All the scriptures extol growing humility as the only way to succeed in true devotion to God. 500 years ago, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu instructed us to be humbler than a blade of grass. The Bible has more than twenty verses about humility saying the same while the Quran has more than...
Immediately before hurricane Harvey and its devastating aftermath engulfed Houston, Houstonians were blessed with the presence of Swami Mukundananda. Swamiji presented his eagerly awaited lecture series on the topic of Seven Mindsets of Success in Life and Beyond to an enthralled, enthusiastic, and attentive group of old and new devotees...
In the Bhagavad Gita, Shree Krishna explains to Arjun that there are three paths to attain Him: bhakti yog, karm yog, and jñān yog. The knowledge of bhakti is described by Shree Krishna as the king of sciences and the most profound of all secrets (BG v9.2). Why? Let...
The week-long event Seven Mindsets for Success in Life and Beyond with Swami Mukundananda was a huge success as it drew close to 400 devotees every evening to the Hindu Society of North Carolina. This was Swamiji’s seventh visit to the Raleigh-Durham area with many devotees looking forward to...
From the day the very first foundation stone was laid, everyone knew that Radha Krishna Temple of Dallas would be a manifestation of divine grace. The fact that Radha Krishna consider this Their abode manifests in the grace that was and continues to be showered daily upon everyone who visits....
The Vedic scriptures inform us that nobody works without a reason. There is a reason for all our actions. All works of every personality—a human, or a God-realized Saint, or God himself—are done with a purpose. Even we people have a purpose. What is the purpose? The main...
The Vedic scriptures inform us that we are eternal servants of God. 500 years ago Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said the same thing: jīver svaroop hay kṛiṣhṇer nitya dās meaning, we are the eternal servants of Shree Krishna. But what does it mean to be a servant and to serve Krishna? As...
Traditionally saints and devotees in India have worshipped and revered deities e.g. Meerabai worshipped Giridhar Gopal; Saint Ekanath was a devotee of Rukmini Mittal; Chaitanya Mahaprabhu loved Lord Jagannath; alvars of South India worshipped the deity of Lord Vishnu in his various temples; Jagadguru Ramanujacharya was also into deity...
Meditation, as a stress reduction or stress management technique, is increasingly becoming popular in the West. But is there all to it? It just helps to manage stress and improve our physical health? Could there be more to it than meets the eye? Actually yes, there is… lots more. Some...
