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Actually bhakti should be automatic and spontaneous. There should be no motive in serving Kṛṣṇa, but even if there is …

“To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come …

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Knowledge of the Absolute Truth is not very easily understood by ordinary, less intelligent men; but if the spiritual master …

In this verse Devahūti shows us the process for understanding transcendental subject matters. It is not by challenge but by …

(Śikṣāṣṭaka 3)

If one is interested in advancing in chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Caitanya Mahāprabhu advises that one be humbler than the grass …

We have to please the spiritual master by service, and the entire bhakti process depends on the attitude of service. …

“There is one special advantage about this age of Kali-yuga, and that is that people can attain liberation and return …

“Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. There is no other way, no other way at all in Kali-yuga.”

We should try to avoid the ten offenses in chanting the holy name, but anyone who chants Hare Kṛṣṇa sincerely …

Devahūti has submissively accepted her son as her guru. She wants to understand Kṛṣṇa perfectly, by the grace of Kapiladeva. …

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has greatly stressed the mercy of the guru, and it is an actual fact that if …

All the śāstras describe the guru as being on an equal basis with Kṛṣṇa, for he is the representative of …

It is stated in Bhagavad-gītā that knowledge of Kṛṣṇa is received through the paramparā, the disciplic succession. Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam. The …

The process of approaching and understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead was also discussed between Rāmānanda Rāya and Caitanya Mahāprabhu. …

“O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing …

Without Kṛṣṇa, one should see everything as vacant. This is Rādhārāṇī’s frame of mind, but this is not possible for …

“I offer my respectful obeisances to the six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, …

The Gosvāmīs never said, “We have seen Kṛṣṇa.” This is the recommended process – worship in separation. We should awaken …