Once the world was overburdened by the unnecessary defense force of different kings, who were actually demons, but were posing themselves as the royal order. At that time, the whole world became perturbed, and the predominating deity of this earth, known as Bhumi, went to see Lord Brahma to tell of her calamities due to the demoniac kings. Bhumi assumed the shape of a cow and presented herself before Lord Brahma with tears in her eyes. She was bereaved and was weeping just to invoke the lord's c
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A team of 7 devotee-graduates from the famous Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) will be joining the staff of Bhaktivedanta Gurukula and InternationalSchool (Vrindavan) this coming school year! This group of creative andtalented devotees is led by Dr.Lila Purusottoma dasa, presently a professorat IIT Kanpur, who will be joining full time in July as Director of theschool.Thus, for those of you keen for your child to be educated in an environmentdedicated to Krishna Consciousness and academic exc
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Short Drama script:STAR TREK MEETS KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESSA transcendental farcekirk...checov, more power , faster speedkirk...solu put up the defensive shieldscall from scotty....captan kirk our power supply is running low I can't keepthe shields upkirk...to Spock it looks badhit by bomb, everyone shaken upkirk... this is bad, we have been hit, half the crew is dead oh my GodKirk's head in hands in great griefspock...You are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. those who are wiseneither lame
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Lying - How it Begins in ChildrenOf all the various behavioral disorders that can affect a child, the worst are the delinquency acts. Acts like lying, stealing truancy and age matter offenses. They are the most difficult to accept or to deal with and require extremely sensitive handling.But before we term a particular child a liar, we must be sure that the child is actually lying and it is not just his overactive imagination at work. Very often the child could have thought that a particular thin
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Yoga is an ancient and unique system of unfoldment of the personality at all levels. However, especially in the West, people are only accustomed to doing yoga in order to derive some health benefits. Ninety-nine per cent of the people who practise yoga do it merely as a physical exercise. Steadiness of body can calm the mind, and for this reason many people are also interested in yoga, but another dimension to yoga needs to emerge; namely, the desire to meditate on something beyond body and mind
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Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul of all living entities, knows very well everyone's heart. He is especially inclined to the brahmana devotees. Lord Krsna is also called brahmanyadeva, which means that He is worshiped by the brahmanas. Therefore it is understood that a devotee who is fully surrendered unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead has already acquired the position of a brahmana. Without becoming a brahmana, one cannot approach the Supreme Brahman, Lord Krsna
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मानुष हौं तो वही रसखानि बसौं गोकुल गाँव के ग्वालन।जो पसु हौं तो कहा बसु मेरो चरौं नित नन्द की धेनु मंझारन।पाहन हौं तो वही गिरि को जो धरयौ कर छत्र पुरन्दर धारन।जो खग हौं बसेरो करौं मिल कालिन्दी-कूल-कदम्ब की डारन।।हिन्दी के कृष्ण भक्त तथा रीतिकालीन रीतिमुक्त कवियों में रसखान का अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण स्थान है। रसखान को रस की खान कहा गया है। इनके काव्य में भक्ति, श्रृगांर रस दोनों प्रधानता से मिलते हैं। रसखान कृष्ण भक्त हैं और उनके सगुण और निगुर्ण निराकार रूप दोनों के प्रति श्रध्दावनत हैं। रसखान के सगुण
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WHO IS EKADASI ?In the Satya-yuga there once lived an amazing fearsome demon called Mura.Always very angry, he terrified all the demigods, defeating even Indra, the king of heaven; Vivasvan, the sun-god; the eight Vasus; Lord Brahma; Vayu, the wind-god; and Agni, the fire-god.With his terrible power he brought them all under his control.Then the demigods approached Lord Visnu, and prayed to Him for help.Hearing the prayers and request from Indra, Lord Visnu became very angry and said:"O powerful
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SEX FASCINATION-THE DISEASE OF THE MODERN AGEby HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami
Sex is the overwhelming obsession of modern society. Sexual promiscuity is so unrelentingly stressed that anyone who does not appear to the highly interested in it is generally considered to be a crank. Social pressure induces people to try to maintain juvenile lustiness long after the sensual high of youth has subsided. Thus millions of people remain emotionally immature all their lives. It is a sick world.Ignorant of their r
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Posted by Neeraj Nama on January 12, 2010 at 10:56am
Answers by His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaj
