Notes for healing

Lecture by HH Radhanath Swami Srila Prabhupada has told us that the culmination of all of our preaching in Krsna Consciousness is to induce people to wholeheartedly chant the holy names of Krsna. The chanting of the Holy names must continue. Srila Prabhupada said we can do without temples, we can do without everything. We don’t need money. If we can get it, we will use it. We don’t need property. If we get it we will use it. We don’t need vehicles. If we get it we will use it. We don’t need good PR, Public relations. If we get it we will use it. But one thing at all times, we always need for our spiritual survival and that is the association of the devotees and the regular chanting of the holy names. If we lose either of these two principles which are actually one in essence, then we lose our connection to Krsna. In this age of Kali, there are two deadly enemies that are always about to devour all the sanctity of our spiritual lives: egoism and lethargy. Krsna tells us in Bhagavad Gita...

  God is here, I can feel Him But sometimes I cannot feel Him But that doesn’t mean He is not Here It just means I have to look for Him I have to look for Him within and without and if I am lucky enough I might find him again sometimes I find him in the transcendentally sweet taste of water sometimes I find him in the quiet of my mind sometimes I find him in the humble rumble my heart and sometimes I find him in the multiple vibrations of His Creation but sometimes He leaves me and I cannot find him. Even though I am looking out for Him, I know I am not looking in the right places and I find myself, hopeless and helpless and even if He purposely withdraws His presence from me I know it is so I can feel His presence even in His absence even that uncontrollable and deep pain is actually His love it’s like a fire that burns cold or like a sadness that fills your hearth and it’s nice having a full hearth. It is nice having a full hearth And I know He is not leaving me alone He is makin...

Today I feel inspired to share an analogy that emerged while talking with a friend, an analogy about the invisible and heavy baggage we all carry, and that we must learn to let go of if we truly want to move forward spiritually. In addiction recovery communities such as Alcoholics Anonymous, there is a very famous book and concept called Drop the Rock . It is a powerful metaphor about letting go of character defects, resentments, and fears. The idea is simple: if you are swimming toward the surface while clinging to a heavy rock, you must let it go or you will drown. Recently, while talking with my friend, he compared this idea of “dropping the rock” to my favorite fantasy saga: The Lord of the Rings . It hit me right in the heart. My mind immediately started racing, and the analogies kept lining up. The Lord of the Rings is a story about purification and service!  Dropping the rock IS destroying the Ring. But the way we carry that Ring, who walks with us to destroy it, where it ...

Welcome back to this space of reflection. Recently, while reading the Bhagavad-gita in our book club and sharing thoughts and doubts with some devotee friends, we stumbled upon a small question within the verses that sparked our curiosity. This was especially true for verse 9.17, where Krishna mentions three of the four Vedas . Talking it over, we realized it would be incredibly interesting to investigate this further to better understand the map of ancient wisdom. What you are about to read is a loving compilation of the answers I found in the scriptures and the teachings of the sages, enriched with a few additional mystical gems and, of course, a little "extra note" to connect this knowledge to our daily life and the healing of the soul. To begin to fathom the origin of this sacred knowledge, the Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad (4.5.11) reveals a beautiful truth about where these texts come from: "The four Vedas—namely the Rg Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, and Atharva Veda—ar...

  By Udayananda During the 1976 festival in Vrindavan, there was a whole schedule one day that started at mangal arotik and went all the way until midnight at a pandal program celebrating the Appearance of Lord Ram and attended by over twenty thousand people. It was very impressive. For me the day started blissfully as I got to go on a morning walk with Srila Prabhupada. Prabhupada walked for a very long time preaching vigorously. At the beginning of the walk I was at the rear of the devotees, but after about an hour I finally ended up right next to Srila Prabhupada. At this point Prabhupada had to pass water so he turned and handed me his cane. I took his cane and Prabhupada was handed a bottle of water to wash his hands. He went down into a little gully and did what nature called. In the meantime, I put the cane in my left hand and put my right hand in my japa bag to chant my rounds. When Prabhupada returned, he reached for his cane and like a fool I started to hand it to him wit...

On the path of Bhakti , it is vital to review what keeps us in motion. For a long time, many of us were taught—sometimes through words and other times through heavy silences—to move out of guilt. But guilt is a toxic fuel : it makes you move fast under pressure, but it ends up burning out the engine and leaving the heart full of ashes. Today, these notes are for those who decide to let go of guilt and embrace conscious responsibility. The Myth of "Sacred Fear" My spiritual master used to speak a lot about a subtle but devastating trap: sacred fear. It is that fear that institutions often use to control their members; the idea that if you don't comply with certain external forms, if you don't fit the mold perfectly, or if you dare to question, you will lose your "protection" or fall from grace. He was a revolutionary in his own way because he broke with the established order. He taught us that Bhakti is not a system of control, but an act of freedom. He tr...

  We’ve reached the final part of this mission! In   Part 1 , we spoke about the hubris of the space age, and in   Part 2 , we explored how the Moon can simultaneously be a physical rock and a subtle paradise. Today, to close, we are going to cross the final bridges—concepts I find truly fascinating:   transformation and Vedic distances.   These two ideas will definitely stretch our minds. If you read the  Srimad-Bhagavatam  or the talks of Srila Prabhupada, you will encounter a statement that seems to defy all astronomical logic:  the Sun is closer to the Earth than the Moon.  From a physical perspective, this looks like a glaring error. We triangulate, we use lasers, we measure the time it takes for light to travel, and we get exact distances in kilometers. But here is the crucial detail:  we are measuring only what can be seen. Think about it this way:  What is the distance between your heart and your anger?  We know it isn’...

¡Hare Krishna! In  Part 1 , we shook off the weight of "conspiracy" to focus on something more productive: building bridges. Today, we are diving into some heavy—yet simultaneously subtle—subject matter. How is it possible for an astronaut to walk on a dusty rock while ancient Indian texts describe the Moon as a celestial residence full of nectar and life? To navigate this "turbulence," we need to understand that reality has more than one layer. 1. The Concept of "Double Reality" Imagine you are in your living room. Your eyes tell you the air is "empty," but science tells us something very different. In that same physical space where you only see air, radio waves, Wi-Fi signals, infrared rays, and mobile signals are crossing. All of YouTube and Google are invisibly passing through your room at this very moment, occurring simultaneously, but your biological senses lack the "sensors" to perceive them. You need a specific device to tune in...

In many spiritual communities—and very specifically in mine—the Moon landing is often the   "litmus test"   for faith. If you have ever lost yourself in the corners of the internet or listened to talks in temples and   ashrams , you have surely come across documentaries analyzing shadows, flags waving without air, and the suspicious silence of the stars. But before thinking this is just a "devotee thing," we should look at the data:  more than 20% of people worldwide  harbor doubts about whether we actually set foot on the Moon in 1969. It is a global human phenomenon—a mixture of institutional mistrust and the simple desire not to be deceived. For a practitioner of  Bhakti , however, this doubt often feels like an act of loyalty toward  Srila Prabhupada . But today, in the midst of  2026 , as we watch the  Artemis Missions  send humans back with ultra-high-definition cameras and total transparency, we are at a crossroads. Is our doubt t...