A devotee should always act in terms of guru, sadhu, and sastra.
With regard to a posting to my account on facebook, I found a toxic post with regard to other Vaisnavas(whom I have no relation with) and felt impelled to at least comment in principle, to not saying anything would implicate me also. What was even more saddening was that the post had so many 'likes'. From experience many devotees innocently get caught up in actions and do not fully understand the repercussions.
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मूल:
बालस्तावत् क्रीडासक्तः, तरुणस्तावत् तरुणीरक्तः।
वृद्धस्तावच्चिन्तामग्नः, पारे ब्रह्मणि कोऽपि न लग्नः॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं, भज गोविन्दं मूढ़मते।
हिन्दी:
खेल-कूद में बीता बचपन, रमणी-राग-रंग-रत यौवन।
शेष समय चिन्ता में डूबा, किससे हो कब ब्रह्माराधन॥
भज गोविन्दं भज गोविन्दं, गोविन्दं भज मूढ़मते।
बचपन खेल में बीत जाता है। युवास्था में मन विकारों में लीन रहता है। युवतियों के सिवाय और किसी विषय में चित्त नहीं लगता। बुढ़ापे में अपनी स्त्री और बच्चों की ही फ़िक्र लगी रहती है। सारी जिन्दगी इसी प्रकार बीती चल
Lecture on Science or Nescience by Drutakarma Prabhu
(Michael A. Cremo, also known as Drutakarma dasa was born in July 15, 1948 in the United States. In 1966 he entered the School of International Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.)
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Lecture on Simple Solution to Complex Life by Kratu Prabhu on 24 Jan 2008 at Dubai
(In 2002, he became an initiating spiritual master in ISKCON and is ever since vigorously traveling and preaching all over the world.)
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Lecture on Ordinary and Extraordinary Person by Mahatma Prabhu on 10 April 2013 at Mauritius
(He is the founder of Touchstone Training, a company that teaches the practices of devotional service through interactive seminars and worships.)
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Seminar on Transcendental Engineering by Sankarsana Das Adhikari Prabhu
(His Divine Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari appeared in this world in St. Louis, Missouri, USA on 7 November 1947, the tenth day (Dasami) of the most holy month of Kartik according to the Vaisnava calendar.)
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TEXT 18
karmany akarma yah pasyed
akarmani ca karma yah
sa buddhiman manusyesu
sa yuktah krtsna-karma-krt
SYNONYMS
karmani--in action; akarma--inaction; yah--one who; pasyet--observes; akarmani--in inaction; ca--also; karma--fruitive action; yah--one who; sah--he; buddhi-man--is intelligent; manusyesu--in human society; sah--he; yuktah--in the transcendental position; krtsna-karma-krt--although engaged in all activities.
TRANSLATION
One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intell
So everything can be controlled by Krsna's grace. He is Madana-mohana. Therefore, our first business is to surrender to Madana-mohana and establish our relationship with Him. "My Lord Krsna, I have so long forgotten..." That song is sung by Bhaktivinoda Thakura,
manasa, deho, geho, yo kicho mora
arpilun tuya pade, nanda-kisora
This is full surrender. Then Krsna assures, aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami ma sucah [Bg. 18.66], He will protect. So tams titiksasva bharata. There are so many disturb
Lord Krishna was residing in Dwarka with his 16,108 wives. For all his 16,108 wives there were separate palaces and Krishna had expanded himself into 16,108 forms and he used to be simultaneously present with all his wives. This can be possible only with Krishna and not with lesser mortals like us, so we should never try to imitate the esoteric pastimes of Krishna. All the queens of Dwarka were extremely happy and tried their best to please the Lord. But the queens often found that Krishna remai
Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
After the dust settled after the Lollapalooza concert I moved north to Wisconsin. I visited my friend Bhagavan Acarya. It's alway's nice visiting him because all I hear out of his mouth are stories from Radha Damodara TSKP and Srila Prabhupada etc. He told me he was in Atlanta in 1975 with Radha Damodara when they all got to go upstairs and have a personal Darshan with Srila Prabhupada. He said that even though he
1, 2, 3, 4 bed & 5 bed (Penthouse) apartments in Mayapur dham!
SRILA PRABHUPADA SAYS:
- "We have great ambition to develop this place [in Sridham Mayapur] nicely and gloriously....".
