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A saint asked his disciples, Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?'
Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm,
we shout for that.'
'But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you?' asked the saint.
'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout
at a person when you're angry?'
Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint.
Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at each other, their
"If all types of worship, worship of Lord Krishna is best, and better
than the worship of Lord Krishna is the worship of His devotee, the
Vaisnava."
(Lord Siva - Padma Purana)
Your Servant In Service Of Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev,
Sachin Kumar Gupta
Chant:Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.& be Happy
"The materialist thinks that persons engaged in Krsna consciousness
are crazy fellows wasting time by chanting Hare Krsna, but actually he
does not know that he himself is in the darkest region of craziness
because of accepting his body as permanent."
(His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - srimad-
Bhagavatam 3.30.3, purport)
Namacharya Sri Haridas Thakur & Sri Maya Devi
Hare Krsna!!!
my dear devotees, I hope your week has been blessed with lots of nice realisations, service and peaceful chanting of the precious names of the Lord. I was thinking today how we are always trying hard to engage our minds in chanting and concentrating on the sound vibration of the holy names, actually we shouldn't think too much about the mind but just chant and hear, because by doing this our mind will be trained to concentrate and won't b
Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian Youth's Rite of Passage?
His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him
alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove
the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He
cannot cry out for help to anyone.
Once he survives the night, he is a MAN.
He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must
come into manhood on his own.
The boy is naturally terri
Eight Prayers Glorifying Sri Radhika
by Shrila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami
Text 1
rasa-valita-mrgaksi-mauli-manikya-laksmih
pramudita-muravairi-prema-vapi-marali
vraja-vara-vrsabhanoh punya-girvana-valli
snapayatu nija-dasye radhika mam kada nu
When will Sri Radhika, who is a splendid ruby in the crown of all nectarean doe-eyed girls, a swan swimming in the lake of love for jubilant Lord Krsna, and a celestial vine sprouted from Vraja's exalted King Vrsabhanu, bathe me in Her service?
T
The thought that an individual will "in his own way" spread Krishna consciousness outside of the sankirtana movement authorized by the previous acaryas is inconceivable for a pure devotee of the Lord.
There i
When Lord Vishnu in His Mohini form was distributing nectar to demigods two
demons named Rahu and ketu sat down along with the line of Demigods. By
mistake Lord served them nectar into their mouths. Immediately the lord was
informed by Sun and Moon that those two were demons.
As soon as Lord came to know this information He cut off the heads of both
demons. By that time necatar had not pass through their throat. It was still
in
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Reminder for Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010
Fasting for Papamocani Ekadasi
http://www.vaisnavacalendar.info/i/fasting-for-papamocani-ekadasi.html
Sanskrit Word of the Week: laulyam
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Laulyam
-ardent longing or greed.
e.g.
In other words, one should learn how to cry for the Lord. One should learn this small technique, and one should be very eager
abhīkṣṇāvagāha-kapiśān
jaṭilān kuṭilālakān
ātmānaḿ cogra-tapasā
bibhratī cīriṇaḿ kṛśam
SYNONYMS:
abhīkṣṇa — again and again; avagāha — by bathing; kapiśān — gray; jaṭilān — matted; kuṭila — curled; alakān — hair; ātmānam — her body; ca — and; ugra-tapasā — by severe austerities; bibhratī — became; cīriṇam — clothed in rags; kṛśam — thin.
TRANSLATION:
She began to bathe three times daily, and thus her curling black hair gradually became gray. Due to austerity, her
Class: Special class on Appearance Anniversary of Srila Srivasa Thakura
and Disappearance Anniversary of His Holiness Sridhar Swami
Speaker: HH Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami
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Today marks the most auspicious anniversary appearance of Srila Srivasa
Pandit or also known as Srila Srivasa Thakura and it also coincides with the
anniversary disappearance of one of our Commanders in Srila Prabhupada's
army - Srila Prabhupada
Make the MIND Humble! |
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"Our mind is always trying to project itself as the centre of the universe. Sometimes we find that people who start rendering devotional service love to talk about themselves, 'how dear they are to their guru, how important they are to the world, what great devotees they are and how successful their preaching is.' Maybe their egos need to be glorified, but it is very painful to hear a person always talk about himself. On the other hand, how blissful it is when a person always |
Here is a nice story from the life and teachings of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur:
Once some devotees were sent to establish a preaching center in Bengal. They worked day and night, equipping it as a beautiful temple. When Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati arrived to install the Deities, he was very pleased and asked about one brahmacari who had worked hard on the preparations. The disciples told him, "Master, he became entangled with a lady. We rebuked him so much for his behavior that he
So, in this time, if we actually take th
vaisvanaram yati vihayasa gatah
susumnaya brahma-pathena socisa
vidhuta-kalko 'tha harer udastat
prayati cakram nrpa saisumaram
vaisvanaram -- the controlling deity of fire; yati -- goes; vihayasa -- by the path in the sky (the Milky Way); gatah -- by passing over; susumnaya -- by the Susumna; brahma -- Brahmaloka; pathena -- on the way to; socisa -- illuminating; vidhuta -- being washed off; kalkah -- dirt; atha -- thereafter; hareh -- of Lord Hari; udas
