Panihati Chida-dahi Festival on June 21, 2013
Krishna is very kind to the meek and simple
Krishna is very kind to the meek and simple, so dullness of the material world and consciousness about Krishna go well together. Too much intelligence in material activities are detraction from Krishna Consciousness. … There is a nice story about Bharata Maharaja, who remained just like a dullard, in order to avoid material association. And he was known as Jada Bharata, but when he was tested, Maharaja Rohugan found him highly advanced in Krishna Consciousness, and became his disciple.
Correspondence: June 20, 1968
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Bhagavatamrita
By regularly hearing the Srimad-Bhagavatam with attention and by rendering of service to the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is almost completely destroyed, and loving service unto the Personality of Godhead, is established as an irrevocable fact. The messages of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are full of potencies, and these potencies can be realized if topics regarding the Supreme Godhead are discussed amongst devotees. In this section we present the transcripts of lectures on Srimad-Bhagavatam by senior devotees at Iskcon Bangalore…
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