Ananda's Blog

Service Bliss

“The transcendental bliss enjoyed in pure devotional service is like an ocean.” Caitanya Caritamrta Adi-lila 7.98 Each week in Sunday...

The Starting Point

One of Lord Krishna's first statements to Arjuna at the beginning of the Bhagavad-gita establishes the basis upon which all efforts to...

Fault Finding Turns Into Gratitude

“One should not find fault with others or correct them unnecessarily.” Bhagavad Gita 16.1-3, Purport This week in Sunday Serve the host...

Early Morning Fog

Foggy thoughts and foggy thinking Lead our minds and hearts like sinking Ships that sail into the the night Wandering lost in foggy light...

Empowered Through Service

“So far as your duty is concerned, you are doing your best. That is your spiritual qualification. The best qualification for a Vaisnava...

On Disappointment

"When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Gita...

Friendship

“Krishna is so kind that He is always with us as Friend; if we can learn to treat Him with our friendly love and affection the...

Crossing the Bridge

I sometimes experience a great divide between the reading of our sacred books and the bedrock of our daily lives. The bhakti theology...

The Age of Enlightenment

“Devotional service is so potent that simply by engaging in the activities of devotional service one becomes enlightened without a...

Repainting the Heart

The heart beats and we are alive. Within that life anything of significance brings us back to our heart - a broken heart, a weak heart, a...