bhaktir udañcati yadyapi mādhava! na tvayi mama tila-mātrī parameśvaratā tad api tavādhika durghaṭa-ghaṭana-vidhātrīO Mädhava! Although my devotion for You doesnot come forth even a tiny bit, because You are the SupremeLord above all, You are the accomplisher of the impossible.4.ayam avilolatayādya sanātana! kalitādbhuta-rasa-bhāram nivasatu nityam ihāmṛta-nindini vindan madhurima-sāramO Sanätana! Your lotus feet surpass even thenectar of the gods. Finding in this lotus flower of Your feet theessence of sweetness which is endowed with truly wonderfulmellows, I pray that today the bee of my mind may eternallyreside there.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Manthrā had caught on that Rāma would be installed on the throne, and that Kaikeyī was happy about it, but Manthrā was self-interested, because she had this idea that if Rāma took the throne, then maybe Kaikeyī wouldn't be the main queen. She wouldn't have as much wealth. She might even be pushed out of her position. And, as usual, for a materialistic person, Manthrā was thinking, "What's going to happen to me? What's in it for me?"It was just like when Bali Mahārāja wanted to give away his wealth to Vāmana Dev and Śukrācārya was thinking, "What about my dakṣiṇā? If you give all that away," he didn't say it directly, "but how are you going to pay me?" So this was the self-interested nature of Manthra, and this is the bane of this world, is this self-interest.So she spoke to Kaikeyī in very devious undertones, gradually diminishing Kaikeyī's enthusiasm for Rāma being installed on the throne. And this is something to keep in mind: that whatever enthusiasm we have and the kind of direction we have in life, especially in our spiritual life, can easily be diminished by being around offensive or envious people—a few words here and there. In fact, you might notice that there might be somebody you revere very much in devotional service but then, if you hear somebody who's envious of them write something or say something, then you might become doubtful, or now you hold back a little bit.That wholehearted appreciation of that person starts to diminish because of hearing envious words of somebody. So this was the case with Kaikeyī, and then she started thinking in a self-interested way, "Yeah, what will happen to me and so forth."So then, of course, she took the advice of Manthrā and came up with this plan, which is practically unthinkable nowadays, because people don't follow vows very well, nor do they keep their promises. They say, "Yeah, I'll do it," and then later on, saying, "No, I forgot." That's one thing people say all the time when they go in front of the court and say, "I just don't remember." It's like, what are you going to do with that person now? Yeah, it's like, "I don't remember if I did it or not." They either avoid the truth or they outright lie, or they don't keep their promise, and so forth. But that wasn't the case in this pastime with Rāmacandra and Daśaratha, his father. Because Daśaratha had given a promise to Kaikeyī years and years before, when she had saved him on the battlefield, and he gave her three boons. And she said, "I'll take it later." So somehow, Manthra knew about these and said...------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------
My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/3/51/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Devotees come here to Govardhana by the millions every year, and they just walk around. You can see all night long, you can hear them all night long, groups of people walking around Govardhana. And I can say that in the years that I've been coming to Govardhana and staying here, which would be—this would be year 25, if we stay at Kārtika over here—25th stay here at Govardhana. I've seen people that do parikramā every day, all the way around. I know people that go around twice a day. It's their main occupation. I've met people who do 108 daṇḍavats in one place, and then they move to the next place and do another 108. I've seen whole families, including mom, dad, all the kids, doing daṇḍavat parikramā together all the way around Govardhana Hill instead of going to Disneyland to see the mouse.They come here to the holy place. And I've never, ever seen anybody unhappy, ever. In fact, there's a blissful look in people's faces as they walk around Girirāja or they do daṇḍavat parikramā. You'd think somebody would be complaining, like, "Mom, Dad, this is enough. I want to go somewhere else." But no, everyone feels satisfied, and it's a great miracle of Govardhana Hill that everyone who comes here feels satisfied. And people come for many different reasons. They'll come because they want a husband or wife, or they want to pass the final exam, or whatever they want. Kṛṣṇa fulfills everyone's desire here, as it's already mentioned in the Śrī Īśopaniṣad. He's the primeval philosopher who's been fulfilling everyone's desire since time immemorial, but especially for those who want pure devotional service. There's a flavor here at Govardhana that one can imbibe, or a beverage that one can imbibe, that is an elixir from walking around Govardhana, praying to Govardhana Hill, and remembering the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa around here. One can feel satisfied and invigorated.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#pilgrimageoftheheart #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
How it is that one can perceive higher intelligence and, beyond that, the source of that intelligence, which we call the Supreme Being? Is because the Supreme Being can reveal Himself to us. And one may say, "Well how would that be possible?" We may answer by saying, "How would it not be possible?" Because by the very definition of the Supreme Being, one would have to assume that such a being could do anything. And if you say, "Well, there's a limitation," then you're not talking, by definition, about a supreme being. Therefore, the personified Vedas say, they advocate a personalist idea, and that is that the universe is a very personally designed environment in that it's responsive to us. Everything that happens in this world has a cause, and there's an effect of that cause, and in our lives, everything is arranged within the framework of this perfectly designed universe. The Śrī Īśopaniṣad gives this very reassuring statement that the universe is perfect, and everything that happens to us is perfectly arranged by that perfect universe. And behind that perfect universe, there's a perfect intelligence. And there's a further development of this thought in the Bhagavad-gītā, and that is that perfect intelligence is a perfectly intelligent person, and that perfectly intelligent person is our friend. So that's good news. And the prayers of personified Vedas say, as a friend, the Supreme Absolute is eager to facilitate our upward trajectory in this lifetime, and can arrange through the energies of this world to support us on our spiritual quest. In the Bhagavad-gītā, for instance, Kṛṣṇa says "teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te." This verse, if you really think about it, could change your way of thinking and living. You might reorganize everything in your life just based on this one verse, because what it says is—well, I will rephrase that. What Kṛṣṇa says in this verse, He's speaking for Himself directly in the Bhagavad-gītā—is that "I'm with you, I'm for you, and when you turn your intelligence toward Me voluntarily, then I'll reciprocate in kind."https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/10/10/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa encourages young minds to share the benefits of japa, a form of mantra meditation. They concur that japa is good because it helps individuals connect with Kṛṣṇa, providing assistance and guidance. Japa is particularly beneficial in Kali Yuga, as it is the recommended process. It helps one remember Kṛṣṇa, even when not actively chanting. Japa is also useful for calming down during moments of anger, promoting rational thinking and better decision-making. Additionally, it fosters a sense of interaction and closeness with Kṛṣṇa, potentially making one more spiritual.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
One has to become an expert gardener to know what weeds look like when they come up under what circumstances, and one has to protect the creeper. Going around on Govardhana parikramā. You see very frequently that people try to plant things, and when there are new plants, you'll notice that there's more fence and barbed wire around each plant than there is plant, and it takes years for it to grow up, because everybody wants to eat that plant. The monkeys will come and break it, just for fun, the cows will eat it. Others will deface it one way or another. So we can remember that we're under assault from all different directions, and we have to be very careful to protect the creeper. And then we also, as Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura elaborately explains in the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, in the matter of cleansing the Guṇḍicā Mandira, that there are categories of offenses that one might not even have thought of as an offense that one should catalog and become aware of in order to be an expert mālī, an expert gardener, and he names the various ways that one can impede the growth of the bhakti-latā. It's worth studying again and again and looking at very carefully.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Cultivate habit patterns. I love this. I stole that phrase, "habit patterns," from Brian Tracy. I've always appreciated it because I noticed that the brain develops its own patterns. It has neuroplasticity. If you read something, if you listen to something, the brain just starts to develop a new neural pathway to accommodate it. You can cultivate habit patterns in the same way they are ingrained in us. When we deliberately cultivate them, they become ingrained in us. If you consider this, I read this a few weeks ago, maybe a few months ago, whatever you're doing, you're practicing. Consider, let's just say you spent more time than you planned to randomly look at a screen, like on a phone. That's a practice. And you're programming your mind to do that, to sort of be random. Nowadays, things come in videos that are 10 seconds or two minutes, and your mind then gets programmed in that way. Is that the habit pattern you want? Remember, whatever you do, you're practicing. So cultivation of habit patterns that take you towards your goals, not away from them, that's something exciting. You get yourself going in a healthy direction for body, mind, spirit. What is a habit? A settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up. So if you can get used to doing the things that are taking you towards a higher level of consciousness, and those become hard to give up, you don't want to give them up, because they feel so good to do, you'll feel extraordinarily empowered in your life, and it's all possible. And the last slide: Take responsibility. For what? For refining your desires.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, there are ways that the Padma Purāṇa suggests we upgrade our attitude, and by upgrading our attitude in various ways, we'll have more appreciation for the holy name, and we'll feel the effects more. Much as the sun has an equal effect on everybody, but if you go inside and close all your curtains and the sunshine doesn't come through, you're not going to get the benefit of the sun. So in the same way, it's an organic process, and it's natural that we contact Kṛṣṇa and we feel His presence. And because of His presence, vāsudeve bhagavati, bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ, janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ, jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam—very quickly, we see the residual benefits. But if we don't take advantage of the process that Kṛṣṇa, Lord Caitanya, has given, then, as a lyric in an old song from the 1980s said, "I don't know what you expect staring into a TV set." I mean, what do you want? You're the one sitting there staring into a TV set, and not you. I'm just saying one. And what do you expect out of your life if you stare into a screen for a long, long time—self-realization ? happiness?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Just remember Srila Kavi Karnapura and all his family members, especially his father, Sivananda Sena! (Oh, always remember, always remember!) (Sri Kavi Karnapura and his family!) Just remember all the sadhus who follow the path of Sri Rupa Goswami and who are absorbed in the ecstasy of bhajan! (Oh, if you actually want residence in the land of Vraja!) (Just remember the sadhus who are followers of Srila Rupa Goswami!)(Translation verse 4)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Canto 11 11.2.37 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/2/37/11.2.40 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/2/40/11.2.42 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/2/42/11.2.45 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/2/45/11.2.46 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/2/46/11.2.47 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/2/47/11.3.21 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/3/21/11.5.2 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/2/11.5.3 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/3/11.5.11 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/11/11.5.32 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/32/11.5.33 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/33/11.5.34 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/34/11.5.36 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/36/11.5.41 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/41/11.5.42 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/42/11.9.29 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/9/29/11.11.18 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/11/18/11.14.20 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/14/20/11.14.21 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/14/21/11.17.27 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/17/27/11.19.17 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/19/17/11.19.21 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/19/21/11.20.9 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/20/9/11.20.17 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/20/17/11.23.57 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/23/57/11.29.6 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/29/6/Canto 1212.1.40 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/1/40/12.2.1 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/2/1/12.2.3 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/2/3/12.2.4 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/2/4/12.2.5 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/2/5/12.2.6 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/2/6/12.2.8 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/2/8/12.2.9 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/2/9/12.3.51 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/3/51/12.3.52 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/3/52/12.13.1 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/13/1/12.13.15 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/13/15/12.13.16 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/13/16/12.13.18 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/13/18/12.13.23 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/13/23/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa, in the 11th canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, says to Uddhava, "sve sve ’dhikāre yā niṣṭhā, sa guṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ, viparyayas tu doṣaḥ syād, ubhayor eṣa niścayaḥ" (SB 11.21.2)—that it's a good quality to know what you can do, what your adhikāra is, what you're capable of doing. He calls it a guṇa, a good quality. And he said "viparyayas tu doṣaḥ syād." Viparyaya means the opposite. If you try to do more than you're qualified for, then he said, it's not a good quality. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura quotes this and comments on it in Śrī Caitanya-śikṣāmṛta, and he said that the process is like climbing a ladder. If you try to run up the ladder too fast, it's likely that you're going to slip and fall off. Then he said if you're too slow, which means you step on a rung and you know you're there, but then you hesitate to take the next step, he said, then your advancement is going to be slow. He said, so take a steady pace. Remember climbing a ladder—you want to put one foot on, and then take the next step when you feel steady at it. Birds fly in the sky as high as they're able, but the sky is unlimited. So where you are is inconsequential. What is consequential is your sincere desire to advance. Because it's all Kṛṣṇa. It's coming from Kṛṣṇa anyway. The capacity that we have will be bestowed upon us as we increase our sincerity. We can't really do anything on our own anyway, except for try as best we can and really focus on and pray to Kṛṣṇa with our sincerity. And another example that's given in the śāstra about Yaśodā.When she was trying to tie up Kṛṣṇa, the rope was two inches too short. So Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says that two inches is significant because one inch means our own sincere endeavor to try to meet Kṛṣṇa, and then the second is Kṛṣṇa seeing that we're trying, and then He reaches out to us.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/21/2/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#japajolt #makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #mantrameditation #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Well, there's a way in which, if you eat candy every day, you may think "I'm okay," but if you cultivate knowledge about where diabetes comes from, and what happens when you ingest junk food over a long period of time, then you can get an overview. When we're practicing a discipline, it's always helpful to take directives seriously that even though I don't know what the result is going to be exactly, I can take it from the experts. This is the outcome. The doctor will say, "If you do this enough times, it's going to lead to this." Or if someone says, "If you play tereketa carefully, you're going to be able to move your hands on the mridanga in a certain way, in a certain time," in the beginning, you have to follow the authority. It's part of the mighty practice is take the order as a military order that "this is the way to march. This is the way to do these things," trusting the doctor and trusting the order that's coming down. And if I do it properly, then the result will come on it's own accord. So Kṛṣṇa says, "evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā, saṁstabhyātmānam ātmanā, jahi śatruṁ mahā-bāho, kāma-rūpaṁ durāsadam (BG 3.43)—Fortify your intelligence and be smart about it, and don't give into the whimsies of your mind. Rule by your intelligence, not by some idea that your mind has, like, who cares? Be more strict with yourself in the process," and that always seems to turn out better in all aspects of our life, doesn't it?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
One day, I was walking on an old logging road in the middle of nowhere in Northern California, and I felt something underfoot. I picked it up, and it was a little, tiny screw.The analogy came into my mind about the screw. I brushed it off a little bit, and I found myself feeling compassion for the screw, like, "What happened to your glorious engagement in some machine?" I had no idea what the machine was, but I did feel sorry for it for a moment. Then, I felt sorry for myself, because existentially, I suddenly saw myself standing there in a world where I don't know how I came in, I don't know how I'm going out. As Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad Gita, he gives an analogy himself of a banyan tree, which is convoluted, and we're in the middle of it, and it's so vast that we can't see where it begins or ends. That's this universe. We can't see much, nor do we know how we came into it, nor do we know when we're going to leave or where we're going to go when we leave.And I thought about my own situation, and I felt kindred with that little screw for a moment, so much so that I put it in my pocket, and I brought it home, and I keep it on my desk, and I look at it from time to time, and remember the teaching of my spiritual master. He said, "The simple fact is that if we reconnect with our ultimate purpose of life, which is to serve Kṛṣṇa, to serve God, then we become inestimably valuable in that very moment, that very second. You don't have to wait for anything. You don't need a degree. You already are something that is so glorious, and all that's needed is a reconnection through service. And it can be simple service.And In the Bhagavad Gita Kṛṣṇa says "nehābhikrama-nāśo ’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt"- even if you give the tiniest gesture with a humble heart towards God, then you're reconnected in that very instant, and it's never forgotten.https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/2/40/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Doubting is not favorable after one determines an authorized source of knowledge, and this is the last slide. So the point is using the intelligence to overcome doubts to answer pressing questions is important, and in the sense of doubting, meaning that one doubts the process itself. Once one is able to determine an authorized source of knowledge, doubting does not become helpful. In other words, doubting helps us triangulate till we come to a source that we can trust. So if you don't have a source that you can trust, and you don't have axiomatic truth, meaning truth is self-luminous, and that you don't question because you trust the source, then you can't make progress, not only in Kṛṣṇa consciousness but any science.If you go into any of your classes in high school or university, or whatever grade you may be in, and the teacher brings out a textbook and says, "Today we're going to study history," and you say, "I don't believe anything in this book," you'll probably be not very productive in the class, or in chemistry, or in geometry. "Solve for here. Solve for this." There's nothing, no X to solve for. So you have to have axiomatic knowledge that comes from a trusted source. Otherwise, you get what's called infinite regress. If you don't trust anything or anyone and keep going back and back and back, you'll never come to any conclusion whatsoever, and then your life becomes a series of absurd absurdities. So this is the one exception, that once you can determine that the source is valid, like you find a good doctor, and you've verified the doctor has been vetted, has gone to the proper schools and so forth, then you can't doubt the prescription.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Once upon a time, a king met a sage, and the king lived around those who always agreed with him, saying, "Yes, Sire, you're correct," and it's possible to have a sense of always being right, and then wanting to have everybody agree with you and condescend. So he had a tinge of that even when he met the sage. So the king, upon meeting the sage, there in a place that seemed a little desolate, when other people there said, "Who are you?" to the sage. And when the sage detected that sense of ego in the king, to impart wisdom to him, he replied something that seemed unusual. Because he was a sage, maybe antithetical to being a king, and he said, "I am a king." Surprising, right? The sage saying "I'm a king." So let's see what happens. (0:38:44)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #successsadhana
There's a way in which Prabhupāda talks about in the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta that our real project in life is to establish a temple within our hearts. And he says, once you're able to cleanse that temple, of all the anarthas, as one would clean an area and thus build a proper place for the Lord to sit, then once you've established the Lord there, you can hold a festival and distribute prasāda to everybody. So in the Bhāgavatam, Nārada Muni says, iti mūrti abhidhānina mantra mūrti amūrtikam (SB 1.5.38) —The Holy Name itself is our Deity, mūrti, directly Kṛṣṇa, full form. And if we have the opportunity, we can establish, we should establish The Deity as soon as possible, by chanting properly, avoiding all offenses and not hesitate, because if we leave the land open, someone will come build something else there instead of a temple there'll be a 7-Eleven, or it won't be worse. All I could think of worse would be Home Depot. And so we have a short amount of time in human form of life to build that temple in our heart. And any time we have the opportunity, we should immediately take it to capitalize on whatever inspiration we have to chant, otherwise after five minutes or five days or five years, our intention may be different and we may miss the opportunity.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/5/38/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #mantra #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #mantra #chantharekrishnaandbehappy
If we can know what the heart of God is, what He likes particularly, and if somehow or other, we could contribute to that to please Him, what would our life be like? Well, according to the logic of the scriptures, which talks about watering the root of a tree, if we figure out that by watering the root of the tree, the whole tree becomes nourished, and we also, as we discussed yesterday, Prahlāda Mahārāja, points us to a principle through which we can be fully satisfied—not partially, not temporarily, but fully and eternally satisfied—naivātmanaḥ prabhur ayaṁ nija-lābha-pūrṇo, mānaṁ janād aviduṣaḥ karuṇo vṛṇīte, yad yaj jano bhagavate vidadhīta mānaṁ, tac cātmane prati-mukhasya yathā mukha-śrīḥ (SB7.9.11). And that is that if you satisfy the Lord, or at least you even attempt to satisfy Him, you have an idea in your heart that "I would like to please God," and you can find the ways and means to do that, then you'll become satisfied, because we're parts of God. And Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's innermost desire, as we learn from our most esoteric scripture, Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, is...(excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/9/11/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
nārada muni, bājāy vīṇā'rādhikā-ramaṇa'-nāmenāma amani, udita haya,bhakata-gītā-sāmeWhen the great soul Nārada Muni plays his vina, the holy name, Radhika-raman, descends and immediately appears amidst the kirtan of the Lord’s devotees. (1)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's A Good Idea To Assume You Know Nothing | Pilgrimage of The Heart | 13 Feb 2025 by Vaisesika Dasa
tāhāṅ vistārita hañā phale prema-phalaihāṅ mālī sece nitya śravaṇādi jalaThe creeper greatly expands in the Goloka Vṛndāvana planet, and there it produces the fruit of love for Kṛṣṇa. Although remaining in the material world, the gardener regularly sprinkles the creeper with the water of hearing and chanting.https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/19/155/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This morning, I woke up and I was thinking of all the things I had to do and problems I had to solve, and "How am I going to do this all?" And then I just started praying, and I said, "Kṛṣṇa," there's a picture of Kṛṣṇa on my wall, and I can see Him as soon as I wake up, "Kṛṣṇa, I think I need a little help. If You could empower me to deal with all the duties that I have to do today." And I immediately felt satisfied, because I just left it to Kṛṣṇa. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught this simple process. It's very intuitive. It feels quite natural. There are simple parts to it, and He wanted everyone to be able to participate in it. And He also said, "Become a gardener yourself. Tend to your own garden, grow the seed in your heart, let it fructify." Kuñjarī, is she here or is she in class? Give me—pass on the verse number of the verse you were saying in the car on the way here, and we'll read it. I promised I'd read it in the class. It relates to what we're saying. It's her new favorite verse.And so He also said, "When you water the tree and it grows up, it'll get lots of flowers on it, and after flowers come fruits, right?" Everyone say, "Yes," yeah, just in case you didn't know that. And then, then He said, "You can enjoy the fruits, but there are too many. There are too many fruits for one person to eat." And He said that about Himself. "I'm growing all these gardens in people's hearts everywhere, and all the fruits are coming out. There are so many I can't eat them all." And therefore, He said, "Everybody distribute these fruits." So that's how you can be employed, distributing the fruits that come out of the bhakti creeper and are available to everybody. And when you do, then it becomes a way of reconfirming how nice the fruits are, because when you give them to other people, and you see them eating them, and then they get the same result—that they start to smile, and then they'll laugh, and then they'll chant, and sometimes they'll dance, because they ate the fruit. And then He said, "Then you'll remember how nice it is."------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #prayer #prayerworks
In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/32/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa has a student named Arjuna, who asked Him various questions. One of the ones that I've always appreciated was, "How do you tell if somebody is spiritually advanced?" And he asked, "How does such a person sit? How does he walk? And also, how does the person speak?" And all of these are indicative of what's inside ourselves—how we speak, how we think about the world, where we walk, where are we going, using our legs. Sometimes we say we "vote with our feet." And Kṛṣṇa said to Arjuna, when He first answered that, "When one is able to notice that the mind is a factory that's producing ideas for enjoyment, happiness in the world, or avoiding unhappiness, more likely, and is able to observe that 'I'm separate from the mind. The mind is going on creating these things, and I'm not obligated to chase after them.'" And then He said that one who can find satisfaction within him or herself, that's a sign that you're making spiritual advancement. It's something to be experienced directly.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prabhupāda gives the commentary following Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura's explanation, of these ṣaḍ-garbhāsuras. Ṣaḍ means six. Garbha means womb. Asuras—they were born into Devakī's womb because of a curse, but they're representative of anarthas—unwanted habits and sentiments that are deeply rooted within the heart of someone who's been hanging around the material world since time immemorial, and those must be overcome before one can invite Kṛṣṇa into one's life. And they represent kāma, krodha, lobha, mada, moha, mātsarya—these dastardly six, which are the enemies of the soul. Devakī was afraid of Kaṁsa for good reason.Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says that we, as practitioners of bhakti, should be similarly afraid of material nature if we think that "I'm okay," which a lot of people say—we hear when we go to distribute books. If you attempt to show somebody a book, the hand comes out and they say, "No, I'm okay." But there's a way in which we're not really okay, because we're in the grips of material nature, and we need to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa. And so Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says, when you have a sense of fear of the material nature, as Devakī did have fear of Kaṁsa and the projection of her children, and if one has that, then that fear of material nature is an inspiration to become more dedicated to one's practice of bhakti. And he says that combination of fear and one's earnestness in practicing bhakti will similarly kill these six unwanted elements within the heart.Verses for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/1/5-7/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Everyone can become a great devotee, being freed from offenses 100% simply by one's determination and effort. We can remember also that "determination" has the word "terminus" in it; it means to finish something. In the case of chanting japa, there's a complete mantra, there's a complete round, there are complete 16 rounds, and so forth. And if we set ourselves in a mode where we're finishing and being very careful and attentive to finish the mantra, hearing it all the way through, and remembering also that when Yaśodā tried to bind Kṛṣṇa, that there were two inches lacking in the rope each time, and our ācārya Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has said these represent one, our own effort to reach Kṛṣṇa, and two, Kṛṣṇa is appreciating our effort and then reaching back to us. So we can remember that if we extend ourselves—means give special care to listening to the mantra and finishing what we started—then it's likely that Kṛṣṇa will extend Himself to us as well.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #makejapagreatagain #mantra #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy
enechi auṣadhi māyā nāśibāro lāgi'hari-nāma mahā-mantra lao tumi māgi'4) I have brought the medicine that will wipe out the disease of illusion from which you are suffering. Take this maha-mantra-Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare."(excerpt from the song)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
But when Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu comes to the world, "pātra apātra-vicāra nāhi," He doesn't care who the recipient is, whether their mode is goodness or their mode is ignorance. And we find that people everywhere are astounded by the mercy of Caitanya Mahāprabhu when it comes upon them. In fact, several years ago, when I was here in Laguna Beach, this jewel by the ocean, this temple that is a jewel by the ocean, we went out on book distribution, then out several times together, and then one day we went to an area where there were tire shops, pizza parlors, hair salons, and nail salons, because they are ubiquitous in the world.And we also found a bar. And are we allowed to walk into a bar as Vaiṣṇavas? Don't answer. I'm going to answer for you. Everybody: pātra apātra-vicāra nāhi, nāhi sthānāsthāna, yei yāṅhā pāya, tāṅhā kare prema-dāna." Seven of us approached the bar right here in SoCal, Orange County, on a fine, sunny morning, wearing dhōtīs, tilaka, and sārīs, and we walked up to the bar, and there was a man taking a breather, leaning against the door on the outside. I looked at him, he looked at me. No words were exchanged. He pulled out $20 and gave it to me. We went in the bar and went table to table, and we could perceive that there was a sense of relief from the people there and their absolute boredom doing the same old thing, not being able to come out of the rut, that we were there, intervening in their lives.When we left that place, I turned to the devotees, and I said, "Why did that guy hand me $20 with no questions asked, no words spoken?" And one devotee, with a very knowing look on his face, said, "He felt embarrassed." And this is the embarrassment of the soul here in the material world hanging around, loitering. The whole material world is a Costco parking lot, or even worse, a 7-11), and there's a sign on every one of them that says, "Don't hang around, buddy. We're here to make money," and that's the material world. When people get tired of that and they want something heartfelt, something real, a relationship that's eternal and perceivably loving, not tit for tat, they surrender to Lord Caitanya. He's there, ready to reach out to us, and anyone who comes in contact with that mood of the devotees who are pātra apātra-vicāra nāhi, they don't care who you are. They just know you're a spirit soul inside, and they want to give you the same access to the spiritual world as they got. And when they realize that's what we're doing, they want to join.(excerpt from the talk))------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: 0https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
Of course, everyone should try to stay healthy and alive as long as possible, but one may feel embarrassed by the fact, and there are afflictions in this world, reversals of fortune, where we become embarrassed. But if one takes shelter of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and meditates upon Him as a prime object of meditation in life, Karabhājana, when he says, "Don't worry, you will never be embarrassed." And then he says, abhīṣṭa-dohaṁ, that Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fulfills the innermost desire of every living entity. And this is a big deal, because it's really hard to get our desires fulfilled in this world. abhīṣṭa-dohaṁ, īṣa is a root word for desire, and abhi is an intensifier, so one really desires. Dohaṁ comes from the root word duh, which means to milk or to produce. So abhīṣṭa-dohaṁ means that Caitanya Mahāprabhu can actually deliver what we really, really want in our life and what is required? "dhyeyaṁ sadā paribhava-ghnam abhīṣṭa-dohaṁ, tīrthāspadaṁ śiva-viriñci-nutaṁ śaraṇyam"—simply remembering Him, meditating on His lotus feet. He is the shelter of all the dhāmas, or holy places in the world.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And in rajas, the mind is trying to fix problems. And part of that is a sense of survival. "I have to do this in order to be whole, I have to stave off what I fear." We're in fear mode. That's more touching tamas and then rajas mode. "I'm going to fix it myself," and it takes a while to come out of that mode. The modes are no joke. They actually are very powerful energy: daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī. So how we interact with the modes throughout our days and what we think about—it's not that we just sit down and all of a sudden we just switch over into this pure flow of the holy name. It's a product of everything we do from morning till night. That's why the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa goes along with the pañcarātrika system—that they go on two tracks. So the Holy Name is the deliverer. There's nothing else needed. But can you just chant? Or do you think about all your problems? So you're not alone in that. It's the product of the Age of Kali—there's so much rajas and tamas, and our lifestyles are absorbed in rajas and tamas. And you do have a lot going on. You're going to school, you're working, you're doing all these things. So naturally, the mind is in that hyper mode of rajas. So a little more adjustment in some of the things you do throughout the day, like the way you wake up, the way you keep your mind engaged throughout the day, you just by degrees change from rajas habits to sāttvic habits. You know, like the screen. The screen has become ubiquitous. Everywhere I go, everywhere I look, everyone's got a screen in front of their face, and what's coming out of it? It's, if you analyze it, unless you're really only tuned into one app that's like the Hare Kṛṣṇa app, whatever that might be. And you know you're reprogramming your mind in rajas. Then you sit down to chant, and it is going to take you at 64 rounds before you start to feel something. A few rounds, you may just be somewhere else. Your mind's still going on the scroll. So then, what do you do? Start to adjust something like, do some Deity sevā, clean something, sweep something to, you know, add that in another 0.05% of your life. Go for another habit, and then start increasing on that side, and you'll see that that goes in parallel lines with your chanting, the lifestyle that we lead. That's why we follow four regulative principles. Because the four regulative principles, the energy that comes from the material world, is also assumed within those four prohibitions. And if you touch those by vision, by hearing, and all those kinds of things, then it just stays there in the mind, and it takes a long time to sweep that garbage out of there. So just by degrees, tiny bit at a time, so you don't feel overwhelmed, transfer your mind to sattva-guṇa. Get into sāttvic habits. And if you see yourself doing rajas habits, then put a time limit on it.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife
The Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is a spiritual sound. It's coming from the highest position in the spiritual world. In another song, not the one I'm quoting now, but it says, "golokera prema-dhana, hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana," that the sound of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, a sample of which you can give now, that mantra and the name, which is composed of names of God, is an avatāra also. It comes from the spiritual world into this world, and by hearing that sound, it's very much like The Wizard of Oz.Dorothy got bumped on the head. I think it was a tornado, because she probably lived... Where did she live? Kansas. Thank you. I've got to know my śāstra. She lived in Kansas, where there are tornadoes, and after being bumped on the head, she entered into a dreamland. She was unconscious, apparently, as we find out in the end, that everything seemed real, and there was a wicked witch and there was a good witch, and there was the Tin Man and the Lion and the Scarecrow. Thank you, everybody. I haven't watched it in a long time, and a robot. And, of course, there was Oz and then the dog, Toto, that one I remember. It was a harrowing experience she had there, fluctuating between the good witch and her benevolence and the bad witch, who was sinister and scary—for me as a kid, it really scared me thinking about that. And on the journey, she came to know an incantation by which she could come back to her original consciousness. Does anybody remember what it was? "There's no place like home." I think she had to click her heels also. If anybody wants to correct me, go ahead, because I'm not fully studied on this, but three clicks of the heels, "There's no place like home. There's no place like home." And by that mantra and clicking her heels, she came back into her home in Kansas, and everyone was worried about her. All her loved ones were there, and that was the reality that she came back to after that harrowing journey she had through the Land of Oz.And there's a way in which the Bhāgavatam describes how we're sleeping, or the song I'm talking about is we're sleeping, and we're having these dreams about our lives, our life situation. Sometimes it's very scary. And there's a way in which we sometimes feel we've come into good fortune, and we feel elated, but then we lose that fortune, whatever it might have been for, due to circumstances which people can probably relate to. And it comes and goes, and then there is a sound that comes and a mantra that comes from the spiritual world, and the avatāra who brings that to teach it to everybody, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, is a sound of home.You can hear your spiritual home. First you hear it, or you can hear God first also, because He appears in sound. It's the philosophy behind the Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Movement, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was teaching that the mantra itself is an avatāra, and by chanting it, we awaken from the dream and we come back to reality.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
gṛhe thāko, vane thāko, sadā 'hari' bole' ḍāko,sukhe duḥkhe bhulo nā'ko, vadane hari-nām koro reWhether you are a householder or a sannyasi, constantly chant "Hari! Hari!" Do not forget this chanting, whether you are in a happy condition or a distressful one. Just fill your lips with the hari-nama.(from the song Gāy Gaura madhur sware)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Things that are very difficult to do become easy to execute if one somehow or other simply remembers Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. But if one does not remember Him, even easy things become very difficult. To this Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu I offer my respectful obeisances.https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/14/1/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's an anxiety created by what's called "The Paradox of Choice." There was a book written about it, some scientific studies and the psychological effects of having too many choices. And Kṛṣṇa talks about it in the Bhagavad-gītā, when He says, "vyavasāyātmikā buddhir, ekeha kuru-nandana, bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca, buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām." When you think that you have many choices calling to you, then your mind becomes confused and you're pulled in many directions. Bahu-śākhā—unlimited directions. But when you can come to a resolution that there's one solution, one choice, then your mind becomes peaceful. And this is the prescription given by all the great ācāryas—that there's a one-stop shopping, there's one product that will solve all your problems and achieve all your ambitions, goals, desires, has all the solutions within it. That's the Mahāmantra. So you can start there, and you'll always win with the basics.Every discipline you perform has the 20% activities that bring the 80% result. Well, the chanting, the Mahāmantra, it's the one basic that everybody agrees on. This is the most important. The quote from the motivational speaker, Jim Rohn, said, "There's no shortage of opportunity. There's only a shortage of those who will apply themselves to the basics that success requires." One more time: "There's no shortage of opportunity. There's only a shortage of those who will apply themselves to the basics that success requires." And finally, it's documented that there's more success in curing any kind of ailment when one consults the expert versus self-diagnosis and self-treatment/self-medication. ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Once, when I had a legal problem in managing, and it was something that kept me up at night, I consulted Godbrothers, and one of my Godbrothers, Ritadhvaja Swami, so kindly, two days later, sent me a verse. He said, "Vaiś, I think this might help." And he sent me a verse from Pṛthu Mahārāja, who definitely had a problem—Indra. He was trying to do his duty and perform this 100th horse sacrifice. And Indra kept stealing the sacrificial horse and pretending he was a sannyāsī. It was ludicrous and outrageous and very disappointing to Pṛthu Mahārāja, and he became angry. He wanted to kill Indra. The sages, those who were performing the yajña, said, "Don't. Don't do it. It'll contaminate the yajña. We'll do it for you." Then Brahmā intervened, and he came and said, "Wait, everybody, hold it. It's Indra. You can't kill him. And besides, why don't you just tolerate it? Because that's providential." And Pṛthu Mahārāja said, "Okay, we'll tolerate," and he made up with Indra, actually. And Indra kind of apologized, like he usually does. And so there's a way, when I read that, I felt relief. Where else are you going to get relief, except from the Bhagavad-gītā or the Bhāgavatam? I actually felt relief, and it wasn't theoretical. It was visceral. I couldn't sleep, and then I could—that's proof that it's not theoretical. And I came to a point of realizing that I have to tolerate this and take it step by step. I think maybe that's when I invented for myself this mantra of "be methodical but dispassionate." I just keep saying it over and over again. That's what Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, and that's what problems are for. They're for following the instructions of Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā. If you wondered why you get problems, It's like you go to a class and you sit down, and then the teacher hands out all the papers on the desk and says, "Put away everything. Get out a number two pencil." Have you ever heard that before? Yeah, and that's what Kṛṣṇa does for us, Vaikuṇṭha Nāyaka Prabhu. He says, "Okay, you sit down. Here's your problem for the day. Take out a number two pencil, put away all your other stuff. Let's see how you're going to do now." So what you said was true, and it actually works when we follow Kṛṣṇa's instruction, for instance, Occam's razor—the simplest solution is the best, fewer assumptions, and it's direct. So Prabhupāda, in a lecture, says when you lose a loved one, it's inevitable that you'll feel overwhelmed, heaviness of heart, yes or yes. And so there's a way in which Prabhupāda says, "What are you going to do? You're going to bring them back? Your mind keeps thinking like, can't we revive them, or something like that? And what about the old days when they were here? And what should we do?" Prabhupāda says, "There's only one solution. You know what it is? Tolerate." And when I first heard that, I thought, "That's it? We'll try it and see what happens." And if you tolerate, there's a fruit at the end, because you become wise and you see, as one of my friends always says, observing the events of the world as absurd as many of them are, and he says, "the jagat is on the move," and whatever you think you have now, it's going to go sideways, guaranteed. You think you have something, you'll come out one day and it's at the top of the roof and it's dripping down, it's melted, or it's burnt, or it's sideways, whatever you think you have here. And that's a lesson. The whole material world is not our home, and fortunately, we have a place to repose our affection and our real possessions, as Kapila-deva says in one astounding verse, he said that the assets you get from your practice of devotional service are never lost, hose are yours to keep..(excerpt from the talk)
There's an old saying that wars are won in the general's tent—that winning a war means you have to have a great plan. And generals have battle plans, for instance, for making retreats sometimes. And I have a book on this. Somebody recommended it to me. It's from the U.S. Marine Corps. It's called Warfighting. It's just a pamphlet that talks a lot about planning for battle. It has a lot of metaphors that are helpful for life in general, and there is an appropriate time if one retreats and then makes a comeback. So any battle plans must include a way to make comebacks. And there are famous battles, which I won't go into right now, in which the general artfully retreated at a certain point, but then won the war—retreated from a particular battle, but that had an overall strategy to win the war. So that brings me to the topic of making comebacks, and I'm just going to read an excerpt from this stack of papers. And that is, how to make a comeback when you've stopped your daily japa.Sometimes chanters give up their daily japa because of a lifestyle change. For instance, when preoccupied by starting a new intense work or school schedule or giving birth to a child, some stop chanting because of a traumatic event, like losing a loved one or when they've fallen ill. In these cases, chanters circumstantially break their daily vows of chanting. Others, however, allow their chanting practice to gradually fade, week by week, month by month, their practice grows fainter and until it eventually disappears. There are three reasons why chanters allow their practice to fade: laxity, bad association, and making offenses.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
You might feel overwhelmed by circumstances, if that's ever happened to anybody, because there's a lot of pressure to perform in the world, academically, socially, and when we take to the water of hearing and chanting, like we're doing here on Youth Jam, it's a natural way we feel revived. What to speak of, we grow. I mean, there are so many ways in which, by watering the heart and the seed within the heart, which is the sincerity to become closer, to come closer to Kṛṣṇa, then it happens quite naturally, as naturally as when you water a plant, it grows.Some of the ways that are naturally effective are to hear in the association of like-minded devotees who are more advanced than oneself. That was a suggestion that Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave to Sanātana Gosvāmī, and it's also mentioned in the Bhāgavatam, a phrase that I picked out when reading Prabhupāda's purports. He said that the holes of the ear appear to be very small, but actually, once the sound goes in, it's as big as the sky. It's unlimited. It's not that you'll fill up, "I've heard enough and now that's it," but you can continue hearing and hearing, you'll never find a satiation point. So, these two points are helpful in calibrating how we continue our devotional service and how to position ourselves so we make advancement here, in the association of like-minded devotees who are more advanced than oneself. If you're the smartest one in the room, you're in the wrong room. Try to be in the room where there are people more advanced than you.(excerpt from the presentation)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In His life, Caitanya Mahāprabhu set an example. Although He was Viṣṇu, He came in disguise. He's known as the channa-avatāra. So I already said what avatāra means, and channa means covered. So there's a way in which He was acting a part. What kind of part was He acting? The part of His own devotee. That is, He came—He's God—but He acted as a devotee of Himself to show by example. Now, you may teach a child how to write letters, the letter-writing ceremony, and the child's first letters. And you take the hand and say, "Okay, you make an A like this, and then B and so forth." And one shouldn't think that, "Oh, the parent is learning," or "the person the teacher is learning how to write, because look how deliberately they're writing. And they must be learning the alphabet." No, they're teaching it to someone else by example, by taking their hand and then showing how to do it. So that's the same way that God comes, in a way, a didactic way, to show, "Here's how to follow the tenets of Bhagavad-gītā.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I was just thinking Kṛṣṇa consciousness means Kṛṣṇa's family, and all of the elements that everyone's looking for in their life, for loving exchanges, is there in Kṛṣṇa's pastimes with His mother, His father, His friends, and so forth, but also in the association with devotees. We have Godbrothers, Godsisters, nephews, aunts, uncles, grandchildren—everything's there, only on a spiritual platform. And so I was just appreciating, I could say, after many years in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that one of the aspects that I relish the most is being with my Godbrothers or Godsisters. And as time goes on, it becomes more relishable, because it's obviously rarer. There are fewer of us. So just thinking to say, take advantage of the deep friendships that you have, the loving exchanges. Rūpa Gosvāmī puts it in his book on devotional service, and says, "dadāti pratigṛhṇāti, guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati, bhuṅkte bhojayate caiva, ṣaḍ-vidhaṁ prīti-lakṣaṇam"—that have these loving exchanges with the devotees, because it's a mainstay of the process of devotional service. Do you agree? Do you want to say anything about it? (excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When I was just in Māyāpur, one of the events during our stay there was the opening of the Prabhupāda Museum. So I went there by invitation, and one of the aspects that I was treated to was a couple of Godbrothers that I hadn't seen in a long time were sitting outside the museum talking. So I joined in the conversation, and one of them said to me, "My aspiration in this last stage of my life is to realize the verse of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura: 'There's nothing else to be had in the fourteen worlds except the holy name.'" And of course, I've heard that many times before, and I've also quoted it myself, but hearing it from a Godbrother who's serious—a stalwart, had a special effect on me, and it became a meditation of mine. And it made the chanting of my rounds even more relishable. Because I was thinking, "Where else is there to go? There's nothing else to be had in the fourteen worlds except The Holy Name," and full permission just to be completely present with the Mahāmantra. And what's more, to put it at the very top of my list for priorities, is to hear, chant, remember The Holy Name, and don't worry—everything else will be obtained by chanting The Holy Names without offense.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #mantrameditation #makejapagreatagain #japajolt #chantharekrishnaandbehappy
Conclusion: Give up all self-interested desire and serve Kṛṣṇa, and hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the association of devotees, to come to that point of complete purification of intention and purpose. Pray by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. "Please, Kṛṣṇa, if You so desire, remove any last vestiges of desire for material enjoyment from my heart."(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We're in the right company at the right time, and our CEO, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, has all the right values, and He wants all of us to be spiritually wealthy. All we have to do is to invest every day, or, if you like, if you don't mind being extremely spiritually wealthy, you could just invest all the time. Nobody can stop you, and there's no limit to it, and there are no layoffs. So we can only lay ourselves off. Lord Caitanya won't do it. We should do the best we can to take advantage of this greatest wealth, because there's nothing else to be had within the fourteen worlds, except for The Holy Name.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prabhupāda said, "Come to Vṛndāvana for three days or three years." Three years means you have some bona fide service you've been appointed to perform in the Dhāma, or you're here to take a little time to experience the Dhāma, but come here very carefully, gingerly, walk with humility to the various places. And don't assume that you're a great rasika Vaiṣṇava, because you're here. And this is indicated in this prayer of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. He was meticulous in inculcating this mood with his disciples, because there's a way in which one may assume and then not have access. So what gives us qualification? As Madhavānanda Prabhu was saying the other day, to enter, we have to have a passport and visa. It means you are given some permission to enter by your Guru, and you're seriously coming in with a mission to serve and to become a better servitor.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When we're facing externally, we've turned away, and we don't realize our relationship. But when we do turn towards Kṛṣṇa, we become insiders, that means we're inside Kṛṣṇa. We're inside the family again. In Gajendra's prayers, Gajendra remarks that, "My Lord, You're never inattentive to me. It's not that when I pray, then that's when You pay attention." He said, "You're always paying attention." In fact, we're intimately connected with Kṛṣṇa, and we're never intimately connected with the material world. 'Asango hi dhyayam puruṣaḥ,' means we never really have a connection here. So, when we come to devotional service by choice, Gajendra says, then You're immediately responsive, because You're already just waiting. In 1.2.17 of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 'svakītaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ', the Prabhupāda writes in the purport that Kṛṣṇa wants us to come back to Godhead more than we can desire. He said, "Practically nobody wants to go back to Godhead, but Kṛṣṇa wants everybody to go back to Godhead and be insiders." So that's in this verse, samo ’haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu, na me dveṣyo ’sti na priyaḥ—that half of the verse refers to those who are externally focused, and for them, Kṛṣṇa is dutifully sending the checks. He doesn't even put His name on it. It's like some payment, an alimony payment, or something, whatever it is, but the person doesn't want to disturb the other person's mind, so they don't even put the name on it. They just make a direct deposit so that, "Okay, you don't want to...you don't want to know me anymore, so I'll still pay, but I'll just keep it anonymous." You don't even know where the payments are coming from. People don't even realize God's paying them all the time. He's kindly providing, as Prabhupāda said, for every living being, He is giving all their necessities and more, but everyone just thinks Eh.. there is no God. It's like one fish said to the other, "Do you believe in water?" And he goes, "Nah! I've never seen any water. I don't know what they're talking about." But we're enveloped by God's love all the time. He's providing.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It is helpful to come down to what the basics are, and then, as Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura said, "Follow the simple path strictly." I just received a quote the other day from a friend, in which Prabhupāda said, "It's illegal to collect a lot of obscure quotes from a lot of different śāstras, just to show that you know more than other people about a topic." He said, "You only need a few books, but get to know them really well. Go deeply within several of these books—Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Bhagavad-gītā, Nectar of Devotion—for the purpose of being very clear about what's important." And Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura said, "Follow the simple path, but do it very strictly." Just because it's simple doesn't mean that you don't have to put your attention to it. You should be very strict about it. And then we also find that it's a lot deeper than we thought. "Oh, just sixteen rounds—that's all you're going to do?" If you actually chant sixteen rounds attentively, you realize that, "Oh, I'm barely doing anything. There's an ocean here, and I haven't even investigated more than just below the surface. What else is there?"And what to speak of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Caitanya-caritāmṛta! Prabhupāda said on a morning walk, when there was an argument about reading many different kinds of books available from different authors, Prabhupāda said, "Yeah, fine, but assimilate what you have." And if you try to assimilate Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, it may be a lot deeper than you thought. Who can actually assimilate Bhagavad-gītā fully before moving on to every book available at Ras Bihari Lal, "the biggest little bookstore in the world"? I hope there's never an earthquake, because that place will really collapse.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So, it's a very exciting life, depending on Kṛṣṇa. And Prabhupāda speaks in one lecture, saying that we have these four regulative principles. One of them is gambling, he said, but we have a replacement for gambling, and that is surrender to Kṛṣṇa. It seems like a gamble, but it's not, as one of Prabhupāda's Godbrothers once said, "Surrender to Kṛṣṇa—it's all gain and no risk." But the material world is all risk and no gain. So whatever you get, you're going to lose anyway. But there's this fear that "I won't survive unless I try to accumulate wealth, protect myself." I'm not saying you shouldn't accumulate some wealth, whatever you need, but there's always a fear. But ananyāś cintayanto māṁ, ye janāḥ paryupāsate...(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prabhupāda would sometimes come and mostly attend Bhagavad-gītā classes. Sometimes in Vṛndāvana He would come and listen to His students speak, and you'll hear on some recorded lectures, Prabhupāda would defer to Pradyumna. Like once, Prabhupāda was sick, and He asked Pradyumna, "You speak." He didn't let him speak that long, but Prabhupāda did attend classes, and He set an example of what you talked about before, and what Viṣṇu-gadā Prabhu was referring to, when somebody's asked to speak there, they've been given that service. One should, as Prabhupāda says, "If you write about Kṛṣṇa consciousness, you should write as a servant, not think that I'm going to become a famous author or famous devotee, because I wrote something and I wrote more books than somebody else." You should think that "I'm doing this as a service," or actually, first off, it's for self-purification. And if one is asked to speak, one should speak for self-purification, and one should feel that one is fully authorized, having been instructed to speak. So, Prabhupāda set that example Himself.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Oftentimes people just aren't fully informed. They're different types of people, and their motives may be different. And oftentimes, when people get a hold of a Śrī Īśopaniṣad, for instance, and they read it, and then they say, "Oh, okay, I'll worship Kṛṣṇa," or we have experience in presenting Kṛṣṇa consciousness in a systematic way to people, and it's often, or always, a conundrum when to bring up the point that God's a person. In fact, in any presentation anywhere, there's always a reticence to cross that bridge.But we have found that people are often more ready than one might think. And it's a relief, actually, to find somebody finally comes out and says it: "God's a person, by the way." And I remember, back in the good old days, when I first got a Back to Godhead magazine, I had read so many books that had this impersonal conception, because that's what was available in my library and in my parents' house and wherever I could get my hands on. And there were directives to offer prayers, and then in the same paragraph, there were descriptions of how "we're God, we just haven't realized it yet." And that was a conundrum for me, because I thought, "Am I praying to myself?" I thought, "Maybe it'll work out. I'll figure it out later." But when I read the Back to Godhead magazine, the revelation came when I was looking at an advertisement for the Śrī Īśopaniṣad, and it said, "The ancient Vedic literatures say, actually, the Supreme Absolute Truth is a Person." And I looked, and there was actually a picture of a person there. And I thought, "Oh, my God, somebody finally came out and said it!" I found it to be a great relief that someone had the strength of purpose to just say, "God's a person." And I got rather excited about it. I wanted to read that book right away and find out, "Well, how is He a person?" And most people are, I believe, at least the ones I've come in contact with, are innocent. They've been given partial information or misinformation, and sometimes it takes a while to sort that out, but it's a much, actually easier concept to accept, that God's a person, than it is with all the workarounds that you have to do for "He's not a person."(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The word sampradāya has a specific meaning, which is a bequeathment, which means to pass down, and in this case, the greatest gift. And we are a sampradāya of givers, and what we give very specifically—because, although there are many ways that one can try to help others—we give the light of knowledge through the Guru paramparā's teachings so that people can extricate themselves from the material world, as Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught Sanātana Gosvāmī: māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñāna—it's not automatic, not svataḥ, that people come out of ignorance. But when jīvera kṛpayā koila kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa, there's an intervention of knowledge. Then living beings who are within the portal of a human body can very readily come to their senses, and we see it very often, don't we? In book distribution, when somebody makes a U-turn in their life just after getting even a smidgen of information—I know it happened for me. (Excerpt from the presentation)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We find in the Bhāgavatam, in the second verse of the First Canto, the amazing statement: 'sadyo hṛdy avarudhyate ’tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis tat-kṣaṇāt.' And that is, that when somebody applies himself or herself to hearing Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, then the Lord feels compelled to stay within that person's heart, or as Prabhupāda says He remains packed up within the heart of that person. He won't leave because He's so attracted by the Bhāgavatam and to a person who would give attention to hearing Bhāgavatam that it's presented as if He can't leave. That's emphasized also in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, 10th Canto, 14th Chapter, where Brahmā says: 'sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhir ye prāyaśo ’jita jito ’py asi tais tri-lokyām,' indicating that, although Kṛṣṇa is unconquerable, He becomes conquered by the devotee who steadfastly hears about Him.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prabhupāda was answering about the position of an advanced devotee. He said, "A pure devotee doesn't mean omniscient like Kṛṣṇa," because one of the interlocutors had asked Prabhupāda, "What if we see that an advanced devotee or the spiritual master has to wear glasses or forgets a verse?" And Prabhupāda said, "Oh no, then they've not understood." And then he said, "Advanced means bhakti-saṁsanāt—that the person is fully absorbed in thinking about how to spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement all over the world, impactfully engaging in it." And he said, "That is the meaning." We find the same context in the Śrī Upadeśāmṛta, when Prabhupāda is talking about different levels of devotees: 'kṛṣṇeti yasya giri taṁ manasādriyeta, dīkṣāsti cet praṇatibhiś ca bhajantam īśam, śuśrūṣayā bhajana-vijñam ananyam anya-nindādi-śūnya-hṛdam īpsita-saṅga-labdhyā' (NOI, verse 5). And in the purport, he describes kaniṣṭha, madhyama, and uttama devotees. And Śrīla Prabhupāda describes how the uttama-adhikārī is one who's always thinking of Kṛṣṇa, especially in the context of devising means to spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement all over the world—that is the absorption of the devotee. This is a unique, although perfectly śāstric explanation of an advanced devotee, and it is the flavor of our Śrī Guru paramparā, coming down through Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, and His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, who made this a focal point for the movement.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura has kept his place of bhajana here, and the name Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta is indicative of his personality. As we hear from the Ādi-līlā of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kavirāja Gosvāmī gives this admonition: siddhānta baliyā citte nā kara alasa, ihā ha-ite kṛṣṇe lāge sudṛḍha mānasa—that in order to have a determined mind, one's mind has to be determined. One has to be determined to carry on with one's devotional service. And actually, the word "determine" has the word "terminus" in it, meaning you have to finish what you started. You can't stop, despite the fact there may be obstacles.And in the verse, Kavirāja Gosvāmī says you shouldn't be lazy. 'Alasa ' means to be neglectful, lazy about what? About discussing the nuances of our relationship with Kṛṣṇa and the meaning of life. siddhānta baliyā citte nā kara alasa—don't be lazy. Face the hard questions. Discuss them, even if there is some difference of opinion, and there always is. Discuss it, as Prabhupāda used the phrase, "thoroughly threadbare." We should come together, he said also before he left the world, and hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam together and discuss it, and in that way, your questions will be answered. So, siddhānta baliyā citte nā kara alasa, ihā ha-ite kṛṣṇe lāge sudṛḍha mānasa —that in this way, in this world, you'll be able to stay steady despite the anomalies that all of us face, which we were discussing when we were over by the Gopīnātha Mandir.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta [Sarasvatī Ṭhākura], he came here. This is the last place that he came before he left this world, in Kolkata, at the Bāg-bāzār Math, where we were at two days ago. And it was here, as Vaiśeṣika Prabhu was saying, that one gṛhastha devotee from Bombay at that time wrote him a letter and said, "Guru Mahārāja, I'm very unfortunate. I'm... I'm a gṛhastha. I can't do service like the brahmacārīs and sannyāsīs. What can I do?" And it was here that he got that letter, and it was here that he wrote a response to that gṛhastha devotee—his name was Abhay Caraṇāravinda. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta wrote him a letter back, and he said, "You should preach." And he said something which has always struck me. He said that when you preach, it'll be good for you and it'll be good for the people who help you. And I always thought, "How does he know anybody's going to help him?" And in that sense, I feel Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta predicted all of us, and this is really our home, where this movement really began. We're on a movement right now.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The Personified Vedas say in their prayers to the Lord that this is your greatest pastime, the way you extend yourself to the living beings in this world. And so the attitude and the order. If we pick up an order from the Lord and take it seriously and apply it, especially the order of how to assist him in saving conditioned souls, then Haridas Thakur said, we just want to alleviate your anxiety. And Prabhupada comments there that this is the best kind of service, is to alleviate the anxiety of the Lord.Some souls are lost here in the material energy, and we give them an opportunity to come out. And when we apply these two things, attitude, what's the first thing? Yeah, do anybody here have an attitude. Say, Yes, do your senses have an attitude? Mine do. I describe it as entitlement.I feel entitled to that. It's like no. I really think I should have that. And like no, we can't have it now, or ever.The second is order. If you just take these two principles, two ingredients, and you put them together, then you have a perfect life following the footsteps of Lord Nityananda. And magic happens wherever you go. You turn a boring drudgery of the material world into a festival wherever you go. And it's hilarious fun as Lord Nityananda, he's also funny, and his name Nityananda means he's always having fun. There's never a time when he doesn't have fun. And the only reason I don't have fun, at a certain point I get bored is because of two things, one is attitude and second one is order. And if I just come back to attitude and order, and I adjust them according to Lord Nityananda, then fun, fun, fun - Nitya, ananda!Nityananda is just fun from beginning to end. There's nothing to impede our fun. And the greatest fun of all is to go out as a representative, follow the order and in the attitude of Lord Nityananda, of bringing souls back to Krishna. And how much can you do that? Śamyāprāsa is smiling. How much can you do it Śamyāprāsa? Birds fly as high as they can in the sky. You can do it always. You can do it always and everywhere. That's why Lord Caitanya said 'yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa, āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa' (CC Madhya 7.128). That means world's open for business if you have the right attitude and you have the order, and if you follow the order.(excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/128/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #pilgrimageoftheheart
Here in Jagannātha Purī, the chief of the devotees, Haridāsa Ṭhākura —in general society, which was concerned with caste, creed, rules, and regulations, Haridāsa Ṭhākura was not well considered within the Hindu culture. And even with Advaita Ācārya back in Navadvīpa, when performing a śrāddha ceremony at the end, you're supposed to offer the prasāda to the most qualified Vaiṣṇava that's available. And Advaita Ācārya would take that śrāddha-pātra, and He would give it to Haridāsa Ṭhākura. And Haridāsa Ṭhākura said, "This isn't going to look good on Facebook, social media. They're going to put out criticism that, 'Why are you giving it to a Muslim-bodied person?'" And Advaita Ācārya said, "What Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, what the Bhāgavatam says: kirāta-hūṇāndhra-pulinda-pulkaśā, ābhīra-śumbhā yavanāḥ khasādayaḥ, ye ’nye ca pāpā yad-apāśrayāśrayāḥ, śudhyanti tasmai prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ (SB 2.4.18)—the only qualification is that one is surrendered to the Lord, and by the power of the Lord's mercy, that person becomes an exalted soul, not by some birth or social position.(excerpt from the talk@ Srila Haridas Thakura's Samadhi, Pilgrimage of The Heart )------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's a devotee named Sudāma who dressed up as a Hare Kṛṣṇa in Hawaii for Halloween. And on a dare, his friends told him, "Why don't you jump in the van with the Hare Kṛṣṇas?" because they go out chanting on Halloween. And being a joker or a prankster, he jumped in, and then he took it a step further by getting in the van with them and going home and taking prasādam. And it was all fun and games, and it was to impress his friends. Then he found himself on the other side of the world. He was back in Boston, going to school, and he became very depressed about his life. And then he met a devotee who had a book table, and he got a book, and then he remembered his experience with the Hare Kṛṣṇas. So, in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, there's a description—the gopīs talk about Kṛṣṇa as being very sticky. They say, "Be careful of Him, because He's like mango sap. If you get mango sap in your hair, you just got to chop it off, because you're not going to get it out. It won't come out—mango sap!" So they said, "Kṛṣṇa is like mango sap. He gets in you and you can't get Him off." And Rūpa Gosvāmī says, yad-ābhāso 'py udyan kavalita-bhava-dhvānta-vibhavaḥ"- even if somebody is in complete abject darkness and ignorance, if they hear "Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare, Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare," then Rūpa Gosvāmī says that even that person in complete ignorance, they get a feeling for bhakti. It awakens in their heart because the holy name goes in their ears. It dances in their heart and it awakens their sense of bhakti.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, a practical matter, that by studying this dialogue, the Bhagavad-gītā, which is the Vedic intelligence we just heard, He said that you worship Me by your intelligence. And if you read Bhagavad-gītā every day, then your intelligence can be purged of the lower modes of material nature. And obviously, by hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, then you come to "tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥ kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye ceta etair anāviddhaṁ sthitaṁ sattve prasīdati." (SB 1.2.19).This also indicates the diminishment of the lower modes of material nature in the mind and the intellect by hearing. So, it is an instrument. You're accompanied by that when you leave the present physical body. You have a present physical body. But it's just like if you're standing on a bridge looking at your smartphone, and you drop it off the bridge into the ravine, you know, really, you're not that upset because you backed it all up. And all you have to do is just go get new hardware. Just buy a new one, and it's already there in the cloud. So, the manas, the buddhi, and ahaṅkāra—these are the three elements of what Patañjali Muni calls the cetaḥ. We say ceto-darpana-mārjanam. It's actually three instruments in one, which is what sometimes we just say, the mind. Western science doesn't really distinguish that much between the mind and the intellect, but there is a difference. According to Sāṅkhya philosophy, each one has a different function, as described. You can read about it in the Third Canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Kapila-deva teaching Devahūti. And therefore Kṛṣṇa says, "Purify it, fortify it." He's saying it again. It's a military statement, almost: "evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā, saṁstabhyātmānam ātmanā, jahi śatruṁ mahā-bāho." (BG 3.43) "Stand up and fight, Arjuna!" Make your intelligence strong. Don't get faked out by all the misinformation that comes into the senses from information affected by the lower modes of nature." And you can do that by reading Bhagavad-gītā every day.https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/2/19/https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/3/43/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Śrī Īśopaniṣad, everyone knows the verse, 'vāyur anilam amṛtam, athedaṁ bhasmāntaṁ śarīram, oṁ krato smara kṛtaṁ smara, krato smara kṛtaṁ smara (mantra 17).' Let this temporary body be burned to ashes. Let the air of life be merged with the totality of air. Now, my Lord, please remember all my sacrifices, and because You are the ultimate beneficiary, please remember all that I have done for You. And in his purport, Prabhupāda says you don't have to remind the Lord; He knows what you've done for Him. And one of the things you can do for Him is come to His hometown. There are verses in the Bṛhat-bhāgavatāmṛta—they're so touching,about coming to the Dhāma. Those who come to the region of the district of Mathurā and just visit there, Kṛṣṇa takes it personally. "He came to My hometown!" After all, how does it feel if somebody went to your hometown? If somebody hears I'm from Coimbatore, and they say, "Coimbatore!" And they go, "Coimbatore!" Who said Coimbatore? I'm from Coimbatore! So Kṛṣṇa appreciates. In fact, there's a verse that Prabhupāda quotes in the next devotion, that Rūpa Gosvāmī obviously quotes, saying somebody comes to the district of Mathurā during Kārtika, even if they're not very serious. But if they're serious enough, or lucky enough, to get on the train and get there for Kārtika, and they just hang around, maybe offer a lamp, He said, then Kṛṣṇa takes that personally.(excerpt from the talk)-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
After Hiraṇyakaśipu was killed, the Lord continued to be very angry, and the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, could not pacify Him. Even mother Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, the constant companion of Nārāyaṇa, could not dare come before Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva. Then Lord Brahmā asked Prahlāda Mahārāja to go forward and pacify the Lord’s anger. Prahlāda Mahārāja, being confident of the affection of his master, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, was not afraid at all. He very gravely appeared before the Lord’s lotus feet and offered Him respectful obeisances. Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, being very much affectionate toward Prahlāda Mahārāja, put His hand on Prahlāda’s head, and because of being personally touched by the Lord, Prahlāda Mahārāja immediately achieved brahma-jñāna, spiritual knowledge. Thus he offered his prayers to the Lord in full spiritual knowledge and full devotional ecstasy. The instructions given by Prahlāda Mahārāja in the form of his prayers are as follows.(excerpt from the chapter description:https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/9/)More about Prayers of Prahlāda Mahārāja from the talk at Tota Gopinath Temple: You Always Win With The Basics - https://youtu.be/qFqQmdCSGY0------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So, in the teachings of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He said that in the Śikṣāṣṭakam, we should take to chanting and we should purify the heart. And He said also that it avails us to all good fortune—who would like the white lotus of good fortune to appear in his or her heart or life? And this is something Prabhupāda mentions in the story of the Guṇḍīcā-mārjana. And that is that not only does one have to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, but one also has to be careful to avoid the ten offenses. And he says that when the heart becomes clean, then it becomes a proper altar on which one can install the Deity of Kṛṣṇa. So you can imagine that our bodies are sacred, they're a tabernacle, and in that tabernacle—a tabernacle is a place where the essence, God's essence, is installed, and it's also portable—if one can cleanse one's heart and then install the Lord on the altar of one's heart, because it's clean enough and it's properly anointed, then, Prabhupāda says, you can hold a festival and invite everybody and have a prasādam feast, that you've purified the heart and you're you've installed The Lord within your heart. And in the process of chanting, the white lotus of good fortune opens within one's heart. Puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtana means that everyone's looking for some fortune in this world, but it's fickle. It just comes and goes. But the good fortune that we get from association with The Holy Name is eternal and ever-increasing, and one can experience that...(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Pray for Lord Nityānanda to break any of your anarthas, attachments to unnecessary things—that's a pretty bold prayer. "Please break them, throw them in the river," and then say, "I don't know what happened!" Lord Nityānanda, is adoṣa-darśī. He's one that we can approach because He doesn't see anybody's faults. This is mentioned by Viśvanātha Cakravarti Ṭhākura in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. He gives an elaborate commentary about the qualities of various levels of people. And some people, they are very expert at finding faults. Even when there is no fault, they can find a fault. And then there are some people on the highest level—even when there is no good quality, they find something, they elevate it, and they say... And that's part of the declaration by Uddhava, when he says, "Who would take shelter of anybody else except Kṛṣṇa, because of what He did for Pūtanā?" He said, "Why would you go to anybody else?" Because Kṛṣṇa somehow, He found a good quality in Pūtanā. And Nityānanda Prabhu—it's called adoṣa-darśī. He just doesn't see any faults. And He's also the epitome of audārya . In Vṛndāvana, there's mādhurya—it's just sweetness, sweet and sweet and sweet. madhuram madhuram, madhuram madhuram madhuram—there are lots of songs talking about the sweetness of Vṛndāvana, the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa. But then when you get into the pastimes of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, it's the same mādhurya, only you have the container that's filled up so high, and it overflows and it goes out to everybody. And you see that in the saṅkīrtana—that's people just absorbed in their worldly activities, and you hear the Hari-nāma, and then they just get into ecstasy and they get carried away. So we can ask Lord Nityānanda to overlook our faults and just sweep us away in that inundation. That's kind of nice because, as it's a declaration also in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, 'pātra vā apātra nahe'—they didn't consider where was a good place or where wasn't a good place.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Those who take shelter of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, who is merciful to all, He is called adoṣa-darśī. He doesn't see the faults in anyone. Adoṣa-darśī means anyone who approaches Him with some eagerness in his or her heart to serve, He empowers them and gives them pure devotional service, which is impossible to get otherwise. So the process of devotional service comes through eka-cakra and comes through Nityānanda and Gaura. Without approaching Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, it's impossible to enter into Vṛndāvana. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura writes in his famous bhajan about how when one dives into the ocean of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, which are the pastimes of saṅkīrtana, then one comes out on the shore of the ocean of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa pastimes. So, by performing vaidhī bhakti over many, many lifetimes, one may attain Vaikuṇṭha, says Kavirāja Gosvāmī. But if one approaches Lord Nityānanda and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in service in the saṅkīrtana movement, then one can easily come to the highest position in the spiritual world, Goloka Vṛndāvana, where spontaneous love is flowing.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When we're coming on this Yātrā, we all have problems. Some of us have debts in America. Some of us have a boss who's a rotten person. Some of us have problems in our married life. Everybody has problems in this world, but when we come here for the few days that we're here, we leave those problems behind, and don't worry, they'll still be there when you go back. We're attached to them sometimes. And we come here and we have a respite and a real vacation, in the sense that we come and we're able to do kīrtan with devotees, and we understand, then, what are real problems? What are real solutions? There's a beautiful verse, vipadaḥ naiva vipadaḥ—that vipada is not really a problem. vipadaḥ naiva vipadaḥ, sampado naiva sampadaḥ—and sampada, wealth or good fortune, is not really good fortune. vipadaḥ naiva vipadaḥ, sampado naiva sampadaḥ. vipadaḥ vismaran viṣṇoḥ, sampadam nārāyaṇa smṛtiḥ—the only real problem in this world is when we forget the Lord. And the only happiness in this world is when we remember the Lord. So, in association with devotees on a Yātrā like this, it's a journey of the heart, not just a journey of the body, or journey of the wallet, or, as Prabhu was saying last night, a journey of National Geographic or something. And those problems that we have, in a paradoxical way, they'll become our assets. Because, for a woman who has difficulty in childbirth, something so extraordinarily painful—I can't even understand—if she goes through that, then she can understand that pain, and she can speak to other ladies who've gone through that, she can empathize with them, and they can really appreciate her comments. So that those problems in our life are actually assets, both for our own personal bhakti, because when we continue in spite of those problems, then we get blessings. We get bhakti, and they're also our asset when we speak to others.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Everything else will be disappointing in this world, except for chanting the holy name. So you can always increase the quality and the quantity, and you can always arrange to broadcast the holy name in writing and out loud in various places around the world, and everyone will benefit from it. And that's the campaign of our—the head cabinet member for chanting the holy name, Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura, the nāmācārya—is that, that's what He taught. So we can just follow that.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's just so helpful hearing about these two iconic figures in bhakti, and it's even more inspiring because of the fact that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu authorized it and did it himself. What to speak of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, there is a way in which you always win with the basics. And if one maintains determination to overcome any obstacle, and also has a sincere prayer that "I don't want anything else, but You, Kṛṣṇa," then Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā: "teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakamdadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te. That is, if you have that mood, or any mood that you want Me, then I'll give you the intelligence how you can come to Me."So this is a place where this yajña has been done many times by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍit. Hearing these pastimes, we can come back to them again and again and remember how they did that, and take inspiration from these sections of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The first Back to Godhead magazine I got enlightened me, and I realized that as I wrote in my notebook—not back when I got my first Back to Godhead magazine. But this relates: It's not that there are many problems in the world. The world itself is a problem, and that's the idea when you're able to categorize properly. Vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ, what are we pointing to? What are we talking about? What are the qualities of the energy? That's when you can solve the problem. You have to do it categorically. You can't do it piecemeal by trying to adjust in the material world. That's one of the main points. And then the positive point comes: What do you want to point to?This is where most philosophers fall short—they don't give us an option. They may say that the world is full of suffering, and they have incomplete knowledge of where we can repose our attention, where we can give our energy, and where we can serve. But Chaitanya Mahaprabhu informs Sanatan Goswami that you are the eternal servant of Krishna; that's your nature, and Krishna is the source of everything. Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ (BG 10.8). Krishna says that when you come to this conclusion, you'll give me all your attention. There's nowhere else to give your attention, logically, and so this verse is vitally important.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa says, "You can meditate upon me as the one who knows everything." So, there's a way that when you're chanting, if you take Kṛṣṇa's advice and think of him as the one who knows everything, it can avoid the kind of distraction the mind has when it's constantly trying to fix everything. One of the ways I notice I get distracted is my mind's thinking, "Yes, but I got to fix this," "Yes, but I got to fix that." But if you know that Kṛṣṇa already knows everything, besides, he knows how to fix everything, and you just leave it to him. Say, "Okay, Kṛṣṇa, you already know all these problems, and you know all these various troubles that I'm going through. So, I just leave it to you. You know everything."And knowing that he has a special interest in us, he knows everything. He knows how to fix it. It gives us a period of time where we could just fully invest our mind in this meditation that Kṛṣṇa knows everything.It's Kṛṣṇa's idea. I'm just mentioning it. Hare Kṛṣṇa.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #japacircle #makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #mantrameditation
The heart is the driver, and the body is the chariot. So when we come to these places, the pilgrimage of the heart, we come here and feel that spiritual energy. And, of course, we talk about the past times, we talk about the philosophy, but the feeling that we get when we come home to these places, that transforms the heart. And home is where the heart is. So we pray here, "Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, Dear Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Dear Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, if you so desire, please instill in our hearts the softness for doing good for all living beings and for always following the footsteps of the great ācāryas. And please let us remember the past time that took place here—Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya's change of heart and full surrender to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. May we follow in his footsteps. Thank you for considering our request.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Compassion is one of the features of Advaita Ācārya, and also this idea of servitude towards the Lord, where he declares, "caitanyera dāsa muñi, caitanyera dāsa," (CC Adi 6.86) that "I am a servant of Lord Caitanya. I'm the servant of Lord Caitanya. I'm the servant of Lord Caitanya. I am the servant of the servants." And this is the foundation for perfection in spiritual life—that is, to come to this position of being a servitor. Fortunately, we have Chaitanya Mahāprabhu to worship in this mood of servitorship. And there's nobody better than Lord Caitanya. He's Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa combined. Kavirāja Gosvāmī said he's the Deity of the paramahaṁsas. So if we engage ourselves in His service and emulate the mood of Advaita Ācārya, which was showing compassion to the living entities in Kali Yuga, helping to spread the saṅkīrtana movement, then through that method given to us by Advaita Ācārya, we can attain the perfection of devotional service.(excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/6/86/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So, during this time, we get an opportunity to leave aside all of the considerations and give full attention to chanting of Japa and a few points extrapolated from the Prabhupāda's teachings. One is that practice well, well you can. He gave an analogy of learning to fly an airplane and said that at some point, you have to fly solo. So get used to taking responsibility for your japa. Then, if you practice well, you will have the shelter of Kṛṣṇa very readily by calling out: āpannaḥ saṁsṛtiṁ ghorāṁ yan-nāma vivaśo gṛṇan tataḥ sadyo vimucyeta yad bibheti svayaṁ bhayam (SB 1.1.14) One of the first points Sūta Swāmī makes to the sages—perhaps it's Śaunaka speaking at this point—is that actually there's no difference between Kṛṣṇa and his name. So take full advantage while you can.(excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/1/14/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
From a letter that Prabhupada had written to send to the police:Our basic mission is to propagate the saṅkīrtana movement chanting the holy names of God all around the world, as was recommended by the incarnation of the Lord Śrī Caitanya, Mahāprabhu. People in this age are reluctant very much to understand about God consciousness on account of their unfortunate condition of life. They're working hard day and night simply for sense gratification. But this transcendental vibration of saṅkīrtana will knock at the door of their hearts for spiritual awakening. Therefore, they should be given the chance for this opportunity. It will knock at the door of their hearts. It is not recommended that a Kṛṣṇa conscious devotee go into seclusion for chanting by himself and thereby gaining salvation for himself alone. Our duty and religious obligation is to go out into the streets where the people in general can hear the chanting and see the dancing we have already seen practically how by this process, many, many boys and girls of America and Europe have been saved from the immoral practices of this age and have now dedicated their lives to the service of Kṛṣṇa. The state laws are specifically meant for making citizens men of good character.(excerpt from the reading)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #mantrameditation #mantra
There was a pūjārī here for many years, taking care of this Deity, and something amazing happened to him that increased his faith a million-fold in Advaita Ācārya. Should I say what it is? He was sitting here one day, and he saw Westerners come here. They were chanting just like we were when we came in, and they were offering obeisances to Advaita Ācārya and walking over. It was the first time he had ever seen Western people come here. And he approached one of them and said, "Who are you? Where did you come from?" And they said, "Oh, we're disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda." The man broke into tears, and he said, "He did it, he did it."And then he told them the story that one day, when he was here in this lonely place because not many people used to come here, he saw a sādhu all alone come here, sit down, and was praying all day long here. He approached him and asked him who he was and what he was doing. This sādhu told him that, "My spiritual master has given me an impossible assignment, at least in my life I don't see how it's possible because I'm now approaching seventy years old, and he asked me to go to the West to teach Kṛṣṇa consciousness to the Westerners. And he said I have no money. I'm trying to get passage on a ship to go to America, and I have to fulfill the order of My Spiritual Master, but I'm not sure how it will happen. I just know I have to do it, and therefore I've come here to pray to Advaita Ācārya, who's the one who inaugurated the Krishna Consciousness Movement by inviting Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu."That man never saw that sādhu again, ever, until these Westerners came back here and showed him a picture of the Back to Godhead magazine. There was Prabhupāda with his international movement. He had reached every continent of the world, and people everywhere were chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. He had opened 108 temples, and that Bhagavad-gītā class, just like Advaita Ācārya had started here hundreds of years ago, was now going on in Des Moines, Iowa; London, Mombasa, Toledo, Siberia, San Francisco, Bolivia - La Paz, Argentina, Toronto. I mean, there's a huge community in Toronto. How did it get there? It started here with Prabhupāda's prayers, and we can go on all day, shouting out cities, and we'll know that it's there. The Bhagavad-gītā, as it is, is being taught in all these places. So this There was a pūjārī here for many years, taking care of this Deity, and something amazing happened to him that increased his faith a million-fold in Advaita Ācārya. Should I say what it is? He was sitting here one day, and he saw Westerners come here. They were chanting just like we were when we came in, and they were offering obeisances to Advaita Ācārya and walking over. It was the first time he had ever seen Western people come here. And he approached one of them and said, "Who are you? Where did you come from?" And they said, "Oh, we're disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda." The man broke into tears, and he said, "He did it, he did it."And then he told them the story that one day, when he was here in this lonely place because not many people used to come here, he saw a sādhu all alone come here, sit down, and was praying all day long here. He approached him and asked him who he was and what he was doing. This sādhu told him that, "My spiritual master has given me an impossible assignment, at least in my life I don't see how it's possible because I'm now approaching seventy years old, and he asked me to go to the West to teach Kṛṣṇa consciousness to the Westerners. And he said I have no money. I'm trying to get passage on a ship to go to America, and I have to fulfill the order of My Spiritual Master, but I'm not sure how it will happen. I just know I have to do it, and therefore I've come here to pray to Advaita Ācārya, who's the one who inaugurated the Krishna Consciousness Movement by inviting Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu."
