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Lord Krishna And The Artist

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There was once a world-famous artist. He had an extraordinary talent for figure and portrait painting.
He came to Krishna, in his capital city of Dvaraka, and wanted to paint Krishna's portrait.
With a beaming smile Krishna said, "Well, if you want to paint my image you can certainly do so. Tell me
what I should do."
The artist requested, "Swami, if you would kindly just sit still for an hour in the same place, I will draw
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few Glories of Shrimati Tulsi Maharani

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Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

A person without wearing a tulsi Kanthi offering even water, that waters is considered as Alchol :( Sad, people do not care about our old Vedic Practise. Tusli Kanti should always be worn by everybody.

Scientifically - Astma can be cured just by wearing a kanthi, it helps us purify polluted air while inhaling.

Even if a sinner wears a tulsi Kanthi Yamraja orders Chitraketu to tear the page from his book of good/bad deeds

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8 Rules to Chant Holy Name

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Those who chant the holy names of the Lord should follow the following eight rules:


(a) They should keep firm faith in the words of guru and Çästra.


(b) They should associate with devotees who are engaged in chanting the holy names.


(c) They should perform bhajana by hearing and chanting the kåñëa-kathä spoken by saintly persons.


(d) Following the above rules will result in anartha-nivåtti. In the kingdom of sädhana, a prac

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Draupadi And Lord Krishna

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Once during the Sankranti Festival, Draupadi happened to be in Lord Krishna's residence. Lord Krishna was enjoying and sharing with them fresh sugar cane of the season. While cutting a piece of cane, his little
finger got injured. Blood began to ooze out. 
The queens ran to their apartments and started frantically searching their wardrobes for a piece of
coarse cloth to bandage the wound. But Draupadi, who was seated at th

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Wonderful pastime of Narasimha Deva

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Now allow me to tell a true story that happened some 10 years ago inSouth-Africa. The father and the daughter who experienced this event toldthis story to my friend, a sannyasi and devotee of Lord Nrisimhadev.This stories was also found in the newspapers, and several witnesses of thistruck-accident after this incident became devotees of Lord Nrisimhadev.This happened to a simple Vaishnav family that lives there. They ha

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Bhakti of Gopis in Vrindavana !!

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The divine plays of Bhagavan Sri Krishna are known to this world as `Rasa'. They were the replica of the truth of that when one soul reaches the bliss of divinity the divine blesses it by merging it within himself.

Gopis are known to be the women of Vrindavan who soaked their souls in the ocean of Krishna-bhakti , physically, verbally and through meditationThe whole world  bows to their feet, for they achieved the unse

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Real problem is death

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The Bhagavad-gita is a book of authority, is acknowledged in every part of the world. Not just Indians or Hindus are interested but many scholars, philosophers, religionists, scientists throughout the whole world are interested. Even Professor Einstein was reading it daily. So wise man means one who understands Krishna. So if one is not God conscious, in spite of all his education, he will create havoc in the world beca

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Your relationship to your problems

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Obstacles and problems are a part of life. True happiness comes not when we get rid of all of our problems, but when we change our relationship to them, when we see our problems as a potential source of advancement in Krishna Consciousness, opportunities to practice patience, and to learn to depend on Krishna more and more. 

Certainly some problems need to be solved. Many others, however, are problems we create for ourse

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Center of Love

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If you throw a stone into the middle of a pool of water, a circle will expand to the limit of the bank. Similarly, radio waves expand in a circle, and when you capture the waves with your radio you can hear the message. In the same way, our loving feeling can also expand.

At the beginning of our life, we simply want to eat. Whatever a small child grabs, he wants to eat. He has only personal interest. Then, when the child

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Duties For The Body And The Soul

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

In Krsna's instructions to Arjuna, He emphasizes duty both 
for the common man and for the self-realized soul.

sva-dharmam api caveksya
na vikampitum arhasi
dharmyad dhi yuddhac chreyo 'nyat
ksatriyasya na vidyate

"Considering your specific duty as a ksatriya, you should know that there is no better engagement for you than fighting on religious principles; and so there is

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Being Loyal to the Parampara

2514964801?profile=originalLecture on Being Loyal to the Parampara by HH Niranjana Swami on 25 Mar 2014 at ISKCON Chowpatty

(The management and spiritual leadership experience Niranjana Swami gained during his tenure as president of ISKCON Boston from 1979 to 1983, and his service as regional secretary of New England in 1984, readied him for his GBC appointment in 1987.)

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Seven Benefits By Chanting

2514964798?profile=originalLecture on Seven Benefits By Chanting by His Grace Nirantara Prabhu on 20 Mar 2014 at Santiago

(His Grace Nirantara Prabhu got his 2nd birth. From 1973 until 1980 he served the mission as a brahmacari in the capacity of book distribution, either directly or as a back-up helper. From 1980 until the present, he has tried to serve the will of Srila Prabhupada by preaching through lectures and music concerts. )

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2514964826?profile=originalLecture on Becoming meek and humble is outcome of advancement in Krishna Consciousness by Lokanath Swami

(Born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.)

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2514964882?profile=originalLecture on Appearance Day of Srivas Thakur and Disappearance Day of Sridhar Swami by Giriraj Swami on 24 Mar 2014 at Los Angeles

(Giriraj Swami has also taught at the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education and continues to lecture and to give presentations at japa retreats and workshops around the world.)

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Deity Worship

                                                        

 

It is commonly observed that people of all religions mostly worship God (Krsna) in the form of a deity/idol/portraits. But as we have never seen God(Krsna), a question arises in our mind that, ‘‘how can we make idols of God (Krsna) when we have not seen him?’’ This question has a very simple answer. Look at the examples. If police has to catch a missing person in absence of his/her picture, they just ask the person (who has seen that  miss

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True love of God

So I received a great email today. It was from iskcon members bashing Abraham in religions. And I scrolled further even to see disgraced members of your community. Do you wish to know why I speak and under what authority? I am the first and I am the last.Here's what the gita has to say.I regard all beings with equality and even mindedness. I w neither hate nor love anybody, nor do I like or dislike anyone. However, those that choose to worship me, with everlasting and pure devotion, are always i
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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupa

 

Lord Shiva said, "My dear Parvati, now I will tell you the glories of the Fifteenth Chapter 
of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita, kindly listen carefully.
 
In Gaudadesa, there was a king of the name Narasingha. He was so powerful that he was
able to defeat the demigods. The commander of his army was known by the name
Sarabhmerund. He was very greedy and along with the prince, he planned to kill the king, 
and become the ruler of Gauda
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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Now the Communists, they want dictatorship. That is welcome, provided that particular dictator is trained like Maharaja Yudhisthira. Not that simply by votes of some rascal population one becomes dictatorship, another rascal comes. Another big rascal comes. Just like in the Communist country the Stalin was their dictator. And in the historical record it is said that he is the greatest criminal in the history of the worl
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The Bhagavad-Gita is teaching real religion. Real religion means the word of God, no one else’s word and one who humbly & submissively hears the word of God and repeats that word. What is the qualification to preach the Gita? Not to be a great scholar, not to be necessarily be a bhahman by birth, not to be a gyani who can speculate and invent all sorts of beautiful and wonderful analogies to attract people’s minds, not one who can present so many flowery words that he could mesmerize the audienc

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Krsna katha

Letter from Yamaraja


Different people are afraid of different things in life and one person's object of fear is not an object of fear for another person. However in general, fear of death is common to all. Some people may boast that they are not scared of death. However when they get some fatal disease which paralyse them or in case of dangers, the fear of death will be clearly visible in their eyes. There is no material solution to this attack of Yamaraj and his punishments after death. Though d
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