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SB 10.20.16 — During the rainy season the roads, not being cleansed, became covered with grass and debris and were thus difficult to make out. These roads were like religious scriptures that brāhmaṇas no longer study and that thus become corrupted and covered over with the passage of time.

An angel’s face is still because there are no lies inside. Truth makes it a straight, simple face whose beauty lies not in its form but in the feeling it gives you.

SB 10.20.15 — Just as devotees whose minds are absorbed in the Personality of Godhead remain peaceful even when attacked by all sorts of dangers, the mountains in the rainy season were not at all disturbed by the repeated striking of the rain-bearing clouds.

Teaching others is best done with love and once the heart has understood the mind opens.

When: the waxing moon in the month of July/August The glories of Pavitra Ekadasi is described in Bhavishyottara Purana in the conversation between Lord Krishna and Maharaj Yudhisthira. Once Maharaj Yudhisthira said to Krishna “O Madhusudana, killer of Madhu demon, what is the name and glories of the Ekadasi which occurs during the waxing moonContinue reading “Pavitra Ekadasi”

The Ekadasi by the name of Putrada Ekadashi is observed during the waxing phase of the moon in the month of July/August and also December/January. In 2015, the date of Putrada Ekadasi in Paush month (January – February) was January 1. Putrada Ekadasi is observed during the waxing phase of the moon in Shravan month (JulyContinue reading “Putrada Ekadasi”

The first lesson on the path of becoming a peacemaker is to stop being at war with myself. It is only when the turbulence of my mind ceases that I can begin to make peace with the world.

SB 10.20.13 — As all creatures of the land and water took advantage of the newly fallen rainwater, their forms became attractive and pleasing, just as a devotee becomes beautiful by engaging in the service of the Supreme Lord.

Amidst the earthquakes of unexpected situations, the hurricanes of unreasonable behaviour, when fortune strikes against me, I will remain unmoved, knowing that finally all will be well.

SB 10.20.10 — With the advent of the rainy season, the insignificant streams, which had become dry, began to swell and then strayed from their proper courses, like the body, property and money of a man controls him by the urges of his senses.