Material existence is a place of much confusion and suffering. The reason for that is that the eternal soul, whose nature is to find unlimited happiness in a natural love for God, is trying to find that same love through…
Krishna, who is the one supreme absolute truth, expands himself as Radha or Srimati Radharani, who is the source of energies of the Lord. Srimati Radharani is love and compassion personified. Thus Krishna is the supreme object of love and Srimati Radharani is the supreme abode of love. She is the…
The fundamental need of all of us is love. Every living being is looking for pleasure—from the insignificant insect to the kings and prime ministers. Everyone is seeking pleasure, but there is only one pleasure that can reach the heart, and that is the pleasure of experiencing the heart’s need …
Sometimes it is said that man is a rational animal. Now, if you take away the rationality, man is an animal. Now, what does it mean to be rational? Rational means to be able to discriminate what is truth. If we do not live for the truth, if we do …
‘Avidya’ means ignorance, and this is the greatest disease on earth. Just as disease has its symptoms, ignorance has its symptoms: lust, anger, greed, illusion, pride and envy. And these things are…
Death is compared to a cat and an ordinary person is like a mouse. When the mouse is in the mouth of a cat, it knows it is its destruction and so is exceedingly afraid and…
The difference between lust and love is that one is based on ignorance and the other on the truth, one is selfish and the other selfless. When we are under the misconception of, “I am this body and you are your body,” and when we are after the temporary flickering sensations…
Why should we pray if God already knows everything? If He already knows our thoughts, why should we say anything? Because, life is about reciprocation, love is about reciprocation. Yes, the Lord knows our heart and the Lord knows our mind…
This is how the Absolute Truth is explained in our Vedic literatures: although He is full, complete and ever fully satisfied, the perfection of His love is He feels pain of separation to see any one of His children suffering in forgetfulness of Him…