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THE LORD CAN ACCEPT ANYONE

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THE LORD CAN ACCEPT ANYONE

"Kirāta, Hūṇa, Āndhra, Pulinda, Pulkaśa, Ābhīra, Śumbha, Yavana, members of the Khasa races and even others addicted to sinful acts can be purified by taking shelter of the devotees of the Lord, due to His being the supreme power. I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto Him."

kirāta-hūṇāndhra-pulinda-pulkaśā
ābhīra-śumbhā yavanāḥ khasādayaḥ
ye 'nye ca pāpā yad-apāśrayāśrayāḥ
śudhyanti tasmai prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ

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Kirāta: A province of old Bhārata-varṣa mentioned in

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

In Sanskrit, Chatra means student. Achadaya eti chatra – the student always covers up the bad things of guru.  Weshould only see the good things in Guru. It is said that although the Ganges water looks muddy and has bubbles, still it istranscendentally pure.  So the instruction is, don’t see the mud and bubbles in Ganges water.  It is transparently pure because it has emanated from the lotus feet of Lord Hari.  Similarl
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Is it proper to touch a sannyasi’s feet ?

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

One should not touch the lotus feet of a saintly person or sannyasi with his enjoyment-prone body or sinful body.  Ifthe saintly person becomes displeased as a result of our touching his lotus feet, then it will certainly create inauspiciousness for us.  Sannyasi devotees do not like people touching their feet.  It is currently become a fashion – a disease – to touch the lotus feet of Guru and Sadhu.  Weshould pay close 
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WHY DO DEVOTEES TAKE SHELTER OF RADHARANI?

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

radha krishna's internal potency“To perform devotional service means to follow in the footsteps of Rādhārānī, and devotees in Vrindāvana put themselves under the care of Rādhārānī in order to achieve perfection in their devotional service. In other words, devotional service is not an activity of the material world; it is directly under the control of Rādhārānī. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is confirme

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

The simplest thing for human beings is to follow their predecessors.  Judgment according to mundane senses is not avery easy process.  Whatever is awakened by attachment to one’s predecessor is the way of devotional service as indicated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu…. 
 
The actual facts are understandable to real devotees….Mundane scholarship and its concomitant attachments and detachments cannot arouse spontaneous love of G
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 4.34

TEXT 34

tad viddhi pranipatena
pariprasnena sevaya
upadeksyanti te jnanam
jnaninas tattva-darsinah

 

SYNONYMS

tat--that knowledge of different sacrifices; viddhi--try to understand; pranipatena--by approaching a spiritual master; pariprasnena--by submissive inquiries; sevaya--by the rendering of service; upadeksyanti--initiate; te--unto you; jnanam--knowledge; jnaninah--the self-realized; tattva--truth; darsinah--the seers.

 

TRANSLATION

Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. In

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Thought Of The Day

So every Indian is expected to take this Krsna consciousness movement and spread it outside India. There are many people who are hankering after it. It is the duty of every Indian to first of all get himself out of these clutches of avidya-karma-samjna-ignorance and whole day and night working like hogs and dogs. One has to become free from these clutches of maya, and then he must undergo tapasya. There is no difficulty. This tapasya is that you have to give up the four principles: no illicit se

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Avatari - Divine vs Demon

Dear Devotees,

Dandavats. Jai Srila Prabhupada.

 

We are currently developing an iPhone/iPad game based on Lord Narsimhadeva and Prahlad Maharaj pastimes. This game will be available to download from the Appstore in 2013. We encourage devotees to pre-register for the game at www.avatarigames.com

 

Please email us any questions at sales@avatarigames.com

 

Thank you.

 

Your servants,

In the service of Srila Prabhupada,

Avatari Games Team

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Krishna's Pastimes in the Pastures

Pastimes in the Pastures

Edited and extracted from Krishna Bhavanamrita written by Shrila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura

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Purvahna Lila  (8:24 a.m. - 10:48 a.m.)

