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Description Of Life On The Hellish Planets

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 21, 2011 at 8:48am

Description Of Life On The Hellish Planets

What exactly is hell? The Vedic scriptures describe hell as planets where the sinners are taken after this life for their punishment.

The following are statements from the Srimad Bhagavatam canto 5.

There are thousands of hellish planets. Here are the names and details of life on some of these hellish planets. Each planet is meant for punishing the humans according to their sins.

What Punishment Awaits Animal Killers?

In this life, an envious person commits

FAITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Medha Sharma on April 20, 2011 at 11:50pm

Truly, Faith is the life-giving tree of Bliss,It stems from the root of devotion,It is nourished by the determination of the devotee,It flowers by the Grace of the Guru,It fructifies with the Blessings of the Lord,And then it reaches out to the hearts of others,To seed, and take root, once again…Thank you Devotees for the seeds you have sown,For Faith is the offspring of Faith, in oneself and in others… :)

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KARO HARI SRI BRAJ BAAS KA DAAN..

BRAJ BASI JUGAL CHABI NIT NIRKHUN YEH ASAA BHAGWAAN...1

O HARI..GRANT ME THE RESIDENCE OF SRI VRINDAVAN DHAAM..

LIVING IN BRAJ BHOOMI..EVERYDAY, MAY I SEE YOU WITH RADHARANI.

JAMUNA TAT PAR BAITH KE HAUN HARI..TUMHRA JAS NIT GAAYUN..

AATH PAHAR TAV NAAM UCHAARUN..JUGAL RUP KO DHYAAUN..2..

ON THE SHORE OF YAMUNA..MAY I SING YOUR GLORIES EVERYDAY..

THE WHOLE DAY..I SHALL CHANT YOUR HOLY NAME..ANS SHALL MEDITATE ON YOUR DIVINE FORM WITH SRI RADHIKA..

NIJ CHAAKAR KARO H

Krishna Hypnotizes His Devotees

Posted by arindam pandey on April 20, 2011 at 11:15am

Narada is astonished, What kind of hypnotism you do, I do not know. In spite of being placed in so much inconveniences, the Pandavas love for You has increased. This is Krishna consciousness. The pure devotees, if they are put into difficulty they take it, Oh, it is Krishna’s grace.

Prabhupada: So our duty is as, I mean to say, indicated by Narada Muni. Our only duty is how to achieve full Krishna consciousness. Other things, there is no need of trying. Actually, I have seen that in India… Everyw

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Cleansing the Unclean Heart

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:37am

(From a conversation with a community relations officer with the
Chicago police department)

Lieutenant Mozee: Would there be more of a beneficial influence-more
of a strengthening of the community-if the program [congregational
chanting] were held in a poorer area rather than an affluent area?

Srila Prabhupada: Our treatment is for the spiritually diseased
person. When a person is afflicted with a disease, there are no
distinctions between a poor man and a rich man. They are both admitted
to the same ho

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THE PREEMINENT NATURE OF THE SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:37am

THE PREEMINENT NATURE OF THE SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM

Many quotations regarding the extraordinary importance of the Bhagavatam can be found in several other Puranas, such as the Bhagavata-Mahatmya section of the Padma Purana, wherein we find such verses as the following:

The holy scripture known as Srimad-Bhagavatam was expounded in this age of Kali by the sage Sukadeva Gosvami [Vyasadeva’s son] with the object of completely destroying the fear of being caught in the jaws of the serpent of time. T

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Surrender

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:36am

You write to say that simply you want to surrender, but according to the
preface of T.L.C. you'll find that surrender means (1) to Act favorably to
develop Krishna Consciousness; (2) to reject everything unfavorable; (3) to
have full faith in Krishna that He will give protection to His pure devotee;
(4) to keep oneself as one of the dependent devotees of the Lord; (5) to
have no separate interest besides the interest of the Lord; (6) to always
feel meek and humble. These six things are surrender, And

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Misinterpretation of the Mayavadis

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:36am

Question: Misinterpretation of the Mayavadis

My dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to Your Grace. I have a question after listening yesterday to a devotee preaching. He was saying that although we have lots of different groups in the "Hindu" "religion", we have the same books. It raised a question to my mind: Do these groups interpret the books differently or do they choose what they find the most important and stress on that? He gave t

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - A brahmana must be clean

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:35am

A brahmana must be clean

Sometime later, just before dawn, Srila Prabhupada rang his bell. Bali-mardana and Vegavan, tired from the late night before, had slept in. But Prabhupada, who had also been up late because of the interview, had been awake for hours. Srila Prabhupada rang his bell again and this time, as Bali-mardana leapt for the shower, Vegavan staggered, dishevelled and bleary-eyed into Prabhupada's room.

Prabhupada admonished his disciple: "You are a brahmana, and you haven't even clea

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 26

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:34am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 26
nirabhidyata sisno vai
prajanandamrtarthinah
upastha asit kamanam
priyam tad-ubhayasrayam

nirabhidyata -- came out; sisnah -- the genitals; vai -- certainly; praja-ananda -- sex pleasure; amrta-arthinah -- aspiring to taste the nectar; upasthah -- the male or female organ; asit -- came into existence; kamanam -- of the lustful; priyam -- very dear; tat -- that; ubhaya-asrayam -- shelter for both.

