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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

Hare Krishna

Please Accept My Humble Obeisances, All Glories to Srila Prabhupad

 

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?

Hare Krishna to all the devotees 

All glories to srila Prabhupada 

 

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?

Hare Krishna to all the devotees 

All glories to srila Prabhupada 

 

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?

Hare Krishna!

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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Asuras

Hare Krsna

I heard an audio, but not sure who the speaker was. He mentioned, the asuras once resided in their own universe, then later in planets, later in the same planet as humans, then in the same family and eventually the asura lives within the pe

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Bhagavad gita as it is (gujarati, Hindi) pdf ebook

Pamho, AGTSPPlease provide me links where to download e-Book of Bhagavad gita as it is (Gujarati and Hindi language).

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Fear of Death

Although I understand that the soul is eternal, I still experience fear regarding death. The uncertainty, the possibility of pain, and the overall transition create anxiety. How can one effectively overcome this fear

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insurance

Hare Krishna,

Isn't it enough for every being to take an 'all covering insurance policy' issued by BhagavAn in Bhagavad Gita 9 / 22 - 'ananya...aham' other than running behind every other 'vyAvahAric' ones  ?

Jai Shree Krishna

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Breaking 4 rules

Does lord accept people who are lustful and who break the 4 rules in the past?

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Where can I read or hear about the previous saints/acharyas

Hare Krishna to all the devotees 

All glories to srila Prabhupada 

 

I am unable to find any authoritive source to read /hear about the previous acharyas like the six goswamis, srila vallabhacharya, dilwa narottama das thakur, HDG bhaktivinod thakur and

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Vaishnavi names starting from ha, he, ho. da. di. du. de. do

Hare Krishna 

 

I am blessed with a Baby girl on 12 Nov. 

She has Kark Rashi, so names can me from these Hindi Letters: -

ha, he, ho. da. di. du. de. do

 

 

Requesting for some suggestions. Such as: -

Hemlata
Haripriya

 

Hare Krishna \o/

 

 

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Bhagavata Cosmology Model

Hare Krishna all dear devotees, 

Myself Aryan Mittal, 

Like TOVP at ISCKON MAYAPUR, ISKCON Bharuch, Gujarat also planning to make museum. They require some drones in chariot form to show the movement of all the planets. 

So, I am looking for a person wh

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What is the difference between rudra and shiva

Hare Krishna to all the devotees 

All glories to srila Prabhupada 

 

SB 1.12 

Text 6: On the refusal of the sons to obey the order of their father, there was much anger generated in the mind of Brahmā, which he tried to control and not express.

Text 7: Al

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