Any devotee aspiring to be free of material desires should offer his respectful prayers to Nṛsiṁhadeva as Prahlāda Mahārāja did in this verse.

ABHAYAM - Sri Narasimha Prayer For Protection From Fear And Anxiety

All living entities are rotating throughout the universe, going sometimes up to the higher planetary systems and sometimes down to the lower planets. This is the material disease, which is known as pravṛtti-mārga. When one becomes intelligent he takes to nivṛtti-mārga, the path of liberation, and thus instead of rotating within this material world, he returns home, back to Godhead. This is necessary.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Sun 7th Nov 2021 by SuryaGopāl Dāsa 6.1.2

Since the Yamadūtas are servants of Yamarāja, who is also one of the siddha-sattamas, they knew that a siddha-sattama is above the demigods and sub-demigods and, indeed, above all the living entities within this material world. The Yamadūtas therefore inquired why the Viṣṇudūtas were present where a sinful man was going to die.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Wed 1st Dec 2021 by His Grace Gangesvara Prabhu 6.1.33

The varṇāśrama institution offers the perfect process for making one eligible to return home, back to Godhead, because the aim of every varṇa and āśrama is to please the Supreme Lord. One can please the Lord under the direction of a bona fide spiritual master, and if one does so his life is perfect. The Supreme Lord is worshipable, and everyone worships Him directly or indirectly. Those who worship Him directly get the results of liberation quickly, whereas the liberation of those who serve Him indirectly is delayed.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Sun 30th Jan 2022 by His Holiness Devamrita Swami 6.3.13

Let me offer my obeisances to Lord Śrī Nityānanda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose opulence is wonderful and unlimited. By His will, even a fool can understand His identity.

Śrī Nityānanda Trayodaśī class on Mon 14th Feb 2022 by His Grace Prana Prabhu CC Ādi 5.1

Even if one chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra offensively, one can avoid offenses by continuously chanting without deviation. One who becomes accustomed to this practice will always remain in a pure transcendental position, untouchable by sinful reactions.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Fri18th Feb 2022 by Sri Chaitanya Dāsa 6.3.32

It is understood from this verse that the predominating deity of the moon is the maintainer of all the trees and plants throughout the universe. It is due to the moonshine that trees and plants grow very luxuriantly. Therefore how can we accept the so-called scientists whose moon expeditions have informed us that there are no trees or vegetation on the moon?

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Wed 23rd Feb 2022 by His Grace Gangesvara Prabhu 6.4.6

The government or king has the duty of protecting not only the human beings, but all other living entities, including animals, trees and plants. No living entity should be killed unnecessarily.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Thu 24th Feb 2022 by Madhumanjari Dāsi 6.4.7

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Mon 28th Feb 2022 by YamunaLila Dāsi 6.4.13

Philosophy means finding the ultimate cause. As Vedānta-sūtra very reasonably says, athāto brahma jijñāsā: human life is meant for understanding the ultimate cause. Devotees accept that the ultimate cause is Kṛṣṇa because this conclusion is supported by all Vedic literature and also by Kṛṣṇa Himself, who says, ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ: “I am the source of everything.”

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Wed 9th Mar 2022 by Yamunalila Dāsi 6.4.31

As a small boy He lifted Govardhana Hill, and in His childhood He killed many demons. Such activities are very attractive, and therefore He is sometimes called Giridhārī, Madhusūdana, Agha-niṣūdana and so on. Because He acted as the son of Nanda Mahārāja, He is called Nanda-tanuja. These names already exist, but since nondevotees cannot understand the names of the Lord, He is sometimes called anāma, or nameless. This means that He has no material names. All His activities are spiritual, and therefore He has spiritual names.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Fri 11th Mar 2022 by Ādipuruṣa Dāsa 6.4.34

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Fri 11th Mar 2022 by Ādipuruṣa Dāsa 6.4.33

