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Lust

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 15, 2011 at 9:18am

Hankering after material happiness is called lust, and lusty activities are sure to meet with frustration in the long run. The body of a snake is very cool, but if a man, wanting to enjoy this coolness, garlands himself with a venomous snake, he will surely be killed by the snake’s venomous bite. The material senses are compared to snakes; indulgence in material happiness will surely kill our spiritual identity. Therefore a sane man should be ambitious to find the real source of happiness.

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River of Krishna Consciousness

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 15, 2011 at 9:18am

Tamala Krsna: "All purposes that are served by the small pond can at
once be served by the great reservoirs of water. Similarly, all the
purposes of the Vedas can be served to one who knows the purpose
behind them." [Bg. 2.46]

Prabhupada: Now try to understand this. The long-standing system in
India in the villages... India is originally village life. City life
very few. Perhaps there was only big city, New Delhi now. In those
days Hastinapura, and next to that was Dvaraka. So very big city, they
were o

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Attitude of Gratitude!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 15, 2011 at 9:18am

"Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the
time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be
thankful for," observed the author & first lady of angel books, Terry Lynn
Taylor.

Until we learn to express gratitude, we cannot be peaceful in mind. And how
can there be any happiness for one lacking peace? Without gratitude, we are
likely to be disturbed for we do not see the silver lining. We don’t see
that the situation could be worse. Instead, we see

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Attitude of Gratitude!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 15, 2011 at 9:18am

"Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the
time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be
thankful for," observed the author & first lady of angel books, Terry Lynn
Taylor.

Until we learn to express gratitude, we cannot be peaceful in mind. And how
can there be any happiness for one lacking peace? Without gratitude, we are
likely to be disturbed for we do not see the silver lining. We don’t see
that the situation could be worse. Instead, we see

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Tips For Attentive Japa

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 15, 2011 at 9:16am

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I remember hearing a devotee talking about chanting...this is when I was watching video footage before joining the movement in the mid 1980's. He made a profound and simple statement: "We chant Hare Krsna to control the mind" - here are some tips to help us focus the mind on the mantra.

Don't do anything whilst chanting Japa
Pronounce each word very clearly (even if it means slowing down your chanting)
Listen very carefully to the sound coming out your mouth (some devotees stand in a corner, other

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Difference Between Gita & Vedas?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 15, 2011 at 9:15am

Question: Difference Between Gita & Vedas?

Gurudeva, What is the difference between Vedic knowledge and Bhagavad-gita knowledge? The Bhagavad-gita says that Krishna is God. But the Vedas say that God is not a person, that He is nirakara, not possessing a form. I'm confused. Ashi

Answer: Gita is the Perfection of Vedic Wisdom

Bhagavad-gita knowledge describing the form and personality of God is the perfection of Vedic knowledge. Although the Vedas describe nirakara, the formless, impersonal concep

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 41

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 15, 2011 at 9:15am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 41
saumyanusoce tam adhah-patantam
bhratre paretaya vidudruhe yah
niryapito yena suhrt sva-purya
aham sva-putran samanuvratena

saumya -- O gentle one; anusoce -- I lament; tam -- him; adhah-patantam -- gliding down; bhratre -- on his brother's; paretaya -- death; vidudruhe -- revolted against; yah -- one who; niryapitah -- driven out; yena -- by whom; suhrt -- well-wisher; sva-puryah -- from his own house; aham -- myself; sva-putran -- with his own sons; sam

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Time Management in Krishna Conciseness

Posted by Sudheendra S on July 15, 2011 at 12:20am

Hare Krishna.

PAMHO. AGTSP. AGTSG&SG.

I was asked by many devotees about how we can manage time after we come to Krishna Conciseness (KC). Many think that if they start to chant 16 rounds of Hare Krishna Maha mantra, they will not be able to cope up with their prescribed duty. Be it a student or a working class, all are having this problem of managing the time effectively. Here is an attempt to help every one to improve our time management skills.I will be shearing a few of the tips that I learne

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Why Onion and Garlic is prohibited in KC

Posted by Sudheendra S on July 14, 2011 at 5:29pm

Why Onion and Garlic is prohibited in KC

Following information was sent via email sometime ago by HH Janananda Gosvami Maharaj. This in itself is a lot of research. Since there were many questions why No onion and Garlic in KC, I thought of shearing this information in a blog.

ONIONS AND GARLIC PROHIBITED AND AGITATING

Indian man: Relieving high blood pressure, best is garlic.
Prabhupäda: Garlic.
Indian man: Garlic, you don't want it. (laughter)
Prabhupäda: Garlic, onions, prohibited.
(Room Con

Rather than inventing one's own religious process, one should accept the approved method of religion for this age hari-näma-saìkértana:

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 14, 2011 at 4:39pm

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WHY ??

Posted by Charusheela Maheshwari on July 14, 2011 at 2:23pm

KANHA !! Y DON'T U TAKE ME IN UR ARMS AND HIDE ME THERE ONLY !! I M FED UP OF THIS MATERIAL WORLD. I JUST WANT TO BE THERE IN UR ARMS.

