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

The point is that we should offer something to Kṛṣṇa with devotion. It is not that Kṛṣṇa is hungry and …

vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yoga- śikṣārtham ekaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-śarīra-dhari kṛpāmbudhir yas tam ahaṁ prapadye

“Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has descended in the form of Lord …

When a person advances in bhakti-yoga, he will automatically become detached from material attractions. There are many American and European …

ye hi saṁsparśa-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādy-antavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ

“An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material …

Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, anādi karama-phale, paḍi’ bhavārṇava-jale, taribāre nā dekhi upāya. If we are thrown into the ocean, there is …

We may be a Hindu or a Muslim or a Christian for fifty or sixty years, or at the utmost …

man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru

“Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me.” (Bhagavad-gītā 9.34)

In this way, Kṛṣṇa opens the door, but we unfortunately do not accept Him. Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna, “Because you are …

We are all after happiness, but we do not know how to enjoy happiness. We want to enjoy our senses, …

If we are situated in the transcendental position (bhakti), we can understand Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa cannot be understood by mental speculation; …

TEXT 11

taṁ tvā gatāhaṁ śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyaṁ sva-bhṛtya-saṁsāra-taroḥ kuṭhāram jijñāsayāhaṁ prakṛteḥ pūruṣasya namāmi sad-dharma-vidāṁ variṣṭham

Devahūti continued: I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet because You are the only person of whom to take …

Sāṅkhya philosophy, as is well known, deals with prakṛti and puruṣa. Puruṣa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead or anyone …

Devahūti questioned Kapila Muni, for she knew that only He could cut her attachment to this material world. The living …

In Bhagavad-gītā, matter is analyzed as aparā, or inferior nature, whereas beyond this inferior nature there is another, superior nature …