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Q&A _Lake of Death

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 22, 2011 at 8:53am

The Question & Answer Session between Yaksa and Yudhistra on the Lake of Death.

Q - “What makes the soul rise out of his entanglement in matter? Who keeps him company, who is his guide on that spiritual journey, and on what is he established?”

A -“It is knowledge of the Supreme Lord which makes the soul rise. Godly qualities are his companions, dharma is his guide, and he is established on truth.”

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Q -”What makes one learned? How does one attain t

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Say 'No' to TV

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 22, 2011 at 8:51am

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

In Bhagavad Gita verse 5.22, Lord Krishna says

ye hi samsparsha jaa bhogaa / duhkha yonaya eva te
aady antavantah kaunteya / na teshu ramate budhah

An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunti, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them.

The wo

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Vyasa-puja of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Posted by kartik on February 22, 2011 at 7:00am

Date: February 26, 2008 (Vyasa-puja of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati)
Speakers: HH Bhakti Charu Swami & HH Jayapataka Swami

[invocatory prayers]

Bhakti Charu Swami: To understand Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur and his activities we have to understand the purpose of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s appearance and the progress of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s sankirtan movement. A remarkable thing is that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in order to inundate this world with Krsna consciousness and t

Goloka Vrndavana

Posted by Sriman John Martini Krishna Dasa on February 22, 2011 at 4:20am

The original spiritual planet, which resembles the whorl of a lotus flower, is called Goloka Vrndavana and is the abode of Lord Krishna. This original planet is located in the spiritual sky, beyond the limits of the material creation. Also in the spiritual sky are unlimited spiritual planets called Vaikunthas. These Vaikuntha planets are each dominated by a specific expansion of Lord Krishna and the inhabitants there are ever-liberated living beings.<br/>The material creation is a product of the

my words for u krishna.....

Posted by Aathira on February 21, 2011 at 9:43pm

Few words with my dear lord …at 9:00m pm on 16^th feb

Hare Krishna hare krishna …krishna Krishna hare hare ,

Hare ram hare ram , ram ram hare hare!!!!!!!!!!

Wo ek din tha jab tumko dekha lalla………….

Hazaro jyoth me chamakte hue ….radharani k sang …..chehre par wo tez ….

jise dekh kisi ka bhi mann apne sthal se bhatak jaye …

Mere Mann me ek hi khayal aya uss waqt……………………

Kya me bhi Pyaar sakti hu apne bache jaisa apko………………….

Mere man me apka ma banne ka moh hua……………..

ek waqt tha ..jab ye sochti

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 12

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 21, 2011 at 5:06pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 12
pravala-vaidurya-mrnala-varcasah
parisphurat-kundala-mauli-malinah

pravala -- coral; vaidurya -- a special diamond; mrnala -- celestial lotus; varcasah -- rays; parisphurat -- blooming; kundala -- earring; mauli -- heads; malinah -- with garlands.

TRANSLATION
Some of them are effulgent like coral and diamonds in complexion and have garlands on their heads, blooming like lotus flowers, and some wear earrings.
PURPORT
There are some inhabitants who have attai

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 11

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 21, 2011 at 5:06pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 11
syamavadatah sata-patra-locanah
pisanga-vastrah surucah supesasah
sarve catur-bahava unmisan-mani-
praveka-niskabharanah suvarcasah

syama -- sky-bluish; avadatah -- glowing; sata-patra -- lotus flower; locanah -- eyes; pisanga -- yellowish; vastrah -- clothing; su-rucah -- greatly attractive; su-pesasah -- growing youthful; sarve -- all of them; catuh -- four; bahavah -- hands; unmisan -- rising luster; mani -- pearls; praveka -- superior quality; niska-a

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 10

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 21, 2011 at 5:05pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 10
pravartate yatra rajas tamas tayoh
sattvam ca misram na ca kala-vikramah
na yatra maya kim utapare harer
anuvrata yatra surasurarcitah

pravartate -- prevail; yatra -- wherein; rajah tamah -- the modes of passion and ignorance; tayoh -- of both of them; sattvam -- the mode of goodness; ca -- and; misram -- mixture; na -- never; ca -- and; kala -- time; vikramah -- influence; na -- neither; yatra -- therein; maya -- illusory, external energy; kim -- what; u

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 9

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 21, 2011 at 5:05pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 9
tasmai sva-lokam bhagavan sabhajitah
sandarsayam asa param na yat-param
vyapeta-sanklesa-vimoha-sadhvasam
sva-drstavadbhir purusair abhistutam

tasmai -- unto him; sva-lokam -- His own planet or abode; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; sabhajitah -- being pleased by the penance of Brahma; sandarsayam asa -- manifested; param -- the supreme; na -- not; yat -- of which; param -- further supreme; vyapeta -- completely given up; sanklesa -- five kinds of

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 8

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 21, 2011 at 5:04pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 8
divyam sahasrabdam amogha-darsano
jitanilatma vijitobhayendriyah
atapyata smakhila-loka-tapanam
tapas tapiyams tapatam samahitah

divyam -- pertaining to the demigods in the higher planets; sahasra -- one thousand; abdam -- years; amogha -- spotless, without a tinge of impurity; darsanah -- one who has such a vision of life; jita -- controlled; anila -- life; atma -- mind; vijita -- controlled over; ubhaya -- both; indriyah -- one who has such senses; atapy

