How everything came from nothing is not explained by italicizing nothing
Where did everything come from? This is one of the biggest unanswered questions in science. Of course, this question precedes modern naturalist science; it has [...]
Bhakti is not just a choice of the head – it is also the calling of the heart
Suppose we are driving to some destination and come to a fork. If we are unsure about which way to go, we will move slowly [...]
Love doesn’t have to come in the way – love can be the way
Some people conceive of spirituality as fundamentally centered on world rejection. Love is the strongest among all the emotions that we experience and usually our [...]
Thinking about Krishna is not just redirection of thought but also redefinition of thinking
The Bhagavad-gita’s call to constantly think about Krishna may raise the question, “How is this practical? To grasp the call’s practicality, we need to first [...]
Cosmic administration is like a country’s administration, not a continent’s
Westerners who hear about the many gods within the Vedic pantheon often equate this conception with the polytheism widespread in the Greco-Roman culture that was [...]
Asking whether God exists is like asking whether a circle is circular
Suppose a child asks us, “Is a circle circular?” We wouldn’t just answer affirmatively; we would explain a circle’s definition, thereby underscoring the question’s redundance. [...]
All glory originates and culminates in Krishna
We all want to be valued, recognized, appreciated. Living amidst the millions that crowd today’s metropolises, we may feel like an insignificant statistic. Standing out [...]
God acts through us and beyond us – and always for us
When we need to do something difficult, we may pray for help. Skeptics mock such praying: “What is its use? If you have an exam, [...]
Become conscious of Krishna in whatever makes you unconscious of Krishna
When we strive to become devoted to Krishna, we often face temptations that obstruct us. Tempting sense objects intrude into our consciousness and captivate it. [...]
Just because we can’t light the world doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t light our corner of the world
Suppose suddenly the power goes off all over our city. We don’t think, “Everywhere, there is darkness; what difference is lighting my small corner going [...]
Krishna is the source, shelter and summit of everything
Some people conceive of God as a distant being who manages the world through some remote-controlling mechanism. Raising us beyond such preliminary notions of God, [...]
Devotion defangs and domesticates our desires
Desires are often thought of as enemies for seekers because they entangle us in material things. The Bhagavad-gita (13.22) stresses that the desire to enjoy [...]
God is not just the best among all beings – he is the basis of all being
God is often thought of as the best among all beings. One being is great; another is greater; another, greater still … and at the [...]
God’s existence is a matter of not mathematical probability, but of definitional necessity
Sometimes God’s existence is inferred from empirical observation. From the complexity of material objects and their inter-relationships, and the sheer improbability of such complexity emerging [...]
Those who don’t hang together, hang separately
In a war, comrades watch each other’s backs. When we practice spiritual life, we engage in a war against illusion. In this war, our fellow-devotees [...]
Faith is nourished by divine revelation, saintly reiteration and personal realization
Faith is a precious asset on the spiritual path. Our faith is nourished by the revelation coming from God, by the reiteration of that revelation [...]
God is the answer before all questions
Modern thinkers laud the questioning spirit as the engine of scientific progress. Because Newton questioned the falling of an apple, he came up with the [...]
The gods are facilitators of our devotion, not competitors for our devotion
Some people ask, “Is the Gita polytheistic?” No, as is seen in the understanding of the Gita’s original student, Arjuna. After hearing the Gita’s four-verse [...]
Bhakti theology goes beyond polytheism and monotheism to polymorphic bi-monotheism
Conventional Western thought divided the world’s religions into polytheistic and monotheistic. The monotheistic religions such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam viewed derisively the polytheistic religions [...]
Asking who made God is like trying to draw a square circle
People often ask, “Who made God?” This question betrays a fundamental lack of understanding about the very definition of God. Every subject begins with certain [...]
Gita 10.42 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan After this Krishna will describe [...]