 

The cowherd boys that were eager to go out to the pastures with Krishna told their mothers, "Oh mother, why do you keep me here for putting on my tilaka and ornaments? What should I do? Why can't I get out of the house? All my friends are meeting with Krishna at this time of the morning. My friend Krishna, who is an ocean of love, waits f

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The Glories of the Vaishnavas

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Prema Vivarta>Chapter 12>The Glories of the Vaishnavas

 

Devotional and places of pilgrimage

 

 

A person who goes to a place of pilgrimage only for taking a bath in holy rivers and worships the deity, whom he considers to be made of stone, will take a very long time to develop true religious sentiments.

          On the other hand, as soon as one sees a pure devotee of the Lord, his heart is cleansed of all unwanted material desires. He is put into touch with the highest objective of life, and transc

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Dear Devotees/Conscious People,

Hare Krishna.

To take over the temple properties in Bangladesh, the govt. has taken into account to form a black law, which is almost into the shape of draft, "Debattar Sampatti Babosthapana Ain'2013 (Debattar Sampatti (Deity Property) Managing Act'2013)". The act is the completely anti-Vedic Scriptures. By passing this black law, govt. will rein in our deities and other temple properties day by day. This is the blue design to drive away the Hindus/Sanatana religiou

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 4.33

TEXT 33

sreyan dravya-mayad yajnaj
jnana-yajnah parantapa
sarvam karmakhilam partha
jnane parisamapyate

 

SYNONYMS

sreyan--greater; dravya-mayat--than the sacrifice of material possessions; yajnat--knowledge; jnana-yajnah--sacrifice in knowledge; parantapa--O chastiser of the enemy; sarvam--all; karma--activities; akhilam--in totality; partha--O son of Prtha; jnane--in knowledge; parisamapyate--ends in.

 

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O chastiser of the enemy, the sacrifice of knowledge is greater than the sacrifice of

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Thought Of The Day

So our Krsna consciousness movement is trying to bring back the human society, because it is not possible to bring back the monkeys and cats and dogs to Krsna consciousness. That is not possible. So those who are of the dog's mentality, cat's mentality, monkey mentality, it is difficult for them. They have to change their mentality by sat-sanga. This is called sat-sanga. Just like you are hearing from the sastra, and we are speaking from the sastra. This is called sat-sanga. By sat-sanga, by rea

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Humble Consciousness

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aror iva sahishnuna
amanina mana-dena
kirtaniyah sada harih

Synonyms

trinat api-than downtrodden grass; su-nicena-being lower; taroh-than a tree; iva-like; sahishnuna-with tolerance; amanina-without being puffed up by false pride; mana-dena-giving respect to all; kirtaniyah-to be chanted; sada-always; harih-the holy name of the Lord.

Explanatory Translation by Swami Gaurangapada

 

One can continously chant the Holy Names of Lord Shri Hari and achieve pure love for the Lord only if one possesses the fol

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Who are Real Friends

2514913822?profile=originalLecture on Who are Real Friends by Giriraj Swami on 06 Jan 2013

(n 1972 Giriraj was appointed by Prabhupada to be president of ISKCON Bombay and trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Since then, he has made many significant contributions to Srila Prabhupada’s mission, most notably overseeing all aspects of the development of Hare Krishna Land in Juhu, Bombay.)

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Growing Younger

2514913801?profile=originalLecture on Growing Younger by Indradyumna Swami on 14 May 2011

(He served as an editor or assistant editor for nearly all the books of Srila Prabhupada published during Srila Prabhupada’s lifetime. He received initiation from Srila Prabhupada in 1968, at the age of nineteen.)

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Power of Time

2514913911?profile=originalLecture on Power of Time by Jayadvaita Swami on 18 Mar 2012 at Phoenix

(Jayadvaita Swami is editor, publisher, and teacher. He is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.)

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Real Purpose Of marriage

2514913829?profile=originalLecture on Real Purpose Of marriage by Devamrita Swami

(His Holiness Devamrita Swami entered this life on October 16, 1950 in New York City, as the firstborn in a family dominated by a very devout and education-motivated Christian mother.)

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