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FACT: Alot of couples in ISKCON are able to give up their sex desires/limit it only to procreation after practicing for many years

Alot of devotees are facing this issue of initimacy within marriage other than procreation which is not allowed. Shouldn't the devotees be trained well by their local temples and the devotees there before they actually take vows of initiation??? VOWS

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Can one elevate himself from his Varna to a higher Varna?

Hare Krishna

as Prabhupada said 'Kalo Sudra' that means we are all Sudras in Kali Yuga. forget about being Brahmana, we are not even Vaisya.

so my question to you all is -

Is it possible to elevate ourselves from our current Varna which is Sudra to a hi

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What to do if you have eaten non veg?

Radhe Krishna👏I am a college student. And I stay in hostle. 2 months back i was gifted Ladoo Gopal. In hostle it is not possible to eat satwik food. Sometimes (very rare) i eat non veg. Can i offer bhog to Ladoo gopal With out washing my head. Is onl

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What to do if you have eaten non veg?

Radhe Krishna👏I am a college student. And I stay in hostle. 2 months back i was gifted Ladoo Gopal. In hostle it is not possible to eat satwik food. Sometimes (very rare) i eat non veg. Can i offer bhog to Ladoo gopal With out washing my head. Is onl

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In a dilemma

HK..First of all, gratitude to all the devotees behind the forum and for giving ordinary person like us to post our queries here.

Before I post my question, I just wanted to give a quick background. While I have been following ISKCON since almost a de

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How should one train their mind in such a way that they become lazer focused in their lives just as Arjun ji had when he aimed for the eye of fish. Kindly go through the complete post to understand.

When Arjun ji aimed for the eye of fish, he had full focus on that eye and nowhere else. He was lazer focused on the eye. How can one have such focus in life so that whatever one aims for he/she can get in life both materially as well as spiritually.

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How should one plan his/her life in order to be successful in every phase be it financial or spiritual or any other phase?

I believe one should be successful both financially as well as spiritually while maintaining peace and harmony at home. How should one become successful in every phase of life?

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Four defects of Kaliyuga and how to overcome them ?

pamho, hare krishna,

Four defects of Kaliyuga and how to overcome them ?

1.  Illusion.

2.  Cheating.

3.  Imperfect Senses.

4.  Making Mistakes.

Is there any fifth one ?

Give examples please.

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Inter cast and inter faith marriages.

Now a days people are marrying another person on the basis of love. Arranged marriages are not so popular right now. Specially youths of our generation are mostly not feel motivated towards arranged marriages. Sometime they marry a person who is from

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Wearing Narasimha Kavach if you're eating Onion/Garlic etc.

Hare Krishna!

All glories to the Vaishnavas :)

I wanted to inquire who of the following person(s) can wear Narasimha Kavach. A person who -

i)   Is a Vegetarian but eats onion and garlic

ii)  Is an Eggetarian 

iii) Is a Non-Vegetarian

iv) Is a Non-Vegetari

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Finding one's Passion(professional work) based on one's Gunas (Inclinations) - Self Actaulization

Hare Krishna to all devotees! 

PAMHO!

My question is how can one find his/her own passion in life? By passion, I mean the work which he/she is born to do based on his/her inborn qualities as the Bhagavad Gita says. Like in Mahabharata, Arjuna was a Ksh

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Prabhupada lectures onto iPhone

Hare Krsna dear Devotees, can someone tell me the easiest way to transfer all of Srila Prabhupadas lectures onto my iPhone !!? (for free)

Thank you

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Prabhupada lectures onto iPhone

Hare Krsna dear Devotees, can someone tell me the easiest way to transfer all of Srila Prabhupadas lectures onto my iPhone !!? (for free)

Thank you

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Short of Time

Hare krsna , 

                I would like to ask and enquire how other practitioners are able to incorporate bhakti yoga into there current life. 

I am self employed and do quite long hours , from 7am till 6pm 5-6 days a week. I also only really am ab

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Is running a business a form of gambling ??

Hello All,

I am self employed Landscape gardener in the UK , It is very consuming in terms of energy both physical and mental and to some degree emotional.

It can raise quite a lot of anxiety in my mind for example if i might or might not win a contrac

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Material world and Krsna Consciousness

I am following KC for more then 3 years now and I am in a dilemma. I am from India and now have an opportunity to go to Canada and study abroad. Even while I study I will try to be KC. Life abroad is more materialistic then in India. I feel if I don'

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Is World War starting this November 2017 ???

Hare Krishna .

Once at Sri Sri Krishna Balarama Temple , Jaipur ; we were discussing about wars and soon the topic went on WW3 .  At that time some devotees told me that Srila Prabhupada once told that, "After 40 years of his dissaperance , World War

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how can I tell, prove to some devotees that Hare Krishna flash mob is a good initiative

Hare Krishna, dear devotees! I am Prahlad-Nrisimha dasi from Perm. Russia. I saw the video on youtube The Making of Hare Krishna Flash Mob https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOOVHxaLj4 and was inspired to do the same in Russia. Actually some devotees a

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Varna System - Inter Caste Masters

Hare Krsna!

PAMHO.

Please through light on the vedic view on inter-caste marriages.

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What does Prabhupada want to convey here ?

pamho, HK,

In the introductory part of Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Prabhupada has given some examples.

1.  Medicine is to be taken as prescribed by the doctor/pharmacist, not whimsically.

Agree.  The purpose of giving this example is he wants to say here th

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