SINCERITY: Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Said "Don't try to see Krishna, but serve Krishna in such a way that HE wants to see you". Bodhamrit - 5
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impersonalists, but after smelling the tulasi leaves which were
offered to the lotus feet of Visnu, they become personalists. So this
is an opportunity. If anyone comes, smells the flowers and the tulasi
offered to Krsna, tastes the prasada, and sees the Lord's form, in
this way he develops Krsna consciousness. So this is opportunity.
This temple means an opportunity, a process, a simple process. Not
simple for ordinary man, but actually it is s
That is the philosophy.
The aim is to satisfy Visnu. We should always remember this fact, that we are eternally servant, part and parcel of Krsna, or Visnu. As I have given many times the example, there are so many parts of the body, but what are they meant for? To satisfy the belly. You are walking, you are catching, you are thinking, you are doing so many things -- what is the aim? The aim is satisfy the stomach. You cook, you earn hard money, and then you purchase goods and cook nicely and pWhy Does the Gita Encourage Violence?
Sometimes people ask, "The Gita tells Arjuna to not hesitate in killing his relatives because for the soul there is no death. Will this logic not become a license for all murderers to justify their crimes?"
In the Gita, Lord Krishna gives the knowledge of the soul, not to encourage unnecessary violence, but to guide all aspects of human behavior, including the enlightened application of violence. Violence in itself is not bad; it depends on who is involved an
There are three modes of nature, goodness, passion and ignorance, under whose influence this entire material world functions. Things are created in passion, maintained under the influence of goodness, and destroyed by ignorance. Passion is very pleasing initially, but after some time brings distress and suffering. Goodness is unpleasant initially, but later is actually joyful. And ignorance is trouble from beginning to end.
Modern day cities are under the influence of passio
Question: Why God Doesn't Force Us to Be Good? |
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I firmly believe that God is everywhere and that without Him we cannot do anything. He will just show us two paths in life: good and bad and leave the choice to us. It is we who decide which one to take for the rest of our life. Even when we take the wrong path, why does not He prevent us at the very first time? |
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Answer: He Can't Exchange Love with a Ro |
yad grhyamanair hari-nama-dheyaih
na vikriyetatha yada vikaro
netre jalam gatra-ruhesu harsah
"Certainly that heart is steel-framed which, in spite of chanting the
holy name of the Lord with concentration, does not change when ecstasy
takes place and tears fill the eyes and hairs stand on end."
Tad asma-saram hrdayam batedam. So just like stone or steel does not
melt very easily, similarly, anyone's heart which does not change
after chanting Hare Krsna mantra regularly, the
doesn't matter. As Caitanya Mahaprabhu certified the illiterate
brahmana who was reading Bhagavad-gita in Ranganatha temple.
The brahmana was illiterate. His guru ordered him that "You read
Bhagavad-gita daily, eighteen chapters." So he could not refuse the
order of guru maharaja; so he was taking the book and simply seeing.
So those who knew that he was illiterate, they were criticizing,
"Well, brahmana, how you are reading Bhagavad-gita
suta uvaca
sa upamantrito rajna
kathayam iti sat-pateh
brahmarato bhrsam prito
visnuratena samsadi
sutah uvaca -- Srila Suta Gosvami said; sah -- he (Sukadeva Gosvami); upamantritah -- thus being inquired; rajna -- by the King; kathayam -- in the topics; iti -- thus; sat-pateh -- of the highest truth; brahma-ratah -- Sukadeva Gosvami; bhrsam -- very much; pritah -- pleased; visnu-ratena -- by Maharaja Pariksit; samsadi -- in the meeting.
na me 'savah parayanti
brahmann anasanad ami
pibato 'cyuta-piyusam
tad vakyabdhi-vinihsrtam
na -- never; me -- mine; asavah -- life; parayanti -- becomes exhausted; brahman -- O learned brahmana; anasanat ami -- because of fasting; pibatah -- because of my drinking; acyuta -- of the infallible; piyusam -- nectar; tat -- your; vakya-abdhi -- ocean of speech; vinihsrtam -- flowing down from.
atra pramanam hi bhavan
paramesthi yathatma-bhuh
apare canutisthanti
purvesam purva-jaih krtam
atra -- in this matter; pramanam -- evidential facts; hi -- certainly; bhavan -- yourself; paramesthi -- Brahma, the creator of the universe; yatha -- as; atma-bhuh -- born directly from the Lord; apare -- others; ca -- only; anutisthanti -- just to follow; purvesam -- as a matter of custom; purva-jaih -- knowledge suggested by a previous philosopher; krtam -- h
He said that Sukanya was a beautiful young princess, who by circumstance had to marry an extremely old Cyavana Muni. I was massagin
Prabhupada said he has
Prabhupada was a bit surprised "Achha?" Then he said that previously the government was capturing the monkeys in Vrndavana and selling them at a good price for medical purposes in Europe, until people protested. "The monkey's hormone is injected or replaced so one regains his sex power," he said. "They are very sexually strong."
Harikesa
"COMING SOON GOSHALA IN INDORE TEMPLE" At length. The matter of delight has been appeared, All the devotees of Indore are at peak of joy. Isckon youth forum of our city is planning to trigger up the ‘GOSHALA’ , Cows would be served & treated like one’s own mother. strive hard to please shri Krishna , because he is mentioned as “Gou Brahmin vatsal” means he is merciful at Cows & Brahmin .
We have often given the example of the good dog and the bad dog. Krishna tells in Bhagavad Gita that there is a divine nature and there is a demonic nature in all of us. The good dog is humility, charity, knowledge of the self, compassion, morality,generosity, etc. And the bad dog is greed, lust, envy, anger,arrogance, selfishness, etc. We have both dogs within us and they areboth howling for food. What is the food? The decision we make of whichvoice within the mind we are going to accommodate.
We often mistake temporary pleasures of this world to be love. This mistaking of temporary sensations of the world lies at the very core of human conditioning. These flickering sensations are like a mirage. A person who is in the desert is searching desperately for an oasis ofwater. And in that desperation, due tolonging and hopefulness, sometimes a mirage appears. It appears thatthat mirage can quench his/her thirst, but all he/she gets is amouthful of hot sand.
So what is real love? In order to
DEAR DEVOTEES,
WISH YOU ALL "A HAPPY & KRISHNA CONSCIOUS NEW YEAR.' THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION.
HARI BOL,
YS,
CINTAMANI SAKHI devi dasi
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"Although God has no parents as He is eternal and is the father of everyone, yet He can agree to become someone's child - have a little baby form and a devotee to serve Him as a parent. As a parent, the parents think that they are bigger than the child.
The parents always want to protect the child. Even though Krishna is the Supreme protector of everyone. His parents always think, "I have to protect Krishna. If I don't protect Krishna, some danger will befall Krishna."
So the parents a |
Sometimes, Krsna used to perform the rasa dance here with Radhaji and Her friends.
After Sri Krsna's departure to Mathura, all of Vraja drowned in an ocean of seperation from Him. What to speak of the gopas and gopis, even the birds and animals gave up eating and drinking, feeling distressed in seperation from Krsna. Krsna's beloved gopis followed Akrura's chariot to this point and then fell to the ground unconscious. They