Everybody needs encouragement. The world is a discouraging place; true or false? (audience : True) That's very discouraging. There's a way in which you can be our first recruiter. It actually is very encouraging. But until one develops a sense for the support that we're getting from Kṛṣṇa at every minute, it feels as if I'm under assault. I mean, after all, I'm born into a world, and then I'm told soon afterwards that you're going to have to exit soon, and we're not sure if it's going to be a bumpy ride or not. We can't guarantee anything. And meanwhile, there's a lot to do to catch up, because coming out of the womb one has extreme jet lag. That's why babies sleep so much. They travel from one universe to another, probably 'brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva'.They come out like, "I don't know where I am, but I'm going to sleep it off. Maybe wake up when I got some teeth." It's hard. It's a hard world. Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagvad-gītā from top to bottom, and people need encouragement, and this is the whole purpose of Kṛṣṇa speaking to Brahma. In fact, we have it in the Gayatri mantra. The word for pracodayāt comes from the root word Chud, which means to inspire, and pra is an intensifier. It means really inspire people. The word encourage comes from a French word cor, which means the heart. And if you've ever heard the term disheartened, your heart's not into it. In fact, the word shraddha, shrad means the heart, and dha is an active verb. It means where you place something. And when the heart is affected, then our lives are affected. It's hard for us to move, it's hard for us to walk up the stairs, hard to pick up a bead bag. So when we have a culture of encouragement, when we see a spark, we can fan it. It's known as "Fan The Spark."To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So, one point that Rūpa Gosvāmī makes about the practice of bhakti is that one should never assume that one knows why one is doing it. And it's always a good question to say, 'Why am I doing this?' before engaging in a practice of bhakti. So, I have a question that we can entertain over the next couple of minutes: Why are you here? Why are you chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa today? But you’ve got to back it up with some kind of scriptural reference.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Thakura Bhaktivinoda, the humble servant of the Lord, says, “The holy name of Krishna has fulfilled all my desires by vibrating on everyone’s tongue.” Bhaktivinoda therefore prays at the feet of Sri Rupa Goswami that the chanting of harinam may continue like this always. (Translation, verse 5)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Thakura Bhaktivinoda, the humble servant of the Lord, says, “The holy name of Krishna has fulfilled all my desires by vibrating on everyone’s tongue.” Bhaktivinoda therefore prays at the feet of Sri Rupa Goswami that the chanting of harinam may continue like this always. (Translation, verse 5)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We can start with the bhūta-śuddhi, which means śuddhi, means to purify. Bhūta means the elements. So the idea is, and this is done for the beginning of starting Deity worship. There's a way in which sitting down to do japa can have a prelude or preface. Let's try reading it together.(excerpt from the talk)Full presentation : https://youtu.be/4I6PZwW-sVo------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #makejapagreatagain #bhutasuddhi#mantrameditation
Also, please make a concerted effort to read Prabhupāda's books again and again. He said, 'Everything I had to say, I said in my books.' And there's even more than just gathering information. When you read Prabhupāda's books, you're getting his association. So make it something that, even if it's just a little bit every day, try to hear something from Prabhupāda's books and go through them as much as possible. The kids will benefit too, from seeing you and hearing you reading out loud, and that's one of the ways to stay strong in spiritual life, along with your chanting.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I was thinking, so many people are going to the Kumbh Melā, everyone's looking for that one-time place where they can dip in and then be like, 'Okay, I'm elevated, I'm rectified,' whatever motive there is. But this felt to me like the perfect Kumbh Melā. It's coming together to chant. You're hitting the exact spot. There is no point at which one can be more perfectly situated than chanting japa, especially in the association of devotees. So don't worry if you didn't make it to the Kumbh Melā this time, because you're here, and you can be there at any time just by uttering the holy name of the Lord. That's one of the main points of the śāstra.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
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Wi-Fi, the farther away you are, the less you get a connection. So by the pure faith and in the Holy Name and having sādhu-saṅga and chanting the primary names, one can very quickly become advanced. But if our chanting is weak or distracted or influenced by aparādha, covered by offenses, then the process is very slow. And that's dangerous, because there's a way in which I might think, "Well, it's not working, therefore it doesn't, it's imagination." Fifth defense.So Rūpa Gosvāmī says that we have to be careful of this. Niyamāgraha said, "Don't just chant for the sake of chanting without getting a result." In other words, we have some responsibility, not that. How come the name didn't deliver me? I have to also be eager and attentive and very enthusiastic to chant. And then we'll feel the reciprocation from Kṛṣṇa, and we'll be able to overcome the fifth offense, or thinking that it's imaginary. And maybe I'll just do something else. I'll read the encyclopedia, or something.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Wherever we are, whether it's Goloka or here, we're still eternal servants of the Lord. So in the beginning stages, we understand by hearing sambandha-jñāna that we're not Kṛṣṇa, that we're actually His servants, then that's a beginning position to chant from. The antithesis of that is mentioned by Bhaktivinoda Thākura and by Haridās Thākura in the Harināma Cintāmaṇi. That idea which contaminates the chanting is Māyāvāda, which is the idea that "I am God." "I'm just chanting. I'm temporarily inconvenienced by being in the material world, but I'll realize my godship again by chanting, and I'll merge." Sorry, everybody, but this is the antithesis of sambandha-jñāna, which means a relationship. I have a relationship. How can you have a relationship if you're one and the same? So it starts with understanding that I'm an eternal servant. I'm not the master. Later on, one's relationship with Krishna will be realized by the mercy of the holy name. We can't artificially know our relationship with Kṛṣṇa in Goloka Vṛndāvana. There are some people who have a premature way of offering this to others and saying that, "This is your relationship; now meditate on it." But in our line, we first meditate on the holy name and the fact that we're eternal servants, and the Holy Name reveals to us gradually what our relationship is. That comes to be known to us by Kṛṣṇa's arrangement. This you can substantiate this by reading the last song in the Saranāgati by Bhaktivinoda Thākura, in which he describes how the holy name comes to him, takes him by the hand, and introduces him to Kṛṣṇa and his relationship with Kṛṣṇa in the spiritual world.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #mantrameditation #mantra
It was seventh and eighth grade. I don't know about you all, but that's what we had back then. And at Fairview, there was a fellow student of mine named Steve Rau. I don't know if he's still on the planet or not, but I remember when Steve Rau decided that he was going to get straight A's, he was going to be the valedictorian, and he was also going to be the top athlete in school. I remember he made that decision, and Steve Rau did no-nonsense. Steve Rau would run to school and back just to get in his miles, and he would not go out and carouse as he was home studying to get straight A's and so forth. I saw that by his determination, Steve Rau achieved all those things because he decided he was going to do it. This is called dṛḍha-vratāḥ.And don't get me started with Dave Dibbern. I've mentioned him before: he was a flutist, and he wasn't making as much progress on his flute playing as he wanted to. And one fine summer night circa 1969, he lived nearby. He was a fellow student in high school. He came running to our house and burst through the front door with his flute, and he had his head shaved, which was taboo in 1969. Nobody but the Hare Kṛṣṇas shaved their heads back then. He said, "That's it. No more fooling around. I'm going to get good on the flute." Then he slammed the door and ran home, and he became an excellent flute player. This is called dridha vrata. Remember the Dave Dibbern or Steve Rau principle.And so in the Bhagavad Gita, Kṛṣṇa says that if you're careful about the way you organize your life and you don't intermingle with people who are not serious—not serious means they think it's okay to be stupid, making themselves unnecessarily stupid through some of the activities that I mentioned earlier. It's one of the tenets of spiritual practice: don't dabble in things that will make you stupid or lose your reason, or become so attached unnecessarily that you'll lose your reason. At the same time, if one practices the tenets of bhakti, it's compared to lighting dry firewood.If one tries to practice spiritual life while at the same time contaminating one's consciousness by the lower modes of material nature through ill-advised activities, it's compared to trying to light a fire that has become moistened by the fog, or, even worse, by a heavy rainstorm. It may take a lot more fire to start the kindling in that case. So two things go together. Therefore, the sages gave this advice: lead a clean life and, at the same time, practice bhakti and then this verse comes to life (BG 7.28) : yeṣāṁ tv anta-gataṁ pāpaṁjanānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇāmte dvandva-moha-nirmuktābhajante māṁ dṛḍha-vratāḥhttps://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/7/28/(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
I was thinking about how today, in the world because people don't know this. This means they don't know that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everything emanates from Him. They try to solve the problems of life through their own devices. They make adjustments—politically, economically, physically, socially—and all of them create more complications.That is, when we try to solve our problems through our own intellects, we always create more problems. This is something Prahlād Mahārāj mentions in his prayers to Lord Nṛsiṁhadev, that the so-called remedies of this world are often times worse than the disease itself. And so, while I was reading the Puruṣa Sūkta, I was thinking how the ultimate solution to life always traces back to what Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā: "man-manā bhava mad-bhakto (18.65) – Just remember Me."In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kavirāja Gosvāmī mentions that if you remember Lord Caitanya, then difficult things become easy. And if you forget Him, then what should become simple becomes very complicated (CC Adi 14.1).Near the end of the Puruṣa Sūkta, it is mentioned in a benedictory verse that anyone who becomes aware of The Supreme Puruṣa, who is the source of this manifested world, becomes liberated. It's something that Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā also, everything's there in the Gītā, right?(excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/14/1/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Anybody need an attitude lift? Yes, lift your attitude. One, two, three, lift. So much of our progress has to do with our attitude, and it's easy to get pushed down by the three modes of material nature. The way to rise above it is by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.And I'm going to repeat the first verse that came from the Antya Līlā, Caitanya-caritāmṛta, written by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī. Simply by chanting The Holy Name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one can be freed from all undesirable habits. Simply by chanting The Holy Name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one can be freed from all undesirable habits.That's what everybody's talking about and preparing for: how can I overcome undesirable habits? There are millions of self-help books, courses, psychology majors, everything. How can I overcome undesirable habits? But this one process, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa is the way to rise above it.Correct. Who can prove it with śāstra? Give me a Sanskrit verse. Why does it work? Because we're not blind followers. We need evidence.(excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/antya/20/11/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
'Brahmāṇḍa bhramite kono bhāgyavān jīva guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja' (CC. Madhya 19.151) means we are aimlessly moving from one body to the next, one universe to the next, and then, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, one gets a guru, by the grace of the Guru, one gets Kṛṣṇa. And so, Lord Nityānanda is the original guru, and he reveals the importance of Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu to all the devotees and reveals that He's the Supreme Personality of Godhead.Caitanya Mahāprabhu took sanyāsa and He headed for this place, Jagannātha Puri. And this is a stop before you get to Puri. It's about six miles away. Of course, they were walking; this is pretty far along from Navadvīpa when they stopped here. From the Caitanya Charitāmrita you will note that they stopped in various places and what did they do? They engaged in Kṛṣṇa Kathā.In fact Nityānanda had heard from others the story of Kṣīra-corā gopīnātha. He told that story here, and the devotees just enjoyed it. Everything was going fine until Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu asked Nityānanda to hold his dandā. You know when you ask somebody to hold your bead bag and say you'll be right back? Then you come back and say, "Where's my bag?" "Oh, I don't have it anymore." I never had that happen, but somebody actually cut off my śikhā when they were helping buzz me up. Since then, I learned how to do it myself. They thought it was funny. I didn't think it was that funny. They were like, "ha ha ha, it'll grow back." It's a big deal to a brahmacārī, okay? So, Nityānanda had broken his dandā in three parts and threw it away, apparently in this river.When Caitanya Mahāprabhu came back and asked for His dandā, Nitai said, "You know, you broke it because you were in ecstasy. I tried to save you from fainting, and we both fell on the dandā and it broke and now it's gone." He had different excuses for why the dandā was gone. Now both Vṛndāvana Dāsa Ṭhākura and ā Dāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, and then our ācāryas like Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, mention the importance of this pastime.It is still enigmatic, even though they give different descriptions, because it's enigmatic in and of itself that Supreme is one, but He expands Himself into many. That's why I brought up that verse 'Vadanti tat tattva-vidastattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam' in an attempt to build a foundational basis for this talk today. Because there’s a way in which it's incomprehensible how the Supreme is everything and He is one, advaya but at the same time he has variety. But it makes a lot of sense to me anyway because the Supreme is all-cognizant, full of bliss, eternality, and ānanda. and that's why I also mentioned that for there to be ananda there has to be loving relationship.So, how is this a significant and loving relationship between Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda? Why did He break the dandā? Even more mysteriously, why did Caitanya Mahāprabhu dictate from within that Nityānanda should break the dandā? It is even more curious why Caitanya Mahāprabhu then became angry if he's the one, as Vṛndāvana Dāsa Ṭhākura says, who inspired Nitāi to break it the first place?To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/
This is a good example of vaidhi-bhakti. You're disturbed when you're three minutes late. This means a very strict idea of how to follow the process. I have a god brother, Saurī Dāsa, who lived with him in the ashram in Hawaii and other places, and he's down to the second. Everything's like, "Get out of my way. We got to do this now," and everything has to be fixed and regulated. He gets up at the same time, and actually, in the beginning of the practice of devotional service, or throughout, we find that the great devotees, Raghunātha Dāsa Goswāmī's practice was like lines in stone, very strictly following. This leads to more advanced stages of the practice of devotional service. So that's good to hear that your mind becomes disturbed by being three minutes late.Hare Kṛṣṇa.I'll read something for our last section. This is from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam six canto, Ajāmila delivered by the Viṣṇudūtas. "One who chants the holy name of the Lord is immediately freed from the reactions of unlimited sins, even if he chants indirectly to indicate something else, jokingly for musical entertainment or even neglectfully. This is accepted by all the learned scholars of the scriptures. If one chants the holy name of Hari and then dies because of an accidental misfortune, such as falling from the top of a house, slipping and suffering broken bones while traveling on the road, being bitten by a serpent, being afflicted with pain and high fever, or being injured by a weapon, one is immediately absolved from having to enter hellish life, even though he is sinful."------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #makejapagreatagain #mantra #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #harekrishna
As early as this morning, I heard Prabhupāda speaking about how, when we travel, we have many requirements to get from one place to another. For instance, going to a foreign country, he said, requires a visa. He said for his, coming to America, he had to show his bonafides and he had to have some special paperwork. And he said for going anywhere, we need to prepare ourselves. It's not that just willy-nilly you can go from one place to another, nor can you willy-nilly just go back to Godhead by accident. It's a 'śīla,' it's a cultivation that one enacts in this lifetime, and one develops one's bonafides. And you get a visa and a passport and so forth. You should have your paperwork in order. Like right now, we're already thinking about just going from here to Calcutta It is a big deal, right? Say yes, otherwise, you may be left behind. I mean, you've got to figure out how much you can bring; you've got to figure out is my ticket, is it my name spelled correctly, and so forth. So there's this sense Prabhupāda was instilling in us, and I mean by this lecture he was giving this morning is, don't think that it's something that just happens if you're haphazard, but be very deliberate about it. So this verse inspires us in this way to look at the end of life. 'Ante' means the end when you leave the body and we've been reading every evening chapter of Bhagavad-gītā chapter 15 in which Kṛṣṇa gives the science of what happens when you leave your body.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #kttvg #mantrameditation #mantra #makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy
We have to take strength from Lord Balarāma. Part of the spiritual strength is to have the enthusiasm and the remembrance, which perhaps precedes the enthusiasm, to take our beads every day and make a valiant effort against the strong waves of māyā to fully take the names of Kṛṣṇa.And one other point is that it's not insignificant if we give our attention to the chanting. In the story of Balarāma killing Dhenukāsura and Kṛṣṇa killing all the other āsura demons, after this pastime in the Bhāgavatam, Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma, and all their friends and cows are entering back into the Vṛndāvana village. And it's noted there that the gopīs are watching them come into the city. And their eyes are all on Kṛṣṇa like bees going to a flower. But the description there is that Kṛṣṇa accepted their glance as an offering, and they were saying, were the gopīs, when they glanced at him, shyly, albeit very shyly, they glanced at him, that "this is all we have to offer. We don't have anything else in our home, and we can't go anywhere. We're restricted, but what we have is our glance that we can offer you."And so Kṛṣṇa took that as the greatest offering that they wanted. They wanted to look at him, and he reciprocated by giving his glance back. And what's in Kṛṣṇa’s glance? Everything. So in japa, we have the same opportunity that the residents of Vṛndāvana had. It's a Vṛndāvana pastime, actually, chanting Kṛṣṇa’s names. "Rāma, Rāma, Mahābāho," the cowherd boys chant it. And so when we chant japa, if we give our glance to the holy name, that's the best offering, and Kṛṣṇa will glance back at us. And that's where our spiritual strength comes from. It's when there's a reciprocation as we give ourselves to the holy name, and then Kṛṣṇa again reciprocates with us. And then we'll feel that, yes, now I'm in the flow of the spiritual energy, and we'll know it for ourselves. Nobody has to come in and give us a certificate.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The Padma Purana says, "Ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ." If you serve Kṛṣṇa with your tongue by chanting in that mood, then he'll be pleased to reveal himself to the chanter. Otherwise, we can't understand God by attending physics classes or philosophy classes or any other kind of empiric observation. He can reveal himself to the humble soul, and he especially reveals Himself through His name. That's the knowledge and that's the practice. So, we're very fortunate to have received it through the tradition passed down by Kṛṣṇa Himself, in the form of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and that's why we're gathered together while everyone else in the rest of Silicon Valley is snoozing, to chant and serve Kṛṣṇa by the chanting.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Question: This question relates more to the class you gave in the morning about Nārada Muni's life. And so I was wondering more related to what kinds of goals to set, especially in terms of our spiritual category, because Nārada Muni, in very short span of time, from what it seemed in the chapter, he was able to achieve a very advanced stage in his spiritual life.https://youtu.be/xLcU7UrXj74?t=3546Since most of us, have been born in devotee families and so on, that's likely because of previous lives' credit that we've had, we've done devotional service, but we haven't been able to fully get there. We're at some stage, but how do we jumpstart and go to a place where like, like Nārada Muni, just immediately, very quickly, was able to reach a very advanced stage, what would you say is very important to focus on in the different kinds of practices that are available, like reading, chanting, service and so on. There's so many opportunities. Where should we spend our time to really go very quickly and advance? https://youtu.be/xLcU7UrXj74?t=3546Excerpt from the answer: Be grateful for what you have now. Practice gratitude. Because you're always somewhere and if you're always looking, oh, it's not good enough, it's too slow, I got to go somewhere else, then you always feel a little out of balance. But if you're grateful for what you have right now, then in the present moment, you'll appreciate exactly what Krishna has given you..Link to the entire class:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLcU7UrXj74 -----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Today, I thought of this because of going to Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura's Bhajana Kuṭīra and it's on a hill, which is the sand dune. There's a pastime around that also. But thinking of Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, and we'll talk about it more when we go there today, he advocated humility. "Tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā Hariḥ." It's easy enough to roll off my tongue and say, "Yeah, I already know that verse," but how much have I applied it? One of the teachings of the Bṛhat Bhāgavatāmṛta is that there's no possibility for bhakti to arise within the heart of a devotee unless there's dainya or utter humility. Or the concept is that bhakti and dainya go together; they are co-dependents. In other words, someone may say "I have developed pure love for God," but if there's no humility, then that's a farce because they go together - dainya, utter humility.It is also one of the points that Caitanya Mahāprabhu makes again in the Madhya-līlā, in the same section, when he's talking about bhāva, the symptoms of one whose heart is becoming softened by the practice of devotional service. He mentions there that such a person feels paradoxically less and less qualified as he or she becomes more qualified. The more qualified one becomes, the less qualified one considers oneself. And it doesn't mean that the devotee becomes dysfunctional. Prabhupāda talks about that in his prayers called Vṛndāvana-bhajana before he came to America. He was talking about Arjuna as a great warrior, and he said that Vaiṣṇavas, they don't shrink from their duties in the world, even if they're called to go to battle. They'll stand courageously and fight to do their duty. So it's not that they become morose and think, "What is the term I'm thinking of? They lose self-esteem, they lack self-esteem, and think, 'I can't do anything, and nobody likes me anyway,'" that kind of thing.Nonetheless, there's this growing sense of being only useful when engaged in devotional service of the Lord and fully surrendered to the Lord's will and doing everything according to the direction of the Lord. I mentioned it in the context of us going to see Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura's temple today because it's one of the principles that he emphasized again and again. It's such a simple principle that one might miss it and think, "Yeah, I've heard that before," but revisiting it again and again, in the mood in which Caitanya Mahāprabhu says to keep oneself in that position of humility, is one of the foundational principles of devotional service, and it's something to be cultivated.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
What we think of, what we fix our intelligence and our mind upon, is indicative of the kinds of emotions that we will develop. So, Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī a verse that he learned from his guru:"evaṁ-vrataḥ sva-priya-nāma-kīrtyā jātānurāgo druta-citta uccaiḥ hasaty atho roditi rauti gāyaty unmāda-van nṛtyati loka-bāhyaḥ (SB 11.2.40)."That is, when one chants Hare Kṛṣṇa, because Kṛṣṇa's name is completely spiritual, then gradually the heart will change. Druta-citta means it will melt from the stone-like condition of meditating on one stone house, thinking, "This is my everything." Then the heart becomes softer, and it melts, and one then is able to enjoy spiritual emotion, which has become dormant due to one's association with matter.So, the purpose of chanting is to serve Kṛṣṇa and also to save ourselves from the material condition by transferring our intelligence and our awareness to the Nāma Cintāmaṇi Kṛṣṇas and away from a stone house. So, during these japa circles, we have full permission to take our minds away from the stone-like objects that we may have become accustomed to thinking of and to fully surrender our awareness to thinking of Kṛṣṇa and His Holy Names.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Thoughts start in the lower chakra here; this is in the Bhāgavatam. And then they proceed up through these different energy centers, and they become more clear to us. They come as a subtle feeling, and then they come into the thought world. And when they come to here, there's a chakra here - that's when you voice it. So desires, subtle thoughts, and then they get voiced, and then you say it. And once you say it, especially if you put it on the internet, it's practically impossible to take back. What's happened is you've manifested something, an idea, a thought, and then it's come from subtle and it becomes grossified . And when you write it down, when you sit down, this is no ordinary thing: to sit down and decide what's important to you, write as a goal. And so what if you still have proclivities in another direction? This will start pulling you. And there's an uncanny way in which—at least I can say just anecdotal from my life.I was a brahmachari for 13 years, and I started when I was 16, and I got married when I was 29. When I was 29, I said, "I've got to decide how I'm going to organize my life." So I wrote down a whole list of goals. I hadn't seen my parents that much because I was mostly in ashrams and traveling around the world. I stopped at their house on my way to India, and I had my goal list, just written on a piece of paper, and I accidentally left it there. I remember my father wrote to me. They were being protective of me because I had never really interacted with the world that much. I just went right into the ashram and was fully absorbed. And they had all these what looked to them like super ambitious goals, and they probably were. And they were trying to help me balance my life and saying, "Don't expect that much from the world. Maybe too much of what you've put here."I remember several years later after that, they gave me the paper back when I saw them next time. But when I went through the list some years later, I realized that I achieved everything on it. I started thinking about how there's a subconscious force. When you decide what you want and you write it down, it starts to manifest. And then even if you're going in a different direction, if you keep reminding yourself what your goals are—that's one of the points I'll make about goal setting—is to keep it visible.(excerpt from the answer)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This morning, I was listening to Śrīla Prabhupāda, and he was saying that it's not hard to see God. He said it's easy. He said it's just that you do not want to see God. And this indicates that it's our attitude which is most important when we're approaching The Holy Names. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave simple but ample instructions about Kṛṣṇa's names, and one of them is that he’s not different from his name, and that all the potencies—all his personal potencies, which is the meaning of God, He's all potent—are present there within the name, just as they are in the person. There's no difference. But then Rūpa Gosvāmī says, but there is a difference, even though the name and the named—Vācam Vācakam—means the name and the named. Everyone says they’re not different, but he said they are different. He said because The Holy Name is even more merciful than Kṛṣṇa, because one may abandon Kṛṣṇa, turn away from Kṛṣṇa, but The Holy Name comes to reclaim us and give us an opportunity. As Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says in the last song of his Śaraṇāgati, Kṛṣṇa, in the form of The Holy Name, takes him by the hand back to Godhead and leads him to his relationship with Kṛṣṇa, which is inconceivable. Nonetheless, we have the opportunity, wherever we may be, to take the Mahāmantra to heart as our main means of connecting with Kṛṣṇa and inviting him to take us by the hand also.(excerpt from the talk)Japa Jolt Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkKtsBboQFvzNoe6e2UPIkR1BIklTPnKG------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
What if one morning, or afternoon, or evening, we suddenly came to the realization that we've been needlessly working hard for people who don't care about our ultimate welfare, and that death and taxes are not inevitable, that we can rise above them?Well, that's the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, that we're not meant for this world. We have a higher mode of existence which has to do with the goings-on in the spiritual world, which are full of bliss and knowledge and they're based on loving service, not hard work, drudgery, and death. And then, what if we found out there was a method through which we could transform our hearts and minds, and transfer ourselves to that realm? And then, what if we found out it was easily available to every human being who has a tongue and the inclination to be connected to that world?Well, such a thing has happened, and that's why we're here. So the rest of the world may consider that this is a normal place, but it's not—this, meaning the material world. And Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, to those who have a hankering for more, who have tasted something unusual and want to enter into that realm, has given the Mahamantra. So it's a prayer which is begging Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārānī for service. We're simply begging for service in that realm which may begin and does begin in this realm. The mode of service doesn't have to wait to be transferred somewhere; it has to do with our intention. So, as we chant today, we can remember how fortunate we are to have received this information from the spiritual world and the means to transfer ourselves there, even while we're in this world.(excerpt from the talk)Verse discussed: https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/21/144/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
How do you know that you're real? Are you real? How do you know? You just know, right? Yeah, you wake up in the morning you know that you're alive. Can you prove it mathematically? No.So, some things you know by seeing them, they're self-revealing. So, the fact that we're alive, we know that we exist. "I think, therefore I am," means I'm aware. So, I know I exist. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa is the source of all existence. When one comes in contact with Kṛṣṇa, it becomes self-evident, just like when you see the sun, you know the sun's out, right? And you recognize it's the source of all light and energy in the universe.(excerpt from the answer)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I read an article about a woman who was born in poverty, and she was also discriminated against because of her race. But her friends described how she became a highly successful person because of her work ethic, and they said how she wouldn't waste a moment. For example, once the bus broke down on the way to school, and everybody else waited for an alternative bus, but she walked because she didn't want to miss even a minute. That was representative of how she conducted herself.So, Kṛṣṇa says, if you want to elevate your consciousness and be transferred to a higher position in your next life, then practice. And how much should you practice? A lot ! A lot ! Like as much as you can to practice in this life. Use every opportunity to practice. So, that's what he says in the next verse: "abhyāsa-yoga-yuktena cetasā nānya-gāminā paramaṁ puruṣaṁ divyaṁ yāti pārthānucintayan." That means practice, abhyāsa means practice. And so, that's what this International Society for Krishna Consciousness is. It's for—those who are serious about improving themselves, not just a little bit, but solving all problems. You could solve the temporary problems, and for a while, you might feel on steady ground, but there is no steady ground in this world, ultimately, even for those who get stable according to material standards...(excerpt from the talk)Verse for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/6/1/15/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
A personal meditation of mine that I recommend is to think of the Ācāryas while chanting. In other words, you can start with the disciplic succession coming from Jagannāth Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja and imagine that you've come to his Kuṭīra and just offered Daṇḍavats for half an hour and then taken some dust from there. Then take permission to sit outside and listen to him chant and chant along with him. And then you can go down to Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, down the line. Even if you have a picture of the Ācāryas, that's why we have their pictures—to remember this 'sato vṛtteḥ,' following their footsteps in their mood. It's a very sweet meditation to just remember that we're following their footsteps and actually be with them when we're chanting. It's a very enlivening kind of practice.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
rasānāḿ ādhāraḿ rasika-vara-sad-vaiṣṇava-dhanaḿrasāgāraḿ sāraḿ patita-tati-tāraḿ smaraṇataḥparaḿ nityānandāṣṭakam idam apūrvaḿ pathati yaḥtad-ańghri-dvandvābjaḿ sphuratu nitarāḿ tasya hṛdaye May Sri Nityananda Prabhu place His lotus feet in the heart of one who lovingly recites this unprecedented Nityanandastaka, which is the reservoir of rasa, the greatest treasure of the most exalted of rasika Vaisnavas, and the storehouse of the essence of bhakti-rasa. (Verse 9)-------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg
We have very practical advice from Sūta Gosvāmī that is: make sure that you're healthy and in a natural condition of life, so that you can have vitality. And then, with whatever strength you have, with whatever wherewithal you've developed by good association, by getting a human body, by having some intelligence, by Kṛṣṇa's mercy—use that to ask, "How can I increase my service to Madan Mohan?" One will, step by step, come to the coveted position of being actually attracted to Kṛṣṇa, not theoretically, not because everybody else is doing it, but actually because I've awakened the natural prīti, or love, that I have, and now I've transferred that from love of the material world. And my main priority, even if I can't do it perfectly, becomes: I want to worship Madan Mohan, and Kṛṣṇa is there very specifically to save us from ourselves in this material world. That's why he comes, and he stands and holds forth for everyone to come and see him. And he doesn't mind if you stand there all day long and stare at him. In fact, he likes it because he realizes that here's my devotee. And rather than staring at something else, which will happen naturally if you pick up your phone, you sit there with drool coming down your cheeks until you nod off, looking at all the different forms that go by the screen, which are designed specifically to attract and invoke the lowest of impulses that we have for this world and think maybe I could have a stake in the world too. No, you can't. There's not a place where you can stake a claim here that you can keep. It's not yours. But you can stake a claim in the spiritual world because it's real, and you can have a relationship that will actually fulfill your desire for love, your desire for beauty, the desire for a response, sort of relationship with someone who actually cares about you more than anybody else can care in this material world.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
One thing to remember is that Kṛṣṇa is directly available to us all the time; it's just a matter of reaching out. I saw a video of somebody in the Los Angeles fires. It was a woman; it sounded like because you couldn't see her. She was someone holding the camera, and she was driving her car down the road where there's fire on all sides. And she started praying, 'Oh my God, please help me. Please save me.' And she drove through a tunnel, and when she came out the other side, it was even more fiery. And over and over again, she just kept saying, 'Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, please save me.' And I was just realizing how, as it says in the Bhāgavatam, we're always in danger at every step. It's only when we come to an awareness of our existential crisis that we actually pray to God. And everybody does it, but devotees are preemptive. They realize that Kṛṣṇa is my best friend. I'm eternally related to Him. It's sublime service just to chant His name, because that's my eternal relationship. It's just to glorify Him. And they follow His advice, 'sarva-dharmān parityajya,' don't get involved in all kinds of entangling activities in this world. Just chant the Lord's name. Thank you, everybody, for being stalwarts, keeping the transcendental vibration going. All good comes from remembering Kṛṣṇa, especially chanting His holy name and remembering Him in that way.(except from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #japajolt #mantrameditation #mantra #chantharekrishnaandbehappy
Naiṣkarmyam apy acyuta-bhāva-varjitaṁ na śobhate jñānam alaṁ nirañjanam. Kutaḥ punaḥ śaśvad abhadram īśvare na cārpitaṁ karma yad apy akāraṇam. (SB 1.5.12)This is one of the points that Nārada makes to Vyāsadeva: "Okay, you've talked about 'naiṣkarmyam' - that okay, here's how you escape the material world and the obligations to work according to karma. 'Naiṣkarmyam apy acyuta-bhāva-varjitaṁ na śobhate jñānam alaṁ nirañjanam.' Nirañjanam - you may also have this conception of that you're not your body and so forth, he said, but that's not perfect, because it's not beautiful, and unless it's beautiful by being connected to acyuta-bhāva - meaning that you have love for Kṛṣṇa—then whatever level of so-called completeness that you've achieved, 'Ye ’nye ’ravindākṣa vimukta-māninas tvayy asta-bhāvād aviśuddha-buddhayaḥ āruhya kṛcchreṇa paraṁ padaṁ tataḥ patanty adho ’nādṛta-yuṣmad-aṅghrayaḥ' (SB 10.2.32) - by the standard of the Srimad Bhagatam, by other people's standard, it may be complete, but Bhāgvatam says, not perfect. And if it's not perfect, it's not going to hold because the soul wants perfect, and the only way to get that is to get Kṛṣṇa.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This is an outline called "Getting to 16 Rounds," but it could also include "staying at 16 Rounds." And I'll just go through it briefly. It's helpful, oftentimes, to consider or reconsider any process that one's doing every day in the way that I've conceived a simple process to help someone get to 16 rounds or to, as I just said, review and stay at 16 rounds. Here are a few steps:Number one is to learn about the glories of the holy name. Just this morning, I heard Prabhupāda speaking about Ajāmila and how he had inadvertently said the name Nārāyaṇa, and Prabhupāda was giving śāstric reference to the fact that by even unknowingly chanting the holy name, when it becomes cleansed of many misgivings and obstacles on the path. This is something that is also mentioned in the Harināma Cintāmaṇi to study one's relationship with the Holy Name. Bhaktivinod Thākur mentions in a song, "There's nothing else to be had except the holy name." That's something to consider: if I'm chanting, everything's there—nothing else is needed. Saṁskṛta Bhagavatam says "āpannaḥ saṁsṛtiṁ ghorāṁ", that the name is the same as Kṛṣṇa, and it fulfills all desires. At SB 11:5:26, there's a name of Kṛṣṇa—Vṛṣākapi, which means that if living entities simply remember the Lord, He's inclined to shower all benedictions upon them, thus satisfying their desires and removing their miseries.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
(1) boro sukher khabor gāisurabhi-kuñjete nāmer hāṭ khule’che (khoda nitāi)(2) boro mojār kathā tāyśraddhā-mūlye śuddha-nāma sei hāṭete bikāy (3) jata bhakta-bṛnda basi’adhikārī dekhe’ nāma becche daro kasi’ (4) jadi nāma kinbe, bhāiāmār sańge calo, mahājaner kāche jāi (5) tumi kinbe kṛṣṇa-nāmadasturi loibo āmi, pūrṇa ha’be kāma (6) boro doyāl nityānandaśraddhā-mātra lo’ye den parama-ānanda (7) ek-bār dekhle cakṣe jal‘gaura’ bole’ nitāi den sakala sambal (8) den śuddha kṛṣṇa-śikṣājāti, dhana, vidyā, bala nā kore apekṣā (9) amani chāḍe māyā-jālgṛhe thāko, bane thāko, nā thāke jañjāl (10) ār nāiko kalir bhoyācaṇḍāle den nāma nitāi doyāmoy (11) bhaktivinoda ḍāki’ koynitāi-caraṇa binā ār nāhi āśroy TRANSLATION1) I am singing news of great happy tidings. Lord Nityananda Himself has opened a market-place of the Holy Name in Surabhi-Kunja. 2) The news of its great results is that He is selling the pure Holy Name in that market-place for the price of only one's faith. 3) Lord Nityananda, the proprietor of the market, seeing all the devotees become attracted, is selling them the Holy Name after bargaining with them. 4) O brother, if you want to buy the Holy Name, then go with me. We must go to the presence of that great soul, Nityananda. 5) You will buy the name of Krsna, I will take my commission and all of our desires will be fulfilled. 6) Lord Nityananda is greatly merciful. Taking only one's faith, He gives the highest ecstasy. 7) If Nitai sees only once tears in the eyes while chanting the name "Gaura", then He gives all resources to that person. 8) He gives the pure teachings of Krsna to everyone and does not care for one's birth, wealth, knowledge and strength. 9) Now, giving up the illusory snare of Maya, either remain in household life or in the forest as a sannyasi for no more troubles remain. 10) There is no more fear of the age of Kali. The merciful Nityananda gives the Holy Name to even the candalas.11) Bhaktivinoda calls out "Except for the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda there is no other shelter!"To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta took up the modern dress and used conveyances like you'll see a picture of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta coming into Radhā-kunda to emphasize the point of yukta vairāgya. Let's use everything, all technology, modern appearances, and so forth, in order to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world. Meanwhile, the babājīs in Radhā-kunda, as an example, were still wearing the very scant dress of Rūpa Sanātana and not touching the world. They wouldn't wear shoes and so forth. What did Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta do? He wore shoes into Radhā-kund, and you'll see a picture of him in a car, a nice car, a convertible with a European jacket on, coming into Radhā-kund, then he had shoes on, and so did his followers.He was making a point there that this is yukta vairāgya. We should use everything in order to attract people to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and not alienate them nor should we alienate ourselves and stay aloof from everyone. So Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta brought that mood. He instilled it in the heart of his disciple Abhay Caranāravinda, who later became a sannyāsi and was awarded the title of Bhaktivedānta amongst his peers who had noted his scholarship. And then, of course, Prabhupāda, which was a term of respect that his disciples asked if they could call him as he had called his spiritual master. So Prabhupāda said that the grandfather, or the great grandfather, as the case may be, is more merciful than even the father. We can take much from Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvati Ṭhākur and get his mercy to empower us to use everything in Kṛṣṇa service and also to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world. He won't mind a bit if you sacrifice to your peace of mind to go out and give others the chance to take Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in fact this is the emblem of advancement in spiritual in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, not that we keep it for ourselves, or that we go in and stay aloof and just chant for ourselves. Now I'm going to read you just a few of his final instructions that he gave, and you'll be surprised how relevant and practical these are.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I heard Prabhupāda say that his eldest son was very restless, and one of Prabhupāda's friends would come over to the house and say, "Well, I'll give you this prize if you can sit still for one minute." And Prabhupada said he couldn't do it. Couldn't do it for one minute. So he said that we can't remain inactive as spiritual beings. If we're given something superior to do, then if we do that, then we'll feel satisfied, and we'll be productive. And the superior thing is the chanting of The Holy Names, and it's transformative. It's the only intervention we can get in our lives that will actually improve us, because when we're afflicted, we have to be in contact with somebody who's not afflicted by the modes of nature to pull us out. Therefore, The Holy Name is described as being the means of deliverance from the material world. And we deliver ourselves from our own conditioning in the sense that I want to hold on. I want to stay in the prison, like some prisoners, even when they get out, they commit another crime, because they want to go back in, because they think it's easier there, because they give me free meals, and I don't have to think about anything. I just do my work and keep my head down. And so, that's the plight of the conditioned soul. So Kṛṣṇa delivers us from that, and he appears as His Holy Name. So we're meant to transform and improve, so we can mark whether we're improving or not according to today's verse.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's important in a community to have sharing of one's realizations called guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati (NOI, verse 4). What's bugging you these days? What's working for you? What are you feeling being a human, in the world today, well, eternal souls walking around the Earth, planet. What are you seeing, feeling, hearing?(excerpt from the realization session)Krsna Jinka Nāma hai 3:23Vijñāpti Pañchaka 11:30Mangalacarana Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta 15:19Śrī Īśopaniṣad 23:00Khoda Nitai Song 28:27reflections and realizations starting @ 45:48-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I also offer my respects to the great teacher, Caitanya, who, 500 years ago, as a barefoot monk, traveled throughout India and introduced the process of bhakti yoga, going door to door and teaching people that it doesn't matter where you live, it doesn't matter what style you have, you don't have to change any of that. His point was to change the vibration in your life. And just as you may notice, if you have ever been to a movie—have you ever been to a movie? There's a few times, a long time ago. They have a soundscape. You can tell what the mood of the movie is by hearing the sound. I also found out, in research I'm doing for another book I'm writing, that so-called silent movies weren't silent. They were always accompanied either by a live pianist or organist, because we need sound to give us context. And there's a soundscape in our lives, and there's a saying that I like. If you don't like what you're being subjected to, anybody in any part of your life. Do you not like what you're being subjected to? Just say, yes, go along. Then change the subject. That's our free will to change the subject. And one of the ways that the great yogis have taught to change the subject is to change the sound vibration. Upgrade the sound, upgrade your life, because it upgrades your consciousness.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says that when you're chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, you should beg for this medicine and beg for the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. And so there's a goal to our sādhana. That's sādhya. And the practice to reach the sādhya, or the goal, is sādhana. And so one has to have some clear idea what one's begging for. It's like Rajendrananda Prabhu said, he's begging for some service, some shelter. And so if we have this mood that we know what we want, we want some service, and we're begging for it, then our chanting becomes much more meaningful and it becomes more potent by adopting this mood.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When we come into a temple room, we ring the bell, we offer obeisances. We don't walk in with shoes and so forth. And we do that because we're presenting ourselves. Darśan, as Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura emphasized, is not us going to see the Lord. In fact, oftentimes he would stand near the back of the temple at the Garuḍa Stambha, saying that Kṛṣṇa will look out and recognize His devotee, Garuḍa. If he's standing underneath him, then Kṛṣṇa may also see him. He also oftentimes didn't wear his glasses when he would come to see the Deities because he would say, 'I'm not coming to use these eyes to enjoy looking at the Lord, but I'm here so the Lord can see me.'And coming into the Dhāma in a similar mood. We're here for service. It's not for room service or receiving room service, but it's for being in the mood of how I can increase my affinity for devotional service. That is a kind of service where I can purify my heart of any extra things that have come along for the ride. Somehow or other, things just tend to jump on and go for a free ride until we come to the Dhāma and realize, 'Hey, get off of me. I didn't ask you to come along.' And Kṛṣṇa recognizes these attempts that we make to purify ourselves so that we can offer our hearts to Him.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
As far as I can remember, I had questions that my parents couldn't answer. One of the main ones was, why do you have to die, and what's life for if you have to die anyway? And when I got into my teens and into high school, I had a sense of existential angst. I really wanted to know more, so I started studying literatures that seemed to me to be spiritual, anything I could find from the library, from bookstores, from wherever. And I was eclectic at that point because I didn't have a clear direction. Then one day, a friend of mine from high school; I was in junior high school at the time—my friend Richie Corsa, had been walking on the street in Berkeley, California, near the UC Berkeley campus, and a devotee had sold him a magazine called Back to Godhead. And Richie wasn't interested in it, but he knew I would be, because anything spiritual, that was for me. So he brought it over to my house and gave me the magazine. When I read that, it clarified everything. It brought together everything I was reading that had some contradiction. It seemed to me there were lots of contradictions that weren't clear and didn't feel complete, suddenly, as when you hear an orchestra warming up and there's a cacophony of sounds, and then suddenly there's a clear note—it felt like that for me. I realized when I looked at the Back to Godhead magazine, there was a culture, there was an organization, a society, and there were young people like me, and they were happily engaged in service. I just thought, I want to do that. That's what I want to be.So, when I read in that magazine that there were books to be had, I researched it. Actually, my mother did, and she found a bookstore in Berkeley. We lived near Berkeley, called Shambhala Books, so she drove me over there, and I went in and told them I wanted anything by the author A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swāmi. They had the Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. They had Śrī Īśopaniṣad and On the Way to Kṛṣṇa. Paperback Bhagavad-gītā was a big version. It was very large, but it was paperback. Then the Śrī Īśopaniṣad was hardback. And there was another paperback, On the Way to Kṛṣṇa. So I read all those, and that's when I first felt that I met Prabhupāda, because everything he said—I had read the Bhagavad-gītā and was reading it repeatedly—was just the translations. But when I heard his voice through his purports, I was so impressed. I thought, now I'm being guided properly. Many of the verses that I had misinterpreted in my head, I then saw that, oh, there's more to this. I had become a vegetarian on my own when I was younger because I suddenly thought that there was barbarism occurring in my own house. I had protested earlier, but I couldn't quite defeat my mother in argument. But then finally, when I was an adolescent, no más, that's it. And then when Prabhupāda talked about non-violence and how you can't kill animals and also be spiritual, I thought, okay, everything's here. (excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
I'll read the list again of elements that affect determination.1.Modes of nature we talked about, so try to cultivate sattva in body, mind, environment, and association. 2.Next is sambandha-jñāna. I need a daily reminder of why I'm chanting. Where are we now, in the land of birth, death, old age, and disease? Where are we going? To the param dhāma.3. And then there's nāma-tattva. If I forget, or I don't remind myself, what is Kṛṣṇa's name that's non-different from Kṛṣṇa? He's the source of everything. I may become distracted.4. Another is scheduling. If I don't have a specific schedule for finishing my rounds, I may not finish. 5.And the last one I have listed here is remembering the benefits of finishing the vow. One of them is spiritual strength. How valuable is that, to have this yogabalena, otherwise you get pushed around by your senses.6. And the other is spiritual integrity. When you have integrity spiritually, that you've completed your vow and you know you're good for it, you carry yourself in a different way, interact with other people in a different way. Otherwise, there's a sense of guilt and feeling unworthy and so forth.So just considering this point, varying states of determination to chant great rounds and how we can adjust it so that in our lifestyle, we're able to keep the vow every day.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Maraṇam before smaraṇam. In other words, before one is able to comprehend or think of the pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa at Rādhā-kuṇḍa, one must begin with the simplest of processes. For instance, what is the instruction of the śāstra: 'ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ.'Yoga doesn't begin with coming to Rādhā-kuṇḍa and trying to remember Kṛṣṇa and staying here, but it begins with 'jihvādau', ādau means beginning, and jihvā means the tongue. One has to start with the tongue. What about our Gaudiya teachers? That's from the Padma Purana. How do they apply this?We came to the last three verses about Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kuṇḍa and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the loving affair she has with Kṛṣṇa here. But where did we start when we recite the Upadeśāmṛta ? The first two words 'vaco vegam' means 'mind your speech'. It's the gateway sense, says the Srimad Bhāgavatam, that you can understand that if you're able to control your tongue then all the other senses are controlled. But if you cannot control your tongue, then you can understand that none of your senses are controlled. Therefore, Rūpa Goswami emphasized 'pṛthivīṁ sa śiṣyāt' if you're able to control your tongue and control your other urges, the urges of the other senses, then you become free from the real masters in this world.Who are the masters of this world ?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The root cause of misery is the material body, and a direct process of devotional service, especially chanting japa, has a way of bringing us to the plane of transcendence, and that means also being able to see clearly who we are. 'Vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam (SB 1.2.7).' Sūta Gosvāmī said there's a natural way in which we achieve knowledge when we do devotional service. And real knowledge means 'kṣetra-jñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata kṣetra-kṣetra jñayor jñānaṁ yat taj jñānaṁ mataṁ mama.' (BG 13.3) Kṛṣṇa says, "My opinion is if you can see the difference between yourself and the field that you're occupying now, that's knowledge."So in summation, the chanting of Japa is the primary means by which we can overcome all of the anxieties of life that are caused by identifying with the body and the mind. What's more, we can experience a connection with Kṛṣṇa through chanting his name, because there's no difference between Kṛṣṇa and his name, and therefore I've come to say to myself, and I'm sure I've uttered it out loud a few other times, that if all else fails, and it will, especially printers and internet connections and so forth, then chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. So my mantra is, if all else fails, and it will, Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. What do you think of my mantra? And we can commiserate with others about how many things fail in this world: relationships fail, governments fail bank accounts, everything, whatever it is, sooner or later, will fail us, but Kṛṣṇa never fails us. So it's nice to be in a practice where there's no fault, no one can find fault with it, and what's more, that it's an infallible process.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas ultimately bring the point that the soul is an agent. In fact, the āśrute in the Vedānta-sūtra says that if he's not an agent, if the soul, if we aren't agents for our own improvement and change, then there's no purpose to all the śāstra, because, after all, who’s it talking to when it says you can improve if you do this, this, and that? There are all these instructions saying, 'Do this, not that.' And who does that relate to? Who is it speaking to then? And unless you can improve, then the śāstra has no meaning, and the śāstra does have meaning. It's axiomatic truth; it's self-effulgent, therefore you can change.So we may be confronted with destiny or apparent fate, but it doesn't mean that even in that moment, there isn't something we can do about it because we can always respond in that moment to the degree that we have some freedom. Freedom comes from having some knowledge—the difference between my body and myself—and that there is a proper way to act. Some people don't have that at all, so they’re in abject ignorance.Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, 'māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñāna' (CC Adi 20.122), that people don't automatically come out of ignorance; therefore, there has to be some intervention. That's why he goes on to say, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, that that's why we distribute knowledge. Why do you think we distribute Bhagavad Gītā in large quantities just for entertainment, because we have nothing better to do in the last three months of the year? No, because when a soul comes in contact with spiritual knowledge, he or she can read it and then say, 'Aha, now I can do something different.'(excerpt from the talk)Link to the entire talk: https://youtu.be/fXRVOF0RDzQ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
"Kurvan nirantaraṁ karma loko 'yam anuvartate tenaiva karmaṇā dhyāyan māṁ parāṁ bhaktim icchati" (Brahma Saṁhitā 5.61), which means that "Kurvan nirantaraṁ karma," everybody's got to work. Sorry if I wrecked your day. Every living entity has to work. Kṛṣṇa says that in the Bhagavad Gita also: "Na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api jātu tiṣṭhaty akarma-kṛt kāryate hy avaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛti-jair guṇaiḥ" (BG 3.5).He said, not even for a moment can you stop working? Not even for a second. You got to go.Everyone's got to move, move along. And so, "Kurvan nirantaram karma," everyone has to perpetually move. Nirantaram karma, perpetually in motion to do something, you can't stop doing something. "Kurvan nirantara karma loko 'yam anuvartate," this applies to everybody in the world. "Tenaiva karmaṇā dhyāyan māṁ parāṁ bhaktim icchati," therefore he says, do your work for me, whatever you're doing, dedicate to me. Kṛṣṇa says it in the Bhagavad Gita also: "Yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam.". Whatever you do, offer it to me; whatever you're eating, offer that to me. That's bhakti. That's what the teaching of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness is: don't quit your day job or your night job. You don't have to change your clothes or your hairstyle, nothing like that. Just change the way you work and your attitude towards it; it's a sacrament. You're offering it to God. "Kurvan nirantaraṁ karma loko 'yam anuvartate tenaiva karmaṇā dhyāyan," your meditation should be, "māṁ parāṁ bhaktim icchati," that I'm doing this for God. That's my contemplation. I'm doing everything for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And today, I just want to mention a principle that's very helpful in staying in the moment and continuing chanting despite the phenomena that the mind will drag us in various ways, as Kṛṣṇa mentions in the Bhagavad Gitā. So, that's a principle called applied procrastination. Procrastination—everybody knows how to procrastinate because all you do is just put things off until the next time. And the same principle can be applied in staying fixed in Japa. When the mind comes with some other idea besides chanting, like, could you name three things the mind might suggest to say, "Rather than doing this, let's go do that"?Sleep. Sleep. Now, it's a "sleep now" movement, so there could be sleep. That's definitely one of the ones that's like, "I'm tired. I want to go sleep." That can also be overcome by going to bed earlier. It is important to manage sleep in order to have good Japa. What's another one?You want to go talk prajalpa instead. Somebody's out on the balcony talking about some juicy gossip, and you don't want to miss it. What's the third one? Planning. Yeah, there might be some plans you have to make, something like that, and it could be a correspondence that you forgot. And then it comes into your mind that, "Oh, if I don't do it now, this person's going to hate me, and I can't tolerate it," so I give up chanting, and I go away.So, that's four, but there could be 1,000 that we could name possibly. So, the principle of applied procrastination was showed to us by Haridāsa Thākura, or the Nāmācharya. When a prostitute came, he didn't say never. He just said later. And the word "later" is really helpful because there's always some later. And instead of saying no, and whatever you resist persists, you just say, "Sure, no problem, but not right now. I'll just wait till later on," and just put it off so that can be really helpful.That works for many different kinds of discipline. Like if you don't want to eat too much, and the mind says to eat, you just say, "Well, you know, there's going to be another meal later. I'll make up for it next time, and I'll eat less. I'll eat half as much this time, and next time I'll eat twice as much." But later never comes. You just keep putting it off. It's the same with taxes. You're supposed to defer taxes till later, when you're in a lower tax bracket.And also, there's a saying that "justice delayed is justice denied." So, it's a tactic in the legal circles. It's like, "Okay, not right now, we'll just deal with it later," and you keep putting obstacles so it's further away.And then there's another principle that helps, which is something they teach in accounting, which is especially for accounts receivable. It's called the law of diminishing intent because the longer you wait to collect on a bill, the less people are willing to pay it because the time factor makes their will less strong. So, just delay and staying in the process of chanting.(excerpt from the talk)Other highlights :Do Your Own Japa Retreat - focusing on personal daily chanting practiceApplied Procrastination in Japa - using procrastination to stay focused on chantingJust For Now - emphasizing present-moment awareness during chantingPublish or Perish in Spiritual Life - stressing daily spiritual effortFear the Fade - addressing the importance of continual improvement in chanting------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
Bhaktivinoda calls out "Except for the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda there is no other shelter!" ( Translation, Verse 11)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection:iskconsv.com/book-store/www.bbtacademic.com/books/thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soun…ti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: @fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Bhaktivinoda calls out "Except for the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda there is no other shelter!" ( Translation, Verse 11)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So there's a way to cultivate this awareness that Kṛṣṇa and His name are non-different. There's nothing else to be had except for the Holy Name. And Kṛṣṇa fulfills all desires more than we can expect. Another name of Kṛṣṇa is Vañchatītāt. Atita means ‘above’ or ‘to rise above’, and vañchā means ‘desire’. So whatever desire we have, Kṛṣṇa can fulfill it above what we can expect. So keeping this is a first stage. I'll mention the other ones later. But the first stage of cultivation, or helping someone understand the importance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, is that we needn't go anywhere else—just to focus the mind on The Holy Name.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The cause of our various dispositions and the way we hate some things, like other things, is because of our association with the modes of material nature. So Kunti says all of this is bad, actually. And therefore, when I'm subjected to reversals of fortune, and I'm jarred by it, and therefore, I take shelter of Kṛṣṇa, this is a blessing.Oftentimes, when there's a reversal, I take shelter of pitying myself, or I become a victim and think: I go on television. "Why do bad things happen to good people? There must be no God." So how can anything bad happen to me? But this is not a helpful attitude. The helpful attitude is that I'm incompatible with nature, and therefore, there are going to be inconveniences, to say the least, in the material nature. I should learn to be dhīra, which means steady. Whether my stocks are up or my stocks are down, I stay the same. My philosophy is the same, whatever happens. And that is, I go on serving Kṛṣṇa. No stop, no interruption whatsoever.And when one is able to, by the association of devotees and the śāstras, develop such an attitude and go on steadily throughout life without stoppage, never stopping chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and never stopping one’s service, then 'māṁ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate.' One can rise above the modes of material nature altogether and enter into devotional service proper. Or by continuing one's devotional service, one naturally rises above the modes of nature.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And as I was walking back down the steps, I was thinking of how famous The Buddha is; millions, if not billions, of people worship The Buddha around the world. And if you mention his name anywhere, people recognize something about him. And I was thinking, how is he famous? He was just sitting there.And I was thinking of how people flying on jets and going here and there are trying to find some recognition, fame, something nice to consume. And their lives may not be nearly as consequential as The Buddha's. And all he did was sit there, really. At least, that's the pose in the deity, that mūrti form; he's famous for being contemplative and just sitting. I was thinking that it's important to take time, at least every day, to sit and contemplate. Who am I? What is consciousness? What is animating the body, as Kṛṣṇa talks about in the Bhagavad Gītā? And what is my connection with the world and the source of the world?Those are important topics, and nowadays, people give these topics a sense of superficiality. They say, oh, that's just faith or something insubstantial or wispy. The real thing is science—build airplanes and bombs and so forth for progress in the world. But we come from a different culture, where real progress comes from nigama. In fact, the Bhāgavatam is called nigama, 'nigama kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalam'—looking inwardly. So japa is a very deliberate way of taking time to examine yourself. And what's more, and most importantly, what's our relationship with Kṛṣṇa.(excerpt from the talk) ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The first nine cantos then give us the ways in which to overcome the various attachments that we have: Vīta rāga bhaya Krodha, the attachment to material energy finished by the time you finish nine cantos. No thank you. No más. I'm not interested anymore. I got a better place to go. And then that idea that the fear that one has of a personal relationship with God is gone, and it awakens in one's heart this idea. It's like, oh yeah, I want a person. I already have a personal relationship, but I want to pursue it. That's the impetus of the devotee to jump up in the morning and say, here we go again. Kṛṣṇa, I'm here.And then Krodha, this frustration, results from not having an object of meditation. And therefore, you go on YouTube and everyone's got a different opinion right on everything: cooking, health, philosophy, law, politics. There's 5 million different opinions, and if you just listen to them all, then you just go around bewildered. You have to come to this point: siddhānta baliyā citte nā kara alasa ihā ha-ite kṛṣṇe lāge sudṛḍha mānasa (Cc Ādi 2.117). You have to hear Bhāgavatam and hear how it comes from the point of view of advaya jñāna tattva. But then, bringing your attention to, okay, there's one place, and it's 'ārādhyo bhagavān.' There's a way that, if you just focus your attention on Kṛṣṇa, then you get everything. And there's something amazing in it for you. And that's the impetus of bhakti, is the eternal nature of the soul to love Kṛṣṇa.(excerpt from the talk)Verses for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/4/1/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/4/2/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And finally, I knew a devotee who was a sādhu and who, when asked why he was wearing the dress he was wearing, "What is your religion?" he would say, "My religion is to find faults within myself and to overcome them, and if we make that our religion, rather than the religion of finding the faults in others and helping them to overcome them by criticizing them, which always works. Then, then we're likely to be well situated, because there's so much within myself that needs to be improved. So if I deal with that, then by my example that I set, by my careful speech and also my ways of humbly working on myself, that does the most good for the most people, I would propose. So the first offense is something to consider very carefully as a way of life, and if it becomes our way of life, many of the other offenses that we might be inclined to commit will naturally align themselves, because the devotees are most dear to Kṛṣṇa.(excerpt from the talk)Verse referred to: https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/antya/13/133/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kr̥ṣṇa says, "catur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ su-kṛtino ’rjuna ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha (BG 7.16)." He names the motives of many different kinds of people. Everyone's still okay, and he says they're all pious souls, but of all of them, the best ones are the ones that are in knowledge of the Absolute Truth, and they just want to worship me. So, that's the line we're in.And you can see how all of the ācāryas dealt with the institutionalization of religion. Even within our own ISKCON society, we may become frustrated. Why did this happen? Why did that happen? And the answer is, stuff happens. It really does. Stuff always happens, and we have to follow what Kr̥ṣṇa says in the Bhagavad Gītā, to adapt to it. Then we'll live our lives practicing pure devotional service, unabated, because we're always close to Kr̥ṣṇa when we have the determination to serve Him in all circumstances. Whatever comes, I'll serve you, is our mood.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I was listening to Prabhupāda this morning, and he was saying that we cannot imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. He said, "If you try to imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura, then you'll simply sleep." And then he said also that all of us should sacrifice some time for Kṛṣṇa everyday. And he said, "If you take time to chant japa, this is the best sacrifice of time. We may think, 'Oh, my time, my time, my time. I have so many things I have to do,' but if you sacrifice some time for Kṛṣṇa's sake, 'Kṛṣṇa, I'm taking this time. I'm sacrificing, giving for your sake only,' and just chant japa," then he said, "That's the best kind of sacrifice."And a corollary point is the story of the Pracetās. They lived at that time for 100,000 years, and they took 10,000 years to do their special austerities that I don't think we could do because they lived underwater for 10,000 years and did their meditation. Apparently, it's quieter under there. And then Prabhupāda said, "If you just take that portion of your life, a 10% cut, and you offer it to Kṛṣṇa, then you can make your life perfect. In the human form of life, we have so many other duties to do, but if you set aside that slice and say, 'I'm sacrificing this just for you,' then everything else becomes successful."(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's lots and lots of service, and you're qualified for it. Once you take more service for the saṅkīrtana movement, which is your legacy, the more you'll feel empowered. Please feel free to expand your services. You're becoming mature and thoughtful. You already have talent, and please take the baton. That starts with getting some service that's significant, that you can attend to on a regular basis to help expand the movement. And Kṛṣṇa will give you more and more facility when you do that.Please take the inspirations that you have and feel free to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. It's an option that Kṛṣṇa gives for everybody, and the more you take that option, the happier you'll be with yourself. The more you will find that Kṛṣṇa is already doing everything, and the more you give yourself and surrender, the more facility you'll have to expand your services.(excerpt from the reflections)
