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SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Who are the companions of the one who treads the spiritual path?Perseverance and patience...What is ignorance of the intellect?Trying to realize God through the intellect after being fully aware that God is way beyond the reach of the intellect...Where do all questions end?In direct experience alone...Who is most unfortunate?One who wastes his entire life trying to solve problems that were created due to unnecessary indulgence...Who is the “uncontrollable”?One who disregards the words of the Gur
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Letter from Yamaraja

Different people are afraid of different things in life and one person'sobject of fear is not an object of fear for another person. However ingeneral, fear of death is common to all. Some people may boast that they arenot scared of death. However when they get some fatal disease which paralysethem or in case of dangers, the fear of death will be clearly visible intheir eyes. There is no material solution to this attack of Yamaraj and hispunishments after death. Though death is formidable and unc
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The Man in the Antique Shop (a short story)

The Man in the Antique Shop

My acquaintance with him began a year ago.

After being laid off from my well-paying job in York, I had taken up a job in a factory in Manchester, fifty miles from my home. The job was tasteless, but at least it helped put some food on the table. My wife had cleaned me out after the divorce and my resources were meagre.

Every evening after work, my factory bus would leave me at this bus-stop. Here, I would have to wait for a connecting cross-county bus to take me on my ho

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"Pronounciation during Japa"

"One should note in this connection that chanting involves the activities of the upper and lower lips as well as the tongue. All three must be engaged in chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.The words “Hare Krishna” should be very distinctly pronounced and heard. Sometimes one mechanically produces a hissing sound instead of chanting with the proper pronunciation with the help of the lips and tongue. Chanting is very simple, but one must practice it seriously."Srila Prabhupada, Caitanya Caritam
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2012 -- The End of the World?

Hare KrishnaThere is a great deal of propaganda afoot that something dramatic will happen in 2012 and maybe the world will end...We have information from the Vedic scriptures about the nature of this material world. Very extensive information is given about the cycles this world goes through over and over again. It is not that we are in uncharted territory. These cycles repeat, just like every year we have the four seasons. The cycle of the seasons repeats over and over again. Similarly the cycl
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Search for self or search for Krishna

I am a new comer to this society.Off late in a bid to gain the most of Krishna and the way to him, where ever I travel in India, I try to find if there is an ISKCON temple.On 31 August 09, I made it to Bangalore ISKCON.After darshan, I got several Agarbatti, stand, laddo prasad for family and friends.Exactly 1 month later, around last week of September, I visited Chandigarh ISKCONI did the first formal Japa with my son, sister, brother in law and two little angels.There were 108 tiles around a r
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Make Japa The No. 1 Priority

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/2694/srilaprabhupadablissful.jpgToday I was reflecting on this....the importance of Japa cannot be over-stated, it's the most important part of our spiritual day and it's everything in our spiritual life. Good Japa means good reading, hearing and service.If our Japa is concentrated and focused, it means the rest of our sadhana will be concentrated and focused. Srila Prabhupada writes about the importance of Japa in the following letter:“You have to minimize your
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Dear Devotees,Please accept my humble obeisances!All glories to Srila Prabhupada!I just want to share with you all this wonderful news - Sivarama Swamireceived from Hungarian State the second highest State Award: theGolden Cross!It was our Diwali Dinner when he received it from a high levelpolitician and many Hungarian newspaper and TV-s made a report withhim (the summary of that I will send you next week).I send hereattached some pictures too from the event. More pictures you will findon the fo
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Atmavidyavilasa

AtmavidyavilasaBy Swami Sadasiva Brahmendra1. I bow down to the indescribable primordial Guru (Dakshinamurti) who resides by the side of a fig tree, whose lotus hand displays brilliantly the “jnana-mudra’s (in which the tips of the thumb and the index finger of the right hand are joined), who is the sprout of the bliss that is liberation.2. I salute the holy sandals of the noble Paramasivendra which are the effulgent boat that rescues the people who have fallen into this limitless ocean of trans
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Avadhuta Gita

Chapter I1. By the grace of God the Brahmins above all men are inspired withthe disposition to non-duality (unity of the Self with God), whichrelieves them of the great fear.2. How can I salute the Self,which is indestructible, which is all Bliss, which in Itself and byItself pervades everything, and which is inseparable from Itself?3. I alone am, ever free from all taint. The world exists like a mirage within me. To whom shall I bow?4. Verily the one Self is all, free from differentiation andno
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What are the Vedas?

