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What to eat in a marriage

I am a 16 rounds chanter, and have left tea, coffee, onion and garlic.

Now last time, I went to a marriage, it was a non Vaishnava but a Hindu marriage. Food was all vegetarian.

Now I eventually ate everything, like shahi paneer, dal etc, and I asked t

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Any ISKCON Devotees practicing Sudarshan Kriya?

Hare Krishna, Please Accept my Humble Obeisances, All Glories to Srila Prabhupad

Any ISKCON Devotees did 'Art of Living' Happiness program?

Any devotee is practicing the Sudarshan Kriya regularly?

Basically looking for experiences of doing Sudarshan k

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Vaishnava Cook

Hare Krishna

I am a practicing devotee since 3 years. My Wife just doesnt agree to make Onion Garlic free food.

We live in two floors, one floor my Mother lives, she is also a devotee.

One floor I live with my brother, he is a Shiva devotee.

Ultimate

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Cold Drinks

Hare Krishna. PAMHO. AGTSP. Which cold drinks are allowed?

I understand Pepsi, Coke and all the caffeine drinks are not allowed.

These days new drinks have come up: -

Sting: Claims to provide instant energy and makes you sleepless.
0% Alcohol beers: The

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Joining a course for career

Hare Krishna

I am 39 years old IT professional.

I regularly chant 16 rounds and am seeking initiation now.

Careerwise, I fear that my technology may become obsolete.

So I am joining a course which will demand thrice a week 2 hours class and 3 hours Sun

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Material world

Hare Krishna, dandavats, PAMHO, AGTSP

We do online Bhagawatam reading. Last time we read that there is anxiety in birth, there is anxiety in death, and during life also there are anxieties.

After understanding this, I feel that material world is always

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Devotion in winters

Hare Krishna

It is clearly not easy to wake up early in Winters. In summers, I used to attend mangal arati every week.

However, now it is so difficult to wake up early and complete 16 rounds before 7 AM.

My question is regarding exercise.

I was regular

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What foods can be eaten during first month of chaturmas (ie shravan mas) if i wish to follow

Hare Krishna, During First month of chaturmas ie Shravan Mas: No leafy vegetables, such as

spinach,

salads of all types,

cabbages of all types,

kale,

leafy herbs like coriander,

mint,

parsley,

curry and

powdered leafy herbs and teas.

So which vegetab

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One dish that can make to demonstrate

My Wife says there can not be taste if you do not put onion and garlic.

Can anybody help to tell one dish that I can demonstrate. I will try my best to make it and demonstrate to my Wife.

It should be a man course like sabzi or dal, not sides like dhok

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Leaving Onion Garlic

I need to get initiation and i have done IDC.

My home people are helpful in devotional life, but they dont help me in a onion garlic free food.

I thing rice or dal is fine from home, and i should make a veggie or dal for myself without onion garlic ev

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Leaving Onion and Garlic

I have reduced outside food to minimum, outside food, mostly I eat from Govindas in ISKCON.

I have take my ISKCON Disciple Course (IDC) exam and aspiring for initiation.

I have my mother, brother, his wife and my wife in family. All ladies are of the o

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Is Kacha Badam Singer Bhuban Badyakar a Vaishnava? I see him wearing kanthi and bead bag.

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How to adjust my Exercise schedule?

Hare Krishna, Please Accept my humble obeisances.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I do chanting and Bhagwatam class daily. Thanks to lockdown days.. This is continuing.

I have put on weight as before this schedule, i used to run, or cycle. Now I am get

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Exercise and staying fit

Hare Krishna

I have come back to devotional life, thanks to COVID and lockdowns.

Now I am increasing weight like anything. I was 70 KG and now I I am 90 KG (I mean my body).

Now, I wake up at 4:00 AM and do chanting and then 1 hour class. This schedule

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How do ISKCON devotees cope up with lack of sleep

Hare Krishna PAMHO

Typically a person sleeps 6-8 hours. I used to sleep 7 hours usually.

Now, I sleep at 11 PM and wake up around 4 AM. First thing I do when I wake up is have a bath and then start chanting.

After having bath I dont usually get sleepy.

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If we are soul and not body then why we feel pain while the body gets a cut

We feel very nice while chanting, one reason is because its the food for our soul.However why do we feel pain when our body part gets a cut.Its true after some upheaval, we don't feel pain again.What exactly is this?Are we something between soul and

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Rat menace

Rats are creating menace in house.

Either I kill rat or using rat catcher. The problem with rat catcher is that I will leave it at some place where the rat will again annoy someone else. At least I want them outside my house. What is best for a practi

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