We can remember also that the situation I'm in now can be remedied by the process of hearing Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, and if we take advantage of it, then very naturally, if we're in that state of mind of seriously hearing the Bhāgavatam, then, as the Sanskrit says in this verse, "Of those who hear in earnestness -śraddhayā," and nityam means always or regularly. So what does that mean? And this is one of the symptoms of being serious, is nityam. So nityam means always, like mahārāja-Parīkṣit, or it also means at least once a day, because our ācāryas have said, Where? In the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, the commentary is there from Jīva Gosvāmī, who mentions that, if we tell somebody who's got a lot of obligations, "Does anybody here have any obligations?" 1, 2, 3, I'm going to find somebody who doesn't have any. Okay, everyone's putting their hand up now. We have a lot of obligations right now in life, so then it means that you can't do it all the time. If we tell somebody that you should just do this all the time, like Parīkṣit Mahārāja, then it might be overwhelming. And you might think there's no entry point for me in this. So then they say something very practical for us, which is that it means at least once a day. So if we apply ourselves at least once a day, and don't miss a day to the process of hearing Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, then we'll attain the result. And it's very practical that if we get the perspective from the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam before we go out to meet our other obligations, then we'll meet them with alacrity and we'll also make better choices as we move about the day, just like when you're shopping, you make much better choices in shopping when you're not hungry.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Best remedy is to sit down very tightly and chant Hare Krishna very loudly and hear for a long time until he feels himself one-minded and fixed on Krishna's Lotus Feet.(excerpt from a letter by Śrīla Prabhupāda to Mohanananda,Feb. 27, 1972, Mayapur )------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #makejapagreatagain #kttvg #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy
Kṛṣṇa gives facility for everyone to either try to ensconce oneself in the material energy and pull the covers over their head and just be absorbed in the material energy. However, His ultimate purpose is to give an opportunity for everyone to realize the path of bhakti. Amongst the Vedas that I mentioned, Brahmā manifested earlier. He also manifested the Purāṇas. And of course, we get, in the recent age, the essence of all the Vedas and all the Purāṇas in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. And we also get the essence of the process through Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu of practicing all the Vedas through the nāma-saṅkīrtana, which is available to everyone. And then here we are connected to the line of Lord Caitanya and the great ācāryas. So, we have the opportunity to take the essence of the spiritual knowledge that Brahmā, manifested under the direction of Kṛṣṇa, and make it available, and take advantage of it ourselves and make it available to everybody in the world.(excerpt from the talk)Verses for discussion: SB 3.12.52-56https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/12/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura recommends that in Harinām Cintāmani, you should dominate that you can try various ways and be inventive. Another very realistic way to become focused is to remember Queen Kuntī's admonition that if you're puffed up, feeling that you have something, then you won't take shelter of The Holy Name. And the best way to concentrate, of course, is to have love. Then, you automatically have that sense of thinking of the person and saying his name. But if you also feel helpless, then there's a sense of crying out that is very natural for us because we're in a precarious situation.So, Queen Kuntī advises us to remember that we are 'akiñcana.' We don't have anything, meaning that whatever we think we do have is a facade. It can't really help us. It's just borrowed plumes, as Prabhupāda says. So, if we can have that sense that I need help and there's only one person who can really help me, and it's Kṛṣṇa, then I'll have that sense of helplessness where I can call out. That helps to concentrate the mind also.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Anything sung in the praise of the Lord is śruti-mantra. There are songs of Ṭhākura Narottama dāsa, one of the ācāryas in the Gauḍīya sampradāya, composed in simple Bengali language. But Ṭhākura Viśvanātha Cakravartī, another very learned ācārya of the same sampradāya, has approved the songs by Ṭhākura Narottama dāsa to be as good as Vedic mantras. And this is so because of the subject matter.( SB 1.10.20, purport)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This is the relationship with the Lord and His devotees. The Lord is always trying to satisfy His devotees, and the devotees are always trying to satisfy the Lord. And there's a competition going on constantly in that way. And so, when Caitanya Mahāprabhu, took sannyās and left this place, some of the devotees decamped. They went elsewhere. They said, 'What's the use? It's dead. Everything's gone.' And now, we see them even dress Mahāprabhu up with all kinds of fancy clothes and bring him all kinds of foodstuffs. Nobody worships him as a sannyāsī, especially here.The devotees come from Navadvīpa, and you can watch how he's a village deity. Everyone just walks in. There's no pomp and circumstances. It's not like going to see Vēṅkaṭēśvara in Tirupati. I went there the last time I was there, the devotees reminded me. They said, 'Don't stay long because you gotta walk through fast and be very reverent, and you go in very carefully.' I walked up, got to the end of the line sfter an hour. I walked in. I was just about to turn the corner, and the Pujari grabbed me from behind, and he turned me back around again. He said, 'See God.' I'm seeing him. I'm seeing him. I thought, maybe this is enough. So I started to leave again. He pulled me back again in and said, 'See God.' And I finally walked out.But here we were, a few years ago, and there was a woman in the afternoon. She was down on this level, and she was just talking to Dhāmeśvar. We asked what she was saying, and one of the devotees who knew Bengali said, 'She's asking him why he's not wearing his hair.' Today, it is a village temple. They come in, and they just see him as one of ours. He's our hometown hero. They don't see God. They see this is Mahāprabhu. He's our hero.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Humans are very adaptive, and when they see somebody else doing something, then they tend to think, 'I can do this too.' And as Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, all our states of consciousness have come because of our previous sangas. There was a curious case about how people used to think that they couldn't run a mile in under four minutes, and it persisted for centuries. There were theories that you could not do it, otherwise your heart would explode, and so forth. Then there was this doctor named Roger Bannister, who was also a runner, and he practiced and practiced. Eventually, he beat the four-minute mile. After that, it became commonplace; everybody did it, and it just became the standard. Now in college, if you don't run under a four-minute mile, you're not really on the team.So, you know, when we see a higher standard in other people, we tend to think, 'Oh, maybe it's possible I can do it also.' And we don't come to that awareness until we come into the association of those who have a higher standard. I remember being at some temple, I was taking devotees on sankirtana. There was this one devotee who, every time he got in the van, he'd immediately start reading. He'd be chanting all the time, not in an annoying way, but it was just noticeable that he was enthusiastic about not wasting any time. Everybody on the party noticed it and felt that, 'Oh, I should be doing that too.' So we tend to pick up from others. Or monkey see, monkey do.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So Bhaktivinod Ṭhākur had come to see the Siddha Mahātmā and received many important instructions from him. Around those instructions for worshiping Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in the age of Kali Yuga, he passed them on to his followers and disciples. Therefore, this particular place is our home. Home is where the heart is. The mood of bhakti that we've received through our disciplic succession, and continue to receive today, comes from the great souls, and very specifically, Jagannāth Dās Bābājī Mahārāj, who gave us this strong emphasis on worshiping Nityānanda and Gaurāṅga in the Age of Kali. In order to come to the perfection of life, not to approach Kṛṣṇa directly, but to go through the mercy of Lord Caitanya.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
All the services are absolute, whether you sweep the floor, or whether you wash pots, or whether you worship the Deity, or go on book distribution - they're all devotional service and they're all absolute. There is a special quality to going out to meet conditioned souls, and therefore it's emphasized. And Prabhupāda, very practically, told us that at certain intervals, everybody should go out. That's a fact. It's there in writing. He told us many times, and many communities did it. For instance, when I was living in New York at 40 West 55th, between Eighth and Ninth, in Manhattan, we had a thirteen-story building, or maybe it was fourteen, and we had about five hundred devotees living under one roof. And Prabhupāda told us that everybody should go out, and you can leave one person back to do all the cooking and Deity worship on that day. And we used to do it, and everyone would go out - the temple president, mothers with little babies and baby carriages, and everything like that. And it was palpable the next day that everyone felt enlivened because they had an opportunity to walk out the door. So I've advocated for years for the monthly saṅkīrtana festival, that everyone should have a chance to go out. They shouldn't be deprived of that opportunity to go out into the great unknown and challenge themselves, to see what it feels like to follow in the footsteps of Nārada Muni. It's a high sādhanā, and you don't have to perform. Nobody has to do any heroics, except for just going out as a team. And if you can't do that, then you can always cook for those who are going out or help in other services. Just like on our team we had here, there were lots of devotees working behind the scenes to make sure that everything was facilitated, and the devotees who do the backup services also feel that sense of upliftment from it. So, saṅkīrtana is a good idea. It's really nice, actually. Besides that, it's fun and easy.(excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/6/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Just managing expectations is a life-changing experience, because we're the ones who develop our own expectations, and we can manage them. If you just think about managing your expectations, start with not expecting anything. I'm just going to be here, and if I get anything, then that will be fine. I give the example of book distribution. Don't go out and distribute any books; otherwise, you might be disappointed. Just go out to see what it's like to go into the bright sunlight, be there, and see what it would have felt like if you had distributed books. And when you chant, just see what it feels like to follow in the footsteps of sadhus who chant, and don't think I have to have anything from it. If you can manage your expectations like that, then once you adjust them, you'll find a completely different perspective.(excerpt from the answer)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And next thing you know, if you have a hero complex, where you think, "Yeah, let me fix everybody's problems, and I'm so great anyway, no wonder they want me." And next thing you know, you're at 110% and you rise to the level of your own incompetence, and then you may feel a little fried. because the feeling of being fried is that I want to please everybody. And then they start saying, "Well, how come you didn't show up, and you didn't finish it on time and so forth?" And how could you? You're at 110%. Therefore, it's recommended—it's recommended. Rūpa Gosvāmī recommends that we find a way in which we can be steadily engaged in devotional service without over endeavor. And Prabhupāda gives examples in his purport to that admonition that you may take up a huge, huge project. For instance, building a temple; only people with a certain kind of acumen for moving material energy around can do that kind of stuff. Even then, it's a little dicey. And if you're ordered to do it, then you can do it. But if you just get into a lot of that stuff, the next thing you know, you're always answering phone calls. You're not having enough time for your sādhana and so forth; you may find yourself a little out of balance. So it's good to have mentor sādhus who will say, "Maybe you should think about taking a break and chanting some more." I was getting more and more service. I was one year at Govardhan, and one of the God brothers I was talking to, he said, "You know, you might... you're getting more and more service. So you might want to think about spending more time in the Dhāma." It all sounds counterintuitive, right? But then the logic of it is that in order to handle more service, you should have an equal contribution to your increased sādhana to be able to maintain it so it doesn't become entangling in the wrong way.(excerpt from the talk)-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures
One of the sayings in Japan, when things are tough, they say 'gaman,' which means just keep going. And with the devotional service, there are different periods of our life where we are at a crossroads, and things seem difficult. What should I do? What's going to happen? There's only one solution. Ultimately, it's 'gaman' with your Japa. And I was thinking this morning, it's 'fix your Japa, fix your life.' There's lots of other things you can do, but it's the main thing to fix your life. If you get that straight and make that your priority, then all the other things become easy, like the admonition that if you remember Lord Caitanya, then difficult things become easy, and vice versa, if you forget them, then easy things become difficult. It seems too simple. Everyone wants to use their mode of passion mind to figure everything out and put it in order. But it's better to fix the Japa first and then see what happens.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Just take a circular motion around and you'll notice that, at intervals, the four great Āchāryas for the four Sampradāyas are positioned in little shrines around the temple, and you can offer respects to each one. And you'll see behind each Āchārya who their originator is. For instance, we have our Brahmā Sampradāya represented back there. We have the Kumāra Sampradāya, and so forth.(excerpt from the short address)More From the visit: https://youtube.com/live/noFppC6Iuew?feature=share------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I remember first coming to the temple in San Francisco and not being able to look at the Deities. I looked at the flowers instead; that was as much specificity as I could handle. And if you tell somebody God plays a flute, it's like, how do you know and how would a god play a flute? It is almost abhorrent to people to know that there's a God who has specific personal qualities. One other observation I've had about gratitude is that if you have gratitude, it always traces back to a person, because a person means one who's conscious and who can have intention. You can't have gratitude unless somebody was intentionally kind to you. If you find $100 on the ground and you can't trace where it came from, or even if you can, you can't have gratitude for it unless you say something like, "I thank the universe," which people do sometimes, especially in California. Really thank the universe for this? In which case you're trying to personify that the universe has an intention. Why not take it a step further and say, okay, there's a person behind that, there's at least a goddess behind it somewhere.If we have any gratitude, that means there's a person behind it somewhere. Just going back to this sense of 'embrace the personality of God,' that's bhakti and that becomes relishable. It turns the whole bent of the material world—which is deny, deny God's personality—on the tip. And that's what we do. That's what the śāstras do.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Best remedy is to sit down very tightly and chant Hare Krishna very loudly and hear for the a long time until he feels himself one-minded and fixed on Krishna's Lotus Feet.(excerpt from Śrīla Prabhupāda's Letter to Mohanananda, Dated: Feb. 27, 1972, Location: Mayapur)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa is always protecting us from Māyā. It's a matter of us taking advantage of it. Once, the devotee said, 'But Prabhupāda, Māyā is so strong.' Prabhupāda said, 'Māyā is not so strong. You're so weak. Just like when you keep yourself healthy through a good diet, exercise, and the right kind of attitude, then you don't fall sick.' Similarly, in devotional service, if we take full advantage of the process, which is what we're talking about, and we'll continue to talk about, then we avail ourselves to Kṛṣṇa's protection. I mean, the problem isn't that Kṛṣṇa is not protecting us or giving us intelligence. The problem is that I'm not listening and I'm not taking the help. That's the problem. But as we take to devotional service, Māyā will put obstacles and for an advancing devotee, those are, in one sense, not that we welcome obstacles necessarily, unless we're very advanced, but they do help to clarify our position.Without being tested, we don't know what our situation is. We say 'unflinching devotional service' unless there's an opportunity to flinch. How are you going to know you're unflinching? And so the tests are there, and really, Māyā is there to winnow out those who are not serious about going back to Godhead. But she's a devotee, and, you know, she's doing her job.(excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We know from watching sports, everyone loves a big comeback. Somebody's way down, one team's way down, and somehow or other, they pull it out in the last inning, in the last few minutes, or something like that. How do you, where do you get the strength to do that? Make a comeback? And all of us need to know the science of making a comeback, because one way or another, in this world, there are slips and falls. There are ways in which we're up one day and down the next, because of the power of the mind and the way in which this world fluctuates. There are going to be ups and downs and difficulties. So first, in this presentation called How to Make a Comeback, we talk about what's a good stance to take to begin with, and that is to follow this regulative principle. The regulative principle is that one should not fall from his exalted position. This is one of Prabhupāda's very profound statements that he makes in the Seventh Canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: "One should not fall from his exalted position." So whatever exalted position you're in as a mother, a father, a son or daughter in good standing, a teacher, spiritual master, or president of some organization—whatever situation you have now, whatever exalted position you've been elevated to—it's a regulative principle that you should not fall down. So how does one avoid falling down from one's exalted position?(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection:iskconsv.com/book-store/www.bbtacademic.com/books/thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soun…ti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: @fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Every other sound in the material world is an annoyance except for the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahāmantra. And Caitanya Mahāprabhu's clarion call to the world, taking the harinām out into the street was a way of waking everybody up and saying no matter how pious you think you are, you're just in a pit in this mature world. Come out! The saṅkīrtana movement started here at ground zero, Śrīvāsa Aṅgana. There's so much spiritual power in this place because of the event that took place here, which is an eternal event that is still going on because it's a nitya-līlā of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. If you fall on the ground here in a daṇḍavat, put your heart to the floor; you can feel the pulsation of that first harinām saṅkīrtana or of the nocturnal kīrtana that went on here. And you can pray: please let that vibration go into my heart and stay there and inspire me to take the Holy Name to every town and village, both through nagara-kīrtana and through literary kīrtana, as Prabhupāda said that there is a bṛhat mṛdaṅga.You can chant in the nagara-kīrtana and you can be heard for a few blocks, and nowadays a lot longer because everyone is watching it on YouTube. But when you write down the kīrtana and put it in a book and send it out like a message in a bottle to the world, then it can go everywhere. In fact, he noted that some devotees had given books to the son and daughter of one of the American presidents, and they carried them right into the White House. He said we would not have been able to take the nagara-kīrtana inside the White House, at least not at this point in history, but the books went in. So all this preparation for spreading the Holy Name of the Lord started here at Śrīvāsa Aṅgana.(excerpt from the talk) ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So coming to the Yogapīṭha and recognizing, through understanding the philosophy of Bhagavad Gītā and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, that a perfect relationship is available with the perfect person. It makes the heart jump to think that this could be possible. In fact, we've been disappointed so many times. Krishna says, "Vita Raghava, you have to give up this disappointment and recognize that you do have the possibility of having a relationship with me." So here at Yogapīṭha, you can make a sankalpa, "Krishna, I'm going to bring my attention to you," and that can be done."Yāḥ śrutvā tat-paro bhavet (SB 10.33.36)," by hearing about Krishna, if you hear Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, you become inoculated from all of the foolish ways of interacting with the world, like Purūravā and Urvaśī. If you read those two chapters, then you see what you look like when you become enamored by a temporary relationship in this world where you're writing poetry that goes like this: "I love you. I love you so." And Purūravā looks foolish to us, and so as I've said over consistently during the Yatra, don't fool around. What's the name of the artist? As Elvin Bishop wrote in his song, "I Fooled Around and Fell in Love." Don't fool around.This coming to Yogapīṭha means no more fooling around. I'm going to fall in love with Lord Caitanya. I'm not going to fool around and fall in love here in this material world yet again and take rebirth, because I'm enamored of a temporary form. Get enamored of the eternal form. Carry a picture of Krishna around with you. Go to the temple, see Krishna. Take brahminical initiation. Worship Krishna on the altar. Dress him, bathe him, chant His name, take caraṇāmṛta, and think of His lotus feet. Go out and teach Krishna consciousness to others and see that everyone's just fooling around.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Everyone can become a great devotee, being freed from the offenses simply by one's determination and effort. Determination has the word terminus in it, which means to finish something. Finish what you started. So finish the mantra. Listen to it from beginning to end. That's really the practical definition of it. Determination and effort mean you have to fight for it. To make an effort means you can't just give in to the obstacles and say it's not possible, but you have to fight.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Māyā responds to our ideas about the material world, and then starts giving us: "You want this, you want that. How about this? How about what if I put this and that together and both of them, and know a little more, like that?" She tries to come up with the perfect package for us. Māyā can sneak into our life. Māyā means "that which is not." And for those who are awake, somebody who's in māyā, they notice that they've been captured.But for those who are captured, it's very hard to even see what's happening.So, the first—can you go back? One or two? Yeah, how māyā sneaks in. This is how māyā sneaks in, and she's looking to get in. The first way that māyā can come in is when we become prideful. That opens the door: "Come on in." Next, laxity. We become lax in our sādhanā, in our practice, we let our guard down. We're not vigilant. Then it's an invitation for māyā: "Yeah, it's no big deal. Come on in." The third one is justification, which welcomes māyā as a permanent resident. When you justify your condition, make excuses for the way you are: "Oh, it has to be like that. It's not my fault. The dog ate my homework. The sun got in my eyes."There are risky attitudes that open us to this peril, and here's one of them: "I'm advanced." When one thinks like that, we're opening ourselves. This is pride, and it invites māyā in. Another one is: "I am liberated. I can cut corners." This is entitlement, this idea that, "Well, I've done this long enough, therefore it's not important for me to do it. Everybody else can do it, all the neophytes or whatever. I've been here six months, so it's not so important. I'm independent. I shouldn't follow all those Maṅgala Ārati-going; they're just sheep. I'll do my own thing and be independent."So, here's how to lock the door on māyā. Would you like to do that? All right? 'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.' This one did come from Benjamin Franklin. I found it was rightly attributed, and incidentally, he started the volunteer fire department. So, the two things kind of go together, don't they? Anticipate there's going to be a fire, and make sure you're prepared.So, if you change your attitude, and Prabhupāda writes in the Nectar of Instruction, that the quality of your attitude will determine the quality of your devotional service. So, the old saying, "attitude is everything," that applies in devotional service. Śrīla Prabhupāda said: "Advancement in Krishna consciousness depends on the attitude of the follower." Does anybody here have an attitude? How do you know? What does attitude mean?(excerpt from the talk)Link to The talk 'The Anatomy of Falldown' mentioned in the class: https://youtu.be/lPMkNKzdc58?feature=sharedHow To Make a Comeback (older presentation where slides can be seen) : https://youtu.be/C5lXLuqSwzU?feature=shared------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------
How did the Jālangī look? How did it feel just to be in the atmosphere of the dhāma and with no other concern? These people coming by, they're going to the temple, and that's real life. And then that's the great benefit we take with us, always keep in our hearts. Śrīla Prabhupāda gave us this great benediction. And Kṛṣṇa is always there, available for us, just like with Vidura. He went here, there, and everywhere, and if you spent three months—I'm also not recommending this in case anybody asks—if you just spent three months and you went from top to bottom of India, you just stay in the spiritual environment without any other concern. Take a little māhaprasādam, take some Caraṇāmṛta, a few tulasī leaves, chant, hear, see The Lord, and you'll be completely happy.So when you know that's your inheritance, you're never worried because you know that's—that's my default. I keep that in my heart, and at any time I can expand my service.Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda. Dear Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Śrī Pañcatattva, if You so desire, please let us always stay in the dhāma in our heart and mind, no matter where we are in the world. Thank You for considering our request.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura had this vision that everyone in the world could align with Lord Caitanya. Mahāprabhu's mission.Prabhupāda writes, "If one takes Lord Chaitanya Mahāprabhu as the universal guru and Lord Jagannāth as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then one's path in life is complete."So Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura saw this opportunity, and he also saw that people around the world, everywhere they're attracted to music and song. The most famous people and leaders of ideological movements in the world, even de facto, are musicians and poets. In the 1960s, it was Peter, Paul, and Mary, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan, and others like that who would sing about their ideology. People would listen to the music, and even when they didn't intend to sing about something, people would say, "Oh, yeah, I know what that means," and they would become enlivened by it.So the Vaiṣṇavas come to town singing a song that resonates with the desire for us to go back home, back to Godhead through their songs and lyrics, which are perfect because they're informed by Kṛṣṇa within the heart of the Vaiṣṇava, and the haunting tunes that they compose, they urge us to wake up, just like the song "Jīve Jāgo."When we heard it the second time in that melancholy tune that Prabhupāda sings, it brings a sense of longing for a time when I can become free from the lower modes of nature and follow along with the Vaiṣṇavas, even if it says their dog, I'll just go with you guys.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
An analogy related to bhakti being the microscope through which we can look into the topic of God that has struck me in the past is on a personal level. If you meet somebody that you don't know and they try to observe who you are from the outside, for instance, they might drive around your house and maybe use a telescope to try to look in the window. But how much can they find out? They might even approach you in a very logical way and interview you and ask you questions, and you may give reserved answers because you're not really sure who that person is, if they care about you. But if a person came to your birthday party or remembered something about you through a friend, a friend of a friend of a friend, and then they expressed appreciation for you and showed some goodwill, they did some service. Then you might start opening your mind, your heart, and thinking, well, maybe this person is a well-wisher, and after some time, other people recommend the person and say, no, they're a really good person. You should get to know him. And then once there's a friendship, you might just tell him, yeah, well, you know, I was born in Louisiana, nobody knows that, and I was estranged from my parents at birth, and then I moved to another little village somewhere, and I have all these friends there that not many people know about. And my life is, you know, I play a flute, and I like butter, you know, you might tell details, but you wouldn't tell it to somebody who just walks up to your door and says, 'Who are you?' Anyway, we're doing an interview.(excerpt from the talk )------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
At every moment, personal desires interfere without our realizing it. By taking shelter of the holy name, all these obstacles are removed, and we can obtain the fulfillment of our true desire, which is to dwell in the realm of pure love of Kṛṣṇa. In this world, no one is the special object of my affection, nor do I have the slightest hostility towards anyone. Whatever arrangements we make in this world are temporary. There is no need to waste time thinking about gain or loss here. The only thing anyone should strive for is the one supreme goal of life that is the treasure of love for Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet. So join together, all of you, and strive for this goal. Work together harmoniously with a single thing in mind and a single understanding. Working together with the same purpose, we will become qualified for the service of Rādhārāṇī, the original reservoir of love for Kṛṣṇa. May the stream of ideas promoted by Rūpa Gosvāmī and his followers ever flow. We must never try to be independent of his doctrine. May we never become indifferent or disinterested in the sacrifice of the holy name with its fire of seven flames. In the performance of saṅkīrtana if your single-minded devotion goes on increasing, then all your desires will be fulfilled and all your goals achieved. Take hold of the feet of the followers of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and follow them with exclusive commitment.Preach the message of Śrī Rūpa and Raghunātha fearlessly and with great enthusiasm. Through this preaching, you will attain all perfection. Through this preaching, you will attain all perfection. Through this preaching, you will attain all perfection from His Divine Grace Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. We are here on earth not to work as artisans for making big buildings with wood and stone, but to work only as messengers of the Divine Śrī Caitanya Deva. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Ki Jai!(excerpt from the reading )------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When we chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra in japa, this is a very personal matter because we all are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. We have our unique relationship with Him, and this is a time for self-tuning, just as you tune a radio, if you've ever done that. I don't know if there are radios anymore. It used to be in the old days, kids. There were machines called radios, and they had a dial on them, and there were frequencies along the dial that you could tune into and listen to a specific program. Are you listening?There's a cat. Cats can join too. Kitty, kitty is doing service like kitty just sleep. Let her hang out. When we chant japa, it's a time of self-examination, where we look and see where we are tuned. So we can be tuned to, even as we're chanting, we can be tuned to another frequency. Like there's a frequency of, 'When are we going to eat?' There's a frequency of, 'I have a problem I have to solve.' The frequency of, 'My foot hurts.' There are a lot of different frequencies. So we try to get tuned as closely as we can to being a servant of Kṛṣṇa and just praying to Kṛṣṇa.(excerpt from the talk )------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
kali-kāle nāma-rūpe kṛṣṇa-avatāranāma haite haya sarva-jagat-nistāraIn this Age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, is the incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Simply by chanting the holy name, one associates with the Lord directly. Anyone who does this is certainly delivered.(CC Adi 17.22)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/17/22/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
What's the overarching purpose of your life? What are the things that are most important to you in this lifespan that you have right now? It's kind of like when you do a strategic plan: you start with a vision and mission. Why am I doing this in the first place? And what does it look like when I'm successful? Those are vision and mission ideas. The priority list is fun. Don't make it arduous or difficult, and there may be overlapping ideas here or there, but don't worry about it. It's not so precise that if you accidentally state something in a way that sounds more like a goal, or the goal sounds more like a priority, you can play with it. It's your life.But the way I look at it, I notice that organizations that hold together have a sense of purpose. Looking in the United States, even if it appears to be going to hell in a handbasket right now, at least they know that it is because they have a constitution. It's written. I've seen it. It's in Washington, D.C., in the Library of Congress. It's on the wall. Somebody took the time. There was a conference. People came together, really smart people, and they said, "What do we want?" And they wrote it all down. They wrote it as they thought about it, and they wrote it as precisely as possible about what a good country would look like, what their main goals and priorities for the country, right ?Before that, there was the Magna Carta, where people said, "I don't like the way our lives are going, so let's talk about what we really want to do." They wrote it down. So the way I conceive of it is, each one of us has our own life to organize, and what better way to organize than to have your own constitution? Would you like to write a constitution and put it on the wall? And then if somebody says, "Hey, how about let's do this," you can say, "How about let's not," because it's not in the constitution, unless you want to write an amendment to the constitution. That way you're self-guided. And if you're not self-guided, then somebody else will just take over your life, and part of that will just be fear. You're afraid to do certain things, or you're guilty because you're not doing enough.But the more you're able to decide on what's most important to you and write it down and decide what your own life is going to be, I really do recommend making a constitution and putting it on your wall. Then you can say, "This is how I live, this is what's most important to me."(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prabhupāda had the devotees that were in early ISKCON in the '70s come to Māyāpur, and Vṛndāvana and sometimes, Jagannātha Purī on the way between the two. And he invited the devotees from all over the world. He said all of you should come here and meet with me here in Māyāpur. And he said we should discuss unity in diversity. We'd have kīrtanas. And Prabhupāda said that should be the time of discussion here in Māyāpur. It was a time when, in a fledgling movement, devotees from all over the world who were preaching in various countries would come together and meet one another and discuss how it was going in various places.In the afternoon, we go from the temple such that it was the living facilities here were very rough. If you think that your room is a little simple. I hate to tell these back-when-I-was-a-boy stories, but the room I stayed in as a brahmacārī was on the wall that was the simplest of dwellings because there weren't enough rooms. The wall was there, and they just weaned some plywood off of the wall and then cut a little hole so we could get in there. The floor was dirt. There was no latrine at all, just a big pit in the middle of the field with a kind of a fence around it. And water, there was no although were the pumps. There was no drinking water, there was no shower, there was no hot water, there was no bottled water. That didn't come until much later in the '80s here in India. And nonetheless, Prabhupāda pushed on.He invited everyone to come here because he saw that the essence was to come together, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, and discuss how we can cooperate. One of his main points was to spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, and devotees would come here and discuss and hear how one another were doing in the daytime. Everyone would go to the Ganges, and it wasn't as far away as it is now, but there you could walk up and down the Ganges, and every one of the leaders from different parts of the world would be sitting, and then there would be a circle of devotees around that leader all the way up the Ganges. And there'd be classes going on, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or Bhagavad Gītā discussion.And then in the morning, Prabhupāda would give class in the temple that's there now. And in the evening, he would give darśana in these rooms. And many devotees would come and crowd in the rooms. And one evening, while we were in there and the darśana was over, one of my godbrothers, who I partnered with on book distribution, kept inviting everybody else to go out first because he had a plan that he was going to meet Prabhupāda. And when everyone was gone, he turned around and went back to Prabhupāda and asked him a question that a lot of devotees had, which is, should I live in the West, or should I move here to the dhāma? And Prabhupāda said that the West is for preaching or for sense gratification. And his indication was, if you're going to the West, then you should go there to preach. Otherwise, you will just be engulfed by sense gratification.You notice that in Prabhupāda's bedroom, he has a picture of Śrī Śrī Rādhā Govinda. Those are the deities in Brooklyn. Prabhupāda, although he was in Māyāpur, he was thinking about Rādhā Govinda every night before he took rest. But there's a section that one of my godbrothers pointed out with how he had mentioned how he was thinking about the project in New York, that he had Rādhā Govinda on the wall, but it's not retrofit. This is not a new thing that somebody put Rādhā Govinda on the wall. Those deities were on his wall when he was here.So although Prabhupāda was in the dhāma, he was thinking about the West, and he was thinking about how to expand the project.(excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/
And so in that period of anartha-nivṛtti, you want to get to the next stage after anartha-nivṛtti. Then you have nishta, where, as is described in these verses. We've all been quoting 'naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā bhagavaty uttama-śloke bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī (SB 1.2.18).' Naiṣṭhikī means nishtha. You know that word 'stha,' it's the same as the word stand. That's where it comes from. The word stand. You know you stand in one place or like you have an understanding, because it's clear to you then, and nishta means that you're no longer pushed by these urges that affect everybody in the material world.That's a miracle, and that miracle happens when you keep going in devotional service and practicing the basic tenets with good association and full faith in the Lord's orders. At a certain time, you start to notice Bhagavatam says, 'tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥ kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye ceta etair anāviddhaṁ sthitaṁ sattve prasīdati (SB 1.2.19).' You know what the word Tada means? It means 'ta-da'. It's like you're practicing. And then all of a sudden, wait a minute, how come I didn't fall asleep? How come I didn't go in the other room and grab my phone while I was chanting? How come I wanted to go to the Bhāgavatam class instead of watching a special on I don't know whatever there is out there.I don't know what all the offerings are, but this is by the mercy of the Lord. Because of your faithful adherence to the process of devotional service. And when you come to nishta, there are so many possibilities open in your life. You've crossed the great desert of anarta nivritti, which seems to go on forever and ever and ever. When you come to nishta, tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥ kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye ceta etair anāviddhaṁ sthitaṁ sattve prasīdati, you actually start to touch the śuddha sattva, which means the spiritual energy.And then from there, it's like you're pushing a big boulder up the hill. And when Ruchi comes, the boulder starts to roll down by itself. Ruchi means, I really want this. It's not that I have to control myself. I have to control myself not to run after Kṛṣṇa.(excerpt from the talk)Chapter for discussion: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/6/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's a difference between how you might feel before going on yātrā and after you were on the yātrā. Generally, devotees report that before the yātrā, they may be slightly distracted. Their sadhana might be restrained or slow, but after the yātrā, they feel, "Oh, I want to keep on track."So just stay on yātrā all the time. And that's the beauty of bhakti; you can do that. You can do it in Seattle. You can do it in Portland. You can do it in Mumbai, where Manasi Ganga is. You can do it in New York City. Can you do it in New York City? A good concept. London. Definitely do it in London. It means we have festivals—more festivals than any other religion in the world. Some people, they go to church once a week and just go and drink a little wine from the cup, and that's all they get. Maybe a little singing in church and stuff like that, but we have singing, dancing, food, everything.We're deeply grateful that you host us here every year at this, to me, the most beautiful of all ISKCON temples in the world. Because you've got Ganga right here in your backyard. This is a place of explosive pastimes, especially from Lord Nityānanda, who saved Raghunātha Dāsa by giving him his unconditional mercy. So we can pray for that unconditional mercy in this place, Pānīhāṭī, where Lord Nityānanda showed his causeless mercy and held a festival just to attract all the souls of the world.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It's a symbol of how we can also appreciate how we're getting service. It comes down to us as a blessing if we can take that and embrace it, and lucky for us, if it can be in that same moment where we don't have the moment to think of anything else. Lifetime goes by like that, and one looks down and says, 'Oh, I'm old,' or 'something's old,' or 'somebody is.' But as Mahārāja was expressing today, whatever it is, next life, life after that will still go on asking, 'Where's that service?'And it all starts with this printing press, because that was the main order that Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta gave to Śrīla Prabhupāda, which he followed exactly. Every penny went for that, and everything was based. As he said, his temples were bases from which devotees would go out to drop books, like armies do or air forces do during the war, like bombs raining from the sky on the laps of conditioned souls. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura ki jaya! Śrīla Prabhupāda ki jaya.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura had written the mantra: 'pūjala rāga-patha gaurava-bhaṅge.' It's in your songbook, near the end. I have it marked, actually, there are flags there. And in this mantra, he says that we will work hard on this plane. This plane means 'iha' in this world, to utilize all kinds of technologies and wealth, to spread the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. The Śrīmad Bhāgavatam points out that the highest of devotees are those who have compassion for others. In the Bhagavad-gītā also, Kṛṣṇa says: ātma-pamyena sarvatra samaṁ paśyati yo'rjuna sukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁ sa yogī paramo mataḥ (BG 6.32).'There’s no better yogi,' he said, 'than somebody who has compassion for others.'Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura had written extensively railing against those who would go off to a solitary place and make a show of being advanced by chanting. He wanted a worldwide movement that would touch the hearts of people everywhere, even as the Bhāgavatam has announced: kirāta-hūṇāndhra-pulinda-pulkaśā ābhīra-śumbhā yavanāḥ khaśādayaḥ ye'nye ca pāpā yad-apāśrayāśrayāḥ śudhyanti tasmai prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ (SB 2.4.18). Meaning everybody can become converted to their original transcendental position as a servitor of the Lord by the power of Lord Viṣṇu invested in His pure devotees.So, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura was demonstrative about this mood of preaching. He considered it the highest level of devotional service. And He also had shown that those who would prematurely try to enter into the topics of the exchanges of love between Kṛṣṇa and His intimate devotees in Vṛndāvana, this spontaneous idea of prematurely entering in, he considered to be illegal in the Gauḍīya Maṭha.And this mantra that he had composed says that we keep that conception above our heads and we worship it from here. And while we're here, we work to engage all the energies in the service of the Lord. In fact, in Vṛndāvana, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura said that we don't stay at Rādhā-kuṇḍa. We live down the road from Rādhā-kuṇḍa and keep it in our worshipable purview. We'll stay at Govardhana Hill and worship Rādhā-kuṇḍa from a distance, which is part of the mood. And in that mantra that he sang, he mentioned that.Also, in our songbook, we've included the Gauḍīya Maṭha's logo. You'll find that in the logo is the printing press. Actually, there's a lot going on in this logo. Nowadays, you just get a swoosh or a circle or something like that. And I don't think a modern consultant would say, 'Oh yeah, this is a great logo.' It's got about 50 things going on here and all kinds of mantras inside. But he packed it up to show, 'These are our values. This is our mood, and this is our mission.' And you'll find here that the printing press, right above the printing press in the section of the logo where the printing press is, says rāga-mārga.So, he equated the preaching of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the printing of books, and reaching out to poor, fallen, conditioned souls to be the method of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and he also encouraged his disciples in that way.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
So, this friend of Śrīla Prabhupāda said, 'Come see this nice sādhu.' But Prabhupāda was a little disillusioned with the sādhus that he'd met because his father was very open-minded, Gaur Mohan De, and he would invite sādhus to his home regularly to take prasādam. He'd actually opened the door in their home, saying, 'Anyone who's hungry, any sādhus who are hungry, come to my house, we'll feed you.' So, many sādhus came, some genuine, others not. Prabhupāda was a little, 'I've seen sādhus,' but his friend said, 'No, this is a genuine sādhu. This is a genuine sādhu.'So, he came and they sat here at the exact spot. Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī was speaking there. As he was speaking, our Śrīla Prabhupāda came in with his friend. And as is customary here in India, even today, people offer respects to someone in the renounced order of life. It's part of their DNA, that respect. It's wonderful. So, Prabhupāda came and he paid obeisances. And as I was saying earlier today, before he even got up, Śrīdhara Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, guru, noted him. He noted him and said, 'Why don't you? You're a nice, educated young man, why don't you spread the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in the English language?' And that penetrated Śrīla Prabhupāda's heart.And when they left, other discussions went on, and Prabhupāda argued a little bit, but he was defeated by his guru. That's the duty of the gurus, to dispel the illusions of the disciple. Of course, this is a pastime, let us remember. And as they were leaving, walking down these very stairs over there, his friend turned to our Śrīla Prabhupāda and he said, 'What did you... How do you, what do you think of that sādhu?' And Śrīla Prabhupāda said, 'I think I've met a genuine sādhu and later on, he revealed that from that first meeting, he understood who his spiritual master was.(excerpt from the talk )------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities.(Translation verse 1)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
But as he said, when he landed or arrived in Boston, New York, after a long, arduous journey with two heart attacks and, later on, several strokes as well, he said that the reason my mission in the West was successful is because I had faith in two things. This is very important for us because we want to become like Śrīla Prabhupāda, not that we can become Śrīla Prabhupāda, but follow in his footsteps. He said, 'I had faith in two things.' This is why his mission was successful and continues to expand over the next 10,000 years with the movement of saṅkīrtana, the movement of Lord Caitanya, the Golden Age of Kali Yuga. He said, 'I had faith in two things, the instructions of my spiritual master, and the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare, Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.'Now it's all history. We tend to think back and look at how Prabhupāda boarded the ship. He went across the ocean. The captain said he'd never seen the Atlantic Ocean so calm in his whole life as a sailor. But Prabhupāda endured extremely difficult circumstances. Again, he had heart attacks. It was a long journey. I can't imagine what he had to eat when he arrived in America. He said, 'I did not know whether to go left or right.' He actually endured great difficulties, and it must have been very painful. At the same time, he relished the opportunity challenge, to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness in the Western world and begin to fulfill the prediction of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the previous Ācāryas, and his own Guru, Maharaja Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.So, we should take inspiration from that, that there's no challenge that we can't overcome. Prabhupāda is an Ācārya. Kṛṣṇa could have arranged for him to arrive in America in a flower airplane, but he's an ācārya. He teaches by example. 'Struggle for existence'—the human race, the only hope is divine grace. We also have the challenge to go out and distribute books, establish Kṛṣṇa conscious communities, and hold festivals in the world of Māyā, Yavana-deśa, and Mleccha-deśa. We can take strength from Śrīla Prabhupāda's example, that although it seemed almost impossible, an elderly gentleman, a sādhu, let us say, around my age, fearlessly boarded the ship and went to the West.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And this was what Prabhupāda claimed to be the fulcrum of power in his campaign to take Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world. He said that by taking the intention of my spiritual master and following his instruction, which he clarified as Mahārāja mentioned. Prabhupāda clarified it because he had received that instruction at Rādhā-kuṇḍa, and then later on, he had written to his spiritual master, just a fortnight before his guru had left the world, and asked, 'How may I serve you?' He had already told him how he might serve Him. And then his guru wrote back and told him that he should preach in the West, and he should engage those he preached to in also carrying forth the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He said it would be good for them, and it would be good for the people that received that message through them.And Prabhupāda told us repeatedly that one must only take up the order of the Spiritual Master of the Guru Paramparā and represent it in a way that would be appreciable by those who would receive it in their particular culture without changing the meaning. So Prabhupāda knew that by following the order of his Spiritual Master, which was very clear, he would be successful. One may follow that, remembering Prabhupāda's claim that 'I am not endowed with any special power except this.' Therefore, he said, everyone who follows what I have passed on to you, and those who pass it on to others in the same mood and mission, will also be successful because it's backed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.A favorite quote of mine—those who've listened to me speak before probably know this in their sleep because I've quoted it so many times—is from the second canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. In the purport, Prabhupāda writes that the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is a manifestation of His internal potency, and it is by that potency that one comes to see the Lord face to face.(excerpt from the talk)Recorded On: Dec 28, 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prabhupāda, from the simple instructions of Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī, he went above and beyond the call of duty. This is a term we heard in the military. Every soldier wants to go above and beyond the call of duty. How did Prabhupāda go above and beyond the call of duty? He had his books, not only in English, but he ordered them, and to some degree, during his lifetime, had them translated into all the major languages of the world. That supersedes the instruction of Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī. He did more than English language—French, German, Russian, Spanish, and recently in South Africa, we are printing books of Prabhupāda in the Zulu language, Zulu unkulunkulu.I met the leader of the Zulu people, Chief Goodwill, a powerful man. I think there are 35 to 40 million Zulus in South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal. I had the opportunity to meet him. We had a discussion. He said, 'Maraj, Maraj.' He was a good Christian. 'Maraj, what do you call God in your language and your śāstra? What do you call God?' I said, 'Well, God has many names according to His attributes, His pastimes, His qualities. But the principal name of God, according to Jīva Gosvāmī, the original name of God is Kṛṣṇa.' He said, 'Oh, very nice, Kṛeeshna.' I said, 'Goodwill, what do you call God in the Zulu language?' He went, 'Ah, we call unkulunkulu.' I said, 'What does it mean?' He said, 'It means that person who has the most cows.'(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This is something that I look forward to, from the day this Yātrā ends till next year. It's something... This is our third youth retreat, Global Youth Retreat, and I look forward to getting to know more of you. And as I said, it's something I look forward to. It's one of my favorite things this year. And proof of that is that Prabhu and I give up our own personal retreat to be with you all. That's how much we like doing this.So, I look forward to time with you here in Calcutta, where we'll get to go to some of the places that are very important to us as members of ISKCON and disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda. And we know that from last year's Yātrā, it helps to bring all of us closer to Śrīla Prabhupāda and understand him more than what we just know about in his books. I'm here to serve, so if there's anything I can do for any of you, please don't hesitate to let me know.(excerpt from the introduction by Nirākulā Dāsī)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Prabhupāda has said that the Acharya, the guru, the śāstra, can give us hints for advancing in spiritual life, but we have to do the work. There's another related point to determination and effort. You may have a good lineage of gurus, and the śāstra is always there, but we're the ones who have to apply it.A couple of other points are: practice while you have the chance; if not now, when? And I think it was Akshina Maṅgala this morning who noticed that sometimes the doors for the deities close sooner than you think. It's like, 'Oh, I'm just getting Darśana for two seconds,' and all of a sudden the door closes. We don't know when the door closes for us at any time. So, it's good to take advantage of every opportunity.And the other point Prabhupāda makes is that we have to be aware that we have to fly solo at some point. Just as when we're studying to fly in an airplane and we have an instructor there, but at some point, you have to take your solo flight. And Prabhupāda relates to the point about how it comes down to our own individual determination and effort, that we actually have to make the effort to do it and be prepared, because it'll come down to our determination that we've developed from our practice.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When you look at all the books together, there's nothing wrong with that. If you look at them all together on one shelf, you might think, 'How could I ever read all these? Therefore, I won't read anything. It's too much.' So, I thought that at one time, and then I heard this lecture by a person called Brian Tracy, and he was talking about how to get things done. In the lecture, he said, any large task that seems to be beyond your capacity, you can break into small parts. And he called them slices. And then, if they're in small slices and you do them regularly, then, amazingly, you'll be able to complete big tasks. Sounds common sensical, doesn't it?When it comes to reading the books, I was driving home from somebody's house, and I was thinking about what he said, and I was thinking about all the books. As soon as I got home, I started noting down how many pages were in each book, because I realized that there's a finite number of pages. There's a finite number of pages in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, right? At least on this planet. There are other planets, higher planets, where there are more volumes. So, you can aspire for that too, if you like. And when I realized there's a finite number, I thought, well, let me get the number, because then I can divide it into small slices.So, I made a little chart with a little help from my friends, and it had a list of all the Prabhupāda's books, and then it had next to it time periods that it would take to finish each one. And I discovered that there was a finite number, and I can ascribe a certain number to read each day in order to complete within a set amount of time. How helpful on a scale of one to ten? You might say, 'Vaisesika Dasa, on a scale of one to ten, how helpful was that to you?' I'd say it was about a ten, because I immediately felt energized, and I thought, here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to pick a number of pages I can read each day, and I know for sure that I'll complete it within a certain amount of time.And then I branded it. You want to hear what the brand is? Be a sage, page by page. And I took to this discipline of reading a certain number of pages a day. On a practical level, on paper, I have these flags that you get at any office supply store, and you stick them, and you can unstick them, and unless you get some grit on them, they'll stick over and over again for maybe hundreds of times. And so, what I do is get two of them, and on one of them, I'd write the number of pages that I was going to read every day. And on the other one, I put a little arrow. So, there are two flags that I used and still use.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------
If I'm talking to someone who's explaining to me something extremely valuable, like last night, I stayed a little later at Prabhupāda's room with some godbrothers, and one of them was speaking about some history that was very interesting. At the same time, a thought came into my mind: I wonder how late it is. But I resisted looking at my watch, because if I just went like this, how long does that take? Approximately..Audience : Half a second. Half a second, my interlocutor would have then said, 'Oh, you have to go.' And it's that break of attention from listening to somebody that can suddenly change the relationship.So Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura mentions in his teachings on chanting The Holy Name of the Lord, the most important ingredient is giving attention. And there is a way at a certain point when we have become fascinated with the sound of The Holy Name, "mad-guṇa-śruti-mātreṇa mayi sarva-guhāśayemano-gatir avicchinnā yathā gaṅgāmbhaso ’mbudhau," Kapila Dev says (SB 3.29.11) the mind will be carried along, just like the Ganges is carried and carries everything with it. And it doesn't stop for anything or anybody. It just goes 'mano-gatir avicchinnā,' no stoppage.But in the beginning, it takes a long time to stay the mind's tendencies to look at problems and try to solve them. And we do it even when we sleep. At least I do. I wake up like, 'Oh, what am I going to do about this or that?' But in the time of meditation on The Holy Name, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, "Find the ways and means to completely focus your mind." And he suggests various ways and gives the directive that, "Find the ways that work for you."------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This year's Live to Give motto is 'Make Earth Smart Again.' Prabhupāda writes in the second canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam that the Bhagavad-gītā is the Vedic intelligence, that appears in the purport to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.2.35. I've always appreciated that. What if you were able to have the Vedic intelligence in your hand and then be able to harmonize your mind and intelligence with that? What would your life be like? Well, it would be a lot better. And what if the whole world had a clearer idea that there's a Supreme Personality of Godhead, and that He's the ultimate goal of life? We should be humble. We should work together. These concepts are not so far away, nor are they unintelligible for the human being. Human beings, if they get the right information, can reform themselves. We can reform the Earth. We can reform the planet. So, this is an attempt to systematically change the whole world as representatives of the disciplic succession. And we have a direct order from Śrīla Prabhupāda to carry this forward.(excerpt from the talk)Watch the new song: 58:12 https://youtu.be/LgS9zWwVhQw?t=3496------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Fade means to gradually grow weak. Generally, people don't give up japa immediately and just walk away, but it fades away. Their sādhanā fades. And this can happen on a weekly basis, monthly, or yearly basis. So, we have to be aware of the phenomenon called 'japa fade'. All practices fade without attention. All practices fade without attention. So, attention means to give special care. It's one of the meanings of attention. It also comes from the word ten, which means to stretch. We have to stretch towards it. We have to stretch ourselves every day.So, some of the tenets of practical application of this are: practice pronouncing the syllables. Syllables are meaningful. If we miss them, then we're not actually doing the practice. Pronounce the syllables. 'Hare' means the original energy of the Lord. So, make sure you say the syllables. It is the manifestation of that person. Next, is to be determined to make your japa better each day. This is the only way to avoid japa fade: is to be determined to make your japa better each day. Don't be satisfied with the status quo.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
It was complete and perfect, and I appreciated many aspects of what you said, and will take them to heart. One was staying in association with those who are experiencing the happiness of hearing and chanting together, and how that carries us to a higher position, and also recognizing the pernicious effects of blasphemy. In the second-to-last sentence, you described blasphemy as a fall-down, and also that it makes us feel bad when we blaspheme. You had advocated for being aware of the effect of it. It made me think of the way we conduct ourselves in regular life. We become aware of what resonates with us. For instance, with our health, if we eat in a certain way, we know, although temporarily it may satisfy some urge, but later we'll feel crummy because we ate something that wasn't very good. And if we become aware of the fact that it's not a pleasant experience, blaspheming others, then we may hesitate just for our own self-preservation or knowing how it makes us feel. And I really liked how you described it as an expression of the polluted false ego. That phrase just makes me think of the persona, when I think of the personification of the false ego, expressing itself, maybe as a caricature, and being deeply polluted and pontificating on the faults of others.(Reflection by HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa )------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If you situate yourself in such a way that you can see the universe as a cosmic schoolhouse, "everything is meant for teaching me something and so that I can improve myself" - if I take it like that, then I take whatever happens to me as a way to learn something valuable. We may not see it at first, but if we're able to ask the question, we avoid the default question, which is, 'Why me?' And this leads to a sense of victimhood, which takes a long time to come out of—a lot of coaching and help and so forth.But if we're able to, in the moment, deal with whatever happens to us by asking the question, 'What's this meant to teach me?' it profoundly changes the way we interact with the world. This is self-help 101, isn't it? Say yes, and I'll explain why. Because every person on the planet, in any book, recording, or lecture, will say this next phrase, which is, 'It's not what happens to you; it's what you do about what happens to you,' and the essence of that is, 'What is the lesson?(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
How can he be satisfied in the self through this gratitude ? That is mentioned in one of the verses that Uddhava says at the very end of the Uddhava-gītā (SB 11.29.6), "naivopayanty apacitiṁ kavayas taveśa brahmāyuṣāpi kṛtam ṛddha-mudaḥ smarantaḥ," in which he says, 'When I think of you, Kṛṣṇa, the way you take care of me from within and without, I'm so grateful that I couldn't express that gratitude. Even if I had a few life spans of Brahmā, I wouldn't come to the end of it.' And based on that, one of our ācāryas says the devotees remember Kṛṣṇa's promise in the Bhagavad-gītā: "sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ. I'm here for you. I'll deliver you from all the problems. Just give them to me." And Jīva Gosvāmī says that the devotee always remembers Kṛṣṇa's promise. And in that, while we're chanting japa, we take the time to notice the conveyor belt. Just take shelter of Kṛṣṇa's mercy that he says, 'Just hand over your problems to me and take shelter of me. I'll absolve you of all these difficulties.' And then notice that you're not your problems.(excerpt from the talk )vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/29/6/vedabase.io/en/library/bg/18/66/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If we look at our lifetime and our lifespan as a time to invest, if you stay in the market, no matter what you may be - 'sukhe duḥkhe bhulo nā'ko,' you may be happy or distressed. You may think, 'Well, I'm no good. I don't have a taste.' It doesn't matter. You stay in the market. It's not timing the market; it's how much time you spend in the market, and if you just stay the course, it's already chalked out. Do your due diligence and figure out that this is the only market that really counts. The other markets, there's nothing there at the end. If you go to withdraw your money—and we used to do this play back in the old days—where somebody was working hard their whole life, and then at the end, when they went to take all their money out of the bank, they had the wrong bank account. There was nothing in it, but this is the real bank account.So, all of you, the painstaking way in which you flew across oceans and time zones, had to go through security about 50 times to get here, poked and prodded and had to decide what to bring with you. It's an investment, and one of the investments that Caitanya Mahāprabhu especially recommends out of 64 different mutual funds or limbs of bhakti that you can invest in. He said there are five main ones. If you get in these, he said, then you're going to be spiritually wealthy, and of the five, one of them is coming and staying in the Holy Dhāma. So, congratulations to our spiritual investors who have joined here today. And this replica of Vṛndāvana is non different from Vṛndāvana, and that Vṛndāvana is marked by the mood of service and surrender to Kṛṣṇa, which is the only source of happiness for any soul.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Austerity of speech consists in speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, beneficial, and not agitating to others, and also in regularly reciting Vedic literature. BG 17.15------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So, here's your homework. Get a legal pad and a pen. Are you with me so far? What's the first part? Are you going to do it? I'm not convinced. All right, okay, so sit down and write at the top, 'Things I Do.' You got that so far? That's three words only. It's not so hard, 'Things I Do.' And then you'll make a list on the left-hand side. Leave a little space on the right. Make a list on the left-hand side of all the things I do. So, let's name 10 things that you all do: eat, sleep, what, work? Okay, that's it. Actually, no. Drive, shower, cook, read, sing, fight, what? Walk the dog, okay, I didn't get that one. Speak. Okay, that's 10.If you, if you go on with the list, and you think of all the things you do, you're going to come into the thousands. Okay, so that's your first. What's the first part? Get a legal pad and a pen. You're going to do it. I'm not convinced. Okay, so then you write at the top. What do you write at the top? 'Things I Do,' and then on the left-hand side, what are you going to put? What are you going to write? As many things as you can think of. That's why it's a legal pad. You can turn the page, go down the other side. Okay, next is on the right-hand side. You can write Kṛṣṇa, K R S N A, or K R I S H N A, or you can get a picture of Kṛṣṇa and paste it on that side of the page. Okay, good so far. Then go with your pen, and from each item that you do, make a line from there and connect it to Kṛṣṇa. And think about it. How can we connect to Kṛṣṇa? Like, what things you mentioned? Who said drive? You said, you said drive. So, what could you do to connect your drive to Kṛṣṇa?"( excerpt from the talk )------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
These are thoughts to collect and keep on track. An author named Collins wrote the book 'From Good to Great' regarding corporations, and similarly, we should have our own book 'From Good to Great in Japa' and keep track of what it is that practically helps us to trend towards great japa, instead of trending back the other way towards poor japa, and poor japa that we fade away. It's one of the main processes. It is the main process for advancing on the path of bhakti. So let's try a little more.(excerpt from the talk)verse discussed : https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/21/144/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the Lord’s lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. ( SB 12.3.52)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/3/52/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Appreciate The Personality of Godhead: So, when Kṛṣṇa speaks, His words illuminate. Kṛṣṇa is also not a normal person because He can be present in many places at once. In fact, He's ubiquitous. He's within every atom, and He's within all of our hearts. We all have a personal relationship with Kṛṣṇa, just as one may have a personal relationship in this world with someone as a friend, or sometimes as a parent to a child, and sometimes we have a romantic relationship. So Kṛṣṇa also has relationships with each soul. In the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa also describes that we're personal. That is, not only is Kṛṣṇa a person and a perfect person at that, but He also expands Himself into unlimited living entities. We say 'living entities'; it sounds abstract, but we're also persons. Are you a person? You sure? How do you know? Well, Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā that when He's describing to Arjuna on the battlefield that He's a person, Arjuna is a person, and He says all these warriors that have gathered here are also persons, and they were persons in the past, and they'll be persons in the future.(excerpt from the talk ) ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
