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Meditation Through Transcendental Sound

Lecturing at Boston’s Northeastern University in the summer of 1969, Śrīla Prabhupāda introduces a meditation system renowned for its extraordinary …

My dear boys and girls, I thank you very much for attending this meeting. We are spreading this Kṛṣṇa consciousness …

First of all, we must try to understand what the transcendental platform is. As far as our present condition is …

In the third chapter of Bhagavad-gītā, you’ll find an explanation of the various statuses of conditioned life. The first is …

This bodily standard of conditioned life is called the sensual platform, because as long as we have a bodily conception …

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam says, yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke: Thinking we are the body means we have a concept of ourself as a bag …

Those who are too engrossed with the bodily concept of life are recommended to practice the dhyāna-yoga system, the yoga …

In this regard, the word bhajate in this verse is significant. Bhajate has its root in the verb bhaj, which …

So, worship is very different from devotional service. Worship involves some selfish motive. We may worship some very big businessman …

Thus when we speak of worship, there is a selfish motive, but when we speak of devotional service, there is …

But if one has some personal motive and thinks, “By practicing this system of religion, my material necessities will be …

Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the perfection of yoga, but even if one looks at it from a religious viewpoint it is …

We should simply try to love God, without demanding anything. Our needs will be supplied. Even the cats and dogs …

Service to God is natural; since I am part and parcel of God, my natural duty is to serve Him. …

Similarly, we are all part and parcel of God, and we are all meant simply for rendering service to Him. …

Another point is that by serving God, we will automatically have sympathy for all living beings – not only for …

Every living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, and thus every living entity is intended to serve …

ya eṣāṁ puruṣaṁ sākṣād ātma-prabhavam īśvaram na bhajanty avajānanti sthānād bhraṣṭāḥ patanty adhaḥ

“Anyone who does not render service and neglects his duty unto the primeval Lord, who is the source of all …