Sound Bhakti

Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! he Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! he Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! rakṣa mām Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! pāhi mām That is, “O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please protect Me and maintain Me.” He also chanted: Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! rakṣa mām Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛṣṇa! Keśava! pāhi mām That is, “O Lord Rāma, descendant of King Raghu, please protect Me. O Kṛṣṇa, O Keśava, killer of the Keśī demon, please maintain Me.” https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/7/96/ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/ https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ https://podcasts

The sages of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam tell us that before the creation of the material universe, everything exists in subtle potential within the consciousness of the Supreme Lord. When He glances upon material nature, His will awakens the machinery of manifestation. The universe begins to print itself into being, one layer at a time, from subtle to gross, from vibration to form, from thought into thing. This process is mirrored everywhere around us, and even within us. In the age of machines, the simplest metaphor is that of a 3D printer. The 3D printer begins not with paper or ink, but with information: invisible sequences of digital data, code, shapes, colors, ideas are sent from the mind of a creator into a mechanism that translates them into visible form. The machine does not invent the content; it merely reveals what has been conceived. The same principle governs the cosmos. The material universe is not a random explosion, but a deliberate unfolding, an act of divine printing. The Lord's glance over Prak

The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance. (Invocation) https://vedabase.io/en/library/iso/ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/ https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark #ma

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauḍa to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all. (Cc Adi 1.2) https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/1/ https://versecircle.com/?s=851 To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/ https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark #mantrameditation #chanting #makejapagreatagain #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperien

The recent journey of Vaisesika Dāsa and Nirākulā Dāsī through India was filled with inspiring moments they eagerly shared, including their stops in Jaipur, Puṇe, and Karauli. Among their favorite destinations were the renowned Imlitalā in Vṛndāvan and the tranquil Govardhan Āśram. They particularly stressed how important it is for devotees to read the Caitanya Caritāmṛta together, which provides remarkable depth of realization. The conversation wrapped up beautifully, offering insights into the spiritual meaning of their travels and how they navigate their lives between Vṛndāvan and the West. What was a favorite place you visited? (0:41) What was your biggest takeaway from the Chaitanya chartamartha readings? [03:01] What was something unexpected that happened on the trip? [04:42] Was there anyone you got to reconnect with after a long time? [06:56] What was one of your favorite meals you had? [08:57] When you think of Vrindavan and you close your eyes, where does it take you? [10:34] How do you deal

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who are very expert in scrutinizingly studying all the revealed scriptures with the aim of establishing eternal religious principles for the benefit of all human beings. Thus they are honored all over the three worlds and they are worth taking shelter of because they are absorbed in the mood of the gopis and are engaged in the transcendental loving service of Radha and Krsna. (Translation Verse 2) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/ https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: htt

Have you ever walked out of your āśrama and had somebody come up to you and say, "You look tired"? Have you ever had that? How do you feel after that? You go to the mirror and you're looking like, "Yeah, maybe I do look tired." All day long you're thinking about it, and you go home and say, "Hey, do I look tired?" They are like, "Yeah, you look tired." Like, "Oh." Or what if somebody comes up to you and they go, "You look terrible"? How do you feel? Yeah. Then you go to other people, "How do I look to you?" We are very protective of our, or deliberate about the way we present ourselves to the world. And everybody wants to look all spruced up when they go out and meet people. They don't like it if somebody says, "Oh, you look tired, you look sick, you look terrible." And all of these affect the consciousness of the person, as soon as somebody observes that, whether it's true or not. What's really true is they're spiritual, and they do have a secret, which is that they're eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa; they have j

O Krishna-nama! O inspiration of Narada's vina! You are full of sweetness, which is like an ocean full of waves of nectar. If You wish, please appear constantly on my tongue, along with transcendental affection for the Lord. (Namashtakam, Verse 8) ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/ https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark -----------------------------------------------------------

O my Lord! Transcendental poets and experts in spiritual science could not fully express their indebtedness to You, even if they were endowed with the prolonged lifetime of Brahmā, for You appear in two features — externally as the ācārya and internally as the Supersoul — to deliver the embodied living being by directing him how to come to You. https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/29/6 ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/ https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.c