If you ever feel bewildered, don't feel so bad, because you're dealing with a very powerful force. But there is a solution, and it's given in the Bhagavad-gītā by Kṛṣṇa Himself. Near the end, He says, "What verse number is this? It's 18.58— 'mac-cittaḥ sarva-durgāṇi mat-prasādāt tariṣyasi, atha cet tvam ahaṅkārān na śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi': 'If you become conscious of Me, you will pass over all the obstacles of conditioned life by My grace. If, however, you do not work in such consciousness but act through false ego, not hearing Me, you will be lost.'"This is a strong case for chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa every day. Number one, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa means to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa through His names. It's a direct process. And if you ever feel bewildered by māyā—and who doesn't from moment to moment—the only solution ultimately is to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa, and the best way is through chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. So take full shelter of chanting the holy name, especially completing at least 16 rounds a day if you've taken that vow. And Śrīla Prabhupāda made many assurances that if you do that and follow the four regulative principles, māyā can't touch you. That's amazing because māyā is so powerful, she bewilders everyone. But if we take shelter in that proper way, then we'll notice for ourselves. It's not that somebody else has to tell us—we'll see it for ourselves.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Regarding association, Śrīla Prabhupāda, before he was initiated, was pursuing getting initiated from his spiritual master, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, and he was very busy. When his guru Mahārāja had a yātrā for 10 days, he only got to go for one day. And he went there and took such advantage of the opportunity that he had in that one day that his guru remembered him when he went to Allahabad. He said, "Oh, I know him. He's the one who sits up front and listens, and he won't go away," as he took such advantage of it.So I recommend taking time with a legal pad and a pen, and just take time for yourself to prioritize your life. Write down all the things that are important to you for a while, think about it, and then consider it over some time, and reorganize the list. When you put that together for your spiritual practices and everything you have to do, then you'll have a clearer idea that when the opportunities come, these are what's most important to me.But we'll always have more opportunities than we'll have time for anyway, and that's not bad.(excerpt from the answer )------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa Himself, by His spiritual potency, establishes our connection with Him, and that connection is the source of all spiritual knowledge. So Kṛṣṇa is availing Himself to us, and He's always availing Himself to us. As soon as we show a little inclination toward Him, then He begins to take proactive steps to move us closer. "Teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te," Kṛṣṇa says that if somebody sincerely turns their attention towards Him, then He will give them the intelligence, the knowledge of how they can come to Him.We can keep that in mind. And in the context of this section of the Bhāgavatam, we can keep that in mind even despite our sometimes seeming unwillingness to do it. We may find that there's 99% unwillingness and 1% sincerity towards coming in contact with Kṛṣṇa. So that'll still work, as long as we keep coming back to that 1%, then Kṛṣṇa will make arrangements for us to come to 5%, 10%, 90%, 100% by His informing us from within the heart.Okay, I'm going to continue a few more, and you're going to be astounded. So stay tuned in, because this is just a warm-up. So far, the parts coming up here will make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. You may never be the same after you hear these next few verses.(excerpt from the talk)Chapter for Discussion: Akrūra’s Mission in Hastināpura https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/49/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
When I was flying back from Atlanta, there was a family that had a baby, and I was just noticing... I was thinking about the mood of the baby, which was just to be there with the parents, to be dependent. The baby didn't pay for the ticket, didn't see any credit cards coming out of the crib. And also the parents had all the paraphernalia for the baby, and there's a lot. Especially nowadays, there's some supersonic traveling crib they bring with wheels on, and it folds up and gets put down. And then they have backpacks full of stuff—they have these bottles and bibs and everything you need for a little baby, which is a lot. And I just noticed that the baby just took a dependent mood and went with the parents. Parents took care of everything, sat in the seat. Parents arranged it so the baby could sit on their lap. Everything's good.And there's a way in which this mood—that I don't have anything, Kṛṣṇa, I don't have any way of protecting myself, I'm completely dependent on You, that mood of crying like a baby, "Please take care of me"—this is the mood that Śrīla Prabhupāda says invokes the mercy of the Lord. So mood is important.And we can remember when we're interacting with other people, we can notice how much it affects because if somebody tells you something—your spouse says, "Oh, look at this happening"- if you answer in the wrong mood, it's like, "What's wrong? You didn't appreciate it?" You can tell. So it's a subtlety that is extremely important, to adjust one's mood in approaching Kṛṣṇa in The Holy Name and feeling helpless, and also feeling oneself lower than the straw in the street. Because then, 'Kīrtanīyaḥ sadā Hariḥ,' we can become a baby and become fully dependent on Kṛṣṇa(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Here's the simple rule, decide what you want and write it down. If you don't write it down, then you're not going to start going in that direction. What I've done is order several of those really large Post-its that stick on the wall. You know, they're this big. I have different marking pens, and I write the kinds of ideas that I'm trying to work on for the new year, the goals, and so forth. Then I put them up so I can see them all the time. Whatever way you do it, it's a good time of year to plan, think, and make your goals for the year.( Excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Lollipops are bona fide. In 1972, Bhakta Gopāl saw the Salvation Army giving out candy canes for donations, so he went and got candy canes. Then some devotees complained to Prabhupāda and said he's given out bhoga. And then Prabhupāda inquired a little further about what it was, and he said, "What is the harm? It's in the Vedabase." He said, "What is the harm?" He said, "In India, all the time, pūjāris buy simple sugar candies. They offer them to the Deities, and they give them out. They distribute as mahāprasādam." He gave us permission to offer lollipops to the Deities. So lollipops are something you can use because everyone in the universe likes lollipops, even monkeys. In Vṛndāvana, if you throw a lollipop to a monkey, they'll catch it and put it in their mouth before, I mean, you have to have a slow-motion camera to watch how fast they take the wrapper off and put it in their mouth.I once gave one to the Secretary of State of the United States of America, and he had it in his mouth before I could even tell him who I was. It was at the airport. I had a suit and tie on, but he just took the lollipop and put it in his mouth as I was showing him the Bhagavad-gītā. He was going, "crunch, crunch, crunch." So lollipops are important. They're prasādam. We want to touch their heart with some prasādam, and then you thank them for taking their valuable time, telling them it was an honor to meet them. And then also be ready with some kind of QR code or a form they can write on to get their name and number. If they're a nice person, if they're a seeker, you can connect them up to your next best place where the habitat is ripe for them.(excerpt from the talk )------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
And there's a way that when we are chanting, we have our own history, we have our own desires. We're persons, but we have a relationship with Kṛṣṇa, and it's as if we're writing that letter to Kṛṣṇa: "Please come get me. Here I am." And when Kṛṣṇa hears that, when we send Him that letter through our chanting, He'll come pick us up. And it may be at the last minute when we're not expecting it, but when He does, His whole intention is that everything that's mine is yours. In a very personal way, He gives His whole heart. He gives everything—all His paraphernalia, all the association of all His devotees. We inherit that from Kṛṣṇa. There's not much to inherit here in the material world. You got to give it all back. So the chanting is very personal, and it's something that Kṛṣṇa hears, and if we remember that He's responding individually to each person, and each person has their own situation and their own relationship with Kṛṣṇa, then the chanting becomes something non-mechanical and very meaningful.(excerpt from the talk 07:48)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #kttvg #mantrameditation
Oftentimes, people have a mental image of what it means to go out on book distribution. And the mental image is completely different from the experience itself. The mental image a lot of people have is that it's going to be hard, I'll be rejected, and people will hate me. And then you go out, and there's a world out there where everyone's bored. They're wishing that there was something interesting that would come along, and they're so happy to see you.It's important—that's a kind of purification, also—to remember what we have is the most valuable thing. You can forget it if you're sequestered, and you're only in the echo chamber. You can start taking it for granted—all the processes. But when you take them out into public, and you show them to other people, and you see through their eyes, "Oh, this is valuable."(excerpt from the talk 04:30)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
You find a person, anybody in the crowd, and they want to say they want to hear Hare Kṛṣṇa. They want to come closer to Kṛṣṇa. And you go out of your way to facilitate them. You give them a chair, you give them water, you give them whatever they want, and let them be there and hear the holy name because you know that that's first-class worship of the Lord within the heart. Because tapyante 'loka-tāpena sādhavaḥ prāyaśo janāḥ paramārādhanaṁ tad dhi puruṣasyākhilātmanaḥ (SB 8.7.44).'Lord Śiva says the statement—either Lord Śiva says, or Śukadeva Gosvāmī says about Lord Śiva. Look at Lord Śiva. When the time to save the universe came, he didn't hesitate. He took a sacrifice on himself. It's not really pleasant to drink poison, is it? No, it's not pleasant to drink poison. But Lord Śiva, when he saw the universe was being threatened and all the living entities, he said, "I'll do it." And so he swallowed it because he's the supreme mystic. He was able to hold it in his throat, and that's why his throat turned blue. So check everyone—if they've ever drunk poison, see a blue throat. Actually, you just die. Lord Śiva doesn't die because he's so powerful, but he did it, Śukadeva Gosvāmī says, as a form of worship because he understood that 'paramārādhanaṁ'. Ārādhanā means worship, and the paramārādhanaṁ means the supreme worship is 'tapyante loka-tāpena'. For the sake of helping the people of the world, all the living entities, you go out of your way. You perform some tapasya in order to save them, to do good for them. That's the best way to worship God, who is in everyone's heart because that's the purpose.Kṛṣṇa has a purpose for the creation, right? Yes, it's not random. It's not existentialism. That's like, "Oh, there's no meaning to the world." There is a meaning to the world, and the real meaning is to give every living entity a chance to go back to Godhead and not toil here in the material world.(excerpt from the talk 37:18 )------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
We'll just do a quick summation, and a question is, how much do you like japa? Do you like it? This is for our own edification, just to consider how much you like it. Do you like it enough to sit and chant all day long? Do you like it enough to sit for at least enough time to chant 16 rounds a day? Or do you not have appreciation for it and you'd rather not chant at all? Somewhere within that spectrum, what would you say if you were to measure it based on the idea that what gets measured gets improved?Percentage of time you're actually aware of the holy name, and then on this scale, where do you think you would put yourself in terms of how much you like chanting?(excerpt from the talk 07:20------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's a chemistry to cooking that, you know, you have to give it time. As How long does it take to make idli? Overnight. "Overnight.! I want it now." You know, you have to let it ferment, and it has to, you know, like "you want it fluffy, or you want some hard thing.?" So if if we want to really change, if we want to make the most of human life, we have to stay in it for the whole lifetime. Nothing is excluded - all the detours we take in the ways that we are subjected to our own punishments through our minds, and we make mistakes and so forth. These all go in the compost pile, and they become rich nutrients for us, 'there's no shortcut to maturity.' You have to struggle through it. Everyone's going to struggle through it anyway. But if you're smart and you dedicate everything to Kṛṣṇa, and say, "Kṛṣṇa, as I'm going through all these things, please let it come out so that I'm actually a nice person, just let me be a non-envious person, and so that I can do good for myself, I don't torture myself, and I can also be good."(excerpt from the answer)Link to the entire talk: https://youtu.be/QlMABK0x4H0------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So this is, I'm reading excerpts from the'Śrī Bhakti Siddha Vaibhava' that Bhakti Vikāsa Mahārāj put together. The first excerpt I'm reading is from a lecture of 1932, where Śrīla Sarasvatī Ṭhākura stated how some disciples considered that by his spending profusely on preaching programs and printing, he was embezzling their hard-earned collections. He mentioned by name a particular leading devotee as one of several who thought it better to keep those funds in the bank. But he continued, "My aim is not to make provisions and lay bricks for rascals who will come in the future. Possibly the structures already made will one day become dens of ganja and vice."He further commented that some of his men had voiced the opinion that now there were enough books and magazines, so all printing activities should be scrapped. There was no need for further hard work, for by showing the deity and receiving collections, the bosses could live happily.So what particularly caught my attention was this: the tenor of this statement, which we perceived in our Śrīla Prabhupāda when he started the saṅkīrtana movement. He writes that, "I didn't come to establish temples, but I came to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Of course, establishing temples and all kinds of structure and management is necessary, but it's necessary to manage the results of preaching, and not independently. If you try to establish a management system or even lay bricks without having a forward thrust into the world to establish Kṛṣṇa consciousness through going door to door, town to town, doing Hari-nāma, Hari-kathā, and profusely distributing books, then you have nothing to manage except for a bunch of problems and you're managing on a plateau. There's no real reason to manage."Plenty of other companies are worried about management and are struggling hard with all the problems that come along with managing people and projects, and ultimately, they're of little or no avail because they don't do anything to advance the human spirit. So Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta's mood again was, "My aim is not to make provisions and lay bricks for rascals who will come in the future."That mood can always creep into an individual's life or into the life of an organization, and that is: let's get comfortable. As soon as I want to get comfortable at the expense of the saṅkīrtana movement or by living a life in the mode of goodness, then my advancement stops. Having the stimulation of fresh challenges to meet in expanding the saṅkīrtana movement, especially in bringing new people who are wholly unacquainted with Kṛṣṇa consciousness into the fold, is vitally important. We've been seeing it recently with new people coming into our bhakti community rooms. The freshness is palpable; it changes the atmosphere entirely. When a new person who just walked in out of the rain of the material world comes in and feels the warm environment inside the Zoom Room where devotees are gathered to speak about Kṛṣṇa and the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, it has to be at the forefront of the minds of those who are in the saṅkīrtana movement. It is a movement meant to save the conditioned souls in the material world, not for finding comfort or becoming well-established in any material way.(excerpt from the talk 19:34)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
This building is exactly restored to its original state. We were here when they were rebuilding it, and we met the devotees—so expert. They used all the techniques that UNESCO uses. I saw at Angkor Wat in Cambodia. I went there once just to see the temple, and UNESCO, an international organization, had big piles of stones or broken bits of wall and things. They would label each one of them so that they could put them all together, thousands of them, so they could restore it to its original state. And that's the type of care that was taken here. The stairs that we walked up are the original stairs, and anything that could be preserved, the original materials for this building, were preserved.When Prabhupāda walked up the stairs and met his spiritual master, it's not as if his spiritual master touched him on the head and all of a sudden he became liberated. It's not that there was some light coming from his eyes, from Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta's eyes. He spoke something to him. And what did he speak? He gave him service. He said, "I'd like you to do this." And Prabhupāda writes in the Bhāgavatam that the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is a manifestation of His internal potency. It is by that potency that one comes to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. Where does that order come from? It comes from those who have service in the paramparā. They've been given service because they approached somebody in the paramparā who already has service and said, "Please, can I have some service?" And service done sincerely always expands in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. You may take on some seemingly insignificant service, and if you do it sincerely, it will expand. Not only that, you become famous in this life, and in the next life, you just go back to Godhead. That's the power of the instruction for service given by the pure devotee. So Prabhupāda was given that because the saṅkīrtana movement is an active movement. It means there's something to do, and it's based on compassion for living beings.(excerpt from the talk 07:41)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Kṛṣṇa is a person. It's not one thing. It's the thing. Kṛṣṇa is a person. He's the Supreme Person. And just know that His senses are perfect, and because His senses are perfect, He knows exactly what your sincerity is. And He's not like an ordinary person who may know or may not know—He knows. And you can offer yourself to Kṛṣṇa sincerely at any time, and the best way to stay connected with Him is through the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, because it follows the Guru Paramparā. It's the recommended process. The dosage is already set up. If you want to increase your dosage and get all the way up to 16, and stay on that medication through your life, you're going to get well, and you're going to get better than well. You're going to rise to the highest level.So everything else goes on in the material world as if mechanical. We do the best we can there. It always goes sideways, whatever you do, but The Holy Name is always there for us, and it's always perfect, and Kṛṣṇa is always perfect. So just think of Kṛṣṇa, and remember, He's a person, always a person. He's got unlimited energies, and He comes to us directly in person, in His holy name. No diminishment of His absolute personality, fully present in His holy name and keep the transcendental vibration going.(excerpt from the talk 19:19)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I'll sing one of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta's favorite bhajans. By the way, his favorite author of bhajans was his father, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, and one of his favorite bhajans starts with "Bhaja Re Bhaja Re Amar." It's a song about remembering the great Vaiṣṇavas and remembering the holy places. So let's remember Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta, sing his favorite song, and enter into the mood of that by singing it ourselves.-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There are a couple of lessons I always take from this story. If we take responsibility, don't fret, because, well, you can fret and you will, but there's a way in which, at some point, if you're sincere and you pray to Kṛṣṇa for help, then he'll come in, maybe not from your nose, but from somewhere you weren't expecting. Like, something will come in that will make you say, "Oh, I hadn't thought of that. I didn't think it was possible." And I've seen it happen so many times, not just with problems, but also with the goals we're trying to reach. We may think it's impossible to get from here to there, but with Kṛṣṇa's help, we can get there.Consider also how Kṛṣṇa expands. That is, he gets larger and larger in our life. Varāhadeva started as a tiny little, almost like an insect, then became like a bird, and then got bigger and bigger in the universe. The same thing with Matsya, same thing with Vāmana, who comes as a small child and then grows to the size of the universe. So Kṛṣṇa grows in our life. We just have to make space for him. He'll grow and bring all the facilities that we need."Ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham." Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 9.22), "If you just put it in my hands, meditate on me, then I'll carry what you lack and preserve what you have." And that's practically all we can do. Ultimately, we do our best to troubleshoot every situation, but we have to fully depend on Kṛṣṇa ultimately because we're not independent.(excerpt from the talk)Verses for discussion: SB 12.5.1-13 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/5/advanced-view/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
I talked to Śacīnandana Swāmi the other day for a while, and we were talking about The Holy Name. One thought he had passed on to me was from the philosopher Kierkegaard, who talked about commitment. One of his quotes was, 'Some games you don't get to play until you're all in, and when you decide that you're all in, that's when you're accepted.'He was talking about how, when we decide we're going to fully dedicate to the chanting process, that's when we actually start making progress. It has to do with our internal commitment. Then he also mentioned that intensity is also important, saying it's an active meditation, doing japa. He said that when you first plant a tree, you have to irrigate it, a lot; otherwise, it won't survive. So, in the beginning, you need a lot of water until the roots go really deep.So, he said that In the beginning, we have to really dedicate ourselves as much as possible to the chanting process so that we can get deep roots and stand strong.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī's very presence inspired awe. His glance was so powerful and penetrating that few could bear it. His every movement and gesture expressed extraordinary inner strength. Many smug persons became humbled and submissive simply by entering his presence, as did Mahārāj Adirāj Vijay Chanda Bahadur of Burdwan, who related: "I often went to see Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, and naturally bowed at his lotus feet whenever I did. Yet at one point I considered, 'I am the great Mahārājādirāj of Burdwan. Among all the highly respected people in Bengal society, none is more famous and respected than I. Who is this sādhu in comparison to me? Why should I prostrate before him?' Next time I won't, and I'll watch how he reacts. On my next visit, I barged in on him and blurted, 'I have something to say to you.' But before I could speak further, my head automatically went down to the floor in front of him. I was unable to wait to see his response to my rudeness."The canon governing Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī's life was Kṛṣṇa. "kṛṣṇārthe akhila-ceṣṭā"—everything should be done for Kṛṣṇa. That quotation is from the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya 22.126. Always busy, busy satisfying Kṛṣṇa in innumerable ways, he unwaveringly personified that maxim, day and night. Wherever he happened to be, Śrīla Sarasvatī Ṭhākura was constantly absorbed in topics of Kṛṣṇa. After his heart condition manifested, when people would ask, "How are you?" he often replied, "I am all right, but Kuñja Prabhu does not indulge me in Harikathā; hence I am unwell."(excerpt from the reading of Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Vaibhava)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
A palliative care worker who had a best-selling book—her name is Bronnie Ware— she wrote a book that got translated into 31 different languages around the world, called "The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing." Her book is a series of stories of people that she took care of. She was in palliative care and had a window into their lives. Some of them were in their 90s, some of them were in their 30s and younger. And all of them had some similar regrets, and it's one of the things she talks about, especially in her book.So that's what Stephen Covey talks about for managing anything is: begin with the end in mind. So why not do it with your life? Because we know it has a beginning and an end, and if we try to pretend otherwise, then that's a kind of ostrich philosophy—putting one's head in the sand and just forget about it. It's better to be fully cognizant and prepare for death. She points out that you can have a much fuller life, actually, when you go with eyes open and don't consider death or the subject taboo.This is pointed out—that it's taboo or something that we stuff psychologically—meaning we just put it out of our mind and into our subconscious, and then it comes out in very unhealthy ways, by a conversation with Yudhiṣṭhira and Yamarāja in the Mahābhārata that everyone's familiar with, I'm sure. This is in the context of the Pāndavas becoming uncharacteristically thirsty and coming to drink water, being warned by a stork—is it a stork or a pelican? Or what kind of bird is it? A stork? Okay, a stork—that said, "Don't drink the water, it's poison," but they were so thirsty, they drank it anyway. But Yudhiṣṭhira abided by the warning, and the stork said, "First you answer my questions, then you can drink." And one of the questions the stork asked...(excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
So if we have to give attention to our practice. The word attention, actually one of the meanings is special care. You have to give special care to your practice of chanting Japa, keep going if possible. And that also means that is the word attention. It has the word 10 in it, which means to stretch, go. You have to stretch, stretch towards the holy name. That's what tension means. If you're slumping away from it with your mind or your body or your intentions altogether, then you lose the full power of The Holy Name. So high practice of Jopa. And the way we're advancing is to be giving special care and stretching towards the name, if you could notice yourself, your mind stretching towards hearing the name and so forth, then we're avoiding japa fade, going in the right direction. And as within any practice, we're either improving or getting worse. There's no staying the same.So we have to be intentionally getting better every day. And if we try even by tiny degrees, even if it's a molecule of improvement every day, then we're going in the right direction. As soon as we stop doing that, then we're going the other way, and we get dragged into the whirlpool of material existence unlimited desires, and anxieties. So be determined. The message is to make Japa better every day. Don't be satisfied with the status quo.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #mantrameditation #kttvg #makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy
There are four orders in the āśrama: there's brahmachari, grihastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa. Each one of these is very specifically to give facility at different eras, periods in one's life so that one can give one's full attention to Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's service. As Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 2.41): "vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām." The idea Kṛṣṇa gives here is that unless you're fully dedicated to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and keep your mind fixed in one place on Kṛṣṇa and his service, then many branch. Varieties, apparently although sort of false varieties, everything's recycled in the material world. So this brahmachari āśrama is a special facility to give you full attention on your service and also to inspire others who see you and note that this is your only interest in life. You have no other business going on; you only have Kṛṣṇa's business in your life.(excerpt from the address)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
One of the most profound conversations I heard was once when I was driving somewhere, hopefully to the temple, and I was listening to one of Prabhupada's conversations. It stuck in my mind so much that I thought I'd pass it on to you, and it goes like this: It was in Honolulu, 1976.Devotee: "So if we have to wake again, then there's no reason, why should we have to stop birth and death?" Prabhupada had been describing that dying is like going to sleep for some time. So the devotee was playing devil's advocate.Prabhupada: "So, you have no experience. Do you sleep perpetually, whole day and night? Why do you wake up? Is it not your experience that you sleep at night and wake up at daytime?"Devotee: "Yes, but if I'm going to wake up again, then why should I want to stop it? I go to sleep, I wake up."Prabhupada: "No, but you're waking up like a dog. That is the privilege. You sleep perpetually, not perpetually, for seven months, and then you wake up as a dog. The body is changed, and you go on barking—that you do not know. That is ignorance."Devotee: "Krishna, that's amazing. You go to sleep in a human body, and you wake up in a dog's body."Prabhupada: "Ah, that's it."Devotee: "When I wake up the next morning, I'm not afraid to go to sleep because I know that I will wake up. So if I'm going to die, and I know..."Prabhupada: "Die means you sleep as a man and wake up as a dog—that is dying."The part that stuck in my mind was when the devotee exclaimed after Prabhupada said that. He said, "Oh, you go to sleep as a man and wake up as a dog." It reminded me of a story I read in my childhood about a man who wakes up as a cockroach. It quite alarmed me, actually—was it a cockroach, or maybe it was a centipede? Somebody can check on that, but he was trying to figure out all his legs and arms—a famous author.There's a stark reality to death, and that is, it's not a joking matter or something to be taken lightly. When you do go to sleep or you die, you transfer to another body, and at that point, it's out of your hands. A devotee who had been arrested for trespassing and solicitation (a pretty common offense amongst devotees) he recalled being put in the back of the paddy wagon after having been handcuffed. There's this sense, once your hands are behind your back, and you're being pushed into a paddy wagon—where am I going? Don't worry about it. You're just going, and there's nothing you can do about it at that point. He recalled to me the feeling of helplessness that he had at that point. It's like, now it's out of my hands. Previously, I could have done something about it, but now it's out of my hands.So although death isn't final in any way because we're eternal, still there's a finality to the destination that we're going next. The only time that we can do something about it is before we go into the death throes. Even then, it's a little late because whatever we've cultivated throughout our lifetime will generally manifest quite strongly in the last days. It's hard to turn it around, so to speak. That is our habits, our way of thinking, and what we're attracted to at the last moment. Just as Prabhupada this morning brought up about taking a test, when you go in, you don't do it two minutes before they tell you to put everything away and pick up a number two pencil. You do it weeks before, months before. Hopefully, you're on track when you walk in. It's like a final exam, and Prabhupada brought our attention to this again and again, talking about how serious it is or how seriously we should take it because that's the final exam.(excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/
Japa is one of those times because we have to self-examine and see how we're chanting. There are plenty of opportunities to examine ourselves in chanting japa, just to see what is the intensity, are we finishing at an appropriate time, and so forth. By taking that responsibility then, we can develop spiritual strength. There are various obstacles to that. One of them is if we are lending our ear to those who don't consider it very important, then we can be dissuaded from taking it seriously. That's why Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that we have to regularly hear about the importance of completing the practice in order to stay serious about it.There's a phenomenon which I like to call 'The Jarāsandha effect', that goes like this: Just like Jarāsandha came to Mathurā and was totally defeated by Kṛṣṇa and Balārama. His armies were slaughtered 17 times, rivers of blood were flowing, every one of his soldiers was annihilated. But every time he walked away, Jarāsandha's ministers told him that his losing the battle was a fluke and he should go back and try again.So the same thing happens. These same kinds of words come in a regular stream from those who are attached to the material world that just keep saying, "You'll be victorious next time." We have to constantly hear the sambandha-jñāna from Kṛṣṇain the Bhagavad-gītā, who assures us that this material world is not our home and that there's only one shelter—take shelter of Kṛṣṇa. That's why He says in the Gītā, "sarva-dharmān parityajyamām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja," just categorically forget the material world as a place of shelter and take shelter in Me.So it's our responsibility to take advantage of Japa, its self-examination. It's also our duty to constantly hear about the importance of it so that we can remain in a determined state of mind to complete our 16 rounds, a minimum 16 rounds - every day.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose #makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation
I have a book. It's called "Compost Everything," and the author argues that anything could be composted. I mean, theoretically. Actually, of course, you wouldn't want to throw an aluminum can in there. It would take longer than your life to actually go back into the earth. However, almost everything else organic is compostable. And he argues that it's just how long you want to wait. Even a piece of a log you could throw in wood. If you go to the forest, which we did recently, you look around, and you see the tree. A huge tree, lying there long enough, just deteriorates and goes back into the earth. So you can compost anything.There's only one thing you can't compost: the soul. Because, as Krishna mentions in the second chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā, it's not compostable. You can't cut it, you can't dry it. It can't wither in the wind. Put it in water, it doesn't get wet. It's impervious to material nature. In fact, he mentions in the 13th Chapter, it never mixes, kind of like oil and water. They don't mix together, and air, although it may go into mud, doesn't actually mix with the mud. There are two substances side by side. So the soul is not compostable, and it's not subject to the changes of material nature.So this is one of the first and much-needed points for souls in this world about what death is. We're in this existential situation where we're not compostable, but everything around us is, and it is constantly getting composted. And so Kṛṣṇa talks about this in the Gitā when he says, "dehi no ‘smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati," that we're changing. The compostable world is changing around us. It's always changing.Can somebody look up the word compost? I want to get a clear idea of what it means to compost something. Everything's being composted except for us. We're non-compostabl, if that's a word. And so he says, you can observe how the body we've been given, the present body we have, is going through these constant changes, but we don't change.(excerpt from the talk 42:43)Verse for discussion : https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/3/3/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The mantra is like a flower airplane. Okay, so far? Is everyone's good ? Okay, so it's ready to take us up, and we have to, of course, board the plane. That's our job. The aircraft comes. The flower airplane is there, but we have to be ready to board the plane means you have to have a ticket in hand, means enthusiasm to chant. And when you go to the airport, they announce certain things. They ask you questions before you get on the board. One of them is, has anyone unknown to you given you anything to carry? Have they ever asked you that? They also ask you, did you pack your own bags? Or Did anybody else pack them? Put something in your bag? So when we're preparing to board the airplane, we have to know who gave us what's in our consciousness. Has our awareness been under our control at all times? Has anybody unknown to you, like some random person on the internet and on TikTok given you something to hold in your mind of unknown origin? It is just random because it could be dangerous,. And so we have to prepare ourselves and get a ticket.In the United Airlines website for the boarding process, they say we are dedicated to providing convenience and comfort throughout your journey with United and are always looking for ways to improve your overall experience. So in the same way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanting to give everyone an opportunity to board the flight back to Goloka Vṛndāvan, gives this convenience of The holy name that anybody can board. They're just a few simple rules to get on the flight. You have to be sincere and you have to show up. And then there's avoiding the 10 offenses, a few prerequisites for boarding. So that's our part. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given the ultimate convenience that in this age, all you have to do is chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.(excerpt from the talk 01:43)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Balance doesn't always look perfectly straight and I notice with balance, you're trying to pull back to the center, at least when I do it. Knowing what the center is and being able to come back to that regularly is very important. And more seva, "śuśrūṣoḥ śraddadhānasya vāsudeva-kathā-ruciḥ syān mahat-sevayā viprāḥ puṇya-tīrtha-niṣevaṇāt"; it's a way in which when we do seva, we get a deeper desire to hear and chant and when we hear and chant, we get a deeper desire, they're complimentary. So it's nice to notice it and be aware of how we're feeling, and make sure that we're feeling okay. It's important to take care of ourselves.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
This tendency to diminish anything anyone else is doing comes from the envy within the heart. But Rūpa Gosvāmī says, a miracle happens by the association of pure devotees, and that is gradually one's heart changes, and there's no more envy within the heart. And therefore 'nindādi-śūnya-hṛdam īpsita-saṅga-labdhyā,' the person then becomes free from nindā. Do you know somebody who is a professional at criticizing what they're called? A nindaka, or, you know, nindanīyā, like a kīrtanīyā. The kīrtanīyā is they're always singing Haribol! But a nindanīyā is somebody who's always singing other people's faults, and they criticize everyone, but that idea or impulse doesn't enter within the heart of a sādhu. So tolerance, steadiness, and mukhyā prasādāt and they're long, long lists of qualities of the sādhu. In this verse 'satāṁprasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ (SB 3.25.25),' there's the most important quality mentioned of all, and that is that the sādhus are always speaking about Kṛṣṇa's glories. Vīrya means that the Lord's activities are glorious. And such a person is not interested in the mundane news of the world. Prabhupāda mentions that the devotees are not so interested in following the news because he says "Things will go the way they're going to go, and what can you do?" But we're on a different track, and those who follow Sādhus are on a different track. They're interested in discussing in more and more detail the activities of the Lord and His pastimes.(excerpt from the talk 23:12)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Without spiritual strength, we can't maintain niṣṭha or steadiness in practice. So to this end two points about practice. One is it's really hard to make it up at the last minute. Sometimes people become serious about Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but they're, of course, Khaṭvāṅga Mahārāja is an example. Even at the last minute, you can, you should try, and you can do it. But generally, if you try to pass a test at the last minute by studying the night before, it's very difficult, because it takes time to develop momentum, to have spiritual strength or acumen in any particular subject. So don't try to make it up at the last minute, because we've seen people near death, and then they say, I'd like to do it, but I don't have the yoga-balena, I don't have the spiritual strength. So remember that your practice is giving you the spiritual strength now so that you'll be prepared especially for death. Because you have to be able to be strong when you leave this body in order to attain the destination that requires niṣṭha, steadiness in the practice. And we get that through sāṅkhya-pūrvaka, which means numerical strength. So you have to be consistent and keep a certain number every day, can't fluctuate. So even if you start small, then keep that number and don't go below. And then gradually, when you feel spiritual strength, you climb the ladder, take the next steps, and take a higher number according to your qualification at that point. And then keep it. And if you stay there, and you keep that practice going, and arrange everything around that then you come to the stage of niṣṭha. And It's important also to remember that taste comes later, because oftentimes people say, I don't have any taste for this, but don't worry about that. Now worry about niṣṭha or steadiness. Now let your taste be in niṣṭha or steadiness, not in yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa, that I'm feeling one moment to be like 12 years or more, where the tears are flowing from my eyes. That comes of its own accord, that comes as a descending process from Kṛṣṇa. He awards that to those who have attained niṣṭha. So have a taste for steadiness, and that comes from having a sense of duty. There's there is taste in doing one's duty that I'm doing this for a higher cause. You can get a taste from that. So get your taste in niṣṭha and duty. Don't worry about crying and rolling on the ground, or feeling like you're devastated because you're chanting the holy name that comes by Kṛṣṇa grace. Our part is to practice. We may be in the beginning, last point, we may be in the beginning feeling that I'm nowhere. I don't have any adhikārī whatsoever, but everyone can grab on somewhere(excerpt from the talk 13:45)------------------------------------------------------------More videos to revitalize your Japa: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkKtsBboQFvxPojUUp8O3Rc40FAtqIo0bTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark#chantharekrishnaandbehappy #makejapagreatagain #kttvg #mantrameditation
Śāstra is amazingly relevant to our lives. One realization I've had about reading Śrīmad-Bhāgvatam, especially at Kārtik time when we were able to read long sections at a time and hear the whole canto in a month, is that it solves all problems, which originate in the mind. There are very psychological anomalies that arise in the minds of humans, especially in mine, and by hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgvatam, they become resolved. That's a practical application, and you don't have to do a lot except be there and hear it. That's one of the principles that you were mentioning about Kṛṣṇa coming and sweeping—it's the vidhunoti principle that He's there actively cleaning the heart if we're actively listening with devotion, and that's very practical also.People are always trying to position themselves in the world so that they don't suffer. It's the main thing everyone does—try to avoid suffering. But when you hear Śrīmad-Bhāgvatam, it's the natural way that your suffering diminishes because of the way it resolves the psychological anomalies, which are under three general categories: rāga, bhaya, and krodha. And then there are subsections of those, ad infinitum, and the combinations and permutations of those are all dealt with in the Bhāgvatam so expertly like nobody else can do it like that. So that's very practical also.You'll notice that if you do, then you'll start to see your life as a real project rather than drudgery, that you have to go through these things. You feel that there is a resolution to everything, and chanting is very practical also, which is recommended in the śāstra.(excerpt from the answer)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The sense of devotion is there within the heart of every being. It's intrinsic, and by stimulation, it becomes awakened. We might say that a seed is stimulated. It lies dormant in a little package, perhaps. And then when you take it out, bok choy, little seed, and you say, come here, little fellow, and you put him in his own cup, you get some nice rich earth that doesn't have any contamination and make it moist, and then it's a little warm, sun's coming down, and the little seed in there goes like, I think I'll wake up. Now, there's something to wake up for, and it sprouts and pops up. And so the sense that we have of love for Kṛṣṇa, they're dormant. What's the word I just asked you for? stimulate means?Research Department: Stimulate is a verb, and it means rouse to action. Vaiśeṣika Dāsa: And where does it come from? Research Department: It comes from the Latin stimulatus, which is a past participle of stimuli. Vaiśeṣika Dāsa: And what does it mean? The root? Stim, just look at the etymological dictionary and see if you can find about the root. And then, yeah, so the seed, yes, seed wakes up. Similarly in bhakti, the word uddīpana means to stimulate. Uddīpana means that there is, I can use a modern word that people use a lot, 'triggers' that really triggered me. That's very popular now think. It's a trigger, just seeing you triggers. So in bhakti, we surround ourselves by triggers. Everything's a trigger. Why do we come and see Tulsi? It's like, Oh, that's pretty nice. But, you know, she's actually from the spiritual world, so we start to trigger that. And then you have the spiritual master, and then you have the deities, and you have the scents, and the scents meaning, S, C, E, N, T, S, and all these very stimuli. Bhakti is a stimuli-rich or stimulus-rich environment. And then that helps, you know, by proximity, to awaken our sense of bhakti that's there sleeping within the heart.(excerpt from the talk 1:13:18)----------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa says in the 10th chapter that of all the sacrifices, Japa is the best. And we can consider why that is so. There are many different processes of devotional service that are easy to enter into. For instance, the Sunday feast, or any type of prasadam, anyone can do, or we can walk in and dance in kīrtana, even if we don't know much about Kṛṣṇa consciousness, lots of people do that, but to deliberately take time to use your own voice and your time to commune with God by saying his name over and over again is unique, and therefore it's the only vow that Prabhupāda asked us to do. There are other things he said, don't do. But this is the only one thing he said, you make a vow. The word devotee actually means one who makes a vow,voto. Voto comes from the word 'voto', or the word vow comes from voto, devoto. And the word vrata is the origin of that, that you make a vow. So vows make the world go round. In fact, as we can see, in some countries, there's a way in which people draw up a constitution, but it's all dependent on people agreeing to do it. If everyone, if people say, "No, I'm not going to do that," then ultimately it just doesn't hold together. So the world's held together by vrata, and our lives are held together by our vrata. "Etan nirvidyamānānām icchatām akuto-bhayam yogināṁ nṛpa nirṇītaṁ harer nāmānukīrtanam",(SB 2.1.11) this vow to do the names of Hari, Kṛṣṇa is already vetted, says Śukadeva Goswāmī. You can count on it that every single great teacher has said, this is the clear path for everybody, and it doesn't matter if you're a king or a renunciate or a school child. I don't know what a school child is, somebody who goes to school. So this is the place to make the vow that holds everything else together. We will have other vows we have to make in our life. But the śāstras say, Kṛṣṇa says that there's no vow more important than keeping Japa. And if you think about it, it's the time, the one time when we put everything else aside, ideally, I mean, that's the point. And have private time with suhṛt. Kṛṣṇa is our best friend. He's always been with us. He always will be with us. No one else can claim that. Other people come and go. So it's time that we could show our appreciation for our best friend who always stays with us in our hearts by keeping this clear vow. And if we do this one thing properly, all other things will fall into place in the proper way.(excerpt from the talk 00:15)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Gītā-māhātmya, there are descriptions of the miraculous benefits one gets from hearing the Bhagavad-gītā. Of course, we're not interested in miraculous benefits other than attracting Krishna's attention and gaining more service. Nonetheless, the Gītā-māhātmya describes and sees if hearing even one chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā, vignette about those who have died then somebody read the Gītā and they came back to life, and so forth. Each chapter has some unique story in the Gītā-māhātmya.There are also descriptions of the ways in which, even by hearing one verse, then it says, no, half a verse, no, even in one pada, just one word from the śloka, what to speak of chanting the whole Bhagavad-gītā on an ekādaśī. We live for austerity, right? Yeah, it's what makes life. We just read it in the last chapter about daivī-sampāt. There's a way in which we must become greedy to collect this daivī-sampāt that we can use in Kṛṣṇa's service, become more effective in teaching others, and so forth.I congratulate everyone for coming out. When I went out for a brief walk, there are even devotees in cars out there listening on the radio. I told them they're sitting in the Luxury Box Seats. In any case, Kṛṣṇa is all-attractive. His words are all-attractive, and we're really lucky to be here. So, I know it's a little sad, but we're going to have to finish up the last two chapters. There's no bar. Anybody can go on chanting the Gita any time, every day, and enter into this same feeling of protection and envelopment by the internal energy of the Lord. It's available.What to speak of getting out there to the world, people have got a little hitch in their getalong right now in the world, so it's nice if we're able to make an intervention by making this vibration widespread as much as possible. We have the power to do it right from this vantage point of Silicon Valley. We're growing, and we've been growing organically for many years. And because we have community here, and we have like-mindedness—community means like-mindedness, it's common, what we have in common.We can pray in these last two chapters that we may be empowered to unlimitedly expand here to make our mark on the planet.I heard the other day that many of the big buildings that are being constructed all over the world are slowing down the spin of the earth, and we want to slow down the spin of Kali-yuga by the mass distribution of the Bhagavad-gītā. So, let's do the last two chapters, starting with Chapter 17, "The Divisions of Faith."(excerpt from the address)-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
This chanting is a very intimate way of connecting with God. We're using our mouth, our tongue—the very place where we can express things to other people. We can make ourselves known, and over and over again, we're making ourselves known to Krishna. We may not even know what we're doing at first, but that's why we have to be careful and put some guardrails on the way we act in our life so we don't sully the process of chanting. In our mind, we're ready for it when we chant. If we just stay ready for chanting in our lives, then we show up for it in a way that we're appreciating that these syllables are not just syllables of liberation, but of reestablishing our relationship with Kṛṣṇa. It is our relationship with Kṛṣṇa when we're chanting. It's direct. Again, we may not see it exactly at first, but then we can take it as medicine,what Avneesh Prabhu said in the beginning, he takes it because his doctor told him, "And here's your prescription, You take this."But we have to remain intelligent also. We can't fall into laziness, we can't get distracted by inferior goals. This spiritual life is a serious thing. We have a short amount of time in this life, and it's very valuable. No matter whatever nonsense is going on In the world with people whimsically wasting their time arguing about politics, and arguing about, let's see, what else? Sports and business and economics and, lovey-dovey everything. All over the world, everyone’s all enamored and then later on, they’re not enamored. And then they think, "Why did I waste my time?" Yeah, why did you? So the fact is that this isn't a waste of time; it's the best use of time 'vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana' (BG 2.41). There's nothing better than this. And it is the direct process of worshiping Kṛṣṇa that the names are real, and they're Kṛṣṇa himself. And the syllables are easy to chant too because it's 16 syllables, three names, nice divisions, and you can just enter into that trance. So that's our main process.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
Once you have a book, it can be delivered anywhere in the world. It's one of the miracles of books. One thing I love about books is their delivery systems. And when you have something worthwhile delivering, it's very exhilarating to unleash that on the world.People like to send things out into the world that might have a good effect. If they're in a lower consciousness, they like to send things out that don't have such a good effect. People send out computer viruses and they sit back thinking, "Oh, how many people's lives did I mess up?" And of course, people have missiles they like to shoot and like ruin parts of the world by their destructive nature. But how nice is it to have something you can send out into the world that does good for everybody? Doesn't that feel good? Wouldn't that be a nice job if you had that job? That all you did was send out little missiles that, when they explode, everybody became happy and it solved all their problems.How would you like to have a bomb that solved everybody's problems, and you just fly around in your airplane all day and drop bombs and say, "I saved that town." That's what the Bhagavad-gītā is. It's originally a dialogue that was spoken by Kṛṣṇa, who's the Supreme Personality of God, and He knows everything. He says, "vedāhaṁ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māṁ tu veda na kaścana :I know everything," and when you put it somewhere, it will explode. The knowledge will come out, explode into the mind and into the heart of the person who reads it. It'll start a chain reaction, just like any explosive device. There's some chain reaction that takes place.Now, this is the work of those who have a sense in their hearts that they want to do something for others. It's a natural feeling to want to do something for others, isn't it? I see all the time people driving 100 miles an hour along the freeway, see a little kitten by the side of the road, and they'll slam on their brakes. They'll come out, risk their lives trying to save the kitten, coax them into a little, "You know, get in my jacket. I'll take you home, we'll feed you, we'll take care of you, we made a house for a kitten." Does that sound familiar? Isn't that every other YouTube video in the world—save a kitten? It's there. We want to do good for somebody. We want to see, how can I help?Well, there are millions and billions of good causes in this world, but there's only one great cause. A great cause is to impart the knowledge of the Bhagavad Gita so that people can come to their original consciousness, which is full of bliss and knowledge. And at the very least, so that they can have this confidence that I'm not part of this world, I don't die, I have a relationship with God, and they can begin their journey back home, back to Godhead. That's extraordinary. In fact, it's the main purpose of the world. And if you can align yourself with the main purpose of the world, then you'll be very successful. If you go against the main purpose of the world, then you'll always have some pinching anxiety that maybe I could be doing better, maybe there's something better I could do for people.But when it comes to the distribution of the Bhagavad Gita to both yourself and to other people, that's the pinnacle. Why? Because the Bhagavad Gita is understandable by most people in the world. It's at a level that's simple enough for people to read, listen to, and then attain enlightenment even in one reading. They can attain enlightenment and liberation.What to speak if they embrace it and take it into their homes.(excerpt from the talk)https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868Latest videos: subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark
The night has come to an end and the light of dawn is entering. O jiva soul, arise and give up your sleep. Chant the holy names of Lord Hari, who is the giver of liberation; the enemy of the Mura demon; the supreme enjoyer; the all-attractive one; and the horse-headed incarnation, Hayagrīva.(1)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
In the Nāmāṣṭakam by Rūpa Gosvāmī, which is a great inspiration to anyone who's practicing Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, he says, 'ayi mukta-kulair upāsyamānam' (verse 1). That is, "Oh how wonderful it is that all the great sages worship The Holy Name." This is the main focus that they have in their worship.I often think of Vālmīki Muni because he was in such a slump as a living entity that when he got an instruction to come out of his stupor; that is, he had sunk so low that he had become a hunter and he felt completely contaminated by that. So when Nārada Muni told him to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, he said, "I can't do it." Have you ever been in a state where you knew what you were supposed to do, but you couldn't do it?Nārada Muni considered it so important and the main means for him to come out of the condition he was in that he kind of tricked him. He said, "Then don't chant Rāma, just chant Marā (death), because that's the state of mind you're in as a hunter, that you've actually become attached to killing other living entities. So just say Marā." And he took that up. When you say Marā in succession of words, then you're actually saying Rāma because it's the same syllables, just reversed : Marā, Marā, Marā...So, ayi mukta-kulair upāsyamānam, which sage can you think of, or do you think of any, that inspire you in the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa? ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
kṛte yad dhyāyato viṣṇuṁtretāyāṁ yajato makhaiḥdvāpare paricaryāyāṁkalau tad dhari-kīrtanātWhatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the Lord’s lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. (SB 12.3.52)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/3/52/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
There's two kinds of association with bhāgavat or the person bhāgavat that means a person who's a pure devote dedicated to pure devotional service. One is called vāni and the other is called vāpu. Vāpu means you get the personal association.In other words the person's physically walking around the planet and if you go there and you have some association you can see the person, maybe render some service, be in the same room and so forth so that's one of the important kinds of association.But even more important is called 'vāni'.Vāni means listening to the words of the person and that can be done, yes through zoom. We have done this.We've had the experiment already, forced experiment albeit that that everyone had to resort to isolation but we weren't really isolated because we had the sound vibration. So we felt ourselves improving not only did we improve, I mean I didn't cuz I barely ever do but everyone else did. And there's a way in which we were able to get a lot of things done in service and this has come through the sound vibration. It it spills out in many different ways.There's a verse in the Śrīmad Bhagavatam (SB 10.1.6) which says :vāsudeva-kathā-praśnaḥpuruṣāṁs trīn punāti hivaktāraṁ pracchakaṁ śrotṝṁstat-pāda-salilaṁ yathā'Just like when you bathe in the Ganges you get purified so similarly it saysthree types of people get purified when there's Kṛṣṇa kātha or somebody speaking about Kṛṣṇa. One is the person who's speaking,next is the person who's in the audience listening, and the third is everyone else in between.Recently in the UK, we went to London and in London we had a seminar in the the Soho Street temple where Śrī Śrī Rādhā Londonīśvara are and then we all went out together, about seventy of us into thestreets of London which is a hoot. And we proceeded down to one of the very busy shopping plazas and when I say very busy..(excerpt from the talk 32:48) ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose
The Holy Name is even more merciful than Kṛṣṇa. The holy name will go everywhere with you, pursue you, chase you down. Come to the material world saying, hey, wait a minute. Come back. So we can, we can make The Holy Name our main priority and the chanting of it. And if we can actually enter deeply within Japa, and indeed make Japa great again every day, then we'll make tangible spiritual advancement, and that's necessary, otherwise we lose altitude and forget how important it is to be a devotee. And we can even just put it as a secondary thing. It's happened to thousands of people. So don't be embarrassed to Make Japa Great Again. You don't have to be a great devotee. Don't be a great be a good devotee. But do Make Japa Great Again. ( excerpt from the talk 20:16)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
Well, it's kind of natural that we lose track sometimes of what we're doing because the world's very topsy-turvy. And many things come upon us that we weren't expecting. We may think, "Oh, I can hold forth in any circumstance," and then a circumstance comes and we say, "Except for this one," or, "This is the exception," and then, you know, we can be thrown off course.So part of this, as I mentioned, I think, the other day, balance doesn't mean being perfectly still but it means knowing how to pull back to the center. And the practices that we do when we are on course are never lost; they're there as an asset that you can call upon and remember that you did it before and you can pick it back up again.It's helpful to not be too hard on yourself and to just pick up where you left off. Don't lament too much and just start. How can you keep the taste, as you mentioned? You answered your own question: coming to a place where we have more association. Also, it's helpful to re-establish your priorities in life.(excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
So one of the habits of speech Kṛṣṇa talks about is speaking beneficially. Have you ever said anything to anybody in your household that wasn't beneficial? I'll take that as a yes. There may be a way in which, even towards, I heard this saying once. I don't know if it's true, but it sounds true to me, 'you only hurt the ones you love.' There may be a way in which you could say things out of a sense of being dissatisfied or grouchy, and may say something mean, mean-spirited to somebody, even somebody that you don't mean to say it to. And if you learn how to curb that tendency to say hurtful things, and you also filter before you speak and think is this beneficial, what I'm saying, it's one of the filters you can put on and you practice that. These kinds of practices, including body, mind, satisfaction, and speech, which is especially beneficial because this is one of the great secrets of becoming a better person and getting the highest, developing your full potential in life. You didn't hear it here first, probably, but it's worth repeating. There's a verse from an ancient Purāṇa that says that all spiritual advancement and all development of your potential in life comes from your tongue. The tongue is the gateway sense. Bhāgavatam says, if you can control the tongue, then you know that all your senses are controlled. And if you can't control your tongue, then you can be sure that the other senses aren't controlled yet. So there's a way in which, if you carefully audit what you're going to say to make sure that it's beneficial, one aspect, there's other aspects, when keeping it simple. Just by that practice, developing that habit, it'll have a systemic effect on your life. Those are three habits that one might develop to gain this spiritual strength through which one can overcome the strong urges that push us to do things that we didn't really intend to do and aren't good for us, but we do it anyway. (excerpt from the talk 40:21)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
And if you've ever been in that situation where you got multiple answers to your question, if you look it up on YouTube, everyone will tell you something different, because everyone has a different angle. So Subuddhi Rāya was very confused, so he was advised to go to Caitanya Mahāprabhu. And he asked Lord Caitanya, after telling him of his situation, what should I do? And Mahāprabhu gave a very simple answer, and straightforward, would you like to know what his answer was? The solution, it's three words: Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. One may say, Oh, that's too simple. I need a political solution. I need to take it to court. I need some other way to rectify the situation. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu's approach was very simple. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and I read a letter that Prabhupāda wrote to one of the members of ISKCON who had brought Prabhupāda Some conundrum, and Prabhupāda wrote back, he said it's the same old answer in its three words.Audience: Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa!That's right. So the simple approach, according to Occam's razor, is the best, and one may adopt a simple process after well reasoned faith in the process itself, it's already been vetted. You don't have to vet it yourself. You don't have to invent something else. There's three words: Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Everyone's going to undergo tribulation in life because it's very confusing world we live in, politically, physically, relationship wise and so on. So there's three words, which we'll end with today. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Thank you very much for joining Japa Circle.(excerpt from the talk 11:23)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
Gaslighting is horrible. It means not taking responsibility for your actions and blaming others. It's usually done in a very subtle way, where the person being victimized doesn't realize it for a long time, until later when they realize, "Oh, I didn't do anything wrong; that person put everything on me." We can also slide into this adverse consciousness where we gaslight God. So don't do that, says the shastra. Just be honest. Admit that God is the supreme controller, admit that everything belongs to Him, and live a happy life. You won't be bereft of anything, just like I gave my garland away and got a new one.That happens. One might think that if they don't hold on to all their stuff, they're going to be a loser. But it turns out that those who think, "I'm going to just serve God the way He asks to be served: 'patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ,' offer things to me, don't consider them yours and covet them. Offer them to me, you will enjoy much more." Because there's a quality to one's life then: first of all, one doesn't feel guilty, thinking, "I'm a thief." And second of all, there's a loving reciprocation from God. Plus, one realizes that God is so nice that He considers every gesture towards Him as so important that He Himself feels He can't repay it, as in the story of Sudāmā.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
So you can remember, even if you feel that whatever you're offering in the way of your chanting is subpar, insignificant, Kṛṣṇa appreciates it. As we were talking before we started live streaming, is just showing up is a big deal. There's lots of other things you could do. And so what if you show up and you struggle with your chanting, at least you're trying, and you can be thinking that's I don't have much to offer because I'm so lowly, but still, Kṛṣṇa is so grateful that He'll accept it. And He becomes controlled by the love of his devotees, who even hesitatingly offer something because they think it's not worthy. So we can be encouraged by the fact that this is not something impersonal. We're dealing with a real person who's full of gratitude and is already reciprocating with us and wants to reciprocate more, just opening our hearts to all that he has to offer, is really the process of bhakti. (excerpt from a talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #makejapagreatagain #japajolt
There's a mode of chanting the holy name of the Lord, an attitude that is especially important, because there's not just chanting the holy name, but there's also avoiding offenses. They're called aparādhas.The word aparādha, ārādhana means proper mode of worship, and aparādha means not worshiping properly. It has to do with one's attitude. The aligning mode for chanting, or the advice which aligns us for chanting properly is 'tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ (Śikṣāṣṭaka 3)', and that is don't look for respect. Find your respect from your own sincerity and worshiping Kṛṣṇa, who will recognize you and appropriately engage you in service,.But give respect to all others without expecting respect in return. Is that fine? Audience:Yes!There's something to practice and also consider oneself very humble, whatever position we have as Vaiṣṇavas is marked by being humble. Kṛṣṇa tells Uddhava, when he's describing bhakti yoga, that the main point is one should show respect to all living beings. He said, The Vaiṣṇava is so respectful that he or she will offer obeisances, heartfelt obeisances, even to a dog, because he sees Kṛṣṇa there within the heart and sees the living entity as a spark of Kṛṣṇa So take this with humility and also make a discipline of not criticizing vaiṣṇavas. How may one do that? You can become preoccupied with your own shortcomings, not so that you become morose or disappointed, but do make a catalog of all the ways in which you feel that you can improve, and whenever you feel an urge, it's one of the vegas, I want to find fault in somebody that, instead of doing that, go back to your list and say, let me work on all this first, and as soon as I'm able to overcome all my faults, then maybe I'll think about it. It's procrastination for the right cause. Don't criticize vaishnavas, okay.Audience :Yes! And never write ill about vaishnavas on the internet, okay?Audience : Yes!And don't even read it. It's not your duty to read a criticism...(excerpt from the talk 22:22)0:00 Harinama Initiation and Material World 6:09 - The Importance of Name and Mantra13:22 - The Role of Mantra and Deity Worship17:51 - The Responsibilities of a Devotee26:03 - Vows and Initiation of Devotees36:45 - Initiation of Hardiki Mataji and Narayan Prabhu54:02 - Initiation of Anushri Mataji and Pārtha Prabhu1:01:50 - Initiation of Krishna Nama and Final Blessings1:07:58 - Closing Remarks and Final Blessings------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
What we're engaged in is the vanguard of the Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Movement. Is the ultimate purpose for establishing centers all over the world, and that is to have more outlets from which we can go out and save the conditioned souls. It's not a service that has a plateau. Prabhupāda writes in the ādi lilā of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, that there's no limit to the expansion of of the preaching of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So I congratulate everyone who joined the call today, who's taking on some anxiety for the sake of expanding this distribution of transcendental literature. It's a very measurable service, and therefore we fixate on the numbers because we want to increase. And as a reminder, our guiding principle is that we assume it can be done. It's illegal to claim otherwise.Otherwise, one has to join the atheists and say that it can't be done because of some material condition. We don't believe in that. We believe that this is a transcendental movement, and very specifically, that the ability to expand book distribution unlimitedly comes from understanding the internal potency of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu And just that Śrīla Prabhupāda expanded the saṅkīrtana movement practically single handedly because of his absorption in that internal energy. We can each do that, and collectively, we can do it too.(excerpt from the talk 02:23)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
However, the Śāstra are all telling us that you don't have to give in to such weakness. You can develop a strength of heart so that you can rise.So in the in the name of or under the banner of determination and effort,we can remember that practice well, while you can.There's no guarantee we'll have extra time and at some point, as Prabhupāda points out in a purport, we have to fly our planes solo.So get as much practice as you can while you can. And Prabhupāda writes that the ācharya, the guru and the śāstra, can give us hints for advancing in spiritual life, but we have to do the work.So never claim to be too weak, to take responsibility, to do what is right, because everyone can rise in due course of time. Kṛṣṇa gives this recommendation in the Bhāgvatam (11.21.2); "sve sve ’dhikāre yā niṣṭhā sa guṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ", do the best you can with what you have right now. But don't throw the whole thing away by saying, I'm too weak, I can't improve. Can always improve from where you are now. May not be as much as what other people are doing, but that's okay. You can only do what you can do, but try to do better every single day.(excerpt from the talk ,10.06)0:00 - Chanting Hare Krishna is the Most Worthy Practice2:01 - The Importance of Determination and Effort in Chanting13:57 - Concrete Ways to Avoid Offenses and Be Attentive14:43 - The Importance of Quality and Quantity in Chanting24:27 - Review and Closing Remarks------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
I put one molecule of anger and what did I get back? A waterfall, you know. They just kept coming, flash flood, washed away Kentucky, you know, gone in two days. And, like, that's what happens when you get angry. And If you realize that, you're able to read the śāstra and listen to Kṛṣṇa's words, He says don't act like that, do it in another way. You learn some tools. You know, when it comes up, first the urge comes up and then you think, your intelligence takes over, and you think, 'Oh good, now I get a chance to practice. Watch this, Kṛṣṇa, I'm going to do it, here I go.' And you feel so satisfied. Then you'll notice that the environment changes. The person that you're interacting with, they suddenly go, 'Wait, what? You're not going to fight on this? What happened to you?' And then they calm down too. The whole situation calms down, and you start to realize that, wow, Kṛṣṇa's advice in the Bhagavad-gītā works in commonplace things. It's not such a heady thing for some yogi in the Himālayas. It's for us, for living our daily lives, interacting with people that we don't like how they chew.(excerpt from the answer)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
