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Similarly, we can offer many services with our bodily activities. But all such activities must be in relationship with Kṛṣṇa. …

This cultivation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not material. The Lord has three general energies – namely, the external energy, the …

In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, by Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī, Lord Caitanya states that it is a fortunate person who comes in contact …

The definition of a pure devotee, as given by Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, can be summarized thus: his service …

Karma, or fruitive activities, is sometimes understood to consist of ritualistic activities. There are many persons who are very much …

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has also quoted a definition from the Nārada Pañcarātra, as follows: “One should be free from all …

As long as one identifies himself as belonging to a certain family, a certain society, or a certain nation, he …

Next Rūpa Gosvāmī gives six unique features of pure devotional service.

1. Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress.

2. Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness.

3. Pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure.

4. Pure devotional service is rarely achieved.

5. Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation.

6. Pure devotional service is the only means to attract Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is all-attractive, but pure devotional service attracts even …

1. Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Brings Relief from All Material Distress

In the Bhagavad-gītā, the Lord says that one should surrender unto Him, giving up all other engagements. The Lord also …

In this way there is a chain of sinful activities and their concomitant distresses, and the conditioned soul is suffering …

There are many results of past sinful activities for which we are suffering at the present moment, and we may …

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī quotes a verse from the Third Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.33.6), in which Devahūti addresses her son, Kapiladeva, …

A person is born in a brāhmaṇa family or in a family of dog-eaters due to his past activities. If …