Question 1: Do you think that chanting, over time, will help me to become more spiritually realised rather than forever in this subtle mind world of mine? I've always known …
There is a story in the Chaitanya Bhagavat about a great devotee beloved by Lord Chaitanya named Pundarika Vidyanidhi. This story teaches the very valuable lesson of not criticising other …
Question: I have a question about judging others and fault finding. We are told that it is better for our spiritual lives if we avoid the association of materialistic people, …
Question: I was thinking today about pain and how we experience it. It’s no secret that we experience pain to some degree or another all throughout our human lives. And …
Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami has said of Bilvamangala Thakur: A great Vaisnava sannyasi named Bilvamangala Thakura, who is also known as Lilasuka. He intensely desired to enter into the eternal pastimes of …
In 2012 I found this article in the Brisbane Times newspaper: A Russian billionaire has a plan to make himself, and others, live forever. Dmitry Itskov, a 31-year-old media mogul, implored …
[This was written about ten years ago, when my body was healthier and I got around more.] Of a morning I go for a walk to a local wetland park. It’s …
In the Srimad Bhagavatam and the Caitanya-caritamrta, we find a verse glorifying the acharya or great spiritual master, describing his intimate relationship with the Supreme Person as His representative on …
The following article was found in a U.S. newspaper in 2010: The 91-year-old widow lived by herself in a tumbledown house on a desolate country road. But she wasn’t alone, not …
Question: I have been battling lately with how to balance being a mother and my spiritual life. I no longer buy meat for my family, and they have definitely pulled …