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

teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te

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

TEXT 30

tad etan me vijānīhi yathāhaṁ manda-dhīr hare sukhaṁ buddhyeya durbodhaṁ yoṣā bhavad-anugrahāt

My dear son, Kapila, after all, I am a woman. It is very difficult for me to understand the Absolute …

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 …

tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā māna-dena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ

(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. …

kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet

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

harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā

“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 …