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Govinda Dasa Recollects How it all began in the Trains of Mumbai

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 30, 2010 at 10:37am

Some of the most exciting book distribution incidents have taken place at the Mumbai Central Railway Station. It all began in the mid 80's, when book distribution as a part of regular service in the

Radha Gopinatha temple in Chowpatty was still at a nascent stage. With very few devotees distributing books, nobody had ever thought of going to the railway station.

One day Krishnananda Prabhu decided to take the initiative and told me to accompany him. I had just joined the temple. As a teenager comi

Qualifications of a Bona Fide Disciple

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on June 30, 2010 at 10:35am

The Hari-bhakti-vilasa lists the following qualifications for a bonafide disciple, who may be trained and engaged in Deity worship:

l He should be devoted to the lotus feet of the spiritual master.

l He should be fully capable of upholding the vows made to the spiritual master.

l He should be engaged day and night in the Lord's service with body, mind and words.

l He should be desirous of knowing the Absolute truth.

l He should be spotless in character, truthful, gentle and polite, pleasing in appea

What is meaning of Darshan?

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on June 30, 2010 at 10:32am

The word ‘darshan’ means ‘to see’. But how to see? We actually have to learn how to see and what to see. We have to learn how to read and understand what is going on within me and outside. That needs proper education. That is why the vedic knowledge is called darshan or philosophy.

Darshan means a proper reading of one’s own self and the environment. And one can come to this understanding as a result of real or proper education. Therefore education must be vedic.

The purpose of education is to

FARMS FOOD AND FAITH: FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 30, 2010 at 10:24am

FARMS, FOOD & FAITH FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE

ISKCON NEW VRINDABAN

Friday December. 3 rd (1/2 Day begin at 2 pm)

Saturday and Sunday, December 4th and 5th (Full Day)

Monday December 6 th (1/2 Day end at 1 pm)

For more information:

Mail to: servingkrishna@aol.com

Call: 304-845-9591

Sri Krsna's playful pastime (vihara)

Posted by geeta kakkar on June 30, 2010 at 9:26am

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara) - Setubandha sarovara
Taken from the book Sri Vraj Mandal Parikrama

One day, the supremely playful Sri Krsna was sitting in the shade under the trees on the northen bank of this lake, together with the gopis, and was laughing and joking with vinodini Sri Radhika. At that time, many monkeys from nearby places descended from the trees, being attracted by Krsna's sweet beauty. They respectfully bowed at His lotus feet, sang in joy, jumped and danced. Severa

June 29th - HG Pankajanghri Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.5.22-26 - from Mayapur

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 29, 2010 at 5:13pm

SB 4.5.22: Then Vīrabhadra, the giantlike personality, sat on the chest of Dakṣa and tried to separate his head from his body with sharp weapons, but was unsuccessful.

SB 4.5.23: He tried to cut the head of Dakṣa with hymns as well as weapons, but still it was hard to cut even the surface of the skin of Dakṣa's head. Thus Vīrabhadra was exceedingly bewildered.

SB 4.5.24: Then Vīrabhadra saw the wooden device in the sacrificial arena by which the animals were to have been killed. He took the opport

Dying in the Material World

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on June 29, 2010 at 12:35pm

“Life is amply long for him who orders it properly.”
—Seneca (8 BC–AD 65)

Scientists of various disciplines are working hard to discover the principles of the biological clock within the human body that sets the pace for aging and finally signals the time for death. Thus they hope to learn how to prolong man’s life, and apparently they are making some progress. How successful their efforts will prove remains to be seen, but perhaps even more important: If they do succeed, how shall we use our ext

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'WHAT EVERY LIVING ENTITY MUST KNOW'

Posted by Janaka Dasa (Dr Jagadeesh TG) on June 29, 2010 at 12:30pm

WHAT EVERY LIVING ENTITY MUST KNOW

The Krishna consciousness movement is essential in human society, for it offers the highest perfection of life. How this is so is explained fully in the Bhagavad-gita. Unfortunately, mundane wranglers have taken advantage of Bhagavad-gita to push forward their demonic propensities and mislead people regarding right understanding of the simple principles of life.

Everyone should know how God, or Krishna, is great, and everyone should know the factual position of t

Remembering Srila Prabhupada- Early Difficulties

Posted by Pratik Raj on June 29, 2010 at 11:31am

Early difficulties

As a second World War overtakes humanity, Viceroy Linlithgow declares that India is at war with Germany. Indian troops are dispatched to battlefields around Asia, and the country is plunged into deprivation.

The Japanese soon take Burma and are now on the doorstep of Bengal. The British destroy Bengal's entire rice crop, fearing that it might fall into the hands of the Japanese. There is widespread famine.

In December 1942 the bombing begins. Japanese planes bomb Calcutta every d

Cow Products for Your Temple

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 29, 2010 at 11:21am

Dear Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisance’s. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krishna prabhu we are supplying gomata products from gujrat. We are manufacturing 15 items of gomata products,namely:

1 GO-ARK, Essence of life (distilled cow urine)

2 GHANAVATI, Essence of life (cow urine tablets)

3 ANGARAG, Body soap

4 TEJASVINI, Face powder

5 KESH NIKHAR, Hair tonic

6 ANGAMARDANAM TAILAM, Pain Reliever Oil

7 NETRA JYOTI, Eye Drops

8 PACHANAMRIT, Digestive Aid

9 DANTA MANJANAM, Tooth powder

10 SHUDH D

Don't Grow

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on June 29, 2010 at 11:00am

Dear Prabhujis and Mathajis,

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev!

