The word “quantum” has been in our language for over a hundred years but is often misunderstood or even misused. Many of us have watched a James Bond film called “The Quantum of Solace” where the word was used to add a tinge of mystery to a title that was actually referring to the name…
Read more
In this Age of Kali, which actually began 5000 years ago, according to the Vedic scriptures, there will be a gradual decline in spiritual knowledge, until normality is associated with self-centred sense pleasures and personal pursuit of lust, greed and anger. At that time there will be a chaos of so-called lifestyle choices on offer,…
Read more
This devotional service is a sort of cultivation. It is not simply inaction for people who like to be inactive or devote their time to silent meditation. There are many different methods for people who want this, but cultivation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is different. The particular word used by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in this connection…
Read more
Definition of Pure Devotional Service The authorized descriptions of bhakti, or devotional service, following in the footsteps of previous ācāryas, can be summarized in the following statement by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī: “First-class devotional service is known by one’s tendency to be fully engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, serving the Lord favorably.” The purport is that one may also be in…
Read more
Our loving propensity expands just as a vibration of light or air expands, but we do not know where it ends. The Nectar of Devotion teaches us the science of loving every one of the living entities perfectly by the easy method of loving Kṛṣṇa. We have failed to create peace and harmony in human society, even…
Read more
This eternal engagement in bhakti-rasa can be understood by a serious student upon studying The Nectar of Devotion. Adoption of bhakti-rasa, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, will immediately bring one to an auspicious life free from anxieties and will bless one with transcendental existence, thus minimizing the value of liberation. Bhakti-rasa itself is sufficient to produce a feeling of liberation, because it attracts the attention…
Read more
Bhakti means “devotional service.” Every service has some attractive feature that drives the servitor progressively on and on. Every one of us within this world is perpetually engaged in some sort of service, and the impetus for such service is the pleasure we derive from it. Driven by affection for his wife and children, a family…
Read more