Galaxy18: Qualifications of a Bona Fide Disciple — [url] The Hari-bhakti-vilasa lists the following qualifications for a bona fide disciple, who may be trained and engaged in Deity worship: [url]

Galaxy18: Envy and Anger — [url] Chapter Twenty-nineExpressions of Love for KrsnaThere are some bodily symptoms which express overwhelming ecstatic love (vyabhicari-bhava). They are counted at thirty-three as follows: disappointment, lamentation, humility, guilt, fatigue, intoxication, pride, doubt, apprehension, intense emotion, madness, forgetfulness, disease, confusion, death, laziness, inertness, bashfulness…

Galaxy18: Timingila - Myth or Fact? — [url] The Srimad Bhagavatam, Ramayana, Mahabharata and other Vedic literatures often speak of fantastic places and of creatures that may have once lived on this planet. One such creature was the Timingila fish. The Timingila is said to have been the most formidable predator in the oceans. It was enormous in size and its favorite food was said to have been whales. Whales are also very big…

Galaxy18: VATA,PITTA AND KAPHA — [url] VATA TRAITS:· You perform activities very quickly. · You are not good at memorizing things . · You are enthusiastic and vivacious by nature. · You have a thin physique - you don't gain weight easily. · You always learn new things very quickly. · You tend to have difficulty making decisions. · You tend to develop gas or become constipated easily. · You tend to have cold hands and feet. · You…

Galaxy18: PERFECTION AT HOME — [url] A Novel Contribution to the Fallen HumanityA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada The following is a copy of a hand written unpublished paper intended for the old BTG, pre-Iskcon written by Srila Prabhupad,the original of which is still in HDG Srila Prabhupada's rooms in Vrindavan. Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the supreme merciful incarnation of Godhead, is the supreme benefactor of all…

Galaxy18: Tapasa brahmacaryena samena — [url](Excerpts from Prabhupada's Lecture) Srimad Bhagavatam 6:2:9-12 (July 24, 1971, New York)...This is animal life. Just try to understand. The regulations, lawbooks, restrictions, they are meant for human being, not for animals. And if you want freedom from all restrictions, then you come to the animal life. Therefore Sukadeva Gosvami recommends first tapasa. If you want to stop the…