Free Writes Protection Krsna is called bhakta-vatsala, which means He is especially inclined to His devotees. When angry Indra sent the devastating flood to destroy the residents of Vrndavana, all the men, women, cows and calves ran to Krsna seeking His protection. Krsna lifted up the Govardhana mountain on the pinkie of His left hand […]

Free Writes Cow Prabhupada said the cow is not the most beautiful animal in the world. A well-groomed horse is beautiful. But the cow is most useful because she gives nutritious milk for human consumption. Milk improves the brain tissues for learning spiritual knowledge. Modern dietary faddists make propaganda against drinking milk, but that is […]

Update on Our Out-Loud Reading of Srimad-Bhagavatam King Nabhi performed the sacrifice to get a son like Lord Visnu. The Lord appeared and assured Nabhi his wish would be fulfilled. Nabhi’s priests were ashamed that they had called upon Lord Visnu to ask for such a paltry boon. But the Supreme Lord was so inclined […]

Free Writes Giriraja dasa Brahmacari Glen Teton was first introduced to Krsna consciousness when Prabhupada and his devotees held a program at Glen’s college, Brandeis University, in 1969. Glen arrived at the program late, after our first kirtana and Prabhupada’s speech. I was leading the second kirtana when he arrived. Our devotees asked him if […]

Free Writes The Atma The soul (atma) doesn’t die when the body dies. In the second chapter of Bhagavad-gita, Krsna says as one passes from boyhood to childhood to youth and old age, so the soul doesn’t perish at the time of death but takes a new body. Those who are sober are not bewildered […]

Free Writes Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta Facebook Note I received a Facebook message from a devotee named Kusum Sarovar Priya dasi. She wrote that her temple president from Mauritius has repeatedly asked the devotees to read Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta. Kusuma-sarovara reluctantly started reading and finished Volume 1. She started to have some little taste and then Volume 2 […]

Sugar Sugar is considered an unhealthy food. But Krsna likes sweets. When Lord Brahma was making his repentant prayers to child Krsna, Krsna was standing casually before him with a handful of a mixture of sugar candy, yogurt and milk. Prabhupada also gets sweets in his diet. 1966 I arrived late at the devotees’ gathering […]

Random Looks at the Srimad-Bhagavatam Instructions by Maharaja Prithu (4.21.28-29) “This is confirmed not only by the evidence of the Vedas but also by the personal behavior of great personalities like Manu, Uttanapada, Dhruva, Priyavrata and my grandfather, Anga, as well as by many other great personalities and ordinary living entities, exemplified by Maharaja Prahlada […]