Why Did God Create Us?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 5, 2011 at 9:14am

Question: Why Did God Create Us?

Why did the Lord create us? Why did He make karma? Life seems to be too cruel to be created by an all-merciful God. In need of help: Stephen from Austin

Answer: For Enjoying Loving Relationships

God is manifesting us from Himself for the purpose of enjoying unique, personal, eternal, loving relationships with each and every one of us. Just as a child who foolishly runs away from the home of his loving parents creates all kinds of difficulties for himself, we become e

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How to Atone for Offending a Devotee?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 5, 2011 at 9:13am

Question: How to Atone for Offending a Devotee?

I would like to know what is the atonement or prayascitta that is to be done for criticizing, making fun of, or any sin committed in any form to a devotee. Arvind

Answer: Bow Down and Beg for Forgiveness

When one commits an offense at the feet of a Vaisnava, one must immediately offer obeisances falling down flat on the ground at his feet and apologize begging to be forgiven for your offense. Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Teaching vacancies at Sri Mayapur International School

Posted by shanti yadav on October 4, 2011 at 11:51am

SMIS requires an additional full time ESL teacher to meet the needs of the growing number of ESL students being admitted this academic year for girls from grades 7-10 (ages 11-16). Candidates with appropriate qualification and experience please apply along with CV to raseswari.jps@pamho.net

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on October 4, 2011 at 11:44am

Please do your duties nicely and Krishna will be pleased to shower His blessings upon you. He is very kind to sincere souls, and He gives intelligence from within to sincere devotees. We require only to become sincere in the service of the Lord, then everything is there ready for our convenience.(Letter to Jaya Govinda, 8th Feb, 1968)By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

why you don’t have a morning program?

Posted by Ravi Chandran on October 4, 2011 at 9:45am

why you don’t have a morning program?Posted on October 2, 2011Filed under BVKS Sanga[Srila Prabhupada:] “What is your morning program?”[Bhurijana Prabhu:] “Well, Prabhup?da, we don’t really have so many guestscoming right now, so we usually don’t have much of a morning program.”Prabhup?da continued, “Guests may or may not be coming, but why don’t youhave a morning program? Is your temple in ISKCON? Whose disciple are you?”“Of course I am your disciple, Prabhup?da.” I was getting nervous.“Then wh

For Durga puja from Knowing Krsna’s Energies

Posted by Ravi Chandran on October 4, 2011 at 9:44am

For Durga pujaPosted on October 3, 2011Filed under BVKS SangaThe blazing fire of material nature is supervised by Durga. Often she isportrayed with weapons in her hands. She has ten hands, and each holds adifferent type of weapon. This indicates that she is ruling all tendirections of this universe. She wields the different weapons to chastisethe demons. There is one famous picture of a demon struggling with a lion,and the goddess Durga is pulling the demon’s hair and pushing her tridentagainst

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on October 3, 2011 at 10:25am

If we understand that this life is meant for understanding Krsna or to advance in Krsna consciousness, if this much we understand, then also, our life is successful. But we do not take it seriously. That is the difficulty.(Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.27),New York, 06.03.1975By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Vrindavan Kartika Parikrama and Festival

Posted by shanti yadav on October 3, 2011 at 9:56am

Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir Kartika Parikrama Schedule

Kartika is glorified in the Puranas as very special for making spiritual advancement and the best place to be in Kartika is Sri Braja Dham. In fact this month is known as Damodar, since in the middle of this month, the Lord performed His very enchanting Damodar Lila. Kartika month also represents Radharani, and devotees perform special austerities to gain Her favor.

With great happiness in our hearts, we invite everyone to join in the aus

Durga Puja - Dussehra

Posted by shanti yadav on October 3, 2011 at 9:46am

Durga Puja - Dussehra

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Me First!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 3, 2011 at 9:09am

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev!A few years back, our God brother HG Tushta Krishna prabhu offered the following nice story in Granthraj.Once a Brahmana organized a big banquet at his residence to decide the difference between devotees and demons. So he invited all of them for a feast. The demons were an impatient lot, disorganized and noisy. They asked the host that they wanted VIP treatment, and therefore