There are various types of incarnations or expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The expansions of His personal self, or viṣṇu-tattva, are called svāṁśa expansions, whereas the living entities, who are not viṣṇu-tattva but jīva-tattva, are called vibhinnāṁśa, separated expansions. Although Prajāpati Dakṣa is not on the same level as Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, he is compared to them because he engages in the service of the Lord. In the service of the Personality of Godhead, it is not that Lord Brahmā is considered very great while an ordinary human being trying to preach the glories of the Lord is considered very low. There are no such distinctions. Regardless of whether materially high or materially low, anyone engaged in the service of the Lord is spiritually very dear to Him.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Wed 16th Mar 2022 by Svaroop Sakti Dāsi 6.4.45

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Wed 16th Mar 2022 by Svarup Sakti Dāsi 6.4.45

The first cause is the Lord Himself, the Supreme Person. From Him, Brahmā is created, and Brahmā takes charge of the affairs of the universe. The universal affairs of the material creation depend upon the material energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is therefore the cause of the material creation. The entire cosmic manifestation is described herein as guṇa-vigrahaḥ, the form of the Lord’s qualities. From the cosmic universal form, the first creation is Lord Brahmā, who is the cause of all living entities.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Sun 20th Mar 2022 by Jagannath Ram Dāsa 6.4.48

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Tue 22nd Mar 2022 by MadhuManjari Dāsi 6.4.51-54

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Fri 25th Mar 2022 by Yamuna Lila Dāsi 6.5.12

“After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogīs in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.” One’s real concern should be to free himself from the repetition of birth and death and attain the topmost perfection of life by living with the Supreme King in the spiritual world.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Sat 26th Mar 2022 by His Grace Aniruddha Prabhu 6.5.13

A Kṛṣṇa conscious person does not change his profession, for his only profession is to attract the attention of Kṛṣṇa by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and living a very simple life, without following daily changes of fashion. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, fashionable persons are taught to adopt one fashion — the dress of a Vaiṣṇava with a shaved head and tilaka. They are taught to be always clean in mind, dress and eating in order to be fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. What is the use of changing one’s dress, sometimes wearing long hair and a long beard and sometimes dressing otherwise? This is not good. One should not waste his time in such frivolous activities. One should always be fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and take the cure of devotional service with firm determination.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Sun 27th Mar 2022 by Mādhavananda Dāsa 6.5.14

“Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān.” The Absolute Truth appears to neophytes as impersonal Brahman and to advanced mystic yogīs as Paramātmā, the Supersoul, but devotees, who are further advanced, understand the Absolute Truth as the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Wed 30th Mar 2022 by GopaVrndesa Dāsa 6.5.17

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Fri 1st Apr 2022 by Śri Kṛṣṇa Dāsa 6.5.19

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Mon 4th Apr 2022 by His Grace Aniruddha Prabhu 6.5.22

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Tue 5th Apr 2022 by His Grace Narasimha Kavaca Prabhu 6.5.23

Prajāpati Dakṣa is very expert in begetting children, and Nārada Muni is very expert in delivering all the conditioned souls back home, back to Godhead. Therefore the materialistic experts do not agree with the spiritual expert Nārada Muni, but this does not mean that Nārada Muni will give up his engagement of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Wed 6th Apr 2022 by Yamuna Lila Dāsi 6.5.24

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Thu 7th Apr 2022 by His Grace Narasimha Kavaca Prabhu 6.5.25

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Fri 8th Apr 2022 by Śri Chaitanya Dāsa 6.5.26

Śrī Rāma-Navamī class on Sun 10th April 2022 by His Grace Prabhava Prabhu

Śrī Rāma-Navamī class on Sun 10th April 2022 by His Grace Prabhava Prabhu 9.10.53

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Tue 12th Apr 2022 by Gopa Vrndesa Dāsa 6.5.31

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Tue 12th Apr 2022 by Gopa Vrndesa Dāsa 6.5.31-35

A brāhmaṇa gṛhastha may earn his livelihood by becoming a learned scholar and teaching people in general how to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He may also assume the duty of worship himself. Therefore it is said that only brāhmaṇas may engage in Deity worship, and they may accept as prasāda whatever people offer the Deity. Although a brāhmaṇa may sometimes accept charity, it is not for his personal maintenance but for the worship of the Deity. Thus a brāhmaṇa does not stock anything for his future use.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Wed 13th Apr 2022 by Jagannath Ram Dāsa 6.5.36

