When Indra sends Cupid to distract Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi
When Indra saw Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi doing severe penance in Badarikāśrama then he became fearful. He thought that by doing such austerities Nara Narayana Rsi will become powerful and will take…
Engaging senses in the service of Krishna for endless joy
Instead of using our senses in the service of Krishna, we use it for sense gratification thinking that this will give us great joy. Let us reflect on our life…
Use your senses to get liberated from maya | Srimad Bhagavatam 11.3.31
In the Srimad Bhagavatam class HG Ashok Krishna Prabhu was saying that we should use our senses to get liberated from the clutches of maya. If we fail to do so, we will continue to suffer in this world. Prabhuji was speaking on the verse SB 11.3.31.
Desires for sense gratification drive us crazy
Our heart is always filled with the desires for sense gratification and mind keeps on constantly planning how to actualize the desire. We assume that our senses are subservient to…
How to derive maximum pleasure from our senses
Our senses which are mostly uncontrolled are compared to deadly serpents. Just as a bite of a snake kills a person similarly the wild senses many a times drive a…
Do devotees suffer?
A thief while committing crime knows he will be punished if caught. And when he is caught and punished, he promises to himself and to the judge in the court…
How to control the uncontrolled senses?
The lady in the golden flame looks pretty to the moth. Her fiery smile makes him dance in joy. Its not that she is smiling just at him but at…
In the company of snakes!
If we are lying on a couch in our room and we suddenly see a snake in the corner, what would be our immediate reaction? Will we continue lying there…
Neglected senses finally surrender
Senses always crave for our attention. The more we satisfy their whimsical demands more they become demanding and if we fail to satisfy them then they start creating tantrums like…
Starve the senses to enjoy it
Our senses if untrained and uncontrolled behave like a serpent ever ready to bite us. We mostly suffer because we fail to control our senses but remain controlled by it.…
A small gaffe and a deer’s life
Our consciousness is imbued by the activities in which we indulge throughout our life. The people with whom we associate, the book which we read, the type of food which…
Have we become complaining machines?
I am not able to properly chant my rounds and even complete my rounds because I don’t get sufficient time. My job is too tough. Practicing devotional life is too…