This is from the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi Lilā, chapter eight, text number 21, such a charming verse in which the author has written Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself is fully independent. Therefore, although it is the most confidentially stored benediction he can distribute Love of Godhead to anyone and everyone without consideration. And here's Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport. This is the benefit of Lord Caitanya's movement, if one somehow or other comes in contact with the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement without consideration of his being a śūdra, vaiśya, a Jagāi Mādhāi, or even lower, he becomes advanced in spiritual consciousness and immediately develops love of Godhead. Boy! That's an astounding statement. If, even if somebody's lower than Jagāi Mādhāi, do you have anybody like that in Oceania lower than Jagāi Mādhāi? Okay, you'll have to look, look around and find somebody and test this out. We now have actual experience that throughout the entire world, this movement is making many such persons lovers of God simply by chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahāmantra actually Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, has appeared as the spiritual master of the entire world. He does not discriminate between offenders and the innocent. kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te. He literally gives love of God to anyone and everyone. This can be actually experienced, as stated in the next verse this section of the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta goes to the mood of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the most munificent and generous in giving out love of God. So we could follow in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya. We're definitely not Babājis. We don't retreat to a solitary place to chant for ourselves. We're following the footsteps of the great givers of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness going out and giving to everyone possible. So let's talk together about what's happening on your side of the Earth, planet that's been allotted to you. You got a whole section of the planet to take care of, and anyone else who's listening in from other parts of the world, you've got your whole township, or whatever it is, you're free to inundate it with Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Use the time you have in this human form of life to follow Lord Caitanya, Mahāprabhu mood of generosity, and you'll become perfect in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. (excerpt from the talk 07:13)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/8/21/0:00 - Live to Give Campaign Kickoff4:33 - Introduction to the Meeting and Campaign Goals10:49 - Book Distribution Strategies and Personal Experiences18:13 - Fiji's Book Distribution Efforts24:14 - Australia's Book Distribution Pledges32:56 - Global Book Distribution Goals and Progress44:48 - Encouragement and Personal Reflections52:26 - Inspiring Stories and Final Thoughts------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
Personally, growing up as a kid, I had a really big question about my purpose. I wanted to know one thing or several things, but one of them was why I had to die. And when I was in kindergarten, President Kennedy got assassinated. And later on, of course, there were of course there were a series of assassinations at that time. It was a tumultuous time around the Vietnam War, and later on, one of my friends from high school had gone hiking with another friend and had wandered off in the wilderness and was never found again. There were various stimuli during my youth that augmented my hyper sense of the tenuous nature of life. And I was always thinking, there must be something higher, some other purpose. Besides just following the status quo. So that's when I started to inquire, and I found that because of my sincere inquiry, like, what's the purpose of life? What's my purpose, I was taken on a quest. I felt as if I was being guided. There were there was serendipity, serendipitous events, one after another that, looking back, I thought, Oh, I was being led along because of my inquiry to find my purpose more and more,(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
When I first became aware of the feature on a smartphone where you could say something and then it would translate, transcribe it. So I said the first words I said were Haribol and Siri, or whoever does it, translated it into honey bowl, H, O, N, E, Y, B, O, W, L. And I thought, yeah, I like that. Haribol means honey bowl. It's full of sweetness. So that's we, if, if we're chanting on the edge where we're actually, you know, getting taste, then it's ever I haven't heard this before. This is new. This is mysterious. It's something like fantastical, something wonderful that's happening. It's juicy. So we should endeavor for that freshness. And the way to do it Prabhupāda is saying here is do one thing, you do one thing. There was a book called don't just do something sit there. Because mom might have said, Don't just sit there, do something. But this one said, don't just do something sit there. And the idea is, do one thing, just listen. Gaur Premānande Haribol! Honey bowl. In a very brief conclusion to today's make japa great again, here are the three instructions we've received from Śrīla Prabhupāda over the last three days. The first one goes like this, yoga system is approved, but nobody can follow the rules and regulations strictly, neither there is suitable place for executing it, and everyone is always full of anxiety. So how they can concentrate? So best thing is to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, which is forced meditation. Everyone, please say forced meditation.Number two labeled determination and effort regarding your last question about the ecstatic symptoms of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, you should note that the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra has an equal effect upon all devotees, just as the sunshine has an equal effect on everyone. But when it is covered, the sunshine has a different effect. Similarly, the influence of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra becomes manifest when one is no longer covered by the ten offenses to chanting, the more we become free from the ten offenses, the more the effect of chanting becomes manifested through us. Everyone can become a great devotee being freed from the offenses 100% simply by one's determination and effort, simply by one's determination and effort. And lastly, from today, when we chant, we must concentrate our mind on the sound vibration, and in that way, everything will be revealed, one after another, the form, qualities, pastimes, etc, of the Lord. And this is the way of cultivating spiritual realization. When we chant, we must concentrate our mind on the sound vibration.------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
..then he says, sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhir (SB 10.14.3), that from your position, hear about Kṛṣṇa and use your ears. So check and see if you have them. Did you remember you had ears when you woke up this morning? No, you didn't. Don't tell me you did. You didn't remember. And we barely ever remember what assets we have. This is like, Oh, I don't look good, you know, I don't like this shirt, but you know, remember, you're born with ears. So he's saying that's your biggest asset if you use them to submissively hear the transcendental vibration about Kṛṣṇa, then you'll come to the perfect stage. Now, my point, and I heard this from Prabhupāda, why did Caitanya Mahāprabhu say that sarva-dharmān parityajya is external? Of course, it's an important verse, and we go to it all over and over again, surrender to Kṛṣṇa. But Prabhupāda said, after Kṛṣṇa said this, nobody did it. The Bhagavad Gita was there for 1000s of years, but who said, sarva-dharmān, okay, I'll just do that, right now. That's why Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to show practically how to do it, and he's revealing it in this conversation and elsewhere, but especially here, what that means how to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. So Prabhupāda said the reason it's external is because most people can't do it from the position that we're in at the time when there are so many obligations to the world, and we feel perhaps that my practice of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is intermittent, or whatever it may be. The idea of, okay, I'll just drop everything and do this, it doesn't seem so practical. Therefore it's external. However, because you have two ears, and you can take time, as you're doing right now, to listen to the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and anyone can do that. And this is one of the points of why it's an effective process. You can sit and listen and you can know everything. Now that's amazing, because sometimes one might think that it would require much more than that to know everything you need to know, but God has made a provision for every living entity..(Excerpt from the talk)Questions discussed in the talk :How can the soul become detached from the mind rather than the mind from senses?Is the intelligence material or spiritual, and how does it relate to spiritual practices?What is the difference between dreamless sleep and deep sleep in terms of modes of nature?How can one use their independence to align with Krishna consciousness and spiritualize intelligence?What is the meaning of "chitta" and how does it differ from intelligence?How can one make decisions in line with Kṛṣṇa consciousness?------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark#spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
He is wearing garments the color of the eastern sky during the dawn, and His lovely cheeks shine with the same radiance. The nails of His hands and feet have the same pleasing effect of the moon, shining in the sky. His pleasure diversion consists in discussions and glorification of His own wonderful qualities and names. I offer my obeisances to the Son of Mother Śacī.(Translation, verse 3)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualsongs #bhajan
The other night at Long Beach, His Holiness Indrādyumna Mahārāja was speaking to a crowd of new people, and he said he's traveled all over the world, every country, practically. And he meets all types of people, because it's that's the way he moves in the world. He meets all the kings and queens and whoever is the most special in the world, he meets them, and he says he notices that none of them are happy. Doesn't matter. They can be billionaires, kings, queens, and they're still in anxiety, but we can find satisfaction in The Holy Name, and that's the greatest victory. It's better than any other asset in the material world.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #mantrameditation #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
But if somebody is actually successful in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they come to this position where they have no more impetus, or they have no more urge at all to criticize others, to drag them down, such is the character of Śrīla Rādhānatha Māharaja. And I'll give you a rather obscure example, although I'm sure you have many more from your own experience. But I was surprised one day when I was in Māyāpur and I went to one of his classes. It was a smaller, smallish type class, if you can imagine Māharaja giving a class to a small group of devotees.But it was at the Gurukula, and I had gone there, and it was a section of the Bhāgavatam that I had been also reading. It was about the Pracetās , and you might remember when the Pracetās came out of their deep meditation, deep in the water, and they noticed that the whole planet had been covered with trees,they were angry, and they were endowed with mystic power, and that, plus their anger, they were, they would manifest fire from their eyes. And they started burning all the trees because they said, What did you do? You took over the whole planet. And I had already always come to that section and thought, oh, that's odd that they've done so many austerities. And they got the blessings of the Lord and Lord Śiva blessed them, and then they came out angry. But when I heard Māharaja's class, he didn't say anything like that. He said they saw they had so much service to do, and because of that they were clearing some space, and he honestly didn't touch on it, that the idea that I had caught on that, like, why are they so angry that fire is coming into their eyes? And I marked that, and I've marked it other times when he's given other examples. Ways in which I've had a conundrum and thought, why is that happening? And then his interpretation is the one that includes the appreciation of that personality from the point of view of their service, and doesn't touch on some conundrum that, why were they angry. He takes the route of no criticism. It comes out in subtle ways, and you can't fake that. It's something that arises in the heart of someone who's actually attached to Kṛṣṇa and actually feels kinship with all souls and feels happy and fulfilled. It's a rare opportunity to find such a person and those who dedicate themselves by educating themselves about what is a bona fide spiritual master, what is Kṛṣṇa's instruction about how to serve a spiritual master, and then those who are in that category, who take up that service, are great souls. All of you are great souls because you have a bona fide spiritual master. And in the most heartfelt and enthusiastic way you've taken up service to him. (excerpt from HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa's offering, 29 Nov 2024 )------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
Prabhupāda said, "You have to engage in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness seriously." And he said, "You also have to be careful and not assume that I'm over the disease completely, to be attracted to the sense objects. One should not tempt fate or think one's entitled or think I'm liberated. We should always think, 'I'm not liberated, therefore I can't cut corners.' If you stay on the safe side and remain humble and think that at any moment I can be overcome by the powerful waves of sense gratification and you cultivate the higher taste for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, it becomes possible to stay in that position even up to the time when we leave this material body and be attracted to the form of Kṛṣṇa, to the name of Kṛṣṇa, and not to anything in the material world.That's important because we are given a certain amount of time in this life. We have an āyu (time span), and when it runs out and there's some excuse why the body gets vanquished, when it's over, then one has to be ready for the test, the final test - 'ante nārāyaṇa-smṛtiḥ', which is the beginning admonition of Śukadeva Gosvāmī for everyone that "You should be ready at the time of death to remember God." So you have to practice it throughout your lifetime in all circumstances—to remain conscious of Kṛṣṇa while navigating the material world. One should try to have that superior taste for Kṛṣṇa, be attracted to the Deities, and not to the forms of the material world, which are so prevalent. (excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/2/70/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
..every institution has its unique set of irrational and difficult constraints. Yet, some make a leap while others, facing the same environmental challenges, do not. This is perhaps the single most important point in all of Good to Great: greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice and discipline. This is from someone who's empirically studying the various organizations in the profit and non-profit sections, and this is the conclusion of his book—that it comes down to conscious choice and discipline.So, we have to develop this sense of "I have to overcome my obstacles, and the only resort is Krishna." Krishna is present in his name, and when we're fully focused, we can move to the level of greatness even amidst all kinds of obstacles. He said we can find—do you remember the phrase?—pockets of greatness. Our lives may be a maelstrom of problems, but if we focus on our japa, we can find pockets of greatness, or a pocket of greatness, in our day. From that, all the other forms of success will expand. Paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam !(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
..but we have to have some aesthetic beauty. And the Bhāgavatam describes (SB 1.5.11):tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavo yasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty api nāmāny anantasya yaśo ’ṅkitāni yat śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti sādhavaḥIt's a presentation that comes from the spiritual world and talks about the unlimited varieties of names, qualities, and forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Ultimately, that's the only kind of variety that satisfies us. What we're looking at in the Bhāgavatam now is the Lord's external creation. If you look at it just as the external creation and you try to enjoy it—for instance, when I was a kid, one of my dreams was to go to every beach in the world and surf. Not that I was a surfer, but I just admired the idea. And in fact, there was a movie that I saw that inspired me. It was called The Endless Summer, and it was this group of surfers, and they just went around the Earth. They'd go wherever it was summertime, and they'd be there with their surfboards, surfing. And I thought, now that's a good idea—to go to every beach.But ultimately, it's just an interaction with the elements. When the surfers are doing that, there's a way in which, we just read this morning, Kṛṣṇa said, "ye hi saṁsparśa-jā bhogāduḥkha-yonaya eva teādy-antavantaḥ kaunteyana teṣu ramate budhaḥ" This sparśa, I jump in the water, I feel good, and then I surf, and I feel some exhilaration going down the wave. And people look at me and say, "Wow, you're a surfer." And then I feel some sense of false ego. In this way, I'm sort of touching the material energy but with my own idea, my own agenda on My Endless Summer.Ultimately, like everything else, it has a beginning and an end, and therefore it's not pleasurable. But, if we take the same principle in devotional service, as Śukadeva Gosvāmī was going into here and saying, you look at the world in a different way—you see it as the body of the Lord. Everything on it is an aspect of His magnificence, His design sense, and artistry, and you see how it all fits together and how it's all part of Him. Then there's a permanent sense of happiness, then it becomes devotional service. The universal form is an imaginary form, yes, it's the external energy of the Lord, but we connect it by seeing it as the body of the Lord, as Śukadeva Gosvāmī is pointing out. It's like an external feature, but even that is amazing. And that can be seen in relation to The Supreme Personality of Godhead, then it becomes unlimitedly satisfying to the heart when we connect it.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
..and if you can learn to appreciate where you are right now and all the assets that you've been given, you get a spring in your step. It's less likely that you'll be overcome by this high expectation you have on yourself, or you think other people have on you.I personally like to make expectations in any of the saṅgas I'm working with, any of the teams, any of the projects, that are more natural. For instance, as you know well, in one of the teams you're on, I say the purpose for this team is for association and service. Do I not say that regularly? And how do you feel when you find out that's what it's about? It's just an opportunity, an excuse if you like, to have more association and more service. I find it helpful.As far as book distribution goes, I'm just giving this as an example. Devotees think, "I don't want to go out." Well, if I analyze why they don't want to go out, it's because they think they have to perform some magic, and "What's everybody going to think of me if I don't perform magic?" So we just say, "Don't worry about it. Don't even go out to distribute books. Just go out because it's fun to go out with others, or it's a nice feeling, exhilarating feeling to walk out into the great unknown. Don't put any expectation on yourself—just go out there and stand around and see how it feels to be out there." And I find that mostly then devotees say, "Really? That's not true. We do have to do a circus trick, right?" Like, "No, I'm not going to. I'm just going out. I don't even know what's going to happen. I'm just here. I just feel lucky to be part of this." And then when everyone goes out in that spirit with no expectation, then they overperform and feel fine.I think we can help ourselves by redefining what our expectation is every day. And if you have a coach, a significant other, or you have association with devotees that are confidential, you could say, "I need some encouragement. How am I looking? How am I doing?" And they can say, "You? You're fantastic." It's helpful for somebody to remind us of what we've done and how we're doing. So it's a common experience, and Kṛṣṇa warns us not to become overwhelmed by it in the verse : SB 11.20.27-28jāta-śraddho mat-kathāsunirviṇṇaḥ sarva-karmasuveda duḥkhātmakān kāmānparityāge ’py anīśvaraḥtato bhajeta māṁ prītaḥśraddhālur dṛḍha-niścayaḥjuṣamāṇaś ca tān kāmānduḥkhodarkāṁś ca garhayanThere He recognizes there's this stage in which most people are in. Because they've started devotional service, it seems really exciting, and then they say, "Oh, I have to swim across the ocean of anartha-nivṛtti," and that swimming across an ocean takes a while. And then He says, "But don't worry, just keep swimming. Even if you don't have the power to do what you think you should be doing, keep swimming." https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/20/27-28/Link to the entire lecture: https://youtu.be/d8BSS3TA4mQ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
There sure are a lot of complexities in life, don't you think? Two people do. When all else fails and everything else will, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. So, what if you have the worst job in the universe? Or what if you're not sure if you should stay in one place or move to another place? And how about if you got really bad advice and then, worse still, you acted upon it? Any of those things ever cross your path? One or more? More? More than one? Worst job ever? Got bad advice and you acted upon it? Or you're not sure if you should stay or go?The solution: Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. The worst job in the universe:the prostitute who was deployed to dissuade Haridāsa Ṭhākura from chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa—she had the worst job ever. And then when she realized that she did, what was the advice that Haridāsa gave her? Correct, ten. How about Kūrma brāhmaṇa? He wasn't sure—should I stay here or should I go with the sannyāsī? And what did Caitanya Mahāprabhu tell him? Stay on, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, and teach everybody else to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.And what about Mṛgāri? Did he get bad advice? What was the advice his father gave him? Half kill animals—don't kill them all the way, just half kill them and let them writhe in pain. Is that the worst advice that any father has ever given a son? Say yes. When Nārada Muni met him, what did he tell him to do? Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.So, if you've got any complexities in life because of bad association, bad advice, just bad karma—everything can be overcome by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Gaur premānande! Haribol!(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
Have you ever known anybody who is captured by a television? And I'm not talking about a television reaching out, as in a cartoon, and grabbing somebody and pulling them away, but it captures the consciousness of the person who created it. I create it, and then I am able to somehow channel various pictures and stories. Sounds like a very elemental way of describing television, but then somebody may become addicted to it and become nonproductive. One might even say, "Oh, such and such is addicted to watching television, and can't stop doing it."The modern version of television is a little screen we carry around in our pocket, which is a brilliant invention, but then it captures us, and we can't control it. There's a perverse relationship we have with the so-called lower energies of the world in that we're superior in quality, but because we're minute, and the material energy is great and it's controlled by God, we can become carried away by it. So when we're carried away by the lower energy and we're captured by it, this is a fals, it's an illusory kind of life that we have.It's very much like when you see water in the desert; it looks like water. You may think there's a lake, but if anybody had experience with mirages, which is likely if you've lived in California and you've traveled across any deserts here, you see what looks like a body of water, but then you'll notice after some time that no matter how fast you're moving towards it, it recedes because it's fake water. It's the illusory presentation of water. So the entire material world's like that.But our nature is different.We are satisfied when we're connected only with the higher energy. So it makes sense that when we turn our attention to Krishna, who's all spiritual, we feel satisfied, just as much as one who's thirsty and finds a real body of water and is able to drink feels satisfied. Therefore, one of the analogies given in the ancient wisdom literature called Śrīmad Bhāgavatam describes genuine spiritual practice with the process of eating. When you're hungry and you eat food, says the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, three things happen. One is that you feel nourished. The next one is you feel satisfied. And the third is that your hunger goes away.Every morsel you eat, you're noticing these three things. If you take time to notice, sometimes we don't really think, "Am I being nourished, satisfied, and is my hunger going away?" We just eat. But they do happen, and if you think back to when you ate lunch today, if you were hungry, your hunger went away, and you feel nourished and satisfied. That's why you're able to sit so stoically here, because you ate such a nice lunch. Perhaps true. What did you get? some roti ? Or, yeah, roti? Okay, that'll do it.Therefore, the practice of bhakti yoga is non-sectarian. It's universal. The basic principle is the same everywhere, because no matter where you go on any continent, although the external covering may be different and the cultural habits may be slightly different, the basis is the same. And that is that we are a superior energy called consciousness, living within a body constructed by lower energy.In general, souls are entranced by that lower energy. So to come out of that, there's a system, and it's called Krishna Consciousness—turning one's consciousness towards Krishna. (excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
The knowledge that brings one nearer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa ( Meaning of Śrī Īśopaniṣad)Śrī Īśopaniṣad Mantras: https://sites.google.com/view/srijagannathaprayers/sri-jagannatha-ratha-yatra-prayers/sri-isopanisad?authuser=0Book : https://vedabase.io/en/library/iso/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
Yeah, it's a good sign if we can get into the practice in such a way that we start feeling that this is my mainstay and that I want to be more and more in this position of just chanting the holy name. And then we accept that as the main process of our day, then we'll make progress in devotional service without doubt. So, we should try to lean into the chanting of the holy name. A lot of it's practical—making time and arranging the circumstances so that we don't get distracted, especially so that we can come to the point of absorption.If we can touch that point each day, in which we don't want to stop, then we've touched at least the web of absorption, then we can feel that we've made progress for the day.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing
You have to be self-observant and notice how you're feeling and how you're doing it. See that you feel that you're getting more enthusiasm to do more service, instead of feeling diminished or in a situation where, although you're feeling out of balance, you don't want to admit that you are, which can be dangerous because It's much more appealing and also realistic to understand the situation one's in now. As Kṛṣṇa says in the bhāgavatam (11.20.26) "sve sve ’dhikāre yā niṣṭhā sa guṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ," in this verse the word "guṇa" means a good quality, and that good quality, he says, is to be self-obserant and understand what your qualification is at the present time and act according to that.And if you do what you can with what you have right now, you feel that you are getting strength from that, and you're feeling encouraged, and that's a sign that you're in a normal condition and that you're well situated. If you feel on the other hand that you are out of balance, it could be that you're not doing enough sādhana. That's another thing, because there are ways in which, when I start to feel dissatisfied with life or with Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, and start to consider that, well, it's all a show because I'm engaging in such a way that I'm doing it for show. I'm not doing it actually because I have a clear idea that it's in my best interest or that I enjoy doing it.May be also that sādhana has gone off into niyamāgraha—that I'm not really paying attention. So you have to be aware of that also. That's important because oftentimes, or mostly, my feelings of uneasiness about my life and feeling out of balance have to do with not having enough contact with Kṛṣṇa. (excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura had talked about the concept of darśana. Sometimes, it is taken to mean that I want to see the Lord. But he said, "That's not the meaning of darśana. Darśana means to act in such a way that Kṛṣṇa wants to see you."Even going to the temple, oftentimes, he didn't wear his glasses, and he said, "I didn't come here to use these eyeballs to try to see Kṛṣṇa, but I came here to be seen by Kṛṣṇa."And I might approach chanting The Holy Names in a way in which I'm thinking, "Why aren't you giving me bliss?" Oftentimes, people say, "Well, I'm chanting, but I'm not getting any taste; as that's what I want. Kṛṣṇa, give me some taste." But then there's another way of thinking: "I'm not going there for taste or for any of my own purposes, even liberation by chanting The Holy Name, even to have a sense of freedom from my anxieties. But I'm going there because I am a servant of Kṛṣṇa."Like Prahlāda Mahārāja said, when Nṛsiṁhadeva offered him a benediction, he said, "I don't want anything. I just am your servant, that's all. No other consideration."So our approach to The Holy Name is also very important. As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mentioned, " dāsa dāsa dāsa anudāsa," and no other reason except I'm your servant.(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings
Thank you everyone for joining the Hare Kṛṣṇa Dance Party. Today it is going on in over 1000 cities across the world, special celebration to give gratitude this weekend. The fact that we live in a universe that is perfectly ordered—so much so that we have "ologies," otherwise, we would not be able to make sense of anything unless there is some order in the universe—not complete randomness, that traces back to universal divine intelligence we call Kṛṣṇa. We are celebrating the fact that life is sacred. If we look within, we notice our consciousness; we notice that it is brilliant, that it is full of knowledge, that it is eternal. Every living being is part of the Supreme; we all emanate from the same source.This chanting, which was brought to the world by the great Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu 500 years ago, is a means of self-realisation. Sound vibration pervades the universe, and when we elevate the sound vibration in our life—what to speak of when we make divine sound by this prayer, "Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare"—this is a universal prayer which means, "O my Lord, O energy of the Lord, please engage me in Your service." So, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommended for the present age the powerful method of chanting this mantra, especially in downtown San Francisco together with all our friends. This is a means for elevating the consciousness not just of those who are chanting, but anyone who hears. We are praying for the happiness of everyone in the world by realizing that we all come from the same divine source. ( excerpt from the address, starts @ 1:36 ) ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings
..even if it's on the tip of their tongue, just one time, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Everyone, say Hare Kṛṣṇa. So, if someone one time says Hare Kṛṣṇa, then you have to say, "Oh, this person—they've already gone through law school and they've graduated," because they've come to this level. They've been able to say Hare Kṛṣṇa even one time, even just a little bit chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.In the commentary of the verse, our Ācāryas talk about how all reformation takes place by chanting of The Holy Name. There are two points—more than two points, but one is that if somebody's chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, we can understand that they've already made this huge progress. So, like if you go in the court and you see your friend as a judge, then you can understand, "Yeah, he went to law school, he's already been there." And the other point is that if you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, then you'll be elevated to the highest position just by chanting.So, what we're doing here by taking time to associate, as Bhagavat Āśraya Prabhu so articulately pointed out with our best friend, then we become transformed. We're elevated by the chanting of the holy name. Also, we can appreciate that anybody who has the inkling to do such a thing, or even just to say Hare Kṛṣṇa—like the people last night who were stopping at the Harinām, and they just stop and they go, "Hare Kṛṣṇa"—these people are exalted souls. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that if one time I hear somebody say Hare Kṛṣṇa, then I can understand they're the best out of the whole population.So, we can reform ourselves. We can rise to a position where we can control our senses, where we can love Kṛṣṇa, where we can taste the nectar of life, just by engaging in heartfelt and regular practice, or even if it's not heartfelt—even if it's just dutiful chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa every day. What do you think? Haribol!------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings
Anything sung in the praise of the Lord is śruti-mantra. There are songs of Ṭhākura Narottama dāsa, one of the ācāryas in the Gauḍīya sampradāya, composed in simple Bengali language. But Ṭhākura Viśvanātha Cakravartī, another very learned ācārya of the same sampradāya, has approved the songs by Ṭhākura Narottama dāsa to be as good as Vedic mantras. And this is so because of the subject matter. The language is immaterial, but the subject matter is important. The ladies, who were all absorbed in the thought and actions of the Lord, developed the consciousness of Vedic wisdom by the grace of the Lord. (SB 1.10.20)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings
There's a way in which also we can also help ourselves by putting ourselves in situations, in environments where we're more likely to make good choices. This is Sādhu-Saṅga. If we get good association, at least we can do that. Even if we feel like we're the most fallen and we make bad choices, if we put ourselves in good association, then by that association, gradually we can be persuaded or induced to make better choices. Then we get more strength from Sādhu-Saṅga.I was at Sādhu-Saṅga recently; it was an event in Utah - beautiful mountains. I got to sit with one of my old friends, a godbrother named Viṣṇugadā. He's a stalwart, and I was just sitting next to him in Japa. I just kept noticing, he kept sitting straighter every time—like his back would go down a little bit, he'd sit back up again and sit straight, and he just sat there and chanted. We sat there and chanted our whole 16 rounds together, and afterwards, I felt, "Yeah, just by sitting next to this sadhu, I feel stronger now." When I came home, I was happy because I thought, "I sat with Viṣṇugadā, and now I feel improved." This is one of the ways that we can close that gap and have a better life to making better decisions.And what if you sit with somebody who's not sense-controlled or you spend a little time with somebody not sense-controlled? What's likely to happen? What do you think? (excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings
One of the trends in the world of marketing is people try to create a place where everything's available. That's the idea of the modern mall, the idea behind 7-11, they try to figure out exactly what people need and then they put it all in one place. So, Kṛṣṇa has done that for us. Everything that's necessary or consumable anywhere within the three worlds is available in one place—that's through Japa. But you don't have to drive there and get it; actually, you don't have to go far—you just have to sit down anywhere and you can get it.So, it's one thing to keep in mind because the mind gets restless, thinking that it wants something else and it's available somewhere else. But if we become acquainted with actual clear philosophy that everything's available in one place, at the root, at the center cause, then we can reassure our minds that you don't have to go anywhere else because you're not going to, you're just going to lose your place in line—just stay here.And the other concept I'll talk about in a minute, but we can remember that everything's available. As Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, there's nothing else to be had in the fourteen worlds except the holy name. So keep that in mind if your mind wants to go shopping elsewhere—we already have the one-stop shoppingThe shastras, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu emphasized so strongly how everything's included in the holy name. So that it's one time when we're chanting—it's not the one time—but we can give ourselves full permission while we're chanting to not think about going somewhere else. This is one of the ways to have successful japa: is to not divert the mind and go anywhere else. And if we're convinced that the holy name is all-inclusive—that everything I'm looking for is available in The Holy Name, it's cintāmaṇi—if I just stay in touch with the holy name, then I'll be transformed in a way that will be favorable. It's what everyone's looking for.(Excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings
A well-known phrase which is worth keeping is, "Where there's a will, there's a way." Associate with those who are like-minded and also have a strong desire for the same goal as you. Also, your abilities will grow to meet your strong desire. Nonetheless, desire without discipline is delusion. So, we may have ideas for what we want, but if we're not able to harness our desires and our senses in order to move in that direction, then we become ghostly. That is, we have desires, but we can't fulfill them because we can't get any traction.So now I'm going to go into a little more detail. I'll read these few, and then I'm going to talk about how to develop discipline and why to develop discipline. Does that sound like a good topic? Yes? Okay, you like it, but not very much. Audience : Yes!.Oh, alright,okay.The mechanics of discipline. Number one, what's important is a conscious control of our lifestyle. It comes, does the word discipline, from a Latin word which means "learner." All learning takes place, all progress takes place when we have discipline, when our desires meet discipline. Also, correct practice makes perfect. So, do it right from the very beginning; get good instruction, and each discipline affects all others.(Excerpt from the talk ) ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings
The way I look at the people I'm approaching is on a scale of 1 to 10. From 1 to 5, there's not an option to introduce them to the book. I've learned by looking at the way people are reacting to me. Some people don't react at all; they pretend I'm not there. Other people, they say, "I'm in a hurry," or they just wave you off. Those are in the 1, 2s, 3,s 4s, 5 is you get somebody who smiles at you, but with no teeth like this, and you think, "Why bother? If you're not going to show your teeth when you smile, that's at a 5."You get a sense that they're not really that interested. But when it starts getting to 5.1, 5.2, and 6, those people are very open. So rather than trying to convince everybody, even the people who say, "I'm not interested," I'm more liberal in letting them go. If I see there's a chance, then I'll go for it, and then the more people that go by, the more opportunity I have to meet the 6s, the 7s, and the 8s, rather than really pushing it with the other ones.Does that make sense? So rather than convincing, I'm more selective. I've given this example many times, like picking fruits.(Excerpt from the answer)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings
This japa is very individual—it's the most individual of all the practices that we do. We have to take personal responsibility for it; nobody else can do it for us. If you go to a kīrtana, somebody else can do it for us—oh, Kadamba Kānana Maharaja tomorrow, he'll just keep it going, and I'll just sit there and go like, "whoa" But with japa, you have to keep it going, and you have to take personal responsibility. There's nobody else there that's going to help you. You have to be the one who takes the sole responsibility.So if we understand this diffusion of responsibility, and if I think there are other factors that define my success, this is another way of looking at it: there are other things that are more important in my life that I have to do that define success. Why would we do anything that didn't bring us some kind of reward? Everything we do, we have some sense that either it's staving off misery or it's going to help me get in a better position where I'll have more money so that I'll be the king of the world, and then I'll stave off misery because I'll have a swimming pool.But if I think like that, then I diffuse the responsibility. I just think, "I'll let something else define me and define my life and define my happiness." So, I can also think, "I'm in an organization; therefore, you know, it's good enough, I got initiated, I'm in an organization, I'm mixing in with other people—I don't have to take personal responsibility." But if I realize that I'm independently responsible to connect with Kṛṣṇa, and nobody else is going to come and help me, then I'll be more diligent.Finally, japa means that we're giving a personal response to Kṛṣṇa. It's very personal—we're responding to Him. And so we looked up the word "respond," and it comes from the word "sponsor," which means to pledge. So when we're responding, we're offering a promise or a pledge, and we're saying it. So you can think of when you're chanting japa, it's a personal pledge to Kṛṣṇa that, "I'm your servant," and we're reinforcing that again and again. So that's what responsibility means. How much impetus do we have to actually respond to Kṛṣṇa? To that degree, we're responsible.(excerpt from the talk)-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #makejapagreatagain #kttvg #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #mantrameditation
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So, interestingly, like in the Bhāgavatam, when Sūta Goswami was promoted to the point of the leader of all the sages in Naimiṣāraṇya, he was called Ugraśravā. This word "Ugraśravā" means, you know, Ugranṛsiṁha, Ugrakarma—it's like fierce, incredibly heavy, "Ugra." "Ugraśravā" means somebody who's just totally leaned into hearing, Ugraśravā—they just made it their whole existence to hear the Vedic wisdom, as also mentioned in the Bhāgavatam later on (SB 11.3.21):tasmād guruṁ prapadyetajijñāsuḥ śreya uttamamśābde pare ca niṣṇātaṁbrahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam"One who is qualified to speak about the absolute truth is one who is śābday brahma niṣṇātam." They've taken a dip in the ocean of transcendental knowledge; they actually swam around in there, and then they come out like drenched. So, Ugraśravā is a very important point.Śraddhādhānāḥ, seriously inquisitive, means somebody who actually leans into hearing and hears all the relevant topics in a faithful way—faithful to one's lineage and one's guru. The mood is important also, not that I just go here, there, and everywhere collecting information. In fact, there's an admonition given in the Kṛṣṇa-bhajanāmṛta by Śrī Narahari Sarakāra Ṭhākura, whose samādhi you definitely run into this when you go to the Rādhā-Dāmodara temple in Vṛndāvana because when you're doing the circumambulation, his samādhi is right there at the caddy-corner is a good word to use, I think to Rūpa and Sanātana's samādhi. Just going around the corner, it's right there at the end—you can offer obeisances. He wrote a book called Śrī Kṛṣṇa-bhajanāmṛta, and in it, he talks about the mood of the devotee and how we should appreciate all Vaiṣṇavas. One of the ways he talks about it is that the Ganga has ripples and little waves sometimes, and he says whether the ripple is big or small, it's still the Ganga. So, whether a devotee is big or small in the estimation of the society—say, "Well, that's just a little devotee," or, "There's a big devotee here,"—it's still Ganga water, still it is worshipable.He goes on to say that when one accepts guidance in the paramparā system and accepts a Guru, even when one goes and takes information from others, he should bring that information back to the Guru and say, "This is what I collected," and offer it first to the Guru. Then the Guru also substantiates it, accepts it in the right mood. So, he said, in that way, one should carefully tune oneself to the mood of the sampradāya.In this verse, "tac chraddadhānāḥ," seriously inquisitive also means the mood in which one collects. As is mentioned in the śāstra, if one is faithful to Guru and Kṛṣṇa, then all the imports of Vedic knowledge become available.Does anybody know the verse? Take the mic, and you can say. (excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/8/18/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/3/21/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/2/12/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant
So, Śrīla Prabhupāda is called A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Abhay Caraṇāravinda. He takes shelter of the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa where there's no fear, Abhay. There's an acronym for fear: fear everything and run. You can turn it the other way: if you take shelter of Kṛṣṇa, face everything and rise. That's the modus operandi of somebody who feels fortified and protected by Kṛṣṇa like Prabhupāda. He faced everything and he rose.If we're able to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa and say, "It's your power, it's not mine. I completely hand over myself to you. I don't want anything for myself; it's all for your service," then we become fearless. The best way to declare that again and again is: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare, Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. That's how to become fearless—to put it all in Kṛṣṇa’s hands and say that, "You take care of me, you maintain me, I'm just going to be your servant, that's it." Otherwise, there's anxiety and fear everywhere in the material world.There's one other element that I think is very important in chanting with full intention. That is to feel part of Lord Caitanya's mission. When I'm thinking about why I'm not getting some taste—I'm chanting, but how come I'm not feeling ecstasy—then I'll start getting mental, like, "Oh, I can't chant." But if we're thinking about spreading the saṅkīrtana movement when we're chanting, that how everyone can have an opportunity to come in contact with this, there's a sense of a mission in the chanting: "Let me do good for others. Kṛṣṇa, please empower me to be able to help other people." It's a completely different feeling and flow than thinking, "Why aren't I getting some spiritual bliss here?" If we can lean into that mood and have some stake in the saṅkīrtana movement, and as we're chanting, have an underlying prayer that, "Please let this saṅkīrtana movement spread everywhere in the world, please use me as an instrument to spread the holy name to as many people as possible," then we'll be able to have a taste in chanting the holy name, even if..."(excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #makejapagreatagain #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy
The holy name, character, pastimes and activities of Kṛṣṇa are all transcendentally sweet like sugar candy. Although the tongue of one afflicted by the jaundice of avidyā [ignorance] cannot taste anything sweet, it is wonderful that simply by carefully chanting these sweet names every day, a natural relish awakens within his tongue, and his disease is gradually destroyed at the root. (Nectar of Instruction,Verse 7)-----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
The mantra for that stage of life, that interim stage, is "Keep on keeping on." Can everyone repeat that? "Keep on." I was leaving Hawaii one day, late for a flight, and a brahmacari ran out to the window of the car and said, "Give me some instruction." I said, "Keep on keeping on," because we were in a hurry—that's all I could tell him. And then we came back a few years later, he said, "Do you remember me?" and I said, "No." He said, "You told me something that saved my life." I said, "What did I tell you?" He said, "Keep on keeping on." That's what I've been doing.So we have to keep on keeping on in the practice. Rūpa Goswami said, "It's like medicine—you won't take it, it won't taste sweet at first. So do it as duty, do it as taking medicine, and then you'll gradually come to the point where you'll feel that, 'Oh, this is where all the nectar is; I don't want to be anywhere else.'"Throughout the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, we find examples of people who are completely liberated. What does that look like, and what are their symptoms? Well, there are various symptoms, but looking at the personalities is nice because we can see the unusual qualities of people who are liberated. That's what we get in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam—an exposition of these. So, these are some of my heroes from the Bhāgavatam, if I may. The first one is...(excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
In every culture of the world, there is a sense of the importance of marriage. Generally, in each culture, there's a ceremony that's demonstrative. Everyone comes together in the village or the city and recognizes that you getting married now. And then there's a proclamation at most weddings that this is in sickness or in health, good times or in bad times. Am I correct about that? Those are the ideas that you're coming together, and you're going to become one, basically, and you're going to work together no matter what else happens.Yes ? So my mridanga teacher once told me, you have to marry your mantras. As in mridanga, there are mantras like tereketa, the simplest of mantras that you learned in playing the mridanga. So, he said, you have to marry your mantra, and if you marry your mantra, he said, then all other abilities will arise from that.Caitanya Mahāprabhu also recommended in so many ways that we marry ourselves to the mahamantra. That is, make a firm commitment that, no matter what I'm feeling like or what the situation is externally, that I'm with the mantra all the time. So, think about marrying your mantra, and of course, initiation is kind of like a marriage ceremony. You're making the proclamation: no matter what, from now on, I'm going to do this. But in our hearts, we can make that commitment. And when we do, if we marry the mantra, then in all circumstances of life, we can continue to take shelter of the chanting of The Holy Names. (excerpt from the talk)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
tasyāravinda-nayanasya padāravinda-kiñjalka-miśra-tulasī-makaranda-vāyuḥantar-gataḥ sva-vivareṇa cakāra teṣāṁsaṅkṣobham akṣara-juṣām api citta-tanvoḥTranslationWhen the breeze carrying the aroma of tulasī leaves from the toes of the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead entered the nostrils of those sages, they experienced a change both in body and in mind, even though they were attached to the impersonal Brahman understanding. (SB 3.15.43)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/15/43/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
You can go anywhere: sit in your home, in your garden, you can be at work, and if you sincerely repeat the names of God and listen carefully, then you'll have this sense of direct communion with the Divine, with Kṛṣṇa.One of the teachers from antiquity said, "How focused should we be?" You should imagine yourself going to the ocean with a kuśa straw. It's got a little flat area on it, and you could use that as a tool to empty the ocean, to drain the ocean. How long do you think it would take, Braja Rāsa Bhāvana, to use a little straw, one drop at a time, to drain the entire Pacific Ocean? A long time. And he said, be prepared for that. If you want success, approach the simple process with such focus and determination: "I'm going to sit here with this one straw until I drain the whole ocean."Now there's another story connected with this, and this is what the great teachers talk about. There was a little bird. She lived by the seashore, and she laid her eggs along the sandy beach. And one day, the ocean personified came, and in a mood of being mean, stole her eggs. With a sweep of his hand, a wave, he reached out and grabbed them, pulled them into his waters, and then chuckled as the little bird seemed distressed. Isn't that mean? Say yes.So then the little bird puffed out her chest and walked to the ocean, even though she was such a tiny creature. She said, "You give my eggs back. That's my offspring. My duty is to protect them." And the ocean said, "Good luck, you're not getting them back." A bully.So she said, "I'll show you," and my mother used to say, "Never underestimate the power of 'I'll show you.' So she sat there at the ocean. She began to peck out the water of the ocean, saying, "I'm going to drain you one drop at a time." And what did the ocean say? "Hahaha, good luck, it'll never happen."An audience started to gather around to watch her determination. All the creatures who saw her trying to drain the ocean began to talk amongst themselves, and it spread from one forest to the next. All the birds were talking, and then the mongooses picked up on it. They live under the trees, they passed it on, and they started talking about it, and it spread so far that the very powerful, heroic bird Garuḍa—we saw a license plate on the way here that said "Garuḍa," so I thought I'd tell the story—Garuḍa heard about it. Who is Garuḍa? He is the powerful carrier of Lord Vishnu. He came down to see his sister bird and he landed there and said, "What's going on?" She said, "I'm going to drain this ocean." And he said to the ocean, "You give the eggs back or I'll dry you up myself. With my wingspan, I'll flap so hard that the air will evaporate you now." The ocean then became frightened because Garuḍa is not an ordinary bird, and gave the eggs back.That's a story the ancient teachers tell. In the practice of chanting the mantra, if we approach it like that, willing to peck out every drop— you can imagine it when you're chanting one mantra: "Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare," and if you like, you can use beads. Normally, they have 108 beads on each one. If you hold on to each one, you say each bead is one drop, and I'll keep going till the whole ocean's drained. This is the idea of what Kapiladeva said: be willing to do this for a long time. Not, "I'll try it for a week, and if it works, maybe." You have to get enough knowledge intervention in your mind to see material world is as all risk, no gain, and spiritual life as all gain, no risk. But you have to be all in, to be successful.If you do that, and you practice in that way, then very soon you'll get help that you never imagined you would get. And that's something Kṛṣṇa says throughout the Bhagavad-gītā. "I'm there to help you. As soon as you show your determination, then I'll be there to intervene in your life and help you in ways that you could never imagine." (excerpt from the talk)
The idea behind 'Make Japa Great Again' is to, every day, again means starting over today, this is my main priority, and I have nowhere else to go that's productive. Nothing else will be productive unless I'm able to enter deeply within the process of connecting to Kṛṣṇa through His Holy Name. This is amply supported throughout the śāstras. For instance, 'iti mūrty-abhidhānena mantra-mūrtim amūrtikam yajate yajña-puruṣaṁ sa samyag-darśanaḥ pumān', Nārada Muni says in the first canto, 5th chapter (SB 1.5.38) that the main process for seeing Kṛṣṇa directly is through chanting His Holy Names. He's most present in His name, in His mantra. Rūpa Goswāmī says the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is not different from Him, but there is a difference, and that is that the name is more merciful than Kṛṣṇa Himself because He reaches out to us in that unique way wherever we are.So, remembering that and also helping other people come into the practice is helpful for us because as we help other people come into the practice of chanting the holy names, and especially getting to 16 rounds, which is no small thing in this age where there's so many distractions and so many other obligations. So I just had a few ideas. I wrote just an outline of how to help somebody, including oneself, get to 16 rounds, and I'll just start by saying a few of the elements. ( excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/5/38/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
So, one of the main points there is that in different sections of the Bhāgavatam, Kṛṣṇa is responsive. In fact, we may say the whole universe is responsive, just the way our human bodies are designed. They are responsive to everything we do. The slightest change we have in our diet, in our sleep, what we're listening to and then there's a way that the body responds, the mind responds . And the environment is like that also. It's designed to respond to the way we interact with it, and it's all coming from Kṛṣṇa because He's responsive to everything that we do and very aware, so aware that He can understand from just one syllable what's going on.So all these different instances have to do with the way we’re approaching the Lord. We should be aware that whatever is coming back is coming because of us. Kṛṣṇa is responding to us as our well-wisher, and therefore it's our prerogative to tune the way that we approach Kṛṣṇa. Become aware of how we're approaching Kṛṣṇa and what we're actually asking for.In the Bhāgavatam, we get the sense from reading Bhāgavatam that I would like to be in perfect resonance with Kṛṣṇa because, as we know, when we're in resonance with Kṛṣṇa as a servant and only asking, as we heard, "I just want service, I don't want anything else," then we're perfectly tuned. When we want something else, even though we may even hide it from ourselves or ignore the fact that I'm asking for something other than that, then we get it and we're not satisfied with it, then may complain, "I didn't want that." It's like, "No, actually you did," because Kṛṣṇa's perfectly responsive nature is perfectly responsive. Whatever is happening in the world is happening because of people's level of consciousness, and it's responding to them because the whole cosmic manifestation is a classroom to help us tune our consciousness perfectly in the mood of, "Kṛṣṇa, I only want to serve You." (Excerpt from the talk ) ------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
Just when I was in Vṛndāvana, the last class I went to, Urmilā gave the class, and that was about anger. The last comment that was made in the class was by Śrutakīrti Prabhu, who was Prabhupāda's servant for a couple of years. He said once, when Prabhupāda was in Los Angeles and he got some bad news about how the project was going in Bombay, that he picked up his beads and was chanting very animatedly, loud and he was going like this with his beads. Then Prabhupāda said, "When you become angry, this is what you do: chant very loudly."And so, just taking shelter of The Holy Name in all circumstances, as one of the admonitions given, or taking shelter of Kṛṣṇa - same thing akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ tīvreṇa bhakti-yogenayajeta puruṣaṁ param (SB 2.3.10) - whatever condition you're in, take shelter of The Holy Name. ( Excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/3/10/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
The time early in the morning, one and a half hours before sunrise, is called brāhma-muhūrta. During this brāhma-muhūrta, spiritual activities are recommended. Spiritual activities performed early in the morning have a greater effect than in any other part of the day. (SB 3.20.46,purport)Full Video: https://youtu.be/ELDHfqq2118------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
nāhaṁ tiṣṭhāmi vaikuṇṭheyogināṁ hṛdayeṣu vātatra tiṣṭhāmi nāradayatra gāyanti mad-bhaktāḥ“My dear Nārada, actually I do not reside in My abode, Vaikuṇṭha, nor do I reside within the hearts of the yogīs, but I reside in that place where My pure devotees chant My holy name and discuss My form, pastimes and qualities.” Because of the presence of the Lord in the form of the transcendental vibration, the Vaikuṇṭha atmosphere is evoked. This atmosphere is without fear and anxiety. One living entity does not fear another. By hearing the holy names and glories of the Lord, a person executes pious activities: śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ (Bhāg. 1.2.17). Thus his material hankerings immediately stop. This saṅkīrtana movement started by the Society for Krishna Consciousness is meant for creating Vaikuṇṭha, the transcendental world that is without anxiety, even in this material world. The method is the propagation of the śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam process throughout the world. In the material world everyone is envious of his fellow man. Animalistic envy exists in human society as long as there is no performance of saṅkīrtana-yajña, the chanting of the holy names: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. The Pracetās therefore decided to remain always in the society of devotees, and they considered that to be the highest benediction possible in human life. (SB 4.30.35,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/4/30/35/------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
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------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
It's so true that when we take risks for Kṛṣṇa and we overcome our fear—"What'll happen if I do this, if I give this to Kṛṣṇa, or if I go outside my comfort zone for Kṛṣṇa?"—but once I start practicing that, and I see not only wasn't I harmed, like my mind told me I would be, I'm still alive, and I feel better for it. And one builds momentum in that way by taking more and more risks for Kṛṣṇa.Risks mean even giving some things up because the mind says, "Unless you have all these things, you won't be happy. How can you be happy without them? You might need it someday." Or, very often, as you're giving in the context of sankirtana, when we go out to distribute books, the mind says, "Oh, somebody's going to say no," and then there's a scenario in my head where everyone will see that, "Oh, I don't have any spiritual potency, I can't do this," and who knows what else. You can add in the color commentary about how it all goes downhill, like everyone will hate me, and you know everyone will know I'm a fraud, and I can't do anything, blah blah blah. The mind's always doing that. But if we can just do our duty and dutifully go out past our comfort zone for Kṛṣṇa, we start to see, actually that's where the real happiness is.So people become stronger. As you said, we become stronger as we do it more, we do more sacrifice, and then it becomes our main way of life. That's one of the points Kṛṣṇa makes. He's trying to coax us along, and in the 12th chapter of the Gītā, he says, "Well perfection is to be totally dedicated to me all the time. This is the real happiness in life. You're just smitten with me, you're in love with me, and everything you do is a dance that is meant to please me in all your activities."And if you can't do that, he said, "Then find out what other people do when they do it and then emulate them. Do this sādhana practice. They wake up early; I wake up early. They chant Hare Kṛṣṇa; I chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. They take prasadam; I take prasadam. They read Bhāgavatam; I read Bhāgavatam."And then gradually, he said, you'll come to that point. But if you can't do that, let's just say you're working and you can't spend the time even doing the sādhana, he said, "Then give up some of the results of your work and give it for others who are doing it." Then he said, "If you can't do that", because maybe you don't control the bank account or whatever, he says "then volunteer for some good cause, even if it's not Kṛṣṇa conscious." Because then you'll start to feel this sense that, "I'm doing sacrifice, and it's better than my other life where I was working hard to hold on to everything and figure out how I'm going to stay in the material world forever. It's a much happier, freer, liberated life when one says, "Okay, everything's for Krishna, nothing for me."Those who become accustomed to this, that's their mantra: "Everything for Kṛṣṇa, nothing for me." But it's counterintuitive because we're part of Kṛṣṇa, and therefore everything we give to Kṛṣṇa is actually for us, because we're part of him. But we're doing it the wrong way, like trying to eat with one's hand a piece of cake. (excerpt from the talk)----------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
Prabhupāda said in a lecture, yoga means plus, doesn't mean minus. So this idea of adding ghee and following the order of the spiritual master—these are all plus. We have active, positive practice. It's not block out thinking, and it's not giving up everything, but it's adding Kṛṣṇa. If you add Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is all-purifying,"sa paryagāc chukram akāyam avraṇam asnāviraḿ śuddham apāpa-viddham kavir manīṣī paribhūḥ svayambhūr yāthātathyato ’rthān vyadadhāc chāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ" (Īśo 8) He's the purifying force.'Om apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bahyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ'.If you remember Kṛṣṇa, then you become purified inwardly and outwardly. So just add Kṛṣṇa—that's the plus. And how to adhere to that? Remember the order of the spiritual master: "vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām" (BG 2.41)There are so many speculations about what I can do: go here, go there, get sick, get well, hang around, and inkwell. But the fact is that if we just say, "Okay, I'm going to take the authority of Kṛṣṇa through the paramparā, I'll take my Guru guru's words; that's what I'm going to follow," then one doesn't have to be subjected to the whimsy of the mind and dragged all over the universe. One can be one-minded.And it's really helpful to have permission to do that because the mind comes up with so many excuses. Are you sure you want to be doing this, just sitting there? And there's a saying, sometimes parents would say to kids, " don't just sit there, go do something." But then there should be a book called "Don't Just Do Something, Sit There" for a change. Because the other question was, Arjuna said, "How a person fixing consciousness, can he sit?" Because he says, "How does he sit? How does he walk?" And then the question is like, can you even sit there for a minute without going somewhere else?And so all that leads to this very positive flow that The Holy Name is really beautiful and everything's there. It's enlivening—the form, the name, the līlā—everything's there in The Holy Name. And if I can just stay there long enough to get caught in that attractive flow, then I won't need anything else. It's all plus. (Excerpt from the talk )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #makejapagreatagain #kttvg #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy
Everyone has an external situation, meaning psychophysiological nature, based on their modalities. And you can rise above that—anyone can rise above that. Kṛṣṇa says, by simply getting back in touch with devotional service, you know the material world is really about forgetfulness of our personality, of our true nature. Sometimes people get amnesia, and they forget who they are.There was a famous recording artist, Jan and Dean—you guys have never heard of him, I guarantee you—Jan and Dean, from the 60s. Not that I was a big fan, but I do remember him—Jan and Dean. One of them, you know, just like a regular hot shot rock and roll star would do, had a major car accident in his fancy car, driving too fast, and then had a head injury and got amnesia. And one of the ways that they brought him back to remembrance of his actual position—because he forgot who he was, that's amnesia, "Who are you?" "I don't know, I don't know where he came from"—they played some of his music. He was like, "Oh yeah, I remember that."So, there's a way that we can forget our connection with Kṛṣṇa. But just by hearing the sound vibration from that realm, we can remember again who we are. (excerpt from the talk)Verse for discussion : https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/2/35/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
Bhaktivinode Thakur says this principle we should apply. And if we can do that, if we have our hand out, we really feel like, "I didn't get anything; I'm actually starving," then this mood will naturally stimulate our attention. We will lean into our japa.So we can start or continue this morning with remembering that every breath we take is borrowed, and that actually we're hanging by a thread at every second. Our heart is going on voluntarily; it can be asked to stop at any minute, and we're really at the mercy of others.So we can remember our time in the womb when we felt completely helpless, just as Bhaktivinode Thakur mentions at the beginning of the song, and try this mood of begging.What do you all think? Try? To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom. ( SB 12.3.51)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/3/51/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
Some devotees of the Lord exhibit external symptoms, acting like madmen, others are introspective devotees, and still others partake of both natures. It is by one’s steadfastness and by the merciful vibrations emanating from one’s mouth that one’s devotion can be judged, not otherwise.(SB 11.2.40)Link to the entire talk : https://youtu.be/8ZpjFMtpByc?feature=sharedTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
The mind can be one-pointed, especially when one is praying to Kṛṣṇa for a specific kind of service. Prabhupāda mentions that he fixed his mind on the mission of his spiritual master because Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says in the purport to BG 2.40 that if one has some order from the spiritual master to do service in a certain way and one's praying to fulfill that, then also, as one's chanting, one can be very fixed in mind by calling out, "Please show me how to do this." As Prabhupāda says in one place, when he had an impossible mission, he was asking, "How can I do? How can I do? How can I do?"Which is natural that we want to do something because we're living entities, and if we're calling out, "How can I fulfill this mission?" and that's the way we're chanting, then the mind tends to be fixed also.Any thoughts you haveabout fixing the mind? I'll ask a more specific question. In what ways do you find what states of miind do you find that your mind is mostfixed when you're chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa? (excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity
kaliṁ sabhājayanty āryāguṇa jñāḥ sāra-bhāginaḥyatra saṅkīrtanenaivasarva-svārtho ’bhilabhyateThose who are actually advanced in knowledge are able to appreciate the essential value of this Age of Kali. Such enlightened persons worship Kali-yuga because in this fallen age all perfection of life can easily be achieved by the performance of saṅkīrtana. ( SB 11.5.36)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/36/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #spiritualmusic
In the fifth chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa makes a few basic statements about happiness. He says, oh, here's one thing he says—this is a little bit different than most people think in the world about how you can be successful and happy. He says: "śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ prāk śarīra-vimokṣaṇāt kāma-krodhodbhavaṁ vegaṁ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ."This kind of follows the last verse, where the last verse talked about tolerance, if you're able to tolerate the changes that are going on, be "dhīra"—everyone say "Dhīra". "Dhīra" means that you remain steady even amidst the changes. As your body's changing and there are ups and downs coming, you stay the same. And here, he says the secret to being happy as a human being, where you have the wherewithal to notice these changes and not react to them or overreact to them. "Śaknoti" means that you have some power to do this. You develop the power of what ? "Iha eva" as you're in the present body. "Iha" means right now, right here. So it means right now you're in this body, and if you develop the Shakti or the power to what? "Soḍhuṁ" it means to tolerate.And when should you achieve that, do you think? Now, but you've got a little bit of wiggle room, especially if you use my app. It says "prāk śarīra-vimokṣaṇāt." So "vimokṣaṇāt" means in a general sense to be freed from something. So "Prāk" means before. "Prāk śarīra", śarīra means the body. "Prāk śarīra-vimokṣaṇāt", before you're released from this body, and there will be a time when we're released from this particular body. So before that time, if you develop this power: "śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ"—to tolerate. And what should you tolerate? (excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/5/23/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits
Every institution, every person, needs a base. A house has to have a strong foundation. Corporations start off with the reason that they exist, a mission vision statement, and say, "This is why we're doing this." Otherwise, it becomes confusing and complicated. But when we have a clear idea why we're doing something, we have a foundation, then everything else can take its proper place when we have the foundation laid.So, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's proposition was very simple, and that's been passed down through our disciplic succession, and that is to make a mantra out of it Your bhajan is your base. Base your life and all the other things that you're doing in your life on your bhajan. Make sure that you have that in place before you try to build other things on top of it. Otherwise, eventually, they'll fall apart.As Śukadeva Gosvāmī tells us in the Bhāgavatam: 'dehāpatya-kalatrādiṣv ātma-sainyeṣv asatsv api teṣāṁ pramatto nidhanaṁ paśyann api na paśyat'i (SB 2.1.4). He basically says all other things that you think could be your base, like your body—if it's very strong and stout—then, "That'll be my base," or even the family structure, which is extremely important for us in many different ways—socially, psychologically, economically, and so forth. He said, ultimately, that base won't hold either, even though it's important.And then he moves on to various other aspects of our lives. All be they important, but they're not the most important. So, he said the most important aspect in your life is your personal connection with Kṛṣṇa, and that's achieved, says Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, especially by your chanting. So, it leads us back to this idea that your bhajan is your base.Therefore, Śrīla Prabhupāda essentialized everything by giving us sixteen rounds and saying that's the main thing. And if you make that your base, then all the other things will make sense, and they can fall into place properly. So, my mantra for the day is: 'Your Bhajan Is Your Base'. Just think about it a little bit while you're chanting, perhaps, or, you know, as you're leaning into your chanting, think about how important it is in your life. Think on a scale of 1 to 10, how important is it? How much is it your base, or how much is it an incidental activity that you're performing, and so forth and see if you can identify it on a scale of 1 to 10, if that's not too technical.To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits
Oh! When there is attachment to the holy name of Krsna, the life of a living being very easily becomes successful! Oh! Without affection for Krsna, life is simply useless! At the end of life, you will obtain the beautiful vision of Radha and Syama in Vrndavana – but only when the mercy of Lord Gaura is first received! Oh! (Translation)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits
The way one resides in Vṛndāvan or in Rādhā-kuṇḍa isn't necessarily just to move in, and I'll stop with this point, but it means that, we should be careful. Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that you should live in Vṛndāvan always; if you can't be there physically, then you should live there within your mind and heart. So if you're living here, you can cultivate that mood.It does help to go to Vṛndāvan during our lifetimes if we could make the pilgrimage to Vṛndāvan, as suggested by Prahlāda Mahārāja in today's verse 'vanaṁ gato yad dharim āśrayeta'. You should try to go there and take shelter. My personal experience is going to the dhāma and spending time there means that you develop a relationship with it because the dhāma is non-different from Kṛṣṇa. If you go there and serve the dhāma and you hear in the dhāma, then you start to develop an affection for the dhāma and you think, "Let me be in the dhāma."And then, you can think of the dhāma, and that was Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's recommendation or order that 'Live in Vṛndāvan', but it means live there within your heart. Some people move to Vṛndāvan, and they're thinking, "I wish I was in Delhi because I could watch a video right now. I won't do it in Vṛndāvan, but maybe I'll go to Delhi and watch a video and come back." And somebody might be in Delhi, or the middle of France for that matter, and be pining for Vṛndāvan and think, "I wish I was in Vṛndāvan and I'm not qualified," and therefore they're feeling separation for the dhāma. They're more in Vṛndāvan than someone who maybe has moved into Vṛndāvan and then, became entangled in, mundane thoughts and so forth.Therefore, as we'll discuss later from some of Prabhupāda's purports and instructions, when we approach the dhāma, we should be very careful. Prabhupāda once said you can stay there three days or three years. Three days means you go there very carefully and offer obeisances to Kṛṣṇa Balarāma and be in some of the Kirtans and so forth. Three days, so you don't make any offense and then go or three years if youhave service. When we go to the dhāma, main point is you should have some service there if you're going to stay a long period of time. Because often times people go to the dhāma and think I'll hear and chant 24 hours a day, and then they get there and khrh..And you find out, yeah, you still got to find out where to eat, right, because you are hungry, right? And then it's like you're in the food line: "Do you have a plate? I don't have a plate. You need a spoon." All the other types of things well up in one's life, and it becomes a situation where one might become a desperado in the dhāma, and that's also not ideal. So we have to cultivate the relationship with the dhāma very carefully, and one can do so from here in France, being in this dhāma but cultivating knowledge of the dhāma through hearing and chanting, but also visiting.(excerpt from the talk )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------ #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Of course we have to control the mind, and I have already instructed you and all my students that the restless fickle mind can only be controlled by putting the mind to the lotus feet of Krsna, and that can best be done by chanting Hare Krsna mantra, and there is no alternative in this age. By chanting without offenses, the devotee cries to Radharani and Krsna to please lift him out of the material energy and put him into the spiritual energy, which is devotional service.And because we are not at the stage where we can chant and do nothing else all day, there are so many other engagements. So you have sufficient engagement there? Because if we are not fulltime engaged then the mind is free to do its fickle business of rejection and acceptance for sense gratification. Maya will immediately enter—we do not even have to call her—the moment we are not absorbed in Krsna's devotional service.Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Letter to: Govinda DāsīDated: July 20, 1973To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #makejapagreatagain #kttvg
There are competent people who have clear consciousness. I collect them personally. I find it much easier than trying to figure out stuff myself. I try to find those people who are loyal, well-accomplished and devotional. I can see that they have Krishna Consciousness in their life. And then I..(Excerpt from the answer)Link to the entire talk: https://youtu.be/9tMx200-y04To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
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When Tapana Miśra, who was a very elevated person and had great intelligence, got tangled up in understanding what was the goal of life, because he was so adept at studying various literatures that he got confused. And then he couldn't ascertain what the goal of life was because there were so many different opinions, and they all sounded reasonable to some degree.So then he had a dream, and a brāhmaṇa came to him in the dream and said, "You should meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and ask him." So Tapana Miśra, the next day, awakened and then he met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who happened to be in his area at that time. And he submitted himself to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and said, "I've lost my way. I don't know what to do; there are so many opinions."And Caitanya Mahāprabhu told him that he should chant Hare Kṛṣṇa because it's the Yuga Dharma. It's also the one process through which, the Bhāgavatam says, one can directly see The Supreme Personality of Godhead and understand everything. There's nothing left out of the process of chanting. (Excerpt from the talk ) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
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The tendency to self-medicate is one of the ways that we can become misled or confused because, you know, "I read it on the internet." It's something that often now a times people do, "I looked it up, that's what I think I have." I know people who do that a lot— just taking antibiotics on their own for anything.So, we have the benefit of supporting our determination, that we have a prescription. Yes, there are a lot of branches of the Vedas, and you can go through them all and then self-medicate, saying, "I'll try this or that." But 'Mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ' (Cc. Madhya 17.186): the ultimate conclusion of the Bhāgavat system is, yes, there are many ways and paths, but you should follow the acharyas, what the great souls have prescribed already .And then if you get a very local prescription, which we have—that’s why we have our founder acharya sitting here with us all the time—and then the prescription is already written: 16 rounds. So we can be very clear: "I have a prescription, I have to follow it," rather than the mind speculating, "Maybe I'll do something else."And I've seen people do that—some persons say, "Well, maybe I won't chant 16 rounds, maybe I'll do my own kind of meditation because it feels better to me." Okay, good luck, but then you'll think of something else later because of the way in which the mind pulls us into a hole. We dig a hole, and there's an old admonition: "If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging and start chanting."Because we can even go into such a hole that I doubt my own existence, I doubt the existence of God. This is the way the modes of nature work upon the mind. The way out of it is to follow the prescription until you feel health.So, I have just a brief question so we have some interaction: How do you feel when you legitimately finish your rounds? You know, you actually concentrated on your rounds and you finished all of them. How do you feel at that point?(Excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The fact that Prabhupāda was so attentive to correspondence .Everybody got a response and that's really amazing because Prabhupāda considered everybody, everybody's contribution to be important. No detail was too small for Prabhupāda to attend to. (Excerpt from the discussion)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
I just want to take a couple of minutes to think about ways in which to improve japa. I talked at the beginning of the class about desperation, and when we feel ourselves dependent on Kṛṣṇa and helpless, there could be a feeling of desperation in which we call out. And we have the example of Advaita Ācārya.Then there's room in devotional service for ambition. Everyone, being a living entity and not a dead stone, has some aspiration. In the Nectar of Devotion, Prabhupāda mentions how, when we have a specific ambition for serving Kṛṣṇa, and we're praying hard for it—that "I want to serve you in this way"—this is one of the perfections of devotional service.So, can you think of ways in which you might pray with ambition? Could you look the word up, please? Can you think of an example of someone who prayed with ambition? You know, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is the ultimate prayer, so when we're chanting, we can also with our heart be asking Kṛṣṇa, "Please empower me in this way or that." (excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
O Lord, Your lotus face, which is encircled by locks of soft black hair tinged with red, is kissed again and again by mother Yasoda, and Your lips are reddish like the bimba fruit. May this beautiful vision of Your lotus face be ever manifest in my heart. Thousands and thousands of other benedictions are of no use to me. (Text 5)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
I just want to take a couple of minutes to think about ways in which to improve japa. I talked at the beginning of the class about desperation, and when we feel ourselves dependent on Kṛṣṇa and helpless, there could be a feeling of desperation in which we call out. And we have the example of Advaita Ācārya.Then there's room in devotional service for ambition. Everyone, being a living entity and not a dead stone, has some aspiration. In the Nectar of Devotion, Prabhupāda mentions how, when we have a specific ambition for serving Kṛṣṇa, and we're praying hard for it—that "I want to serve you in this way"—this is one of the perfections of devotional service.So, can you think of ways in which you might pray with ambition? Could you look the word up, please? Can you think of an example of someone who prayed with ambition? You know, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is the ultimate prayer, so when we're chanting, we can also with our heart be asking Kṛṣṇa, "Please empower me in this way or that."To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
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I've seen that coming to Vṛndāvana—especially, I mean, I'm coming to India three times a year now—but this is a special kind of retreat. And I agree with you on the intensity I've seen. It takes a while to get in resonance with the environment here, and if you fall out of resonance, it can be torture, because you could be here and then not want to be here. That can happen. The mind can just flip, and then you're gone. So, it's a real art. It's like surfing or something, you know? Learning to catch the wave while you're here and staying on it—don't wipe out.I've seen that as a really important part of my sādhana, to come to the dhāma very deliberately, to leave things behind and be incognito in many ways, although not completely, and then to spend the time here and ride those waves. It takes cultivation to be able to resonate with the dhāma. I mean, some people come here and then they wear a t-shirt that says, "I Left My Heart in Vṛndāvana," and that's probably true because it's charming. But, as you were saying, going anywhere and then living there in your heart, you have to have a relationship here. Means Kṛṣṇa is a person, and ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanayas tad-dhāma vṛndāvanam. There's no difference between Kṛṣṇa and his dhāma—they are non-different.So, to come here and then be able to feel welcomed here, and also to feel that this is becoming more and more the place, the only place you really want to be even when you're somewhere else, I think that takes a lifetime of dedication, of coming on a regular basis. That's why Prabhupāda kept telling us every year we had to come. It was something he ordered all his disciples: he said, "Just come, whatever you're doing," because there were so many thoughts. "Yeah, but we're building a temple," or "Is it just come?" You have to come. So, I really like the way you were thinking about that and the feeling of resonating with the dhāma. (HG Vaiśeṣika Dasa's reflection )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
A devotee, therefore, should execute his devotional services with full energy, endurance, and confidence. He should perform his scheduled duties, he should be pure in heart, and he should serve in association with devotees. All six of these items will lead the devotee to the path of success. One should not be discouraged in the discharge of devotional service. Failures may not be detrimental; they may be the pillars of success. One must have good faith in the regulative principles followed by the self-realized souls, and one should not be doubtful about the ultimate result of such devotional service. Rather, one must go on executing his prescribed duties without hesitation, and one should never be influenced by unwanted association.We should not consider going back to Godhead a plaything. We must take it seriously, as enjoined in the scriptures. For a strict follower, the result is sure and certain, and when the time is right the result will come of its own force. Dhruva Mahārāja went to worship God to gain something, but when he actually came in contact with God he did not want anything from the Lord. The Lord, however, awarded Dhruva Mahārāja both benefits—that is, the Lord fulfilled his desires and also gave him eternal salvation. Such are the lessons we learn from all the revealed scriptures. The almighty God awards the results we desire, and therefore we should desire that which is eternal, blissful, and full of knowledge. In devotional service we should not endeavor for that which is temporary and useless.(Text 43)https://vedabase.io/en/library/lob/43/Color plates: https://prabhupada.io/gallery/light-of-the-bhagavataTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
All of us living beings are differentiated expansions of the Lord, but our affection for the Lord is submerged within us, artificially covered by the material quality of ignorance. Spiritual culture is meant to revive this natural affection of the living being for the Lord. The ingredients of fire are already present in safety matches, and only mild friction is needed to ignite a fire. Similarly, our natural affection for the Lord has to be revived by a little culture. Specifically, we have to receive the messages of the Lord with a purified heart.For spiritual realization one has to purify the heart and know things in their true perspective. As soon as one does this, the flow of one's natural affection begins to glide toward the Lord, and with the progress of this flow one becomes more and more self-realized in various relations with the Lord. The Lord is the center of all the affection of all living beings, who are all His parts and parcels. When the flow of natural affection for the Lord is clogged by desires to imitate His Lordship, one is said to be in māyā, or illusion. Māyā has no substantial existence, but as long as its hallucinations go on, their reactions are felt. The Lord, by His causeless mercy, displays the reality of life so that our hallucinations may be completely dissipated.(Text 23)https://vedabase.io/en/library/lob/Color plates : https://prabhupada.io/gallery/light-of-the-bhagavataTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Because a person who is spiritually advanced accepts any adverse condition of life as the mercy of the Lord, he is completely eligible to enter into the spiritual kingdom. Even though a person takes to the devotional service of the Supreme Lord, he may sometimes become diseased, impoverished, or disappointed by life's events. A true devotee of the Lord always considers these sufferings to be due to past sinful activities, and thus without becoming disturbed he patiently awaits the mercy of the Supreme Lord. Such devotees are compared to high mountains, which are never agitated in any way, even when struck by powerful torrents of rain in the rainy season. Rather, such devotees remain humble in spiritual enlightenment. Free from pride and envy, they easily gain the mercy of the Lord and go back home, back to Godhead. (Text 12, Light of The Bhāgavata )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
I was just realizing on the trip to Vṛndāvana, I just felt enveloped by the words I've heard from the purports. You can't not get affected—it's like radiation. You may think, you know, that was nothing, and then next thing you know, you're totally radiated.And I think that it takes a little time: vidyāṁ cāvidyāṁ ca yas tad vedobhayaḿ saha avidyayā mṛtyuṁ tīrtvā vidyayāmṛtam aśnute (Iso-9)Only one who can cultivate nescience and transcendental knowledge side by side can transcend the influence of repeated birth and death and enjoy the full blessings of immortality.So, there's a way in which everything goes in. That's my realization. I don't have to chase it as hard as I think I do because it's up to Krishna. My job is to hear it as faithfully as possible śuśrūṣoḥ śraddadhānasya , be eager to hear it, be open to hear it, don't run away from it, don't try to control it too much. Let it be there, and then Krishna knows exactly how all the places fit into my consciousness—like, this goes here, that goes there. It's automatic. And when I go out into the world and I start doing whatever I'm doing again, I find that there's nothing lost. It all went in somewhere and it all gets integrated into my life. That's my current realization of the consolidation of the experience of hearing. (excerpt from the answer)Full Video: https://youtu.be/dFTW8ykHZKI?feature=sharedTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
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Of all His Divine Grace's writings, this work is perhaps the most unique. It was written in Vṛndāvana in 1961 in response to an invitation to attend a world conference, the Congress for Cultivating the Human Spirit, held in Japan. As most of the participants to the Conference were from the Orient, Śrīla Prabhupāda considered deeply how he could best present the timeless teachings of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam suitable to the Oriental people. The original Bhāgavatam was written over five thousand years ago as an extremely large book composed of eighteen thousand verses. Participants to the conference would not have the time to hear it all. He therefore chose one chapter from the original version for presentation.The chapter he selected was a description of the autumn season in Vṛndāvana, the place of Lord Kṛṣṇa's appearance. Śrīla Prabhupāda knew that the Oriental people were very fond of hearing descriptions of nature and that the time of the autumn season is particularly auspicious to them. Presenting spiritual philosophy by examples from nature would be best for their understanding. For each seasonal phenomenon, a parallel teaching could be given. For example, the dark, cloudy evening of the rainy autumn season when no stars are visible is compared to the present materialistic, godless civilization when the bright stars of the Bhāgavata's wisdom (the devotees and scriptures) are temporarily obscured. Altogether Śrīla Prabhupāda composed forty-eight commentaries to go along with the verses of the chapter.Śrīla Prabhupāda's plan was that the organizers of the conference should find a qualified Oriental artist to illustrate each verse, and he wrote directions from which the artist could design each painting. He hoped that the paintings and their accompanying explanations would make an impressive display for visitors to the conference. If possible, he wished that there might be published a book containing the illustrations and the texts.Due to unfortunate circumstances, Śrīla Prabhupāda was unable to attend the conference, and the whole project of Light of the Bhāgavata was postponed. In fact, at the time of Śrīla Prabhupāda's disappearance the Light of the Bhāgavata still remained unpublished and the illustrations not yet painted.The task of completing this great project was therefore left in the hands of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, the publishing house dedicated to keeping all of Śrīla Prabhupāda's books in print. Particularly, the work was assigned to the Hong Kong branch of the Book Trust, since Śrīla Prabhupāda had meant the book especially for the Oriental people. After much searching it was our good fortune to secure the help of the renowned artist Madame Li Yun Sheng, whose mature creative talent and sensitive brushwork alone could properly complement Prabhupāda's beautiful descriptions of the autumn season. Thus the beautifully effulgent light of the Bhāgavata may now shine upon the world. (Preface: Light of the Bhāgavata)https://vedabase.io/en/library/lob/preface/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark
The description of the dealings of Kapiladeva and His mother is very confidential, and anyone who hears or reads this narration becomes a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is carried by Garuḍa, and he thereafter enters into the abode of the Supreme Lord to engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. The narration of Kapiladeva and His mother, Devahūti, is so perfect and transcendental that even if one only hears or reads this description, he achieves the highest perfectional goal of life, for he engages in the loving service of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is no doubt that Devahūti, who had the Supreme Lord as her son and who followed the instructions of Kapiladeva so nicely, attained the highest perfection of human life. (SB 3.33.37,translation & purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/33/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The devotees adopt the devotional process: hearing about the Supreme Lord’s pastimes and glorifying His activities and thereby always remembering His beautiful eternal form. By rendering service, becoming His friend or His servant and offering Him everything that one possesses, one is able to enter into the kingdom of God. As it is said in Bhagavad-gītā, tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā: after discharging pure devotional service, one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead in fact, and thus one becomes eligible to enter into His association in one of the spiritual planets.(SB 3.31.22,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/33/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
It is not very astounding, for no one in this life can chant the holy name of the Lord unless he has passed all lower stages, such as performing the Vedic ritualistic sacrifices, studying the Vedas and practicing good behavior like that of the Āryans. All this must first have been done. Just as a student in a law class is to be understood to have already graduated from general education, anyone who is engaged in the chanting of the holy name of the Lord — Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare — must have already passed all lower stages. It is said that those who simply chant the holy name with the tip of the tongue are glorious. One does not even have to chant the holy name and understand the whole procedure, namely the offensive stage, offenseless stage and pure stage; if the holy name is sounded on the tip of the tongue, that is also sufficient. It is said herein that nāma, a singular number, one name, Kṛṣṇa or Rāma, is sufficient. It is not that one has to chant all the holy names of the Lord. The holy names of the Lord are innumerable, and one does not have to chant all the names to prove that he has already undergone all the processes of Vedic ritualistic ceremonies. If one chants once only, it is to be understood that he has already passed all the examinations, not to speak of those who are chanting always, twenty-four hours a day. It is specifically said here, tubhyam: “unto You only.” One must chant God’s name, not, as the Māyāvādī philosophers say, any name, such as a demigod’s name or the names of God’s energies. Only the holy name of the Supreme Lord will be effective. (SB 3.33.7,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/33/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #govardhanareadings
In order to become a devotee of the Lord, one has to accept a spiritual master and inquire from him about how to progress in devotional service. To serve a devotee, to chant the holy name according to a certain counting method, to worship the Deity, to hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or Bhagavad-gītā from a realized person and to live in a sacred place where devotional service is not disturbed are the first out of sixty-four devotional activities for making progress in devotional service. One who has accepted these five chief activities is called a devotee. (SB 3.32.42,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/32/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The devotee’s intelligence is always in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His attitude towards the material existence is one of detachment, for he knows perfectly well that this material world is a creation of illusory energy. Realizing himself to be part and parcel of the Supreme Soul, the devotee discharges his devotional service and is completely aloof from material action and reaction. Thus at the end he gives up his material body, or the material energy, and as pure soul he enters the kingdom of God.(SB 3.31.48,purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Someone may proclaim himself to be a very good national worker, the best friend of the people and of the country, but actually he cannot be the greatest friend of everyone. The only friend is Kṛṣṇa. One should try to raise the consciousness of the conditioned soul to the platform of understanding that Kṛṣṇa is his actual friend. If one makes friendship with Kṛṣṇa, one will never be cheated, and he will get all help needed. Arousing this consciousness of the conditioned soul is the greatest service, not posing oneself as a great friend of another living entity. The power of friendship is limited. Although one claims to be a friend, he cannot be a friend unlimitedly. There are an unlimited number of living entities, and our resources are limited; therefore we cannot be of any real benefit to the people in general. The best service to the people in general is to awaken them to Kṛṣṇa consciousness so that they may know that the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor and the supreme friend is Kṛṣṇa. Then this illusory dream of lording it over material nature will vanish.(SB 3.27.4,purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Lord Kapila advised His mother that she did not need any indirect process. She was already situated in that direct process because the Supreme Lord had taken birth as her son. Actually, she did not need any further instruction because she was already in the perfectional stage. Kapiladeva advised her to continue in the same way. He therefore addressed His mother as bhāmini to indicate that she was already thinking of the Lord as her son. Devahūti is advised by Lord Kapila to take directly to devotional service, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, because without that consciousness one cannot become liberated from the clutches of māyā. (SB 3.32.11,purport) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
It may be questioned herein how the child can be fully Kṛṣṇa conscious within the womb of the mother without any paraphernalia with which to execute Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is not necessary to arrange for paraphernalia to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. The child wants to remain within the abdomen of its mother and at the same time wants to become free from the clutches of māyā. One does not need any material arrangement to cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One can cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness anywhere and everywhere, provided he can always think of Kṛṣṇa. The mahā-mantra, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, can be chanted even within the abdomen of one’s mother. One can chant while sleeping, while working, while imprisoned in the womb or while outside. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness cannot be checked in any circumstance. The conclusion of the child’s prayer is: “Let me remain in this condition; although it is very miserable, it is better not to fall a victim to māyā again by going outside.”(SB 3.31.21,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/31/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
After birth the child may forget about the difficulties of his past lives, but when we are grown-up we can at least understand the grievous tortures undergone at birth and death by reading the authorized scriptures like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. If we do not believe in the scriptures, that is a different question, but if we have faith in the authority of such descriptions, then we must prepare for our freedom in the next life; that is possible in this human form of life. One who does not take heed of these indications of suffering in human existence is said to be undoubtedly committing suicide. It is said that this human form of life is the only means for crossing over the nescience of māyā, or material existence. We have a very efficient boat in this human form of body, and there is a very expert captain, the spiritual master; the scriptural injunctions are like favorable winds. If we do not cross over the ocean of the nescience of material existence in spite of all these facilities, then certainly we are all intentionally committing suicide.( SB 3.31.9,purport )https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/31/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The direct offender is more responsible for sinful activities than the indirect enjoyer. The great learned scholar Cāṇakya Paṇḍita says, therefore, that whatever one has in his possession had better be spent for the cause of sat, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, because one cannot take his possessions with him. They remain here, and they will be lost. Either we leave the money or the money leaves us, but we will be separated. The best use of money as long as it is within our possession is to spend it to acquire Kṛṣṇa consciousness. (SB 3.30.31,purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The phenomenal world is created, maintained and destroyed by the finger signal of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore a devotee does not desire anything in this material world. A devotee desires only to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This servitude exists eternally; the Lord exists eternally, His servitor exists eternally, and the service exists eternally. ( SB 3.29.45,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/29/advanced-view/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/30/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Text 26ātmanaś ca parasyāpiyaḥ karoty antarodaramtasya bhinna-dṛśo mṛtyurvidadhe bhayam ulbaṇamTranslationAs the blazing fire of death, I cause great fear to whoever makes the least discrimination between himself and other living entities because of a differential outlook.Text 27atha māṁ sarva-bhūteṣubhūtātmānaṁ kṛtālayamarhayed dāna-mānābhyāṁmaitryābhinnena cakṣuṣāTranslationTherefore, through charitable gifts and attention, as well as through friendly behavior and by viewing all to be alike, one should propitiate Me, who abide in all creatures as their very Self.(SB 3.29) https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/29/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
It is stated clearly herein that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His plenary expansion of Supersoul, is present in all living entities. The living entities have 8,400,000 different kinds of bodies, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is living in every body both as the individual soul and as the Supersoul. Since the individual soul is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, in that sense the Lord is living in every body, and, as Supersoul, the Lord is also present as a witness. In both cases the presence of God in every living entity is essential. Therefore persons who profess to belong to some religious sect but who do not feel the presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in every living entity, and everywhere else, are in the mode of ignorance.If, without this preliminary knowledge of the Lord’s omnipresence, one simply attaches himself to the rituals in a temple, church or mosque, it is as if he were offering butter into ashes rather than into the fire. One offers sacrifices by pouring clarified butter into a fire and chanting Vedic mantras, but even if there are Vedic mantras and all conditions are favorable, if the clarified butter is poured on ashes, then such a sacrifice will be useless. In other words, a devotee should not ignore any living entity. The devotee must know that in every living entity, however insignificant he may be, even in an ant, God is present, and therefore every living entity should be kindly treated and should not be subjected to any violence.(SB 3.29.22,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/29/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The manifestation of unadulterated devotional service is exhibited when one’s mind is at once attracted to hearing the transcendental name and qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is residing in everyone’s heart. Just as the water of the Ganges flows naturally down towards the ocean, such devotional ecstasy, uninterrupted by any material condition, flows towards the Supreme Lord (SB 3.29.11-12)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
It is recommended that the yogī visualize the laughter of the Lord after studying His smile very carefully. These particular descriptions of meditation on the smile, laughter, face, lips and teeth all indicate conclusively that God is not impersonal. It is described herein that one should meditate on the laughter or smiling of Viṣṇu. There is no other activity that can completely cleanse the heart of the devotee. The exceptional beauty of the laughter of Lord Viṣṇu is that when He smiles His small teeth, which resemble the buds of jasmine flowers, at once become reddish, reflecting His rosy lips. If the yogī is able to place the beautiful face of the Lord in the core of his heart, he will be completely satisfied. In other words, when one is absorbed in seeing the beauty of the Lord within himself, the material attraction can no longer disturb him. (SB 3.28.33,purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The entire universe is full of miseries, and therefore the inhabitants of this material universe are always shedding tears out of intense grief. There is a great ocean of water made from such tears, but for one who surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ocean of tears is at once dried up. One need only see the charming smile of the Supreme Lord. In other words, the bereavement of material existence immediately subsides when one sees the charming smile of the Lord. (SB 3.28.32,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/28/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The color of the Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is described here as nīlotpala-dala, meaning that it is like that of a lotus flower with petals tinted blue and white. People always ask why Kṛṣṇa is blue. The color of the Lord has not been imagined by an artist. It is described in authoritative scripture. In the Brahma-saṁhitā also, the color of Kṛṣṇa’s body is compared to that of a bluish cloud. The color of the Lord is not poetical imagination. There are authoritative descriptions in the Brahma-saṁhitā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Bhagavad-gītā and many of the Purāṇas of the Lord’s body, His weapons and all other paraphernalia. The Lord’s appearance is described here as padma-garbhāruṇekṣaṇam. His eyes resemble the inside of a lotus flower, and in His four hands He holds the four symbols: conchshell, discus, mace and lotus.(SB 3.28.13, purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
A devotee is always thinking of how better to serve Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and how to broadcast His name, fame and qualities throughout the world. One who is nitya-siddha has no business other than broadcasting the glories of the Lord all over the world according to his ability. Such people are already associates of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Therefore Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, nitya-siddha kari’ māne. One should not think that because Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was personally present five hundred years ago, only His associates were liberated. Rather, Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says that anyone is a nitya-siddha if he acts on behalf of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by spreading the glories of the holy name of the Lord. We should respect those devotees preaching the glories of the Lord as nitya-siddha and should not consider them conditioned.māṁ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevatesa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate(Bg. 14.26)One who has transcended the material modes of nature is said to be on the Brahman platform. That is also the platform of nitya-siddha. The nitya-siddha not only stays on the Brahman platform but also works on that platform. Simply by accepting the associates of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu as nitya-siddha, one can very easily go back home, back to Godhead.(CC Madhya 11.89, quoted in the discussion)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/27/advanced-view/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/28/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #govardhanareadings
This is an especially valuable time for all of us to be in the dhāma together and to be there in the mood of service—just to serve the dhāma by appreciating it and by being aware of how glorious it is. And finally, I say that the most important aspect of a pilgrimage like this, is the hearing and chanting that we do. Of course, this is pointed out by Kṛṣṇa at Kurukṣetra when all the sages were present and they wanted to hear directly from Kṛṣṇa. And He says:yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij janeṣv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ (SB 10.84.13)The sages said, "Woah, that's the most amazing thing we ever heard." And what did Kṛṣṇa say? He said, "When you go to the dhāma, don't go there just to take a bath and leave your sins—just a little dip and I get purified." He said, "Go there to hear from the holy sages; go there to hear about the realizations of Kṛṣṇa's pastimes and the Bhagavad-gītā, and all these things in that rarified atmosphere." That's the real purpose: to be in the dhāma and find those who are very serious about spiritual life and hear from them.It's not about how many places you go; it's about what mood you're in when you go there and what you get to hear while you're there. Because what can we see with our eyes, generally? Of course, the dhāma is beautiful in all its aspects, but the more we're able to position ourselves in such a way that we can hear about Kṛṣṇa—Kṛṣṇa Katha—wherever we go, that's our greatest benefit in the dhāma. (excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
If one wants to perfect his life, he should discharge his prescribed duties for the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa. One must act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, for such action will never produce any reaction (animitta-nimittena). This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā. Yajñārthāt karmaṇo ’nyatra: all activities should be performed simply for Yajña, or the satisfaction of Viṣṇu. Anything done otherwise, without the satisfaction of Viṣṇu, or Yajña, produces bondage, so here it is also prescribed by Kapila Muni that one can transcend material entanglement by acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which means seriously engaging in devotional service. This serious devotional service can develop by hearing for long periods of time. Chanting and hearing is the beginning of the process of devotional service. One should associate with devotees and hear from them about the Lord’s transcendental appearance, activities, disappearance, instructions, etc.There are two kinds of śruti, or scripture. One is spoken by the Lord, and the other is spoken about the Lord and His devotees. Bhagavad-gītā is the former and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam the latter. One must hear these scriptures repeatedly from reliable sources in order to become fixed in serious devotional service. Through engagement in such devotional service, one becomes freed from the contamination of māyā. It is stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that hearing about the Supreme Personality of Godhead cleanses the heart of all contamination caused by the influence of the three modes of material nature. By continuous, regular hearing, the effects of the contamination of lust and greed to enjoy or lord it over material nature diminish, and when lust and greed diminish, one then becomes situated in the mode of goodness. This is the stage of Brahman realization, or spiritual realization. In this way one becomes fixed on the transcendental platform. Remaining fixed on the transcendental platform is liberation from material entanglement. (SB 3.27.21,purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Kapiladeva instructs that we should not endeavor hard for things which may come automatically, without extraneous labor. The exact word used in this connection, yadṛcchayā, means that every living entity has a predestined happiness and distress in his present body; this is called the law of karma. It is not possible that simply by endeavors to accumulate more money a person will be able to do so, otherwise almost everyone would be on the same level of wealth. In reality everyone is earning and acquiring according to his predestined karma. According to the Bhāgavatam conclusion, we are sometimes faced with dangerous or miserable conditions without endeavoring for them, and similarly we may have prosperous conditions without endeavoring for them. We are advised to let these things come as predestined. We should engage our valuable time in prosecuting Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In other words, one should be satisfied by his natural condition. If by predestination one is put into a certain condition of life which is not very prosperous in comparison to another’s position, one should not be disturbed. He should simply try to utilize his valuable time to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness does not depend on any materially prosperous or distressed condition; it is free from the conditions imposed by material life. A very poor man can execute Kṛṣṇa consciousness as effectively as a very rich man. One should therefore be very satisfied with his position as offered by the Lord. (SB 3.27.8)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/27/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, First Canto, it is stated that one becomes joyful by discharging devotional service. In that joyful attitude, one can understand the science of God, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness; otherwise it is not possible. The analytical study of the elements of material nature and the concentration of the mind upon the Supersoul are the sum and substance of the Sāṅkhya philosophical system. The perfection of this sāṅkhya-yoga culminates in devotional service unto the Absolute Truth. (SB 3.26.71,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/26/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
In the material world, we manufacture many things for our material comfort simply by hearing. They are already there, but just by hearing, one can transform them. If we want to build a very high skyscraper, this does not mean that we have to create it. The materials for the skyscraper — wood, metal, earth, etc. — are already there, but we make our intimate relationship with those already created material elements by hearing how to utilize them. Modern economic advancement for creation is also a product of hearing, and similarly one can create a favorable field of spiritual activities by hearing from the right source. Arjuna was a gross materialist in the bodily conception of life and was suffering from the bodily concept very acutely. But simply by hearing, Arjuna became a spiritualized, Kṛṣṇa conscious person. Hearing is very important, and that hearing is produced from the sky. By hearing only can we make proper use of that which already exists. The principle of hearing to properly utilize preconceived materials is applicable to spiritual paraphernalia as well. We must hear from the proper spiritual source.(SB 3.26.32,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/26/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Since the living entity is constitutionally part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord is very affectionate to the living entities. Unfortunately, when the living entity is bewildered or illusioned by the external energy, he becomes forgetful of his eternal relationship with the Lord, but as soon as he becomes aware of his constitutional position, he is liberated. The minute independence of the conditioned soul is exhibited by his marginal position. If he likes, he can forget the Supreme Personality of Godhead and come into the material existence with a false ego to lord it over material nature, but if he likes he can turn his face to the service of the Lord. The individual living entity is given that independence. His conditional life is ended and his life becomes successful as soon as he turns his face to the Lord, but by misusing his independence he enters into material existence. Yet the Lord is so kind that, as Supersoul, He always remains with the conditioned soul. The concern of the Lord is neither to enjoy nor to suffer from the material body. He remains with the jīva simply as sanction-giver and witness so that the living entity can receive the results of his activities, good or bad. (SB 3.26.18, purport )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Two words used in this verse are sat and asat. The cosmic manifestation is asat — it does not exist — but the material energy of the Supreme Lord is sat, or ever existing. Material nature is ever existing in its subtle form as the energy of the Lord, but it sometimes manifests this nonexistent or temporarily existent nature, the cosmos. An analogy may be made with the father and mother: the mother and the father exist, but sometimes the mother begets children. Similarly, this cosmic manifestation, which comes from the unmanifest material nature of the Supreme Lord, sometimes appears and again disappears. But the material nature is ever existing, and the Lord is the supreme cause for both the subtle and gross manifestations of this material world.(SB 3.26.10,purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Even if a person is completely illiterate, the transcendental knowledge of the scriptures is revealed unto him simply because of his engagement in devotional service. That is also stated in the Vedic literature. To anyone who has full faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the spiritual master, all the import of the Vedic literatures is revealed. He does not have to seek separately; the yogī who engages in devotional service is full in knowledge and renunciation. If there is a lack of knowledge and renunciation, it is to be understood that one is not in full devotional service. The conclusion is that one cannot be sure of entrance into the spiritual realm — in either the impersonal brahmajyoti effulgence of the Lord or the Vaikuṇṭha planets within that Brahman effulgence — unless he is surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord. The surrendered souls are called akuto-bhaya. They are doubtless and fearless, and their entrance into the spiritual kingdom is guaranteed. (SB 3.25.43) https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/25/advanced-view/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/26/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
It is clearly confirmed herein that the relationships cannot be destroyed, and therefore the opulences of those relationships are never destroyed. Every living entity has the propensity to love someone. We can see that if someone has no object of love, he generally directs his love to a pet animal like a cat or a dog. Thus the eternal propensity for love in all living entities is always searching for a place to reside. From this verse we can learn that we can love the Supreme Personality of Godhead as our dearmost object — as a friend, as a son, as a preceptor or as a well-wisher — and there will be no cheating and no end to such love. We shall eternally enjoy the relationship with the Supreme Lord in different aspects. A special feature of this verse is the acceptance of the Supreme Lord as the supreme preceptor. Bhagavad-gītā was spoken directly by the Supreme Lord, and Arjuna accepted Kṛṣṇa as guru, or spiritual master. Similarly, we should accept only Kṛṣṇa as the supreme spiritual master.Kṛṣṇa, of course, means Kṛṣṇa and His confidential devotees; Kṛṣṇa is not alone. When we speak of Kṛṣṇa, “Kṛṣṇa” means Kṛṣṇa in His name, in His form, in His qualities, in His abode and in His associates. Kṛṣṇa is never alone, for the devotees of Kṛṣṇa are not impersonalists. For example, a king is always associated with his secretary, his commander, his servant and so much paraphernalia. As soon as we accept Kṛṣṇa and His associates as our preceptors, no ill effects can destroy our knowledge. In the material world the knowledge which we acquire may change because of the influence of time, but nevertheless the conclusions received from Bhagavad-gītā, directly from the speeches of the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, can never change. There is no use interpreting Bhagavad-gītā; it is eternal.( SB 3.25.37,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/25/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
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The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord, because he is the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of Sri Hari [Krsna]. ( Translation, Verse 7) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
In one of the famous verses of Prahlāda Mahārāja (SB 7.9.28):evaṁ janaṁ nipatitaṁ prabhavāhi-kūpe kāmābhikāmam anu yaḥ prapatan prasaṅgāt kṛtvātmasāt surarṣiṇā bhagavan gṛhītaḥ so ’haṁ kathaṁ nu visṛje tava bhṛtya-sevām he says, and Prabhupāda was very fond of this verse and it fits well with today and the theme of what do we do now, that Prabhupāda is no longer physically here, as we often repeat.'Evaṁ janaṁ nipatitaṁ', Prahlāda expresses this sense of gratitude that you saved me, my Spiritual Master saved me from what? From a pit full of snakes and he says 'kāmābhikāmam anu yaḥ prapatan prasaṅgāt' .I was just following the normal course of activities which leads, one after another into this unfortunate well, where there's no escape. And then he says 'kṛtvātmasāt surarṣiṇā', but you've purified me, 'kṛtvātmasāt'. He said you caused me to come to a higher standard of life. 'Surarṣiṇā' who did it? The sage Nārda, my Spiritual Master, 'bhagavan gṛhītaḥ'. And then he finishes, 'so ’haṁ kathaṁ nu visṛje tava bhṛtya-sevām'. So he says then how can I give up his service? So the impetus..(excerpt from the offering)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
"All of you have come to assist me,my Guru Mahārāja has sent you to assist me". And I was a new devotee; I had just come in February and was newly initiated. I was 18. I didn't have a real deep understanding of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness and the relationship of a disciple with the guru. And When I saw how humble Śrīla Prabhupāda was, thanking us and so emotional about it, it really touched my heart. It really made Śrīla Prabhupāda, in a sense, more approachable for me because I could see that Kṛṣṇa Consciousness wasn't dry.I already, in a sense, knew that feasting, you know dancing, sevā, and relationships were part of it, but when I saw that humbleness of Śrīla Prabhupāda, I was really inspired by that. And so, he ended the lecture when he got emotional like that, but the tears...(excerpt from the offering ) https://prabhupadavani.org/transcriptions/731213dbla/ ( Śrīla Prabhupāda's lecture referred to in the offering)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
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To understand the personal activities of the Lord, one has to seek the association of devotees, and by such association, when one contemplates and tries to understand the transcendental activities of the Lord, the path to liberation is open, and he is freed. One who has firm faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes fixed, and his attraction for association with the Lord and the devotees increases. Association with devotees means association with the Lord. The devotee who makes this association develops the consciousness for rendering service to the Lord, and then, being situated in the transcendental position of devotional service, he gradually becomes perfect. (SB 3.25.25)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/25/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Here it is clearly stated that attachment for one thing is the cause of bondage in conditioned life, and the same attachment, when applied to something else, opens the door of liberation. Attachment cannot be killed; it has simply to be transferred. Attachment for material things is called material consciousness, and attachment for Kṛṣṇa or His devotee is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Consciousness is therefore the platform of attachment. It is clearly stated here that when we simply purify the consciousness from material consciousness to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we attain liberation. Despite the statement that one should give up attachment, desirelessness is not possible for a living entity. A living entity, by constitution, has the propensity to be attached to something. We see that if someone has no object of attachment, if he has no children, then he transfers his attachment to cats and dogs. This indicates that the propensity for attachment cannot be stopped; it must be utilized for the best purpose. Our attachment for material things perpetuates our conditional state, but the same attachment, when transferred to the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His devotee, is the source of liberation. (SB 3.25.20, purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The living entities, in the guises of men and women, are trying to enjoy the material energy; therefore in one sense everyone is puruṣa because puruṣa means “enjoyer” and prakṛti means “enjoyed.” In this material world both the so-called man and so-called woman are imitating the real puruṣa; the Supreme Personality of Godhead is actually the enjoyer in the transcendental sense, whereas all others are prakṛti. The living entities are considered prakṛti. In Bhagavad-gītā, matter is analyzed as aparā, or inferior nature, whereas beyond this inferior nature there is another, superior nature — the living entities. Living entities are also prakṛti, or enjoyed, but under the spell of māyā, the living entities are falsely trying to take the position of enjoyers. That is the cause of saṁsāra-bandha, or conditional life. Devahūti wanted to get out of conditional life and place herself in full surrender. The Lord is śaraṇya, which means “the only worthy personality to whom one can fully surrender,” because He is full of all opulences. If anyone actually wants relief, the best course is to surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord is also described here as sad-dharma-vidāṁ variṣṭham. This indicates that of all transcendental occupations the best occupation is eternal loving service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead( SB 3.25.11 purport )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
To hear from Kṛṣṇa is the real pleasure of the senses; therefore He is known as Govinda, for by His words, by His teachings, by His instruction — by everything connected with Him — He enlivens the senses. Whatever He instructs is from the transcendental platform, and His instructions, being absolute, are nondifferent from Him. Hearing from Kṛṣṇa or His expansion or plenary expansion like Kapila is very pleasing to the senses. Bhagavad-gītā can be read or heard many times, but because it gives great pleasure, the more one reads Bhagavad-gītā the more he gets the appetite to read and understand it, and each time he gets new enlightenment. That is the nature of the transcendental message. Similarly, we find that transcendental happiness in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The more we hear and chant the glories of the Lord, the more we become happy.(SB 3.25.2, Purport )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
We can't see ourselves. We can't see Kṛṣṇa either. But, if we—just like with sonar or with sonogram, that word 'son/sony'- through the sound vibration, it resonates with our higher self, with our actual self, with our spiritual self. And not only can we see ourselves, but we can also see Kṛṣṇa through the process of transcendental sound vibration. This is 'anāvṛtti śabdād'; everything becomes revealed through the sound vibration. ( Excerpt from the talk )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Regarding pointing our attention, in the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa talks about how when we contemplate the objects of the senses, we enter into a downward spiral. That is, we become attached to them and then we become bewildered because of it. So, we can also contemplate the holy name as we're chanting. There are many things said about the holy name and also about Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa's holy names are non-different. So even if we don't understand exactly who Kṛṣṇa is, who does, Gajendra says, nobody can actually understand who He is.We can contemplate it, and by contemplating the Holy Name, which means to actually consider it, just think about it—what is this name—and try to hear the sound and the mystery of the sound, try to understand it. Then we go in an upward spiral, unlike contemplating the objects of the senses. And ultimately, Prabhupāda says, if there's a sense of love, then the awareness and the concentration on the holy name is steady. Because naturally, when we love somebody, then... (excerpt from the talk )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #makejapagreatagain #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
In this age, hearing is more important than thinking because one’s thinking may be disturbed by mental agitation, but if one concentrates on hearing, he will be forced to associate with the sound vibration of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa and the sound vibration “Kṛṣṇa” are nondifferent, so if one loudly vibrates Hare Kṛṣṇa, he will be able to think of Kṛṣṇa immediately. This process of chanting is the best process of self-realization in this age; therefore Lord Caitanya preached it so nicely for the benefit of all humanity. (SB 3.24.35, Purport )https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/24/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Devotional service is such a powerful transcendental method that it surpasses all other methods of transcendental realization. The Lord therefore says that He lives neither in Vaikuṇṭha nor in the heart of a yogī, but He lives where His pure devotees are always chanting and glorifying Him. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is known as bhakta-vatsala. He is never described as jñānī-vatsala or yogī-vatsala. He is always described as bhakta-vatsala because He is more inclined toward His devotees than toward other transcendentalists. In Bhagavad-gītā it is confirmed that only a devotee can understand Him as He is. Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti: “One can understand Me only by devotional service, not otherwise.” That understanding alone is real because although jñānīs, mental speculators, can realize only the effulgence, or the bodily luster, of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and yogīs can realize only the partial representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a bhakta not only realizes Him as He is but also associates with the Personality of Godhead face to face.(SB 3.24.29,purport ) https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/24/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
One should ask questions, but then it should be done in the mood of coming to a conclusion so that one can say, "Yes, sir," and carry out one's duty. Sometimes one has to clarify one's duty. Sometimes, you know, Prabhupāda asked several times from his Guru what it is. And it's also, as I just pointed out, you should be inquisitive, which means that you should ask about any doubts that you have. They should be removed. ( excerpt from the talk ) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
What are the graces of the Lord? It is stated here that the graces of the Lord are abhaya, free from fearfulness. In the material world, if someone accumulates a million dollars, he is always full of fear because he is always thinking, “What if the money is lost?” But the benediction of the Lord, bhagavat-prasāda, is never to be lost. It is simply to be enjoyed. There is no question of loss. One simply gains and enjoys gaining. Bhagavad-gītā also confirms this: when one achieves the grace of the Lord, the result is that sarva-duḥkhāni, all distresses, are destroyed. When situated in the transcendental position, one is freed from the two kinds of material diseases — hankering and lamentation. This is also stated in Bhagavad-gītā. After devotional life begins, we can achieve the full result of love of Godhead. Love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest perfection of bhagavat-prasāda, or divine mercy. This transcendental achievement is so greatly valuable that no material happiness can compare to it. Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī said that if one achieves the grace of Lord Caitanya he becomes so great that he does not care a fig even for the demigods, he thinks of monism as hellish, and for him the perfection of controlling the senses is as easy as anything. Heavenly pleasures become to him no more than stories. Actually, there is no comparison between material happiness and transcendental happiness. ( 3.23.6 )https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/23/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
..just after Kṛṣṇa left the world for His own abode, then to fill the darkness again, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam then appeared, and it's non-different from Kṛṣṇa. So, when the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam appeared in the world, then we have the life of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu who personifies the Bhāgavatam. We know that Śrīla Prabhupāda, when he was in Vṛndāvana and he was considering how to carry out his mission to spread Krishna Consciousness all over the world, embarked on the translation and commentation on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam before he would leave Vṛndāvana. There's a picture of Śrīla Prabhupāda holding one of his volumes of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. He's holding it up like this. I have it somewhere in one of our slide decks, but it reminds me of him leading the charge into the battlefield, and that's exactly what he did. He spent the time in Vṛndāvana typing, typing, typing. In Chippiwada, the very pious brahmana who gave Prabhupāda a flat where he could do his work, Prabhupāda had a typewriter, probably typed with two fingers like this, and he said, did the owner of the flat that Prabhupāda was in there and what was he doing? typing, typing, typing, he said all day typing.Another account of Śrīla Prabhupāda in Vṛndāvana was that he was also typing, typing, typing. And there was one person that used to sometimes bring Prabhupāda prasādam to his room. But Prabhupāda was so absorbed in writing the Bhāgavatam in his commentary for the first canto that sometimes you just had to leave the prasādam outside the door. Because Prabhupāda didn't even answer the door because he was in samadhi - typing, typing, typing, the commentaries to the Bhāgavatam. When he had it in hand, then he brought it out. But what did he write in the beginning of the Bhāgavatam? He wrote the biography of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu because the life of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu follows the Bhāgavatam. He exemplifies the Bhāgavatam.Prabhupāda then came to America, and he brought with him only Bhāgavatam. You can hear on the Jaladuta, because he wrote down the words and we have them now, what his thoughts were, and that was that "let people hear this transcendental message of the Bhāgavatam, only by that will'... (excerpt from the talk )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
As for determination, one should follow the example of the sparrow who lost her eggs in the waves of the ocean. A sparrow laid her eggs on the shore of the ocean, but the big ocean carried away the eggs on its waves. The sparrow became very upset and asked the ocean to return her eggs. The ocean did not even consider her appeal. So the sparrow decided to dry up the ocean. She began to pick out the water in her small beak, and everyone laughed at her for her impossible determination. The news of her activity spread, and at last Garuḍa, the gigantic bird carrier of Lord Viṣṇu, heard it. He became compassionate toward his small sister bird, and so he came to see the sparrow. Garuḍa was very pleased by the determination of the small sparrow, and he promised to help. Thus Garuḍa at once asked the ocean to return her eggs lest he himself take up the work of the sparrow. The ocean was frightened at this, and returned the eggs. Thus the sparrow became happy by the grace of Garuḍa. Similarly, the practice of yoga, especially bhakti-yoga in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, may appear to be a very difficult job. But if anyone follows the principles with great determination, the Lord will surely help, for God helps those who help themselves. (Bhagavad-gītā, 6.24, Purport)Link to the entire video : https://youtu.be/rlAQqFUI_IQ?feature=sharedGovardhan Readings 2024 : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkKtsBboQFvyzKDwFK-bkdzRST54B_rWp&feature=sharedTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Charmingly, we found in the commentary where Kṛṣṇa meets Indra, but He arranges to meet him in a solitary place. When He meets him in a solitary place, Vishvanath Cakravarti Thakura says that He expresses his heart to Indra, and He says, "I hope I didn't offend you by doing this." This is indicative of the heart of Kṛṣṇa. Although He wants to rectify those who are wayward, He does it in a way that makes them more attracted to Him.This is one of the lessons that Kṛṣṇa gives throughout the Bhāgvatam. Śukadeva says that even if you're flawed, you can still approach Kṛṣṇa because He has this heart where He will accept whatever fragment, whatever scintilla of sincerity you have. Even if you're a notoriously flawed person, He'll accept the scintilla of sincerity that you have, and then He'll augment that.What's more, when one approaches Kṛṣṇa, even if one is flawed, meaning that one may not have the wherewithal to have ananyāś cintayanto māṁ, just unalloyed devotion to Kṛṣṇa, one may approach Kṛṣṇa with... ( excerpt from the talk )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Kardama underwent austerities to gain the causeless mercy of the Lord, and when the Lord arrived there He was so compassionate that in pleasure He shed tears, which became Bindu-sarovara. Bindu-sarovara is therefore worshiped by great sages and learned scholars because, according to the philosophy of the Absolute Truth, the Lord and the tears from His eyes are not different. Just as drops of perspiration which fell from the toe of the Lord became the sacred Ganges, so teardrops from the transcendental eyes of the Lord became Bindu-sarovara. Both are transcendental entities and are worshiped by great sages and scholars. The water of Bindu-sarovara is described here as śivāmṛta jala. Śiva means “curing.” Anyone who drinks the water of Bindu-sarovara is cured of all material diseases; similarly, anyone who takes his bath in the Ganges also is relieved of all material diseases. These claims are accepted by great scholars and authorities and are still being acted upon even in this fallen Age of Kali. (SB 3.21.38-39, purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
My Lord, Your Lordship can easily be approached, but only by those who are materially exhausted. One who is on the path of [material] progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education and bodily beauty, cannot approach You with sincere feeling. (SB 1.8.26)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Actually, to be one with the Supreme Lord means to be one with the interest of the Lord. Becoming one with the Supreme Lord does not imply becoming as great as the Supreme Lord. It is impossible. The part is never equal to the whole. The living entity is always a minute part. Therefore his oneness with the Lord is that he is interested in the one interest of the Lord. The Lord wants every living entity to always think about Him, to be His devotee, and to always worship Him. This is clearly stated in Bhagavad-gītā: man-manā bhava mad-bhaktaḥ. Kṛṣṇa wants everyone always to think of Him. Everyone should always offer obeisances to Kṛṣṇa. This is the will of the Supreme Lord, and devotees should try to fulfill His desire. Since the Lord is unlimited, His desire is also unlimited. There is no stoppage, and therefore the service of the devotee is also unlimited. In the transcendental world there is unlimited competition between the Lord and the servitor. The Lord wants to fulfill His desires unlimitedly, and the devotee also serves Him to fulfill His unlimited desires. There is an unlimited oneness of interest between the Lord and His devotee. (SB 3.21.31, purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/21/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
A question may be raised: Since Kardama Muni was advanced in spiritual life, why then did he not ask the Lord for liberation? Why did he want to enjoy material life in spite of his personally seeing and experiencing the Supreme Lord? The answer is that not everyone is competent to be liberated from material bondage. It is therefore everyone’s duty to enjoy according to his present position, but under the direction of the Lord or the Vedas. The Vedas are considered to be the direct words of the Lord. The Lord gives us the opportunity to enjoy material life as we want, and at the same time He gives directions for the modes and processes of abiding by the Vedas so that gradually one may be elevated to liberation from material bondage. The conditioned souls who have come to the material world to fulfill their desires to lord it over material nature are bound by the laws of nature. The best course is to abide by the Vedic rules; that will help one to be gradually elevated to liberation. (Sb 3.20.16,purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The time early in the morning, one and a half hours before sunrise, is called brāhma-muhūrta. During this brāhma-muhūrta, spiritual activities are recommended. Spiritual activities performed early in the morning have a greater effect than in any other part of the day. (SB 3.20.47, purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/20/advanced-view/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/21/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The Lord is described here by the word viviktādhyātma-darśanaḥ. If anyone can completely perceive another’s distress without doubt, it is the Lord Himself. If someone is in distress and wants to get relief from his friend, sometimes it so happens that his friend does not appreciate the volume of distress he is suffering. But for the Supreme Lord it is not difficult. The Supreme Lord, as Paramātmā, is sitting within the heart of every living entity, and He directly perceives the exact causes of distress. In Bhagavad-gītā the Lord says, sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ: “I am sitting in everyone’s heart, and because of Me one’s remembrance and forgetfulness occur.” Thus whenever one fully surrenders unto the Supreme Lord, one finds that He is sitting within one’s heart. He can give us direction how to get out of dangers or how to approach Him in devotional service.(SB 3.20.28, purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/20/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Just as a highly posted manager is almost as independent as the owner of a firm, Brahmā is described here as independent because, as the Lord’s representative to control the universe, he is almost as powerful and independent as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord, as the Supersoul within Brahmā, gave him the intelligence to create. Therefore the creative power of every living entity is not his own; it is by the grace of the Lord that one can create. There are many scientists and great workers in this material world who have wonderful creative force, but they act and create only according to the direction of the Supreme Lord. A scientist may create many wonderful inventions by the direction of the Lord, but it is not possible for him to overcome the stringent laws of material nature by his intelligence, nor is it possible to acquire such intelligence from the Lord, for the Lord’s supremacy would then be hampered. It is stated in this verse that Brahmā created the universe as it was before. This means that he created everything by the same name and form as in the previous cosmic manifestation.(SB 3.20.17 Purport ) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
