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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 …

Kṛṣṇa specifically states that this process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is su-sukham, very pleasant and easy to practice. Indeed, the devotional …

Of course, if one thinks that the Bhagavad-gītā and the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra are part of the Hindu system and …

It is not that we should simply take things from Kṛṣṇa and offer Him nothing. Everyone is taking something from …

patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ

yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva mad arpaṇam

“If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water, I will accept it. …