239. Australia day morning lecture

Australia Day today. An important historical date for the Australians. Also, happens to be an important day for the Indians. The day outside is already warm and the weather bureau is expecting a very hot day. Sitting at the temple hall listening to a wonderful lecture by HH Devamrita Swami, covering the verse SB 1.6.20: [...]

238. Follow & Lead

Saturday Melbourne morning. Glad to have reached this weekend after long struggling days at work. Listening to Bhagavatam class from Bhakta Prabhu 1.6.5 : 1. When a person is impregnated with spiritual knowledge, there is a change in that person. We are living a life of animals but with spiritual knowledge, we begin our lives [...]

237. Joy of giving and receiving

Just returned from a beautiful January Christmas party hosted at the house of the much loved HG Bhakta Prabhu and his wife Bhakti Mataji. This was the first time we were going and we arrived fashionably late. As we walked into the front courtyard, we could hear the laughters amongst the guests. People were clearly [...]

236. Attention

Back to the shelter of the Melbourne temple this morning. So satisfied to see the bhagavatam class by HG Viraj Krishna Prabhu, whom I had a chance to see last evening. He was covering SB 1.5.39. The main points he covered : 1. When we have no peace within ourselves, how can we carry out [...]

235. Study always

It’s 9pm and just finished listening to a very powerful lecture by HG Viraj Krishna Prabhu, a disciple of HH Maha Vishnu Swami Gosvami Maharaj. Through one verse from the bhagavatam, he was able to beautifully describe the importance of Prabhupad books, the importance of discipline, the dangers of the material world and the shelter [...]