What are the benefits? The benefits are that if we're mindful that every time a problem comes up, it's an opportunity. I'm not trying to sound like a self-help person here, but BG is the origin of all self-help. So, the fact is when we get challenges, and we're able to be self-realized in the way that we deal with them, and not react emotionally, but react methodically or act methodically, towards solving them. As an example, here's a guiding principle that helps me, and that is that 'workarounds bring turnarounds'.There are two sides to this, to a challenge that may come because somebody has a different idea than I do. One is, on one side of the spectrum, there's making an ultimatum, and that means unless we do it my way, we're not going to do it at all, which I found to be wholly unproductive. Because there's a way in which, once I say that, once I utter those words, I've painted my—well, I don't want to use a cliche—I've committed myself to not participating unless it's my way, and that stops the progress generally. The other, the antidote to that is to... ( excerpt from the talk ) Link to the entire talk : https://youtu.be/_qEg9y0AMwA?feature=sharedTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Even if one concentrates his mind on the boar form of the Lord, that is also yoga. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā, one who concentrates his mind constantly in meditation upon the Personality of Godhead in one of His many varieties of forms is the first-class yogī, and he can very easily attain trance simply by meditating upon the form of the Lord. If one is able to continue such meditation on the Lord’s form at the time of one’s death, one is liberated from this mortal body and is transferred to the kingdom of God. This opportunity was given to the demon by the Lord, and therefore Brahmā and other demigods were astonished. In other words, the perfection of yoga practice can be attained by a demon also if he is simply kicked by the Lord. ( ( SB .3.19.28 Purport )https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/18/advanced-view/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/19/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The Māyāvādī philosopher cannot understand that the Lord has feelings. The Lord is satisfied if someone offers Him a nice prayer, and similarly, God is dissatisfied if someone decries His existence or calls Him by ill names. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is decried by the Māyāvādī philosophers, who are almost demons. They say that God has no head, no form, no existence and no legs, hands or other bodily limbs. In other words, they say that He is dead or lame. All these misconceptions of the Supreme Lord are a source of dissatisfaction to Him; He is never pleased with such atheistic descriptions. In this case, although the Lord felt sorrow from the piercing words of the demon, He delivered the earth for the satisfaction of the demigods, who are ever His devotees. The conclusion is that God is as sentient as we are. He is satisfied by our prayers and dissatisfied by our harsh words against Him. In order to give protection to His devotee, He is always ready to tolerate insulting words from the atheists.SB 3.18.6,purporthttps://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/17/advanced-view/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/18/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Drink the pure nectar of the holy name of Krsna. There is nothing but the name to be had in the fourteen worlds. It has filled the soul of Sri Bhaktivinoda Thakura. ( Translation, Paragraph 8)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
The conclusion is that if one can feed a brāhmaṇa or Vaiṣṇava, it is better than performing hundreds of thousands of sacrifices. In this age, therefore, it is recommended that harer nāma — chanting the holy name of God — and pleasing the Vaiṣṇava are the only means to elevate oneself to spiritual life.SB 3.16.8, purportTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Similarly, one may speak very nicely from the rhetorical or grammatical point of view, which may be very much appreciated by a materialistic audience, but if one’s words are not offered to the service of the Lord, they are useless. The holes of the ears are very small and can be filled with any insignificant sound, so how can they receive as great a vibration as the glorification of the Lord? The answer is that the holes of the ears are like the sky. As the sky can never be filled up, the quality of the ear is such that one may go on pouring in vibrations of various kinds, yet it is capable of receiving more and more vibrations. A devotee is not afraid of going to hell if he has the opportunity to hear the glories of the Lord constantly. This is the advantage of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. One may be put in any condition, but God gives him the prerogative to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. In any condition of life, if one goes on chanting he will never be unhappy. (SB 3.15.49)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/15/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
tasyāravinda-nayanasya padāravinda-kiñjalka-miśra-tulasī-makaranda-vāyuḥantar-gataḥ sva-vivareṇa cakāra teṣāṁsaṅkṣobham akṣara-juṣām api citta-tanvoḥTranslationWhen the breeze carrying the aroma of tulasī leaves from the toes of the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead entered the nostrils of those sages, they experienced a change both in body and in mind, even though they were attached to the impersonal Brahman understanding. (SB 3.15.43)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/15/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Brahmājī confirms herewith that only persons who have developed the desirable qualities can enter into the kingdom of God. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, the devotee’s desirable qualities are described to be twenty-six in number. They are stated as follows: He is very kind; he does not quarrel with anyone; he accepts Kṛṣṇa consciousness as the highest goal of life; he is equal to everyone; no one can find fault in his character; he is magnanimous, mild and always clean, internally and externally; he does not profess to possess anything in this material world; he is a benefactor to all living entities; he is peaceful and is a soul completely surrendered to Kṛṣṇa; he has no material desire to fulfill; he is meek and humble, always steady, and has conquered the sensual activities; he does not eat more than required to maintain body and soul together; he is never mad after material identity; he is respectful to all others and does not demand respect for himself; he is very grave, very compassionate and very friendly; he is poetic; he is expert in all activities; and he is silent in nonsense. Similarly, in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Third Canto, Twenty-fifth Chapter, verse 21, the qualifications of a saintly person are mentioned. It is said there that a saintly person eligible to enter into the kingdom of God is very tolerant and very kind to all living entities. He is not partial; he is kind both to human beings and to animals. He is not such a fool that he will kill a goat Nārāyaṇa to feed a human Nārāyaṇa, or daridra-nārāyaṇa. He is very kind to all living entities; therefore he has no enemy. He is very peaceful. These are the qualities of persons who are eligible to enter into the kingdom of God. That such a person gradually becomes liberated and enters the kingdom of God is confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Fifth Canto, Fifth Chapter, verse 2. The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Second Canto, Third Chapter, verse 24.. (Sb 3.15.25 Purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark
Tamarind trees, they can grow to a very large size and live for a long time. And this Imlitala tree has been here since the time of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who used to come here from Akrūra-ghāt, and he would sit and chant his japa. So nice to know that the founder of the Gauḍīya Sampradāya chants japa. It's a good indication of what's important because he would sit here from early morning time until the late morning, early afternoon, chanting japa under the Imlitala tree. So, you can keep that idea in your mind when you chant japa. Because " tvayy ambujākṣākhila-sattva-dhāmni samādhinā veśita-cetasaiketvat-pāda-potena mahat-kṛtena kurvanti govatsa-padaṁ bhavābdhim (10.2.30)", the demigods praying to Lord Krishna within the womb say we should develop a samadhi on Kṛṣṇa. Why? Because He's the source of everything. And if you give your attention to Kṛṣṇa, "ananya-cetāḥ satataṁ yo māṁ smarati nityaśaḥ tasyāhaṁ su-labhaḥ pārtha nitya-yuktasya yoginaḥ (BG 8.14)", Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā, it is a very easy, simple process—think of me always. And the Bhagavatam verse says cetasaike, make your vision one-pointed, just concentrate on Krishna. Then it says "tvat-pāda-potena mahat-kṛtena, mahat kṛtena". How do you do that? You follow in the footsteps of the mahat, the greats. So, who are the greats? We have Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, name a few more... (Excerpt from the talk) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
The kingdom of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the spiritual sky cannot be understood by any process other than hearing from the description of the Vedas. No one can go see it. In this material world also, one who is unable to pay to go to a far distant place by motorized conveyances can only understand about that place from authentic books. Similarly, the Vaikuṇṭha planets in the spiritual sky are beyond this material sky. The modern scientists who are trying to travel in space are having difficulty going even to the nearest planet, the moon, to say nothing of the highest planets within the universe. There is no possibility that they can go beyond the material sky, enter the spiritual sky and see for themselves the spiritual planets, Vaikuṇṭha. Therefore, the kingdom of God in the spiritual sky can be understood only through the authentic descriptions of the Vedas and Purāṇas.In the material world there are three modes of material qualities — goodness, passion and ignorance — but in the spiritual world there is no trace of the modes of passion and ignorance; there is only the mode of goodness, which is uncontaminated by any tinge of ignorance or passion. In the material world, even if a person is completely in goodness, he is sometimes subject to be polluted by tinges of the modes of ignorance and passion. But in the Vaikuṇṭha world, the spiritual sky, only the mode of goodness in its pure form exists. The Lord and His devotees reside in the Vaikuṇṭha planets, and they are of the same transcendental quality, namely śuddha-sattva, the mode of pure goodness. The Vaikuṇṭha planets are very dear to the Vaiṣṇavas, and for the progressive march of the Vaiṣṇavas toward the kingdom of God, the Lord Himself helps His devotees.SB 3.15.15, purporthttps://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/15/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
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Yoga practice, the process of purifying one’s existential identity, is based mainly on self-control. Without self-control one cannot practice freedom from animosity. In the conditional state, every living being is envious of another living being, but in the liberated state there is an absence of animosity. ( SB 3.14.46, Purport )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
When the wife is accepted as a sense gratificatory agency, personal beauty is the main consideration, and as soon as there is a break in personal sense gratification, there is disruption or divorce. But when husband and wife aim at spiritual advancement by mutual cooperation, there is no consideration of personal beauty or the disruption of so-called love. In the material world there is no question of love. Marriage is actually a duty performed in mutual cooperation as directed in the authoritative scriptures for spiritual advancement., (SB 3.14.19, purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/14/46/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
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The word vibhramaḥ is significant. Vibhramaḥ means “illusion” as well as “beauty.” When a cloud rests on the peak of a great mountain, it appears to be sustained by the mountain, and at the same time it looks very beautiful. Similarly, the Lord has no need to sustain the earth on His tusks, but when He does so the world becomes beautiful, just as the Lord becomes more beautiful because of His pure devotees on the earth. Although the Lord is the transcendental personification of the Vedic hymns, He has become more beautiful because of His appearance to sustain the earth.SB 3.13.41, Purporthttps://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/13/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
Māyā means “mercy,” “specific knowledge” and also “illusion.” Therefore Lord Boar is everything; He is merciful, He is all knowledge, and He is illusion also. The sound which He vibrated as the boar incarnation was answered by the Vedic hymns of the great sages in the planets Janaloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka. The highest intellectual and pious living entities live in those planets, and when they heard the extraordinary voice of the boar, they could understand that the specific sound was vibrated by the Lord and no one else. Therefore they replied by praying to the Lord with Vedic hymns. The earth planet was submerged in the mire, but on hearing the sound of the Lord, the inhabitants of the higher planets were all jubilant because they knew that the Lord was there to deliver the earth. Therefore Brahmā and all the sages, such as Bhṛgu, Brahmā’s other sons, and learned brāhmaṇas, were enlivened, and they concertedly joined in praising the Lord with the transcendental vibrations of the Vedic hymns. The most important is the Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa verse Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. (SB 3.13.25)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/13/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
It is said, therefore, that Brahmā was created in the Mahā-kalpa as the incarnation of spiritual sound. The Vedas are spiritual sound, and therefore there is no need of material interpretation for the sound vibration of the Vedic literature. The Vedas should be vibrated as they are, although they are symbolically represented with letters which are known to us materially. In the ultimate issue there is nothing material because everything has its origin in the spiritual world. The material manifestation is therefore called illusion in the proper sense of the term. For those who are realized souls there is nothing but spirit. ( SB 3.12.47)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/12/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
It is said that a supremely powerful living entity can do anything and everything he likes and such acts do not affect him in any way. For example, the sun, the most powerful fiery planet in the universe, can evaporate water from anywhere and still remain as powerful. The sun evaporates water from filthy places and yet is not infected with the quality of the filth. Similarly, Brahmā remains unimpeachable in all conditions. But still, since he is the spiritual master of all living entities, his behavior and character should be so ideal that people will follow such sublime behavior and derive the highest spiritual benefit. (SB 3.12.31, purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/12/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
Just a personal experience that I've had is that it takes a little concentration and determination to come into a focused state on enchanting. However, once I cross into that state, then I feel satisfied because the mind's no longer wandering from one place to the next. It doesn't feel dissatisfied. On the contrary, it feels like, 'Oh, where have you been all my life? I wish I was always in this state. Well, how could I ever leave it? I don't want to stop doing this.' Whereas in the wandering state, the mind's going like, 'Is this all you've got?' Any opportunity—somebody coming over to tell me something—I'll think like, 'Oh good, good, good, come on, give me a reason to stop this.' The mind's like that. So the swadhyaya, or the daily practice of examining oneself and seeing how one can discipline the mind to think of only the vibration of The Holy name, is vital for progress in life. If we don't have that, then... ( excerpt from the talk )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
The subject matters of physics, chemistry, mathematics, astronomy, time and space dealt with in the above verses of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam are certainly very interesting to students of the particular subject, but as far as we are concerned, we cannot explain them very thoroughly in terms of technical knowledge. The subject is summarized by the statement that above all the different branches of knowledge is the supreme control of kāla, the plenary representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Nothing exists without Him, and therefore everything, however wonderful it may appear to our meager knowledge, is but the work of the magical wand of the Supreme Lord (SB 3.11.14,purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/11/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #govardhan readings
The time factor is also explained by modern men in various ways. Some accept it almost as it is explained in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. For example, in Hebrew literature time is accepted, in the same spirit, as a representation of God. It is stated therein: “God, who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets. . . .” Metaphysically, time is distinguished as absolute and real. Absolute time is continuous and is unaffected by the speed or slowness of material things. Time is astronomically and mathematically calculated in relation to the speed, change and life of a particular object. Factually, however, time has nothing to do with the relativities of things; rather, everything is shaped and calculated in terms of the facility offered by time. Time is the basic measurement of the activity of our senses, by which we calculate past, present and future, but in factual calculation, time has no beginning and no end. Cāṇakya Paṇḍita says that even a slight fraction of time cannot be purchased with millions of dollars, and therefore even a moment of time lost without profit must be calculated as the greatest loss in life. Time is not subject to any form of psychology, nor are the moments objective realities in themselves, but they are dependent on particular experiences. (SB 3.10.11, purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/10/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #govardhanreadings
When a living entity desires to serve the Lord in transcendental loving service, the Lord helps the devotee in so many ways as the caitya-guru, or the spiritual master within, and thus the devotee can perform many wonderful activities beyond material estimation. By the mercy of the Lord even a layman can compose prayers of the highest spiritual perfection. Such spiritual perfection is not limited by material qualifications but is developed by dint of one’s sincere endeavor to render transcendental service. Voluntary endeavor is the only qualification for spiritual perfection. Material acquisitions of wealth or education are not considered. (3.9.38 purport)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #govardhanreadings
The statement here that the Lord manifests Himself before the devotee in the form in which the devotee likes to worship Him indicates that the Lord becomes subordinate to the desire of the devotee — so much so that He manifests His particular form as the devotee demands. This demand of the devotee is satisfied by the Lord because He is pliable in terms of the transcendental loving service of the devotee. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (4.11): ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham. We should note, however, that the Lord is never the order supplier of the devotee. Here in this verse it is particularly mentioned: tvaṁ bhakti-yoga-paribhāvita. This indicates the efficiency achieved through execution of matured devotional service, or prema, love of Godhead. This state of prema is achieved by the gradual process of development from faith to love. On faith one associates with bona fide devotees, and by such association one can become engaged in bona fide devotional service, which includes proper initiation and the execution of the primary devotional duties prescribed in the revealed scriptures. This is clearly indicated herein by the word śrutekṣita. The śrutekṣita path is to hear from bona fide devotees who are conversant with Vedic wisdom, free from mundane sentiment. By this bona fide hearing process, the neophyte devotee becomes cleansed of all material rubbish, and thus he becomes attached to one of the many transcendental forms of the Lord, as described in the Vedas. (SB 3.9.11, purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/9/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
The most intelligent man is he who tries to find the cause of his personal existence and that of the whole cosmic creation and thus tries to find the ultimate cause. If his attempt is properly executed with penances and perseverance, it is sure to be crowned with success. (SB 3.8.18)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/8/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
The only way to understand the Lord as He is, is by devotional service to the Lord, or by approaching the devotee of the Lord who always has the Lord in his heart. By devotional perfection one can understand that the impersonal brahmajyoti is only a partial representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, and that the three puruṣa expansions in the material creation are His plenary portions. In the spiritual sky of the brahmajyoti there is no change of various kalpas or millenniums, and there are no creative activities in the Vaikuṇṭha worlds. The influence of time is conspicuous by its absence. The rays of the transcendental body of the Lord, the unlimited brahmajyoti, are undeterred by the influence of material energy. In the material world also, the initial creator is the Lord Himself. He brings about the creation of Brahmā, who becomes the subsequent creator, empowered by the Lord. ( SB 3.9.3 purport) https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/9/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
There's a logos in the spiritual world also, and that's what Brahma was able to meditate on through the mantra—the divine logos in which, the center in which is Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in Śvetadvīpa, the pinnacle of the spiritual world. So, the verse I just quoted mentions through this tapas, through this meditation on Kṛṣṇa, as Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā man-manā bhava mad-bhakto (BG 18.65): that meditate on—just meditate on me. How do you do it? Through the mantra. Then He says this very important next step:atha veṇu-ninādasyatrayī-mūrti-mayī gatiḥsphurantī praviveśāśumukhābjāni svayambhuvaḥgāyatrīṁ gāyatas tasmādadhigatya sarojajaḥsaṁskṛtaś cādi-guruṇādvijatām agamat tataḥtrayyā prabuddho 'tha vidhirvijñāta-tattva-sāgaraḥtuṣṭāva veda-sāreṇastotreṇānena keśavamBrahma-saṁhitā (5.27,28)So now, in his meditation, he hears the flute song of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and that flute song of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, this is the Gāyatrī. Now, this is a very sweet understanding or fact is that enlightenment comes from music.In the spiritual world. Every gopī, every devotee, has his or her own rāga through which they worship Kṛṣṇa. And in fact, the amazingly Bhāgavatam says or commentary on the Bhāgavatam says, every living species has its own rāga. And this sound vibration, accompanied by the Vedic rhythm called the Gāyatrī—Gāya means song, and tri means trāyate, to deliver through the song that comes from Kṛṣṇa's flute—then Brahma hears it as om. AUM means there's a relationship. We have a relationship, yay! with the.. ( Excerpt from the talk )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopicsTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
Artificially stopping a mischievous child is not the real remedy. The child must be given some better engagement so that he will automatically stop causing mischief. In the same way, the mischievous activities of the senses can be stopped only by better engagement in relation with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When the eyes are engaged in seeing the beautiful form of the Lord, the tongue engaged in tasting prasāda, or remnants of foodstuff offered to the Lord, the ears are engaged in hearing His glories, the hands engaged in cleaning the temple of the Lord, the legs engaged in visiting His temples — or when all the senses are engaged in transcendental variegatedness — then only can the transcendental senses become satiated and eternally free from material engagement. The Lord, as the Supersoul residing in everyone’s heart and as the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the transcendental world far beyond the material creation, is the seer of all our activities. Our activities must be so transcendentally saturated that the Lord will be kind enough to look upon us favorably and engage us in His transcendental service; then only can the senses be satisfied completely and be no longer troubled by material attraction. ( SB 3.7.13 purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/7/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
The quivering quality of material existence, which comes from identification with matter or from thinking oneself, under the material influence of philosophical speculation, to be God, can be eradicated by devotional service to the Lord, by the mercy of the Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. As discussed in the First Canto, because the application of devotional service to Lord Vāsudeva invites pure knowledge, it quickly detaches one from the material conception of life and thus revives one’s normal condition of spiritual existence, even in this life, and frees one from the material winds which cause one to quiver. Only knowledge in devotional service can elevate one towards the path of liberation. The development of knowledge for the purpose of knowing everything, without rendering devotional service, is considered fruitless labor, and one cannot get the desired result by such labor of love. Lord Vāsudeva is pleased by devotional service only, and thus His mercy is realized by association with pure devotees of the Lord. Pure devotees of the Lord are transcendental to all material desires, including the desire for the results of fruitive activities and philosophical speculation. If one wants to acquire the mercy of the Lord, he has to associate with pure devotees. Such association alone can, by degrees, release one from the quivering elements. (SB 3.7.12 purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/7/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopicsTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
Maitreya’s statement is that in order to avoid unchaste conscious activities, he was trying to describe the unlimited glories of the Lord, although he did not have the ability to describe them perfectly. This glorification of the Lord is not a product of research, but the result of hearing submissively from the authority of the spiritual master. It is also not possible to repeat all that one has heard from his spiritual master, but one can narrate as far as possible by one’s honest endeavor. It does not matter whether the Lord’s glories are fully explained or not. One must attempt to engage one’s bodily, mental and verbal activities in the transcendental glorification of the Lord; otherwise such activities will remain unchaste and impure. (SB 3.6.36, purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/6/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
The ear is the most important instrument in the body of the living entity. Sound is the most important medium for carrying the message of distant and unknown things. The perfection of all sound or knowledge enters through the ear and makes one’s life perfect. The entire Vedic system of knowledge is received by aural reception only, and thus sound is the most important source of knowledge. (SB 3.6.17, purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/6/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
O Lord, persons who, because of their serious attitude, attain the stage of enlightened devotional service achieve the complete meaning of renunciation and knowledge and attain the Vaikuṇṭhaloka in the spiritual sky simply by drinking the nectar of Your topics.(SB 3.5.46)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/5/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
The paramahaṁsas are compared to royal swans who make their nests on the petals of the lotus flower. The Lord’s transcendental bodily parts are always compared to the lotus flower because in the material world the lotus flower is the last word in beauty. The most beautiful thing in the world is the Vedas, or Bhagavad-gītā, because therein knowledge is imparted by the Personality of Godhead Himself. The paramahaṁsa makes his nest in the lotuslike face of the Lord and always seeks shelter at His lotus feet, which are reached by the wings of Vedic wisdom. Since the Lord is the original source of all emanations, intelligent persons, enlightened by Vedic knowledge, seek the shelter of the Lord, just as birds who leave the nest again search out the nest to take complete rest. All Vedic knowledge is meant for understanding the Supreme Lord, as stated by the Lord in Bhagavad-gītā (15.15): vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ. Intelligent persons, who are like swans, take shelter of the Lord by all means and do not hover on the mental plane by fruitlessly speculating on different philosophies. ( SB 3.5.41, purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/5/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
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A human being is inclined to hear good narrations and stories, and therefore there are so many books, magazines and newspapers on the market to satisfy the interests of the developed soul. But the pleasure in such literature, after it is read once, becomes stale, and people do not take any interest in reading such literature repeatedly. In fact, newspapers are read for less than an hour and then thrown in the dustbins as rubbish. The case is similar with all other mundane literatures. But the beauty of transcendental literatures like Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is that they never become old. They have been read in the world by civilized man for the last five thousand years, and they have never become old. They are ever fresh to the learned scholars and devotees, and even by daily repetition of the verses of Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, there is no satiation for devotees like Vidura. Vidura might have heard the pastimes of the Lord many, many times before he met Maitreya, but still he wanted the same narrations to be repeated because he was never satiated by hearing them. That is the transcendental nature of the Lord’s glorious pastimes. ( Purport 3.5.7 )https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/5/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
The Lord is undoubtedly the source of all knowledge, and the messages dispatched through Uddhava to Nara-Nārāyaṇa and other sages were also part of the Vedic knowledge, but they were more confidential and could be sent or understood only through such a pure devotee as Uddhava. Since such confidential knowledge was known only to the Lord and Uddhava, it is said that Uddhava was as good as the Lord Himself. Every living entity can, like Uddhava, also become a confidential messenger on the same level as the Lord, provided he becomes confidential himself by dint of loving devotional service. Such confidential knowledge is entrusted, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā, only to pure devotees like Uddhava and Arjuna, and one has to learn the mystery through them, and not otherwise. One cannot understand Bhagavad-gītā or Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam without the help of such confidential devotees of the Lord. (SB 3.4.32 Purport ) https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/4/advanced-view/https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/5/advanced-view/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
A living being is not the material body but an eternal part and parcel of the Supreme Being, and thus revival of his self-knowledge is essential. Without this knowledge, the human life is baffled. The servants of the Lord, Viṣṇu, are entrusted with this responsible work, and so they wander over the earth and to all other planets in the universe. Thus the knowledge which was received by Uddhava directly from the Lord deserves to be distributed in human society, especially to persons like Vidura, who are highly advanced in the devotional service of the Lord. (SB 3.4.25)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
The Lord is constrained to award punishment upon the wrongdoer, but He is not happy to award such punishments because the living entities are originally His parts and parcels. He is harder than the thunderbolt for the wrongdoer and softer than the rose for the faithful. The wrongdoer is misled by bad associates and by ill advice, which is against the established principles of the Lord’s order, and thus he becomes subject to punishment. The surest path to happiness is to live by the principles laid down by the Lord and not disobey His established laws, which are enacted in the Vedas and the Purāṇas for the forgetful living entities. (SB 3.3.13)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
So far as common sense is concerned, we come to the conclusion that there are three identities, namely matter, spirit and Superspirit. Now if we go to the Bhagavad-gītā, or the Vedic intelligence, we can further understand that all three identities, namely matter, individual spirit, and the Superspirit, are all dependent on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Superself is a partial representation or plenary portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Bhagavad-gītā affirms that the Supreme Personality of Godhead dominates all over the material world by His partial representation only. God is great, and He cannot be simply an order supplier of the individual selves; therefore the Superself cannot be a full representation of the Supreme Self, Puruṣottama, the Absolute Personality of Godhead. Realization of the Superself by the individual self is the beginning of self-realization, and by the progress of such self-realization one is able to realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead by intelligence, by the help of authorized scriptures, and, principally, by the grace of the Lord. The Bhagavad-gītā is the preliminary conception of the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the further explanation of the science of Godhead. So if we stick to our determination and pray for the mercy of the director of intelligence sitting within the same bodily tree, like a bird sitting with another bird (as explained in the Upaniṣads), certainly the purport of the revealed information in the Vedas becomes clear to our vision, and there is no difficulty in realizing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. The intelligent man therefore, after many births of such use of intelligence, surrenders himself at the lotus feet of Vāsudeva, as confirmed by the Bhagavad-gītā (7.19).( Excerpt from SB 2.2.23, referred to in the discussion )https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/2/35/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
This hearing process is very important. Lord Caitanya, who preached Kṛṣṇa consciousness in the modern world, gave great stress to hearing because if the common man simply hears from authoritative sources he can progress, especially, according to Lord Caitanya, if he hears the transcendental vibration Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. It is stated, therefore, that all men should take advantage of hearing from realized souls and gradually become able to understand everything. The worship of the Supreme Lord will then undoubtedly take place. Lord Caitanya has said that in this age no one needs to change his position, but one should give up the endeavor to understand the Absolute Truth by speculative reasoning. One should learn to become the servant of those who are in knowledge of the Supreme Lord. If one is fortunate enough to take shelter of a pure devotee, hear from him about self-realization and follow in his footsteps, one will be gradually elevated to the position of a pure devotee. In this verse particularly, the process of hearing is strongly recommended, and this is very appropriate. Although the common man is often not as capable as so-called philosophers, faithful hearing from an authoritative person will help one transcend this material existence and go back to Godhead, back to home. (BG 13.26, purport)
While we're in the material world, there's always the chance, even though I'm a declared theist, I can become an atheist very easily. In fact, the word "atheist"—you can divide, push the letter A over a little bit, and you say, "I'm a theist," but if it moves a little closer to the word and becomes "I'm atheist," that's how close I am to being a functioning atheist in this world, even if I declare myself a theist. And so, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu says, don't hesitate to be very humble and consider yourself really fallen and with no qualification because only in that mood can you really sincerely be a theist. Otherwise, the moment there's a sense that, "No, I have some qualification. I'm very smart; actually, my memory is better than everybody else's," or whatever it may be, then that "a" moves over very quickly. It's only a fraction of an inch, and whoever you say you are, I become a functioning or a function—I'm functioning as an atheist.So, we pray to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, whose appearance day is on Monday, to please instill in us this sense of humility so that we can always chant The Holy Name with purity.(excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopicsTo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
Mādhavendra Purī, when he found out that he was going to be glorified, he left town. And we should also, Kṛṣṇa says be nirmāna, nirmāna-mohā jita-saṅga-doṣā. Nirmāna means māna means the man like you're the man, so nirmāna means don't be the man, let Krishna be the man and be very humble. So here we can pray to Mādhavendra Purī. You can pray whatever you wish, but it's just a suggestion to ask Mādhavendra Purī to have this sense of deep humility and not wanting anything in return for our devotional service.Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, dear Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu dear Mādhavendra Purī Pāda, if you so desire, please let us embrace the verse 'tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā' and become free from māna or the desire for recognition in our devotion service. (Excerpt fro the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
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...and He goes on to explain in great detail what is the real qualification. It's not that one has the status of a brāhmaṇa, but it's one's a devotee. In Prahlāda Mahārāja's prayers (SB 7.9.10), he says, "viprād dvi-ṣaḍ-guṇa-yutād aravinda-nābha-pādāravinda-vimukhāt śvapacaṁ variṣṭham manye tad-arpita-mano-vacanehitārtha-prāṇaṁ punāti sa kulaṁ na tu bhūrimānaḥ." He says that I think that even if somebody's from a brahmana status and has all twelve of the brahminical qualifications—there's a book called Sanat-sujāta that describes all the ways that one should conform to brahminism—he says even if somebody has all those qualities, but they're not a devotee, they're averse to devotional service, he said such a person can't purify himself even with all these brahminical qualifications.He said but a person who comes from a low family, how low? Somebody who's got a pretty inferior diet, śvapaca. It's one of the ways that status is meted out, is by what people eat. That's pretty common. So if somebody comes from one of those families where they eat things that would cause other people to cringe who are in the mode of goodness, Prahlāda Mahārāja says if they come from that background, but they've become a devotee, then they're purified. What's more, they can purify not just themselves, but also their families and everybody else. It's the main consideration if one's a devotee or not a devotee. And so, Mahāprabhu, when He found out that... (excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
Oh! In the towns and villages of Nadiya, Lord Nityananda dances and dances ecstatically while singing these divine names, and Bhaktivinoda falls down at His reddish lotus feet. ( Translation) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
In the Gita, Kṛṣṇa gives some indication (BG 3.9): yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ tad-arthaṁ karma kaunteya mukta-saṅgaḥ samācara. That if you do some yagya in any place, any time, then you'll feel naturally satisfied because this is our eternal constitutional position. We enjoy unlimitedly by serving Krishna. The more we give to Krishna, the happier we become. Naivātmanaḥ prabhur ayaṁ nija-lābha-pūrṇaḥ mānaṁ janād aviduṣaḥ karuṇo vṛṇīte yad yaj jano bhagavate vidadhīta mānaṁ tac cātmane prati-mukhasya yathā mukha-śrīḥ (SB 7.9.11).Prahlāda Mahārāja says that those who are properly aligned know that the more they give to Kṛṣṇa, the happier they become because he says, and he gives it an example, we're parts of Kṛṣṇa. We're like reflections of Kṛṣṇa. The way if you look in the mirror, you'll see your reflection, and if you stand in front of the mirror and decorate your face, put on nice tilak or gopi dots, then you'll look and see that the reflection is also decorated. So, he gives this example that we feel naturally happy when we make an arrangement for Kṛṣṇa's senses to be satisfied.One of the ways that Ekadasi is especially honored is because it's a day in which there's a surge from the moon, and the senses become more active. So, the devotees' reasoning is, well, Kṛṣṇa's senses can get more enjoyment on this day of Ekadashi, so we'll just fast and feed Kṛṣṇa and serve Kṛṣṇa as much as possible on Ekadashi. Because the devotees' idea is that the more sense gratification we give to Kṛṣṇa, then the happier we are. Of course, they're not considering, are the devotees, that I'll be happy by serving Kṛṣṇa. They're just aware of the fact that they only want to serve. They're just aware of the fact that they only want to serve Kṛṣṇa. And Kṛṣṇa, of course, notices that the devotees in serving him selflessly, are enjoying more than he is. This is the reason for.... (Excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
The word determination has the word terminus in it, which means the endpoint. One can notice one's determination by whether or not one can start and finish on time. And also the word effort means you have to fight for it. There's not a default mode where, by accident, we make advancement in chanting. We have to have a warrior spirit. It's a battle with the mind, and one has to make the effort. A war takes effort. You have to bring your weapons, and you have to be willing to stand up and fight. Krishna says this at the end of the third chapter of the Bhagavad-gita (3.43): evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā saṁstabhyātmānam ātmanā jahi śatruṁ mahā-bāho kāma-rūpaṁ durāsadamā. Conquer the lower self by the higher self with your intelligence, and he says to Arjuna: stand up and fight. We're not going to take this lying down. Are we? No Vaisesika Dasa.So these admonitions Prabhupāda gives had become a point of focus. Can remember the two words at least: determination and effort. Start on time, finish on time. That's determination. There's a terminus point. You finished. Every day, we finish everyday our prescribed number. And then effort means you have to fight for it. Don't just cruise into it, but go in like a warrior, fully ready to fight the righteous battle. ( Excerpt from the talk)https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/3/43/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics
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Viśvanātha Cakravartī. He has studied. He said that the mission of Lord Caitanya is ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanaya: "Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is ārādhya." Ārādhya means He is worshipable.He's the only worshipable personality. Ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanaya tad-dhāmaṁ vṛndāvanam [Caitanya-mañjusā]:The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, is to be worshiped along with His transcendental abode, Vṛndāvana. The most pleasing form of worship for the Lord is that which was performed by the gopīs of Vṛndāvaṇa. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the spotless authority on everything, and pure love of God is the ultimate goal of life for all men. These statements, for which we have the highest regard, are the opinion of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. "And as Lord Kṛṣṇa is worshipable, similarly His place of pastimes, Vṛndāvana-dhāma, is also worshipable."Ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanaya tad-dhāmaṁ vṛndāvanam. ( Excerpt from lecture by Srila Prabhupada on Sri Caitanya-caritamrta,Madhya-līlā 20.124–125, Date: Dec. 4, 1966,Location: New York ) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
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I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who are always engaged in chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and dancing. They are just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle and with the ruffians, because they are not envious of anyone. Whatever they do, they are all-pleasing to everyone, and they are fully blessed by Lord Caitanya. Thus they are engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver all the conditioned souls in the material universe. ( Translation, Verse 1) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
O Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope which binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes. ( Verse 8, Dāmodar-Aṣṭakam )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
Also, to those who are engaged in cooking for the Lord, this is perhaps the most intimate service that anyone can have, except for cleaning. Because those who take the time to clean the kitchen after they've cooked take the part of it that is not always glorified as much—it's unseen. When you take service that's not seen and not applauded and you offer it to the Lord, knowing that the only one watching is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, within your heart, it's such an intimate connection. And Prabhupāda said that our temples should be revolutionary clean. Any organization—you can judge how well they're doing by looking at their restrooms to start with. Do they actually care? Is everything working? Are there any chips on the walls that haven't been fixed? And when we have been given an opportunity to serve Krishna, Prabhupāda said that everything should be first class. And then he stopped himself and he said, "No, it should be better than first class." That's something to meditate on when you think, "Oh, that's good enough." That's not devotional service. It may be good enough for now, but we have to make improvements. Thanks to the devotees who are giving their heart and soul, always thinking of how to make it better, cleaner, more beautiful, and cooperating in service, working around different people's schedules. And then, of course, we have our preaching crew and all the devotees are working together as in running an airline. Everything's going there so the planes can take off on time, and it's most important not how many people we seat in our auditorium, in our temple room, but how many we send out. The real spirit of the sankirtan movement is to give mercy. If we don't start with that, with the giving of mercy to others, then we've missed the whole point. (Excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
Just a brief comment about the process of chanting Japa or praying in general, and the concept of tushta or satisfaction: why it's satisfying. And one of the sources of anxiety in the mind is given in the phrase FOMO. Does anybody know about FOMO? Fear of missing out. There's always a sense in the material realm: no matter what I've got, somebody's got something better. If you get 10 million dollars, first of all, it's already spent in your mind. And second of all, somebody has 10 billion dollars. So, it's not that satisfying. There's always something more somewhere else I'm missing out on.And Bhaktivinod Thākur says, “nāma binā kichu nāhiko āro, caudda-bhuvana-mājhe.” When you're taking the Holy Name, you're not missing anything because, as we were speaking earlier, Krishna's the master of all powers. Everything emanates from him; he's the source. So, there's nothing to miss. The FOMO is conspicuous by its absence when one feels satisfaction from chanting. Someone feels, “I don't want to”—if one feels, “I don't want to be anywhere else; I don't need to be anywhere else.” No more FOMO. It's gone, and I'm fully absorbed. This is a sign that one is chanting great Japa. (Excerpt from the Japa Talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
sāṅketyam pārihāsyaṁ vāstobhaṁ helanam eva vāvaikuṇṭha-nāma-grahaṇamaśeṣāgha-haraṁ viduḥ“One who chants the holy name of the Lord is immediately freed from the reactions of unlimited sins, even if he chants indirectly (to indicate something else), jokingly, for musical entertainment, or even neglectfully. This is accepted by all the learned scholars of the scriptures.”(SB 6.2.14)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/6/2/14/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhukirtan #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
If one serves faithfully, there is no possibility of frustration because the Lord Himself takes charge of the devotee’s advancement. The Lord is seated in everyone’s heart, and He knows the devotee’s motive and arranges everything achievable. In other words, the pseudo devotee, who is anxious to achieve material gains, cannot attain the highest perfectional stage because the Lord is in knowledge of his motive. One merely has to become sincere in his purpose, and then the Lord is there to help in every way. ( SB 3.13.49)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/13/49/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
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When one's ear becomes tuned to the love story in the spiritual world between Kṛṣṇa and his devotees, and the heart becomes attracted—which is the result of the process of devotional service, as Rūpa Gosvāmī mentions—that by continuously hearing and chanting, one starts to notice that there is another situation beyond the material world: that of the devotees of the Lord in the spiritual world. One becomes attracted to those devotees and wants to follow in their footsteps. This is the progressive way in which one steps away from the attraction to the dangerous material world. It's the proverbial third rail, which you cannot touch without being electrocuted.This allows one then: yat-pāda-paṅkaja-palāśa-vilāsa-bhaktyā ( SB 4.22.39) through the process of cultivation of bhakti, to begin experiencing vilāsa, or the pleasure of hearing Kṛṣṇa's pastimes and the pastimes of his devotees in the spiritual world. Then, karmāśayaṁ grathitam udgrathayanti santaḥ—the hard knot in the heart, which has me bound up in this conviction that if I just try a little harder, I can enjoy the material world. It didn't work the last 12 trillion times, but maybe one more go at it, I'll get that. Prabhupāda says that after hearing about Kṛṣṇa, one loses one's long-cherished desire to dominate material nature. ( Excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
And then today I was thinking about Dhruva Maharaj and how he had that revelation after being so intensely engaged in approaching God for some material benediction. And then upon meeting him, he recapitulated and he said, "I don't want any of this. It's just trash. All I want is you." And what is that revelation that one gets either incrementally or all at once? That's everything I'm desiring at the present time is not the best.And how Japa is a time for self-examination. Our whole life is a time for self-examination. When we're human, as a philosopher once said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." And one of the points that the Bhagvatam asks us to examine is, "What do you want?" Because whatever you're getting is a result of what you've wanted, and what you want now is going to result in getting something later. So, there's a way that we have to upgrade our desires because Krishna is directly responding. The material nature is directly responding. Everyone's responding to us. It's me that's in want of an upgrade of my object of desire.So, that's what I was thinking on this day. Because if someone gives you a day and says, "Okay, start, whatever you want, ask for whatever you want. You can have it." It's like, "Well, what do I want? Not this, not that. Make it specific." And that's one of the reasons we chant Japa, to keep coming back to that point: that I only want Krishna. ( Excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
Our teacher who led with the Bhagavad-gītā when he came to the west called it the Vedic intelligence. One of the practices of Krishna Consciousness is to, as my god brother told me in New York City just a couple of months ago—his name is Pradyumna; he's always bugging me to continue learning Sanskrit, which I've done in fits and starts. I usually do it to procrastinate when I'm writing a book and I think, "Well, maybe I'll learn Sanskrit instead because it seems easier." And I saw him on the street out in front of one of our centers in New York City called The Bhakti Center, and we greeted one another and just asked how we were. I asked how he was doing; he asked how I was doing. I said, "Fine," and he said, "Fine." Then he asked, "How's the Sanskrit?" I said, "Well, um..." and he already knows my Sanskrit teacher and had already told him that I hadn't talked to him in a couple months. So, he looked at me and goes, "Crack a book," and then he walked away. So that's my mantra in my head: "Crack a book."There's a way in which we look all around the room and think, "What could preoccupy me nowadays?" There's one object that especially attracts everyone's attention. I've noticed it because if you go to a bus stop, a train stop, an airport, and you look at people waiting for anything, have you had this experience? Do you know where I'm going with this? What are they doing? Looking at a screen, right? And usually, their thumbs are moving. wring, wring, wring. This is not yogic samadhi. It's different. It's very different. There is a way in which the human brain can be engaged in such a way that it can touch the web of transcendence, and that's called reading Bhagavad-gītā. It's the Vedic intelligence.One of our main practices is to read Bhagavad-gītā, and what we claim is, if you read Bhagavad-gītā, you'll have an intervention in your life. Did you ever feel like you needed an intervention? Yes. Did you ever feel like you needed rehab? Yes. Okay, yeah. In fact, it's trendy nowadays. "Where have you been? Rehab." "Yeah, I'm rehabbing." Practically living in the world, there's such an assault on the senses from every direction, and I just get swept away by habits, and we need some intervention. We need some rehab, and Bhagavad-gītā has both of those. The intervention of knowledge is quite enticing because the voice of the Bhagavad-gītā is gentle, like a friend. In fact, it's a conversation between The Great Krishna and His great friend Arjuna. Krishna speaks authoritatively, but there's also a sense that he's speaking to his friend. But there's also another sense, because He, Krishna, is the Supreme appearing in a human form, that He's talking to all of us. The intervention can happen for anyone, in any language. (Excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
When making offerings, we want to bring the best to Kṛṣṇa and his representative. And the best of what we have to offer is what the Lord and his devotees, specifically His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda , likes most, which is to hear the results of book distribution around the world. As we know from hearing from Prabhupāda’s servants, he was eager to open the sankīrtan newsletter first to hear the results. He also said that it gave him solace and made him feel like a young man when he heard the results of the sankīrtan.I congratulate everybody today, all of us as a global team working hard to bring the rains of benediction on the world. When we sing, “Saṁsara-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam,” the absolute truth rains down mercy like a cloud through the pure devotee and, in this case, through the pen of Śrīla Prabhupāda, who has taken his speech that he spoke into a dictaphone and then it's been abstracted in writing. What to speak of pictures of Kṛṣṇa and the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa in the spiritual world. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the unparalleled literature that Lord Caitanya called the 'Amala Purāṇa' and that Prabhupāda said would be the means by which people all over the world would be purified and come to the spiritual platform. We've all engaged in this activity together and now we here celebrate by offering the results to Śrīla Prabhupāda. So, we'll start today by .... ( Excerpt from HG His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa's talk in the presentation )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
It is the duty of a Vaiṣṇava ācārya to prevent his disciples and followers from violating the principles of Vaiṣṇava behavior. He should always advise them to strictly follow the regulative principles, which will protect them from falling down. Although a Vaiṣṇava preacher may sometimes criticize others, Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa avoided this. Even if another Vaiṣṇava was actually at fault, Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa would not criticize him; he saw only that everyone was engaged in Kṛṣṇa’s service. That is the position of a mahā-bhāgavata. Actually, even if one is serving māyā, in a higher sense he is also a servant of Kṛṣṇa. Because māyā is the servant of Kṛṣṇa, anyone serving māyā serves Kṛṣṇa indirectly. ( CC Antya 13.133)vedabase.io/en/library/cc/antya/13/133/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
..When somebody who wants to please Kṛṣṇa, they have no other motive. Prthu Mahārāja says that vibration, it contacts Kṛṣṇa lotus feet, and that mixture, it mixes with the sound of that person's voice. Then, when you hear it, what is that? It just changed my decision in life. I was thinking that I would slog it out another lifetime and try to, as Prabhupada says in the purport here, try to adjust again to the three-fold miseries. But by hearing that vibration, it's so sweet for somebody whose motive is attuned with his or her spiritual master. Therefore, the intention to only serve Kṛṣṇa —all Kṛṣṇa, It's not for me; it's not for my aggrandizement; it's just that I want to serve Kṛṣṇa. That vibration is mixed with saffron mercy particles, says Prthu Mahārāja. When you hear it, then you're like, okay, I get it, I understand it, and uh, I want to also follow that path of the pure devotees. (Excerpt from the talk ) Verse for discusion : https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/4/28/51/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please protect Me and maintain Me.” He also chanted:Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Rāma, descendant of King Raghu, please protect Me. O Kṛṣṇa, O Keśava, killer of the Keśī demon, please maintain Me.”https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/96/Chanting this verse, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, known as Gaurahari, went on His way. As soon as He saw someone, He would request him to chant “Hari! Hari!” (CC Madhya 7.97)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/97/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks that unless one is very highly elevated in loving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one cannot see Him as He is. Nonetheless, if one sticks to the principles enunciated by the spiritual master, somehow or other he is in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Since the Lord is in the heart, He can advise a sincere disciple from within. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (10.10):teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁbhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakamdadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁyena mām upayānti te“To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.”In conclusion, if a disciple is very serious to execute the mission of the spiritual master, he immediately associates with the Supreme Personality of Godhead by vāṇī or vapuḥ. This is the only secret of success in seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Instead of being eager to see the Lord in some bush of Vṛndāvana while at the same time engaging in sense gratification, if one instead sticks to the principle of following the words of the spiritual master, he will see the Supreme Lord without difficulty. ( SB 4.28.51, quoted in the presentation)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
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This chapter is important for meditation. Remembering what is the consequence of my own consciousness, that is, that I’m developing these bodies one after another. Arjuna asked about this in the *th chapter of the Bhagavad-Gita when he wants to know what karma is. Krishna says karma is the force of your own consciousness which is creating future situations, i.e., bodies, in which you’ll be forced to inhabit and carry on from there in material life.So, Krishna Consciousness is the simple switch that one can flip (sorry for the analogy—flip a switch, but it is like that), that if one considers that all of my work is for Krishna, and everything in the universe is paraphernalia to be used in the service of Krishna, then there’s a way in which one is no longer obligated or entangled by that. What’s more, one must understand what’s beyond the three dimensions of materialistic consciousness.. ( Excerpt from the talk )Verse for discussion : https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/30/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
Kṛṣṇa has an intention. He's a person, He's there within our hearts, and his intention for us in the material world is one thing: just to turn our attention back to Him. I was considering how powerful Kṛṣṇa's intention is. Any one of us is free to give ourselves to anything in this world, and whenever we judge someone, we try to understand what their intention is. It's the powerful force of the living entity. But just imagine how powerful is the intention of Kṛṣṇa . If we can align with that—with His intention—then we've obtained the connection we're looking for, rather than having some independent idea about what to do or how to be happy. ( Excerpt from the Japa talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
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karṇāmṛta, vidyāpati, śrī-gīta-govindaihāra śloka-gīte prabhura karāya ānandaThe Lord especially liked to hear Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, the poetry of Vidyāpati, and Śrī Gīta-govinda, by Jayadeva Gosvāmī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt great pleasure in His heart when His associates chanted verses and sang songs from these books. ( CC Antya 15.27)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/antya/15/27/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
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sakṛd eva prapanno yastavāsmīti ca yācateabhayaṁ sarvadā tasmaidadāmy etad vrataṁ mama“ ‘It is My vow that if one only once seriously surrenders unto Me, saying “My dear Lord, from this day I am Yours,” and prays to Me for courage, I shall immediately award courage to that person, and he will always remain safe from that time on.’ ( CC Madhya 22.44)This verse from the Rāmāyaṇa (Yuddha-kāṇḍa 18.33) was spoken by Lord Rāmacandra.vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/22/34/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife
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In Him reside (1) truthfulness, (2) cleanliness, (3) intolerance of another’s unhappiness, (4) the power to control anger, (5) self-satisfaction, (6) straightforwardness, (7) steadiness of mind, (8) control of the sense organs, (9) responsibility, (10) equality, (11) tolerance, (12) equanimity, (13) faithfulness, (14) knowledge, (15) absence of sense enjoyment, (16) leadership, (17) chivalry, (18) influence, (19) the power to make everything possible, (20) the discharge of proper duty, (21) complete independence, (22) dexterity, (23) fullness of all beauty, (24) serenity, (25) kindheartedness, (26) ingenuity, (27) gentility, (28) magnanimity, (29) determination, (30) perfection in all knowledge, (31) proper execution, (32) possession of all objects of enjoyment, (33) joyfulness, (34) immovability, (35) fidelity, (36) fame, (37) worship, (38) pridelessness, (39) being (as the Personality of Godhead), (40) eternity, and many other transcendental qualities which are eternally present and never to be separated from Him. That Personality of Godhead, the reservoir of all goodness and beauty, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, has now closed His transcendental pastimes on the face of the earth. (SB 1.16.26-30 )https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/16/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark/ascend-the-three-stages-of-chanting-hare-krishna-hg-vaisesika-dasa-isv-30-sep-2023/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #vaisesikaprabhulectures #makejapagreatagain #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience
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..when you give up the tendency to say, "This is mine." For instance, with intellectual property, we may hear something and then say, "Oh, that came from somebody else, but I'm going to present it as mine because I want to enjoy the fame of saying something that sounds witty." We don't admit it. Vraja Vihari Prabhu told me once, "When you give credit where credit is due, you don't lose credit." On the other hand, another Godbrother told me, "If you take credit where credit isn't due, later on, you'll be blamed for something you didn't do." You might wonder, "I didn't do anything; they blame me." It's because you claimed credit at one time. Devotees know these subtleties, that everything evens out in the world. It's okay to be who you are, which is a servant of Krishna.Counterintuitively, those who are simple servants, who want no fame, get the most fame. Madhavaendra Puri is an example. So pure of heart that when he found out that the Deity of Kṣīra-corā-gopīnātha had saved some sweet rice for him and the.... (Excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
This verse, he's saying, "First remember, then fight." So, we all have our fighting duties to do in this life. Kṛṣṇa says, "Line it up: first remember me, then fight." Tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu, which means "at all times and all places," practice remembering me. Then he says, "Mām evaiṣyasy asaṁśayah," without a doubt. Now he emphasizes—actually, I sort of read into this verse the idea of practice, but the next verse, Kṛṣṇa very clearly tells us how to achieve this ultimate end in life.There are three rules. Would you like to know what they are? Yes (audience) : practice, practice, practice. They fit together well. Abhyāsa-yoga-yuktena cetasā nānya-gāminā paramaṁ puruṣaṁ divyaṁ yāti pārthānucintayan. This all has to do with remembrance and practicing remembering Kṛṣṇa. Abhyāsa is something that all of you progressives in the world—progressive in the sense that you know how to move forward in various disciplines—you've all done it in extraordinary ways. You know what it takes, right? Say yes. Yes (audience), it takes three things: practice, practice, and practice. (Excerpt from the talk)Verses for reference : https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/8/8/https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/8/7/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
When we chant, we must concentrate our mind on the sound vibration, and in that way everything will be revealed one after another; the form, qualities, pastimes, etc. of the Lord. And this is the way of cultivating spiritual realization. ( Excerpt from Srila Prabhupada's Letter to Jagadisa dated 27 Feb 1970, Los Angeles, quoted in the talk ) But what I find very useful about this quote from Prabhupada is that we don't have to do anything else when we're chanting except chant and listen because everything will be revealed one after another. And those types of quotes really help me because the mind always wants to take a walk somewhere and go see something else—addicted to distraction. Let's... can't there be anything else besides this? But then the direction comes that there is nothing else besides this—everything's in it. So if one can be aware of that fact that everything's within the holy name and everything that you're looking for, dear mind, will be revealed one after another, then it makes a worthy challenge to stick with listening. Stick with listening to the vibration itself. ( Excerpt from the talk ) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/------------------------------------------------------------Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/------------------------------------------------------------Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSparkFor the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark------------------------------------------------------------#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered
So, there's a way in which everyone has a capacity. When we take the mantras and when we take books—which are literary Kirtan—they get to carry it home, and the mantra goes on and on for generations so that people may take advantage of it. Writing is simply speech abstracted anyway. When we see the result ourselves, how people react to the mantra, how they come alive, it's in parallel. The parallel I'm making is that animals would be killed. Nowadays, asuryā nāma te lokā, andhena tamasāvṛtāḥ, tāḿs te pretyābhigacchanti, ye ke cātma-hano janāḥ (Śrī Īśopaniṣad, Mantra 3). It says there's a process by which the soul is veritably killed by getting involved with the material nature. The mind, which is meant to think of Krishna, becomes Jaḍa—dead like stone—and they can't think of anything except for matter, thinking, "Oh, I'm also dead stone." But when they come in contact with Hare Krishna, transcendent literature, and the association of devotees, we see that they come alive, and then our faith in the mantra grows. ( Excerpt from the talk )To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #vaisesikaprabhulectures #vaisesikaprabhukirtans #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife
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The Supreme Personality of Godhead is known as bhāva-grāhī janārdana because He takes only the essence of a devotee’s attitude. If a devotee sincerely surrenders, the Lord, as the Supersoul in everyone’s heart, immediately understands this. Thus even though, externally, a devotee may not render full service, if he is internally sincere and serious the Lord welcomes his service nonetheless. Thus the Lord is known as bhāva-grāhī janārdana because He takes the essence of one’s devotional mentality. (Srimad Bhagvatam 8.23.2 p)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/8/23/2/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #vaisesikaprabhulectures #vaisesikaprabhukirtans #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife
“ ‘For spiritual progress in this Age of Kali, there is no alternative, there is no alternative, there is no alternative to the holy name, the holy name, the holy name of the Lord.’ ( CC Adi 7.76)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #vaisesikaprabhukirtans s #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife
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“In this Age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, is the incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Simply by chanting the holy name, one associates with the Lord directly. Anyone who does this is certainly delivered.( CC Adi 17.22)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/17/22/To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #vaisesikaprabhulectures #vaisesikaprabhukirtans #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife
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..I remember something I read in a book, which you’ve probably heard me mention many times, called The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki, one of the people who helped start Apple. He talked about the concept of “frame or be framed.” You have to decide what the purpose of your life is and how you want it to go so you can frame it.I looked up the word “frame.” It comes from Middle English and has to do with preparing the timber for a house. It’s still used in that way because you frame up a house before you build the rest of it. It’s really important to develop our frame and to remember that if we don’t frame who we are and what’s most important to us in life, somebody else will frame it for us. They might say, “No, no, you have to do this.” It’s like, “Why do I have to do that?” “Because I said so.” Well, you get to say so as a human.I’m writing this little guide for people who are trying to get to 16 rounds and maintain them. I’m considering some of the main framing points that have to be in place in order to get to and then maintain chanting 16 rounds of japa. Here are the four main frames that I’m writing about:... (Excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #vaisesikaprabhulectures #mantrameditation #chantharekrishnaandbehappy #makejapagreatagain #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife
One can attain to the highest perfection of life simply by attentive hearing of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord from the right sources, as Śrī Nārada heard them from the pure devotees (bhakti-vedāntas) in his previous life. This process of hearing in the association of the devotees is especially recommended in this age of quarrel (Kali).(SB 1.5.26 Purport)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/5/26/YouTube : https://youtu.be/eAh2JL0-3JETo connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/SoundCloud : Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For the latest videos, please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #drama #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife
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To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For latest videos, please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy#Nirakula mataji
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.that living entities are struggling in the material nature, and knowing that I’m one of them struggling, and I, I’ve been given an opportunity to rise above it. One must, in order to have a holistic approach to pleasing Krishna and doing devotional service, be absorbed in that sense of mission of how to distribute this to others. Chanting japa in that context, or doing anything in that context, then is especially effective. It means that when we’re chanting, it should be a way of rejuvenating ourselves, coming to a higher level of realization so that we can carry on the mission. They go hand in hand, and this is one of the ways that japa becomes great. Because when we’re in the flow of distributing Krishna Consciousness, and that’s our mission in life, to contribute to that effort, and we also chant, it can be a form of self-improvement so that we can carry on the mission. Also, the chanting can be a prayer: ‘Please empower me to do this.’ (Excerpt from the talk)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For latest videos, please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #vaisesikaprabhulectures #vaisesikaprabhukirtans #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy
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I don't know if we did this one before it's another Bhairāvi tune but it's kind of sweet we got into singing this at Govardhan hill and kind of got in us so it takes us back you know how you sing a tune and then it takes you back to the place where you sang it the most (Prelude to this Kirtān)To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For latest videos, please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #vaisesikaprabhukirtans
Anyone who decides that, however imperfect I think I am, I will wholeheartedly take this up. In my own fledgling way, I’ll embrace it, and I’ll take it, and I’ll expand it, and I’ll do what I can, remembering that it’s not our power; it’s the power of the Guru Paramparā. If one makes that endeavor and assumes that it can be done because it’s not me doing it, it’s the greatest spiritual capitalist, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who’s signing all the checks. If you bring an idea and you say, “I want to do this. I know I’m a fool. I know I’ve done a lot of bad things. I want to try though,” Mahāprabhu will sign your check. ( Excerpt from the talk )YouTube : https://youtu.be/TfjRSgTcnjYLink for the entire Vyasa Puja 2023 Celebrations : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNBEfW2vic0To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ (USA only)https://thefourquestionsbook.com/Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For latest videos, please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy
