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Bhavana Upanishad

Posted by pratibha on December 11, 2009 at 12:00pm

Om ! Gods ! With ears let us hear what is good;Adorable ones ! With eyes let us see what is good.With steady limbs, with bodies, praising,Let us enjoy the life allotted by the gods.May Indra, of wide renown, grant us well-being;May Pusan, and all-gods, grant us well-being.May Tarksya, of unhampered movement, grant us well-being.May Brihaspati grant us well-being.Om ! Peace ! Peace ! Peace !1. The holy Teacher is the Power (Para-Sakti) that is the cause of all.2. Of that Power the body with its n

Ayurvedic Health and Cooking - Winter Season Issue # 1 December 2009

Posted by Gaura Dasa on December 11, 2009 at 9:28am

Dear Devotees,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada !As many of you may know, ayur comes from the sanskrit word ayus which means longevity or immortality and veda means science or knowledge. Srila Prabhupada mentions the word "ayurveda" 40 times in his writings, and the word "ayurvedic" 154 times. Srila Prabhupada gave us the ayurvedic lifestyle to follow without going too much into the details so that we would not become too distracted from the acitvities of pure d

Hare Krishna.......Well I was really bored in my Maths lecture when I wrote this poem.....

Posted by Pranav Salunke on December 11, 2009 at 2:28am

GOD is a BIRD sitting on a treeAnd there's another oneBut hey, that's meHE the GODAlways LOOKS at meBut I'm StupidEngrossed in the fruits of tree!Then the realisationOf the mistake made by meAnd I try to act, ignore and fleeTo another treeBut HE FOLLOWSAs the shadow of meAmazingly same thing happensOn the other treeAnd this happens for millions of yerasBefore I see HIMBy the pain in my heartof thousands of spheresBut still when I realiseThe Material world vapouriseAnd GOD'S HEART so BIG in SIZET

Krishna Prem Kirtan

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on December 10, 2009 at 5:30pm

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Vedic Knowledge and Quantum Mechanics Part - 1

Posted by Neeraj Nama on December 10, 2009 at 2:51pm

Vedic Knowledge and Quantum Mechanics Part - 1The study of materialistic Quantum Mechanics takes many years but even then one’s knowledge of physical reality is incomplete. Materialistic science contains incomplete knowledge of matter and spirit.However, the Vedas explain all, making the knowledge they give complete by combined material and spiritual understanding. For example, they described the material energy as being composed of the smallest particles, paramanu’s. Because of the interplay of

Tamal Krishna Goswami Bench memorial

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on December 9, 2009 at 11:12pm

Srila Tamal Krishna Goswami, affectionately known as Srila Gurudev by many, left this mortal realm in March 2002, leaving behind many dedicated disciples and a society that was never to be the same. He also left behind an almost completed PhD thesis which he had been working on since 1998 in the serene surroundings of Clare Hall, Cambridge University (UK). It was to commemorate him, as well as the work that he did at the college and university more broadly, that a special memorial bench was inst

Bahvricha Upanishad

Posted by pratibha on December 9, 2009 at 2:30pm

Home » 108 Upanishads » Bahvricha UpanishadBahvricha UpanishadTranslated by Dr. A. G. Krishna WarrierPublished by The Theosophical Publishing House, ChennaiOm ! Speech is rooted in my thought (mind) and my thought is rooted in my speech.Be manifest, patent, to me; be ye two, for me, the lynch-pins of the Veda.Let not Vedic lore desert me.With this mastered lore, I join day with night.I shall speak what is right; I shall speak what is true.Let that protect me; let that protect the speaker.Let tha

Srimad Bhagvad-gita : Information ( What is Karma yoga? )

Posted by KASHYAPI DASS on December 9, 2009 at 12:24pm

A person situated in Karma yoga executes one's prescribed duties. These duties are as prescribed by the Varnashrama system created By Krishna through the Vedas. According to one's ability and inclination, a person may acquires a particular varna. He may become a Brahaman (teacher, guide), Ksatriya (administrator, warrior), Vaishya (merchant, farmer) or Sudra (worker). According to his situation he lives in one of the four ashrams: Brahamacari (student), Grahastha (married), Vanaprastha (retired)

Avyakta Upanishad

Posted by pratibha on December 8, 2009 at 2:30pm

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 ! Let there be Peace in me !Let there be Peace in my environment !Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me !The three sta

Love and Devotion

Posted by AMITAV on December 8, 2009 at 1:52pm

I heard this long back in a small temple in Sonepat. The temple priest was delivering lecture on Bhagavata one early morning in the month of Kartik.There was a competition among the consorts of Krishna over who have greater love for Him. One day Krishna pretended to be very ill. He cried of severe stomach ache and no medicine would soothe him. At last Akrurji prayed to the Lord and said that it is only He who can give a remedy to His illness. Then Krishna said only one thing can cure him and tha

WHEN TECHNOLOGY BLINDS and FAILS

Posted by Neeraj Nama on December 8, 2009 at 12:00pm

WHEN TECHNOLOGY BLINDS and FAILS Lecture by Devamrita Swamiat at I.I.T., India Institute of Technology,Mumbai, February 27, 2001.Greetings. As always, it’s a pleasure to speak here, at India’s peak of scientific learning and research. Tonight we will discuss a controversial subject: “Technology--Helpful or Hurtful?” The verdict? All depends on our consciousness. The ancient spiritual texts of India tell us that a person’s internal state translates into external action. How someone uses things, f

World Views: Vedic vs. Western

Posted by Neeraj Nama on December 8, 2009 at 11:30am

World Views: Vedic vs. Western By Sadaputa DasaIn the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, European scholars and scientists began to come in contact with the culture of India. Many were impressed by the antiquity of Vedic civilization and the deep spiritual and material knowledge contained in the Vedic literature. But other European intellectuals were dismayed ny these developments. For example, in 1825 the British scholar John Bentley wrote of his conflict with the scientist John Pla

Gopis

Posted by geeta kakkar on December 8, 2009 at 11:28am

Radha or Radhika is the chief of the Gopis. She made Aradhana of Krishna. Radhika means literally one who makes Radhana or Aradhana (worship). She was an embodiment of love. Radha is an embodiment of Lord Krishna Himself. Radha and Krishna are inseparable like heat and tire.Gopis' love for Krishna was supreme love. For them Lord Krishna was the living God. He was the moving image of the Supreme Lord. Their faith was intense. When they thought of Lord Krishna they forgot their worldly activities.

