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Next Lord Caitanya explained to Sanātana Gosvāmī the process by which one can approach Kṛṣṇa. The only process, said Caitanya …

Kṛṣṇa is the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He is situated in His internal potency, which is …

Kṛṣṇa’s separated expanded forms are the living entities, who are classified according to which of the Lord’s energies they are …

On the other hand, those who are eternally conditioned are always divorced from the transcendental loving service of Kṛṣṇa and …

Diseased and conditioned, the living entity transmigrates all over the universe. Sometimes he is situated in the upper planetary system, …

A conditioned living entity should become aware of his real position and pray to the Lord, “How much longer will …

Sometimes the Vedic literature highly praises fruitive activities, mystic yoga and the speculative search for knowledge as different ways to …

When Vyāsadeva was not satisfied even after compiling heaps of books of Vedic knowledge, Nārada Muni, his spiritual master, explained …

Similarly, Śukadeva Gosvāmī prays in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.4.17): “There are many sages who are expert in performing austerities, there are many …

Although many types of philosophers and transcendentalists believe that one who lacks knowledge cannot be liberated from material entanglement, there …

śreyaḥ-sṛtiṁ bhaktim udasya te vibho kliśyanti ye kevala-bodha-labdhaye teṣām asau kleśala eva śiṣyate nānyad yathā sthūla-tuṣāvaghātinām

“My dear Lord, devotional service unto You is the best path for self-realization. If someone gives up that path and …

In the Bhagavad-gītā (7.14) it is stated that material nature is so strong that it can be surmounted only by …

There are four social divisions of human society: the brāhmaṇas, or intellectuals; the kṣatriyas, or administrators; the vaiśyas, or businessmen …

In this regard, Lord Caitanya recited two verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.2–3) that were spoken by Nārada Muni to indicate the …

Lord Caitanya further pointed out that although those who belong to the Māyāvāda, or impersonalist, school consider themselves to be …

ye ’nye ’ravindākṣa vimukta-māninas tvayy asta-bhāvād aviśuddha-buddhayaḥ āruhya kṛcchreṇa paraṁ padaṁ tataḥ patanty adho ’nādṛta-yuṣmad-aṅghrayaḥ

“Those who think that they are liberated according to Māyāvāda philosophy but who do not take to the devotional service …

Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained that Kṛṣṇa is just like the sun and that Māyā, the illusory material energy, is just like …

sakṛd eva prapanno yas tavāsmīti ca yācate abhayaṁ sarvadā tasmai dadāmy etad vrataṁ mama