- "But if we do something there [in Sridham Mayapur], it must be done very nicely. "
Pay less & Mayapur gets far less than what Srila Prabhupada ordered.
You pay slightly more but GAIN 40 plus times more !!!
40 PLUS EXCLUSIVE FEATURES
- Purely Vedic Indian style Manasara architecture.
- Fusion of Srila Prabhupada'
“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a"
What is the qualification to preach Gita?.......................Nectarean Mellows
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
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
For a Vaisnava, acceptance of Sanyasa means getting relief from all material activities and completelydevoting oneself to the transcendental loving service of the Lord. This is confirmed by Srila Rupa Gosvami (Bhakti Rasamritha Sindhu 1.2.255) : Anasaktasya visayan yatharham upayunjatah / nirbandhah Krishna sambandhe yuktam vairagyam ucyate. For a Vaisnava, the renounced order means completely giving up attachment for
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Compassion is an essential part in Caring for devotees. The other areas are:
1. Physical care
2. Mental Care
3. Emotional Care
4. Social Care
5. Spiritual Care
Physical Care: is given old devotees, children, women, devotees who do not keeping good in health. One need to render service through Tan/Body, Man/Mind, Dhan / Financial to such devotees.
Mental care: Help them to take decisions through Accepting. These
TEXT 17
karmano hy api boddhavyam
boddhavyam ca vikarmanah
akarmanas ca boddhavyam
gahana karmano gatih
SYNONYMS
karmanah--working order; hi--certainly; api--also; boddhavyam--should be understood; boddhavyam--to be understood; ca--also; vikarmanah--forbidden work; akarmanah--inaction; ca--also; boddhavyam--should be understood; gahana--very difficult; karmanah--working order; gatih--to enter in to.
TRANSLATION
The intricacies of action are very hard to understand. Therefore one should know properl
इस छ्ठे श्लोक को श्री शंकराचार्य ने तब कहा जब उस व्यक्ति ने उनसे पूछा, "अच्छा स्वजनों के बारे में आप शायद ठीक कह रहे हों। पर मेरी पत्नी मुझपर जो प्रेम प्रदर्शित करती है, वह कभी झूठा नहीं हो सकता} शरीरों के पृथक होने पर भी हम-दोनों एक हीं प्राणी के समान हैं। वह मेरे शरीर के छोटे-से-छोटे अंग को भी अपना हीं समझती है। ऐसी मेरी पत्नी जब मेरे पास बैठी है, तब क्या मेरे इस जीवन में कोई सार नहीं है?" श्री शंकर ने तब उत्तर दिया:
मूल:
यावत् पवनो निवसति देहे, तावत् पृच्छति कुशलं गेहे।
गतवति वायो देहापाये, भार्
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Told By mother Govinda dasi :
In the late afternoon in New Jersey, Srila Prabhupada would often sit downstairs in the garden beside our bungalow. New Jersey is known as the garden state, and the town of Long Branch was certainly testimony to that. There were gardens everywhere, roses were blooming and their fragrance filled the air. On one particular afternoon, Srila Prabhupada was comfortably seated in a chair, and I was
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
No gambling
In Krishna consciousness, you're trying to purify your mind--to make it clear and steady for spiritual realization. But gambling makes the mind cloudy. It agitates the mind. You start thinking: What are my chances? How much could I walk off with? What could I do with my winnings? Even if you just play for the sake of playing, gambling pulls the mind away from thinking about the real purpose of life.
No intoxi
A Happy Lord Nrisimhadev appearance day.
It is rightly said that today the world has "guided missiles and unguided minds". We hear of immunization programs for children from the time of birth for prevention of various diseases. But this is just immunization to protect the body from diseases. What about immunization to the subtle body (mind)? The world (scientific community) has no such program. Lord Nrisimhadev's appearance is to protect or shield us from the demoniac nature.
The Lord takes
Lecture on What Happens After Death by Jayapataka Swami
(Jayapataka Swami continues to contribute to Mayapur’s development as the International Headquarters of ISKCON by serving as a co-director. His service in Mayapur includes: Mayapur Development Committee member, Exhibits and Theme park Department Head of TOVP, and promotion of Sri Mayapur worldwide.)
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