excerpts from Sripad Aindra Maharaj lecture Aindra Pr SB 10-33-26-27 -2002-01-12 CC Madhya 23.104
vṛndāvane kṛṣṇa-sevā, vaiṣṇava-ācāra
bhakti-smṛti-śāstra kari’ kariha pracāra
Word for word:
vṛndāvane — in Vṛndāvana; kṛṣṇa-sevā — the service of Lord
Hare Krsna!
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I couldn't understand the meaning of this sentence in the purport:
If you could help me to clarify the meaning kindly I will be very happy.
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Verse Three
tad vraja-striya äçrutya
veëu-gétaà smarodayam
käçcit parokñaà kåñëasya
sva-sakhébhyo ‘nvavarëayan
tad – that; vraja-striyaù – the young girls (kiçorés) of Vraja;
äçrutya – having heard; veëu-gétaà – the song of the flute
(veëu-näda); smara-uday
This is from BG Ch 1 text 40. arjuna & SP put blame for bad progeny on women. so are only woman responsible for bad children? but then we have mandodari, gandhari, kunti giving birth to demonic sons (karna for kunti). plz forgive if this post is offe
Read more…I am very glad to receive your letter dated
February 28th and have noted the contents with
great pleasure. The transcendental experience
which you had during kértana performance
at Loyola University is very nice. Relishing the
transcendental sweetness of
Hare Krishna.
Though I'm not an expert in KC I would like to know is there any materialistic benefit of Chanting. Like successful career etc.
Pratap
Read more…Hare Krsna!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Is the spiritual identity/body in relationship with Sri Sri Radha and Krsna is fixed,
unchanged in the spiritual realm like Goloka Vrndavan, or after attaining the spiritual
Read more…Verse One
çré-çuka uväca
itthaà çarat-svaccha-jalaà
padmäkara-sugandhinä
nyaviçad väyunä vätaà
sa-go-gopälako ‘cyutaù
çré-çuka uväca – Çré Çukadeva Gosvämé (or çriya çuka, the
very dear parrot of Çrématé Rädhikä) said; itthaà – in this
way; çarat – autumn se
Read more…Hare Krishna dear devotees . All glories to Srila Prabhupada ji.One of my friend asked me , Will doing the japa of om namo bhagwate vasudevaya have the same effect as Hare Krishna Mahamantra. As in that also another name of Lord Krishna is present?
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Sad-guru, which is what Srila Prabhupada translated as “bona fide spiritual master”,
means one on the platform of eternity, sat, and therefore it means self-realized. All
preachers are gurus, as they deliver the Lord’s message under the guidance of the
Hare Krishna ,
AGTSP , PAHMO ..
A friend of mine ,very large age difference ,had the habbit of smoking , it was like a taste to him .
Though not addicted , now he started chanting ,it is almost 1 year now , but whenever he feels a oppurtunity to smoke ,
Read more…The other day I was listening to Adbhut Prabhuji's talk , he said - " other's problems should not be our problems, we shouldn't get involved in other's problems." Is this really called attachment ?Like Bharata maharaja was pulled towards the dear see
Read more…Hare Krishna
Pamho. AgtSp
As a new and aspiring devotee, I wondered what vitamin supplements we should be taking in order to maintain our bodies in service?
I find since being on a full vegetarian diet I often feel very weak despite sleeping 7 - 8 hours
Read more…Mahaprabhu has taught in Çikñäñöaka (Cc. ädi 17.31):
tåëäd api sunécena taror api sahiñëunä
amäninä mänadena kértanéyaù sadä hariù
This is the most important teaching in Çikñäñöaka.
uttama haïä äpanäke mäne tåëädhama — This
is the nature of a real vaiñëav
If a low grade devotee of Krishna curses some one or chastises some one is there any ill effect on that person who is being cursed. The devotee is not very advanced but to my knowledge he reads Srimad Bhagwatam religiously and listens SB by Prabhu Pa
Read more…You may have a misunderstanding about who is a spiritual authority. The GBC
Body, for instance, was made the ultimate managerial authority by Srila
Prabhupada, not the ultimate spiritual authority. Its role was defined by Prabhupada
as making sure every
Hare Krishna !
Krishna Consciousness is Science . As per our Guru's it's the real , correct and only true path for a living being. How to realize this ? One point of view is to follow the path told by Scriptures and Guru and other is to listen your he
