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Krishna conscious education. Srila Prabhupada's books form the foundation
for ISKCON's activities and therefore ISKCON devotees hold the study of
these books as essential to their spiritual growth. Bhakti Sastri study has
become an essential anga of Krishna conscious life.
In order for ISKCON to offer excellent opportunities for devotees to study
sastra qualified teachers are necessary. VTE, recognizing the need for these
qualifie
A: There's no one exact way for all. How and when a person will leave his body and where he will go depends mainly on his guna and karma (joined with interventions by others through blessings, prayers, rites, etc.)
From accounts of dying persons and hospital staff coupled with the sastric descriptions (mainly Vedanta sutra, BG, Puranas) these things happen:
Several days/hours before death the person enters the terminal phase. O
Ganga Jal, Panchgavya (a mixture of 5 auspicious articles that include: Cowdung, Cow's urine, Milk, Ghee and Curd), fresh Tulsi leaves, Kusha grass, Pipal leaves, Incense sticks, Camphor, Sandal paste, Lamp burner, and a conch shell. You may substitute any item that is not available with uncooked rice.
Offerings to the Shaligram can be of Milk, Fruits
Lord Indra and Mother surabhi Offer Prayers
1. After Krsna had lifted Govardhana Hill and thus protected the inhabitants of Vraja from the terrible rainfall, surabhi, the mother of the cows, came from her planet to see Krsna. She was accompanied by Indra.
2. Indra was very ashamed of having offended the Lord. Approaching Him in a solitary place, Indra fell down and lay his helmet, whose effulgence was as brilliant as the sun, upon t
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But Prabhupada quoted an old saying, "If somebody offers you very nicely washed cloth, you should use it. And some property, you must use it." He said that people are rotting outside of Krsn
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His feature of eternal time, is present in the material world and is neutral towards everyone. No one is His ally, and no one is His enemy. Within the jurisdiction of the time element, everyone enjoys or suffers the result of his own karma, or fruitive activities. As, when the wind blows, small particles of dust fly in the air, so, according to one's particular karma, one suffers or enjoys material life. –Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.11.20
Karma is the cosmic law of
So, how do we know what God wants us to do? We are not pure enough at this point to hear His direct instructions to us within our hearts. We have to hear from His authorized representative, the bona fi
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krtva bhramad-bhrukuti-damstra-karala-vaktram
daityendram asu gadayabhipatantam arad
urau nipatya vidadara nakhaih sphurantam
trai-pistapa -- the demigods; uru-bhaya-ha -- one who vanquishes great fears; sah -- He (the Personality of Godhead); nrsimha-rupam -- assuming the incarnation Nrsimha; krtva -- doing so; bhramat -- by rolling; bhru-kuti -- eyebrows; damstra -- teeth; karala -- greatly fearful; vaktram -- mo
-Srila Prabupada
2."We are always in the whirlpool of maya, and only this chanting of Hare Krishna Mantra can save us from all pitfalls."
-Srila Prabupada
3."Krishna will see that you are sincerely trying to follow the real process of Krishna Consciousness and He will give you all help."
-SRILA PRABUPADA
4."Four things can be surrendered: Our life,words,intelligence,& money.S
by Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura
jugala-carana-priti parama-ananda tati
rati-prema maya para-bandhe
krsna-nama-radha-nama upasana rasa-dhama
carane padiye paranande
In spiritual bliss, I will develop intense love for the youthful Divine Couple Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, and hear the glorious topics of Their loving affairs. Worshiping and chanting the holy names of Radha and Krsna is the abode of all transcendental mellows. I will fall at Their lotus feet in ecs
by Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja
1. kunkumakta-kancanabja-garva-hari-gaurabha
pitanancitabja-gandha-kirti-nindi-saurabha
ballavesa-sunu-sarva-vanchitartha-sadhika
mahyam atma-pada-padma-dasyadastu radhika
Her gold complexion steals the pride of golden lotus tinged with red.
Her fragrance mocks the scent of lotus bloom with saffron powder spread.
Her skill in satisfying Sri Hari is perfect and complete...
May Radhika bestow on me the service of Her lotus feet.
2. kau
Cow's meat will be served in Commonwealth games in India.
Cow is our mother.
Devotees should oppose this!
By H.G Devananda Pandita Dasa
Vrindavn
One day, Kisori Radhika was watching the cows being milked, and She too desired to milk them. She took a clay pot and proceeded to do so. Mischievous Krsna arrived at that spot and said,"Sakhi, don't You know how to milk a cow? Come, I will teach You." And He sat down next to Her.
"O Mohana, teach Me," Radhika said, and She placed Herself in front of Him.
"All right. You milk from two teats and I will milk from the other two, and keep looki
KARO AB KIRPA KRISHNA MURARI...
JAG ME BAHAUT HI BHATKE MADHAV..AB HAIN SHARAN TIHARI...1...
RAVAAN TAARA..KAMSA TAARA..
TAARE PAAPI BHARI..
HUM PAAPI JANMO KE KESHAV..
TAARO SRI GIRDHARI...
MAADHAV AB AAYE SHARAN TIHARI...2..
DRAUPADI NE TUMKO PUKAARA..
TUM HUE PARBHU USKO SAHAARA..
HUM BHI KAHEN AB KRISHNA KANHAAI..
HARO HARI VIPATI ATI BHAARI..
MADHAV AB AAYE SHARAN TIHARI...3..
Devotees take care!
by H.H. Bir Govind Maharaj
I mentioned that I would write about living longer in the present body. In order to understand this topic one has to understand the larger topic of how the material energy affects the bodies and minds of devotees, whether or not they are aware of it, or even in denial of it.
If we had the siddhis that yogis have, such as laghima, becoming light enough to float on a sunbeam, or mahima, becoming very big or heavy—and I am not talking about getting fat—or
Buy land and move out.
Prabhupada: In India also, British period, they used to, that, but Indian people are little clever. They would come from the village to the city alone, not with family. They earn money and send to the family. And whenever they like, they go away. They’re not dependent. And if you bring family, you have to work. That system is still going on. The village men, they come but they do not bring their family.Family remains in the village. He earns, he lives some way or other and
Sat-Karma
"Anyone who knows perfectly well the science of Krsna," krsna-tattva-vetta, "in truth, he is guru." Nobody can become guru unless he knows the science of Krsna. Therefore it is said in the sastra that sat-karma-nipuno viprah. Vipra means brahmana.
Brahmana, he is supposed to know six kind of activities, sat-karma. Sat means six. What is that six kinds of? Pathana pathana. Brahmana must be very learned, very expert, expertly learned in Vedic knowledge. That is called pathana. And pathana:
