Living Bhakti

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. 

In this class, we discuss how to apply the lessons from Bhagavad-Gita (chapters1-6) practically in our lives. 

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. 

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. 

"I am meant to e enjoyed by Krishna. I don't exist independently. I do not exist for my own enjoyment."

How do you actually live an honest life?

This is an interview with Achyt Gopal Das, for the podcasts "Agents of Change"

Srila Prabhupada did not like Mayavadis because Mayavada Philosphy is antagonistic to bhakti. 

How the Municari Gopis became purified in Bhauma Vrindavan.

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. 

What is a real attachment - family, job, position, pride, etc.?

Sense gratification, gross or subtle, and how to give it up?

This class was given by HG Mahatma prabhu, for ISKCON Oslo