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anga-syamalima-stomaih syamalikrta-kancanah
ramate radhaya sardham krsno nigadyate
When Krsna sports with Radha, Her golden hue takes on the dark complexion of Krsna's skin. He is thus known as Krsna.Jiva Goswami
Question: How to Convince a Non-Devotee to Chant? |
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How can I convince a non devotee to chant and be happy? They know the importance of chanting and have heard many lectures on Krishna consciousness, but they do not want to chant. |
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Answer: You Become Perfect in Chanting |
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You can lead a horse to the water, but you can't force him to drink. If you want to convince others to chant, you should become so perfect in your chanting that others will be attracted to chanting simply by getting your associatio |
Hare Krishna! On 23rd August, the day after the Lord Sri Krishna Janmastami (22 Aug) is the Appearance Day of His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acarya of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Fasting till noon.
HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA,
FOUNDER-ACARYA OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS (ISKCON)
SRILA PRABHUPADA BHAJAN KUTIR
SRI MAYAPUR CANDODAYA MANDIR, ISKCON MAYAPUR
On the left, just inside the
Srutakirti set about quickly unpacking Srila Prabhupada's bags. He placed Prabhupada's pen and his tilaka set on his low desk along with his compact mirror used when Prabhupada
Prabhupada departed out of Calcutta for his flight to Melbourne via Bangkok. Two devotees accompanied him. Srutakirti, a bright young brahmacari, acted as his servant. Bali-mardana, now returning to Australia as a sannyasi, was his secretary.
Prabhupada had planned to install 60cm marble Radha-Krsna Deities in Melbourne. The Deities had been acquired in India and now Bali-mardana and Srutakirti carried one Deity each on the flight out to
tathaiva canye nara-loka-vira
ya ahave krsna-mukharavindam
netraih pibanto nayanabhiramam
parthastra-putah padam apur asya
tatha -- as also; eva ca -- and certainly; anye -- others; nara-loka -- human society; virah -- fighters; ye -- those; ahave -- on the battlefield (of Kuruksetra); krsna -- Lord Krsna's; mukha-aravindam -- face like a lotus flower; netraih -- with the eyes; pibantah -- while seeing; nayana-abhiramam -- very pleasing to the eyes; parth
drsta bhavadbhir nanu rajasuye
caidyasya krsnam dvisato 'pi siddhih
yam yoginah samsprhayanti samyag
yogena kas tad-viraham saheta
drsta -- it has been seen; bhavadbhih -- by your good self; nanu -- of course; rajasuye -- in the assembly of the rajasuya sacrifice performed by Maharaja Yudhisthira; caidyasya -- of the King of Cedi (Sisupala); krsnam -- unto Krsna; dvisatah -- envying; api -- in spite of; siddhih -- success; yam -- which; yoginah -- the yog
IT WAS ABOUT FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING and dawn was just emerging. Not knowing where to go or what to do, Radhanath Swami stood with his friend on a railway platform, which bustled with the crowds who came off the train and the hundreds who wrestled to get on. Amid it all, a strange comfort arose in Radhanath Swami’s heart. It was similar to that feeling he had while praying in the temple of Kasi Viswanath, a feeling that something special was about to happen in his life. There appeared to be
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Stotram by Sri Adi Shankracharya
bhajagovindaM bhajagovindaM
govindaM bhajamuuDhamate .
saMpraapte sannihite kaale
nahi nahi rakshati DukRiJNkaraNe .. (1)
Worship Govinda, Worship Govinda, Worship Govinda. Oh fool! Rules of Grammar will not save you at the time of your death.
mUDha jahiihi dhanaagamatRishhNaaM
kuru sadbuddhiM manasi vitRishhNaam.
yallabhase nijakarmopaattaM
vittaM tena vinodaya chittam. .. (2)
Oh fool ! Give up your thirst to amass wealth, devote your mind to t
Radhanath Swami
“paras tasmät tu bhävo ‘nyo
‘vyakto ‘vyaktät sanätanah
yah sa sarvesu bhütesu
nasyatsu na vinasyati”
TRANSLATION
Yet there is another unmanifest nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and never annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is.
PURPORT
Krishna’s superior, spiritual energy is transcendental and eternal. It is beyond all the changes of material nature, which is manifest and anni
Devotees should be very complete personalities, it is about developing all the aspects of a personality and we should be complete human beings. This is something that really attracts me to Prabhupada, namely that not only that he is the great, exalted, pure devotee and completely on the topmost transcendental platform but at the same time he is so human, so very human in his dealings. And that endears him to me very much, that combination. I’m thinking that if we also can reach that then that wi
sriyam anucaratim tad-arthinas ca
dvipada-patin vibudhams ca yat sva-purnah
na bhajati nija-bhrtya-varga-tantrah
katham amum udvisrjet puman krta-jnah
TRANSLATION: Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead is self-sufficient, He becomes dependent on His devotees. He does not care for the goddess of fortune, nor for the kings and demigods who are after the favors of the goddess of fortune. Where is that person who is actually grateful and will not worship the Personality of Godhead?
PURPOR
The KC Rap
(KC=Krishna Consciousness)
It’s late at night & you crawl back home, your eyes are red & your limbs are sore,
I’ll soon be happy, you promise yourself, I’ll need to slog, just a few years more.
The degrees, job, are soon yours, the Merc is parked outside your door.
But as you chill in your penthouse, Bro, you think, somehow, yeh dil mange more!
So on it goes, forever ma' friend, your search for happiness will ne’er end,
Then WHAT, you shout, is that magic thing, that’ll bring me joy and pe
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform — do that, O son of Kuntī, as an offering to Me.
Thus, it is the duty of everyone to mold his life in such a way that he will not forget Kṛṣṇa in any circumstance. Everyone has to work for maintenance of his body and soul together, and Kṛṣṇarecommends herein that one should work for Him. Everyone has to eat something to live; therefore he should accept the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Kṛ
