VII-i-1: Om. ‘Revered sir, teach me,’ thus saying Narada approached Sanatkumara. Sanatkumara said to him, ‘What you already know, declaring that to me, be my disciple. What is beyond that I shall tell you.’ Narada said:VII-i-2: ‘Revered sir, I know the Rig-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, the Sama-Veda and the Atharvanas the fourth, the Itihasa-Purana as the fifth, grammar, the rules for the worship of the ancestors, mathematics, the science of portents, the science of treasures, logic, the science of ethi
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IV-i-1: Om. There lived Janasruti Pautrayana who made gifts with respect, who gave liberally, and who had much food cooked (for others). He built rest-houses all round, thinking, ‘Everywhere people will eat of my food’.IV-i-2: Once at night, the swans flew along. Then one swan addressed another swan thus, ‘Ho, Ho, O Bhallaksa, Bhallaksa, the effulgence of Janasruti Pautrayana has spread like the heaven. Do not come in touch with it, lest it should scorch you.’IV-i-3: Bhallaksa replied to him, ‘l
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Om ! Let my limbs and speech, Prana, eyes, ears, vitalityAnd all the senses grow in strength.All existence is the Brahman of the Upanishads.May I never deny Brahman, nor Brahman deny me.Let there be no denial at all:Let there be no denial at least from me.May the virtues that are proclaimed in the Upanishads be in me,Who am devoted to the Atman; may they reside in me.Om ! Peace ! Peace ! Peace !I-i-1: One should meditate on the syllable Om; the Udgitha, for one sings the Udgitha, beginning with
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Even this mood of anger is there in the Personality of Godhead. He is angry when His pure devotee who are simply dedicated to preaching this message and delivering the fallen souls from their misery, are tortured is harassed and... in so many ways offended and mistreated. Then He becomes angry.Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised that vaisnava aparaad mata haathi.. that the MAD ELEPHANT offense is to offend the Vaisnava. Just like an elephant goes into the garden and uproots and those branches Read more…
Words of wisdom from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura1. We are put to test and trial in this world. Only those who attend the kirtana of the devotees can succeed.2. Every spot on earth where discourses on God are held is a place of pilgrimage.3. Possession of objects not related to Krsna is our main malady.4. Let me not desire anything but the highest good for my worst enemies.5. As dalliance with the body in luxury increases, so wanes the spirit of service of the Lord.6. Those favored by
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How Do We Make Each Other More Krsna Conscioius? This question greets me each time I come to my Iskcon Desire-tree Network page. A similar question greets me on my Facebook page. I replied to that thus :"Whenever I come to my page there is a note in the comment box, "What's on your Mind?"Well Krsna of course! I've been working on my mind for 37 years and it's actually beginning to give up resiting. I think about Krsna. I talk about Krsna. I Eat, Sleep, (given up Mateing) and I Defend Krsna on a
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My friends, if we look in the world today, we see that, what do we need most of all but... PEACE! We see that in Bosnia, we see in so many parts as Somalia. People all over the world are killing each other based on what? Some people blame it on religion, some people are blaming it on race.But the real thing that is actually responsible is a lack of higher spiritual consciousness. People are in bodily consciousness, they think they're the body. If we are born in a particular family, or born in a
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Lord Jagannath didn't want to leave!Some brahmanas from a local village, felt that they could offer LordJagannath a better standard of worship and they wanted to worship Himin their village. Therefore one day they came and stole Lord Jagannath.While carrying the Lord accorss the fields they all suddenly felt the need toanswer natures call, so they put Lord Jagannath down and went to passwater. But upon returning they found that they could not lift Lord Jagannathanymore, so they went and brought
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THE SPEAKING TREETry, Try Again For A Fine BalanceRavi M GuptaOne of the greatest struggles of our lives is in achieving balance. We find ourselves being constantly torn between family, friends, workplace and our desires. According to the American Psychological Association, two-thirds of Americans are likely to seek help for stress. The National Institute of Mental Health says that one out of every four adult Americans suffers from adiagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Indian stress leve
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Here are few quotes from Bhagwata Gita KRISHNA SAYS IN CH:7 SH:28"THOSE MEN OF VIRTOUS DEEDS WHOSE SINS HAVE COME TO AN END,WHO ARE FREED FROM DUALITY AND ILLUSION AND STEADFAST INVOWS,WORSHIP ME."KRISHNA SAYS IN CH:7 SH:49"THE FOOLISH THINK OF ME,THE UNMANIFEST,AS HAVING COME TO MANIFESTATION,NOT REALIZING MY,IMMUTABLE AND PEERLESS NATURE."AND KRISHNA SAYS IN CH:7 SH:3"AMONG THOUSANDS OF MEN, ONE PERSON STRIVES FOR PERFECTION;EVEN AMONG THOSE SUCESSFUL STRIVERS,ONLY ONE PERSON ATTAINS ME."
