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Lesson One: Introduction to Bhagavad Gita Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavan. He spoke Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna, who is in a direct relationship with Krishna as His friend and devotee. Only by the process of...

[ Transcribed from lectures given by Sri Atmatattva Das ] So then Vasishtha told the story of Rishyashringa. Shringa means “horns” or “a person possessing horns.” Risha means “deer,” so...

[ Transcribed from lectures given by Sri Atmatattva Das ] Now Lord Ramachandra took His advent on the earth planet, and he was growing up. He was learning archery in the ashrama of Vasishtha. When the first lesson started,...

[ Transcribed from lectures given by Sri Atmatattva Das ] Now Vishvamitra is not just some mystic yogi or a gurukula teacher or something. Vishvamitra was such a great powerful personality. He was a great kshatriya. One day he...

[ Transcribed from lectures given by Sri Atmatattva Das ] After Rama’s fight with the demons Maricha and Dusana, Vishvamitra didn’t come back to Ayodhya, instead he told them, “There is going to be a big fire...

[ Transcribed from lectures given by Sri Atmatattva Das ] All these stories were going through Hanuman’s mind as he stood there before Sri Lanka, how Ravana got cursed in many places, and how he is so foolish. Hanuman...

That which the Upanishads describe as the nondual Truth is but the effulgence of His body and the indweller of all souls, known as Paramatma is but His localised expansion of a plenary portion only. This Gaurahari is the same...

Krishna Consciousness or Prema Dharma is compared to a lotus flower that gradually unfolds in due course of time. At first it is manifest in a budding stage which gradually blooms until it reaches its fully blossomed stage. The...

Definition and Activities of a Great Founder-acharya The Founder-Acharya is distinguished from all other acharyas and his qualities and activites are outlined in the sastras: ‘tabhyas sarvajana trata sarvasrestatamo...

1) Antaranga shakti – internal potency (yoga-maya) sat – samvit – external potency chit – sandhini – knowledge potency ananda – hladini – pleasure potency vishnu shaktih para prokta...