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Not everyone enters, but for those who are in it, it’s a whole different ball game. It is free, yet we can’t easily get it. It may be available right in our town, our neighborhood, our street, even our own …
Dec 21 to 27, 2014 was a joyous, blissful week in Houston with the Srimad Bhagavata Mahotsava and Grand Madhura Utsav held at Houston Namadwaar. Along with the numerous Houston devotees, over 100 devotees from across the USA came to …
Learnings from Srimad Bhagavatam This is the concluding part of the 10-part series, “Learnings from Srimad Bhagavatam” that was published in this newsletter over the last year. Love is the one element in the world that always brings happiness and …
Devotion is said to be acquired by listening to the glories of the Lord. Even better is to listen to the stories of the great devotees. Here is the story of King Ambareesha, who, though he had inherited the entire Earth and possessed unrivaled power, had exceptional devotion towards the Lord.
Learnings from Srimad Bhagavatam Bhagavata Dharma is the easiest and yet the most secretive dharma or path to God. Here, the devotee finds refuge in the Lord and spends every moment in His constant remembrance. In Srimad Bhagavatam, Lord Yama …
In the seventh canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, in answer to King Parikshith’s question requesting Sri Shuka to dispel his doubt whether Lord Narayana was partial (to the Devas) or impartial, Sri Shuka says: “… yad bhAgavata mAhAtmyaḿ bhagavad bhakti vardhanam…” …
Srimad Bhagavatam instantly touches one’s heart, as it unfolds the lives of bhagavatas, with their finest qualities like forgiveness, acceptance, gratitude, humility, steadfastness, love and so on. While the story of the jnani, Jadabharata, in the fifth Canto revels in …
Srimad Bhagavatam is so called not only because it contains the stories of Bhagavan but also because it is filled with stories of bhagavatas, the devotees of Bhagavan. These stories illustrate to us the qualities needed to attain Bhagavan and …
