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Srila Prabhupada's Trees

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 27, 2011 at 9:36am

Srila Prabhupada's Trees

by Giriraj Swami

Srila Prabhupada had to struggle very hard to build the Juhu temple. The first struggle was to get the land, the next struggle was to get the permission to build the temple, and the last struggle was to actually build the temple and install the Deities. And we had worked very hard to get the permission, but Indian permits often include many conditions. So although they give permission, the permission is not actually valid until one fulfills the conditions.

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Visit to Melbourne

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 27, 2011 at 9:26am

Visit to Melbourne

Wednesday, 5 April 1972

After five busy days of preaching in Sydney, Srila Prabhupada flew to Melbourne, the capital of the State of Victoria. As the Ansett Airlines flight landed at Melbourne's Tullamarine airport, about 20 devotees chanted loudly near Arrival Bay Three, despite objections from airport officials.

This was Prabhupada's first visit to Melbourne. For many of the devotees who lived in the fledgling temple, it was to be their premier chance for personal association w

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 6

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 27, 2011 at 9:25am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 6
sri-suka uvaca
yada tu raja sva-sutan asadhun
pusnan na dharmena vinasta-drstih
bhratur yavisthasya sutan vibandhun
pravesya laksa-bhavane dadaha

sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; yada -- when; tu -- but; raja -- King Dhrtarastra; sva-sutan -- his own sons; asadhun -- dishonest; pusnan -- nourishing; na -- never; dharmena -- on the right path; vinasta-drstih -- one who has lost his insight; bhratuh -- of his brother; yavisthasya -- younger; suta

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on May 27, 2011 at 8:33am

To understand Vedic literature means one must have firm faith in Krsna and firm faith in guru, not that "My guru is not so learned, so let me capture Krsna directly." That is useless. That is useless. Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, guru-krsna-krpaya paya bhakti-lata-bija [Cc. Madhya 19.151]. One can get the seed of the plant or creeper of bhakti, how? Guru-krsna-krpa. By the mercy of guru and by the mercy of Krsna, not that krsna-krpa. First guru-krpa, then krsna-krpa.(Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.27).

-By

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Management vs. Human Relationships

Posted by Ravi Chandran on May 26, 2011 at 2:50pm

This happened in the month of April 2005 on the day that Radhanath Swami was about to leave for his western preaching tour. Since he was scheduled to be away for at least 6 months , I put together a list of eight points concerning temple management that I needed Radhanath Swami to decide upon before he left. I then called up his secretary and told that I needed to meet Radhanath Swami, any time that was convenient for him, for half an hour. I did this in the morning, feeling pretty sure that at

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Body Clock

Posted by shanti yadav on May 26, 2011 at 10:00am

Body Clock

14 October 2010 , 14:12

12 Important Human Body Organs and their peak timings: Lungs, Intestines, Stomach, Spleen. There are 12 important organs in our body, which will be at its peak for two hours a day. Normal health or disease of any person depends on this factor. To lead a healthy life, one should learn one's own body functioning language.

1. Organ
Lungs

Time
Early Morning (3AM-5AM)

Remarks
It is good to wake up at this hour. The Ozone content in atmosphere will be more at

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Prabhupad Nector

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 26, 2011 at 8:45am

Letter to: Nandarani
Seattle
15 October, 1968

"Regarding your question: The spirit soul of Krishna's entourage, all the associates of Krishna or anyone situated in Vaikuntha the spiritual sky, never mind, either in Vaikunthas or in Krishna Loka, they have no separate body. Just like Krishna has no differentiation between body and soul, similarly, those who are transferred or living eternally in the spiritual sky, they haven't got also such distinction, between spirit and body. The body is also sp

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Spiritualize your Body and to get over the threefold miseries

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 26, 2011 at 8:44am

Due to being conditioned by the external energy, the conditioned soul within this material world gets two kinds of bodies -- a gross material body and a subtle material body composed of mind, intelligence and ego. Due to the gross and subtle bodies, he is subjected to the threefold miseries (adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika), miseries arising from the body and mind, other living entities and natural disturbances caused by demigods from higher planetary systems.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Madhya

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There Is No Other Greater Mantra

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 26, 2011 at 8:44am

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You have asked some specific mantra; there is no other greater mantra than Hare Krsna. Srila Bhaktivinode says, "When I chant Radha Krsna or Hare Krsna all my dangers are gone immediately." So which other mantra can be more effective than Hare Krsna?

Letter to Upendra - Monday, 25 May, 1970

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 5

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 26, 2011 at 8:43am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 5
suta uvaca
sa evam rsi-varyo 'yam
prsto rajna pariksita
praty aha tam subahu-vit
pritatma sruyatam iti

sutah uvaca -- Sri Suta Gosvami said; sah -- he; evam -- thus; rsi-varyah -- the great rsi; ayam -- Sukadeva Gosvami; prstah -- being questioned; rajna -- by the King; pariksita -- Maharaja Pariksit; pratiaha -- he replied; tam -- unto the King; su-bahu-vit -- highly experienced; prita-atma -- fully satisfied; sruyatam -- please hear me; iti -- thus.

