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Hare Krishna to all the devotees All glories to srila Prabhupada my father was very affectionate toward me. When he understood that I was attracted to Kṛṣṇa, he devised a plan like that devised by your father: during the svayaṁvara, the prospective bridegrooms had to pierce the eyes of a fish with their arrows. The difference between the competition in your svayaṁvara and mine was that in yours the fish was hanging openly on the ceiling, in clear view, but in mine the fish was covered and…
Read more…Hi everyone, I’ve been trying to become more consistent with my daily chanting recently, but I keep struggling with concentration. Sometimes I start sincerely, but after a few minutes my mind drifts toward work, stress, or random thoughts, and I realize I’ve been chanting mechanically instead of attentively.I wanted to ask devotees here if you have any practical methods that genuinely helped you improve focus during japa. Do you change your environment, chant at a specific time, read before…
Read more…Hare Krishna Dear Devotees, please accept my humble obeisances and sincere apologies for all Aparadhas.I have just bought a cake from a pure vegan restaurant that is Halal so I thought it would be alcohol free. Typically, the restaurant also offers goods that are Halal always. But anyway, I still see Vanilla Extract on one of the Ingredients labels. As Vaishnavas, can we consume vanilla extract even if it has alcohol? I am asking as I have seen many recipes on IDT where it is listed. Sri…
Read more…My close relative is hearing strange suggestions from her mind. How to cure it? For example, she says: "I am hearing a voice that he is a CBI officer." Her date of birth is 20 April 1957.This started in 1989. She hears voices that tell her about the people in our life. She was detected with schizophrenia. She is sleeping normally. She is an ISKCON devotee and chants 16 rounds. She had varicose veins and her weight had reached 104 KgRecently she joined herbalife and lost 20 kgs in 6…
Read more…Hare Krishna to all the devotees All glories to srila Prabhupada Kamdev was born as pradhyumn, as son of rukmini devi and sri krishna. As srila Prabhupada tells in his krishna book, this pradyuman was jiva tattva and not vishnu tattva pradyuman.Demigods also came with lord in different forms as to assist him in his leelas. Still , I want to know why did kamdev came as the son of rukmini devi and sri krishna and was called pradyuman.
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