There are six characteristics of pure devotional service,which are as follows:(1) Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress.(2) Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness.(3) Pure devotion
In the Brahma-vaivarta Purana, in a conversation with Ganga Devi, Lord Krishna describes that after 5,000 years of Kali-yuga have passed, His mantra upasaka, the great sage and worshiper of Krishna's holy names, will appear and spread the chanting of
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Mental equilibrium is to fix the mind on Lord Krishna.Mere peacefulness without Krishna consciousnessis dull and useless state of mind.Discipline means first to control one`s own senses.If one wants to discipline one`s children, disciplesor followers
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oḿ namo bhagavate tubhyaḿvāsudevāya dhīmahipradyumnāyāniruddhāyanamaḥ sańkarṣaṇāya caLet us all chant the glories of Vāsudeva along with His plenary expansions Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Sańkarṣaṇa.arjuna uvācakṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-bāhobhaktānām abhayańkara
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manye tvāḿ kālam īśānamanādi-nidhanaḿ vibhumsamaḿ carantaḿ sarvatrabhūtānāḿ yan mithaḥ kaliḥMy Lord, I consider Your Lordship to be eternal time, the supreme controller, without beginning and end, the all-pervasive one. In distributing Your mercy, Yo
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kunty uvācanamasye puruṣaḿ tvādyamīśvaraḿ prakṛteḥ paramalakṣyaḿ sarva-bhūtānāmantar bahir avasthitamŚrīmatī Kuntī said: O Kṛṣṇa, I offer my obeisances unto You because You are the original personality and are unaffected by the qualities of the mater
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jambunadosnisa-viraji-mukta-mala-mani-dyoti-sikhandakasyabhangya nrnam lolupayan drsah sri-govindadevah saranam mamastu"May Lord Govindadeva, who charms the eyes of all living beings with the graceful movement of the peacock feather in His golden cro
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Simply by chanting Hare Krishna one can be freed from all undesirable habits. Chanting Hare Krishna with strong attachment one achieves the fruit of love of God very soon.
By chanting Hare Krishna we are engaging in the devotional service, the divine s
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tapta-kanchana-gaurangiradhe vrindavaneshvarivrishabhanu-sute devipranamami hari-priyeO Srimati Radharani, I offer my respects to You whose bodily complexion is like molten gold.O Goddess, You are the queen of Vrindavana. You are the daughter of King
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namo `stu vrindavana sundarabhyamnamo `stu vrindavana vibhramabhyamnamo `stu vrindavana jivanabhyamnamo`stu vrindavana nagarabhyamI constantly offer my obeisances unto Their Lordships, who are renowned as the beautiful personalities of Vrindavana.I o
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One who recites these 12 auspicious holy names of the moonlike Nityananda-candra everyday between 6 - 8.30 a.m. will become free from all difficulties, and attain all his most cherished desires. Very soon he will receive the mercy of Shri Caitanya-de
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(1)krishna-prema-mayi radharadha prema-mayo harihjivane nidhane nityamradha-krishnau gatir mamaRadha is immersed fully in pure love for Krishnaand Hari is immersed fully in pure love for Radha.In life or in death, Radha and Krishna are my eternal she
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cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhir abhipālayantamlakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaḿgovindam ādi-puruṣaḿ tam ahaḿ bhajāmiI worship Govinda, the primeval Lord,the first progenitor who is tending the cows,yielding all desir
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vande gurūn īśa-bhaktānīśam īśāvatārakāntat-prakāśāḿś ca tac-chaktīḥkṛṣṇa-caitanya-saḿjñakamI offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual masters, the devotees of the Lord, the Lord's incarnations, His plenary portions, His energies and the pri
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Sri Gurvastakam(Eight Prayers to the Spiritual Master)by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakurasamsara-davanala-lidha-lokatranaya karunya-ghanaghanatwampraptasya kalyana-gunarnavasyavande guroh sri-charanaravindam"The spiritual master is receiving ben
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Sri Krsna-Chaitanya-Dvadasa-Nama-Stotramby Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya:Twelve principal names of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu are:(1) caitanyah krsna-caitanyo gaurango dvija-nayakahyatinam dandinam caiva nyasinam ca siromanih(2) raktambara-dharah sriman nav
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prabhu kahe, — "kon vidyā vidyā-madhye sāra?"rāya kahe, — "kṛṣṇa-bhakti vinā vidyā nāhi āra"On one occasion the Lord inquired, "Of all types of education, which is the most important?"Rāmānanda Rāya replied, "No education is important other than the
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'eka' kṛṣṇa-nāme kare sarva-pāpa nāśa premera kāraṇa bhakti karena prakāśa Simply chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra without offenses vanquishes all sinful activities. Thus pure devotional service, which is the cause of love of Godhead, becomes manife
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