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In the material world there are so many gradations of education. Some people never finish grammar school or high school, …

The Lord replied, “Why should you not think you’re well educated? You’re a great scholar in Sanskrit and Persian.”

“That may be,” Sanātana Gosvāmī said, “but I do not know what I am.” He then went on to tell …

Rāja-vidyā may be further defined as not only knowing what one is but acting accordingly. If we do not know …

Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided the living entities into two major categories: those that are moving and those that are not moving. …

In the present day most people claim to be devoted to some religion – Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, etc. – …

Just knowing “I am not this body; I am spirit soul” is not sufficient. We have to escape this entanglement …

brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām

“One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments or …

These are the signs of liberation. The first symptom of one who is liberated is that he is very happy. …

Practically speaking, this process is not very easy in this Age of Kali. In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam a description is given of …

Thus out of His causeless mercy, Śrī Kṛṣṇa came as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and distributed the means to the highest …

We must understand that our suffering is due to our sinful activity, and sinful activity is due to our ignorance. …

This knowledge by which we can gain release from suffering is possible in the human form of life, not in …

śrī bhagavān uvāca idaṁ tu te guhya-tamaṁ pravakṣyāmy anasūyave jñānaṁ vijñāna-sahitaṁ yaj jñātvā mokṣyase ’śubhāt

“The Supreme Lord said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this …

The opening words of the ninth chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā indicate that the Supreme Godhead is speaking. Here Śrī Kṛṣṇa …

bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati

“A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the …

Here Kṛṣṇa proclaims that He is the enjoyer of all activities and the proprietor of all planets (sarva-loka-maheś-varam). An individual …