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Posted by Chitra Datta on December 23, 2009 at 11:22am
Pure Devotion Vs Mixed Devotion!"When Srila Prabhupada was sick, he said, 'Don't pray to Krishna that I should stay here, pray that if it pleases Krishna, if it is His desire that I stay, then please allow the spiritual master to be healthy.'The devotee has no demand on Krishna.. If Krishna wants something to happen, the devotee accepts that.Within Krishna's desires, if Krishna has different options, if it's all the same to Krishna, then the devotee may express that he likes this particular thin
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“Basically the problems that we are facing in the world today, when we look in the newspapers, we can sum it all up into one common denominator – IGNORANCE! The prejudice, misunderstanding, the lack of mercy, the lack of responsibility to ecology, to the world, the lack of honesty amongst leaders, lack of personal satisfaction, lack of love, are all due to Ignorance.So what is the anecdote for ignorance? KNOWLEDGE! Knowledge is the actual cure for ignorance. It’s like if you have darkness, what
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Posted by KASHYAPI DASS on December 22, 2009 at 4:11pm
Those who have vision, they see and they say, arya-vijna-vakya nahi dosa catustaya—the words of the mahajanas, sadhus, are free from the four defects. Why don’t you put unflinching faith in their words? You say, “I must think about it first. I must deliberate on what they say. If I am convinced then I will apply it.” - This is all duplicity, crookedness, lack of faith! You are not prepared to admit that you have four defects. Your senses are defective, how can you see? You think, “I am the seer.
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Posted by KASHYAPI DASS on December 22, 2009 at 3:57pm
You say, “Oh! we have been cheated so many times. Now we won’t put faith in anyone. No sadhus are there. We don’t see any sadhu.”Can you see a sadhu? Do you have the vision to see a sadhu? You are a conditioned soul. You have defective vision. How can you see a sadhu? You have developed this motto, “Seeing is believing.” You say, “ If I see, then I will believe. Can you show me? Can you show me the Lord? Then I will believe.”But you are not prepared to admit that you are blind. You have no visio
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His Divine Grace, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, PrabhupadaSrila Prabhupada is the Founder and Acarya (Spiritual Authority) of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, more commonly known as the Hare Krishna Movement on account of our practice of chanting the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra :Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.Srila Prabhupada, as he is affectionately addressed by his friends and disciples established the Hare K
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By Bhakti Purusottama SwamiHare Krishna.Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.This is to update on the services that you could offer to Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu and His devotees at the holy dham Sri Mayapur for this year Gaura Purnima festival 2010. For the devotees sponsoring for sevas now, we will be offering 108 tulasi leaves archana to Lord Nrsimhadeva on 1st Jan 2010 ( New years’ day), praying for their spiritual welfare. As of now, all the days GBCs and Sanysas
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After four years HH Giriraj Swami visited South Africa. He has been doing several programs and attended the annual Ratha Yatra at Lenasia, Johannessburg. From the 11th to the 15th December he had a Japa retreat with about 140 devotees. Together with Her Grace Mother Arcana Siddhi an extremely well appreciated workshop was expertly facilitated.
His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami was also in attendance. The atmosphere was very surcharged with spiritual energy as every one gathered to chant at 4.30a
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New Delhi ISKCON devotees kicked off a program at Tihar Jail on December 2nd with a one-hour kirtan chant, raising inmates to their feet to dance and sing along.Jail staff were present and supportive. In his short speech Director General Shri B.K. Gupta praised ISKCON Prison Ministry’s international activities, and requested inmates to read Bhagavad-gita and chant the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra.Special Guest Ekta Chowdhury, better known as Miss India 2009, appeared as a special guest and ISKCON em
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“There are two types of spiritualists and in the Sanskrit language one is called Bhajananandi and the other is called Ghosti Anandi.Bhajananandi refers to one who personally likes to do spiritual activities, but are more reclusive and are concerned about their own salvation or liberation. Just by their being in the planet they are helping. But they don’t go about of the way to liberate other people. If someone looks them up and asks them, they’ll help them, but they more or less keep to themselv
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YOU PEOPLE ARE FORTUNATE AS YOU HAVE GOT RIGHT ASSOCIATION,MAY BE DUE TO YOUR GOOD DEEDS FROM THIS LIFE. IN BHAGWAT GITA LORD SAYS"AFTER MANY BIRTHS THE FOTUNATE SOULS UNDERSTANDS THAT EVERY THING IS VASUDEV.THERE IS NO TRUTH THAT IS HIGHER THAN ME THERE IS NOTHING EQUALS TO ME .EVERY THING RESTS ON ME AS PEARLS ARE STRUNG ON A THREAD".SO KEEP RECITING THE NAME OF THE GOD AND DON'T USE THIS PLANET AS A WATING ROOM ENJOY IN DOING YOUR WORK WITHOUT WORRING ABOUT THE RESULTS AS RESULTS ARE IN GODS
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