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  padmavati mataji August 7, 2011 at 2:06pm

  
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  padmavati mataji August 7, 2011 at 2:06pm

  māḿ keśavo gadayā prātar avyād
  govinda āsańgavam ātta-veṇuḥ
  nārāyaṇaḥ prāhṇa udātta-śaktir
  madhyan-dine viṣṇur arīndra-pāṇiḥ
  
  May Lord Keśava protect me with His club in the first portion of the day, and may Govinda, who is always engaged in playing His flute, protect me in the second portion of the day. May Lord Nārāyaṇa, who is equipped with all potencies, protect me in the third part of the day, and may Lord Viṣṇu, who carries a disc to kill His enemies, protect me in the fourth part of the day.
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  padmavati mataji August 7, 2011 at 2:06pm

  devo 'parāhṇe madhu-hogradhanvā
  sāyaḿ tri-dhāmāvatu mādhavo mām
  doṣe hṛṣīkeśa utārdha-rātre
  niśītha eko 'vatu padmanābhaḥ
  
  May Lord Madhusūdana, who carries a bow very fearful for the demons, protect me during the fifth part of the day. In the evening, may Lord Mādhava, appearing as Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, protect me, and in the beginning of night may Lord Hṛṣīkeśa protect me. At the dead of night (in the second and third parts of night) may Lord Padmanābha alone protect me.
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  padmavati mataji August 7, 2011 at 2:05pm

  śrīvatsa-dhāmāpara-rātra īśaḥ
  pratyūṣa īśo 'si-dharo janārdanaḥ
  dāmodaro 'vyād anusandhyaḿ prabhāte
  viśveśvaro bhagavān kāla-mūrtiḥ
  
  May the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who bears the Śrīvatsa on His chest, protect me after midnight until the sky becomes pinkish. May Lord Janārdana, who carries a sword in His hand, protect me at the end of night (during the last four ghaṭikās of night). May Lord Dāmodara protect me in the early morning, and may Lord Viśveśvara protect me during the junctions of day and night.
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  padmavati mataji July 23, 2011 at 10:32am

  
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  padmavati mataji July 23, 2011 at 10:31am

  It is natural for us
  

   to perform activities

   with a desire to achieve

   a good result.

   The best results, however,

   can be attained

   if we engage ourselves in the

   devotional service of Krsna,

   with a desire to be reinstated

   in our constitutional position

   as Krsna`s loving servant.

   In this way the tendency

   to exploit our own activities

   for a particular result

   can be purified.

   Also, the modes of material nature

   and the material senses

   will no longer engage us in illusion.

   By nature we are blissful living entities

   and when our illusion ceases,

   all our suffering comes to an end.
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  padmavati mataji July 23, 2011 at 10:31am

  Maya has two powers.
  

   The first covers us

   and the second throws us down

   into materialistic life.

   When we are covered by maya,

   we lose all power of discrimination,

   and then maya throws us

   into the darkness of ignorance,

   devoid of spiritual knowledge.

   When we wrongly consider ourselves

   to be independent of Krsna,

   we become obsessed

   with enjoying material life,

   and as we grow old,

   we become filled with fear,

   worries and lamentation.

   We are not meant

   to enjoy material life, but

   to engage in devotional life

   in service to Krsna

   in Krsna consciousness.

   This will bring us

   transcendental happiness

   which is on a higher platform

   than material happiness. 
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  padmavati mataji July 23, 2011 at 10:31am

  All of the so-called pleasures
  

   of the material world

   become useless to one

   who has achieved

   the mercy of the lotus feet

   of a pure devotee of Krsna.

   By serving a pure devotee,

   we can enter into

   the ocean of eternal happiness

   and experience

   our constitutional position

   as a servant of the Lord.

   The mercy of the pure devotee is unlimited,

   and one who has tasted that mercy

   becomes mad after the lotus feet of Krsna,

   not caring for the so-called material

   happiness or mental speculation.
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  padmavati mataji July 23, 2011 at 10:31am

  As soon as we think,
  

   "This is my personal family,"

   immediately we will see the material world as

   no more than a place for enjoying family life.

   As soon as we are attached to our family,

   false prestige and possessiveness arise.

   Actually, we are all part and parcel of Krsna 

   and therefore, on the spiritual platform,

   related to all other entities.

   This is called Krsna- sambandha or

   the constitutional relationship with Krsna.

   It is not possible to advance to the

   highest stage of spiritual awareness and

   at the same time maintain a petty

   material concept of society,

   friendship and love.

   We should experience all relationships

   on the higher spiritual platform

   of Krsna-sambandha, which means

   seeing everything in relationship to Krsna. 
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  padmavati mataji July 11, 2011 at 11:57am