Before the cosmic manifestation was created, the creative propensity was merged in the Supreme Lord’s person. The Lord is the cause of all causes, and He is the all-pervading, self-sufficient person.
All the incarnations of Godhead are either plenary portions or parts of the plenary portions of the purusa-avataras. But Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. In every age, the devotees are protected by the various features of Krishna.
When one is attached to the material energy, he becomes overpowered by fear and his conception of life becomes reversed. To overcome this, one must worship the Supreme Lord as spiritual master, worshipful deity and the source of life.
The devotees must counter the preaching of atheists in order to capture the minds of the innocent. Many are unaware that there are strong arguments for the existence of God.
Sripad Puri Maharaja discussed the role of sadhana bhakti as a purifying process, and of raganuga bhakti as spontaneous love of Godhead.
Srimad-Bhagavatam is the supreme Purana, containing the meaning of the Vedanta-sutra, the Mahabharata and the Brahma-gayatri. In fact, the very first verse contains the entire siddhanta in seed form.
Before the creation of the cosmic manifestation, the Lord existed and the total material energy, material nature and the living entities all existed within Him.
Sripad Puri Maharaja explained that the Big Bang and the Big Crunch theories leave out the prior and continuing existence of God. Whatever is manifested, be that sound energy or some other material energy detectable by the senses, that is the manifestation of the Lord.
How can we prove there is a God? Since there is nothing that is not God, all that remains is to awaken to the truth. However, if one remains attached to the sphere of exploitation, one cannot recognize the existence of God.
Devotional service is non-sectarian. Anyone can perform devotional service simply by chanting Hare Krsna or by remembering Krsna. Such spontaneous devotion should not be confused with following religious principles out of duty.
A person interested in transcendental knowledge must directly and indirectly inquire about the all-pervading truth.
An advanced devotee sees within everything the Supreme Personality of Godhead — the cause of all causes. Once love is established between a devotee and the Lord, nothing can destroy that bond.
Prakasananda Saraswati, a Mayavada philosopher, submits to the lotus feet of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
A person who considers demigods like Brahma or Shiva to be on an equal level with Narayana is considered to be an offender.
Prakasananda requests Lord Chaitanya to give a purport of the Brahma-sutra, also called the Vedanta-sutra.
One cannot understand the meaning of the Vedanta Sutra without going through Srimad Bhagavatam and rendering devotional service.
Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada explains the principle of “spiritual communism.” One’s sacrifice should be for the satisfaction of the Supreme Controller, not for one’s personal benefit.
By rendering devotional service, one gradually rises to the platform of love of Godhead – the goal of life.
Sripad Puri Maharaja explains the meaning of sambhanda – abhideya – prayojana as “knowing where you are” – “knowing how to get there” – “knowing where you want to be.”
Sankaracarya’s impersonalism does not appeal to the mind of a sane person. Yet, his propaganda, that God and the living entity are one, served to oppose the atheistic philosophy of Buddhism.
Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada provides an excellent summary of the Mimamsaka, Sankhya, Nyaya, Mayavada and Patanjala philosophers – materialistic and atheistic theories of the origin of the universe – which are countered by the realizations of Svayam Bhagavan through the practice of bhakti yoga.
Discussion of nirguna versus saguna Brahman, where the spiritual realm is considered to be undifferentiated. This view is rejected by the Vaisnava philosophers.
At Bindu Madhava, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu danced in ecstasy while the assembled crowds chanted the maha-mantra.
The Vaisnava philosophers – Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami, Nimbarka and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu – dealt with various aspects of the philosophy of oneness and difference.
Sripad Puri Maharaja discusses the western philosophies of deism and theism, and the philosophy of being as taught by Aristotle and Hegel.
Sankaracarya’s interpretations of the Vedanta Sutra and the Upanishads are only mental imagination.
Devotional service unto Lord Krsna is the only auspicious path.
Srimad Bhagavatam – the natural commentary on the Vedanta Sutra – explains the three features of the Lord: Bhagavan, Brahman and Paramatma.
Sripad Puri Maharaja discusses the erroneous belief of the Sankarites that the material world is an illusion.
Sripad Puri Maharaja explained that, if the material world were illusory, there would be no chance to make spiritual progress. Illusion operating upon illusion does not give liberation or Truth.
Discussion of Lord Shiva’s renunciation versus the higher conception of the Rupanuga Vaisnavas.
