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"Yeah, when the devotees brought Lord Jagannatha from the store in San Francisco, Srila Prabhupada had them go back and sure enough, Baladeva and Subhadra deities were also there. My wife claims that it's best if the deities somehow come to you. If…"
"In Western culture they very much encourage it and even tell them that if they don't do it they will get prostate cancer."
"That was him. When he got on the bus he had a beard and he did chant with good enthusiasm."
"It definitely sounds to me like you're ready to go out and chant in public."
"Are you the best judge?"
"Materially there is no contest. The woman is far superior. Therefore if the man has no spiritual potency, he will be no match for her or anyone else for that matter. The men are throwing away their ojas and then wonder why the women have no respect…"
"These all are wonderful questions:
1. Is the journey post death till the judgment date very difficult (as in all depends on karma) but what happens exactly
We are the architects of our own destiny. The desires cultivated during the course of this…"
1. Is the journey post death till the judgment date very difficult (as in all depends on karma) but what happens exactly
We are the architects of our own destiny. The desires cultivated during the course of this…"
"Prabhupada could understand that they would over indulge. When the devotees found out Srila Prabhupada drank a bottle of 7-UP the news was flashed all over ISKCON and in a matter of hours there were devotees all around the world purchasing it by the…"
"Srila Prabhupada explains that as devotees we only receive token punishment, “Because of my past activities, I was meant to suffer very much. But You are mitigating that suffering and giving me only a little.” In other words, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa a…"
"You may remember him as Bhakta Steve who got on the bus in Berkeley in '74 but now Dhruva Maharaja Das lives in Jagannatha Puri and has become a real expert and authority on Lord Jagannatha. We have his book, Jaya Jagannatha! and find it to be very…"
"Ki Jaya! Sravan Prabhu, while you're there in the airport, you can also distribute books and prasadam."
"I predict that at some point you won't be satisfied with that and you'll want to do more. :)"
"I'm sorry I wasn't able to help. Perhaps there are others who will explain this to you."
"It's the spiritual world which is completely beyond this world of birth and death."
"Thanks, Kartik, you are very kind. Srila Prabhupada's mercy is there for each and every one of us. I've heard it said, and have also seen, that in the same way a grandfather has special affection for his grandchildren, Srila Prabhupada's mercy is…"
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Location
Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat
Birthday:
May 29
Name / Initiated name
Sarvopama dasa/Elton Anders Hansell
Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.
32
When, where and how did you come into contact with the Hare Krishna Movement?
I stumbled across the devotees in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in 1967.
Name the nearest or most frequently Visited ISKCON temple/ centre and name few of the devotees whom you know.
ISKCON Vallabh Vidyanagar/ Sachidananda dasa, Narayan das, Vamsi Gopala das, Ramagiridhari das, Madhava das, Durlababhakti das, Bhaktivikasa Sw., Basughosh das
Please describe yourself so that other like minded devotees can find you.
a chance to be encouraged to go out and chant in public
What are your expectations from this community?
Hari Nama Sankirtan
Describe any specific service you would love to offer to Lord Krishna & His devotees?
I would like to go out and chant the holy name in public
Comments
Hare Krishna dandvats, Prabhuji. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I do hereby wish you all the best in Krishna consciousness, Gauranga, Radhe Radhe, Hari Bol! Hare Krishna.
my name is harikrishna. im 19 years old. im studying BCA in India currently.. and im in touch with iskcon since 7 years. im from a sri vaishnava family. my father is a sri vaishnava and my mother is Hindu. it was intercaste marriage. i sarted coming regularly to iskcon when i was 15.(10th std). i stared chanting, reading, doing sankirtan in home, putting tilak even in my school. everything was going fine. i came to 2nd PU, and when my exams got over the results were out and i score first class(65%). i was not able to study well. and my parents were not happy with my results. from then onwards they gradually restricted me to go to temple, following temple principles, chanting, sankirtana,, everything was forbidden in my home.. at that situation i felt bad about my parents and stared going against them. because at that time i was not able to calm down and think what is right and what is wrong.. everything became even worst..
june 13th 2010,,
it was sunday. my dad and mom took me to kerala to some temple to do some puja, vrata for me so that i quit/ giveup my KC..we just arrived to our home on sunday. i still remember that the time was 4:15 p.m. asusual i tok bath and wore my dhoti. i was about to go to temple and my mom for the first time in my life stopped me from going to temple. i asked,pleaded and even begged but it did not make any difference. everything was imperfect.they told me to take rest in the home as we had travelled long distance from kerala.i just kept quiet and started chanting in my room. but suddenly they came back and told me to go along with tem for a function outside.. i told them the same thing that i was tired and i cant come.. but they forced me to go with them to some inaugaral function. we sat in that function till 8 30..and then returned home.. i hope this was the first move made by my parents against my krishna conciousness life.this incident struck deeply in my heart and i was disturbed because i was not allowed to go to temple for the first time even after pleasing and begging my parents to send me...
