When we carry out our prescribed nitya (such as sandhyavandana) and naimittika (such as pitru tarpana) activities and also optional kamya activities (homas, vratas, etc.) with or without benefit intended for ourselves and definitely without any harm
Hari-Bhakti-Vilaasa lists the following qualifications for a bona fide disciple:1) He should be devoted to the lotus feet of thespiritual master.2) He should be fully capable ofupholding the vows madeto the spiritual master.3) He should be engaged da
Ishvara Parama Krishna......How's the best & efficient way to learn Sanskrit, pronunciation & reading? What excercise (for body, mind, spirit) is recommended?Thanks in advance for any working suggestion.
Sometimes no matter what we do everything seems to come out wrong. It becomes therefore sometimes completely bewildering to know what should be done and what should not be done. However, when such emotional devastation hits there is no need to panic.
Hare Krsna,Please accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.It is a wonderful opportunity for you to engage all your friends and relatives in this most blessed service, which is available only once in a Bramha’s day. While sitting o
Question: Why Gita As It Is Emphasizes Guru?I have read the Bhagavad-gita many times but have yet to read the Bhagavad-gita As It Is. What is the difference? And how come it seems to stress having a spiritual master so much in the "As It Is" edition
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Hare Krsna,Happy ADVAITA ACARYA Appearance Day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!It was Sri Advaitha Acharya who bought the rain of mercy all the way from Goloka Vrindavana and also the most munificient avatara of lord Sri Chaitanya mahaprabhu and made us drench in this
I am currently running a matrimonial site for ISKCON devotees called www.grihasta.comwww.grihasta.com is the largest matrimonial site exclusively for ISKCON devotees. We have 17 success stories and 1350 members. Spread the word.
Hare Krsna !!!!May i know what we need to do on Vaikunta Ekadasi which is falling on Jan 7 2009. Kindly advise how this day has to be observed?Your Servant,Suresh
Please accept my humble obeisances, I want to make outfits for my deity's but my sewing skills are lacking. I would be so grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.your servant,Alisa
Question: Why the Process Does Not Work for Some?Dear teacher:Please accept my most humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.In many of your lectures you told us the sentence: "If you work the process, the process will work". It is indeed th
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Pamho/Agtsp.Hare KrishnaI am a very low class loafer.Always drifting away due to maya with many anarthas.I am living in a place,where all activities are prohibited.I am craving for a strict shiksha guru to beat me severely and correct on a regular ba
Yes, I believe this strongly from my own experience. I got job in pune and lived near krsna' temple offering my services. One day i thought that i need to build temple (Get Radha's statue, next to krsna).For some reason or other, this was also wished
Suggestion: Relax Your Initiation RulesGuru Maharaja, I feel that you are doing a great job to bring Krishna near to the ordinary man. But I would like to suggest to relax your rules of initiation. You should have two types of disciples: those who ob
Question: With My Attachments, How Can I Engage in Pure Devotional Service?You stressed that we should cultivate that mood within ourselves. I am very much attached to my family members and to the bodily concept, and I am not in a position to think t
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Compassionate Care GiverA pure devotee of the Lord is someone who lives for the welfare of all others. He is always the most compassionate care giver dispensing the supreme medicine of Krishna consciousness for delivering the suffering souls of this
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Question: If We Don't Eat Meat, Will the Animals Eat Us?It is said that we should follow the four principles of Vaisnavas. Among these four, one is not eating meat, fish, and eggs. But in all vegetarian foods there are bacteria, so we by eating veget
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Question: Why Does God Choose to Exist?Continuing the question, about God's omnipresence: Why does God choose to exist? And why does He emanate the universes and worlds? He could simply not exist, and nothing else would exist.Hare KrishnaAnswer: For