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PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'THE SPIRITUAL SKY'

Posted by Janaka Dasa (Dr Jagadeesh TG) on August 9, 2010 at 12:28pm

Introduction - The Supreme Abode

The abode of Lord Sri Krsna is described in the Bhagavad-gita, Fifteenth Chapter, sixth verse:

na tad bhasayate suryo

na sasanko na pavakah

yad gatva na nivartante

tad dhama paramam mama

"That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never return to this material world."

Bhagavad Gita 15.6

This verse gives a description of that eternal sky. Of course we have a material conception of the sky, and we think of

Obeisances to Lord Krishna

Posted by geeta kakkar on August 9, 2010 at 12:01pm

Obeisances to Lord Krishna
(Excerpts from Sri Gopala-Tapani Upanishad)

1. Obeisances to Lord Govinda, handsome with a peacock-feather crown, identical with Balarama, His
intelligence sharp, and He the swan in the Manasa lake of the goddess of fortune's thoughts.

2. Obeisances to Him, the death of Kamsa and his allies, the killer of Kesi and Canura, the object of worship
for Siva, and the chariot-driver of Arjuna.

3. Obeisances to Him, the cowherd boy fond of playing the flute, the crusher of Kaliya, t

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Understanding God

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 9, 2010 at 11:51am

Understanding God

Nandarani came to see Srila Prabhupada this afternoon for advice on this and other matters concerning her service. Prabhupada agreed with Atreya Rsi's strategy and suggested that they worship Gaura-Nitai Deities, because They can be worshipped simply by kirtana. Or if they want, he said they can worship Sri Sri Radha-Krsna with a reduced program of only three offerings and aratis a day (mangala, raj-bhoga, and sundara) along with daily bathing and dressing of Their Lordships. He

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 17

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 9, 2010 at 11:50am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 17
sva-dhisnyam pratapan prano
bahis ca pratapaty asau
evam virajam pratapams
tapaty antar bahih puman

sva-dhisnyam -- radiation; pratapan -- by expansion; pranah -- living energy; bahih -- external; ca -- also; pratapati -- illuminated; asau -- the sun; evam -- in the same way; virajam -- the universal form; pratapan -- by expansion of; tapati -- enlivens; antah -- internally; bahih -- externally; puman -- the Supreme Personality.

TRANSLATION
The sun illumina

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How to see God ?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 9, 2010 at 11:49am

Topic : Vision

How to see God ?

Ointment is applied to the eyes for clear vision. When the ointment of love of Godhead will be applied to our eyes, then with these eyes we shall be able to see God. God is not invisible. Simply like a man with cataract or any other eye disease, he cannot see. That does not mean the things do not exist. He cannot see. God is there, but because my eyes are not competent to see God, therefore, I deny God. God is there, everywhere.

Srila Prabhupada,

Boston, May 1^st, 1969

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ISKCON Russia`s Second Sannyasi

Posted by kartik on August 8, 2010 at 5:17pm

On the 3rd of July, almost two thousand devotees gathered for a festival celebrating the 17th anniversary of the installation of the Deities at Moscow`s Leningradskiy Prospect temple. They also became witnesses to the rare event of a sannyasa initiation – that of thesecond Russian devotee accepting the renounced order of life.

Sannyasa is considered to be the highest spiritual rank in Hinduism in general and in the Bengali Vaishnava tradition. It means total renunciation of the world`s pleasures

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

Posted by geeta kakkar on August 8, 2010 at 3:30pm

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara) - Lalita-vivaha-mandapa

Here, the gopis performed Lalita's(a friend of Srimati Radhika) wedding ceremony with seven-year-old Sri Krsna here. One day, Lalita and the sakhis were sitting with rasik Krsna and talking sweetly with Him. Upon the indication of Srimati Radhika, Visakha and some other sakhis tied Sri Syamsundara's yellow cloth to the corner of Sri Lalita's veil. Rangadevi and other sakhis started to sing wedding songs while Tungavidya and other

Los Angeles's 33rd Annual Ratha Yatra!

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on August 8, 2010 at 8:57am

SANTA MONICA, CA - The Temple of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) at Watseka Avenue here held its 33rd Annual Festival of the Chariots Parade on August 1 which started at the Santa Monica Civic auditorium and ended on Venice Beach.

In the morning the idols were taken from the temple and installed in three beautifully decorated chariots, the towering canopies of which were splendidly draped in yellow, green, red and blue. Along the sides, balloons swayed in the gentle b

Artificial Life?

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on August 7, 2010 at 1:35pm

*Artificial life?*

Question: What is the Vedic comment on recent news report about artificial life?

Answer: Let me quote Caltech biologist and Nobel laureate David Baltimore, who has said that Venter has "overplayed the importance" of his results; he

"has not created life, only mimicked it."

Let’s see what he actually did:

1. Determined the sequence of the DNA in one of the world’s simplest bacteria,

2. Synthesized a copy of that DNA from components sold by a biological supply company,

3. Replaced the

KAMIKA EKADASI

Posted by Chitra Datta on August 7, 2010 at 11:57am

Kamika Ekadasi - from BrahmA Vaivarta PurANa:

The saintly king Yudhisthira maharaj said, “Oh Supreme Lord, I have heard
from You the glories of fasting on Deva-sayani EkAdasii, which occurs
during the light fortnight of the month of AshADha. Now I would like to
hear from You the glories of the EkAdasii that occurs during the dark
fortnight (krishna paksha) of the month of ShrAvaNa (July –August). Oh
Govindadeva, please be merciful to me and explain its glories. Oh Supreme
VAsudeva, I offer my most humb

Story of Lord Krishna

Posted by geeta kakkar on August 6, 2010 at 5:07pm

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

The Gopis Glorify the Song of Krsna’s Flute

1. During the rainy season the Vrndavana forest had become resplendent, filled with ripe dates and jambu fruits,
Lord Krsna, surrounded by His cows and cowherd boyfriends and accompanied by Sri Balarama, entered that forest to enjoy.

