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You ask who is right and who is wrong. You want an objective answer to a subjective reality. Guru is ultimately Krishna. If we find Krishna in a Vaisnava, proportionately we will honor him. A mere glimpse of Krishna warrants all regard.
Read MoreBe sure, the line between matter and spirit is very thin, sarvam khalv idam brahma. This is where time and eternity meet. At this juncture, that which is eternal appears temporal, yet it affords those immersed in the ephemeral a life eternal.
Read MoreBecause there is Krishna consciousness only. There’s no other consciousness. Shine means sun and consciousness means Krishna. So Krishna consciousness exists in everything and in everyone and in every word and every phrase and every sentence.
Read MoreMy Guru Maharaja, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, he used to say that this (Gaudiya Vaisnavism) is not a faith. And my siksa-guru, Srila Sridhara Maharaja, he used to say, “this is all about faith.” So, it takes a thoughtful disciple to sort out these apparently contradictory statements.
Read MoreSomeone once told me, “Srila Prabhupada gave us everything—we don’t need anyone else.” I replied, “Srila Prabhupada gave us everything—he also gave us everyone else.”
Read MorePrabhupada turned to me a third time and said, ‘Did you see it?’ This time I replied, ‘Yes I saw it.’ And I thought, ‘I’m seeing you, and this is Vrindavana. Wherever you are, that is Vrindavana.
Read MoreWhat is the success of human life? And how can we know the potential of human life? Or we can say it like this, to go beyond the limits of humanity or to know the fullest potential of human life.
Read MoreThe problem is, we do not have any questions, much less right questions.
Read MoreThe Bhagavatam is giving us this message. You only have seven days to live: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and on one of these seven days, you will die.
Read MoreThings are moving very harmoniously under God’s direction. We see beauty in the profundity of the movements of nature.
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