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Thu 14th Apr 2022 by His Grace Prabhava Prabhu 6.5.37

According to Dakṣa’s philosophy, one should become implicated in material enjoyment so that after experiencing the distress of such enjoyment. one will automatically renounce. Material nature, however, is so strong that although a man suffers at every step, he will not cease his attempts to enjoy (tṛpyanti neha kṛpaṇā-bahu-duḥkha-bhājaḥ). Under the circumstances, unless one gets the association of a devotee like Nārada Muni or his servant in the disciplic succession, one’s dormant spirit of renunciation cannot be awakened. It is not a fact that because material enjoyment involves so many painful conditions one will automatically become detached. One needs the blessings of a devotee like Nārada Muni. Then one can renounce his attachment for the material world. The young boys and girls of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement have given up the spirit of material enjoyment not because of practice but by the mercy of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His servants.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Mon 18th Apr 2022 by His Grace Radha Charan Prabhu 6.5.41

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Tue 19th Apr 2022 by Her Grace Devaki Dāsi 6.5.42

Śri Śri Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa Deities 50th Anniversary lecture 23 April 2022 by Her Grace Chitra Lekha Dāsi and His Grace Kurma Prabhu

Śri Śri Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa Deities 50th Anniversary lecture 23 April 2022 by Chitra Lekha Devi Dasi and Kurma Dasa

Śri Śri Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa Deities 50th Anniversary lecture on 23rd April 2022

It does not matter whether one is a brāhmaṇa, śūdra, gṛhastha or sannyāsī. These are all material designations. A spiritually advanced person has nothing to do with such designations. Therefore, if one is advanced in the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, regardless of his position in human society, he may become a spiritual master.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Mon 2nd May 2022 by Gopa Vrndesa Dāsa 6.7.25

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Mon 2nd May 2022 by Gopa Vrndesa Dāsa 6.7.25-33

Thinking oneself one with the Supreme is called ahaṅgrahopāsanā. Through ahaṅgrahopāsanā one does not become God, but he thinks of himself as qualitatively one with the Supreme. Understanding that as a spirit soul he is equal in quality to the supreme soul the way the water of a river is of the same nature as the water of the sea, one should meditate upon the Supreme Lord, as described in this verse, and seek His protection. The living entities are always subordinate to the Supreme. Consequently their duty is to always seek the mercy of the Lord in order to be protected by Him in all circumstances.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Sun 8th May 2022 by JagannathRam Dāsa 6.8.1-12

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Mon 9th May 2022 by Ādipuruṣa Dāsa 6.8.13-17

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Tue 10th May 2022 by Vraja Rāja Dāsa 6.8.18

The mission of Lord Buddha was to save people from the abominable activity of animal killing and to save the poor animals from being unnecessarily killed. When pāṣaṇḍīs were cheating by killing animals on the plea of sacrificing them in Vedic yajñas, the Lord said, “If the Vedic injunctions allow animal killing, I do not accept the Vedic principles.” Thus he actually saved people who acted according to Vedic principles. One should therefore surrender to Lord Buddha so that he can help one avoid misusing the injunctions of the Vedas.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Wed 11th May 2022 by His Grace Prabhav Prabhu 6.8.19

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Thu 12th May 2022 by GopaVrndesa Dāsa 6.8.20

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Thu 12th May 2022 by GopaVrndesa Dāsa 6.8.20-30

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Fri 13th May 2022 by Her Grace Devaki Dāsi

If one sincerely tries his best to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness by preaching the glories of the Lord and His supremacy, even if he is imperfectly educated, he becomes the dearmost servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is bhakti. As one performs this service for humanity, without discrimination between friends and enemies, the Lord becomes satisfied, and the mission of one’s life is fulfilled.

Narasiṁha Caturdaśī class on Sun 15th May 2022 by His Grace Prana Prabhu 7.6.24

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Mon 16th May 2022 by Karuṇānidhi Kṛṣṇa Dāsa 6.8.1

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Tue 17th May 2022 by His Grace Kesava Prabhu 6.9.2-3

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam class on Wed 18th May 2022 by Jai SaciNandana Dāsa 6.9.4-7

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