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I have been a devotee for going on 10 years. My family is small, and we live in the city. There are not a lot of opportunities for me to learn how to be the most devout that I can be and, in truth, one of my biggest obstacles was my Ekadasi-phobia. I was just terrified that I would ruin it somehow by using a spice I shouldn't, or that I would forget entirely in the morning and go for my cup of tea.
Terrible, right? 10 years & I have not yet observed Ekadasi. I looked at the beautiful pictu
In the Satya-yuga there once lived an amazing fearsome demon called Mura. Always very angry, he terrified all the demigods, defeating even Indra, the king of heaven; Vivasvan, the sun-god; the eight Vasus; Lord Brahma; Vayu, the wind-god; and Agni, the fire-god. With his terrible power he brought them all under his control.
Then the demigods approached Lord Visnu,
and prayed to Him for help.
Hearing the prayers and request from Indra, Lord Visnu became very angry and said: “O powerful demigods, all
Can i count you amongst those who in life had happiness forever?
Can i count you amongst those in whose life happiness never abated by time?
Can i count you amongst those upon whom misery never touched?
Can i count you amongst those for whom pain and agony was never a part of life?
Can i count you amongst those for whom life was always a bed of rose petals?
I am sure your answer would be in the negative. Never mind. There exists no such people who can answer positively to these introspective questio
The goal of the Bhagavatam is to glorify Krishna. This is important
because Krishna is a special form of the Supreme Lord. That is why in
the list of avatars given by Suta Goswami, he says Krsnas tu bhagavan
svayam - the original Supreme Personality of Godhead is Krishna.
We may ask that why is Krishna superior to other forms of God because
God is equal. Just like the example of a moon. The moon is one but
sometimes its half moon, small moon (punima, amavasya etc) similarly
the Lord will manifest a cer
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, my spiritual master, enacted his life’s activities from his birth in 1896 to his passing in 1977. I knew him for the last eleven years of his exemplary pastimes. But to say I knew him is going too far. I watched him. I listened to him. I talked with him and corresponded with him. I followed him and obeyed him and disobeyed him. I learned from him. I bowed down before him and prayed to him. I loved him, and still do. Through those eleven years
Detecting life source
If you inject just one grain of deadly poison into someone, he immediately dies. No one can see the poison or how it acts. But the poison is acting nevertheless. In the same way, the Vedas say that because the minute particle called the soul is within the body, the whole body is working nicely. According to the Vedas, the measurement of the soul within the body is one ten-thousandth part of the tip of a hair. It is too small to see. Where is such seeing power?
If I pinch mys
bhagavata uru-vikramāńghri-śākhā-
nakha-maṇi-candrikayā nirasta-tāpe
hṛdi katham upasīdatāḿ punaḥ sa
prabhavati candra ivodite 'rka-tāpaḥ
How can the fire of material suffering continue to burn the hearts of
those who worship the Supreme Lord? The Lord's lotus feet have
performed innumerable heroic deeds, and the beautiful nails on His
toes resemble valuable jewels. The effulgence emanating from those
nails resembles cooling moonshine, for it instantly relieves the
suffering within the heart of the pure
Srila Prabhupada: Because you are sincere, Krishna is giving you all
facilities. The first requirement is sincerity to become the Lord's
servant. We don't have to go far. Once qualified, we can talk to the
Lord from within. The Lord is beyond our sensual perception, but He
can reveal Himself to us. If you are a true lover of Godhead, you can
see God everywhere, in your heart and also on the outside. But the
Lord reveals Himself only through the bhakti-yoga process.
Hare Krishna Explosion Ch16: Krishna
Karma, your activities, should be dovetailed in the matter of
satisfying the Supreme Lord. That is the way of devotional service.
But how karma can be engaged, that is prescribed in this verse, that
amayo yas ca bhutanam jayate yena suvrata.
