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Thought Of The Day

So, one has to suffer or enjoy. There are two things. So that is according to our activities. That we can practically experience. If one is educated, naturally, he gets a good position, and if one is criminal, he gets another position. There is no difficulty to understand. So there are two things, dharma and adharma. Religiosity and irreligiosity. Religiosity means to abide by the orders of God and irreligiosity means to disobey the orders of God. That's all. Simple thing. But in this connection

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Let us blossom our consciousness

As a spiritual seeker we often find ourselves at loggerheads with our own thoughts. Although deep within our heart we try to come closer to God but our past conditioning pulls us down. We find ourselves constantly being defeated by our own old bad habits which we had nurtured earlier knowingly or unknowingly. Often finding ourselves torn apart between two divergent thoughts we start questioning our pursuit for spiritual upliftment. However instead of getting cowed down by the frequent setbacks w

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.58

TEXT 58
 
yadā saṁharate cāyaṁ
kūrmo 'ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas
tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
 
SYNONYMS
 
yadā—when; saṁharate—winds up; ca—also; ayam—all these; kūrmaḥ—tortoise; aṅgāni—limbs; iva—like; sarvaśaḥ—altogether; indriyāni—senses; indriya-arthebhyaḥ—from the sense objects; tasya—his; prajñā—consciousness; pratiṣṭhitā—fixed up.
 
TRANSLATION
 
One who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draws his limbs within the shell, is to be understood as truly situate
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Thought Of The Day

So by the culture of this Krsna consciousness, one comes to the sattva-guna, the immediate effect, sattva-guna. Just like our students: little association with this Krsna consciousness movement, they immediately come to the sattva-guna, at least officially. Although rajo-guna, tamo-guna, was there, but it overlaps.

 

By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada

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The Matchless Gift

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Liberation in Krsna Consciousness

Srila Prabhupada

If we simply worship the original person (adi-purusa) we need not fear being misled by anyone. Sridhara Svami, the original commentator on Srimad-Bhagavatam, explains that one can reach the perfection of life simply by devotional service (kevalaya bhaktya); one need not be dependent on any other process. Sukadeva Gosvami, the original

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What is a Goswami?

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada

IN THE PRESENT material world people are interested in understanding the atma (a word meaning body, mind and soul) only in reference to the body. Medical science, physiology and biology are concerned with the body, and psychology is concerned with the mind, with thinking, feeling and willing. Unfortunately, however, no one is studying the deepest meaning of atma-that

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Constipation: Natural Treatment

If your stomach is ill, you would be ill and if your stomach is healthy, you would be healthy. The mother of all illness is stomach and health is stomach. Healthy stomach, better personality, ill stomach, deformed personality. These are some of slogans, which express the feelings of many of the famous experienced medical practitioners about the mother of all diseases.

In case of any disease, have natural treatment of stomach with patience and sure you would get better health. Thus, naturopathy is

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Does success bring misery?

Yes, if our success thrives on others miseries. Our success is mostly comparative in nature.  A student gauges his success by seeing if he has scored more than his peers or not, we get dissatisfied with our jobs when we find that our colleagues are earning more than us. Thus caught up in the quagmire of comparison we hardly feel inner satisfaction and serenity.

We see that Duryodhana had everything in his life. Being the son of the king of Hastinapur his all demands were immediately met with. He

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Thought Of The Day

So in our, this human form of life we should be very careful, and what is ordered that "You should do like this..." Just like if you go to a medical man, so if you are diseased, a medical man, physician, will give you a prescription that "You take this medicine, and you do not take this kind of food. You can take this kind of food." Ahara-pathya. So if you want to cure your material disease, then two things are required: the medicine and the food. It is called pathya. The proper food and proper

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How to know God?

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by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Vrndavana, October 28, 1972
An explanation of the process of devotion the only mean to know God in full  

How To know God

Pradyumna: “Pure devotional service should be free from the desire for any material benefit or for sense gratification as these two desires are cultivated through fruitive activities and philosophical speculation.”

Prabhupada: Yes. The Caitanya-caritamrta says, bhukt

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Illusion of Progress

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by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Darkness of the present age is not due to lack of
material progress, but due to lack of spiritual advancement.

