Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna! Dear Swami Gaurangapada and assembled devotees. Please accept my simple obiesances. Years ago the Gita As It Is was a book I admired in my library, but a seed of prejudice resided in my heart, that the translation was limited in some way. So I eventually applied intelligence and decided to [...]

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Here follows a verse which Srila Prabhupada describes a story that shows Krsna helps the ones who help themselves. Controlling the mind and senses seem impossible, making the mind our friend also. If we do it little by little, chanting the Holy Names prescribed for this age, Lord Krsna will help us and we will [...]

It is very important that we read and hear the Bhagavad Gita everyday…Srila Prabhupada recommended Bhagavad Gita classes at night for the devotees, the top of the sandwich of our daily sadhana. The importance of the Bhagavad Gita is outlined by Srila Prabhupada in the introduction: "Bhagavad-gita is also known as Gitopanishad. It is the [...]

The living entity, although Brahman by nature, has the desire to lord it over the material world, and due to this he falls down. In his constitutional position, a living entity is above the three modes of material nature, but association with material nature entangles him in the different modes of material nature — goodness, [...]

In the Gita Room these days we are studying the Introduction of the Bhagavad Gita and last session we were talking about sanatana dharma, the eternal occupation of the living entity. Its stated that the living entity is never born or never dies. He is eternal and indestructible and he continues to live aftter the [...]

I  found this class of Srila Prabhupada talking about the introduction of the Bhagavad Gita where he states what is in this fantastic sastra: "So if you try to understand Bhagavad-gita As It Is, then we get some benefit. Not some benefit: the ultimate benefit. What is the purpose of Bhagavad-gita? Krishna has come. Krishna [...]

"Before me, many swamis went to the Western countries to preach this Bhagavad-gita. Not a single person became a devotee of Krishna. Not a single person. And now Bhagavad-gita is being presented as it is, thousands are becoming devotee of Krishna. This is the secret. People give me credit that "Swamiji, you have done wonderful. [...]

I was reading this great verse and purport from the 15th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita….it sums up our position here in the material world and what we should strive for to become qualified to enter into the abode of Lord Krsna: "Those who are free from false prestige, illusion and false association, who understand [...]

In our last Gita Room session we have studied about the quality of the soul that is rendering service to the Supreme as stated below;     "Factually we are related to the Supreme Lord in service. The Supreme Lord is the supreme enjoyer, and we living entities are His servitors. We are created for [...]

I facilitate a Gujarati Bhakti Vriksha in Chicago. They are studying Bhagavad Gita – verse by verse and last Monday we were studying Chapter 10 Verses 4 & 5. Here Krishna is explaining various traits and qualities and declaring that all these are created by Him. We are taking up two or three qualities every [...]

I would like to share with you some more nectar of Srila Prabhupada from the Introduction of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is which is also the topic we are studying now in the Gita Room. Let’s read what he says about being eternal servants. "If we want really peace, then we should understand these [...]

It’s nice to know that we can use everything we have in Krsna’s service. So we can be practicing devotional service 24 hours a day and give the results of our activities to Him. Srila Prabhupada explains this in a class given in London July 10, 1973 – here he talks about BG 1.4 : [...]

I  was reading in the Bhagavad Gita As It Is today about how a devotee is always engaged in glorifying the Supreme Lord and how a devotee takes pleasure in discussing the Lord with other devotees….just as we do here in the Gita Group. Here is the verse and an extract from the purport: "The [...]

In the purport of the BG 10.11 Srila Prabhupada explains the importance of devotional service and chanting being essential for getting the ultimate goal: "Due to the contamination of material association, through many, many millions of births, one’s heart is always covered with the dust of materialism, but when one engages in devotional service and [...]

I was reading today about how Krsna is the source of everything, including the demigods – here is an excerpt from the purport of Chapter 10 Verse 8: nÄ rÄ yanÌ£ahÌ£ paro devastasmÄ j jÄ taÅ› caturmukhahÌ£tasmÄ d rudro ‘bhavad devahÌ£sa ca sarva-jñatÄ mÌ gatahÌ£ "NÄ rÄ yanÌ£a is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and [...]

