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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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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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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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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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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Krsna consciousness is the greatestnecessity of human society.Learn it and appreciate it, and comprehend itand assimilate it - and teach it. It is very simple.If you chant Hare Krsna without offence,everything will be revealed from withinbecause Krsn
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Fame, position and material acquisitionsappear beautiful to a personunder the grips of material desires.They appear before him like abeautiful garden of enjoyment.He longs to go there and enjoyall the varieties of pleasures.But in fact, when he arriv
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Pride is cheating oneself and others.To practise devotional servicewe must give up false pride.In the practise of devotional service,we must be completely sincere andstraightforward and renounce false pride.We must surrender our mind to Krsna.
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When a living entity attempts to enjoy separatelyfrom the Lord, he enters maya`s web.Just as an insect flies into a spider`s web,and just as by struggling,the fly becomes increasingly entangled,so the living being becomes increasinglyimplicated in i
A pure devotee is protected from illusion byremaining unattached to material sense gratification,seeing everything in relation to Krsna,and engaging everything in Krsna`s service accordingto the instructions of the spiritual master.He uses everything
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If the mind does become bewilderedand neglects the essentialprinciples of devotional service,it is considered the greatestmisfortune for a devotee.Once having tasted the essenceof pure devotional service,no one will give it up.The mind can lose appre
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The mind of a pure devotee cannot bediverted from the lotus feet of Krsna.For the spontaneous devotee,the mind automatically goes to Krsna.In material life, our mindspontaneously goes to maya.Therefore, by our intelligence,we must bring back the mind
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A pure devotee of the Lordhas nothing to do withmundane religiosity,economic development,sense gratification, or salvation.A pure devotee is not concerned whetherhis standard of material existenceis the highest or the lowest.To him, heaven and hellar
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We all have consciousness,but what is this consciousness?It is Krsna consciousness.We have forgotten Krsna,and therefore we simplysay "consciousness,"but really "consciousness"means Krsna consciousness,because without Krsnawe cannot have consciousnes
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Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Sanātana,"Maintenance of the Vaiṣṇava etiquetteis the ornament of a devotee."A highly advanced Vaiṣṇava livesin such a way that no onecan understand what he is or what he was.A Vaisnava is always humble,and if a person do
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