O Krishna-nama! O inspiration of Narada's vina! You are full of sweetness, which is like an ocean full of waves of nectar. If You wish, please appear constantly on my tongue, along with transcendental affection for the Lord. (Namashtakam, Verse 8) ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/ https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark -----------------------------------------------------------

(1) (kṛṣṇa) deva! bhavantaḿ vande man-mānasa-madhukaram arpaya nija-pada-pańkaja-makarande (2) yadyapi samādhiṣu vidhir api paśyati na tava nakhāgra-marīcim idam icchāmi niśamya tavācyuta! tad api kṛpādbhuta-vīcim (3) bhaktir udañcati yadyapi mādhava! na tvayi mama tila-mātrī parameśvaratā tad api tavādhika-durghaṭa-ghaṭana-vidhātrī (4) ayam avilolatayādya sanātana! kalitādbhuta-rasa-bhāram nivasatu nityam ihāmṛta-nindini-vindan madhurima-sāram TRANSLATION Refrain: (1) O Lord Sri Krsna! I am offering a prayer unto You. Please let the bee of my mind be offered the nectarian honey of Your lotus feet. 2) Although Brahma in full samadhi cannot catch a glimpse of even a ray of the effulgence from the tips of Your toe-nails still, O Acyuta! Having heard of the waves of Your astonishing mercy, I long to receive Your grace. 3) O Madhava! Although I don't possess even a sesame seed of bhakti for You, still, by Your inconceivable power which makes the impossible possible, please fulfill the desire

We'll talk tonight about the legacy that we have inherited and the ways in which we can carry it forward to other people. If you look around here today, you'll see that these are rare souls in the room, because we are in the midst of the saṅkīrtana movement. Somehow or other, we have been given this opportunity together to carry on the service that Śrīla Prabhupāda got from his spiritual master, and it goes all the way back to Kṛṣṇa. So, the service itself is a high sādhana that connects us to Kṛṣṇa most directly. What's more, it's the purpose of the creation. That's what Kṛṣṇa has in mind every time Mahā Viṣṇu exhales: yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi (Brahma-saṁhitā 5.48) All the universes manifest, and then Kṛṣṇa reminds everyone where they left off in the last creation so they can start up again. But His underlying purpose in manifesting the world is to give every soul a chance to turn

(1) nārada muni, bājāy vīṇā 'rādhikā-ramaṇa'-nāme nāma amani, udita haya, bhakata-gītā-sāme (2) amiya-dhārā, bariṣe ghana, śravaṇa-yugale giyā bhakata jana, saghane nāce, bhoriyā āpana hiyā (3) mādhurī-pūra, āsava paśi', mātāya jagata-jane keho vā kānde, keho vā nāce, keho māte mane mane (4) pañca-vadana, nārade dhori', premera saghana rol kamalāsana, nāciyā bole, 'bolo bolo hari bolo' (5) sahasrānana, parama-sukhe, 'hari hari' boli' gāya nāma-prabhāve, mātilo viśva, nāma-rasa sabe pāya (6) śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāma, rasane sphuri', pūrā'lo āmār āśa śrī-rūpa-pade, yācaye ihā, bhakativinoda-dāsa 1) When the great soul Narada Muni plays his vina, the holy name, Radhika-raman, descends and immediately appears amidst the kirtan of the Lord’s devotees. 2) Like a monsoon cloud, the holy name showers nectar in their ears. All the devotees, due to great ecstasy, repeatedly dance to their hearts content. 3) All the people of the universe become maddened upon entering this intoxicating shower of nectar. Some pe

When we chant Haṛe Kṛṣṇa, we hear Haṛe Kṛṣṇa, and we perhaps take some time every day to chant individually, otherwise known as japa, or mantra meditation, it's possible that we could take it for granted or any of the other aspects of devotional service. I've read about monks who have been in a monastery for many years, and they have midlife crises where they start questioning their practice after so many years. And we often see that when people first come to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they feel extremely fortunate because they realize the contrast between where they've been and what they've walked into, which is a spiritual environment. But when you are in the spiritual environment for a long time, unless you're conscientious about it and careful in the environment, then it's possible to either feel entitled or take it for granted, which may be the same thing or related as cousins. And at the same time, it is also completely possible to stay awake to one's good fortune of being in the practice of Kṛṣ

