The devotee is always right.
The devotee is always right.
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The devotee is always right.
bhurlokah kalpitah padbhyam
bhuvarloko 'sya nabhitah
hrda svarloka urasa
maharloko mahatmanah
bhuh -- the lower planetary systems up to the stratum of the earth; lokah -- the planets; kalpitah -- it is so imagined or said; padbhyam -- out of the legs; bhuvah -- the upper; lokah -- the planetary system; asya -- of Him (the Lord); nabhitah -- from the navel abdomen; hrda -- by the heart; svarlokah -- the planetary systems occupied by the demigods; urasa --
An answer to Krishna’s sometimes mysterious ways may lie in the following quote from the Saranagati songs of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur.
"All the troubles encountered in your devotional service are great causes of happiness, for in your devotional service joy and sorrow are equally great riches, both destroy the misery of ignorance."
I can see this in my own life, when in recent years I had to undergo much physical hardship and a certain degree of insecurity. I often asked myself: "Will I ever be p
sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me
O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, a moment feels like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.
Inspirations
For devotees of Krishna, the world feels empty in the absence of their beloved Lord. In affairs of love there is no substitute for the beloved—no other person, toy, or material object can replace one’s beloved. Without Krishna the world seems like a play
The following text is a compilation of different quotes by Srila Prabhupada on idle sports.
On football world cup Srila Prabhupada did not have very positive opinion.
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A)
Hamsaduta: This week is the big world football, soccer matches. So everyone goes to see that. They either stay at home and watch television or they go to the fields.
Prabhupada: Because they have been taught like that. Wh
What exactly does it mean to become mature?
Immediately two answers come to mind:
(1) To develop a new set of desires and orientation in life
(2) To become enjoyable for others.
Let us consider the example of a young, immature boy and girl. When they become physically mat
He said, “I feel no fear.”
No Fear
All right death, here I am
come take me in your arms.
I have drawn
a luminous circle
with Krishna’s holy names
around me.
When you hold me
you will feel the ecstatic touch
of my Lord’s lotus feet on your heart
and you will tremble
with divine love.
Remembering that Krishna’s names
give auspicious benedictions to all,
who needs to fear
anything or anyone?
H H Sacidanand Swami
PAMHO
AGTSP
Lecture -- Seattle, September 27, 1968
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(ORIGINAL)
Prabhupada: …So service to Krsna means as soon as you dovetail yourself in the service of Krsna, you are not different from Krsna. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita: mam ca 'vyabhicarena bhakti-yogena yah sevate. This very word, sevate. Sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate [Bg. 14.26]. "Anyone who seriously engages himself in My service, immediately he becomes transcendenta
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I have most probably given many people troubles in the mind. Some of them might have thought that I am their enemy because I was obliged to speak the plain truth for service and devotion towards the A
purusasya mukham brahma
ksatram etasya bahavah
urvor vaisyo bhagavatah
padbhyam sudro vyajayata
purusasya -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; mukham -- mouth; brahma -- is the brahmanas; ksatram -- the royal order; etasya -- of Him; bahavah -- the arms; urvoh -- the thighs; vaisyah -- are the mercantile men; bhagavatah -- of the Personality of Godhead; padbhyam -- from His legs; sudrah -- the laborer class; vyajayata -- became manifested.
Some people ask why there seems to be so many gods within Hinduism or Vedic culture. Yet, if we properly analyze the situati
Prabhupada explains that by serving in Krishna Consciousness in this life, then in the next life you can take birth in some universe where Lord Krishna’s or Lord Chaitanya’s
Similarly while the spiritual master is present, it is an opportunity to try to learn as much about devotional service, so that you can take advantage because when the spiritual master is not physically present, you have to serve in separation.
So the ideal thing is to learn as much as w
But in fact they are like the shadow, and Krishna's activities are the original and pure. These are not real relationships. These are a play, a kin
In the Skanda Purana, it mentions that if you chant the two syllables Ha… Ri… Ha… Ri… Ha… Ri… Hari… Hari… Hari… Hari…, then the Lord will steal away from you!... We all still look worried?… You know what he’ll steel from you??? You want to know?
If you chanted HARI… he’ll steel away from you all your SUFFERINGS! All your Contamination! That looks alright?
Someone comes steels your garbage do you mind? (laughte
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
July 14, 2010
"No one in particular seemed to decide what would
happen next but it just went on, like
waves, one after another. One devotee did
something like a Russian dance down on the
floor, shooting his legs out."
Last night about 400 devotees were at the
temple to greet Lord Jagannath, Who
returned from the 6 hour Rathayatra at
10pm. The kirtan was so jubilant, devotees
dancing together in several clusters across the
temple floor. They were spinning,
dancing in circles, moving in
जगत के नाथ जनन्नाथ
जग दर्शन को हैं निकले आज
ये दिन बड़े ही दुर्लभ होते
दौड़ पडो छोड़ सब काज
भक्त वत्सल भगवान
मंदिर से निकल आये हैं
दया,करुणा ,वत्सलता
सब पर ही बरसाए हैं
एक बार जो कर ले दर्शन
कोटि जन्म के पाप कट जाए
खींच लिया जो रस्सा रथ का
जन्म-मृत्यु की रस्सी कट जाए
प्रभु ले नखरे
भक्त की ठिठोली
शरारतें प्रभु की
भक्त की बोली
कभी वो रथ पर ही
नही आते
कभी चलते-चलते
रुक जाते
अगर दर्शन देना चाहते कहीं
तो फिर प्रभु वही रुक जाते
आज भक्त भगवान के पास नही
भगवान भक्त के पास हैं आते
ऐसी ही लीलाएं प्रभु की
सुलभ
The rathayatra often falls in the summer season of May-June each year and Puri becomes a vibrant scene of crowd attraction during the festival. Perhaps a million plus gather to witness the tumultuous event. This is one of the ancient festivals in Bharatam and a place of huge crowd attractions like the Kumbha-mela, Makara-sankranti, and Pongal festivals. The rathayatra festivities are organised and financed mainly by the Government of Orissa. As said, during the rathayatra, the three Deities are
