Tushta Krishna

How to make Krsna consciousness real Question: How much can we rely on discipline and how important is it to bring the aspect of taste, greed and longing into our practice? Answer: There are two forms of bhakti: one is where taste has not yet developed, ajata-ruci-bhakti, and secondly, jata -ruci-bhakti, bhakti with taste. In […]

Is this the wrong life?  Question: How can I prioritize reading and studying in my life? I manage other services, but it seems like life is too full for studying scripture. Often, I can only read a verse in the evening before bed, when I’m super tired. Where can I get the strength to prioritize

Create space to be together with Krsna As devotees, we have to be careful. The new year will bring a lot of busyness into our lives, like the years before. Have you noticed that life isn’t becoming more peaceful and less busy, it seems to get faster and faster? We live in a very fast-paced

THE POWER OF MOMENTS OF BHAKTI We are all doing our best to answer Krsna’s spiritual call. However, we still have the conditioned side within us that can create obstacles in our spiritual life. Then, devotees are often disappointed and say, “It’s all useless.” But if we look at it from Krsna’s perspective, it looks

YOU CAN ALWAYS START OVER IN BHAKTI You can turn to Krsna at any place in your life. We may sometimes feel a little distant, but you can actually practice Krsna-consciousness in all stages of life. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says (SB, 2.9.36, purport): “Bhakti can be practiced in all stages of life. Prahlada practiced

How to Come out of a Low Mood Question: For most of us, all we know is our mental reality. How can we be less identified with the mind, especially when we are in a low mood?

Answer: When you find yourself overwhelmed with a thought that isn’t beneficial, try to go back to the point

Kirtan and the art of real transformation – part I The idea of transformation is completely different from rejecting or renouncing something. Transformation means taking one thing and changing it into something else. Many people in our movement are eager to get initiated and hear their new name, but when you talk with them in

Kirtan and the art of real transformation – part II Do you want to experience changes in your life? And do you want to change? Usually we wish for change, but we hesitate to change, and therefore things stay the same. Blocks Of Change What is it that makes change so hard for us? It

The essential things… In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Arjuna has the painful task of delivering the message of Krsna’s disappearance to Yudhisthira. In this conversation, Arjuna says, “O King! The Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari, who treated me exactly like an intimate friend, has left me alone. Thus my astounding power, which astonished even the demigods, is

How to overcome disinterest in chanting the Holy Name There is a verse in Srimad-Bhagavatam that addresses in a vivid way a very serious and deep subject, namely that of our own (in)ability to take advantage of the opportunity of chanting the Holy Names: ”Terrified, about to die, a man collapses on his bed. Although