june 20th 2010,,
knowing about the last weeks incident i just kept quiet in the morning and i dint spoke a word about the temple. I think this was the worst incident i ever faced in my life. it was already 6 in the evening and i usually was about to go to temple and all of a sudden my mother stopped me and locked the door. it was weird.this time i did not asked,pleased or begged. I just stood boldly and told that i have to go. she told me leave but on one condition. i was told to leave thinking my parents are dead. they even told me to leave for once and dont come back again, i just kept quiet and started moving toward the door,,my mom started shouting and became angry towards me. she brought my clothes and throwed them out of the house. stilll i was silent.then i came inside and i noticed that there were three photos missing in the altar. and they were srila prabhupada, panchatatva and guru parampara. my mom had already removed this photos from the altar. i was speechless for a moment. i became so angry that i had no control on my tongue. i was not even aware of what was i speaking. i cried, shouted at them.
june 24th 2010,,
it was panihatti festival, and i wanted to go and attain the festival. so asked my parents to send me,, but they spoke very badly about the devotees and temple.i could not tollerate it and i was crying and shouting,,, my father had told me that he would convince my mother to send me to the panihatti festivel.. but he too cheated me and kept quiet as if he knew nothing... even my father shouted at me and started asking why am i not listening to him and why am i not following his words. he also told that everything is because of ISKCON and he told that the devotees have brain washed me. my father forced me to remove my kanti mala. he even spoke many bad words about the temple which i myself dont wanna remember. i still remember the incident that happened on 22nd which was 2 days before. 22 jue 2010 was ekadashi, normally i perform abhishekam for the deites in my home.on ekadashi we perform panchamrta abhishekam for their lordships lakshmiNarasimha. i followed normal procedure jus like the one in temple
( not sri vaishnava system-- because i was not taught anything from my parents about deity worship since child hood. i was jus born in the family and i visited temples in tamil nadu. BUT I WASANT TAUGHT ANYTHING RELIGIOUS PRACTICE OR PROCEDURE OF DEITY WORSHIP OR PERFORMING ABHISHEKA ) so i started the abhisheka with normal sankalpa in which guru and gauranga's photo is kept on the either side of the deities. that day
You are such blessed couple. I am wanting to do Sankirtana everyday. I do Sankirtana about once a week on my own, but I am unable to do daily. Recently I happened to talk to a very advanced devotee in Sree Sampradaya. When I asked if His blessing will help me in going on Street Sankirtan everyday. He said it won work, because He Himself is not performing Sankirtana everyday. He asked me to get blessing from someone who is performing Sankirtana everyday. Only then it will work.
Please give me your blessings so I too may perform Sankirtana everyday.Hare Krishna,
Was wondering if performing Sankirtana alone count as Sankirtana? Yes Srila Prabhupada started out like that performing alone. Yes other people joined him later. Nevertheless technically, until other people join, will the chant have the same potency of the 1st prayer of Lord Chatanya... Sarvatma Snapanam....
Are we distributing Krishna Prema chanting alone?
(although technically no one is chanting alone, we have Lord Hanuman and Narad Muni with us for sure....)
@Urmila Jeevaram Jayalwal,
Neither can I chant (if you mean on the beads). Japa is very difficult.
My Guru Maharaj Jayapataka Swami Mahraj said that if you are unable to concentrate on the beads, chant loudly and that what I do. I chant loudly in the street, with kartal, or mridang, and lo, I can only think of Krishna (yes every once in a while my mind does wonder, but 90% less)
You take up Sankirtana, just in time you will realize (if you havn't already) that our body is no more than a piece of dead stick. Only moves because of spark of Krishna's energy within this stick.
Ps. Are you chanting to get away from problems and worries or are you chanting to please Krishna? If you have come to Krishna Consciousness, at such a young age, you are not convincing me that you are so poor.
YOUR POOR SERVANT,
URMILA
Dandavat Pranaam,All Glories To Srila Prabhupada
Thank you for extending your association to me
Your servant
dipti
i am a neophyte to krsna conciousness,and have come to know the importance of spiritual association, to overcome the turbulence in life.
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