Parents are definitely a special category, but in our books we don't find many practical guidelines on how to deal with them. We can identify the first oppressed and misunderstood young bhakta in the person of Prahlada Maharaja, and call his father Hiranyakasipu the pioneer of the anticult movement, with his allies Sanda and Amarka as the first deprogrammers - unsuccessful, like others who were to come after them. We meet the four determined brahmacaris, the Kumaras, who boldly refused their fa
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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… :)
-eternalmuser
The Euro GBC is delighted to introduce you to nine devotees who received the second ISKCON Europe Excellence Awards for the year 2010.
Avesarupa Dasa (in the middle)
Initiated by Bhagavan Dasa
Age: 54
ISKCON Madrid
Joined ISKCON in 1978 in Barcelona;
Nominated by Yadunandana Swami and Vedavyasa Prabhu, the Euro-GBC of Spain;
Category: Book distribution (doing this service for 32 years)
Avesarupa has been distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books nonstop ever since a few weeks after he joined ISKCON. He ser
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.
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ISKCON Sri Jagannath Mandir,Bangalore is pleased to announce this service for benefit of all devotees.
Back to Godhead, the magazine of the Hare Krishna Movement, was started in 1944 by the Founder of ISKCON, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada considered Bac
Mind, Body, and Home
(from saranagati)
Mind, body, and family, whatever may be mine, I have surrendered at Your lotus feet, O youthful son of Nanda!(1)
In good fortune or in bad, in life or at death, all my difficulties have disappeared by choosing those feet of Yours as my only shelter.(2)
Slay me or protect me as You wish, for You are the master of Your eternal servant.(3)
If it is Your will that I be born again, then may it be in the home of Your devotee.(4)
May I be born again even
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.
ISKCON SRI JAGANNATH MANDIR,Bangalore appeals to the national and international devotees, well wishers, to donate generously for upcoming
ISKCON Temple complex at Kumarswamy Layout,South Bangalore.
Temple constrcution is in full swing see Pictures below.
Salient Features of New Temple
1) Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple - A wonderful chance to receive Lord Krishna's blessings in you
Recorded Speech to
Members of ISKCON London
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Los Angeles, December 23, 1968
Members of ISKCON London
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Los Angeles, December 23, 1968
Prabhupāda:
ajñāna-timirāndhasya
jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur-unmilitaṁ yena
tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur-unmilitaṁ yena
tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual master, who has opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge in my material existence of darkness. Ladies and Gentlemen, please accept my greetings in the happy new year of 1969, and blessings of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for your kindly participating in this ha
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
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
