Prabhus

You need to be clear about the foundation on which you want to build your marriage. You need to have the right values properly in place and focus on the essential elements. Values are like the rudder, the underwater blade at the stern of the ship, controlled by the helm. Without that rudder, the ship […]

As in the old days of navigation sailors were guided by the stars, in the Indian tradition the stars and the planets – in other words astrology – also played an important role in deciding a marriage. Srila Prabhupada said: “During marriage ceremony, the family consideration is very strong . . . family traditions, then

Lord Krsna says in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that “One who is unsatisfied in life is actually poor.” (SB 11.19.44) The dissatisfied person feels that he is missing something; he feels incomplete and tries to get various kinds of material relations and pleasures, hoping that these will pacify his heart. Srila Prabhupada writes: “Vidyapati, a great Vaisnava

Srila Prabhupada writes: “As constituted by bodily frame, a man always wants to be superior to his wife . . . the husband wants to post himself as superior.” Srila Prabhupada calls this tendency of the man as superiority complex – which the dictionary defines as “an exaggerated feeling of one’s own superiority” – and

Some Crucial Principles to Understand Use the Thorn to Take Out the Thorn Family life should be used to take out the attachment to family life. In a marriage the mood that “we are a team of people who help each other to serve Krsna” is most essential for a man to understand. The mood

“Krsna is the original purusa, and the living entities are prakriti. Thus Krsna is the enjoyer, and all living entities are meant to be enjoyed by Him . . . Because we have the desire to marry, Krsna mercifully allows the so-called husband to possess a wife, and the wife to possess a so-called husband,

You need to control your senses while at the same time being gentle and compassionate towards your family members. Srila Prabhupada writes: “As for detachment from children, wife and home, it is not meant that one should have no feeling for these. They are natural objects of affection.” (Bg 13.8-12, purport) Being strict, rigorous with

We have seen that the idea of earning for the family is central for the grihastha; another essential element of Krsna conscious family life is the mood of generosity, expressed by caring for others in different ways and by donating a portion of one’s income in charity. Lord Krsna tells Uddhava in the Srimad-Bhagavatam: “The

Better to neglect the mind. Don’t take it too seriously, Listen to your intelligence rather. Srimad Bhagavatam indicates that the only real enemy is our own mind. Srila Prabhupada said: “We just say that sometimes there is strong desire, we have to repress it.” This means that you must not jump at every thought the

As a sailor you should be physically fit for the long journey of sailing across the sea, which involves various pressures and challenges. Srila Prabhupada wrote: “The highest goal of life can be achieved as long as one’s body is stout and strong. We should therefore live in such a way that we keep ourselves