Teva sandals, karma, and a fashion slave

Posted by dinesh

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

If you become conscious of Me, you will pass over all the obstacles of conditioned life by My grace

Posted by dinesh

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Text 58

"If you become conscious of Me, you will pass over all the obstacles of conditioned life by My grace. If, however, you do not work in such consciousness but act through false ego, not hearing Me, you will be lost."

Yours

Dinesh

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

What kind of devotees are they?

Posted by dinesh

Krishna: I supply all necessities for My devotees.

Arjuna: what kind of devotees are they, Krishna? They are expecting you to get their necessities fulfilled

Krishna: They don't ask Me but out of love I Myself personally take care of them and supply all they need. I maintain universes, this is not a big deal for Me.

-From HH.Purnachandra Goswami's BG dialogue recital.

Yours

Dinesh

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Double functions that are mandatory for Conditioned souls

Posted by dinesh

A conditioned soul has to act for double functions—namely for the maintenance of the body and again for self-realization. Social status, mental development, cleanliness, austerity, nourishment and the struggle for existence are all for the maintenance of the body. The self-realization part of one's activities is executed in one's occupation as a devotee of the Lord, and one performs actions in that connection also. One must perform these two different functions along parallel lines, because a conditioned soul cannot give up the maintenance of his body. The proportion of activities for maintenance of the body decreases, however, in proportion to the increase in devotional service.

As long as the proportion of devotional service does not come to the right point, there is a chance for an occasional exhibition of worldliness.

But it should be noted that such worldliness cannot continue for long because, by the grace of the Lord, such imperfections will come to an end very shortly. Therefore the path of devotional service is the only right path. If one is on the right path, even an occasional occurrence of worldliness does not hamper one in the advancement of self-realization."

- Isopanishad Mantra 17

Yours

Dinesh

Bhakti Yogi @ http://dinesh-krsna.blogspot.com

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Miseries infer and remind our incompatibility with matter

Posted by dinesh

The miseries of this material world serve to indirectly remind us of our incompatibility with dead matter. Intelligent living entities generally take note of these reminders and engage themselves in the culture of vidyā, or transcendental knowledge. Human life is the best opportunity for the culture of spiritual knowledge, and a human being who does not take advantage of this opportunity is called a narādhama, the lowest of human beings.-
Iso Mantra 11

Yours

Dinesh

Bhakti Yogi @ http://dinesh-krsna.blogspot.com

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.