Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Ambarisa prabhu

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 10, 2010 at 11:50am

Ambarisa prabhu

A letter arrived from Ambarisa prabhu today. He presented Srila Prabhupada with a proposal regarding his donating funds to ISKCON. "I have been thinking about how would be the best way to dispense money, and have come up with an idea. If you approve, I will set this up immediately.

"I would open a savings account here in Boston, whose funds would solely be for your use. I would personally make regular deposits into this account, and also the restaurant would make deposits. I would

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 42

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 10, 2010 at 11:50am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 42
adyo 'vatarah purusah parasya
kalah svabhavah sad-asan-manas ca
dravyam vikaro guna indriyani
virat svarat sthasnu carisnu bhumnah

adyah -- first; avatarah -- incarnation; purusah -- Karanarnavasayi Visnu; parasya -- of the Lord; kalah -- time; svabhavah -- space; sat -- result; asat -- cause; manah -- mind; ca -- also; dravyam -- elements; vikarah -- material ego; gunah -- modes of nature; indriyani -- senses; virat -- the complete whole body; svarat --

मेरी भक्ति कभी न छूटे

Posted by Priya Sakhi Devi Dasi on September 10, 2010 at 10:26am

हे गोपाल मेरे

हे गोविन्द मेरे

देखो ये माया

कैसे मुझे घेरे

कभी तन को दे पीडा

कभी मन को उलझन

चाहे दूर करना तुझसे

दूरी न हो पाए भगवन

कैसा भी हो संकट

किसी भी विपदा

तेरा नाम ही हो

मेरे होठों पे सदा.

कितना भी तडपाये मुझको माया

कितनी भी दुर्बल हो मेरी काया

महसूस करूँ मै हरपल तेरी छाया

तेरी लीलों में हो मन हर पल समाया .

इतना करना हे गोविन्द कि

मेरी भक्ति कभी न छूटे

टूटे चाहे जग के सब रिश्ते

पर मेरा रिश्ता तुझसे न टूटे

deity worship F.A.Q. Part-4 Brahmana threads & Gayatri mantra

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 10, 2010 at 10:00am

Savitri gayatri

Mati (das) HKS (Siberia)

03-Nov-94

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I readed about savitri-gayatri. It can used for fire sacrifices. If somebody have this mantra, please send me.

Shyamasundara (Dasa) ACBSP (Astrologer)

04-Nov-94

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All initiated ISKCON Brahmanas chant the savitri gayatri mantra as the first of a series of gayatri and bija mantras that they recite.

Wearing threads

Kasya (das) SS (Prague -

The Sacrifice of Nama Yajna

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 10, 2010 at 8:38am

From HH Sacinandana Swami's newsletter Amrta-vani

Dear Devotees,

Please acecpt my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are constantly working on and preparing fabolous Amrta-vani training newsletters. But in the meantime, while we prepare, we don't want to stop sending you spiritual inspirations:

The Sacrifice of Nama Yajna - Singing the Holy Name

A nama-yajna is exclusively for the pleasure of Krsna and doing it, all participants can become priests. You might ask h

Boxer Mohammad Ali's advice to his daughter

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 10, 2010 at 8:00am

Boxer Mohammad Ali's advice to his daughter

An incident transpired when Muhammad Ali's daughters arrived at his home wearing clothes that were quite revealing.

Here is the story as told by one of his daughters:

“When we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father's suite. As usual, he was hiding behind the door waiting to scare us. We exchanged many hugs and kisses as we could possibly give in one day. My father took a good look at us. Then he

ISKCON’s largest ‘Goshala’ coming up near Tirupati

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 9, 2010 at 5:30pm

TIRUPATI: The country’s largest ‘Goshala’ in the network of International Society for Krsna consciousness (ISKCON) is coming up 50 km northwest of the temple city of Tirupati.ISKCON has decided to make use of the 50 acres of land donated by a philanthropistin Rangannagarigadda village of Chinnagottigallu mandal by setting up astate-of-the-art cow protection centre to house a whopping 2000 heads of cattle.Given the area’s contiguity to the Talakona forest, known forits serene ambience and dense

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A very influential scholar.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 9, 2010 at 2:01pm

A very influential scholar.

Bhagavad-gita 10.11

TRANSLATION

Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.

PURPORT

When Lord Caitanya was in Benares promulgating the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, thousands of people were following Him.

Prakāśānanda, a very influential and learned scholar in Benares at that time, derided Lord Caitanya for being

deity worship F.A.Q. Part-3 Brahmana threads & Gayatri mantra

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 9, 2010 at 2:00pm

Brahmana threads & Gayatri mantra

Chanting Gayatri

Yasoda Kumar (das) RSD (Perm - R)

29-Nov-96

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It is said that even if one is offering arati to the Lord he should stop it in case he sees that some saintly person, sadhu unexpectedly comes in his home. He should detain his service to receive
sadhu properly and then ask him for permission to complete his service to the
Deity. But if I'm for example chanting Gayatri and suddenly a senior person

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Transfer of Burden

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 9, 2010 at 1:58pm

Transfer of Burden

This is a good description of an attempt to transfer a burden from one place to another. When one gets tired of keeping a burden on his head, he will place it on his shoulder. This does not mean that he has become freed from the strains of carrying the burden. Similarly, human society in the name of civilization is creating one kind of trouble to avoid another kind of trouble. In contemporary civilization we see that there are many automobiles manufactured to carry us swiftly f

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It can produce revolution.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 9, 2010 at 1:57pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.9-11
June 6, 1969, New Vrndavana
Lecture by Srila Prabhupada.

