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IMPORTANCE OF DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION-VERY VERY IMP

Posted by Krishna Rupa Devi dasi on November 24, 2009 at 1:43pm

Spiritual knowledge descends through the disciplic succession from Krishna. The representatives of the disciplic succession can not change anything, add anything or subtract anything. Otherwise the disciplic succession will be broken and their preaching will have no potency. Many times in the history this disciplic succession has been broken because the representatives of the disciplic succession did not correctly pass on the knowledge to their students.We can understand how perfect knowledge ca

Aksha Malika Upanishad [The Upanishad of Rosary Beads]

Posted by pratibha on November 24, 2009 at 10:30am

Aksha Malika Upanishad[The Upanishad of Rosary Beads]Om ! 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 pro

Bhagavad-gita 7.1

Posted by KASHYAPI DASS on November 24, 2009 at 10:15am

Share: H.H.Satsvarupa Dasa GoswamiYesterday I heard Prabhupada give a lecture on Bhagavad-gita 7.1 on January 25, 195, in Hong Kong. Arjuna is hearing from Krishna. How fortunate Arjuna is that he’s directly hearing from Bhagavan. There are two types of living beings—Bhagavan and living beings like us. He is also a living being. If we say, “Bhagavan is niraka,” it means we have no knowledge of Krishna, or He has a different body from the one we have. We have a spiritual form. If we think that we

Indian Sweets - SILVER FOILS ARE NOT VEGETARIAN

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 24, 2009 at 12:30am

SILVER FOILS ARE NOT VEGETARIAN

The silver foils are not very expensive. They are sold by weight. Ordinarily, you can buy a packet of 160 foils for a price between Rs.100 to 200. That is, approximately one rupee per foil. Not only the sweets, now a days it is also applied on fruits. Some Ayurvedic medicines also are wrapped in silver foils.They are made by hammering thin sheets of silver in middle of booklets made of a bull's intestines. In other words, after slaughtering a bull, quickly his inte

2012 - END OF THE WORLD?

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 23, 2009 at 8:47pm

SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS from around the world are predicting that five years from now, all life on Earth could well come to an end. Some are saying it'll be humans that would set it off. Others believe that a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And the religious folks are saying it'll be God himself who would press the stop button. The following are some likely arguments as to why the world would end by the year 2012.Reason one: Mayan calendarThe first to predict 2012 as the end of the world were t

Reference to Odana Sasthi

Posted by KASHYAPI DASS on November 23, 2009 at 5:00pm

Srila Prabhupada briefly described the ritual of Odana Sasthi in his purport to Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya lila 16-78:

"At the beginning of winter, there is a ceremony known as the Odana-sasthi. This ceremony indicates that from that day forward, a winter covering should be given to Lord Jagannatha. That covering is directly purchased from a weaver. According to the arcana-marga, a cloth should first be washed to remove all the starch, and then it can be used to cover the Lord."

Odana Sasthi is a

Aitareya Upanishad

Posted by pratibha on November 23, 2009 at 10:30am

Om ! 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 teacher), may That protect

Heaven Vs Real Spiritual World!

Posted by Chitra Datta on November 22, 2009 at 12:49pm

Heaven Vs Real Spiritual World!"Usually the concept in religious books of different religions is that heaven is a place where there is a lot of enjoyment. Quran talks about the various types of sense gratification you can enjoy. The Mormons consider heaven to be a place to get back together with your family and then live there forever after. Family members are happy and there is no suffering and everyone is basically God conscious.But this concept of heaven fits in with the upper planetary syste

Advaya Taraka Upanishad

Posted by pratibha on November 22, 2009 at 10:00am

Om ! That (Brahman) is infinite, and this (universe) is infinite.The infinite proceeds from the infinite.(Then) taking the infinitude of the infinite (universe),It remains as the infinite (Brahman) alone.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 !That which helps you cross from the fear of birth, aging and death is called Tharakam (Tharayathi means Crosses). Understanding the appearance of the living being and God as sepa

Radhakund 2009

Posted by Bharath Radhekrishna on November 22, 2009 at 8:02am

Harekrishna I recently visisted radhakund the photos are: http://picasaweb.google.com/nabadvip.parikrama/VrajMandal2009

Free guidance from devotee cancer surgeon

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 21, 2009 at 11:01pm

Please accept our humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.Venu Madhav Das is a devotee cancer surgeon. He has taken training from the prestigious Tata memorial hospital, Mumbai, India. He is currently working as a Cancer Surgeon in Bhaktivednata Hospital.He is giving special service to members of www.iskcondesiretree.net - FREE consultation on web for cancer.Go to his page:http://www.iskcondesiretree.net/profile/DrVishnuAgarwal?xg_source=profiles_memberListYou can contact him there for

