PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'THE REAL NATURE OF MATERIAL WORLD'

Posted by Janaka Dasa (Dr Jagadeesh TG) on August 13, 2010 at 12:16pm

Introduction - The Real nature of material world

In the Fifteenth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, the real picture of the material world is given. It is said there:

urdhva-mulam adhah-sakham

asvattham prahur avyayam

chandamsi yasya parnani

yas tam veda sa veda-vit

Here the material world is described as a tree whose roots are upwards and branches are below.

Understanding the verse 15.1

We have experience of a tree whose roots are upward: if one stands on the bank of a river or any reservoir of water, he c

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He can do as he chooses.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 13, 2010 at 11:27am

He can do as he chooses.

TRANSLATION

Thus I have explained to you the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.

PURPORT

The Lord has already explained to Arjuna the knowledge of brahmabhūta. One who is in the brahma-bhūta condition is joyful; he never laments, nor does he desire anything. That is due to confidential knowledge. Kṛṣṇa also discloses knowledge of the Supersoul. This is also Brahman knowledge, knowledge of Brahman, but it is superior

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Krsna Consciousness Grantees Human Body in next life

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 13, 2010 at 11:25am

Krsna Consciousness Grantees Human Body in next life

The rasas derived from our feelings in social life, in family life or in the greater family life of altruism, philanthropy, nationalism, socialism, communism, etc., do not guarantee that one's next life will be as a human being. We prepare our next life by our actual activities in the present life. A living entity is offered a particular type of body as a result of his action in the present body. These activities are taken into account by a sup

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Personal

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 13, 2010 at 11:25am

Personal

Today during his massage Srila Prabhupada listened to one of his own song tapes. The melodious strains of the harmonium caused him to smile. He recalled that as a young man his friend's sister had wanted to marry him because of his expertise at playing the harmonium.

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Srila Prabhupada came down into the kitchen today to talk with Nandarani about her efforts to conserve vegetables by bottling and freezing them. I had expressed concern to her when I heard she was doing this because of wh

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 21

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 13, 2010 at 11:24am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 21
srti vicakrame visvam
sasananasane ubhe
yad avidya ca vidya ca
purusas tubhayasrayah

srti -- the destination of the living entities; vicakrame -- exists comprehensively; visvan -- the all-pervading Personality of Godhead; sasana -- activities of lording it over; anasane -- activities in devotional service; ubhe -- both; yat -- what is; avidya -- nescience; ca -- as well as; vidya -- factual knowledge; ca -- and; purusah -- the Supreme Person; tu -- but; u

H.H. Soyambhu Swami Maharaj

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on August 13, 2010 at 8:46am

H.H. Soyambhu Swami Maharaj

Bhubaneswar dated.11.08.2010 H.H. Soyambhu Swami Maharaj disciple of H.D.G. Gour Govinda Swami and Sanyasi disciple of H.D.G. Bhakti Swarup Damodar Swami left his material body at 4.00P.M. today. Please pray for the departed soul.

sleeping and awake!

Posted by vinod on August 12, 2010 at 9:36pm

Lord Sri Krishna says, "My dear Arjuna, there are different classes of men. One class of men, they are sleeping. And another class of men, they are awake. They are not sleeping." And how is this so? This chanting, which we have performed just now, is the wakening process for the sleeping soul. The soul is sleeping, covered by this material body. These bodily activities are in the sleeping stage. Just as we see dreams in the sleeping stage, similarly, all these bodily activities are dreams. Just

Hariyali Teej

Posted by Lakshman Poddar on August 12, 2010 at 4:49pm

What is Hariyali Teej?

Hariyali Teej is a festival celebrated in Shukla-paksha in the month of Shravana (August) during the rainy season. In 2010, Hariyali Teej is celebrated on 12 August.Hariyali relates to green and teej represents three. It means that the green festival is celebrated on the third day of Shravana. At this season, the fields turn lush green and the festivity is an invitation to prosperity. Some people regard it as a harvest festival. Hariyali Teej is often recognised as a festiv

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

Posted by geeta kakkar on August 12, 2010 at 1:50pm

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara) - Triveni kupa

Once, in the month of Magha(January - February), Lalita and other sakhis desired to bathe at Triveni, which is the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and Sarasvati Rivers. Sri Krsna therefore created this well for them with the tip of His flute, right before their eyes. Merely by His remembering them, the holy waters from the confluence at Triveni appeared in the well, and the gopis could bathe. Sri Dauji and Lalita daily bathed in Triveni K

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SP Quote (Vrindavan Lila)

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2010 at 11:18am

"We should take any lila of Krishna as Supreme. The Vrindavan lila, Krishna's lila with the gopis, is the most confidential lila. We should not entertain this confidential lila unless we are liberated. It is very difficult subject. And because they cannot understand what is Krishna's lila, they imitate, they fall down."

