In the middle of the 2nd chapter, we hear Krishna speak for the first time… Hrishikesh says, a person who maintains equanimity in joy and sorrow is training himself for realizing the Self, a state of bliss.

In Chapters 1 and 2, Srimad Bhagwad Gita, Arjun plies Krishna with reasons why he wanted to quit the war, but confused by it all, asks Krishna for guidance. Swami Brahmananda’s recital of Srimad Bhagwad Gita along with Sanskrit text and English

The goal of mankind is knowledge. Pleasure is not the goal of man, but knowledge. Pleasure and happiness come to an end. It is a mistake to suppose that pleasure is the goal. After a time man finds that it is not happiness, but knowledge, towards

Jagjit Singh in a live performance at Iskcon’s Hare Krishna temple, Juhu, Mumbai. The bhajan has been written by Bhakti saint, Surdas, a disciple of Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya. Surdas, like Mira Bai has been a great contributor to Braj sahitya, the

In this folk song, a gopi of Vrindavan is saying that coming Holi she would spray colour on Krishna, the son of Nand. She’d like to make his dark cheeks red by rubbing gulal powder on them.रंग

Bali, a tropical island in the Indonesian archipelago is very picturesque. It has rice paddies tripping down hillsides like giant steps, volcanoes soaring up through the clouds, dense tropical jungle, long sandy beaches, warm blue water, crashing

Rajapur’s claim to fame is Goswami Tulsidas (1532-1623 AD) who wrote Sri Ram Charit Manas. He was born here. The Hanuman Chalisa is by far his most popular work. He wrote these 40 verses in his student days at Kashi, as a personal prayer to Lord