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CLAIMING TO BE GOD

Posted by _ghanshyam das on August 29, 2010 at 10:00pm

CLAIMING TO BE GOD

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta

Swami Prabhupada

The conditioned life of a living being is

caused by his revolting against the

Lord. There are men called deva,

or godly living beings, and there

are men called asuras, or

demons, who are against the

authority of the Supreme Lord.

In the Bhagavad-gita (Sixteenth

Chapter) a vivid description of the asuras is

given in which it is said that the asuras are

put into lower and lower states of ignorance

life after life and so sink to the lower an

Darsh Do Mohe Girdhari

Posted by radhakrishna on August 29, 2010 at 8:27pm

Darsh Do Mohe Girdhari

More pranpriye Krishna, more pyare Girdhari,
Darsh do mohe, More pran chhootat jat.

Main neech nirbal prani, chahta jana chhodd duniya ka sath,
Darsh do mohe, more pran chhootat jat.

moh maya ke is bhanwar se ,do mujhe ab ubhar,
Darsh do mohe, more pran chhootat jat.

Karm ki gathariya ho gayi bhari, karo mera uddhar,
Darsh do mohe , more pran chhootat jat.

Sumiran kar tera antim kshan mein, mujhe milega swarg ka dwar,
Darsh do mohe , more pran chhootat jat.

More Pyare Girdhari. Sun l

Mere Pyare Madan Gopal

Posted by radhakrishna on August 29, 2010 at 8:25pm

Mere Pyare Madan Gopal

Choti choti gaiyan, chote chote gawaal,
chote se mere, madan gopal

mor mukut mathe saaje, gale mein swaranmaal,
chote se mere madan gopal

Kaano mein karanphool, haathon mein ratnajadhit hath haar,
chote se mere madan gopal

pitamber saaje tan pe, uspe sundar motiyon ki maal
chote se mere madan gopal

pairon mein jhanjhar sohe, jab nache hari angana dwaar.
Chote se mere madan gopal

Bhaye sab ke mann ko bal gopal,Karke solah shringar,
chote se mere Madan Gopal

Lord Krishna's Aarti

Posted by radhakrishna on August 29, 2010 at 8:21pm

Lord Krishna's Aarti

Jai shri Krishna hare, prabhu jai jai Girdhari,
Danav-dal balihari, Go dwij hitkari.

Jai Govind dayanidhi, Govardhan dhari,
Vanshidhar banvari, braj jan priyakari.

Ganika godh ajamil, gajpati bhayhari,
Arat-arti hari, jai mangalkari.

Gopalak gopeshwar, draupadi dukhdari,
Shabar suta sukhkari, Gautam tiya tari.

Jan prahlad pramodak, narhari tanu dhari,
jan man ranjankari, diti sut sanhari.

Tidwish-sut sanrakshak, rakshak manjhari,
Pandu suvan shubhkari, kaurav madhari.

Manmath-manmath moh

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The Mystery of Deity Worship

Posted by _ghanshyam das on August 27, 2010 at 10:00pm

The Deity worship process is very mysterious. It is Krishna's mercy for His devotees. Krishna agrees to appear in a form the devotees can see and serve with their material senses. A very advanced devotee can see Krishna and Krishna's energy working everywhere. He sees everything in relation to Krishna. But in the beginning this spiritual vision is not possible. We can not see Krishna's spiritual form with our material eyes. But by Krishna's mercy He agrees to take the form of what appears to us

Summary of Chapter-1, Bhagavad Gita

Posted by MANISH CHAUHAN on August 27, 2010 at 5:38pm

Hare Krishna

Chapter-1 Bhagavad Gita

An Overview

1. In verse 1.1,The importance of Kurukṣetra has been described.

a. Kurukṣetra has been described as -Sacred place of pilgrimage -Also referred as dharma-kṣetra because on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead was present on the side of Arjuna

b. The doubt of Dhṛtarāṣṭra has been described about the possibility of his sons' ultimate victory. So, he asked his secretary about the situation of battlefield. He was fearful

Srila Prabhupada smashes Hermen Hesse without even knowing him

Posted by vibhava krsna das on August 27, 2010 at 12:30pm

Srila Prabhupada came to lecture at Upsala University in Sweden. After the lecture a student raised his hand and said, "In his book Siddhartha, Hermeann Hesse says......" and he went on talking for sometime. Prabhupada let him speak and when he was finished, Prabhupada said,"Who is Hermann Hesse ?" At that time Hermann Hesse was popular. If you didn't know who Hermann Hesse was, you were nobody.

The student replied, "You don't know who Hermann Hesse is? He is the author of this and that."

Prabhupa

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Blaming makes you feel powerless over your own life !

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 27, 2010 at 11:21am

Stop blaming others

Blaming has become extremely common in our culture. On a personal level, it has led us to believe that we are never completely responsible for our own actions, problems, or happiness. When we are in the habit of blaming others, we will blame others for our anger, frustration, depression, stress, and unhappiness.

In terms of personal happiness, you cannot be peaceful while at the same time blaming others. Surely there are times when other people and/or circumstances contribute t

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Complete independence of the Lord

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 27, 2010 at 11:10am

The Personality of Godhead, or the Paramesvara Parabrahman, according to the srutis, has nothing to do. He has no equal. Nor does anyone excel Him. He has unlimited potencies, and His every action is carried out systematically in His natural and perfect ways. Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead is full in Himself, and He has nothing to accept from anyone else, including the great demigods like Brahma. Others ask for the favor of the goddess of fortune, and despite such prayers she declines t

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Training and culture

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 27, 2010 at 11:05am

Training and culture

Srila Prabhupada's final evening darsana, although well attended, had a more subdued tone to it this evening. Srila Prabhupada was relaxed, allowing the pace of conversation to be dictated by the inquisitiveness of his guests, and content to simply chant japa when there were no questions.

