Gauranga Sundar Das

Krishna consciousness: The golden opportunity

April 25, 2022

Gold is good. We all want it or at least a facsimile thereof. A golden age refers to an era of goodness and plenty, acknowledged in Greek, Roman, and Indian cultures. If you have everything, you were born with “a golden spoon in your mouth.” The Golden Rule is the...

The four Sampradayas: Main chains of disciplic succession

March 28, 2022

There are four main sampradayas or chains of disciplic succession descending down through the important acharyas, or spiritual preceptors. These are also the main schools of thought in the Vedic tradition. Thus, anyone should belong or be a part of one of these sampradayas if they are going to be considered authorised...

Dawn of a new golden age

March 7, 2022

Kali-yuga lasts for 432,000 years from which only 5,122 years have passed. In other words, there’s still a long way to go. By studying recent history, we can see that Kali-yuga is not a very bright period for humanity, with constant wars, privation, and examples of inhuman cruelty. According to...

The Philosophy of Dreams

February 21, 2022

A living being has different activities in different stages of life. One stage is called jagrata or the life of awakening, and another is called svapna or the life of dream. Another stage is called susuhpti or life in an unconscious state, and still another stage occurs after death. At...

WHO SURRENDERS TO KRISHNA?

February 1, 2022

Krishna lists four types of miscreants who will never surrender: The grossly foolish The lowest of mankind Those whose knowledge is stole n by illusion And those who partake of the atheistic nature of demons. So then the question naturally arises: “Who will surrender to Krishna?” This is answered by...

ABSOLUTE TRUTH IS A PERSON

January 17, 2022

The Vedic literature points out that God is both personal and impersonal. God’s impersonal aspect is called different names by different people. Generally, the impersonal aspect is known as the Brahman effulgence or brahmajyoti. A description of the Brahman can be found in various portions of the Vedic literature, including...

THE GLORIOUS STORY OF TULASI DEVI

September 27, 2021

Srimati Tulasi devi is one of the most exalted devotees of Sri Krishna. All scriptures stress on the importance of getting the mercy of Tulasi devi if one has to make progress in devotion. In the Skanda Purana, it is said: ‘Tulasi is auspicious in all respects. Simply by seeing, touching,...

KRISHNA RESPONDS TO ALL AS PER THEIR DESIRES

September 13, 2021

‘All of them–As they surrender unto Me–I reward accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Prtha [Arjuna].” (Bhagavad Gita 4.11) Krishna is responding to everyone, devotee or non-devotee. He is revealing Himself or not revealing Himself according to the desire of the individual person. In another...

UNDERSTANDING THE ESSENCE OF BHAKTI

August 23, 2021

The word bhakti is derived from the root bhaj that means to render service. The essential character of bhakti is service to the Lord, consisting of complete submission of the body, mind, and speech. In Bhakti-Sandarbha, Jiva Goswami demonstrates in his analysis of Srimad Bhagavatam that through bhakti one experiences...

ANALYSING THE REAL PURPOSE OF LIFE

August 2, 2021

T o make the most out of life, we need to know what the greatest achievement possible in life is. If we were to ask the average person what the greatest thing he could achieve in his life was, the answers would almost all centre around increasing material facilities for...

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