A literature presented to the people, to the public for reading, which are even grammatically incorrect, but because there is glorification of the Lord, it can produce revolution. It can purify the whole human society. My Guru Maharaja, when he was selecting articles to be published in The Harmonist, if he sees simply that there is, several times the writer has written "Krsna," "Lord Caitanya," like that, he passe

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Gopalji Deity

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 9, 2010 at 1:56pm

Gopalji Deity

Gopala Krsna explained that a new ordinance introduced under the auspices of Indira Gandhi now limits the height of any building in Bombay to only five floors. In order to complete the sixth floor on the towers, they had to work at night.

As he walked Gopala Krsna told Prabhupada that Sri Laksna Pandit, the sister-in-law of one of our western devotees and a famous actress and singer, was scheduled to sing bhajanas at our pandala tomorrow. He wondered if that was all right.

"Yes," Prab

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 40-41

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 9, 2010 at 1:55pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 40-41
visuddham kevalam jnanam
pratyak samyag avasthitam
satyam purnam anady-antam
nirgunam nityam advayam
rse vidanti munayah
prasantatmendriyasayah
yada tad evasat-tarkais
tirodhiyeta viplutam

visuddham -- without any material tinge; kevalam -- pure and perfect; jnanam -- knowledge; pratyak -- all-pervading; samyak -- in fullness; avasthitam -- situated; satyam -- truth; purnam -- absolute; anadi -- without any beginning; antam -- and so also without any end;

Who is God?

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 9, 2010 at 9:26am

Who is God?

Question: Different religions claim their God to be the real God. Sometimes, certain people claim to be incarnations of God. Some consider God personal, others, impersonal. Who actually is God?

Answer: God has nowadays largely become an object of naļve sentiment and blind faith. However, knowledge of God is a precise and profound science. Based on that divine science, let’s address these questions one by one:

As science begins with definition of the object under study, let’s

deity worship F.A.Q. Part 2 SUB= Order of offering (arati)

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 9, 2010 at 8:30am

Order of offering (arati)Nrsimha Kavaca (das) IDS28-Jun-95------------------------------------------------------------Just a few quotes I was able to dig up. There are others, but it depends how much time you can give one topic.22nd March, 1968letter to Balai dasi,Yes, you may say the prayer to the Spiritual Master 3 times, and also the Namo Brahmanya . . . prayer 3 times, when offering Prasadam. That is very nice to say the mantra 3 times. Also, you may, after offering to the Spiritual Master,

deity worship F.A.Q. Part 1

Posted by _ghanshyam das on September 8, 2010 at 11:58pm

Arati

Different questions

(Bhakta) Peter (GBB) (Munich - D)

13-Jun-94

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1) There is mentioned in Pancaratra-Pradipa that a fan is offered only during warm weather. Does it mean that one should offer it according to temperature outside or to warm season in general?

2) If there is an additional offering of bhoga to be done after prescribe offering, should one perform dhupa-arati after the main offering or after the additional one?

3) Does dhupa-a

Amazing Hari Katha in Tamil by Visaka Hari

Posted by Bhagavati devi dasi on September 8, 2010 at 11:51pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2CuYfgQM3I&feature=related

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The Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 8, 2010 at 1:57pm

The Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra

The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, is the sublime method for reviving our transcendental consciousness As living spiritual souls, we are all originally Kṛṣṇa conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our consciousness is now adulterated by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we are now living, is ca

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A common controversy

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 8, 2010 at 1:55pm

A common controversy.

Bhagavad-gita 7.7

TRANSLATION

O conquerer of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.

PURPORT

There is a common controversy over whether the Supreme Absolute Truth is personal or impersonal. As far as Bhagavad-gītā is concerned, the Absolute Truth is the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and this is confirmed in every step. In this verse, in particular, it is stressed that the Absolute Truth is a person. That

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Beg Krishna for Pure Bhakti

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 8, 2010 at 1:54pm

Religion nowadays is accepted as a system of taking God as one's order-supplier, that I approach God to fulfill my material desires. Of course, it is God undoubtedly who is supplying us all of our material necessities. But this does not mean that we have to petition Him for this purpose. Does a child have to beg his parents every day to feed him? No, of course not. Because the parents love the child they will naturally feed him. No begging is required. What will satisfy the parents greatly is if

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deity worship F.A.Q. Part-4 Brahmana threads & Gayatri mantra

Savitri gayatri

Mati (das) HKS (Siberia)

Shyamasundara (Dasa) ACBSP (Astrologer)

Wearing threads

Kasya (das) SS (Prague -

The Sacrifice of Nama Yajna

Boxer Mohammad Ali's advice to his daughter

ISKCON’s largest ‘Goshala’ coming up near Tirupati

A very influential scholar.

deity worship F.A.Q. Part-3 Brahmana threads & Gayatri mantra

Brahmana threads & Gayatri mantra

Chanting Gayatri

Yasoda Kumar (das) RSD (Perm - R)

Transfer of Burden

It can produce revolution.

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Gopalji Deity

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 40-41

Who is God?

deity worship F.A.Q. Part 2 SUB= Order of offering (arati)

deity worship F.A.Q. Part 1

Arati

Different questions

(Bhakta) Peter (GBB) (Munich - D)

Amazing Hari Katha in Tamil by Visaka Hari

The Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra

A common controversy

Beg Krishna for Pure Bhakti

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