Now, prabhat feris to soothe morning walkers' ears

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 21, 2009 at 9:21pm

SURAT: A regular morning walker need not carry his or her IPod along any longer. For, the morning walkers will now have the company of SankirtanGroup of ISKCON temple. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple devotees have now introduced the concept of prabhat feri' at Joggers' Park in the city.The concept was popularized by Mahatma Gandhi during the Independence movement. It was a useful tool to unite people and to spread the message of non-violence and harmony. For I

Garlic and Onion pramanas sought

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 21, 2009 at 8:52pm

1) By eating garlic and onion one becomes sinful and as atonement one shouldperform Candrayana.Garuda Purana 1.96.722) Onion, stool-eating pigs, Selu, garlic, Goplyusa (milk of a cow beforethe lapse of ten days from calving), Tanduliya (a grain growing in faecalrubbish) and mushrooms— all these are to be avoided.Skanda Purana : Chapter 40 -- Verse 93) The householder taking the rite shall avoid heavy indigestible pulseslike Nispava, Masurika etc., stale food, defiled food, brinjals, gourds,cocoa

Improving Japa

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 21, 2009 at 8:30pm

Why aren’t we chanting in a helpless mood? Because we are clinging to
material attachments. The last offense in chanting is to maintain
material attachments (ahaà mameti) even after understanding the
chanting and hearing so many instructions on spiritual life. It is
engaging in spiritual life with our anchor out. That wedding party was
rowing all night, but because they still had the anchor out, they did not
go anywhere. The anchor is attachment to sense gratification. Srila Prabhupada

said, “Yo

A Krishna Conscious Response to Terrorism

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 21, 2009 at 8:30pm

Whenever we hear of a sensational act of terrorism somewhere in the world, especially when it involves the random killing and maiming of innocent people, we ask, “Why?” And when a particular terrorist group comes forward and claims credit for some atrocity, we ask the same question, this time more deeply -- “Why? Why do they hate so much? What can be done to stop them?”The experts say to explain, what to speak of to remedy, terrorism is difficult, because it is such a complex and varied phenomen

Why Go To The Temple ?

Posted by Krishna Rupa Devi dasi on November 21, 2009 at 2:54pm

If you're spiritually alive, you're going to love this!If you're spiritually dead, you won't want to read it..If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope!Why Go To The Temple ?A 'devotee' goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to the Temple .'I've gone for 30 years now, he wrote, and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 mantras.But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and t

Children's Day celebrated

Posted by Radha Krishna Das on November 21, 2009 at 10:30am

ISKCON Food Relief Foundation celebrated Children’s Day on Saturday the 14th Nov 2009 at High Street Phoenix, Lower Parel, Mumbai. It was the finale ground event, a culmination of the School=Lunch awareness campaign and was hosted by High Street Phoenix free of cost. Students from 52 Municipal schools who performed exceptionally well during the year received the awards.Mr Abbhasaheb Jadhav, Education Officer of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai was the Chief Guest. The awards were distribu

Adhyatma Upanishad

Posted by pratibha on November 21, 2009 at 10:29am

Adhyatma UpanishadOm! That (Brahman) is infinite, and this (universe) is infinite.The infinite proceeds from the infinite.(Then) taking the infinitude of the infinite (universe),It remains as the infinite (Brahman) alone.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!In the cave of the body is eternally set the one unborn.The earth is His body. (Though) moving within the earth, the earth knows Him not.The water is His body. (Thou

Full Steam Ahead

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 20, 2009 at 5:31pm

So we see that in Kadamba Kanana Maharaja. He has given this lifetime to Krsna. We all try to somehow or the other get things done, or things may not get going. So we have to take some responsibility to push Prabhupada’s movement and Kadamba Kanana Maharaja is an excellent example of that.Really working hard, and even risking his health to go the extra mile for Prabhupada, for presenting Krsna consciousness, for giving Krsna consciousness, for giving people the experience of Krsna consciousness.

My Confession

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 20, 2009 at 5:31pm

Sivarama Swami: The arguments here are good for devotees’ own understandings and preaching.The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.My confession:I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against. That’s what they are, Christmas trees.It doesn’t bother me a bi

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IMPORTANCE OF DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION-VERY VERY IMP

Aksha Malika Upanishad [The Upanishad of Rosary Beads]

Bhagavad-gita 7.1

Indian Sweets - SILVER FOILS ARE NOT VEGETARIAN

2012 - END OF THE WORLD?

Reference to Odana Sasthi

Aitareya Upanishad

Heaven Vs Real Spiritual World!

Advaya Taraka Upanishad

Radhakund 2009

Free guidance from devotee cancer surgeon

Now, prabhat feris to soothe morning walkers' ears

Garlic and Onion pramanas sought

Improving Japa

A Krishna Conscious Response to Terrorism

Why Go To The Temple ?

Children's Day celebrated

Adhyatma Upanishad

Full Steam Ahead

My Confession

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