PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'BLIND CONCEPTION OF LIFE AND ITS EFFECT'

Posted by Janaka Dasa (Dr Jagadeesh TG) on December 7, 2010 at 2:00pm

Introduction

na ca sreyo 'nupasyami

hatva sva-janam ahave

na kankse vijayam krsna

na ca rajyam sukhani ca

Bg 1.31

I do not see how any good can come from killing my own kinsmen in this battle, nor can I, my dear Krsna, desire any subsequent victory, kingdom, or happiness. - Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra

Blind conception of life and its effects

'Without knowing that one's self-interest is in Visnu (or Krsna), conditioned souls are attracted by bodily relationships, hoping to be happy in such s

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Little Fish Challenges Giant of Science

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on December 7, 2010 at 9:56am

Article appearing in the Boston Globe, May 30, 2000
A Little Fish Challenges a Giant of Science
By Fred Heeren, Globe Correspondent

CHENGJIANG, China - The fish-like creature was hardly more than an inch long, but its discovery in the rocks of southern China was a big deal. The 530-million-year-old fossil, dubbed Haikouella, had the barest beginning of a spinal cord, making it the oldest animal ever found whose body shape resembled modern vertebrates.

In the Nature article announcing his latest find

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Philosophy of Life and Death

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 7, 2010 at 8:33am

Philosophy of Life and Death

A sane person who has understood the philosophy of life and death is very upset upon hearing of the horrible, hellish condition of life in the womb of the mother or outside of the mother. But one has to make a solution to the problems of life. A sane man should understand the miserable condition of this material body. Without being unnecessarily upset, he should try to find out if there is a remedy. The remedial measures can be understood when one associates with pers

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Why Buddhists Are Atheists?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 7, 2010 at 8:31am

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I am very lucky to have a master who is helping with my questions. If Lord Buddha achieved self realization, He must have been Krishna conscious or God consciousness. But yet theBuddhists don't believe in God. Why is this?

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It is amazing that even with knowing it the Buddhists are theists, that the

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Commentaries by Acharyas on the Vedanta Sutra

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 7, 2010 at 8:28am

Commentaries by Acharyas on the Vedanta Sutra

There are two classes of sannyasis, or persons in the renounced order of life.

The Mayavadi sannyasis are engaged in the study of Sankhya philosophy,

whereas the Vaisnava sannyasis are engaged in the study of Bhagavatam philosophy,

which affords the proper commentary on the Vedanta-sutras.

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The Mayavadi sannyasis also study the Vedanta-sutras, but use their own commentary, calledSariraka-bhasya, written by Sankaracarya.

>>> Ref. VedaBase =

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Is Religion Causing Problems?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 7, 2010 at 8:27am

Is Religion Causing Problems?

People fighting for Religion Question to Radhanath Swami : Swamiji, my question is not directly related to religion. But some of the biggest challenges facing the world today are the problems caused by religions. What is the solution for this?

Radhanath Swami: I do not see it as a problem of religion. I see it as the problem caused by irreligion in the guise of religion. We have to find what religion actually is. Real religion does not mean a Hindu, a Muslim, a Jew, a Christian, Zoroastrian, Jain

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Wasting time

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 7, 2010 at 8:27am

Wasting time

Because there was no breakfast, Prabhupada talked with the temple managers for quite a long time. He is quite frustrated with Aksayananda Swami's style of management. Although Aksayananda is undoubtedly sincere, he seems to not have any realization about what is to be done or not done, nor how to do what Prabhupada tells him has to be done. Even when he says he understands, things don't get done. A case in point is the alterations to the guest house lobby. The banging, thumpings and

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 10

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 7, 2010 at 8:26am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 10
sa capi yatra puruso
visva-sthity-udbhavapyayah
muktvatma-mayam mayesah
sete sarva-guhasayah

sah -- He; ca -- also; api -- as He is; yatra -- where; purusah -- the Personality of Godhead; visva -- the material worlds; sthiti -- maintenance; udbhava -- creation; apyayah -- annihilation; muktva -- without being touched; atma-mayam -- own energy; maya-isah -- the Lord of all energies; sete -- does lie on; sarva-guha-sayah -- one who lies in everyone s heart.

SATAN'S Meeting

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on December 6, 2010 at 10:36pm

This is not only a good read but also food for thought, and I'm not too busy to forward this. May these words speak to everyone of us.

SATAN'S MEETING :

Satan called a worldwide convention of demons.

In his opening address he said,

"We can't keep people from going to pray."

"We can't keep them from reading their holy books and knowing the truth."

"We can't even keep them from forming an intimate relationship with their God ".

"Once they gain that connection with GOD, our power over them is broken."

Scientific proof of Mahabharata

Posted by Bhagavati devi dasi on December 6, 2010 at 10:01pm

A unique documentary which proves the existence of Krishna and shows the scientific proof of Mahabharata with exact year of Kurukshetrawar. CLICK the foll site......

http://www.saraswatifilms.org/movies.php

A brilliant film made by a British doctor using astronomy and scientific calculations to point out the exact year of the KurukshetraWar between the Pandavas and Kauravas...

Sincere Thanks to Jaya Raman who sent this to me!

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Live broadcast - 41st Anniversary of Sri Sri Radha Londonisvara

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on December 6, 2010 at 3:00pm

Dear Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

It’s Radha Londonisvara’s 41st Birthday!! Hope you all remember what a bash we had last year for the 40th anniversary with Shyamsundar, Gurudas, Malati and Jamuna Prabhus and so many devotees from the yesteryears.

