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There was a case of nuns in a court in Warsaw, Poland against ISKCON. Noting that ISKCON was spreading it's activities and gaining followers in Poland, a nun filed a case before a Judicial Magistrate praying that ISKCON should be banned because its followers were glorifying a Character called Krishna 'Who was loose in morals, having married 16,000 Gopikas'.

When the case came up for hearing the ISKCON defendant requested the Judge to ask the nun to repeat the oath she had taken when she was orda

Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Temples bus-party is currently distributing books
in the factories. The devotees set up stall in the company and then
distribute set of Srila Prabhupadaês books on credit to the workers. The
amount is deducted from next monthês salary. Often the management deducts
the amount in two installments enabling the workers to buy a set
consisting of Bhagwad Gita, Krishna Book, Science of self realization and
some small books.

This is an incident that happened with Bh Rahul Prabhu. Rahul

It is said that a noble man accepts the good qualities of a person of
doubtful character, just as one accepts nectar from a stock of poison.
In His babyhood, Lord Krsna was administered deadly poison by Putana,
a she-demon who tried to kill the wonderful baby. And because she was
a demon, it was impossible for her to know that the Supreme Lord, even
though playing the part of a baby, was no one less than the same
Supreme Personality of Godhead. His value as the Supreme Lord did not
diminish upon His be

Dear all ,

[Srimad Bhagavatam 3.4.15 - Uddhava to Lord Krsna]
"O my Lord, devotees who engage in the transcendental loving service
of Your lotus feet have no difficulty in achieving anything within the
realm of the four principles of religiosity, economic development,
sense gratification and liberation. But, O great one, as far as I am
concerned, I have preferred only to engage in the loving service of
Your lotus feet."

The devotees can achieve not only liberation but any success in the
realm of religiosity, econo

Every ashram requires lots of adjustment but that is required for us
to be successful to rise above the karma. We don't know what karma is
still there, the aprarabda karma is stored within the heart - it is
stored in the heart, so many sinful reactions from so many lifetimes,
we don't know what is there. We don't know what reactions are still to
come.

It is mentioned that Ajamila at the time of being a student, he was a
brahmin. It is said that he was the best student among all the others,
he was exemp

I was reading an interesting article today....it talks about how we should organise our time around our Japa and not organise our Japa around the time that we have left in the day. Here is a quote from the article:

"So please continue to be very sincere about developing your Krishna
Consciousness and Krishna will give you all facilities to return with
Him to His Spiritual Abode. Take instructions from your god-brothers
and devotees, chant your sixteen rounds daily, follow all regulations
strictly, and you will have all blessings from the disciplic
succession to advance nicely."



Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

BG 9.25: Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship the ancestors go to the ancestors; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; and those who worship Me will live with Me.

Vaisnavas --- regardless of their varna or occupational propensity --- evidence the characteristics of a brahmana, particularly the 3 brahminical characteristics mentioned below.

1) Vaisnavas and brahmanas have one wealth, in abundance: good behavior. Behavior springs from one's internal qualities; thus, the soul's contact with the quality of goodness brings forth good behavior. We are thus trained in KC'ness in such a way that our schedule, our diet, our speech, our clothing, our approach to lif

GURU

In the Physical Form, Guru provides protection to his devotees, but when He leaves His corporal frame (physical form), in an ‘aatmic’ form He is still THERE, as a shapeless power. He comes to the rescue of his devotees in ‘Nirakaar Roop’ (shapeless form) whenever such a need arises. It is also within His power to attain any shape or to remain in shapeless form for as long as He wishes to. In the shapeless form, He is ‘Nirakaar’ Paar Brahma – the Supreme Power.

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.4.31

yac-chaktayo vadatāḿ vādināḿ vai

vivāda-saḿvāda-bhuvo bhavanti

kurvanti caiṣāḿ muhur ātma-mohaḿ

tasmai namo 'nanta-guṇāya bhūmne

SYNONYMS

yat-śaktayaḥ — whose multifarious potencies; vadatām — speaking different philosophies; vādinām — of the speakers; vai — indeed; vivāda — of argument; saḿvāda — and agreement; bhuvaḥ — the causes; bhavanti — are; kurvanti — create; ca — and; eṣām — of them (the theorists); muhuḥ — continuously; ātma-moham — bewilderme

The Gosvamis, especially Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, strictly followed all the regulative principles. The first regulative principle is that one must chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra loudly enough so that he can hear himself, and one must vow to chant a fixed number of rounds.

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Antya 11.24

It is said that a noble man accepts the good qualities of a person of
doubtful character, just as one accepts nectar from a stock of poison.
In His babyhood, Lord Krsna was administered deadly poison by Putana,
a she-demon who tried to kill the wonderful baby. And because she was
a demon, it was impossible for her to know that the Supreme Lord, even
though playing the part of a baby, was no one less than the same
Supreme Personality of Godhead. His value as the Supreme Lord did not
diminish upon His be