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Deity Installation

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 3, 2011 at 9:08am

Deity InstallationThursday, 15 February 1973This was the auspicious day celebrating the appearance of Lord Nityananda. Despite his poor health, Prabhupada installed small Deities of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai in the morning, with a small abhisekha ceremony and fire sacrifice in the temple room. As the kirtana intensified after the ceremony, the room filled up with smoke. Despite the low visibility and smarting eyes, Prabhupada once again insisted that the windows remain shut. "This kind of smoke is pur

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 15

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 3, 2011 at 9:07am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 15mitho yadaisam bhavita vivadomadhv-amadatamra-vilocananamnaisam vadhopaya iyan ato 'nyomayy udyate 'ntardadhate svayam smamithah -- one another; yada -- when; esam -- of them; bhavita -- will take place; vivadah -- quarrel; madhu-amada -- intoxication by drinking; atamra-vilocananam -- of their eyes being copper-red; na -- not; esam -- of them; vadha-upayah -- means of disappearance; iyan -- like this; atah -- besides this; anyah -- alternative; mayi

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How to Atone for Offending a Devotee?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 3, 2011 at 9:06am

Question: How to Atone for Offending a Devotee?I would like to know what is the atonement or prayascitta that is to be done for criticizing, making fun of, or any sin committed in any form to a devotee.ArvindAnswer: Bow Down and Beg for ForgivenessWhen one commits an offense at the feet of a Vaisnava, one must immediately offer obeisances falling down flat on the ground at his feet and apologize begging to be forgiven for your offense.Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Srila Prabhupada and Srila Prabhupada's Books

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 3, 2011 at 9:04am

Srila Prabhupada translated and wrote purports to 18,000 verses of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Reading one verse with purport daily would take the reader 49.31 years to complete.He translated and wrote purports to 700 verses of Bhagavad-gita. It would take the reader approximately two years to complete.He translated and wrote purports to 17 volumes of Chaitanya-charitamrita (2,170 pages, or 11,555 verses). Reading one verse with purport daily would take the reader 31.6 years to complete. Reading one page

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Spiritual Knowledge

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 3, 2011 at 9:03am

Only in the human form of life one can understand what God is, what we are, and what our relationship with God is. Then we can act in that relationship and go back home, back to Godhead. In this human form of life we have developed consciousness. But if we miss this opportunity to understand God, then again we will be put into the cycle of the evolutionary process. We should not, therefore, misuse this human form. We should utilize it properly to understand the unlimited God and our relationship

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When Does One Become a Disciple?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 3, 2011 at 9:03am

Question: When Does One Become a Disciple?If one has accepted someone as one's spiritual master and has decided to serve him wholeheartedly and follow his instructions, is it that from that time onwards he is his spiritual master? Or is it only after the fire sacrifice initiation ceremony that he becomes a disciple?Your servant,GeetikaAnswer: When He Surrenders to Sri GuruThe real meaning of being a disciple is to be fully surrendered to the orders and instructions of the spiritual master. As so

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Loving reciprocation between Devotee and the Lord

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 3, 2011 at 9:02am

TEXTS 41-42:

sakheti matva prasabham yad uktam
he krishna he yadava he sakheti
ajanata mahimanam tavedam
maya pramadat pranayena vapi

yac cavahasartham asat-krito 'si
vihara-sayyasana-bhojaneshu
eko 'tha vapy acyuta tat-samaksham
tat kshamaye tvam aham aprameyam

TRANSLATION:

Thinking of You as my friend, I have rashly addressed You "O Krishna,"
"O Yadava," "O my friend," not knowing Your glories. Please forgive
whatever I may have done in madness or in love. I have dishonored You
many times, jesting as we re

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socrates

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 3, 2011 at 8:59am

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high
esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you
know what I just heard about your friend?"

"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd
like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."

"Triple filter?"
"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my
friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're
going to say. That's why I

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NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 3, 2011 at 8:58am

NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS

The secondary rules are of three types:
rules regarding self;
rules regarding society;
rules regarding the afterlife.

Rules regarding the self are of two categories:

those for the body and those for the mind.

Those rules to keep a person's body properly nourished so that they can
remain healthy are the bodily rules. Such things as regulated drinking,
eating,sleeping, exercise, and for sickness, prescriptions for cure, are
bodily rules. If people do not follow these rules, they cannot

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