Gender
Female
Birthday: November 3
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Gender
Female
Birthday:
November 3
Name / Initiated name
padmavati dasi
Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.
16
When, where and how did you come into contact with the Hare Krishna Movement?
1985, Bhaktivedanta manor, Hertfordshire
Name the nearest or most frequently Visited ISKCON temple/ centre and name few of the devotees whom you know.
Bhaktivedanta manor, Hertfordshire.
Please describe yourself so that other like minded devotees can find you.
Simple and cheerful home maker from India. I have three children. Two of them are married. I have two grandchildren. I like cooking. I do not like frivolous talk. I rather like deep and meaningful conversation. I do not postpone what I have to do. I take one day at a time and live it as if it is my last day. My Daily Sadhana are chanting, prayers and recitation of holy verses:- 1. CHANTING 16 ROUNDS HARE KRISHNA MANTRA. 2. THREE PRAYERS TO SHRIMATI RADHARANI. 3. ELEVEN OM PRAYERS FROM SHRIMAD BHAGAVATAM. 4. TWELVE NAMES OF LORD CHAITANYA. 5. TWELVE NAMES OF NITYANANDA PRABHU. 6. EIGHT PRAYERS TO GURUDEVA-THE GURVASTAKAM PRAYERS. 7. FIVE PRAYERS TO LORD JAGANNATHA. 8. TWO PRAYERS FROM SHRI VRINDAVANA MAHIMAMRTA. 9. TWO PRAYERS FROM MUKUNDA MALA STOTRA. 10. THREE PRAYERS FROM SHRI CHAITANYA CHARITAMRTA. 11. SIX PRAYERS FROM SHRI BRAHMA SAMHITA. 12. 30 VERSES FROM SHRI RADHA SAHASRA NAMA STOTRA. 13. THE EIGHT YUGALASHTAKAM PRAYERS. 14. 1OO PLUS VERSES FROM BHAGAVAD GITA. 15. 60 VERSES FROM SHRIMAD BHAGAVATAM. 16. 10 PRAYERS OF QUEEN KUNTI. 17. 5 PRAYERS FROM BHAGAVAD-GITA. 18. Krishna Katha- Morning Prayers. 19. Krishna Katha- Evening Prayers. My favourite book at this time of life is Sri Radha Sahasra Nama Stotra. As for cooking, I have accumulated 5 very good cook books over the years. 1. Vegetarian Cooking by Kurma Dasa. 2. The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking by Yamuna devi. 3. Great Vegetarian Dishes by kurma Dasa. 4. The Hare Krishna Book of Vegetarian Cooking by Adiraja Dasa. 5. Vegetarian World Food by Kurma Dasa. MESSAGE: If you wish, you can print out the prayers that I have added on Iskcon Desire Tree Network.Then cut them out nicely with their translations and attach them to a note book. You can also add pictures to them. So then you have all of them in one book, your prayer book, and read them in the Brahma muhurta hour, or any time during the day if you cannot read them early morning.
What are your expectations from this community?
I respect all devotess and their spiritual masters.
Describe any specific service you would love to offer to Lord Krishna & His devotees?
Obeisances and Prayers.
Comments
happy gopaasthami
What is the body?
It is a combination of material elements —
earth, water, fire, air, and the subtle,
psychological elements mind,
intelligence, and false ego.
Krsna claims, "All these eight elements
are My separated energy."
Then how are the body and mind ours?
Although I claim that the body is mine,
I do not even know how it is working.
A tenant in an apartment may pay rent
and somehow or other
occupy the apartment and enjoy its utilities,
although he may not actually know
how the heat and tap water are working.
Similarly, although we do not know the
details of how the body works,
we are using this body,
which actually belongs not to us but to Krsna.
This is the real fact.
The body consists of the senses and the mind,
and therefore the senses and mind
also belong to Krsna.
his destiny is changed
by the omnipotency of God.
He takes charge of the devotee
and guides him to go back home,
back-to-Godhead.
This is the Mercy of God.
The self-realized devotee is
he who surrenders
unto the Lord fully
and who does not have attachment
for material prosperity.
One who has fully surrendered
to the Lord has no fear of
the modes of material nature.
The pure devotees of the Lord
are surrendered souls,
they are above
the illusory snares of māyā.
as the most elevated,
pure love for God.
A person engaged in such
pure devotional service
neither desires anything
for sense gratification,
nor laments for any loss,
nor hates anything,
nor enjoys anything
on his personal account,
nor becomes very
enthusiastic in material activity.
Indifference toward what stands
in the way of devotional service
means to accept only those
activities of social custom
and Vedic injunction that are
favourable to devotional service.