2. The cows had to move slowly because of their weighty milk bags, but they quickly ran to the Supreme Personality of Godhead as soon as He called them, their

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'DEMI-GOD WORSHIP'

Posted by Janaka Dasa (Dr Jagadeesh TG) on August 6, 2010 at 1:13pm

Demigod worship - A matter of lust

In the Bhagavad-gita, worship of different demigods or rendering service to them is not approved.

It is stated in the Seventh Chapter, twentieth verse:

kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah

prapadyante 'nya-devatah

tam tam niyamam asthaya

prakrtya niyatah svaya

"Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures." Here it is plainly said that those who ar

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Glories of Vrindavan !!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 6, 2010 at 12:35pm

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Happy Ekadashi

Posted by Raghupati Raghav Das on August 6, 2010 at 11:00am

Happy Ekadashi Prabhu ji mata Ji

Please Bless me i am new devotee of iskcon , i love iskcon and all devotees of iskcon , my life is very peaceful with iskcon dantvat pranam to all prabhu ji mata ji

"hare krishn hare krishn krishn krishn hare

hare ram hare ram ram ram hare hare "

In service of all Devotees and Prabhu ji's

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A Poem of Love for Krsna

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 6, 2010 at 10:06am

A Poem of Love for Krsna

I AM LIKE A CHILD
STANDING WOBBLY ON THE FLOOR,
REACHING OUT TO FATHER
'PICK ME UP ONCE MORE'

I AM LIKE A LOVER
WAITING BY HIS SIDE,
KNOWING WHEN HE HOLDS ME
ALL MY FEARS SUBSIDE.

HE IS LIKE MY CLOSEST FRIEND,
WHO FREELY GIVES TRUE CARE
AND WHEN I CALL UPON MY LORD,
HE IS ALWAYS THERE.

HE IS LIKE MY SOULMATE
THAT KNOWS ME INSIDE OUT,
HE KNOWS MY EVERY BREATH
AND WHAT I SIGH ABOUT.

FOR EVERYTHING I DESIRE ON EARTH
HE CAN FILL MY NEED,
THERE IS NO ONE LIKE LORD KRISHNA
WITH HIM, I AM FREED

HIS

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Life in Iran

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 6, 2010 at 10:04am

Life in Iran

When I first joined Srila Prabhupada's party in Delhi last November I was given some of Srila Prabhupada's remnants which included some karela, bitter melon. I could hardly eat it because I had no conception that something bitter could be pleasant. At that time Prabhupada had laughed and told me it was an acquired taste and that we Westerners had no idea of proper foods. Now he again told us, "No, this nim is good. They say that if you eat at least two leaves of nim daily, you'll nev

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 13-16

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 6, 2010 at 10:04am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 13-16
aham bhavan bhavas caiva
ta ime munayo 'grajah
surasura-nara nagah
khaga mrga-sarisrpah
gandharvapsaraso yaksa
rakso-bhuta-ganoragah
pasavah pitarah siddha
vidyadhras carana drumah
anye ca vividha jiva
jala-sthala-nabhaukasah
graharksa-ketavas taras
taditah stanayitnavah
sarvam purusa evedam
bhutam bhavyam bhavac ca yat
tenedam avrtam visvam
vitastim adhitisthati

aham -- myself; bhavan -- yourself; bhavah -- Lord Siva; ca -- also; eva -- certainly; te -- they; ime

Lord Jagannath's Mysterious Appearance in Simanta Dvipa - The Times of India 24 July 2010

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on August 6, 2010 at 8:00am

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HG Damodara Pandita dasa

Lord Jagannath's Mysterious Appearance in Simanta Dvipa - The Times of India 24 July 2010

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on August 6, 2010 at 7:58am

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Article written by

HG Damodara Pandita dasa

The incorporation of ISKCON in New York at 1966

Posted by Lakshman Poddar on August 5, 2010 at 8:02pm

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a peaceful fraternal movement incorporated in 1966 in New York by its founder Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and it is aimed at teaching a simple way of living in harmony with nature and to achieve the ultimate goal of human life. "We shall call our society ISKCON." Prabhupada playfully coined first the acronym, although many alternative names were proposed by his close associates. The principal place o

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PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'THE SPIRITUAL SKY'

Obeisances to Lord Krishna

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Understanding God

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 17

How to see God ?

ISKCON Russia`s Second Sannyasi

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

Los Angeles's 33rd Annual Ratha Yatra!

Artificial Life?

KAMIKA EKADASI

Story of Lord Krishna

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - 'DEMI-GOD WORSHIP'

Glories of Vrindavan !!

Happy Ekadashi

A Poem of Love for Krsna

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Life in Iran

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 13-16

Lord Jagannath's Mysterious Appearance in Simanta Dvipa - The Times of India 24 July 2010

Lord Jagannath's Mysterious Appearance in Simanta Dvipa - The Times of India 24 July 2010

The incorporation of ISKCON in New York at 1966

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