This last session of the Gita Room we were talking about the spiritual sky from the Introduction of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is. Srila Prabhupada explains in the purport the following: "This verse gives a description of that eternal sky. Of course we have a material conception of the sky, and we think of [...]

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Those who fix their minds on My personal form and are always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith are considered by Me to be most perfect." "In answer to Arjuna‘s question, KrÌ£sÌ£nÌ£a clearly says that he who concentrates upon His personal form and who worships Him [...]

This weekend we are going to study the Introduction of the Bhagavad Gita in the Gita Room…the topic of this session will start with this verse where Srila Prabhupada compares the material and spiritual worlds using the example of the banyan tree. The following is from the verse BG 15.1: "The Supreme Personality of Godhead [...]

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The following verse from the Bhagavad Gita As It Is states the importance of rendering service to Krsna. He says to Arjuna that the one who is fully engaged in this practice of devotional service, He picks him up from this material existence; "But those who worship Me, giving up all their activities unto Me [...]

Recently in the Gita Room we were reading about the importance of the human form of life, here is the quote from the text:"In this world men are not meant for quarreling like cats and dogs. Men must be intelligent to realize the importance of human life and refuse to act like ordinary animals. A [...]

I heard something very interesting about the modes of material nature and I wanted to search about it in the BG, this devotee told me the modes are always competeting among themselves to defeat one another, then I kept on thinking but how can this happen, while studying the BG I found this verse which [...]

I was reading this from the 11th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita today, it talks about how we can become a playmate of Krsna and forget that He is the Supreme Lord: "Devotees who are correctly situated in a transcendental relationship with Kṛṣṇa are attracted by loving features, not by a godless display of opulences. [...]

The first time I opened the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, I went through the pictures and got especially attracted to the scene of Krsna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurusksetra. The last sloka of the Gita was written there: "Wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the [...]

I was searching an explanation in the Bhagavad Gita about faith and sacrifice…I found these verses with the purports that seem to solve all doubts about this. "Any sacrifice performed without regard for the directions of scripture, without distribution of prasÄ dam[spiritual food], without chanting of Vedic hymns and remunerations to the priests, and without [...]

"If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it."BG 9:26 My father still has a clay ashtray that I made for him when I was in kindergarten. I’ve given my father a lot of gifts over the years, but I think that one is still [...]

Jaya Srila Prabhupada. When one follows the process of Krsna Consciousness one is freed from different kinds of sufferings, or at least we are not overly influenced by them. Devotees may sometimes even forget how much suffering there can be in this material world.While writing this I try not to get agitated by the news [...]

dhrtarÄ stra uvÄ cadharma-ksetre kuru-ksetresamavetÄ yuyutsavahmÄ makÄ h pÄ ndavÄ Å› caivakim akurvata sañjaya DhrtarÄ stra said: O Sañjaya, after my sons and the sons of PÄ ndu assembled in the place of pilgrimage at Kuruksetra, desiring to fight, what did they do? B.G. 1.1   I like this verse because this is the first [...]

"Thus I have explained to you knowledge still more confidential. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do." Krishna to Arjuna BG 18:63 I love that line. I think the Bhagavad Gita is unique among the world’s religious texts in that it ends not with a threat of punishment or promise [...]

It’s stated in the Bhagavad Gita as It Is 9.31 purport that a devotee is protect from a falldown just by the process of chanting without stoppage, besides being cleaned from all material contamination. Here follows the verse:   TRANSLATIONHe quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of KuntÄ«, declare it boldly that [...]

Today in the Gita Room we were reading from the Introduction of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is and this was a nice part of that reading: "The Supreme Lord has diverse and innumerable energies which are beyond our conception; however, great learned sages or liberated souls have studied these energies and have analyzed them [...]

