How do you cleanse the heart? The Supreme Lord tells us exactly how to do that. He says, “If you chant My names…” The Supreme Lord has many, many names, an unlimited number of names. They’re all endowed with His spiritual potency. He says, “If you chant these names, it will cleanse your heart of all the dust accumulated for years together, all the...
More10. Why are you so sure that the soul exists? Prove it.
Are there relative souls according to the Vedic literature? Why are you so confident in existence of the soul? Give proof. We’re all relatives. We all have a common Father. So, therefore, we’re all relatives eternally. That’s the true understanding. In this material world in our different lives we come together with certain individuals for some time...
More11. How to tell a friend about true love if he doesn’t want to hear?
How can I tell my friend about real love if he doesn’t want to hear anything about this philosophy? It’s known: you can’t tell somebody something if they don’t want to know it. See, there has to be a receptive audience. If you’re sitting here and don’t want to know what I’ve just said, then it’s not going to go very far. But if you want to...
More12. What about reincarnation?
What about reincarnation? That’s a whole lecture in itself… but very briefly: The spirit soul, being eternal, obviously resides somewhere. When we have our material consciousness that means we reside in the material world, in material bodies (many different kinds). Each body is very temporary, it doesn’t last long. We live our term in that body, then...
More13. How does the spirit enter the body?
How does the spirit enter the body? What determines what body you get? The soul, say, it that comes into a human body is contained in the sperm of the father. So, the mother produces “the seed”, if you will, for the body and the father produces the life that enters that. And according to our activities and desires in our past life, we will be placed in...
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