So to become actual human being, one has to undergo tapasya. Tapasa brahmacaryena, jnanena, samena, damena [SB 6.1.13]. This is the prescription, that if you want to become actually a human being, then you have to undergo tapasya, brahmacarya, sama, dama, titiksa [Bg. 18.42]. These things have to be practiced.Not that because I want sense gratification, therefore let me under the name of independence, let me become naked and have sex life on the street. That day is coming. It already has come to
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"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
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 --
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
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 -
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
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
A very influential scholar.
Bhagavad-gita 10.11
Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.
TRANSLATION
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
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
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
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.9-11
June 6, 1969, New Vrndavana
Lecture by Srila Prabhupada.
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
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
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?
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
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
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 |
A common controversy.
Bhagavad-gita 7.7
O conquerer of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.
TRANSLATION
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
