We are the conscious force that is animating our body. According to all the great philosophers and all the great religious men of the past and all the great scriptures of the world, the symptom of consciousness leads to the understanding of our…
First of all we must know that in our own life our real happiness is not in chasing temporary illusions of this world, but rather is in finding true peace in the self. But that is not enough because the real happiness of that peace is…
In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy we are living in there is no greater service we can render than teaching people how to unite under the banner of God’s name. We can be a Babaji, a saintly person in a holy place…
I want to tell the story of a lady Kuntidevi, also a disciple of my guru Srila Prabhupad. She was never a big leader; she was never a person that people honored and respected as being a person of high position. She was a simple mother and a very, very dedicated devotee of…
A few years ago one of my dear friends His Holiness Sridhar Swami Maharaj departed from this world. He had a very, very difficult disease, and physically he suffered for many years. But do you know his name amongst…
Our guru Srila Prabhupada defined maya: maya is that which is not. We are attracted to the various temptations in the world thinking theywill make us happy—if I have this, if I am this, if I get this, I’ll be happy. But actually, it is like a spider’s web…
We should know–Bhoktaram yagya tapasam sarva loka maheshvaram–that everything is the property of Krishna. We should never think in terms of I and mine, never claim this body to be ourselves, and never claim that anything in relationship…
There was a famous best selling book in the west. The book describes how a man was told that his father had left a great treasure as an inheritance. The man then traveled the entire world looking for that treasure. He died in the process…
Stress is good if it motivates us for the right purpose. It is according to our perception. For a person who understands properly, pressure is a privilege that one earns after hard work. If we see it in that way, pressure is…