surrender

Maya Won’t Let Go Until We Surrender by HH Radhanath Swami

In due course of time, when all the causative and effective manifestations of the universe including the planets and their directors and maintainers are annihilated, there is a situation of dense darkness. Above this darkness however is the Supreme Personality…

Meaning of Renunciation

Jayadvaita Maharaj: In Srimad Bhagavatam, ‘brahmacäré guru-kule, vasan dänto guror hitam.’ Actually everyone should become brahmacari. There are different kinds of brahmacaris—someone becomes brahmacari for his whole life, someone for so many years, someone for one year, someone for so…

Radhanath Swami explains "The Creation of the Universal form"

Radhanath Swami explains words, mind and ego with their respective controlling demigods have felt to achieve success in knowing the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore we simply have to offer our respectful obeisance’s unto Him as a matter of sanity….

Radhanath Swami on Surrender with Humility

Respectable superiors like Bhishma the grandfather and Dronācārya the teacher are always worshipable. Even if they attack, they should not be counterattacked. It is general etiquette that superiors are not to be offered even a verbal fight. Even if they are sometimes harsh in behavior, they should not be harshly treated. Then, how is it possible for Arjuna to counterattack them? Would Krishna ever attack His own grandfather, Ugrasena, or His teacher, Sāndīpani Muni? These were some of the arguments offered by Arjuna to Krishna.

Guru and Vaisnava Blessing

Nanda Maharaj is truly a loving father who is putting his heart and his soul into pursuing the true welfare of his two beloved children Krishna Balaram. He knows that without the auspicious blessings of great personalities and without the observance of the will of God, that nothing can be auspicious in this world. In fact, one can spend enormous sums of money to perform grand, grand ceremonies – the chanting of Vedic Mantras, the offering of oblations to the sacred fire and so many other of the ritualistic injunctions.