The Deities of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and ChakraSudarshan are made of margosa wood.
The tree worship is a very ancient cult. However the most acceptedand popu
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The Deities of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and ChakraSudarshan are made of margosa wood.
The tree worship is a very ancient cult. However the most acceptedand popu
kripa-paravarah sajala-jalada-sreni-rucirorama-vani-ramah sphurad-amala-pankeruha-mukhahsurendrair aradhyah sruti-gana-sikha-gita-carito
jagannathah svami nayana-patha-gami bhavatu me
Lord Jagannatha is an ocean of mercy and as beautiful as a row of blackish rain clouds. He is the storehouse of bliss for Lakshmi and Sarasvati, and His face resembles a spotless fullblown lotus. The best of demigods and sages worship Him, and the Upanishads sing His glories. May that Jagannatha Svami be the object
Siddhant Madhuri
(Sweetness of Devotional Philosophy)
Suno man! Sabai shrutin ko sar.
A devotee says to himself, "Oh my mind! Listen to the gist of all the Vedas."
Ik maya ik jeev duhun ko, Ish brahm sakar.
"There are only three existences -- maya, the soul and God. Out of these three, God is the Governor of the soul and maya."
Mayadheen sanatan jeevahin, maya hi son pyar.
"The soul has been under the bondage of maya since eternity, and due to this, loves the material world."
Jeev brahm
By Rupanuga das
Dear Well-wishers and Disciples of HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj!
I trust you are all aware of the many projects that His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj is spearheading to benefit ISKCON devotees and to help spread Krishna Consciousness throughout the world. These projects span a wide va
Prabhupada was reading Krsna Book and he said, “If you just read this one
book, you can be Krishna conscious.” He said, “You don’t have to read
hundreds of books. Just this one book.” He had his glasses on, and I was
sitting in front of him. Then he just looked at me and he said, “You don’t
even have to read the whole book, just one chapter. If you just read one
chapter of this book, you can be Krishna conscious,” and I’m nodding
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupda. All glories
to Gurumaharaj.
OnApril 9, about 40 young devotees came from Surat, headed by HG Subal Shyam
Prabhu. So Gurumaharaj gave a wonderful seminar on ‘The Art of Dying—the Way to
Immortality’. Below is the summary of the first part of the seminar.
The Art of Dying— the Way to Immortality
The problems of the body are janma-mrtyu- jara- vyadhi. This is the nature of
the body, especially when the body gets old, there
Cultivating good vaishnava relationships
Answers by HH Romapada Swami Maharaja
Question:I live in a devotee community and often feel that I don’t know how to associate with others. I love them and try to serve them but all too often I just don’t feel emotionally safe in their association. I don’t feel free to be open in case they hurt me and thus I am wasting my life constantly holding back (defending like a kicked dog). I am desperate for some clarification on this point.
I am a very sensitive per
Prabhupada liked to make jokes, satirize, make us laugh. Even if he was involved in a stressful fight to get permission to build the temple in Bombay, or there was a court case in the U.S.A., or he knew some of his leaders were quarreling, there was always something funny that could occur to him and could make us break into smiles. He saw the merry side of things periodically and made a quip or humorous observation. Just as when he was in a very grave mood we became serious, so we lau
Srimati Tulasi devi is one of the most exalted devotees of the Sri Krishna. All scriptures stress on the importance of getting the mercy of Tulasi devi if one has to make progress in the path of devotion. In the Skanda Purana it is said: ‘Tulasi is auspicious in all respects. Simply by seeing, simply by touching, simply by remembering, simply by praying to, simply by bowing before, simply by hearing about or simply by sowing this tree, there is always aus
If somebody is mentally pleased, they feel physically content also. If somebody is spiritually pleased, they feel mentally and physically..things are open.
For instance, if somebody is not mentally pleased even if you give them a nice meal but they are very sad because a loved one is sick, they're not going to enjoy the meal
From "Prema-bhakti-candrika"
sri-guru-carana-padma, kevala-bhakati-sadma,
bando mui savadhana mate
jahara prasade bhai, e bhava toriya jai,
krsna-prapti hoy jaha ha'te
The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service. I bow to his lotus feet with great awe and reverence. By his grace one can cross the ocean of material suffering and obtain the mercy of Krsna.
guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittete koriya aikya,
ar na koriho mane asa
sri-guru
Dear devotees
Central Station, Sydney, 3 March 2010
I set out with Bhakta Oliver, a German devotee and another Auckland
Loft
success story. He had been approached by a sankirtan devotee but had
declined the SB 1.1 -- only to return to his hostel and find the same
book on the shelf! At that point, being the wise soul that he is, he
surrendered to the Loft programs. Every day for a few months he helped
the devotees there, and then he moved into the Auckland/Sydney
Brahmacari ashram.
Bhakta Oliver and myself
Madhavendra Puri Prabhu and I were at a college trying to engage in
Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu's most glorious sankirtan movement by distributing
books. We spent an entire week at this one college and told everyone
that on
Friday we were going to have a class to discuss and try some Bhakti
Yoga.
On the fateful day at least 10 students showed up and enthusiastically
chanted the holy names of Lord Hari and Krishna. Afterward I asked for
everyone's email and sent them a message requesting a reply from those
who
Song by Jayadeva Gosvami
When Radha saw Krsna enjoying affectionate exchanges with all the cowherd maidens in the groves of Vrndavana, she became indignant because he had not acknowledged her eminence. She immediately departed for another part of the forest and hid herself inside a shady bower that resounded with the drone of bumblebees.
yamuna-tira-vaniranikunje
mandam asthitam
praha prema-bharodbhrantam
madhavam radhika-sakhi
Translation
Bewildered by love fo
On a morning walk in Hyderabad (April 22, 1974) Srila Prabhupada took the position of a Christian. "I love God," he said, and challenged his disciples to disprove his position. Prabhupada rebutted all arguments until this one was offered: "If you love God, why don't you do what he says?" Srila Prabhup
Bhakti means love. Without love there is no question of bhakti.
It is not enough to just go on mechanically, as if Krsna consciousness were simply some humdrum formul
yatha gopayati vibhur
yatha samyacchate punah
yam yam saktim upasritya
puru-saktih parah puman
atmanam kridayan kridan
karoti vikaroti ca
yatha -- as; gopayati -- maintains; vibhuh -- the great; yatha -- as; samyacchate -- winds up; punah -- again; yam yam -- as; saktim -- energies; upasritya -- by employing; puru-saktih -- the all-powerful; parah -- the Supreme; puman -- Personality of Godhead; atmanam -- plenary expansion; kridayan -- having engaged them;
bhuya eva vivitsami
bhagavan atma-mayaya
yathedam srjate visvam
durvibhavyam adhisvaraih
bhuyah -- again; eva -- also; vivitsami -- I wish to learn; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; atma -- personal; mayaya -- by the energies; yatha -- as; idam -- this phenomenal world; srjate -- does create; visvam -- universe; durvibhavyam -- inconceivable; adhisvaraih -- by the great demigods.
I beg to know from you how the Personality of Godhead, by Hi