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So there’s a conversation with Prabhupada and John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Prabhupada is explaining how this is the pinnacle of all speech. Yoko asks, “So why need we say anything else? Why don’t we just say Hare Krishna?”Of course, we have our ordinary dealings through which, uh, by which we deal with the world and take care of our bodies and so forth. But ultimately, one who’s chanting Hare Krishna has some realization that this is worthwhile. How worthwhile is it? Well, there are details that the sages have gone into, that just by chanting Hare Krishna, everything else is available to you. All energies are synchronized in one place because you’re going to the source. So this is the idea behind taking the effort to repeat the mantra over and over again. It’s the supreme combination of syllables, and what’s more, it’s non-different from Krishna. So it gives us contact with the source. Everything that we’ve ever looked for, wanted, is there within our relationship with Krishna. (Excerpt from the talk)To connect with HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For latest videos please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #selfrealization #mantras #mahamantra #harekrishna #spiritualsound #mantrameditation #chantandbehappy #makejapagreatagain
I once heard about a book called Everything I Needed to Know in Life I Learned in Kindergarten, and it was a very interesting book. I like the premise. You could write a book titled Everything I Needed to Know About Life I Learned Out on Book Distribution or In the Process. When you’re engaged in going out to meet people in various places, you have a strong connection with the Supersoul and a strong connection with Krishna. You start to develop a strong taste for hearing also.As I’ve said many times, and I haven’t said it for a long time, but I’m going to say it now: there’s rice, of course. You know it’s kinw too. There’s rice, and there’s also dal. They’re both good foods, but when you put them together, you get synergy—42% more nutrition according to the shastra of Jamuna’s cookbook, which is amazing. The enzymes combine, and there’s more. So, hearing and chanting we have to do. Prabhupada told us personally, “You must also read my books.” He said these are not just for selling, but he also said, “I want everyone to learn the art of book distribution.” (Excerpt from the talk )https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868To connect with HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #selfrealization
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All the Vedic literatures and the Purāṇas are meant for conquering the darkest region of material existence. The living being is in the state of forgetfulness of his relation with God due to his being overly attracted to material sense gratification from time immemorial. His struggle for existence in the material world is perpetual, and it is not possible for him to get out of it by making plans. If he at all wants to conquer this perpetual struggle for existence, he must reestablish his eternal relation with God. (SB 1.2.4)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/2/4/To connect with HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For latest videos please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #selfrealization #bhadrapurnima#iskconbhagavatam #bhagvatam #bhagvatkatha #srilaprabhupadabooks #peace #spiritualvictory
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So, Japa is the time when we bring our superpower back and we remember it. Because if you’re able to focus your awareness, especially on the transcendental sound vibration, then the main purpose of the consciousness is to be reconnected with our source, with the Supreme Consciousness, Krishna. You can do that by focusing on the sound of the mantra.And so now, we’ll just remember our superpowers, even though we’ve forgotten them. Our main superpower is our attention and our free will to bring our attention to anywhere we wish. It’s really important in Japa period to remember that it’s my choice where I place my attention. Nobody else can force you. Somebody can put your body in jail or whatever, but you can still bring your attention to where you want to bring it. We always have that superpower, and where attention goes, energy flows. Wherever you put your attention, that’s where all your energy is going to go.To connect with HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For latest videos please visit & subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #selfrealization #harekrishna #mantrameditation #attention
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“Pure love for Kṛṣṇa is eternally established in the hearts of the living entities. It is not something to be gained from another source. When the heart is purified by hearing and chanting, this love naturally awakens. (CC Madhya 22.107)YouTube : https://youtu.be/BkHaf3Mj3tYhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868To connect with HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/#vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #selfrealization #spiritualawakening #spiritualquestions #yogaoflove #lovekrishna #harekrishna
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sarvopaniṣado gāvodogdhā gopāla-nandanaḥpārtho vatsaḥ su-dhīr bhoktādugdhaṁ gītāmṛtaṁ mahat“This Gītopaniṣad, Bhagavad-gītā, the essence of all the Upaniṣads, is just like a cow, and Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is famous as a cowherd boy, is milking this cow. Arjuna is just like a calf, and learned scholars and pure devotees are to drink the nectarean milk of Bhagavad-gītā.” (Gītā-māhātmya 6)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com#vaisesikaprabhu #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #bhagavadgitashlokas #krishna #chapteraday
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O venerable Vaisnava, devotee of Krsna! O ocean of mercy, be merciful unto your servant. Give me the shade of your lotus feet and purify me. I hold on to your lotus feet.(Excerpt from translation of the song)
“ ‘I am not a brāhmaṇa, I am not a kṣatriya, I am not a vaiśya or a śūdra. Nor am I a brahmacārī, a householder, a vānaprastha or a sannyāsī. I identify Myself only as the servant of the servant of the servant of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the maintainer of the gopīs. He is like an ocean of nectar, and He is the cause of universal transcendental bliss. He is always existing with brilliance.’ ” ( CC Madhya 13.80)HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa emphasizes the significance of purifying our consciousness, known as bhūta-śuddhi, and establishing our intention, or Sankalpa, before chanting. He stresses the importance of approaching chanting with a humble and prayerful attitude.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
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Satisfaction of the soul can only be obtained by questions and answers on the subject of Kṛṣṇa. (SB 1.2.5)Watch the entire talk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfNfs1Qx6Mw&ab_channel=FanTheSparkhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
To understand the personal activities of the Lord, one has to seek the association of devotees, and by such association, when one contemplates and tries to understand the transcendental activities of the Lord, the path to liberation is open, and he is freed. One who has firm faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes fixed, and his attraction for association with the Lord and the devotees increases. Association with devotees means association with the Lord. The devotee who makes this association develops the consciousness for rendering service to the Lord, and then, being situated in the transcendental position of devotional service, he gradually becomes perfect. (SB 3.25.25) https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/25/25/HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa illuminates the significance of association, explaining how seeking the right association can lead to remarkable spiritual advancement.YouTube : https://youtu.be/MhbeGlV1w28https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com#Spiritualexperience,#Bhagavad-Gita, #Spiritualfrequency, #mostpowerfulfrequency, #whyspiritualityisimportant, #spiritualchannel, #spiritualawakeningpodcast, #inspiringspiritualtalk, #spiritualquestionsanswered, #spiritualpurposeoflife, #universalalgorithm, #bhaktiyoga, #vedicintelligence, #ancientwisdomtext, #absolutereality
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Our Mission Should Guide Our Expansion | SB 8.19.21 | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | ISV | 14 Sep 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
One can derive from the study of the Bhāgavatam all benefits that are possible to be derived from the personal presence of the Lord. It carries with it all the transcendental blessings of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa that we can expect from His personal contact. (SB 1.3.40p)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/3/40/HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa urges us to seek refuge in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, an encyclopedia of Vedic wisdom filled with practical spiritual guidance. By doing so, we can understand the mood of the residents of the spiritual world, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and imbibe their teachings.YouTube : https://youtu.be/0UegCDPfO3ghttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
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Anyone who faithfully hears or describes the Lord’s playful affairs with the young gopīs of Vṛndāvana will attain the Lord’s pure devotional service. Thus he will quickly become sober and conquer lust, the disease of the heart. (SB 10.33.39)YouTube : https://youtu.be/qqvOrBPDahAhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
“The loving affairs of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are transcendental manifestations of the Lord’s internal pleasure-giving potency. Although Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are one in Their identity, They separated Themselves eternally. Now these two transcendental identities have again united, in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. I bow down to Him, who has manifested Himself with the sentiment and complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī although He is Kṛṣṇa Himself.”(CC Ādi 4.55)https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/4/55/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
Contrary to the laws of the material world, there is no difference between seeing the Lord, offering prayers and hearing the transcendental vibration. Pure devotees, therefore, are fully satisfied by glorifying the Lord. Such glorification is called kīrtana. Performing kīrtana and hearing the vibration of the sound Hare Kṛṣṇa is actually seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly. One must realize this position, and then one will be able to understand the absolute nature of the Lord's activities. (SB 7.4.25-26)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
Oh, there was actually a third verse because he remembered it afterwards. He said there were three verses, and the third verse, he said, was favored by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta. I’m talking about Mukund Dutta. He said, “sve sve 'dhikāre yā niṣṭhā sa guṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ (SB 11.20.26),” that it’s a very good quality. Guna means mode; it also means a good quality, that you act according to your level of advancement, your adhikar. Don’t try to imitate others. One of my God Brothers, one of our God Brothers, was here for the Govardhan Festival we hold every year during Kartik. Actually, it’s just a reading but kind of a festival for us, and he was there. He was talking to some devotees, and he told them that this time in my life, I’m not trying to compete with anybody. I’m just trying to do my level best with what I can do in Krishna Consciousness. This younger devotee so much appreciated hearing that, and this is the spirit: “sve sve 'dhikāre yā niṣṭhā sa guṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ,” that you have a position in life right now, right? Say yes, and you have to work within that. You can’t, for the sake of a sentimental idea, think that I’ll suddenly come to Radha Kund and attain the ambrosia of pure love for Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇi. I’ll just move here; everything will be set. Sooner or later, you’ll have visa problems or other kinds of problems. (Excerpt from the talk)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
According to an authoritative book on music called Saṅgīta-sāra, tāvanta eva rāgāḥ sūryāvatyo jīva-jātayaḥ, teṣu ṣoḍaśa-sāhasrī purā gopī-kṛtā varā: “There are as many musical rāgas as there are species of life. Among these rāgas are sixteen thousand principal ones, which were manifested by the gopīs.” Thus the gopīs created sixteen thousand different rāgas, or musical modes, and these have subsequently been disseminated throughout the world. The words yad-gītenedam āvṛtam also indicate that even today devotees throughout the world sing the praises of Kṛṣṇa, following the example of the gopīs. (SB:10.33.8)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
In one of the talks today, there were some esteemed musicians. One of them was a world-famous Carnatic musician. What we heard from his accolades, when he was introduced today was that he was an expert at an early age. If anybody wants to guess how early that was, it was 2 years old, and he just went upwards from there.In any case, he was talking about the way in which one may become proficient in music. There’s a similar culture in learning music in classical Indian music, Carnatic music in particular, which has to do with getting tutelage from a guru, a musical Guru, and following a particular sampradaya. Because there’s always variety in everything, one of the statements that he made stuck with me. He said, did this famous teacher, “Learn from one source for a long time”. He said, “Learn from one source for a long time,” where he said you may have a confusion in your mind. It becomes like a traffic jam of many different styles in music. So, this is something Krishna recommends… (excerpt from the talk )https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
Of all these devotees, the gopīs are recognized as superior because they do not know anything other than satisfying Kṛṣṇa. Nor do the gopīs expect any return from Kṛṣṇa. Indeed, sometimes Kṛṣṇa puts them into extreme suffering by separating Himself from them. Nonetheless, they cannot forget Kṛṣṇa. When Kṛṣṇa left Vṛndāvana for Mathurā, the gopīs became most dejected and spent the rest of their lives simply crying in separation from Kṛṣṇa. This means that in one sense they were never actually separated from Kṛṣṇa. There is no difference between thinking of Kṛṣṇa and associating with Him. Rather, vipralambha-sevā, thinking of Kṛṣṇa in separation, as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did, is far better than serving Kṛṣṇa directly. Thus of all the devotees who have developed unalloyed devotional love for Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs are most exalted, and out of all these exalted gopīs, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the highest. No one can excel the devotional service of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Indeed, even Kṛṣṇa cannot understand the attitude of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; therefore He took Her position and appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, just to understand Her transcendental feelings.(Nectar of Instruction, Verse 10), https://vedabase.io/en/library/noi/10/YouTube : https://youtu.be/Tw1jf3Jusushttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
Unlike an ordinary living entity, my Lord, You do not discriminate between friends and enemies, the favorable and the unfavorable, because for You there is no conception of higher and lower. Nonetheless, You offer Your benedictions according to the level of one’s service, exactly as a desire tree delivers fruits according to one’s desires and makes no distinction between the lower and the higher. (SB 7.9.27)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/9/27/HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa highlights Kṛṣṇa’s impartial nature and explains how Kṛṣṇa’s response is based on the manner we approach Him.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
If one says: "Let me dive deep into the waves of the nectarean ocean of the transcendental loving movement introduced by Lord Caitanya", he immediately becomes one of the confidential devotees of Radha and Krsna. It does not matter whether one is a householder living at home or a vanaprastha or sannyasi living in the forest, if he chants "O Gauranga, and becomes a devotee of Lord Caitanya, then Narottama dasa begs to have his association. (From the song Gaurangera Duti Pada by Śrīla Narottama Dasa Thakura)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
The functions of the mind are thinking, feeling and willing. When the mind is materialistic, or absorbed in material contact, it acts for material advancement of knowledge, destructively ending in discovery of nuclear weapons. But when the mind acts under spiritual urge, it acts wonderfully for going back home, back to Godhead, for life in complete bliss and eternity. Therefore the mind has to be manipulated by good and unalloyed intelligence. Perfect intelligence is to render service unto the Lord. (SB 2.2.16)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
Regarding your last question about the ecstatic symptoms of chanting Hare Krishna, you should know that the Hare Krishna Mantra has an equal effect upon all devotees. Just like the sunshine has an equal effect on everyone, but when it is covered, the sunshine has a different effect. Similarly, the influence of the Hare Krishna Mantra becomes manifest when one is no longer covered by the ten offenses to chanting. The more we become free from the ten offenses, the more the effect of chanting becomes manifested through us. Everyone can become a great devotee, being freed from the offenses 100%, simply by one's determination and effort.(SPL 16th June 1969)
And, above all, the superexcellent Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa stands supreme, for it is overflooded with the ambrosial nectarean prema of the Lord of Gokula, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. ( Nectar of Instruction,Verse 9)https://vedabase.io/en/library/noi/9/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
..even if one isn’t directly seeing Krishna, one is directly in contact with Krishna through the process of devotional service, and most particularly by chanting His Holy Names. So, this lifetime is a preparation for the next life. One of the ways to be steady throughout this lifetime, as Nārada was in his life before he attained his spiritual body, is to be aware of the fact that we’re biting our time here in this present body. It’s all about preparing to leave this body for attaining the next destination. We can follow in the footsteps of Sri Nārada. That’s what the Bhāgavatam suggests: by taking advantage of the association of devotees and then going on with the chanting of the Mahāmantra throughout this lifetime. If one does that, one will have success in following the footsteps of the most exemplary Great Sage Nārada.(Excerpt from the talk)HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa highlights the significance of devoting our lives to cultivating a profound bond with The Holy Name and preparing for our eternal journey.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
The most important aspects of chanting are to keep coming back to the mantra. Your mind inevitably will go to another place or many other places. Don’t be discouraged, but just very gently, persistently, and consistently bring your attention back to the sound of the mantra that you yourself are generating. As you do that, everything else will be revealed one after another. The practice itself, once we get used to focusing the mind on the mantra, will naturally feel peaceful anyway because the mind is so used to going everywhere on its own. But if we become the master of the mind and bring it back to the chanting, then we’ll experience the fruits of focus, and the best focus is on the mantra.(Excerpt from the talk)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
...and it was the best two weeks of my life, driving out in a van they gave me from the temple that had no heat. I found out halfway down the turnpike, but Krishna arranged for everything. Those who take to Krishna Consciousness, Krishna says, “teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te" (BG 10.10). I have a very intimate relationship with every one of you. He said, "I’m in your heart, and if you want to know me, if you sincerely inquire, I’ll give you full intelligence on how you can come to me. I will illuminate your heart. “teṣām evānukampārtham aham ajñāna-jaṁ tamaḥ nāśayāmy ātma-bhāva-stho jñāna-dīpena bhāsvatā” (BG 10.11). “I’ll light up a lamp in your heart,” he said. “I’ll destroy the ignorance, the darkness for you.” So we could understand from this pastime of Krishna’s appearance, this Janamashtami pastime, when He comes, that He’s demonstratively showing Himself to the world. “anugrahāya bhaktānāṁ mānuṣaṁ deham āsthitaḥ” (SB 10.33.36). He specifically comes and shows that He’s here and fully available to every one of you, and that if you sincerely take to the process of devotional service, you can come to know Him. (excerpt from the talk)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
tapyante loka-tāpenasādhavaḥ prāyaśo janāḥparamārādhanaṁ tad dhipuruṣasyākhilātmanaḥIt is said that great personalities almost always accept voluntary suffering because of the suffering of people in general. This is considered the highest method of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present in everyone’s heart. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.7.44) https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/8/7/44/?query=tapyante#bb49685HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa explains the universal principles of book distribution and guides us in overcoming our fears and inhibitions to embrace this profound spiritual practice which is the highest kind of service.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water. ( Bhagavad-gītā - 5.10)https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/5/10/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions. (ŚB 11.5.32) https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/5/32/?query=tvisa#bb77892Experience the joy of ecstatic chanting and dancing, guided by HG Vaiśeṣika Prabhu.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
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The book Śrī Īśopaniṣad contains the knowledge that brings one nearer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa .HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa emphasizes the profound lessons from the book and their role as the panacea for the challenges of our time.You can read the book online here: https://vedabase.io/en/library/iso/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
Go Beyond Attachment & Aversion | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | ISV | 12 May 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
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Built on a Mansion of Books | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | Tyson's Corner Virginia | 31 Aug 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
yathā kāñcanatāṁ yātikāṁsyaṁ rasa-vidhānataḥtathā dīkṣā-vidhānenadvijatvaṁ jāyate nṛṇām[Hari-bhakti-vilāsa 2.12]This example is given by Sanātana Gosvāmī. As kaṁsya... Kaṁsya is mixture of copper and tin, bell metal. When it is properly treated with mercury, it becomes gold. Similarly, a human being properly treated by initiation, he becomes a brāhmaṇa. This example has been given by Sanātana Gosvāmī. Tathā dīkṣā-vidhānena dvijatvaṁ jāyate nṛṇām. Nṛṇām, he says, "of all human beings." He doesn't say a particular class or particular country. Nṛṇām, the word uses. Śuddhyanti prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ. Everyone can be purified by the initiation process, by expert spiritual master. That is accepted in the śāstra.(Srila Prabhupada's Room Conversation With Scientists, Type: Conversation, Date: July 6, 1976, Location: Washington, D.C.)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī instructs that chanting of the holy name of the Lord should be loudly done, and it should be performed offenselessly as well, as recommended in the Padma Purāṇa. One can deliver himself from the effects of all sins by surrendering himself unto the Lord. One can deliver himself from all offenses at the feet of the Lord by taking shelter of His holy name. But one cannot protect himself if one commits an offense at the feet of the holy name of the Lord. Such offenses are mentioned in the Padma Purāṇa as being ten in number. ( Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam : 2.1.11 )For more details you may consider referring to : https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/1/11/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
Chanting the holy name “Doyal Nitai Caitanya!” – O my mind, please dance! O my mind, please dance! O my mind, please dance!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868For more videos please visit www.fanthespark.com
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Janmāṣṭamī 2024 Evening Kīrtans and Bhajans | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | ISV | 26 Aug 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
It's in the fight to remove the obstacles in our spiritual life that we advance in Krishna Consciousness.( excerpt from the talk ) YouTube : https://youtu.be/mtTtMlwTYBY For more videos please visit fanthespark.com
“He reasons ill who tells that Vaisnavas die When thou art living still in sound! The Vaisnavas die to live, and living try To spread the holy name around!” ( Śrīla Bhaktivinode Ṭhākura )YouTube : https://youtu.be/Z4SPz9MskEkFor more videos please visit fanthespark.com
Watch on YouTube : https://youtu.be/p1x9GZdZaGYO King, constant chanting of the holy name of the Lord after the ways of the great authorities is the doubtless and fearless way of success for all, including those who are free from all material desires, those who are desirous of all material enjoyment, and also those who are self-satisfied by dint of transcendental knowledge. (ŚB 2.1.11)https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/1/11/For more videos please visit fanthespark.com
YouTube : https://youtu.be/YWsTq3zUJAUKrsna is yours. You have the power to give Him to me. I am simply your servant running behind you shouting, "Krsna! Krsna!" (From the song - Ohe! Vaiṣṇaba Thākura)For more videos please visit fanthespark.com
It is to be understood, however, that as Arjuna was fortunate enough to understand Kṛṣṇa directly, so, by the grace of Vyāsa, Sañjaya was also able to hear Kṛṣṇa directly. Actually there is no difference between hearing directly from Kṛṣṇa and hearing directly from Kṛṣṇa via a bona fide spiritual master like Vyāsa. The spiritual master is the representative of Vyāsadeva also. Therefore, according to the Vedic system, on the birthday of the spiritual master the disciples conduct the ceremony called Vyāsa-pūjā. (Bhagavad-gītā 18.75 Purport)YouTube : https://youtu.be/gKU3WEs0qE8For more videos please visit fanthespark.com
Devotional service or Bhakti is a joyous path to surrender unto Kṛṣṇa.To those who are constantly devoted to serving Kṛṣṇa.with love, He gives them understanding by which they can come to Him (BBhagavad-gītā 10.10).HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa led a discussion on the significance of Janmāṣṭamī, the celebration of Kṛṣṇa's appearance. He emphasized the importance of recognizing Krishna's omnipresence and the dependence on His mercy. HG Vaiśeṣika Prabhu highlighted the teachings of Prahlād Mahārāja and Rupa Goswami, stressing the joy and simplicity of devotional service. He discussed the concept of Krishna's leela (divine pastimes) and their transcendental nature. The session concluded with a kirtan and an invitation to offer prasadam, reinforcing the message that Krishna accepts even the smallest offerings made with love.For more videos please visit fanthespark.comFor more videos please visit fanthespark.com
Go Back To The Nectar Of The Holy Names | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | ISV | 24 Aug 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
The Lord, however, out of His causeless mercy, because He is more merciful to the suffering living beings than they can expect, appears before them and renovates the principles of devotional service comprised of hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping, praying, cooperating and surrendering unto Him. Adoption of all the above-mentioned items, or any one of them, can help a conditioned soul get out of the tangle of nescience and thus become liberated from all material sufferings created by the living being illusioned by the external energy. ŚB 1.8.35https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/8/35/For more videos please visit fanthespark.com
Midnight Arti & Kīrtan | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | Janmāṣṭamī | ISV | 6 Sep 2023 by Vaisesika Dasa
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Redirecting Our Minds and Hearts to Krishna | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | 6 Sep 2023 | ISV by Vaisesika Dasa
Setting The Scene For Kṛṣṇa’s Appearance | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | ISV | 6 Sep 2023 by Vaisesika Dasa
Vyāsa-pūjā offerings to Śrīla Prabhupāda by HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa & HG Nirākulā Dāsi | 9 Sep 2023 | ISV by Vaisesika Dasa
Nitāi-Pada-Kamala | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | Balarāma Jayantī | ISV | 30 Aug 2023 by Vaisesika Dasa
Three Ways To Get Spiritual Strength | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | Balarāma Jayantī | ISV | 11 Aug 2022 by Vaisesika Dasa
Nadīyā-Godrume | Balarāma Jayantī | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | ISV | 11 Aug 2022 by Vaisesika Dasa
Lord Nityānanda’s Vision | Balarāma Jayantī | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | ISV | 11 Aug 2022 by Vaisesika Dasa
..but Mahārāja Pratāparudra said : I don't want anything elseexcept service to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and if I can't at least come before him andexpress my devotion to him then I will give up my kingdom. What's more I would give up mylife. And Prabhupāda comments that , that sense of do or die, I only want this was hisfirst qualification for Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu giving him his mercy. Second was that .... (Excerpt from the above talk) #bhaktiyoga #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #prayersofqueenkunti #devotion For more details please visit fanthespark.com
Through devotional service one can easily please Lord Kṛṣṇa with a leaf of the tulasī plant and a little water. As the Lord says in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.26), a leaf, a flower, a fruit or some water (patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyam), when offered with devotion, very much pleases Him. He universally accepts the services of His devotees. Even the poorest of devotees in any part of the world can secure a small flower, fruit or leaf and a little water, and if these offerings, and especially tulasī leaves and Ganges water, are offered to Kṛṣṇa with devotion, He is very satisfied. It is said that Kṛṣṇa is so much pleased by such devotional service that He offers Himself to His devotee in exchange for it.(CC Ādi 3.107 : https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/3/107/
While in Seattle in the fall of 1968, Śrīla Prabhupāda introduced for the first time this song to be sung during the evening ārati ceremony.(Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita, Vol Two: https://vedabase.io/en/library/spl/2/gaura-arati/)
When the Lord descends to this material world by His all-merciful energy, He plays like a human being, and therefore it appears that the Lord is partial to His devotees only, but that is not a fact. Despite such apparent manifestation of partiality, His mercy is equally distributed. In the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra all persons who died in the fight before the presence of the Lord got salvation without the necessary qualifications because death before the presence of the Lord purifies the passing soul from the effects of all sins, and therefore the dying man gets a place somewhere in the transcendental abode. Somehow or other if someone puts himself open in the sun rays, he is sure to get the requisite benefit both by heat and by ultraviolet rays. Therefore, the conclusion is that the Lord is never partial. It is wrong for the people in general to think of Him as partial.(ŚB 1.8.29 : https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/8/29/) #srimadbhagavatam #bhaktiyoga #bhagavadgita #krishna #harekrishna #devotion For more details please visit fanthespark.com
Take Shelter Of Lord Nityānanda | Balarāma Jayantī | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 30 Aug 2023 by Vaisesika Dasa
Align Your Life With Spiritual Service | Balarama Pūrṇimā | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 8 Aug 2023 by Vaisesika Dasa
Impact Of Cooperation and Spiritual Association | HG Vaisesika Dasa | Sadhu Sanga | 25 May 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
Find Your Own Sincerity | Narasimha Caturdashi Celebrations | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 21 May 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
Kṛṣṇa is Listening to You | Make Japa Great Again | H G Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 10 Aug 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
As living beings, we are not so good at being masterful of the world; it masters us right back again. And we feel ourselves encumbered by the world when we try to control it. But when we think of how to use everything and we see everything in the world as paraphernalia to be used in service of the Lord, then we naturally feel at home, and we feel a sense of optimism and excitement because everything can be used in service.-Excerpt from HG Vaisesika Prabhu’s talk on “Turn The Service Switch On.”
Anyone who has been forced by ignorance to enter the material world may be purified of material life if he offers prayers to the Lord and hears the Lord’s glories. - Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.12
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform – do that, O son of Kuntī, as an offering to Me. ( Bhagavad-gītā 9.27) HG Vaisesika Dasa brings to us the wisdom from ancient literature like Sri Īśopaniṣad , Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and reminds us that "In giving we receive".
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dekho ore bhāi, tri-bhuvane nāi,emona doyāla dātāpaśu pākhī jhure, pāṣāṇa vidare,śuni' jāńra guṇa-gāthāMy dear brother, just try and examine this. Within the three worlds there is no one like Lord Caitanya or Lord Nityananda. Their merciful qualities are so great that upon hearing Them even birds and beasts cry and stones melt. ( From the Song Parama Karuna, 3rd Paragraph)Srila Lochana Dasa Thakur expounds the most magnanimous nature and infinite mercy of Sri Caitaya Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
Kṛṣṇa, The Supreme Personality of Godhead is responsive to our prayers.HG Vaisesika Dasa explains how we can practice chanting with attention to receive His descending grace and cultivate a mood of service.For more details visit fanthespark.com
A Kṛṣṇa conscious being is always engaged in planning how to take all of suffering humanity back home, back to Godhead. Even if one is not successful in reclaiming all the fallen souls back to Godhead, still, because he is Kṛṣṇa conscious, his path to Vaikuṇṭhaloka is open. He personally becomes qualified to enter the Vaikuṇṭhalokas, and if anyone follows such a devotee, he also enters into Vaikuṇṭhaloka. (Srimad Bhagvatam 4.12.36 https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/4/12/36/)HG Vaisesika Dasa inspires us to actively engage in the vital spiritual activity of sharing Krishna Consciousness. By doing so, we not only benefit others but also receive great spiritual blessings.
In this song by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, the glories of Sri Guru are described. He also reminds us to imbibe an attitude of gratitude and always remain grateful.Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bonafide spiritual master by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. By the mercy of both Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service. (CC Madhya 19.151) https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/19/151/)
HG Vaisesika Dasa emphasizes two essential sutras to enhance the quality of our chanting. Happy Japa!!!
Prahlāda further confirms that if one’s mind is always absorbed in thought of Kṛṣṇa, that very qualification will purify one and keep one purified always.SB 7.9.39 Purporthttps://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/9/39/HG Vaisesika Dasa inspires us to achieve spiritual success by aligning ourselves with the mood and teachings of our previous acharyas (spiritual teachers) and develop service attitude by remembering the essential core principles of Krishna Consciousness
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Even a little of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy serves as a great asset for spiritual advancement. Therefore the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement must be spread through the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Excerpt from Purport to CC Madhya 14.16https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/14/16In this talk, HG Vaisesika Prabhu inspires all of us to make our lives perfect by seeking the favor of Lord Caitanya. He encourages everyone to expand the flood of Lord Caitanya's mercy by doing our part to make it accessible to one and all.
HG Vaisesika Prabhu illuminates the concept of anartha nivṛtti—cleansing the heart. He draws profound inspiration and valuable lessons from the sacred pastime of cleaning the Gundicha Temple.For more details please visit fanthespark.com
Sri Jagannathashtakam and Kirtan | Youth Jam | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 28 Jul 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
Prayers of Queen Kunti -Translations | Youth Jam | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 28 Jul 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
The Four Questions - Secrets of Spiritual Success | ISKCON Denver | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 20 Jul 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
Beginning a life of devotion | ISKCON Denver | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 20 Jul 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
Get Back Together With Krishna | ISV | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 27 Jul 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
Align Your Intentions Before Chanting | MJGA | HG VaisesikaDasa | 27 Jul 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
Develop Determination To Read Bhagavad-gītā | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISKCON Denver | 19 Jul 2024 by Vaisesika Dasa
Bhagavad Gita Recitation - Gita Jayanti | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | Dec 22, 2022 by Vaisesika Dasa
Govardhan Reading Part 2: SB 4.1.34-4.2.26 - Story Of Dakṣa, Sati & Lord Śiva - 10/27/23 by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-12-10 ISV Churning The Ocean Of The Holy Name - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
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2023-12-03 Youth Jam BG Chapter 7 Memorization Practice - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-05-03 Readings On The Pastimes Of Lord Narasimha - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-04-09 Tsukuba, Japan - Kaliya Lila Part 1: Devotion Of Nagapatnis - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
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2023- 07 29 Sincerity Is The Key To Successful Sadhana- HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023- 07-09 Bhadra Super Sunday - Bhagavad Gita & Overcoming Obstacles - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-07-08 Youth Jam - Absolute Truth & The Goal of Life - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-07-09 Attitude Is Everything In Krishna's Service - HH Sacinandana Swami & HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023- 07 _ 08 ISV Krishna Katha_ Obtaining Good Qualities- HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023- 07 _ 15 ISV Krishna Katha_ Controlling senses- HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023- 07 _ 09 Youth Jam How to see Krishna in every aspect of life- HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-05-26 Soaking into Sadhu Sanga - Round Rock, Texas - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023- 05-25 Austin, Texas - SB 1.2.3 - Becoming an Ambassador Of Goodwill - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
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2023-06-17 Book Distribution Reflections - HG Vaisesika Dasa - Gaura Aarati by Vaisesika Dasa
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2023 01 12 Yatra Puri 2023 Day 5 Doctrine of pre-emptive giving - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-11 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 4 - Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya house Bg.7.13 SB1.1.1 Muhyanti yat surayah ŚB 10.14.29 need Krishna's favor in knowing Krishna - HG Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-11 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 4 - Prayers of CC author KRKG - 3 deities of Vrindavan - 4 exponents from pancha dravida - HG Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-11 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 4 - SB 11.9.29 life although temp SB 2.3.17 Regulate senses mind to be vigorous in inquiry. Accelerate bhakti bcz Time and tide wait for no man - HG Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-11 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 4 - Nām gāy gorā madhur sware by BVT - HG Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-11 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 4 - How not to waste any time. Ideas come as gift from Krishna note them down - HG Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-11 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 4 - Mantra to Yantra - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-11 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 4 - Madhukari - Expand transcendental vibration. People love books - HG Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-11 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 4 - At Siddha Bakul On Haridas Thakur - part1 Chant HK part2 Teach others - HG Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-11 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 4 - BG15 Translation recitation - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-10 Yatra-Puri Day 3 - Hearing from sadhus - HG Vaisesika Dasa.mp3 by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-10 Yatra-Puri Day 3 - Ujjvala varna - at Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya house - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023 - 01 - 10 Yatra - Puri 2023 Day 3 -Nitai Nama Eneche - HG Vaisesika Das by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-10 Yatra-Puri Day 3 - Mahaprabhu meets Sarvabhuma - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-10 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 3 - Gambhira Mahaprabhu - Radha chastising bee - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-10 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 3 - Harinam initiation - Sarvabhauma B house - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-10 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 3 - Brahma Samhita verse recitation - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-10 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 3 - BG15 Purushottama Yoga verse recitation - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-06-30 London - Sadhu Sanga with HH SB Keshava Swami & HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-06-28 - Studio 108 London - The Superpower of Gratitude - HG Vaisesika by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-06-28 Bhaktivedanta Manor UK - Initiation Ceremony - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-06-24 London - Secrets for Controlling the Mind - HG Vaisesika Dasa & HG Kaustubha Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2025-06-26 CC Madhya 9.145-146 - Bhaktivedanta Manor UK - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-10 Yatra-Puri Day 3 - Prabhupadas Daily Japa practices - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-09 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 2 - Bhajan - CC Antya 14.120 samīpe nīlādreś - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-09 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 2 - Govardhan Parikrama Vs Disney - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-02-12 Mayapura ILS Plenary Session - Global Sankirtana Presentation by HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
_2023-01-09 Yatra-Puri Day 2 - Three Principles of Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-09 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 2 - How to Spiritualize your Intelligence - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-09 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 2 - BSST Bhajan Kutir- HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-09 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 2 - Bhajan - Rādhā-kṛṣṇa' bol bol bolo re sobāi - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-09 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 2 - BG CH 15 reading - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-08 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 1 - Ujavala Varnam - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-08 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 1 - ŚB 10.14.58 Oceean Shrunk - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-08 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 1 - Why Mahaprabhu comes to Vipralambha ksetra- HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-01-08 Yatra-Puri 2023 Day 1 - Devotees sharing why they came to yatra - HG Vaisesika Dasa.mp3 by Vaisesika Dasa
2022-01-22 ISV Journey Of Death BG.2.22 SB.3.31 SB.11.22 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-02-07 Mayapur - Bhajan - Bhaja Re Bhaja Re Amar by BVT - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2023-02-07 Mayapur - Bhajan - Sri Sri Sad-gosvamy-astaka - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
Edited - 2023-02-07 Mayapur - Purport - Sri Sri Sad-gosvamy-ashtaka- HG Vaisesika Dasa.mp3 by Vaisesika Dasa
2022-08-05 - The Four Questions for a Better Life - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2022-4-2 Srimad Bhagavatam 3.25.25 New Mayapur, France - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
Srimad Bhagavatam on the 5 attitudes that invite Bhakti faster: 1. I am Sick and Tired (3.25.7) Devahuti 2. I'll Show Them (4.8.37) Dhruva 3. Never Again (5.828, 29) Bharat Maharaja 4. Love/Want to serve Guru (7.9.28) Prahalad 5. I need Help (SB 8.3.20,21) Gajendra
2022-07-17 Ypsilanti - Post Initiation Ceremony - Talks - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2022-07-17 Ypsilanti - Initiation Ceremony - Bindumati Sakhi DD - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2022-05-22 ISV Karma - HG Vaisesika Dasa, HG Bhagavad-Ashray Dasa & Featuring HH Indradyumna Swami by Vaisesika Dasa
2022 - 05 - 21 - ISV Krsna Katha HG Bhagavad Ashray And HG Vaisesika Dasa Prabhus by Vaisesika Dasa
2022-3-4 Reading from Srila Prabhupada’s letters Vrindavana - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2022-3-3 Address to devotees from Mumbai - Vrindavana - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2022-2-22 Kṛṣṇa’s Beauty will save you SB 11.11 Vrindavana - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2022-2-20 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Katha Vrindavana - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2022-2-17 Reading and discussion on Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Vrindavana - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2022-2-17 Srimad Bhagavatam 11.11 Sri Vrindavana Dhama - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
Home Program - Radhe Shyam Pr and Rupa Manjiri Mtj Home in Gurgaon India BG 5.10 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2022-02-21 Vrindavana Guru Astakam At Srila Prabhupadas Bhajan Kutir - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
Vrndavana Nectar (Verse 2) from the New Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu soon to be published by BBT. Translated by HH Bhanu Swami Maharaja. Includes commentaries by Jiva Goswami, Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura Maharaja and Srila Prabhupada.
2022-02-21 Vrindavana - HD BSST Maharaja Appearance Day Lecture - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-11-21 Sankirtan Orientation Seminar Part 2 Bhaktivedanta Manor - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-11-21 Sankirtan Orientation Seminar Part 1 Bhaktivedanta Manor - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-11-19 Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.1 UK - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-11-16 Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam 2.6.41 UK - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-11-15 Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.24 ISKCON London Soho Street - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-11-15 Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam 2.6.35 UK - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-11-12 Reading from CC Madhya 7.110-113 Bhaktivedanta Manor - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-11-12 Reading from CC Madhya 7.102-109 Bhaktivedanta Manor - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-11-9 Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam 2.6.19 Bhaktivedanta Manor - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-11-7 Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam 2.6.1 Bhaktivedanta Manor - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-11-4 Srimad Bhagavatam 3.5.7 Radha Govinda Mandhir - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-11-3 Srimad Bhagavatam 3.5.6 Radha Govinda Mandhir - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-10-31 Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam 2.5.11 ISV - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-10-29 - ISV- Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam 2.4.20 to 2.5.6 - H.G Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 10 - 23 Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2 Recitation In Sanskrit - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-10-03 California Chant CampMandala Springs - HG Vaisesika Dasa and HG Kaustubha Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-10-17 Sunday Feast Lecture - What to Lose for the Ultimate Win - H.G Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-10-09 Your Kit for Crossing the Material Ocean - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-10-10 Laguna Beach Sunday Feast Lecture Trust The Lord s Arrangement - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-10-16 Glories of Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto 1- Preface - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 08 - 15 - Recognize The Supreme Cause Of Causes - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 08 - 07 Looking For Everlasting Relationship? - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 07 - 31 Stop Wandering and Route for the Real Destination - SB 1.5.18 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 07 - 25 How To Free Yourself From Your Mind's Incarceration - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 07 - 10 Glorification Of Srila Bhativinooda Thakura - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 07 - 17 The Power of Devotee Association SB 10.51.53 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 07 - 11 Secret Formula For Obtaining The Right Backing - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 07 - 03 Sri Sacitanayastakam - Ujjvala Varana - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 07 - 03 English Recitation SB 1.2 - Divinity And Divine Service - Hg Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 07 - 03 The Best Use Of Your College Education - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 06 - 26 Catch The Ladder To Your True Home - SB 2.8.6 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 06 - 20 Doyal Nitai Caitanya Bole Nach Re Amar Mana - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 06 - 20 Srimad Bhagavatam - The Guidebook To Drive Back Home - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 05 - 23 Lord Will Provide Required Knowledge Bhagavad - Gita 15.15 HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 05 - 16 - Process For Serving The Complete Lord Revealed - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 05 - 09 Serve And Be Picked Up By Krsna SB 3.25.41 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021-05-07 Multiplying the magnitude of mercy - Molding our minds to Mahaprabhu's mission by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 05 - 02 Secret Revealed- How To Launch Into Krsna's Orbit - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
An Amazing Purport From Caitanya - Caritamrta (Cc Adi 5.22) - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 03 - 13 Are You Adding Cement To Your Sweet Rice? CC Adi.5.20 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 03 - 04 Lord Nityananda Trayodasi Celebrations - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 03 - 06 Onward Goloka Vrndavana Back To Godhead CC Adi 5.15 - 19 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 02 - 20 Glories of The Servant God - Nityananda Prabhu - HG Vaisesika by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 02 - 18 Sri Advaita Acarya Appearance Day Lecture HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
Perfected Sound - Your Ticket To The Spiritual World - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 02 - 07 Chant And Hear To Go Back To Our Real Home - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 12 - 14 NY Bhakti Center Srimad Bhagavatam 7.13.29 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 12 - 12 So Del Bhakti House, Delaware Home Program - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 12 - 12 So Del Bhakti House, Delaware Book Distribution Workshop - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 12 - 12 SoDel Bhakti House, Delaware Srimad Bhagavatam 7.10.7 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 12 - 11 Krishna Village, Delaware Initiation Ceremony - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 12 - 11 Germantown, Maryland Krsna Katha - H.G. Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 12 - 08 Germantown, Maryland Home Program - H.G. Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 12 - 3 CSU Fort Collins Meditation Seminar - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2021 - 01 - 23 Approach Krsna For All Your Needs CC Adi 4.234 - 277 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 12 - 19 Book Distribution Is Selfless Service - CC Adi 4.66 - 195 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 12 - 05 Glories Of The Human Form SB 11.23.22 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 11 - 28 Make Japa Great Again - HG Vaisesika Dasa And HG Nirakula DD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 11 - 25 - Accelerate Your Spiritual Growth By Giving BG 13.29 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 11 - 18 Srila Prabhupada The Pre - Eminent Siksa Guru - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 11 - 21 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi.4.108 - 145 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 11 - 18 Srila Prabhupada Disappearance Day Celebrations - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 11 - 15 Prayer To Grant Residence Near Govardhana - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 11 - 14 Caitanya - Caritamrta - Adi 4. 72 - 107- HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 11 - 08 Sunday Feast Lecture BG 13.25 - 26 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 11 - 07- Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi 4.63 - 71- Thickening Faith - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 11 - 04 SB 9.24.61 Lords Special Mercy In Kali - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 11 - 01 Prayers Of Queen Kunti Srimad Bhagavatam 1.8.31 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 10 - 31 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi - 5.51 - 62 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 10 - 17 Caitanya Caritamrta - Adi 3.35 - 52 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 10 - 10 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi - 4.23 - 34- HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 10 - 03 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi.4.1 - 22 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 09 - 26 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi - 3.99 - 114 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 09 - 20 Go To Goloka Celebration Sanga - Facilitated By HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 09 - 19 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi 3.92 - 98 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 26 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 85-87 - HH KBDG and HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 26 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 82-84 - HH KBDG and HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 25 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 76-81 - HH KBDG and HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 25 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 73-75 - HH KBDG and HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 24 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 69-72 - HH KBDG and HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 24 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 65-68 - HH KBDG and HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 08 - 15 Ujjvala Varana Sri Sacitanayastakam - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 08 - 15 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi 5.1 - 18 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 08 - 09 Virtual Vrindavana Parikrama - Part 2 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 08 - 08 Virtual Vrindavana Parikrama - Part 1 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 08 - 03 Srimad Bhagavatam 10.15.13 - 41 - Pastimes Of Krsna And Balarama - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 08 - 03 Dasa Avatara Stotra - Pralaya Payodhi Jale - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 08 - 03 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi.5.1 - 12 Balarama Katha- HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 08 - 01 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi.3.41 - 50 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 07 - 19 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi 3.13 - 44 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 07 - 15 Caitanya - Caritamrta.Adi - Lila.2.118 - 121 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 07 - 14 Re - Affirming The Seventh Purpose Of ISKCON - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 07 - 12 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi.2.97 - 117 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 07 - 11 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi.2.93 - 96 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 07 - 08 Caitanya - Caritamrta - Adi - 2.38 - 92 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 07 - 06. Glorifying HH Bhakti Caru Swami - Featuring HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 23 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 60-64 - HH KBDG and HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 07 - 04 Harinama Initiation Ceremony Amrta - Katha Dasi - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020-07-01 Cc Adi 2.37-Find the ultimate Cause and Shelter - HG Vaisesika DasaHG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 07 - 01 Prayers At ISV For HH Bhakti Caru Swami Maharaja Lead By HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 22 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 59-60 - HH KBDG and HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 22 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 56-58 - HH KBDG and HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 06 - 28 Holy Name Revives You From Spiritual Coma - Cc Adi 2.22 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 06 - 27 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi.2.20 - 22 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
Bhagavad Gita Entire Recitation In Sanskrit By HG Vaisesika Prabhu, 12 - 10 - 16 by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 06 - 24 Caitanya - Cairitamrta Adi.2.11 - 19 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 06 - 21 3 Teachings Of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura From His Songs - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 06 - 20 Bhaktivonda Thakura Tirobhava Celebrations - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 06 - 17 Sri Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi Lila 1.92 –end And 2.1 - 5 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 06 - 14 Sri Caitanya - Caritamrta - Adi - 1.92 - 94 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 06 - 13 Caitanya - Caritamrta Adi.1.67 - 91 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 06 - 10. Caitantaya-caritamrta Adi1.57 - 64 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 06 - 07 Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi.1.55 - 56 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 06 - 03 Caitanya - Caritamrta - Adi.1.49 - 52 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 22 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 53-56 - HH KBDG and HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 05 - 27 Caitanya - Caritamrta - Introduction And Adi - Lila 1.1 - 34 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 21 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 50-52 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 21 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 47-49 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 05 - 20 Caitanya - Caritamrta - Preface And Introduction - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 20 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 45 and 46 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 20 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 45 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 05 - 17 Appled Bhagavad - Gita - Cc - Preface - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 10 31 Govardhan Srila Prabhupada's Disappearance Day Festival Celebration HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 05 - 16 Devotional Service Cc Madhya 22.146 - 153 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 05 - 13 Five Limbs Of Devotional Service - Cc Madhya.22.134 - 142 - Hg Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 05 - 10 5 Limbs Of Devotional Service - CC Madhya 22.128 - 131 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 05 - 09 Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.8. Attraction To Lords Message - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 20 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch.39-44 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 05 - 03 Bhakta Prahlada Tortured - Srimad Bhagavatam 7.7.39 - 51 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 05 - 02 Q And A And Srimad Bhagavatam 7.5.33 - 38 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 04 - 29 Futile Attempt At Immortality - Srimad Bhagavatam 7.3.11 - 16 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 01 - 31 Mayapur Vaishnava Academy Evening Class - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 04 - 26 The Lord Is Equal To All Srimad Bhagavatam 7.1.8 - 9 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 04 - 22 Be Surprised By Krsna - Srimad Bhagavatam 8.5.47 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 01 - 30 Mayapur Vaishnava Academy Evening Class - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 01 - 31 Mayapur Gaudiya Math Parikrama - HG Vaisesika Das And HG Navina Nirada Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 01 - 29 Kolkata Radha Govinda Mandir Parikrama - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 04 - 19 The Field And Its Knower Bhagavad - Gita 13.5 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 04 - 18 On The Way To Akarma - Srimad Bhagavatam 8.1.14 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 19 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 36-38 - HH KBDG and HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 19 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch.30-35 - HH KBDG and HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 04 - 14 Narada's Story - Srimad Bhagavatam 1.6.1 - 16 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 04 - 11 Who Causes You To Suffer Srimad Bhagavatam 1.17.18 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 04 - 11 Who Causes You To Suffer- Srimad Bhagavatam 1.17.18 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 18 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 28 and 29 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 18 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 25-27 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 04 - 08 The True Yogi Bhagavad - Gita 6.1 - 2 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 18 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 22-24 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 18 Govardhana Krishna Book Reading - Ch. 21 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 04 - 02 Glories Of Lord Ramacandra - Part 2 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 17 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 17-20 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 04 - 02 Glories Of Lord Ramacandra SB 9.10 - Morning Session - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 04 - 01 Reading From Ramayana Pages 536 - End - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 14 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 15 And 16 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 14 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 14 Continued - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 01 - 29 Yatra Kolkata Radha Govinda Mandir Parikrama - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 14 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 14 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 29 Reading From Ramayana - Yuddha Kanda Pages 373 - 396 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 29 Civilized Human Beings - Srimad Bhagavatam 7.15.15 - 16 - His Grace Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 13 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 12 And 13 - HH KBDG And HG VP by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 13 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 9, 10, And 11 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 13 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 6, 7, And 8 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 28 Perfect Behavior - Srimad Bhagavatam 7.13.1 - 6 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 13 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 4 And 5 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 12 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch 2 And 3 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 12 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Ch. 1 And 2 - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 10 12 Govardhana Krsna Book Reading - Preface/Introduction - HH KBDG And HG VD by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 25 Reading From The Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda Pages 87 - 137 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 10 10 Mumbai - Bhakti The Topmost Yoga System - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 10 - 10 Mumbai - Talk With Juhu Brahmacaris - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 21 Ideal Family Life - Srimad Bhgavatam 7.14.7 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 19 Japanese SB 8.6.32 Demigods And Demons Declare Truce - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 09 - 29 Bhakti Center, NY Bhagavat Sravana Program - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 20 Ideal Family Life - Srimad Bhgavatam 7.14 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 20 Spiritual Fitness - Starting Your Day Right - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 20 Spiritual Fitness - Starting Your Day Right - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 18 - CC.Madhya 11.177 - 243 And 12.1 - 20 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 02 - 29 ISV Lessons From Churning Of The Ocean SB Canto 8 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 18 - CC.Madhya 11.177 - 243 And 12.1 - 20 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 17 Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 11.62 - 176 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 16 Reading From Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 11.1 - 60 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 15 ISV Praise or Criticize - Srimad Bhagavatam 11.28 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 01 - 19 ISV Five Potent Items Of Devotional Service - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 01 - 19 ISV Five Potent Items Of Devotional Service - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 01 - 18 ISV Self Realized Souls - Bhagavad - Gita 5.20 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
Doing inspirational bhakti sadhana everyday is the key to success in life. . . Get Your Bhajan On!
2020 - 01 - 15 ISV Reading - Bhagavad - Gita Chapter 5 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 01 - 15 ISV Reading Translations - SB 1.2 Divinity And Divine Service - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 01 - 15 - ISV About Habits From Bhagavad - Gita Ita And Srimad Bhagavatam - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 14 Srimad Bhagavatam 10.16 - 41 - 67 And 10.17 And BG 13.1 - 2 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 14 ISV Srimad Bhagavatam SB 3.9.1 - 2 Brahma's Prayers - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 12 Krsna Chastises Kalia SB 10.16.41 - 48 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 03 - 12 Online SB 10.16.1-41 Krsna Chastises Kalia - HG Vaisesika Prabhu by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 09 15 Tokyo Srimad Bhagavatam Discourse 7.15.31 HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 09 08 ISV Srimad Bhagavatam Discourse 12.6.40-41 HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 01 25 Bengaluru Sankirtan Orientation Seminar Part 3 HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 - 02 - 14 Mayapur Srimad Bhagavatam - 10.13.14 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 01 24 Bengaluru Sankirtan Orientation Seminar Part 2 HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2020 01 24 Bengaluru Sankirtan Orientation Seminar Part 1 HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
His Holiness Keśava Bhāratī dāsa Goswami Mahārāja and His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa and assembled devotees begin reading Kṛṣṇa Book during Kartik of 2019 (Gaurabda 533) at ISKCON, Bhaktivedānata Āśrama Govardhana, India First Session: Dedication, words from Apple (George Harrison), Preface, Introduction.
"Srila Prabhupad's genius way of giving us the 10th Canto in a summary way."
Srīmad Bhāgavata Mahimā Stotra of Srila Sanatana Goswami Sri Sri Krsna-lila-stava: 107
sarva-śāstrābdhi-pīyūṣa sarva-vedaika-sat-phala sarva-siddhānta-ratnāḍhya sarva-lokaika-dṛk-prada sarva-bhāgavata-prāṇa śrīmad-bhāgavata prabho kali-dhvāntoditāditya śrī-kṛṣṇa-parivartita paramānanda-pāṭhāya prema-varṣy-akṣarāya te sarvadā sarva-sevyāya śrī-kṛṣṇāya namo ’stu me mad-eka-bandho mat-saṅgin mad-guro man-mahādhana man-nistāraka mad-bhāgya mad-ānanda namo ’stu te asādhu-sādhutā-dāyin atinīchochcha-tāraka hā na muñcha kadāchin māṁ premṇā hṛt-kaṇṭhayoḥ sphura
O nectar from the ocean of all of the scriptures, O divine fruit of all of the Vedas, O you who are adorned with the jewels of all siddhanta, O sole giver of vision to all souls, O life of all devotees, O Srimad Bhagavatam, O Lord, O sun arisen in the darkness of Kali-yuga, O return of Sri Krishna, O you who are the greatest joy to read, O you whose letters shower divine love, O you who are worshippable to everyone, O Sri Krishna Himself, I eternally bow to you.
«My only friend, my companion, my teacher, my greatest wealth, my deliverer, my good fortune, my joy, I bow to you.
O giver of virtue to the virtueless, O uplifter of the most lowly, may you never abandon me. May you manifest with divine love within my heart and throat.»
2019 - 11 - 23 ISV Krsna The Source Of All Strength - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 11 - 04 Govardhana Go Puja - HH Jayadvaita Swami Maharaja and H G Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 11 - 05 Govardhan Initiation Ceremony HH Kesava Bharati Maharaja and H G Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 09 - 13 Tokyo Lessons From The Life Of Srila Haridasa Thakura - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 09 - 04 ISV How To Move To Krsna Bhakti - HG Satyadeva Pr and HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 08 - 28 Salesforce - Transcend The Troubles Of The Mind - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 08 - 18 ISV Perfection Of Renunciation - Bhagavad - Gita 18.13 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 08 - 12 Toronto Practical Tips For Improving Krsna Consciousness - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 08 - 12 Toronto Srimad Bhagavatam 11.22.39 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 08 - 07 ISV Become Resolute In Krsna Consciousness - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 21 ISV - Sri Caitanya-bhagavata Adi Khanda 1.1 - Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 21 ISV From Confusion To Clarity On The Waves Of The Holy Name - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 18 Japanese Give Up Your Attachments via Deliberation - SB 7.14.13 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 20 Sacramento: Are You Qualified To Understand Krsna - BG 18.67 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 20 ISV - Glorification Of Krsna And His Names - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 20 ISV - Arunidaya Kirtana I And II (Udilo Aruna And Jiva Jago) - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019.7.17- ISV Prayers Of Personified Vedas Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 17 ISV Sri Sri Gurv - Astaka Evening Tune - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 13 ISV Arunodaya Kirtan II - Jiva Jago - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 13 ISV Arunodaya Kirtan I - Udilo Aruna HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019.7.17- ISV Prayers Of Personified Vedas Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 06 UK The Later Pastimes Of Caitanya Mahaprabhu Cc Madhya 1.152 - 161 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 06 - 30 UK Harinama Initiation Ananya - Bhava DD - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 16 Salesforce Turn Your Transponder On - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 14 ISV SB 10.46 Uddhava Visits Vrndavana - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 14 How To Become An Acoustic Resonator - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 12 Palo Alto Finding Balance In Life From The Inside - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 06 - 26 SalesForce UK Finding Balance From Inside - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 10 ISV Devotional Service - The Cure For Distress - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 06 UK Best Use Of Body And Posssesions SB 6.10.10 - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 07 SF Ask Vaisesika Dasa - Questions And Answers About Bhakti Yoga - HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa
2019 - 07 - 02 Glories Of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura 0 HG Vaisesika Dasa by Vaisesika Dasa