Human v/s animal

Illusion of Progress

What is “progress”? A dog’s jumping is progress? A dog is running here and there on four legs, and you are running on four wheels. Is that progress?

The Vedic system is this: The human being has a certain amount of energy better energy than the

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Real Education

Hare Krsna

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by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 

Is education just acquiring academic skills to earn money?
 
Education means to understand. Educated means wise man, jnani. – Lecture on Bhagavad-gita 7.5, Vrndavana, August 11, 1974
 
Two Types of Education
 
What is this nonsense education how to become a big mechanic of motorcar parts? This is Sudra education. It is called Silpa-vidya. Vidya means brahma-vidya. At the p
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Dhruva’s determiantion

Determination is what separates a man from an animal. Animals act as per their instincts without bothering much about the consequences whilst the humans have the ability to contemplate on the outcome before any action. As humans we constantly endeavour to better our life. However due to lack of determination our attempts does not bring the desired result. Success is guaranteed if we sincerely try to achieve a goal following the directives of the revealed Vedic literatures

The Vedic literatures na

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My Dad Is My Hero-Power Of Words

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-          Oh yes, she is doing very well in her studies. All teachers love her…

For my surprise and amazement my dad replied with this to the question of his friend.

 

I was 8 years old, a first grade graduate from school. Because of my enough better studies teachers gifted to me few small books, around 1 centimeter in width, with stories at the end of the year. And after that we had 3 months Summer holidays. When they gave me books they told me to read them…so I tried my best.

Everyday I used

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Purify Your Existence

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Lord Krsna provides everything we need to bring the spiritual world into our lives.

A lecture given in Mumbai, India, on September 25, 1973

This lecture was given on the anniversary of the appearance of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, whose disappearance, or passing, we honor this July.

Srila Prabhupada

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu started the sankirtana movement, or the

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Happiness Beyond the Senses

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Happiness Beyond the Senses

We can never be fully satisfied even with unrivaled material pleasures.

A lecture given in London on August 8, 1973

na hi prapasyami mamapanudyad
yac chokam ucchosanam indriyanam
avapya bhumav asapatnam rddham
rajyam suranam api cadhipatyam

"I can find no means to drive away this grief which is drying up my senses. I will not be able to dispel it if even if I win a prosper

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Life Without Meaningless Work

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A lecture given in Vrndavana, India, on November 3, 1976

putrams ca sisyams ca nrpo gurur va
mal-loka-kamo mad-anugraharthah
ittham vimanyur anusisyad ataj-jnan
na yojayet karmasu karma-mudhan
kam yojayan manujo 'rtham labheta
nipatayan nasta-drsam hi garte

TRANSLATION: If one is serious about going back home, back to Godhead, then he must consider the mercy of the Supreme

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What Kills Material Illusion?

What is Material Illusion? When you use too much of I, My, Mine; when you consider yourself responsible for your success or failure; when you find more pleasure in your electronic gadgets than in the Lord; when you sometimes feel miserable and the other times happy, my friend, you must know that you are a victim of material illusion. The only solution to it being Krishna Consciousness or God-Consciousness.


We see that Arjuna was in a deluded condition in the battlefield of Kurukshetra, due to hi

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is-Bg. 2.57

TEXT 57
 
yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas
tat tat prāpya śubhāśubham
nābhinandati na dveṣṭi
tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
 
SYNONYMS
 
yaḥ—one who; sarvatra—everywhere; anabhisnehaḥ—without affection; tat—that; tat—that; prāpya—achieving; śubha—good; aśubham—evil; na—never; abhinandati—prays; na—never; dveṣṭi—envies; tasya—his; prajñā—perfect knowledge; pratiṣṭhita—fixed.
 
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He who is without attachment, who does not rejoice when he obtains good, nor lament when he obtains evil, is firmly fixed in perfect kn
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Thought Of The Day

So we cannot declare independence. That is not possible. There is no independence. We are completely dependent on Visnu. There is no doubt about it. You cannot manufacture your necessities, all the necessities. You can manufacture some motorcar or some needle or this or that, but you cannot manufacture the primary necessities of life. That is not possible. When there is scarcity of food, you cannot manufacture in your factory. That is not possible. That you have to receive from Visnu, from God.

 

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