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What's "samika tree"?

from https://iskcondesiretree.com/page/utthana-ekadasi

"One who worships Lord Vishnu with the leaves of the samika tree is freed from the clutches of Yamaraja, the lord of death."

Deity worship at home

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My question is regarding deity worship at home .....as in our iskcon,  Mangal aarti , narsimha aarti , tusli aarti and guru Puja are performed in morning and gaur aarti in evening .

About Smt.Radha Rani

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I am highly devotional teen ( 17 ) and i'm someone who considers smt.radha rani as mother so i call her Radha Maa. recently i've been through some quora pages that say there's no mention smt radha rani and she's fictional as

What is penance?

I have read many stories where people (good or bad) perform intense penances in order to achieve a deeper connection with Krishna or a demigod.  Sometimes they are seeking a boon, but often find during the penance that what they were asking for pales

Deity Worship

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I am a beginner in a devotional service and few time earlier we started doing deity worship of Lord shri RADHAKRISHNA  in a ISKCON manner ...then I get to know we should not offer fan to deity after Sharad pu

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

Temple Building at Home

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An idea recently sprang up in my mind to build a sannidhi [ meaning, a small sanctum] of Venkateswara at my home, similar to that of Tirumala [12 feet deity]. For that, I had planned all sorts of things - the archit

Iskcon darshan aarti

I am having one question.. In iskcon , how to perform shringar darshan aarti? Like what things we should offer and in which manner? Should we offer Lamp and Conch shell with water or not during Darshan Aarti?  And how should we offer scent to lordshi

Unchastity

Hare krishna to all devotees... In Nectar of Devtion 51.. radharani's friend tells her that she was the most chaste girls of the village but now she is partially chase and partially unchaste... what is this suppose to mean.. is radharani (please take

What does unlimited mean part 2

I was also going through SB 4.9.10 and Nectar of Devotion- https://prabhupadabooks.com/nod/1/happiness_in_krsna_consciousness
I want to know when it is said that there is unlimited bliss and happiness and unlimited pleasure in krishna conciousness...

What does unlimited mean?

I was going through some srila prabhupada transcripts on vaniquotes..and am confused... 


Lecture on SB 5.5.1-2 -- London (Tittenhurst), September 13, 1969: 

Doubt regarding Bhagavatham and Shiva purana

It is said that the 18 maha-puranas were written by Maharshi Ved-Vyas, but, why do all puranas contradict each other? for example, according to Bhagavatam and Vishnu Purana, Krishna or Vishnu is the supreme god and source of everything [and Shiva is

Deity worship

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Plzz clear my query....

1.I want to replace the old photo frames of the lord with the new one for worshipping ....but what one should do with the old one ....what is the right way to do such arrangements.

2.I hear

Flowers collected from a cemetery

Hare Krishna Prabhus and matajis

Please accept my humble obeisances.

I have a question regarding flowers from a cemetery if it can be offered to the Lord. Here in Manila, we usually pick frangipani flowers that grow in parks and along the roads except

Seemingly scriptural opposition for Bhakti from some friends

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PAMHO!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I wanted to share an experience that I had recently with a friend of mine, based on which I wanted to ask a few questions as to how to deal with such people.

Recently when I was in a reception function

Krishna Murti

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I am a new devotee, from a non Hindu background. I have just purchased a beautiful Murti of the Lord, and I am not sure what to do to invoke the Lord in it. How do I ask Krishna to come stay in this Murti with me? What are the typical rit

A Christian with some questions and curious about beliefs.

I wasn't sure where to ask and I stumbled across this website.

I don't personally believe any of it, but the topics around what Hare Krishna believe still does interest me greatly since it's very different to what I believe and makes for interesting l

Lord Shree Krishna's Vigraha

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Dandavat Pranam

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I have Krishna's Vigraha at home whose pooja, archana and decoration is done by me. Lord Shree Krishna's face in the vigraha keeps changing each day. Some day he smiles and some day is serious

Does I committed a Vaishnav Appradh?

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada Ji ❤️

I want to ask that every Vaishnav Acharya's said that Shiv Ji isn't different from Sri Krishna, Sri Krishna and Shiv Ji is equal that's why he's called Bhagwan not demigod like (Indra, Varun and Agn

Religious OCD

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