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yathā hṛṣīkeśa khalena devakī kaṁsena ruddhāti-ciraṁ śucārpitā vimocitāhaṁ ca sahātmajā vibho tvayaiva nāthena muhur vipad-gaṇāt

O Hṛṣīkeśa, master of the senses and Lord of lords, You have released Your mother, Devakī, who was long imprisoned …

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.23

Devakī, the mother of Kṛṣṇa and sister of King Kaṁsa, was put into prison along with her husband, Vasudeva, because …

Devakī, the devotee who became the mother of Kṛṣṇa, was not an ordinary woman. After all, who can become the …

Above the human beings there are demigods. As we human beings are above the lower animals, above us there are …

But above all others, the supreme controller is Kṛṣṇa, who is known as Hṛṣīkeśa. The word hṛṣīka means “senses.” We …

A sane man will think, “If this hand is ultimately controlled by Kṛṣṇa, then it is meant for Kṛṣṇa.” This …

Everyone is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa (mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ), and therefore everyone’s senses are also Kṛṣṇa’s. When we use …

In this material world, everyone is generally using his senses for sense gratification. That is māyā, illusion, and that is …

īhā yasya harer dāsye karmaṇā manasā girā nikhilāsv apy avasthāsu jīvan-muktaḥ sa ucyate

“A person who acts in the service of Kṛṣṇa with his body, mind, intelligence, and words is a liberated person, …

Kṛṣṇa is so merciful that if we want to use our senses in a certain way, He will give us …

At the present moment, our senses are contaminated. I am thinking, “I am American, so my senses should be used …

To think “I am an American. Why shall I take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and worship a Hindu god?” is foolishness. …

For sense gratification we have fallen into this material condition and are suffering in different varieties of life. Because this …

The word khala means “jealous.” This material world is a world of jealousy and envy. I am envious of you, …

If one is not jealous, one can serve Kṛṣṇa very well, because jealousy and envy begin with being jealous of …

Bhakti is a relationship between master and servant. The servant’s duty is to serve the master, and the master supplies …

nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām eko bahūnāṁ yo vidadhāti kāmān