Devotion

Posted by AMITAV on December 7, 2009 at 4:21pm

This is a story of a Bengali saint of Vrindavan. I heard it on TV during the discourse of Bhagavata by Shri Gaurav Krishna Goswamiji long back.The saint worshipped his deity - Thakurji in his small room. Everyday he would collect Mahaprasad and offer to his Thakurji. Only then he would accept any food.What is Mahaprasad? The prasad of Banke Bihariji in Vrindavan is taken by the great saints. The left over is the Mahaprasad.One day he came to know that due to some reasons the Mahaprasad's availia

Avadhuta Upanishad

Posted by pratibha on December 7, 2009 at 2:30pm

Om ! May He protect us both together; may He nourish us both together;May we work conjointly with great energy,May our study be vigorous and effective;May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate any).Om ! Let there be Peace in me !Let there be Peace in my environment !Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me !1. Then, it is said, Samkriti approached the venerable Avadhuta, Dattatreya, and questioned: Venerable Sir, Who is an Avadhuta ? What is his condition ? What his characteristic ?

Vacika - Loud Chanting

Posted by KASHYAPI DASS on December 7, 2009 at 11:03am

Taken from Art of Chanting Hare Krsna by Mahanidhi SwamiVacika - loud chanting that all can hear, as in kirtana, is a hundred times more beneficial than uparsu japa. The Caitanya-bhagavata tells how the caste brahmanas once challenged Haridasa to prove which scripture sanctioned his loud chanting. Haridasa Thakura replied, "Nowhere in the scriptures is loud chanting of the holy name condemned. In fact, the Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.34.17 says: yan-nama grhnann akhildn srotfn atmanam eva ca sadyah pun

Story about Bhaktas(Bhakta Chokamela)

Posted by Padma on December 7, 2009 at 9:36am

Bhakta ChokhamelaGod created man. When he created man, he did not show any difference. The prince and the pauper, the rich and the poor, the man and the woman, the wise and the foolish all are alike for him. To understand the uniform love of God, we are taught to do Surya Namaskar early in the morning. The sun shines equally on man, woman, flower and rock.Unfortunately, being entwined in the mundane world, we go farther off from God and God’s message. We do not know God manifests Himself in ever

Atma-Bodha Upanishad

Posted by pratibha on December 6, 2009 at 1:30pm

Atma-Bodha UpanishadOm ! May my speech be based on (i.e. accord with) the mind;May my mind be based on speech.O Self-effulgent One, reveal Thyself to me.May you both (speech and mind) be the carriers of the Veda to me.May not all that I have heard depart from me.I shall join together (i.e. obliterate the difference of) dayAnd night through this study.I shall utter what is verbally true;I shall utter what is mentally true.May that (Brahman) protect me;May That protect the speaker (i.e. the teache

The Test (A short story)

Posted by Eternal Muser on December 6, 2009 at 1:18am

The Test

November, 1982

“Hare Krishna. What do you make of this?”

Ramanand Prabhu, President of the revered Radhika-Krishna Temple, Vrindavan, pushed the letter across the table towards Laxmi Dasi.

The young devotee read the letter carefully and looked up in surprise. “I-I don’t

understand Prabhuji…”

“Nor do I,” said Ramanand Prabhu and shook his head wearily. He had recently taken up the post of the Temple President and was already beginning to feel the pressure of the responsibilities that went with

Student, Paris, in July of 1973: Srila Prabhupada, Christianity’s sanction of meat-eating is based on the view that lower species of life do not have a soul like the human being’s. Srila Prabhupada:

Posted by Madhavi on December 5, 2009 at 8:50pm

Student, Paris, in July of 1973: Srila Prabhupada, Christianity’s sanction of meat-eating is based on the view that lower species of life do not have a soul like the human being’s.Srila Prabhupada: That is foolishness. First of all, we have to understand the evidence of the soul’s presence within the body. Then we can see whether the human being has a soul and the cow does not. What are the different characteristics of the cow and the man? If we find a difference in characteristics, then we can

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Bhavana Upanishad

Ayurvedic Health and Cooking - Winter Season Issue # 1 December 2009

Hare Krishna.......Well I was really bored in my Maths lecture when I wrote this poem.....

Krishna Prem Kirtan

Vedic Knowledge and Quantum Mechanics Part - 1

Tamal Krishna Goswami Bench memorial

Bahvricha Upanishad

Srimad Bhagvad-gita : Information ( What is Karma yoga? )

Avyakta Upanishad

Love and Devotion

WHEN TECHNOLOGY BLINDS and FAILS

World Views: Vedic vs. Western

Gopis

Devotion

Avadhuta Upanishad

Vacika - Loud Chanting

Story about Bhaktas(Bhakta Chokamela)

Atma-Bodha Upanishad

The Test (A short story)

Student, Paris, in July of 1973: Srila Prabhupada, Christianity’s sanction of meat-eating is based on the view that lower species of life do not have a soul like the human being’s. Srila Prabhupada:

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