Q: If we must be careful of bad association, how can we be merciful and friendly with all kinds of people?You see that is why preachers take a certain amount of risk to preach Krishna consciousness, and that is why they are so dear to the Lord because they are taking that risk. At the same time, by being merciful and friendly with all kinds of people to preach to them Krishna consciousness we try to give them our association. We can tell them about
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Posted by Neeraj Nama on January 12, 2010 at 10:52am
The modes of material nature
In modern physics - classical, quantum mechanistic, and holistic - one of the most frequently used terms is “natural laws.”Since Einstein, scientists seek a Grand Unified Theory that will condense all “natural laws” to a universal formula that explains both matter and consciousness.Interestingly enough, in Sanskrit we have a hard time finding a corresponding word for the term “natural law.” Words like hetu (in Bhagavad-gita 9.10), which means “a causing principle,” di
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NAVADWIPA DHAMBy Krishna's limitless grace,I am today , in a place,Where Lord Chaitanya made his base,Pure and sublime, free from maya's trace.Situated in the center of a devine flower.The Lord revealed his true powerHere he started the Sankirtan MovementNot stopping for a single moment.Lord Gauranga is none otherThan Krishna one who stole butter.He came as the Yuga Avatar.Disguised as a devotee beyond par.Here is a place full fo grace,Even lying down is like an obeisance.Every step is like a As
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One of the five types of ignorance which are being destroyed by the Sankirtana movement : is to think there is more than the Absolute Truth or to think there is anything more than chanting Hare Krishna - and therefore we look for other things, other than chanting to satisfy us to give us inspiration and so on. So we fall prey to this, we do! We do feel the need for other things, we do other things.It was a nice sunny day, I had the window seat on the plane and I was looking out of the window and
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When we finally go to the spiritual world, it’s transcendental, and then you have different levels of the spiritual world, where in the Vaikunta planets the devotees of the Lord worship Lord Narayana with awe and reverence and with great pomp, majesty and very formally.Then you go to Ayodhya where Sita, Rama, Lakshmana and Hanuman are there, where Sita-Rama are being worshipped. It is a little less formal, because Rama is playing the part of a king but is more approachable than Lord Narayana.The
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Realizing that the Lord has left home, the devotees were shocked and feel swooning to the ground. Overcome with grief, they wailed loudly in despair and pain. They held each other for comfort and babbled as if in delirium, “O Gopinatha, why did this terrible night have to end?” “How will I live without seeing His moonlike face?” “What meaning is there to this sinful life?” “Why has the sky not come crashing down without prior warning?” They rolled on the ground weeping and lamenting, unable to b
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Hare krishna...the 2nd part...thank you...The devotees remained late into the night and left when the Lord was about to take His meal. The Lord saw everyone off and sat down to eat. He relished His mother’s cooking, washed His mouth, hands and feet and retired for the night to His quarters. The Supreme Lord called upon His mystic sleep, *yoga-nidra*, while Srila Haridasa and Srila Gadadhara lay down to rest close by. Sachimata knew the Lord was about to leave at early dawn, so she could not slee
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This ls the body which once criedFor mother's milk with stomach driedWhen fed with love then it smiledFate had lot in its store piled .This is the the body which went to schoolLearnt a lot still remained a foolNever knowing how to be coolIn ups and downs with knowledge as tool.This is the body when young in lifeSet up the family with its wifeCut all life's hurdles and strifeHolding wealth as its powerful knife.This is the body which moved aroundAll over world round and roundWith people flatterin
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Hare krsna,Pamho,i receive it from other devotee...appending here for all to relish the nectar...Please indulge in the transcendental lila of Lord caitanya accepts sannyasa from Caitanya Bhagavat....The day Lord Sri Caitanya decided to enter the *sannyasa* order, He revealed His decision in confidence to Nityananda prabhu . He said to Nityananda prabhu , “My dear Nityananda Gosani, what I am about to divulgeto you may be repeated to only five others. Tomorrow is the day of *Makara –sankranti*
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J.A.P.A - Just Accept Prabhupada’s Authority!By Vishoka dasaPolitically Correct HandbasketsThere’s a streetcar named desire, and there’s a chariot drawn by mules called “second guessing” and so there are various handbaskets and conveyances, which take one merrily down to Patalaloka, all the while thinking one is politically correct.Srila Prabhupada told us of the story of the cobbler and the Brahmin and Narada Muni. Narada often went to see Lord Narayana and one day the Brahmin requested him to
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