Suppose you have taken too much milk and you become diseased,
dysentery, could not digest; have taken too much sweet rice or rabri,
so there is dysentery. The same milk preparation which has caused your
mucus, disease, it can be cured by the same milk preparation,
c
The medicine to stop death is to chant Hare Krishna. Golden moon Gaura
Chander has come, tells all the jivas to wake up wake up and chant
Hare Krishna. How long you will sleep on the lap of the witch called
maya. Caitanya Mahaprabhu said I came just to pick you up. Except
myself who is your friend. I brought you the medicine for treating
maya which destroys maya. Completely wipes out maya. It's called Hare
Krishna Maha Mantra. Take it Take it very submissively. Bhakti Vinod
Thakur says that he falls at
Mauna means "silence." Unless one becomes silent, he cannot think completely about the pastimes and activities of the Lord. It is not that because one is a fool and cannot speak nicely he therefore takes the vow of mauna. Rather, one becomes silent so that people will not disturb him. It is said by Canakya Pandita that a rascal appears very intelligent as long as he does not speak. But speaking is the test. The so-called silence of a silent impersonalist svami indicates that he has nothing to sa
It's time to get serious about spiritual life. Your material situation can end at any moment. What have you done to prepare yourself for your next life? Have you surrendered to Krishna? Have you taken shelter of a bona fide spiritual master? Your material qualifications will not save you at the time of death. Your only real asset at the time of leaving your body is how much you have genuinely developed your love for Krishna. So it's time now for you to fully focus your consciousness on attaining
Radhanath Swami quotes a story, “A young rich man asked Jesus what he needed to do in order to inherit eternal life. Jesus replied that he should keep the commandments, to which the man stated he had done. Jesus responded, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” The young man became sad and was unwilling to do this. Jesus then spoke “I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdo
Use your brain, make goals and nudge yourself towards success in 2012!!
(Excerpt from the New Year's Eve lecture by HG Vaisesika Prabhu @ ISKCON of Silicon Valley, San Jose, California - USA)
It takes a nudge
Go over if you can all the things that you did last year, how your practice was, where you went, who you talked to, what books you read, make an honest assessment of how you did last year and write those things down and then think about what you want to do next year, what goals do you want to
Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
We all have so many desires. In purport to verse 4.8.34 His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada very nicely says, "Desire must exist, either material or spiritual. Material desire arises when one wants to satisfy one's personal senses. One who is ready to sacrifice anything to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be said to have spiritual desire". So His Divine Grace cla
"The Supreme Truth is understood to be the life air sustaining everyone's life air, the vision of everyone's eyes, the hearing power of the ear, and the sustenance of food itself." The obvious conclusion is that the Supreme Truth can be known by His own causeless mercy, and not by our foolish attempts to bring the all-pervading truth within the insignificant boundaries of our intelligence. It is stated in the Taittiriya Upanisad (2.4.1), yato vaco nivartante aprapya manasa saha: "The descriptive
There is nothing more important than knowing how to act properly. Without the guidance of enlightened spiritual authorities we are stuck with following the dictates of our senses and the dictates of others who are also catering to the dictates of their senses. When the blind lead the blind, where do they end up? In the ditch. This is why the following Vedic injunction has been given great emphasis:
mahajano yena gatah sa panthah
"One must follow the pathway of the great enlightened spiritual maste
I am saddened by my feeling of separation from you, that I will not see you again on this planet, yet I still feel close to you. Our relationship transcends material boundaries and You are in my, and many peoples hearts. Let us all pray for your continued spiritual journey, which makes me happy, as you are not in pain anymore, and with our beloved Spiritual Master, and Radha and Krishna.
• I fell in love with you upon viewing your powerful presence.
• I fell in love with you, little did I know
Pepsi and Coca Cola Contains PORK (PIG) extracts - PROVEN!!
Shocking / Bad News : Pepsi and Coca Cola contains extract from Pork (Pig)
Most of the people avoid Pepsi and Coca-Cola for various reasons:-
Because of harmful chemical contents such as excessive carbonates, etc.
Now there is yet another reason which is more dangerous
The scientific and medical research says that drinking Pepsi & Cola leads to
cancer because the key element is taken from Pigs sausage. The pig is the
only animal that eats dirt
