Reading thorugh chapters after chapters of the book - 'The Science Of Self Realization', I feel more and more urge inside. Will someone suggest how part of initiation process and complete set of pre-conditions. Also how will initiation help serve bet
Read more…Hare Krishna. All glories to Shrila Prabhupada.
Dear devotees, I had a query and would be grateful if anyone could throw light on it.
Dhruva Maharaj wanted to worship Lord Narayan to fulfill material desires. Still Narada Muni agreed to initiate him in
Read more…After reading about Goloka, I am much more curious. Can someone put some light on roles in Goloka and how they all worship HIM? Only link I could find is:
http://www.harekrsna.in/general/271/
says one can serve as uncle/aunt or gopa/gopi. What other f
Read more…hare krishna, 400 k.m distance iskcon temple to my home. i can not conect every time with iskcon. i am chanting 16 round japa { 5 year}. i will take dixa. wich proccess? piz. tell
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Here is a quote from Vishnu Purana (5.33.46)
"yo harih sa sivah saksad yah sivah sa svayam harih
ye tayor bhedamati sthan narakaya bhave nnarah "
TRANSLATION: Whoever is Lord Hari, He Himself is Lord Shiva indeed. Whoever is manifesting as L
Read more…Can anyone elucidate me on the higher planes of existence from Earth? How are they like?
Also in Vaikuntha, how one gets there? How are forms of being there?
Read more…hare krishna,,,
prabhujis n matajis,,,
m Aanal adhikari , doing job as a staff nurse in ahmedabad.... i ve a problem that due to my shifting duty i cant attend the sunday programmes,lactures, seva everything..,, even i cant get t
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The Supreme Court sets up a three-member committee to oversee management of ISKCON temple at Bengaluru.
On December 14th 2011, the legal battle between ISKCON-the International
Society for Krishna Consciousness- or the Hare Krishnas regi
Read more…My Last Coversation With Aindra Prabhu- By Dhanesvara dasa Since I first met him in 2004 it was my custom to visit with Aindra Prabhu each time that I went to India. Last year was no different, and I knocked on his door on 30 June 2010, not knowing t
Read more…There is a nice story, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura in his temple where he was staying in Calcutta in 1930, sannyasis and brahmacaris were going out everyday and collecting alms, they were collecting food, grains, not cooked food but grain
Read more…By HH Mahanidhi swami
A devotee is so absorbed himself in his own bhajana, in worshipping the Lord, in trying to execute the orders of the spiritual master, he does not really have time (and he shouldn’t have) to waste his time trying to pass judgm
Read more…When we want glories for ourself, that is our pratistha. But the desire to establish the pratistha of Krsna, to increase and enhance the fame of Krsna or my guru, that’s really bhakti. “If I get recognition or not, it’s ok. But let him be glorified.”
Read more…“Look within. Amend yourself rather than pry into the frailties of others.” These are the words of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.
Fault finding is natural for the conditioned soul. We don’t have to learn how to do it or take training to get
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dushta mana! tumi kiser vaishnava?
pratishthar tare, nirjaner ghare,
tava ‘hari nama’ kevala ‘kaitava’
dushta mana-O wicked mind!; tumi-you; kiser vaishnava-what kind of devotee?; pratishthar-of prestige; tare-on account of; nirjaner ghare-in a solit
1. We are put to test and trial in this world. Only those who attend the kirtana of the devotees can succeed. 2. Every spot on earth where discourses on God are held is a place of pilgrimage. 3. Possession of objects not related to Krishna is our mai
Read more…prakrta cestate bhai kabhu rasa haya na
jadiya prakrta-rasa suddha-bhakta gaya na
prakrta cestate-material endeavors; bhai-O brothers!; kabhu-anytime;
rasa-mellow; haya na-can never be; jadiya-of matter; prakrta-rasa-mundane
mellow; suddha-bhakta-a pure
Workers engaged by sponsors to widen the channel.
Vrindavan, 2011.12.08 (VT): Workers engaged by Keshi Ghat residents Chandi Heffner and K.P.S. Gill, along with individual volunteers and devotees from Vrinda Kunj have been digging a channel connecting
Read more…Dear Brijbasis and friends of Vrindavan
The widened channel with some influx of fresh water. The pillars in the background remain from the ill-fated flyover project. There are still many in Vrindavan who want it to be completed.
New hope has come to bl
Read more…Which book or books would have some good ideas? I sometimes do online preaching. I like to quote directly from books so I don't say the wrong thing. Thanks.
Read more…hare krsna evry1......
i jst read a discussion on bal gopal ji's pooja nd was shocked...................i dint knew dat v shud nt worship him instead i toh worship him daily doesnt mean i consider him as ma child infact i consider him ma beloved .....
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