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Srila Prabhupada - Speaks Out On Social Revolution

Posted by Hitendra Patel on July 14, 2011 at 1:31pm

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 13, 2011 – Srila Prabhupada: All over the world, or anywhere in the world, you can make this experiment, just as we are doing. Live very simply, be self-sufficient; get your necessities not from factories but from the farmland. And glorify God's holy names.

In this industrial set-up, capitalist or communist, only a few big men can be happy -- so-called happy -- at the expense of the other people. And because the others are being exploited or simply left unemployed by t

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You are not who you think you are. Radhanath Swami knows how to unmask ourselves

Posted by Hitendra Patel on July 14, 2011 at 1:30pm

Question to Radhanath Swami: We are logical and rational beings but still why do we find it so tough to identify with the soul and stop identifying with the body?

Radhanath Swami Answers: All of us are conditioned since time immemorial by our own activities and by our own choices of seeking temporary and flickering pleasures for this body. And therefore to evoke our consciousness back to the qualities of soul and build again a relationship with God will require a total transformation of our lif

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Discipleship Under Radhanath Swami

Posted by Hitendra Patel on July 14, 2011 at 12:04pm

The need to accept discipleship of an enlightened guru is emphasized both by tradition and by the words of the scriptures. Yet, this step on the spiritual sojourn turns out to be a squirmy one for many. The difficulty arises due to ominous thoughts of loss of freedom. Haven’t you heard of grisly tales where disciples where punished by their masters for being disobedient?

Here I narrate my tale. Long time ago, I was afflicted by what I thought was bronchitis. My hacking cough pained me, but what

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 40

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 14, 2011 at 9:04am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 40
aho prthapi dhriyate 'rbhakarthe
rajarsi-varyena vinapi tena
yas tv eka-viro 'dhiratho vijigye
dhanur dvitiyah kakubhas catasrah

aho -- O my lord; prtha -- Kunti; api -- also; dhriyate -- bears her life; arbhaka-arthe -- for the sake of fatherless children; rajarsi -- King Pandu; varyena -- the best; vina api -- without him; tena -- him; yah -- one who; tu -- but; eka -- alone; virah -- the warrior; adhirathah -- commander; vijigye -- could conquer; dhanu

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Brahminical life

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 14, 2011 at 9:03am

Brahminical life

Wednesday, 19 April 1972

Srila Prabhupada was ready to depart for Hong Kong and Tokyo. Relaxing in his room with a few disciples, he gave some last minute instructions. Prabhupada told the devotees that in order to stay in Krsna consciousness, a devotee would have to become very tolerant. "When you become a devotee, sometimes your dearest friends will become like your enemies." He gave the example of the famous child-devotee Prahlada, whose nearest and dearest relative, his father

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We don’t hate it for others but we hate it for ourselves

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 14, 2011 at 8:55am

We must show an alternative to the exploitation of this world. In this world poor people are beaten down by the rich people. In Krishna Consciousness we have no concern with a person’s income. We honor and respect because of his faith, devotion and humility. In materialistic society, women are exploited and denied their rights because of their weaker physical natures. In Krishna Consciousness, we are taught to honor every woman especially devotee women as a holy mother and give them great respec

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Stop Anticipating Tiredness

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 14, 2011 at 8:54am

I overheard two men speaking. It was as if each person was trying to convince the other, and perhaps themselves, how many hours and how hard they were working, how few hours of sleep they were going to get, and, most of all, how tired they were going to be. I wasn’t quite sure if they were bragging or complaining, but one thing was certain, they were appearing more and more tired the longer the conversation continued.

The problem with anticipating tiredness in this way, or in any way, is that it

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How has Scientology affected society?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 14, 2011 at 8:53am

How has Scientology affected society?

A small brief for those who do not know waht is Scientology

Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by speculative fiction author L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986), starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics.

Scientology teaches that people are immortal beings who have forgotten their true nature.^[7] Its method of spiritual rehabilitation is a type of counselling known as auditing, in which practitioners aim to c

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Different Religions

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 14, 2011 at 8:52am

Why do different prophets give contradictory teachings ?

On the material platform, religious faiths are at odds with one another. But on the spiritual platform, when we go beyond externals, we come to the real essence of religion, which is love of God. And with that love for God comes love for all other living beings, regardless of distinctions between one religion and another, one race or sex and another, one nation and another, and even one species of life and another.
Therefore real peace and f

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Lust

River of Krishna Consciousness

Attitude of Gratitude!

Attitude of Gratitude!

Tips For Attentive Japa

Difference Between Gita & Vedas?

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 41

Time Management in Krishna Conciseness

Why Onion and Garlic is prohibited in KC

Rather than inventing one's own religious process, one should accept the approved method of religion for this age hari-näma-saìkértana:

WHY ??

Srila Prabhupada - Speaks Out On Social Revolution

You are not who you think you are. Radhanath Swami knows how to unmask ourselves

Discipleship Under Radhanath Swami

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 40

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Brahminical life

We don’t hate it for others but we hate it for ourselves

Stop Anticipating Tiredness

How has Scientology affected society?

Different Religions

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