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 7

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 21, 2011 at 5:04pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 7
nisamya tad-vaktr-didrksaya diso
vilokya tatranyad apasyamanah
svadhisnyam asthaya vimrsya tad-dhitam
tapasy upadista ivadadhe manah

nisamya -- after hearing; tat -- that; vaktr -- the speaker; didrksaya -- just to find out who spoke; disah -- all sides; vilokya -- seeing; tatra -- there; anyat -- any other; apasyamanah -- not to be found; svadhisnyam -- on his lotus seat; asthaya -- sit down; vimrsya -- thinking; tat -- it; hitam -- welfare; tapasi -- in

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 6

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 21, 2011 at 5:03pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 6
sa cintayan dvy-aksaram ekadambhasy
upasrnod dvir-gaditam vaco vibhuh
sparsesu yat sodasam ekavimsam
niskincananam nrpa yad dhanam viduh

sah -- he; cintayan -- while thus thinking; dvi -- two; aksaram -- syllables; ekada -- once upon a time; ambhasi -- in the water; upasrnot -- heard it nearby; dvih -- twice; gaditam -- uttered; vacah -- words; vibhuh -- the great; sparsesu -- in the sparsa letters; yat -- which; sodasam -- the sixteenth; ekavimsam -- and

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Taking vratas

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 21, 2011 at 5:02pm

Taking vratas

I decided that during Kartika I would only eat once a day, and on Ekadasi I would observe a complete fast. I also chanted thirty-two rounds today. Unfortunately, when it came to doing Prabhupada's massage this evening, I was so weak that after about twenty-five minutes I had to stop, and Prabhupada let me take rest. So, for practical reasons I have abandoned the idea and I will carry on with my normal schedule.

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Bhagatji comes into the kitchen in Prabhupada's back garden every

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Answering questions

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 21, 2011 at 5:01pm

Answering questions

Prabhupada answered one letter today, from Madhava prabhu, one of our scientists who is living at the Boston temple. Madhava said that in trying to work out the details for the construction of the Vedic Planetarium, they had run into many difficulties. He wondered if there were other books they could read that give more details on the universe than the Bhagavatam. He had a number of technical questions, and pointed out that the Fifth Canto descriptions seem to be at wide varia

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Quality of shyness

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 21, 2011 at 5:01pm

Quality of shyness

In class Prabhupada spoke at length on the need to properly protect women in order to have stability in human society. The verse described Draupadi as vama-svabhava, a soft-hearted woman. Observing that women in general are soft-hearted, but without the sharp intelligence of men, Prabhupada cited the example of Sita devi, who, being alone in the forest, was captured by Ravana. He is currently translating a section from the Ninth Canto about Rama-lila, and he told us that Sita,

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Help Required!!!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on February 21, 2011 at 4:55pm

Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisance’s,

All glories to srila prabhupad.

Dandvat Pranam,

I am looking for the cheap & best (Devotee home)accommodation in mayapur at the time of Gaur Purnima for 10 days where i can get prasadam & all. can any one help me to arrange the same.

i am very much greatfull if some one helps me on this regard

Or any devotee connected to ISKCON Temple Kolkata please contact me on my mail Or by phone

Your Servent

Saci Gaurasundara Das

+91-9873606200

sachin.kguptaa@gmail.

Sevak

Dr Zakir Naik's Fraud Exposed in Misusing Vedic Texts

Posted by Shobha Radha Devi Dasi on February 21, 2011 at 11:42am

A lot of people have by now heard of Dr. Zakir Naik, and how he is working to convince as many people as possible by his arguments, or his use of his translations of Vedic texts, to become Muslims. And those who are not educated in their own culture, such as simple minded Hindus who have not really
studied their own texts, become enamored by what he says. However, those who knowledgeable of those Vedic texts that Naik seems to use so well, they
become frustrated that so many people take his mistr

Dutch Local Government Appoints Land to ISKCON The Hague

Posted by Dinesh Warungase on February 20, 2011 at 9:33pm

Dutch Local Government Appoints Land to ISKCON The Hague

On 18 February 2011, the day after Sri Nityananda Prabhu ́s appearance day the long awaited decision pertaining the appointment of land for a new temple in The Hague, The Netherlands, was made by the local Dutch governing authorities in favor of ISKCON and other religious organizations.

A consortium of three religious organizations, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Arya Samaj Nederland and Siri Gurudwara Singh Sbha

Price of Krishna Prema

Posted by KOLLURU VENKATA SUBRAHMANYAM on February 20, 2011 at 4:23pm

Price of Krishna Prema is your gallons of tears with Ultimate Surrender & Repenting for the Past misdeeds, just like a child cries for its mother.

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Dear friend

Posted by kartik on February 20, 2011 at 2:54pm

Hare Krishna.

Please accept my best wishes.

Dear friend,

I hope this meets you well. I want to send you a very important thing. I am presenting in front of the greatest literature of the whole cosmic manifestation and beyond. This will not only help you to develop spiritually but also mentally, intellectually. See we as sophisticated Homo sapiens have greater understanding of life, spirituality, morality, science, nature, and everything on this planet. Thus we are above the level of animal kingdom.

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Q&A _Lake of Death

Say 'No' to TV

Vyasa-puja of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Goloka Vrndavana

my words for u krishna.....

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 12

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 11

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 10

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 9

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 8

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 7

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 9 Text 6

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Taking vratas

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Answering questions

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Quality of shyness

Help Required!!!

Dr Zakir Naik's Fraud Exposed in Misusing Vedic Texts

Dutch Local Government Appoints Land to ISKCON The Hague

Dutch Local Government Appoints Land to ISKCON The Hague

Price of Krishna Prema

Dear friend

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