Preaching (154)
How are the 3 modes of nature affecting conditioned souls ?
pamho, hare krishna,
How are the 3 modes of nature affecting conditioned souls ?
Which purport or chapter of Bhagavad Gita As It Is describes it ?
Read more…What is Heaven on Earth ?
Matthew 6:10 King James Version (KJV)
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
I saw the following statement written on the back glass of car outside a Church "Thy will be done."
Can someone quote any verse from BG, SB, or CC
Chapter 1: Bhagavad Gita As It Is
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Questions based on 1st chapter of Bhagavad Gita As It Is:
1. Who will offer food to forefathers ?
2. How will the age-old family traditions be preserved ?
3. How to protect womanhood in standards of purity ?
Read more…Understanding 99% of Krishna Consciousness as a matter of common sense
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Once a devotee from Radha Gopinath Temple told me in a chastising mood:
99% of Krishna Consciousness is just common sense. You just need to observe.
How do I understand the difference between matter and spirit soul ?
Read more…Bhagavad Gita As It Is: Verse 4.34
pamho, hare krishna,
Chapter 4: Transcendental Knowledge
TEXT 34
tad viddhi pranipatena
pariprasnena sevaya
upadeksyanti te jnanam
jnaninas tattva-darsinah
pariprasnena sevaya
upadeksyanti te jnanam
jnaninas tattva-darsinah
Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and rend
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Transformation through Train Preaching
The example of thinking about Lord Krishna given by ACBSP in Bhagavad Gita As It Is is as follows:
A woman who has a paramour and does her household work with full care and sincerity and within thinks about Lord Krishna.
I asked the question why such a
Read more…Why did we come to this material world ?
Why did we come to this material world ? A Jail by Mayadevi, Durgadevi ?
How are the 3 modes of nature affecting living entities ?
How to ward off evil forces within and without in the struggle for existence with the mind and 6 senses keeping ourself
Read more…Bhagavad Gita As It Is: Verse 1.1 explained by Kadamba Kanana Swami Maharaj
pamho, hare krishna,
The main understanding given for Bhagavad Gita As It Is Verse 1.1 by Kadamba Kanana Swami Maharaj is:
1. Bow down before Krishna.
2. Fix your mind on Krishna.
Whom else would you bow down before?
Example of mayavada interpretation g
Read more…How to offer food to Krishna ?
Krishna mentions in Bhagavad Gita As It Is that anyone who offers Him leaf, flower, fruit, water with love and devotion, He accepts it. If I am not able to offer on a daily basis, only on festivals, then what do I do ? One devotee told me to chant
Read more…What is meant by being strict as if in military discipline to follow Krishna Consciousness ?
In some purport of Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Srila Prabhupada mentions that one has to be as strict as if in military discipline to follow Krishna Consciousness. What is being conveyed here ? How can one control/utilize one's anger and engage the min
Read more…Why not to practice devotional service in seclusion ?
In Bhagavad Gita As It Is, in some purport Srila Prabhupada mentions that one should not practice devotional service in seclusion. Why?
Read more…Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified
Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified
The Guard at the Tomb
62 The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63 and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still ali
Read more…Who are people living a civilization based on spiritual realization ?
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Considering today's Kali-yuga, many fake bapus and babas arise in the society to create disturbances, without following the Pancha-ratrika vidhi, line of devotional service, etc. and it is important to clear such doubts.
In 2.2 pur
Read more…Attachment, Aversion, Regulative Principles of Freedom
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In Chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Krishna has advised Arjuna to give up petty and miserly weakness of heart, become detached and fight, give up attachment and aversion to sense objects, and follow the regulative principles o
Read more…Understanding the 3 powers of Krishna in SB ?
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While going through 1st canto SB, I came across:
1. Personality of Godhead
2. Absolute Personality of Godhead
3. Supreme Personality of Godhead
What are the differences in the 3 powers/terms ?
Read more…Purity of heart and reading Scriptures ?
In one lecture by Aindra Swami, he mentions that if one's heart is not pure or in other words has lot of material desires, he cannot proceed beyond 2nd Canto SB, what to speak about the Krishna leelas in SB Canto 10. In that case, anyone who is not
Read more…What is the difference between linear and cyclic times ?
pamho, hare krishna,
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According to Hindu Calendar:
Kalparambha, 7th Vivaswan Manvantar, 28 yugas, 5120 Kaliyugas.
Christians have completed 2018 years.
Muslims have comp
Read more…What is a humbled contrite heart ?
pamho,
I came across the following prayer during an evening church prayer:
A humbled contrite heart, O Lord you will not spurn.
What are the references in Srila Prabhupada's books for the above prayer ?
Read more…What is the process of liberation ?
PAMHO, Hare Krishna,
What is the process of liberation ?
Mahabharat Shantiparva 264:15-19 says:
Ashraddha param papam shraddha paap pramochini
Translation: It is a great sin to be non-trustworthy, but a great trust destroys all sins.
Srimad Bhagavatam:
Ma
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