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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.36

The Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, cannot be seen by our present conditional vision. In order to see Him, one has …

There are different transcendental activities of the Lord, and each and every one of them is competent to bestow the …

In the previous verses, Kuntīdevī has explained that those who have come to this material world are working very hard …

Religion consists of the laws of God. People who do not know this think that religion means faith. But although …

Now, how are we to get free from these tribulations? Kṛṣṇa comes to free us from them by giving us …

“Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia, and pastimes of Lord Viṣṇu, remembering them, serving the …

“Hearing” means hearing about someone’s activities, form, qualities, entourage, and so on. If I want to hear about someone, he …

And when there is hearing, there must also be speaking or chanting. So we speak and chant about Kṛṣṇa (śravaṇaṁ …

Actual meditation in yoga aims at seeing the four-armed Viṣṇu mūrti, which is the form of the Lord within the …

The next process of devotional service is arcanam, worship of the Deity, the form of Kṛṣṇa in the temple.

(Śrī Gurv-aṣṭaka 3)

It is not that one should worship Kṛṣṇa once a week or once a month. Rather, one should worship Kṛṣṇa …

(Śrī Gurv-aṣṭaka 3)

It is the duty of the spiritual master to engage his disciples always in worshiping the Deity in this way, …

By the word śṛṇvanti Kuntīdevī indicates that our first concern should be to hear about Kṛṣṇa. One must be eager …

And if one has actually heard about Kṛṣṇa, one’s next engagement in bhakti-yoga will be to chant (gāyanti). The preachers …

One may perform all the methods of devotional service or may accept only one. Simply hearing is enough. Parīkṣit Mahārāja …

After Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the renounced order of life, he was criticized by Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, whose father had been a …

Thus although Caitanya Mahāprabhu agreed to hear Vedānta from Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, He simply went on hearing it for many days …