This year we shall celebrate the 41st Installation Anniversary of Their Lordships in the Radha Krishna Temple in London. It will be a 2 day’s festivities on the 11th (Saturday) and 12th Sunday) of December,

Story of Lord Krishna

Posted by geeta kakkar on December 6, 2010 at 1:41pm

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Akrura’s Arrival in Vrndavana

1. After passing the night in the city of Mathura, the high-minded Akrura mounted his chariot and set off for the cowherd village of Nanda Maharaja.

2. As he traveled on the road, the great soul Akrura felt tremendous devotion for the lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead, and thus he began to consider as follows.

3. [Sri Akrura thought:] What pious deeds have I done, what severe austerities undergone, what

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How could God allow such a tragedy to take place?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 6, 2010 at 1:25pm

How could God allow such a tragedy to take place? Radhanath Swami Answers…

Wtc-Attack -- September-11 Question to Radhanath Swami: If there is a God who is all loving and compassionate, how could he allow the attacks on the World Trade Centre to take place?

Radhanath Swami briefs about how people are taking it: Today the world is drastically shaken by recent events that have taken place in the United States of America. I just came from that land. I have never seen America in such a condition. It is shaken to its very core.

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The Nature of the Holy Name

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 6, 2010 at 1:22pm

Indirect devotional paths of jnana and karma are intended to lead one
to the shrine of devotional service through either the association of
saintly persons during philosophical discussions, or by the
ritualistic offering to the Supreme Lord of the results of work
performed without desire but in Kali-yuga both paths have become
contaminated. Genuine saintly persons, now rarely seen, have been
displaced by crass, commercial pseudo-spiritualists. Religious duties
are no longer performed for purifying the

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 9

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 6, 2010 at 1:21pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 9
ajah srjati bhutani
bhutatma yad-anugrahat
dadrse yena tad-rupam
nabhi-padma-samudbhavah

ajah -- one who is born without a material source; srjati -- creates; bhutani -- all those materially born; bhuta-atma -- having a body of matter; yat -- whose; anugrahat -- by the mercy of; dadrse -- could see; yena -- by whom; tat-rupam -- His form of body; nabhi -- navel; padma -- lotus flower; samudbhavah -- being born of.

TRANSLATION
Brahma, who was not born of a ma

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Awakening Bhakti

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 6, 2010 at 1:19pm

Awakening Bhakti

Rather than going for a walk, Prabhupada simply circumambulated the temple on the parikrama path and then went in for darsana, guru-puja and class. Today's verse was 1.7.7:

yasyam vai sruyamanayam krsne parama-puruse
bhaktir utpadyate pumsah soka-moha-bhayapaha

"Simply by giving aural reception to this Vedic literature, the feeling for loving devotional service to Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, sprouts up at once to extinguish the fire of lamentation, illusion and f

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Prabhupada’s message on Book Distribution !!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 6, 2010 at 1:00pm

Prabhupada’s message on Book Distribution

Prabhupada: No, that is missionary activities, that they do not understand, but you have to make them understand. They are not calling you, “I am suffering. Please come,” but it is your business to go and let them know that “You are suffering. You take this method.” That is the way of becoming very quickly recognized by Krsna. Otherwise, if you think, “They are not understanding, what is the use of going there? Let me sleep,” that is not good. They are no

Book Distribution or Love Distribution?

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on December 6, 2010 at 10:11am

The term ‘Book Distribution’ stirs up different emotions in all of us. For some it is agony, and for others it is ecstasy. What is it about this devotional activity that generates such an extreme degree of conflicting emotions? Through this article, I humbly attempt to present to my respected Vaisnava readers some thoughts to uncover the real nature or ‘svarupa laksana’ of transcendental book distribution.

I invite you to take a step back in time. It’s the late 1970’s. Picture a teenager with a b

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Former Chicagoan, Radhanath Swami Speaks About "The Journey Home" Part 2

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on December 6, 2010 at 9:25am

The laugh, the gentleness, the calm- throughout our interview, he would erupt into the best, the deepest belly laugh I’ve ever heard; as if joy were welling up so powerfully deep inside that it just had to be released. He laughed a lot and spoke with great wisdom.

“Both of my parents were born in the Chicago area. I was born at Passavant Hospital, (now Northwestern Hospital). When I was little, we lived in the Rogers Park area, and when I was four, we moved to Highland Park, where I was brought

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Former Chicagoan, Radhanath Swami Writes About "The Journey Home" Part I

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on December 6, 2010 at 9:00am

I have spent the last 48 hours immersed in one man’s story; his telling of the journey to find, not himself, but a larger meaning. It began as a book review assignment with looming deadline and other projects on my mind. But once I began to read, without further thought, I set aside other work, neglected pressing deadlines, and stopped the time and habits of my usual schedule.

Reading this book has become a personal experience for me. In it, I did not find escape, but discovery. And I have no dou

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PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'BLIND CONCEPTION OF LIFE AND ITS EFFECT'

Little Fish Challenges Giant of Science

Philosophy of Life and Death

Why Buddhists Are Atheists?

Commentaries by Acharyas on the Vedanta Sutra

Is Religion Causing Problems?

Is Religion Causing Problems?

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Wasting time

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 10

SATAN'S Meeting

Scientific proof of Mahabharata

Live broadcast - 41st Anniversary of Sri Sri Radha Londonisvara

Story of Lord Krishna

How could God allow such a tragedy to take place?

The Nature of the Holy Name

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 9

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Awakening Bhakti

Prabhupada’s message on Book Distribution !!

Book Distribution or Love Distribution?

Former Chicagoan, Radhanath Swami Speaks About "The Journey Home" Part 2

Former Chicagoan, Radhanath Swami Writes About "The Journey Home" Part I

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