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Why does pitr loka exists?

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After death (changing of body) the soul is taken by yamduths, who take the soul to either hell or heaven (according to their past misdeeds or good deeds) or goes to vaikuntha (in case

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Chanting Krishna nama

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I want to know how Krishna will feel the very moment we chant His name. How does He feel when we just say Krishna and not even the full mahamantra? Does He feel happy if a person (be it a non Devotee or Devotee of Krishna) say K

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The truth about Mayavada

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What is Mayavada Philosophy ?

What are the Implications of Mayavada Philosophy ?

Who Propagated Mayavada ?

What is the Purpose of Mayavada Philosophy ?

What are scriptural references against Mayavada Philosophy/Interpretation ?

In the following

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Transfer of sadhna

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Boons / curses have been given since long ago. Today too, people do give them, but my question is does everyone's boons/curse  work ?

I read once somewhere in this forum, and I also hav

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How to avoid monotonous prayers.

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When I do prayers at evening singing some things like Govindam adi purusham aur  jaya radha Madhav since now I can remember them it seems like I just sing them with not much emotions o

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Question

my question is that I have heard that the lokas above are heavenly and only have happiness there and the lower lokas like sutala and patala etc have only dukha.

Then even the demigods suffer from dukhas like demons attack them and they are afraid. Eve

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Is it possible for nitya baddha to become nitya mukta

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There are two kinds of living entities 

1. Nitya baddha (eternally conditioned) who are from eternity (from the life cycle of many many brahmās) conditioned and suffering in the mesires of

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Kerala in Kaliyuga. Rampant conversions and open mockery of Puranas and Krishna

I am visiting Kerala for work and it has completely destroyed hope in my eyes and has instilled fear.

Here there are churches and Mosques on every corner. 
All these churches and mosques use Hindu elements and cultural practice in thier architechture a

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Does prarthana and prem Bhakti chandrika comprises of all the songs of srila narottama das thakur

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Does all the songs written by srila narottama das thakur, in his famous writings (prarthana and prem Bhakti chandrika) or they consist of other songs then rest of his creations? 

 Also wh

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Hearing devotional bhajans of Lord Krishna

I have been associated with the ISKCON institution since last 8-9 years and am regular chanting Hare Krishna mahamantra as a form of devotional service to Lord Krishna. However, I have observed that I am able to spend much more time hearing devotiona

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How to inspire the distracted modern youth (Gen Z) to take up Cow Protection?

I observe that the current generation (Gen Z) is deeply lost in the illusion and distraction of social media and material trends, disconnected from our Vedic roots.

Srila Prabhupada always emphasized that cow protection is essential for human civiliza

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Iskcon centre

Is Jagannath temple nilachal dham  Bidar karnataka a iskcon centre?

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How do Swamis and Pujaris who believe in many devatas also have Krishnas darshan?

Hare Krishna Prabhuji/Mataji 🙏 Dandavat Pranam. Please forgive me if I cause offense with my question. I am chanting 16 rounds Hare Krishna for 1 year now. I just started my 2nd reading of Bhagavad Gita as it is.

To give a summary of my background and

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Who is Krishna?

Sri Vaishnava, please bless me a lot and please forgive me for all offences committed at your Lotus Feet. Pranam to Sri Vaishnava

Pranam Prabhu, please bless me a lot.

 

I have a question. How do we know that Srimad Bhagavatam and Puranas were complied

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Service in iskcon

Can a govt employee serve Krishna and his devotees in iskcon?

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Exercise and Chanting

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My body weight is 100+ now, I need to prioritize exercise, as I realized I can not reduce food beyond a limit.

My friend goes to a gym in the morning 6-7 AM, I have joined

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why vyasa wrote different Puranas. some says durga is supreme, some says,siva is supreme ,some says vistnu is supreme. why make confusion .frome satras any reference? f

now in Telugu peoples argueing ( Christensen and Hindus )scolding each other about sastras.

vyasa know who is bhagavan  then why he make confusion .what sastras says about it.

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Which bhakti songs should I try to remember?

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Can you give me the names of some bhakti songs to remember, especially from devotees like HDG bhaktivinod thakur , shripada adi Shankaracharya, etc. Please 

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If on Internet someone is blasphemous towards krishna or srila Prabhupada , can aswer them?

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This is a serious question. 

I saw some people blaspheming srila Prabhupada in YouTube comments. I wanted to answer them but thought let me first ask senior devotees whether or should w

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Why there are numerous contradictions between Mahabharata and Bhagavata Purana if both are written by Veda Vyasa?

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Rishi Vyasa apart from compiling the Vedas and the Puranas is known for writing the Mahabharata, Srimad Bhagavatam and the Devi Bhagavatam. However an article showed me numerous inconsistencies and contradictions in the Mahabharata and t

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