Each Sunday Talk highlights a specific area of spiritual life. In these audio files, Caru Das (a devotee of Lord Krishna for 53 years), clearly explains important aspects of the Bhakti Journey with relevance to modern life.
“Fabulous speaker! I can’t get enough of Caru Das. Wise, funny, engaging, entertaining and you feel the truth and integrity of his message. Forget religion and preconceptions about the Krishnas etc and just listen to be uplifted. You’ll feel like you’ve rediscovered the long lost human codex or manual to existence and satisfying living.” Laura
We have to believe that HE IS DIRECTING OUR STEPS and to go with the flow. If you are going to become a vessel of gold, you have to STAY ON THE POTTERS WHEEL and be willing to change. Nothing in your life happens by accident. The delays, the grouchy clerk, the slow waiter, and […]
Let the story unfold, About a swami from India, brave and bold. Seventy years young, with a mission in his soul, Prabhupada’s tale, let the rhythm take control. (Verse 1) Nineteen sixty-five, a voyage on the sea, Heart attacks strikin’, but his spirit runs free. Seven dollars in his pocket, that’s all he had, New […]
“If something makes Krishna Happy and me unhappy, that becomes my greatest happiness. And if something makes me happy but makes Krishna unhappy, that becomes my greatest unhappiness.”
(Intro) Yo, check the mic, one two, this ain’t no ordinary tune It’s a hymn of the earth, under the sun and moon From the soil we spring, with a spiritual glow Let the rhythm flow, watch the seeds we sow! (Verse 1) Sunrise paints the sky, a brand new day begins On temple land […]
Our message today is that “if you can dream it, Krishna can do it.” Prabhupada was talking about the freedoms enjoyed by Narada Muni, “Every living being is anxious for full freedom because that is his transcendental nature. We, parts and parcels of God, are more than dull dead matter, we are created above time […]
anta-kāle cha mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṁ yāti nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ At life’s final end, with body cast aside, Whoever remembers Me, will with Me abide. He attains My nature, eternal and pure, Of this, O Arjuna, be confident and sure. (Intro) Yo, this is the final lesson, the ultimate test, […]
Krishna is the Iswara Parama, doesn’t need to look strong, doesn’t need to instill fear, doesn’t need to manage.. Krishna is that person than whom no one is greater or equal because he is the boss of Balarama Balarama makes planets orbit like bulls with rings in their noses. Balarama controls demigods like birds caught in […]
(Intro Verse) na yad vacaś citra-padaṁ harer yaśo jagat-pavitraṁ pragṛṇīta karhicit tad vāyasaṁ tīrtham uśanti mānasā na yatra haṁsā niramanty uśik-kṣayāḥ (Verse 1) Yo, words that fail to recount, the Lord’s pure renown, He alone sanctifies, the universe’s crown. Saintly persons consider them, a low-grade domain, A pilgrimage for crows, enduring constant strain. The all-perfect […]
(Intro Verse) tad vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavo yasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty api nāmāny anantasya yaśo ’ṅkitāni yat śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti sādhavaḥ (Verse 1) Yo, that literature, a distinct creation, Brimming with transcendental glories, a pure revelation. The Supreme Lord’s name, His fame, His forms, His divine play, Crafted to spark revolution, in impious lives today. For this misdirected […]
Prabhupada. “Crows and swans are not birds of the same feather because of their different mental attitudes. The crows take pleasure in a place where garbage is thrown out, just as the passionate fruitive workers take pleasure in wine and woman and places for gross sense pleasure. The swans do not take pleasure in the […]