TRANSLATION
Thereupon, for sexual pleasure, begetting offspr

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Dealing with concerns

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:31am

Dealing with concerns

As far as salvation is concerned, one has to conquer the principles of lust, anger, unlawful desires, avarice and bewilderment.

To get freedom from anger, one should learn how to forgive.

To be free from unlawful desires one should not make plans.

By spiritual culture one is able to conquer sleep.

By tolerance only can one conquer desires and avarice.

Disturbances from various diseases can be avoided by regulated diets.

By self-control one can be free from false hopes, and mon

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Question and Vedic Answers

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 20, 2011 at 8:51am

Question and Vedic Answers

Q1. Why are there many Gods in Hinduism?

A1.

No. There is only one God.

The Vedic scriptures clearly state that there is only one God, and his name is Krishna. But Krishna has many incarnations and so he is known with many names and descriptions. This is what confuses many people, including some Hindus.

Here are some quotes from the Bhagavad-Gita, which is the essence of all Vedic knowledge.

“The whole cosmic order is under me. By my will it is manifested again and again, an

SAVE YAMUNA- CAN YOU HEAR HER CALLING FOR HELP?!!?!

Posted by Sita devi dasi on April 20, 2011 at 8:30am

Dear Indian,
STOP THIS BRUTAL MURDER!!!!
The Holy River Yamuna is Calling Out For Help !!
Do You Know - The world Health Organization (WHO) has declared our holy Yamuna River a "Dead River" beyond New Delhi, well before it enters the Land of Shri Krishna.
( Please do see the attachment for the sad details with graphic explanation)
A note on how to kill a river again and again?
(And also how it still can be saved)

• A river is a natural watercourse flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or anot

learn 2luv God

Posted by KOLLURU VENKATA SUBRAHMANYAM on April 19, 2011 at 7:09pm

down thru d ages, highly evolved souls of both East & West've taught that v can attain perfect, pure & eternal luv only when v learn 2luv God - Narada Bhakti Sutra

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What Is The Goal?

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on April 19, 2011 at 3:26pm

Similarly there is spiritual austerity. We voluntarily undergo some inconvenience but what is the goal? To please Krishna, and by this austerity I will make spiritual advancement. If in order to make spiritual advancement I have to make some sacrifice I should do that. After all that is the goal of life. So the strength to practice austerity comes from the process of Sravanam-Kirtanam and especially when this process is executed in the association of devotees.

His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami

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The Bhagavad-Gita(Q & A)

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 19, 2011 at 1:19pm

The Bhagavad-Gita(Q & A)

What is the Bhagavad-Gita?

The Bhagavad-Gita is the divine conversation between a man named Arjuna and God himself in the human form, Lord Krishna. It is literally the word of God in person. The conversation took place in the middle of a battleground, 5000 years ago, just before the start of a great war in Kurukshetra, India.

The Bhagavad-Gita gives information regarding God (Ishwar), the living entities like you and me (the jivas), time (Kala), activities (karma), and mate

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Please Let Me Taste Some Pleasure

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:46am

O Krsna! Thakura Bhaktivinoda has warned us that inattention is the main door into the house of aparadhas. O Krsna! Please let me taste some pleasure in Your names, so I can focus my full attention on chanting. May Your holy names become deeply impressed in my mind.

From Art Of Chanting Hare Krsna
by Mahanidhi Swami

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62nd Vyasa Puja 2011 - Srimad Bhagavatam Class

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:44am

62nd Vyasa Puja 2011 - Srimad Bhagavatam Class

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Hari Om Tatsat!

Haribol! The general religious hindus observe or worship Ganesh before doing any activity because he removes all obstacles. The Sri Vaisnavas worship Vishwakshena, and our Gaudiya vaisnavas, we worship the Guru. It says that the Guru, all the great demigods are represented by the Guru. So Ganesh and Lord Nrsingadev, they are all in the Guru.

Guru should have the attitude of the servitor of the Lord

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Description Of Life On The Hellish Planets

Description Of Life On The Hellish Planets

FAITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shastrasvarupa Publications

KARO HARI SRI BRAJ BAAS KA DAAN.. BRAJ BASI JUGAL CHABI NIT NIRKHUN YEH ASAA BHAGWAAN...1 O HARI..GRANT ME THE RESIDENCE OF SRI VRINDAVAN DHAAM.. LIVING IN BRAJ BHOOMI..EVERYDAY, MAY I SEE YOU WITH

Krishna Hypnotizes His Devotees

Cleansing the Unclean Heart

THE PREEMINENT NATURE OF THE SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM

Surrender

Misinterpretation of the Mayavadis

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - A brahmana must be clean

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 26

Dealing with concerns

Question and Vedic Answers

Question and Vedic Answers

SAVE YAMUNA- CAN YOU HEAR HER CALLING FOR HELP?!!?!

learn 2luv God

Iskcon Miraroad Presents-Summer Camp for children

What Is The Goal?

The Bhagavad-Gita(Q & A)

The Bhagavad-Gita(Q & A)

Please Let Me Taste Some Pleasure

62nd Vyasa Puja 2011 - Srimad Bhagavatam Class

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