Ultimate Self Realization

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you. Upcoming Travel Schedule From now until 1 May Austin, Texas USA May 2 through May 5 Hartford, Connecticut May 6 through May 28 Austin, Texas May 29 - Toronto, Canada May 30 - June 2, Ottawa, Canada June 3 - June 9, Toronto, Canada & nearby areas June 10 Austin, Texas USA until after Janmastami Here's the Story of Liquid Beauty 30 April 2025 In today's Thought for the Day Śrīla Prabhupāda tells the unforgettable story of "liquid beauty." Once a man who was very powerful and strongly built but whose character was very doubtful fell in love with a beautiful girl. The girl was not only beautiful in appearance but also saintly in character, and as such she did not like the man's advances. The man, howe...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you. Upcoming Travel Schedule From now until 1 May Austin, Texas USA May 2 through May 5 Hartford, Connecticut May 6 through May 28 Austin, Texas May 29 - Toronto, Canada May 30 - June 2, Ottawa, Canada June 3 - June 9, Toronto, Canada & nearby areas June 10 Austin, Texas USA until after Janmastami The Tiger Again Becomes a Mouse 29 April 2025 In a lecture on the Srimad Bhagavatam given on May 27, 1972 in Los Angeles Srila Prabhupada gives the story of tiger who again become a mouse: The human being, if he does not realize God, he's simply engaged in animalistic way of life—eating, sleeping, mating—then nature will call, "All right, sir, again become animal." Punar mūṣiko bhava: "Again become a mouse....

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you. Upcoming Travel Schedule From now until 1 May Austin, Texas USA May 2 through May 5 Hartford, Connecticut May 6 through May 28 Austin, Texas May 29 - Toronto, Canada May 30 - June 2, Ottawa, Canada June 3 - June 9, Toronto, Canada & nearby areas June 10 Austin, Texas USA until after Janmastami My Duty is to Deliver the World 28 April 2025 Since my beloved spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, gave us the order, "Become guru and deliver the world." this is my duty. I am begging Radharani and Lord Sri Krishna that before I leave my body that every single living entity who is suffering here in this material world can be delivered back to home, back to Godhead and if they are not...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you. Upcoming Travel Schedule From now until 1 May Austin, Texas USA May 2 through May 5 Hartford, Connecticut May 6 through May 28 Austin, Texas May 29 - Toronto, Canada May 30 - June 2, Ottawa, Canada June 3 - June 9, Toronto, Canada & nearby areas June 10 Austin, Texas USA until after Janmastami A Chapter a Day Keeps Maya Away 27 April 2025 Every devotee should read a chapter from Srila Prabhupada's books every day. This is direct contact with Srila Prabhupada, non-different from sitting in his quarters and having your own private darshan with him. In a letter to Tribhuvanatha das written in Los Angeles on 16 June, 1972 Srila. Prabhupada wrote as follows: "I am very much stressing nowadays that my students shal...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you. Upcoming Travel Schedule From now until 1 May Austin, Texas USA May 2 through May 5 Hartford, Connecticut May 6 through May 28 Austin, Texas May 29 - Toronto, Canada May 30 - June 2, Ottawa, Canada June 3 - June 9, Toronto, Canada & nearby areas June 10 Austin, Texas USA until after Janmastami Prahlada Maharaja is a Most Glorious Devotee 26 April 2025 Prahlada Maharaja is a most glorious devotee. He is indeed an ocean of mercy. In Srimad Bhagavatam, 7th Canto, Chapter 9, Text 44 he states: prāyeṇa deva munayaḥ sva-vimukti-kāmā maunaṁ caranti vijane na parārtha-niṣṭhāḥ naitān vihāya kṛpaṇān vimumukṣa eko nānyaṁ tvad asya śaraṇaṁ bhramato 'nupaśye "My dear Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, I see that there are many saintly per...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you. Upcoming Travel Schedule From now until 1 May Austin, Texas USA May 2 through May 5 Hartford, Connecticut May 6 through May 28 Austin, Texas May 29 - Toronto, Canada May 30 - June 2, Ottawa, Canada June 3 - June 9, Toronto, Canada & nearby areas June 10 Austin, Texas USA until after Janmastami Who is Srila Prabhupada's Successor? 25 April 2025 Bhakti Caru Swami shares this pastime of Srila Prabhupada in which Srila Prabhupada describes who will be his successor: "Just a few days before Srila Prabhupada left the planet, two prominent Indian gentlemen came to see him. One was Sriman Narayana, the Governor of Madras, and the other was his brother-in-law, Rama Krishna Bajaj, a big industrialist. At one point, they...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Note: This is not written by artificial intelligence. It is written by a real person who truly cares about you. Upcoming Travel Schedule From now until 1 May Austin, Texas USA May 2 through May 5 Hartford, Connecticut May 6 through May 28 Austin, Texas May 29 - Toronto, Canada May 30 - June 2, Ottawa, Canada June 3 - June 9, Toronto, Canada & nearby areas June 10 Austin, Texas USA until after Janmastami Here's How to Conquer Lust 24 April 2025 Regarding lust Lord Sri Krishna explains in Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 3, Texts 38-39 as follows: dhūmenāvriyate vahnir yathādarśo malena ca yatholbenāvṛto garbhas tathā tenedam āvṛtam āvṛtaṁ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇā kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca "As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, the living entit...