Criticism doesn't always mean that we don't love the person we are criticizing. For example, we can say we love a tiger, but we don't have to embrace it. We may say that the tiger is dangerous, but that does not mean we do not love it. If we can train the tiger so it doesn't bite us, then we don't have to say it's dangerous. But as long as it can bite us we have to say it's dangerous, and it doesn't represent how we feel about the tiger.
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 31 min
We don't want to be bothered by maha-maya but we want to be bothered by yoga-maya.
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 48 min
It is Important that we relish Krishna's pastimes even though we may not always be able to understand them.
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 30 min
How do you define success? If you are continually not able to reach that point then may be you have to redefine success more in terms of sincerity and effort, and less in terms of goals.
Feb 17, 2021•28 min
Sometimes things bother us and we don't know how to deal with them so we suppress our emotions. Also, sometimes we have feelings that are not very Krishna Conscious and so we suppress them. But when we hide our feelings, then we cannot confront them and work on them.
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 55 min
The process of giving up sense gratification is more difficult when we haven't replaced it with more taste in Krishna Consciousness. It is especially difficult when we give up too much too fast.
Feb 07, 2021•1 hr 22 min
How can one evaluate their own level of bhakti, and understand how to do their best from their present level? How do they avoid going overboard with their efforts and burn out, but also don't stay idle and lazy?
Feb 07, 2021•1 hr 56 min
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta said that we don't enjoy prasadam, but the prasadam enjoys us. Similarly, when we take darshan of the Deity, we do it in the mood that Krishna is the Enjoyer and we are the enjoyed, so we are coming in front of Him to be enjoyed. The deity is not an object of enjoyment for your eyes.
Feb 07, 2021•1 hr 39 min
In this class, we discuss how to apply the lessons from Bhagavad-Gita (chapters1-6) practically in our lives.
Feb 07, 2021•1 hr 52 min
Sometimes you are analyzing something and you are completely in your head, and sometimes you are feeling something and you are not in you head at all. Our head makes decisions but our heart guides us so that our decisions are compassionate, kind, and service-oriented. Sometimes we make decisions just to get a job done, without consulting our heart, and we might hurt people in the process.
Feb 07, 2021•2 hr 8 min
A devotee, influenced by Radha Kunda babajis, told Prabhupada that one cannot get love of God unless one chants 64 rounds a day. Prabhupada said you cannot force Krishna to give you love. But of course, you can qualify yourself for it.
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 31 min
"I am meant to e enjoyed by Krishna. I don't exist independently. I do not exist for my own enjoyment." How long before we realize it, accept it, and embrace it?
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 14 min
How do you actually live an honest life? It is important to be introspective in spiritual life. It means self-honesty. This is an interview with Achyt Gopal Das, for the podcasts "Agents of Change"
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 32 min
Srila Prabhupada did not like Mayavadis because Mayavada Philosphy is antagonistic to bhakti.
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 49 min
How the Municari Gopis became purified in Bhauma Vrindavan. If you have a sincere and intense desire, then Yoga-maya could fast track your bhakti.
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Mayavada and impersonalist philosophy are two slightly different things. Impersonalists know that Krishna is the Supreme PERSON, but they a=prefer to merge into his impersonal brahmajyoti. But mayavada philosophy is a denial of Krishna's personal eternal form.
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 47 min
What is a real attachment - family, job, position, pride, etc.? What attachments are good for our spiritual life? Sense gratification, gross or subtle, and how to give it up? Why is the whole culture important to embrace? This class was given by HG Mahatma prabhu, for ISKCON Oslo
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 10 min
With the help of Yoga-maya, Krishna makes sure that his associates don't understand that he is god. When Trinavarta, the whirlwind demon came to kill Krishna, but Kirhsna killed him insted, Krishna engaged Yoga-maya to not let Mother Yasoda discover that he is god.
Feb 02, 2021•2 hr 11 min
Sometimes we may thing, "Why can't I be Krishna conscious without having to get up early and do other austerities?" It's like the mentality of a criminal! We want to steal Krishna consciousness but we don't want to pay for it.
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 20 min
If our material life is unstable, then it affects our spiritual life.
Feb 02, 2021•2 hr 2 min
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta was a lion guru who defeated the caste goswamis to establish Lord Caitanya's mission
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 24 min
Balance means you don't get good at something at the cost of getting bad at something else. And when difficulties happen, it's a good time to realize, "I'm not God."
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 22 min
We should always appreciate all the realizations we get as Krishna's girfts. We tend to forget our realizations, but if we apply them in our life then they won't be lost.
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 31 min
Some transcendentalists, even after renouncing the material world, still try to imitate Krishna instead of surrendering to Him. Srila Prabhupada said that our worst day in Krishna consciousness is still better than our best day in the material world.
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 34 min
Srila Prabhupada said to think that no diversity is impersonalism, to have diversity is normal. We should appreciate diversity (as long as it does not contradict siddhanta) because it helps create balance. We should respect everyon. Respect means that others have a right to think differently than us.
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 59 min
Become established foundationally in your relationship with Prabhupada and that will give you the strongest foundation in Krishna Consiousness.
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 35 min
We can do a lot of service....with the wrong consciousness...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 54 min
What to do with the past, present, and future? How not to be affected by the past, and be happy in the present, and not hanker of things for the future.
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 32 min
There has to be a sufficient degree of ignorance to be engaged in material activities and be happy in it. If we have knowledge, then we won't really enjoy materially. Devotional service is transcendental, but your consciousness may not be so.
Jan 24, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Being able to accept influence from our partner is acting in the mode of goodness. Studies show that partners, especially husbands, who are willing to accept influence from their wives are masters of their relationship. For us, balance means putting sufficient time into our sadhana. Once we compromise our sadhana, that's when we get out of balance.
Jan 24, 2021•2 hr 7 min