Vrindavan, August 11, 1974

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Consciousness

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2010 at 11:13am

One who works in Krishna consciousness is servant to all, he is very dear to everyone. And, because everyone is satisfied by his work,

he is pure in consciousness. Because he is pure in consciousness, his mind is completely controlled. And, because his mind is controlled,

his senses are also controlled. Because his mind is always fixed on Krishna, there is no chance of his being deviated from Krishna.

Nor is there a chance that he will engage his senses in matters other than the service of the Lord

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Guru speaks only krishna katha

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2010 at 11:11am

Guru speaks only krishna katha

Srila Prabhupada went downstairs to the temple room for the regular guru-puja. He gave Srimad-Bhagavatam class on 3.22.20, albeit another very short one, underscoring the principle that whether one is married or a renunciate, one should know the science of Krsna. He used the appropriate examples of Haridasa Thakura, who was born in a Mohammedan family, and Sanatana Gosvami, whom he said, actually became Mohammedan to the point of eating with them, adopting a Mohamme

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 20

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2010 at 11:11am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 20
padas trayo bahis casann
aprajanam ya asramah
antas tri-lokyas tv aparo
grha-medho 'brhad-vratah

padah trayah -- the cosmos of three fourths of the Lord's energy; bahih -- thus situated beyond; ca -- and for all; asan -- were; aprajanam -- of those who are not meant for rebirth; ye -- those; asramah -- status of life; antah -- within; tri-lokyah -- of the three worlds; tu -- but; aparah -- others; grha-medhah -- attached to family life; abrhat-vratah -- w

CHATURMASA

Posted by shashikant sharan on August 12, 2010 at 10:37am

In chaturmasa we have do some extra service of lord krishna & more chanting. because this is very important month, NARADA MUNI also become muni only in four month of chaturmasa.So we should follow .

Daily inspiration

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on August 12, 2010 at 10:01am

Daily inspiration – the words of the Vaisnava Acaryas

Sri Narada-bhakti-sutra, purpoprt to Sutra 5:

The next item favorable for devotional service is niscaya, confidence. When one becomes disappointed in his service to the Supreme Lord, that disappointment must be rejected and replaced with confidence in attaining the ultimate goal, love of Godhead. The devotee should patiently follow the rules and regulations of devotional service so that the day will come when he will achieve, all of a sudden, a

Sonic technology awakens our potential

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on August 12, 2010 at 9:50am

Sonic technology awakens our potential

Question: In the Vedic tradition, there seems to be a lot of emphasis on sound, on hearing from a spiritual master. Why this emphasis?

Answer: Sonic technology is central to the Vedic program of spiritual redemption.

The Vedic texts explain that all of us are afflicted by spiritual amnesia. As spiritual beings, we are eternal and indestructible. But due to forgetting our spiritual identity, we live in anxiety and fear caused by the fragility and mortality of o

Don’t play “God”

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on August 11, 2010 at 3:52pm

*Don’t play “God”*

Question: What are the moral implications of the recent scientific attempts to create synthetic life?

In the recent experiments, artificial life has certainly not been created, but real life may well have been endangered due to such attempts to “play God.” While esearchers promise beneficial, often sensational, future results, the past track record of such promises shows counter productive, often devastating, consequences. In the field of genetic engineering itself, genetically-

Hare Krishna Maha Mantra

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on August 11, 2010 at 2:15pm

The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is the sublime method of reviving our Krsna consciousness. As living spiritual souls we are all originally Krsna conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our consciousness is now polluted by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we are now living, is called maya, or illusion. Maya means

The Importance of Preaching

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on August 11, 2010 at 2:14pm

Srila Prabhupada has given us a very valuable slogan; Preaching is the essence, books are the basis, utility is the principle and purity is the force. He also showed by his own example, and instructions, just how essential he considered this first item of preaching.

I personally heard and saw an example of this preaching mood in Srila Prabhupada in his last days. He instructed his disciple, the then President of the Bombay temple Giriraja Swami, about how to conduct the opening of the Juhu temple

Power of 'Nama Hatta' Preaching!

Posted by Shabda Hari Das on August 11, 2010 at 1:30pm

Power of 'Nama Hatta' Preaching!

"In this modern age, it is most practical to apply the Nama Hatta form of preaching - cultivating people through small groups formed of the congregation. Nama Hatta groups can begin anywhere, without restrictions, whereas in a temple there are so many restrictions, not only spiritual but also material, in the sense that so many expenses must be met.

The Nama Hatta system start first with a small group, and then later, when the congregation grows, it is quite natura

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PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'THE REAL NATURE OF MATERIAL WORLD'

He can do as he chooses.

Krsna Consciousness Grantees Human Body in next life

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Personal

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 21

H.H. Soyambhu Swami Maharaj

sleeping and awake!

Hariyali Teej

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

SP Quote (Vrindavan Lila)

Consciousness

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Guru speaks only krishna katha

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 20

CHATURMASA

Daily inspiration

Sonic technology awakens our potential

Don’t play “God”

Hare Krishna Maha Mantra

The Importance of Preaching

Power of 'Nama Hatta' Preaching!

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