By Atma-tattva DasaThe Vedic scriptures are the spiritual literature of the ancient Indian culture, written in the Sanskrit language. They are comprised of a huge collection of books which include material (mundane), religious (ritualistic) as well as spiritual (monotheistic) knowledge. The expression “Vedic” is derived from the Sanskrit word VEDA, which means knowledge or revelation. According to the Vedic history, they were written down thousands of years ago. The date, however, is not very im
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The Literalist

By Sri Narasingha Dev-GosaiA literal understanding of sastra, as it seems to be regarded in some sectionsof the greater Vaishnava community, is looked down upon as being neophyte orsimply not intellectually satisfying. Some even consider the literalunderstanding of sastra to be the great enemy of progressive Krsna consciousness- thus we sometimes read such statements as:"... after the damage devotees have done by literal use of scripture"or"... now devotees are blocking the sukrti of many people
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LHC and other fantasies...

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Come November and the Media will soon be teeming with news about the Large Hadron Collider. Unless CERN decides to postpone the date, all the world will be expected to stand agog as some of the concerned scientists will announce how close they are to perceiving God. Or rather what is famously dubbed as the ‘God particle’; the original source of material creation, the cause of all causes, the ‘sarva-karana-karanam’, all thanks to the LHC or the Large Hadron Collider.Or so they think…...So what’s
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ASTAVAKRA GITA

Introduction:Once upon a time there was a student of the scriptures who could not support his family. He would work hard all day every day and then read aloud the holy language of sacred verses late into the night. His wife, round of belly with their coming child, would sit beside him in the dim room, listening as her weary beloved chanted the ancient words.One late night in her eighth month a voice from inside her belly said to the father: “Sir, please be attentive - you are mispronouncing that
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Must we shout !!!

I hv taken this from sweet motivations from Madhumatidasi mataji and i felt like this is indeed sharing like cos these messages are indeed motivational and guiding us on the path of bhakti. As far as i remember in Prema Bhakti chandrika Sripad Narottma Das Thakura has written about anger as an enemy in our bhajan .kama,krodha,lobha,moha,mada,matsarya,dambha,saha.sthane sthane niyukta karibo.Ananda kari hrdya, ripu kari prajaya,anayase govinde bhajiboThis has been sent across many times and is do
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Quotations by/on Krishna !!!

1." The true path leads to one and decisive knowledge.The knowledge of the undecisive branches in all directions and in unending " - Krishna Source: Bhagwat gitaReport abuse2 . " The purpose of human life is to enquire:Who am I?Where have I come from?What will happen to me at death?Why do I suffer?Why do others suffer?Who is God?How can I serve God?Why is there variety of living beings?How can I get out this cycle of birth, old age, disease, and death?How can I live eternally? " - Krishna Shri K
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LORD RAMAIn the Sundara Kandam in Srimad Valmiki Ramayana, Hanuman narrates the Ramayana from the beginning up to that point of time, to Sita Devi who is held captive by Ravana. Following this, Thrijada describes a dream where she says that she witnesses Sri Rama Pattabhishekam. Therefore, effectively, the entire Ramayana is covered in this one Kandam and that is the reason Thy doing parayana of the Sundara Kandam alone is considered equivalent to reading the whole text.In Ramayana, at the time
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Narada Bhakti Sutras

Possibly this is greatest book defining what is Bhakthi written by Narada who was the greatest among Bhakthas of Lord Narayana.1.Atha tho Bakthim vyakyasyamaNow I will explain in detail what is meant by devotion to God(Bhakthi)[1].2.Saa tasmin Parama prema roopaDevotion to God is personification of intense(highest) love towards Him.3.Amrutha swaroopa chaIt also is deathless or as sweet as nectar (or it also confers deathlessness to one)4.Yallabhathva puman siddho bhavathi, amrutho bhavathi, trup
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Vishnu Bhujanga Prayata Stotram

Vishnu Bhujanga Prayata Stotram[Prayer to Lord Vishnu]By Adi Shankara Bhagawat Pada[Bhujanga prayata is a meter for writing poems in Sanskrit. It means moving of a snake. Adi Shankara has written several prayers using this meter. There is a very interesting story about this stotra. Adi Shankara reached his mother's death bed before she died. He wanted to help her get salvation. So he composed a great stotra called Shiva Bhujanga Prayata Stotra in praise of Lord Shiva. As soon as it was completed
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Cheerfulness pleases HimSharing with others pleases HimSacrifice pleases HimGiving up ego pleases HimSelflessness pleases HimAll beautiful things please HimHelping others pleases HimFlowers please HimHonesty pleases HimTruth pleases HimSimplicity pleases HimAn open heart pleases HimPatience pleases HimNot finding fault with others pleases HimUnconditional love pleases HimCaring for cows pleases HimCaring for Tulsi Plant (Holy Basil) pleases HimFeeding the poor and feeding His devotees pleases Hi
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