TRANSL

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - TV Interview

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 26, 2011 at 8:43am

TV Interview

A second television interview was booked for the evening. Controversial Sydney TV personality Bob Rogers hosted a program of music, comedy and talk, and specialised in interviewing "top-name guests from both locally and abroad". Srila Prabhupada and his entourage squeezed into a taxi for another long drive to ATN Seven studios in Epping; a few other devotees joined them on-site.

Caru: We had to sit in the waiting room for a while before going on. Meanwhile, a wall-mounted television m

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Idol worshipers - Meeting at the Airport

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 26, 2011 at 8:43am

Idol worshipers - Meeting at the Airport

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Taken from a bhagavat saptah of H.H Radha Govind Maharaj at potomac. HH Radha Govinda Maharaj meets an Airport official at Kuwait airport.

H.H Radha Govind Maharaj mentions this incident on his flight from kenya to India his flight had a transit via kuwait. due to some delay he had to wait for 4-5 hrs at Kuwait.While chanting Hare Krishna in the airport lounge, 1 airport official watching the indian swami became intrigued and called him over to speak.

At fir

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Wonderful Lila

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 26, 2011 at 8:42am

Hare Krsna,

When Gour Govinda Swami became a sannyasi, he left his home, his wife and seven children. He was 45 years old and his children were still young. After he left, his wife and children were in great difficulty to maintain their lives. Because he had been teaching in a school, he was entitled to receive a pension. The government told his wife, “If your husband will sign a document, you can receive his pension. All he has to do is sign this paper.” One government minister came to him when

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Drutakarma Prabhu in Daily Bell

Posted by shanti yadav on May 26, 2011 at 8:30am

Michael Cremo on Forbidden Archeology, Our Billion-Year-Old Human History and the Spiritual Satisfaction of the Vedas

Sunday, May 22, 2011 by Anthony Wile - www.thedailybell.com

The Daily Bell is pleased to publish an exclusive interview with Michael Cremo (left).

Introduction: Michael Cremo is on the cutting edge of science and culture issues. As he crosses disciplinary and cultural boundaries, he presents to his various audiences a compelling case for negotiating a new consensus on the nature of

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Thought Of the Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on May 26, 2011 at 8:20am

A materialistic person is captivated by so many objects of sense gratification. That is his prison house. The state laws, if you are criminal, they put him into the jail. But natures law is such that you dont require... Your senses will keep you intact in jail. You dont require to be handcuffed. The senses are so strong that it will keep you in this material world.(Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.40).

-By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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New Vrindavan Featured On CNN

Posted by Dinesh Warungase on May 25, 2011 at 10:16pm

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This May and June, the Palace of Gold and the Palace Rose Garden will be featured on CNN Headline News. The five-minute interview with Damodar dasa, Vice President of Guest Services in New Vrindaban Community, will air approximately 50 times in over 875,000 homes in the Pittsburgh, Laurel Highlands and Ohio Valley regions. The interview was conducted by Comcast Newsmakers, whose guests include federal and state legislators, local elected officials and nonprofit organizations. Comcast Newsmakers

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Sri Krsna's Vrindavan Associates - Subala

Posted by Gourab Saha on May 25, 2011 at 1:38pm

The names of the twelve most important cowherd boys are Sridama, Sudama, Vasudama, Subala, Mahabala, Subahu, Mahabahu, Stokakrsna, Dama, Arjuna, Lavanga, and Kusumasava. How Sri Krsna's confidential friends are categorized is presented variously in different sastra. As described in Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur's Jaiva-dharma:

"Because of their very confidential friendship, their behaviour is only on the basis of pure friendship. Some confidential friends are as follows: Sridama, Sudama, Dama, Vasud

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Lord Chaitanya's Grace

Posted by Gourab Saha on May 25, 2011 at 1:31pm

Lord Chaitanya's Grace

God is known by the Vedic Revelation

As the mundane world is subjected to the control of phenomenal time and space, everything that exists in this world is apparent and relative. Similarly, the worldly truth also is relative and apparent. Since the Spirit transcends the limits of time and space, the spiritual reality is absolute and eternal. The Vedic scriptures reveal about the knowledge about the Absolute Reality. They explain about the eternal Name, eternal Form, eternal

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RASA

Posted by Gourab Saha on May 25, 2011 at 1:22pm

Bhakti Rasa Is a Mellow

"Bhakti means devotional service. Every service has some attractive feature which drives the servitor progressively on and on. Everyone of us within this world is perpetually engaged in some sort of service, and the impetus for such service is the pleasure we derive from it" (NOD). "Every living entity, beginning from Brahma, the first living entity within the material world, down to the insignificant ant, desires to relish some taste derived from sense perception. Thes

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This Is Vrindavana

Posted by Gourab Saha on May 25, 2011 at 1:17pm

Excerpted from a discussion on Brahma-vimohana-lila by Swami B.V. Tripurari

“Prabhupada turned to me a third time and said, 'Did you see it?' This time I replied, 'Yes I saw it.' And I thought, 'I'm seeing you, and this is Vrindavana. Wherever you are, that is Vrindavana. Wherever you look, that is Vrindavana. You have the kind of vision that can harmonize all things.”

Seeing the cows and elderly cowherds rush to greet their calves and sons, Balarama was concerned that the very essence of Vrindava

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