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So anyone who has got this desire that "I shall enjoy in this material world," he's a sinful man. That is sinful. Because suppose something your, something belongs to you, and if I desire, "How I shall take this, possession of this thing?" is not that criminal? Something belongs to somebody, and if you make a plan to possess that thing, is it not criminal? So actually, Krsna is the bhokta. Bhoktaram yajna-tapasam sarva-loka-mahesvaram [Bg. 5.29]. He is the proprietor, sarva-loka. Not a single pl

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Having controlled the senses.We have to control these things, then the special favor will be there. (reading purport) "In the Bhagavad-gita the Lord says ‘All the Vedas are searching after Me.' Lord Sri Caitanya says that in the Vedas the subject matters are only three, namely to establish the relation of the living entities with the Personality of Godhead, perform the relative duties in devotional service, and thus achieve the ultimate goal, back to Godhead.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

  hk i heard ths prayer in a temple    swami mohe na bisario chahe laakh log mil jayen ham se tum ko bahut hain par tum se ham ko nahin    diin dayal ko vinatisuno gareeb navaz jo ham daas kudaas hain so hain prabhu teri laaj 

HARE CHRISHNA - MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Lecture by: Lokanath Swami Srimad Bhagavatam 3.28.36
so ‘py etaya caramaya manaso nivrittya
tasmin mahimny avasitah sukha-dukha-bahye
hetutvam apy asati kartari duhkhayor yat
svatman vidhatta upalabdha-paratma-kasthah
SYNONYMS
sah — the yogi; api — moreover; etaya — by this; caramaya — ultimate; manasah — of the mind; nivrittya — by cessation of material reaction; tasmin — in his;mahimni — ultimate glory; avasitah — situated; sukha-duhkha-bahye — outside of happiness and distress; hetutvam — the cause

While Uddhava, the c

Srila Prabhupada continued to speak with Satsvarupa dasa Goswami and others about the program at St Paschal's.

"So, the priestly order this morning, they liked it very much."

Cittahari confirmed that they had. He made mention of a priest from another monastery who had attended the lecture and commented to the devotees how he felt that Srila Prabhupada had genuine respect for Jesus.

Prabhupada agreed. "Yes. We must have respect. Respectable person must be respected. This is Caitanya M

We can take them all During questions the seminarians were very respectful. They stood while questioning and addressed Srila Prabhupada as "Your Divine Grace". One priest asked: "How would His Grace see Jesus Christ?" Prabhupada's obvious veneration for Lord Jesus moved the audience. "Jesus Christ, Lord Jesus Christ ..a he is son of God, the best son of God. So we have all respect for Him. Yes. Anyone who is teaching people about God consciousness, he is respectable to us. It does not matter in

Young freelance film-maker William Kerr had been chanting Hare Krsna on and off for over a year and sometimes ate his lunch at the Hare Krsna shop at 299 Little Lonsdale Street. William had first met a devotee while working in the family camera shop in downtown Melbourne in 1972. The devotee, Amogha, had come to buy film. He told William about the first Ratha-yatra parade due to travel down Swanston Street in a few days time. Intrigued, William attended the parade. He loved it, and t

Prabhupada graphically described how the material world was a miserable place, replete with anxieties. From the big controllers, down to the insignificant ant, Prabhupada said, life was a struggle. "Even President Nixon, he is also full of anxieties: 'When shall I be dethroned? Let me take protection.' And the ant -- the ant is going, you stop it by your finger. He will struggle: 'Why you are stopping?'"

Why so much anxiety? The reason, Prabhupada pointed out

In the afternoon that Thursday, a few local devotees came to speak to Satsvarupa dasa Goswami about the current state of affairs existing between the two camps. Satsvarupa spoke, giving his perspective, after having travelled with Prabhupada from Hawaii to Japan, then to Hong Kong, where he had encountered almost identical problems. Although the rift between the "temple" devotees and the "outside" devotees appeared to some like a split, Satsvarupa hesitated to use the word.

He explained t

We have to be very organized It had been almost nine months since controversy had split ISKCON's ranks. Siddha Svarupa Goswami now lived in Hawaii with his own break-away group of devotees that included some from Australia and New Zealand. He preached to them, and to newcomers, that it was best not to live in the temple. He did not advocate that one follow the rules and regulations strictly, nor did he conduct any organised preaching activity -- only casual chanting of Hare Krsna. And he continu

Later, speaking alone in the quiet ambience of Prabhupada's room, Satsvarupa dasa Goswami brought up a topic that he found had recently become a common concern amongst devotees -- the threat of nuclear war. He broached the subject carefully. "Srila Prabhupada, now India has the nuclear bomb and other small nations are rushing to get it"

"What is this nuclear bomb?" asked Srila Prabhupada bluntly with a dismissive movement of his hand. "I will drop it on you, and you in turn will drop it on

Prabhupada was happy to see the enthusiasm that the devotees exhibited while chanting Hare Krsna in the morning guru puja kirtana. Before commencing his class, Prabhupada encouraged the devotees to always chant, even if they felt no spontaneous enthusiasm to do so. "Go on chanting and dancing. Even if it feels a little artificial, it doesn't matter. Even there is no ecstasy, dance. It will bring ecstasy. It will have effect. The chanting is so potent that if you continu