Navayauvana prabhu raised the point that people sometimes have the idea that first they must reach a materially comfortable position before they can practice Krsna consciousness. "On the mate

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Old age symptoms

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 27, 2010 at 11:05am

Old age symptoms

As we prepared to go Srila Prabhupada went over some of the details of how to make his toothpaste with Harikesa, who had been the first to make it for him. Harikesa laughed at the suggestion that they use the bitter nim powder instead of calcium carbonate. He didn't think anyone would be able to tolerate the taste.

I reminded Srila Prabhupada of what he had said in London about his toothpaste. "You said your teeth were so rotten they want to fall out, but the toothpaste won't allo

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 31

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 27, 2010 at 11:04am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 31
narayane bhagavati
tad idam visvam ahitam
grhita-mayoru-gunah
sargadav agunah svatah

narayane -- unto Narayana; bhagavati -- the Personality of Godhead; tat idam -- all these material manifestations; visvam -- all the universes; ahitam -- situated; grhita -- having accepted; maya -- material energies; uru-gunah -- greatly powerful; sarga-adau -- in creation, maintenance and destruction; agunah -- without affinity for the material modes; svatah -- self-suf

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 30

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 27, 2010 at 11:04am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 30
tatas ca manavah kale
ijire rsayo 'pare
pitaro vibudha daitya
manusyah kratubhir vibhum

tatah -- thereafter; ca -- also; manavah -- the Manus, the fathers of mankind; kale -- in due course of time; ijire -- worshiped; rsayah -- great sages; apare -- others; pitarah -- the forefathers; vibudhah -- the learned scholars; daityah -- great devotees of the demigods; manusyah -- mankind; kratubhih vibhum -- by performance of sacrifices to please the Supreme Lord

HOW NOT TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTHER: Karnamrita.das

Posted by Krishna Deva das on August 27, 2010 at 12:41am

In visiting with my mom in her last days I revisited my very poor original dealings with her when I first took up the path of Bhakti or Krishna consciousness. In those days the devotees were almost all very young and inexperienced. We had no balanced elders to show us the way through their wisdom of having gone through many stages of life and various mistakes and blunders. Therefore our application of the philosophy was often very fanatical and short sighted. At least for many of us including my

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

Posted by geeta kakkar on August 26, 2010 at 6:11pm

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara) - Mayuri-kuti

Once, Srimati Radhika and Krsna came to this place together with the sakhis. Upon seeing them, the peacocks became overjoyed with ecstasy and began to dance. Clouds gathered in the sky, and a light shower of rain fell. Nature had decorated herself fully, as if she was a beautiful and charming young woman. Radha and Krsna could not check Their feelings. Taking the form of a peacock and peahen, They danced in an astonishing way along with th

Important of Reading Srila Prabhupada Books

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on August 26, 2010 at 3:08pm

Make a habit of reading. It is a very good habit the habit of reading. That is goingto sharpen your intelligence. Your intelligence should have a twenty by twentyvision. When you have perfect vision this means that your eyes are able to seecorrectly, identify colors and so on. So our intelligence should be so trainedthat you can identify what is beneficial, what is detrimental, what is good,what is bad. Those devotees who are associated with ISKCON,who want to advance spiritually, save themselve

Holy Name

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on August 26, 2010 at 2:59pm

Meditate on the holy name. It is our greatest weapon against maya. You read about these stories in the scriptures such as howHari Das Thakur was saved. He was absorbed in chanting and the prostitute alsofailed. Someone may say , “But I am not Hari das”. I am in 21^stCentury, it is not going to help me. We may not be a Haridas but the potency ofthe holy name is as powerful today as it was five hundred years ago.

H H Gopal Krishna Goswami

ISKCON Vraja Mandala Prikrama 2010

Posted by _ghanshyam das on August 26, 2010 at 10:10am

, H H Radha Raman Swami:

Dear Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

ISKCON’s 24th Vraja Mandala Parikrama will be held this year from Oct 23 till Nov 21. The Parikrama schedule is pasted at the end of this article. The Parikrama will start on Saturday 23rd October after mangal-arati at 5:00 am. The participants are requested to reach Vrindavan latest by the evening of Oct 22.

Please note that the participant will have to arrange own accommodation in Vrindavan

THE DEPARTURE OF SVAYAMBHU MAHARAJA

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on August 26, 2010 at 8:30am

We are sorry to announce the departure of Svayambhu Maharaja, a senior disciple of Srila Gour Govinda Swami and our dear godbrother and friend.

When speaking of the glory of the Vaishnavas, Srila Gour Govinda Maharaja would often quote the following Bengali verse from the poet Vaishnava Das:

vaisnavera guna gana, korile jivera trana

suniache sadhu-guru mukhe

"I have heard from the lips of sadhu-guru, if you glorify a devotee, you will be delivered very easily. Krishna will be very pleased

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CLAIMING TO BE GOD

Darsh Do Mohe Girdhari

Mere Pyare Madan Gopal

Lord Krishna's Aarti

Prerna The Timeless Inspiration___NEW ALBUM RELEASING ON 5th Sep In Delhi

The Mystery of Deity Worship

Summary of Chapter-1, Bhagavad Gita

Srila Prabhupada smashes Hermen Hesse without even knowing him

Blaming makes you feel powerless over your own life !

Complete independence of the Lord

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Training and culture

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Old age symptoms

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 31

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 30

HOW NOT TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOTHER: Karnamrita.das

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

Important of Reading Srila Prabhupada Books

Holy Name

ISKCON Vraja Mandala Prikrama 2010

THE DEPARTURE OF SVAYAMBHU MAHARAJA

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