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Significance and importance of Yogini Ekadasi Vrata was narrated by Lord Sri Krishna to Yudhistira (Dharmaraj). Krishna told the story of Hemamali, a Yaksha who was working at Kubera, the King of Alakapuri. Hemamali was very much attracted towards his gorgeous wife, S
People in general, especially in this Age of Kali, are enamored by the external energy of Krishna, and they wrongly think that by advancement of material comforts every man will be happy. They have no knowledge that the material or external nature is very strong, for everyone is strongly bound by the stringent laws of material nature.
The Highest perfection of life
A living entity is happily the part and parcel of the Lord, and thus his natural function is to render immediate service to the Lord.
What is satisfactory hearing? When we listen to the television? Or the Srimad Bhagvatam? So Srila Prabhupada in this purport (SB 2.6.46) stresses hearing about the Lord.
He says that one cannot be fully satisfied by hearing, unless and until, one is given a chance to hear the transcendental activities of the Lord.
Every living entity has a tendency to hear some pleasing messages and as such, almost every one of us is inclined to hear news and talks broadcast by the television and radio stations.
(Prayers to Sri Radha)
1. O girl with the golden lips, will the Krishna-parrot bite the nectar bimba fruits of Your lips, splendid with red khadira and camphor, placed by Me?
2. When will this person worship with black kajjala Your two eyes, which defeat the khanjana birds, and which, with the slightest movement from their corners, in a moment tightly bind the regal elephant of Lord Krishna?
3. His head reddened by the marks of Your feet as He tries to soothe Your jealous an
A verse from the ethics of the famous Indian political scholar Chanakya Pandita mentions four kinds of enemies:
runa karta pita shatru (a father who passes on debt to his children)
mata cha vyabhicharini (a mother who is not faithful to her husband)
bharya rupavati shatru (a wife who is very beautiful)
putra shatrur apanditah (a son who is not well-versed in Vedic knowledge)
The first item refers to a father who incurs debt that he then passes on to his descendants, instead of repaying it himself. Th
While grazing the cows, Krsna would sometimes leave His play(water-sports) with the sakhas for a while to meet the gopis in this lovely, secluded place. Krsna played hide-and-seek here with the vraja-ramanis. The gopis closed their eyes, and Krsna hid in a cave in a nearby hill. The sakhis searched for Him everywhere, but were anable to find Him. They became very worried. "Where could Krsna have gone,leaving us behind?" they thought, an
"In local PURI newspaper, 1/7/2010 , The DHARITRI, (the Earth) PURI Office of Tourism has reported this very favorable article:
(VERY significant that Prabhupada's Presence every year in PURI thru thousands of devotees has inspired media and residents to call us "bhaktas" now, not just foreigners:) This is most certainly Prabhupada's Greatness!
ARTICLE says:
Foreigner bhaktas helping to make the CART for Lord Jagannatha with the maharana (specified carpenter for LORDs Carts). They are making Cart t
So this spirituality or religion it is not so difficult, the whole methodology of religion or spirituality is simply a means to increase or elevate our vibrational level on which our consciousness exists and to bring that vibration to a higher refined spiritual frequencies. If we find our consciousness and elevate our consciousness then we can regain our spiritual perception of reality. We can actually enter the spiritual atmosphere which is all around us.
They say the kingdom of God is within.
Deity & Devotee Dresses
Hare Krishna!
Please accept our humble obeisances
All Glories to Nitai Gaursunder !
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
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Sri Radha-rasa-sudha-nidhi
(The Nectar Moon of Sri Radha's Sweetness)
1. May Sri Radha who, when Her dearmost Krsna tells Her, "O beautiful, eternal lover, O wise treasure of nectar, O beloved, I pray that My love for You will always grow stronger and stronger.", smiles and replies to Him, "O lover, Your words stay always in My heart.", be always splendidly manifested in my thoughts.
2. May the effulgent youthful divine couple, who eternally enjoy blissful passionate
krishna ke rang me, jo bhi rangaa....use, aur rang na bhaaye...
radhe madhav, keshav ..keh keh, paramanand wo paaye..1..
dhan daulat harinaam hai uski.....ghar hai sri braj dhaam..
purnakaam hari das kahaave....dhuk bhi katein tamaam..2.
re man mere, bhaj le keshav....kanha krishna kanhaai...
srihari sadaa hi, bhakt jano ko, hote hain sukhdaayi..3..
meera ne hari govind tha gaaya....vish hua amrit jaisaa..
re man mere tu bhi kar le apna jeevan aisaa...4.
draupadi ne sabhaa mein pukaraa...keshav krishna
A Krishna conscious person does not sit down idly. He knows that Krishna consciousness is such an important philosophy that it should be distributed. Therefore the members of this Krishna consciousness society are not just sitting in the temple but are going out on sankirtanaparties, preaching and distributing this supreme philosophy. That isthe mission of Shri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His disciples. Otheryogis may be satisfied with their own elevation and sit in secludedplaces practicing
Devotee: The question was when we take initiation from you, we understand that we become your eternal servitors.
Srila Prabhupada: Yes, but if you remain eternally in the instruction. If you fall from the instruction, how can you remain eternal? You have to stay on the platform, then eternally you are safe. If you fall down fromthe platform, then it is your fault. Just like we all in Vaikuntha.Now, we wanted to enjoy this material world, and we fell down, just likeJaya and Vijaya. Now we are tryi
"patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati
tad aham bhakty-upahtam asnami prayatatmana"
If one offers ME with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water , I will accept it.
For the intelligent person , it is essential to be in Krsna consciousness, engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord , in order to achieve a permanent , blissful abode for eternal happiness.
The process of achieving such a marvelous result is very easy and can be attempted even by the poorest o
Hare Krsna!
Cow dung cakes has multifarious uses. The most important being cow dung cakes used as fuel. Again Indian government is spending crores of Rupees in form of subsidies on cooking gas. Instead of that if few crores are spent on maintaining pasturing grounds and raising thepedigree of cows then very cheap and most eco friendly fuel will beavailable to all the fortunate people who stay in village and also tothose unfortunate ones in cities. If one old bull is slaughtered it cangive earning
Krsna Chastises the Serpent Kaliya
1. Lord Sri Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, seeing that the Yamuna River had been contaminated by the black snake Kaliya, desired to purify the river, and thus the Lord banished him from it. The story is as follows:
2. Within the river Kalindi [Yamuna] was a lake inhabited by the serpent Kaliya, whose fiery poison constantly heated and boiled its waters. Indeed, the vapors thus created w
So we have to keep ourself always in the fire of Krishna consciousness; then everything is all right [laughs]. Otherwise, it will become dull and it will be simply idol worship. That’s all. That is the difference between idol worship and Deity worship. If there is no life, then it is idol worship, hedonism. And when there is life, feeling, "Where is Krishna? Here is Krishna. Oh, I have to serve Krishna, I have to dress Him, I have to serve Radharani, She is here. Oh, I must do it very nicely. An
The keli-kadamba resembles the mood and complexion of Srimati Radharani. Whenever Sri Krishna thinks of Radharani, He saw the Keli-kadamba in Vrindavan. The Keli-kadamba is a kind of fragrant and beautiful flower resembling like snowy balls often seen in Vrindavan. The Lord enjoys the pleasure of Keli-kadamba flowers and devotees offer delightful garlands of it. The Keli-kadamba flowers blossom in summer and the Lord enjoys the enchanting rasa dance in the shade of the kadamba trees of Vrindavan