When Durvāsā Muni tried to vanquish Ambarīṣa Mahārāja for a slight offense, which had to do with status, Durvāsā thought, "I carry a water pot; therefore, I'm a sādhu." He didn't understand that external trappings have nothing to do with it, because Ambarīṣa Mahārāja was a pure devotee in his heart of hearts, even though he was a king. He's glorified by all the ācāryas, who say, "Look, he's living only for Kṛṣṇa, and he's using everything for Kṛṣṇa." He had performed a severe austerity. He broke the fast before Durvāsā Muni to please Kṛṣṇa, and he did it in such a way that it should have been a non-issue, but Durvāsā Muni made it an issue. He tried to kill him, and then the Sudarśana-cakra chased after him. He went to many places to take shelter. Everyone said, "Sorry." Even then, he went to Lord Viṣṇu, who uttered this verse: "sādhavo hṛdayaṁ tu aham: The pure devotees are in My heart. I only consider them. That's My only consideration. And therefore, you have to go back to Ambarīṣa Mahārāja and beg forgive

Cc Madhya 25.105-221 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/25/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ When we began distributing the message of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in the Western countries, a similar thing happened. In the beginning we were very much disappointed for at least one year because no one came forth to help this movement, but by the grace of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, some young boys joined this movement in 1966. Of course we distributed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s message of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra without bargaining or selling. As a result, this movement has spread all over the world, with the assistance of European and American boys and girls. We therefore pray for all the blessings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu upon all the devotees in the Western world who are spreading this movement. (Cc Madhya 25.170,purport) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ -------------------------------

2025 Kārtika Vrata at Govardhan Hill, we, together, over the last 21 days, have completed our vṛata of reading the Madhya Līlā of the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta. We pray that all the benedictions of the transcendental sound vibration may enter into the hearts of all of us, so we can take them out and give them to the people in the world who are suffering from spiritual starvation. May they feast upon the transcendental holy name and the transcendental literature given to us by our disciplic succession through His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda. Thank you for considering our request. A sense of deep gratitude to everybody for coming here to observe this vrat (or vrata), and a prayer that we can all be back together soon, doing it again without much delay at all. ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------

Cc Madhya 223-283 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/25/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ One should understand Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa from the six Gosvāmīs in the paramparā system. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is following as strictly as possible in the footsteps of the Gosvāmīs. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, ei chaya gosāñi yāṅra, mui tāṅra dāsa: “I am the servant of the six Gosvāmīs.” The philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is to become the servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord. Whoever wants to understand the difficult subject matter of kṛṣṇa-kathā should accept the disciplic succession. If one is somehow or other able to understand Kṛṣṇa, his life is successful. Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna. A perfect devotee is able to understand Kṛṣṇa through the disciplic succession, and his entrance into the kingdom of God is thereby certainly opened. When one understands Kṛṣṇa, there is no difficulty in transferring ones

Cc Madhya 25.1-104 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/25/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Prabhupāda was especially keen on defeating atheistic science. And as you know, I'm keen on that. People aren't very philosophical or very scientific. Even scientists aren't. We've been talking to a few lately.In any case, the people in general just have a base, basic understanding of erroneous scientific theories, and I feel that what would be most helpful for them is to have a way to question those theories and think for themselves. Like you made that presentation about the Big Bang, and the way you presented it was to take people through the history of the theory itself and see how flimsy the evidence is and how it's all held together with rubber bands and Scotch tape and a few pieces of thread found here and there. And when people come to question materialistic scientists and the theories that are accepted a priori these days—for instance, if you read any self-help bo

Cc Madhya 24.334-355 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/24/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ As soon as I wake up, the first thing I do is I say Prabhupāda's praṇāma mantra: namo om viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe Following that, I chant the Pañca-tattva Mahā-mantra: Jaya Śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī-Advaita Gadādhara Śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda. Then, I chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā-mantra: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare; Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. The verse from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 10.90.48): jayati jana-nivāso devakī-janma-vādo yadu-vara-pariṣat svair dorbhir asyann adharmam sthira-cara-vṛjina-ghnaḥ su-smita-śrī-mukhena vraja-pura-vanitānāṁ vardhayan kāma-devam I say all those before I swing my legs out of the bed. Then, before I put my right foot on the floor, I say, "Oh, Moth