Our beloved spiritual master H.H. Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj has deep love and affection for the young children and he always encourages them. When children recite the verses from Bhagavad gita and Srimad Bhagavatam, Maharaj becomes extremely pleased. So many parents took to Krishna consciousness just because of Maharaj’s encouragement and appreciation of the small children.

Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi

Posted by geeta kakkar on June 29, 2010 at 9:38am

Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati's
Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi
(The Nectar Moon of Sri Radha's Sweetness)

1. I gaze on a splendour that bears the name Radha, a splendour glorious like millions of lightning flashes, a splendour joyful with a festival of amorous pastimes, a festival that has beautiful jasmine-decorated braids, hair parted with a splendid line of red sindura, wonderful tilaka drawn with nine jewels, glistening earrings on its cheeks, a locket on its neck, a great necklace, and new red gar

Video: Ganga Boat Ride Kirtan with College Students in Mayapur!

Posted by Ekalavya Das on June 28, 2010 at 6:13pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzQyv2KuMEwDear Friends,Pamho. Agtsp.Please find above, a link to our kirtan on boats with college students from IITs and NITs across India.7:20.Hare Krishna.Ys, ekd

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 22

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 28, 2010 at 1:24pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 22
kalad guna-vyatikarah
parinamah svabhavatah
karmano janma mahatah
purusadhisthitad abhut

kalat -- from eternal time; guna-vyatikarah -- transformation of the modes by reaction; parinamah -- transformation; svabhavatah -- from the nature; karmanah -- of activities; janma -- creation; mahatah -- of the mahat-tattva; purusa-adhisthitat -- because of the purusa incarnation of the Lord; abhut -- it took place.

TRANSLATION
After the incarnation of the first purus

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 21

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 28, 2010 at 1:24pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 21
kalam karma svabhavam ca
mayeso mayaya svaya
atman yadrcchaya praptam
vibubhusur upadade

kalam -- eternal time; karma -- the fate of the living entity; svabhavam -- nature; ca -- also; maya -- potency; isah -- the controller; mayaya -- by the energy; svaya -- of His own; atman (atmani)-unto His Self; yadrcchaya -- independently; praptam -- being merged in; vibubhusuh -- appearing differently; upadade -- accepted for being created again.

TRANSLATION
The Lord

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 28, 2010 at 1:22pm

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

More from Srila Prabhupada on this theme:

If you say, "Oh, you are a karmi, you are a mudha..." actually he's a mudha, but in the beginning if you say like that, then there will be no opportunity to speak. He is a mudha, that there is no doubt -- working like hogs and dogs day and night for sense gratification. Certainly he is a mudha, a karmi. We have to preach, but if we say directly that "You are all mudhas, mayayapahrta-jnana, and duskrtina,"

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 28, 2010 at 1:21pm

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Srila Prabhupada practically demonstrated expertise in dealing with opponents in the following exchange.

After his lecture, Prabhupada called for questions. An Indian man stood up and said in a loud voice, ''Isn't it true that the all-inclusive conception of the Absolute...'' He rambled on. After about three minutes, the audience began fidgeting.

Prabhupada leaned toward the microphone and asked, ''Are you finished?'' ''No,'' the man retorted, and

The Life of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on June 28, 2010 at 12:11pm

Absolute is sentient Thou hast proved. Impersonal calamity Thou hast moved. This gives us a life Anew and fresh. Worship thy feet Your Divine Grace.

Oh! my Master
The evangelic angel.
Give us thy light,
Light up thy candle.
Struggle for existence
A Human race,
The only hope
His Divine Grace.

Absolute is sentient
Thou hast proved.
Impersonal calamity
Thou hast moved.
This gives us a life
Anew and fresh.
Worship thy feet
Your Divine Grace.

Had you not come
Who had told,
The message of Krishna
Forceful and bold,
That’s

Simha Guru

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on June 28, 2010 at 12:08pm

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was born in the holy pilgrimage place of Jagannatha Puri to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, a great Vaisnava acarya in the line of succession coming from Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Although employed as a government magistrate, Srila Bhaktivinoda worked tirelessly to establish the teachings of Lord Chaitanya in India. He envisioned a worldwide spiritual movement and prayed for a son to help him achieve his dream.

On February 6, 1874, in the sacred pilgrimage to

The Story of a Tile... (short story, realization)

Posted by Eternal Muser on June 27, 2010 at 11:58pm

I watched as my mason’s nephew affixed the tiles on the north-wall of my living room. I observed how he slapped a wad of thick cement-sand bonding mixture onto the back of the tile and carefully positioned it on the wall, making sure it occupied its designated place perfectly. I smiled in appreciation and returned to my work.

The next morning, I was awakened by the sound of loud voices. I rushed out into the living room. The mason’s nephew was standing with his head lowered, with a crestfallen ex

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Govinda Dasa Recollects How it all began in the Trains of Mumbai

Qualifications of a Bona Fide Disciple

What is meaning of Darshan?

FARMS FOOD AND FAITH: FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Sri Krsna's playful pastime (vihara)

June 29th - HG Pankajanghri Prabhu speaks on S.B. 4.5.22-26 - from Mayapur

Dying in the Material World

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'WHAT EVERY LIVING ENTITY MUST KNOW'

Remembering Srila Prabhupada- Early Difficulties

Cow Products for Your Temple

Don't Grow

Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi

Video: Ganga Boat Ride Kirtan with College Students in Mayapur!

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 22

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 5 Text 21

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

The Life of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada

Simha Guru

The Story of a Tile... (short story, realization)

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