Hare Krsna everyone. The following is from a lecture given by Giriraj Swami on July 29, 2007 in Dallas. In this part of the lecture he talks about the importance of the spiritual master quoting the Bhagavad Gita As It Is: "The original guru is Krsna. He speaks the knowledge of Bhagavad-gita and enunciates the [...]

In the Japa Room this week we were talking about hearing the maha mantra and pronoucing each word distinctively, by this process we an be able to control the mind and not let it wander while chanting. The following is the verse in the Bhagavad Gita As It Is which Arjuna mention the mind being [...]

In this verse of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is is stated how we can execute Krsna-Karma , Srila Prabhupada explains in the purport how can a very rich person or very poor can serve Krsna using his business, his land and his abilities. The following is the verse: TRANSLATIONMy dear Arjuna, he who engages [...]

Today I was readng in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ As It Is verse 11.50 about how Arjuna was relieved and happy to see the two armed form of Krsna…after revealing His universal from to Arjuna, Arjuna became very fearful and wanted again to see Krsna in his two armed from: TRANSLATIONSañjaya said to DhrÌ£tarÄ sÌ£tÌ£ra: The Supreme [...]

Today I read in a lecture how important is to have a spiritual master and to have our minds fixed on serving the Lord. When performing devotional service we need to surrender, to understand that we need a bonafide spiritual master and have no doubt about his teachings – by doing this we will be [...]

This is a very nice verse I was reading today about the different qualities of a pure devotee, something that we can aspire and follow in our spiritual lives: TRANSLATIONOne who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor and is free from false [...]

The following is a verse from the Bhagavad Gita As It Is, which Srila Prabhupada states the importance of hearing from a bonafide master about spiritual knowledge and also the sound vibration of the Hare Krsna Maha mantra, brought here by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. TRANSLATIONAgain there are those who, although not conversant in spiritual knowledge, [...]

The major part of Srila Prabhupada’s preaching has always been the basics concerning the bodily conception. We are so identified with this body that we can’t think apart from it – Srila Prabhupada explains in this purport about the nature of the soul and the body and how many different kinds of body one can [...]

Sometimes we see around the world many people trying to be God, some making a show of philosophy, others trying to prove they are the best in their religions. Srila Prabhupada has already explained we are here in this world because we all have envy of God somehow and we are still trying to be [...]

I am reading the 13th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita at the moment…this is one of my favourite verses that I have just read…it talks about the qualities of a devotee and remind me of what we are striving for in our spiritual lives: TRANSLATIONHumility; pridelessness; nonviolence; tolerance; simplicity; approaching a bona fide spiritual master; [...]

The mind is never satisfied, the more we go for sense gratification the more we become frustrated, so in this following verse Srila Prabhupada gives us the key to keep the mind satisfied: TRANSLATIONAnd satisfaction, simplicity, gravity, self-control and purification of one’s existence are the austerities of the mind. PURPORTTo make the mind austere is [...]

Today I was walking on the street and I read a sticker on a car that was saying: " God without us is God, but we without God are nothing". Then I was thinking, it’s right, we can’t live without Krsna, we depend on Him even to serve Him properly, we depend on Him to [...]

I was reading today about how Krsna’s effulgence illuminates everything in the spiritual world and is beyond the darkness of matter that requires the sun, moon, electricity, etc., for light. TRANSLATION He is the source of light in all luminous objects. He is beyond the darkness of matter and is unmanifested. He is knowledge, He [...]

As eternal servants of Krsna and performers of bhakti yoga and devotional service, we want to offer Krsna all we have because this is our constitutional position. We all need to mantain our bodies, eat, work etc. – so He kindly asks us to devote it to Him, offer Him everything we do. Below is [...]

Today I was reading about the minute independance of the spirit soul and how that independance is the cause of our suffering and unhappiness in the material world: TRANSLATION Yet in this body there is another, a transcendental enjoyer, who is the Lord, the supreme proprietor, who exists as the overseer and permitter, and who [...]