Sadhu Vani

Q: What to do to prevent our selves from feeling lust, anger and greed, as these are the three gateways ...

A: Kāma (lust), along with anger and greed, arises from rajo-guṇa; these are all manifestations born of ...

Q: We understand that the moon is the deity of the mind. In the translation it says that if we want sel ...

A: In every practitioner’s consciousness, there is a sincere effort to rise above the modes of material ...

Q: [Coming out of material modes of nature quickly.]For devotees, there are oscillations between good c ...

A: These kinds of oscillations in consciousness naturally occur. As described by Rupa Goswami, one can ...

Q: [How not to be harsh] In daily work we have to deal with vendors and we don’t want to be harsh. But ...

A: We should understand another important concept that Krishna teaches in the Bhagavad Gita. At present ...

Q: How to understand that some people believe in the vedic literatures and some don't?

A: You are saying that we take knowledge from the Vedic literatures—we quote the Vedas, Krishna, the Bh ...

Q: How is it that people coming in contact with Srila Prabhupada for only a few moments became devotees ...

A: Yes, this is actually the essence of sādhu-saṅga. Sādhu-saṅga means association with a devotee—comin ...

Q: How to judge that I am making spiritual progress?

A: True spiritual enthusiasm in the life of a devotee manifests in multiple ways—it is not limited to j ...

Q: How is lust present in our senses?

A: When Krishna speaks about the mind, intelligence, and senses—such as in the Bhagavad Gita—it may app ...

Q: Srila Prabhupada says that in the spiritual world, time is inconspicuous by it's absence and also th ...

A: Time (kāla) is described as being almost inconspicuous by its absence in the spiritual world. A. C. ...

Q: How do we know what is anartha and what is not anartha?

A: What Krishna describes is generally a gradual process, unfolding over many lifetimes. However, there ...