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Here’s a letter by Srila Prabhupada to his disciple Laksmimoni in May 1971 instructing about deity worship. Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 21st April, 1971 as well as the photos of the altar and your fine looking Vaisnava son, sent by separate post. If he grows more […]
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati emphasized that householders should not be materially attached to their families, but spiritually attached to Krishna. He differentiated the grha-vrata—an ordinary worldly person addicted to the home-oriented bodily conception of existence, and thus sworn to sense enjoyment centered around marital life—from what he called the Krishna-vrata, one whose being is dedicated to […]
Being a good husband entails many things. Most important is the relationship, not the material things. If your experience is that “she will never be happy,” that could mean you have not provided the emotional and relational support a woman needs to be happy. Often a woman’s needs for material things are an attempt to […]
This is a letter by Srila Prabhupada (dated April 26, 1970) instructing Himavati Devi Dasi in Krishna consciousness and clearing her doubts. My Dear Himavati, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated sometime April, and I am so glad to learn that you are making advance in Krishna Consciousness as […]
“Dear God, please help my husband/wife see things my way.” This should not be our prayer. Even with spiritual progress as a common goal, even with inner strength and compatibility, a marriage will still be painfully difficult if the couple cannot empathetically hear from each other. If we only listen enough to protect our own […]
Here’s a letter by Srila Prabhupada, dated June 14, 1972, to his disciple Himavati Devi Dasi explaining that devotees should dress nicely. My Dear Himavati, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated May 30, 1972, and I have noted the contents. I don’t know who has given you this […]
“It is simply a relationship of mutually helping each other, man and wife, to make advancement in spiritual life, nothing more. We are not after home, money, fame, like that. But that does not mean that he shall not support her nicely, no. It is the duty of husband to protect wife in every way […]
“I know in India there are many foolish persons who think that by reading Bhagavad-Gita one is apt to renounce this world. This is completely foolishness. Arjuna was a family man, a soldier, and he was directly taught the principles of Bhagavad-Gita, but he never renounced the world nor the battlefield. I do not know […]
“A grhistha is not meant to enjoy sex life without restriction. Indeed, the whole purpose of Vedic life is to become free from sexual indulgence. All the asramas are recognized for spiritual progress, and therefore although the gṛhastha-asrama gives a kind of license for sex life for a certain time, it does not allow unrestricted […]
Here’s a letter by Srila Prabhupada to his disciples in March 1969 encouraging them to serve him by preaching Krishna Consciousness as a duly married devotee couple and achieve both material and spiritual happiness. My Dear Isana das and Vibhavati dasi, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your kind letter of […]
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