Venue: Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari TempleDate: Friday, 21st August, 20097:00pmHe will walk his talk!Come and meet a hitch hiker who does not take a ride. The walking monk who just walks around countries... His name is Bhakti Marg Swami, he is theatrical, dynamic, and full of amazing spiritual energy, that will enliven your very soul. Do not miss this rear appearance!Revealing many adventures while walking and spreading Krishna Consciousness. It will be fun! Kirtan, drama, prasadam!BioWith a backgrou
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The remaining ten days (5-10, 12, 14-16) are suitable provided they do not fall on those lunar tithis which are forbidden.)Forbidden Lunar Tithis:Sexual union must also be avoided on days of vrata and fasting, such as ekadasi, and on the parva days (full moon, dark moon, astami and caturdasi tithis, as well as sankranti, when the sun passes into a new zodiac sign) when the body is in weak condition, and the days when the moon passes throught the same naksatra as at ones birth.Forbidden Week days
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I do not intend to turn my blogs into a scriptural forum, but as I focus on environment and health, the scriptures just cut right across. So, what to do? I shall take in few leads from the iso-upanisad to guide my discuss in the coming weeks.Yesterday was janmasthami and I fasted the whole day, in spite of 9 hour day work. My colleagues persuaded me to drink water which I objected to. This is not a strain on my body; it’s a fulfillment of my spirit. Tomorrow will come and I shall eat to my satis
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Hare Krishna and Happy Sri Krishna Janmashtami to all..May Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhupada bestow their causeless mercy upon all..May Lord Krishna gives us shelter under His Lotus Feet...
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Posted by Chitra Datta on August 13, 2009 at 12:08pm
Dear All,HARE KRISHNA!Please accept my humble obeisances.On this auspicious day, I wish everyone a Krishna Conscious Year. You all are very nice devotees. Thank you all for your wonderful association. I cherish every moment of it. Please continue giving me your association.HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HAREHARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HAREHari Bol,Your humble servant,Cintamani Sakhi Devi Dasi
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Posted by Chitra Datta on August 11, 2009 at 5:33pm
Kaliyuga is progressingAnd distresses are increasingYet oblivious of the sameI continue to live like a puffed up foolForgetting Krishna all the way.Katrina lashed me yesterdaySwine flu is devouring me todayYet I continue to live like a puffed up foolForgetting Krishna all the way.Prices are soaringVegetations are disappearingYet I continue to live like a puffed up foolForgetting Krishna all the way.Skyscrapers are caving in into deadly seasTerror looms large in my midnight dreamsYet I continue t
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Excerpt from theIntroduction of: Good to the Core,by John BlumbergI have yet to meet anyone who would say they didn't want to operate from a position of a solid set of values. I think most of us want to be good to the core. On the surface, the concept of values is intellectually easy to understand. And so I assumed, and maybe you do too, that most of us understand and try live by our values.However, I've found that it is more challenging than it would appear to be on the surface. In leadership w
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On 8th of Audust we celebrated Vyasapuja of our beloved Spiritual Master Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu in Gauradesh Colone Germany.In our Morning lecture here in ISKCON Hari Nama Desh Hohenstein,Chakravarty Prabhu mentioned the historic significant contribution of Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu to ISKCON. He helped in overcoming the crises of the zonal acharia system. And avoided the distruction and divorce of ISKCON.Chakravarty Prabhu mentioned also the humble attitude of Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu and that Sr
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External Freedom and Inner FreedomAs long as you base your life on wealth, property and worldly things, you willnever be able to derive any real joy. There are two things which every personhas to attain; one is external freedom, the other is inner freedom. Externalfreedom speaks of independence, being free of external bonds and limitations.Inner freedom speaks of liberation from the bondage of the senses, having themunder your full control. Every individual should realize both of thesefreedoms.I
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Bhagavad-gita Lecture 13.35Geneva, June 6, 1974Ksetra means field of activities. Just like in agricultural land. You get a piece of land, and you produce your own food grain, or as you like. The government gives you a piece of land, and you have to pay a little tax, and you can grow your food grains as you like.....The same example: You are given a field, a piece of land. You can grow twice, thrice in a year very nice foodstuff, sometimes pulses, sometimes paddy, sometimes the mustard seed. Any
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Importance of Garbhadhana Samskara:If one is not purified by the process of the seed giving ceremony, or garbhadhana samskara he is immediately classified amongst the sudras because only the sudras do not undergo this purificatory process.Krsna book, IIp.236The pious seminal succession in the twice born families of the brahmanas and ksatriyas especially, as well as in the families of vaisyas also, must be kept very pure by the observation of the purificatory process (samksaras) beginning with ga
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Our principle is that we are against nothing and for nothing. Only for Krishna. We want whatever is favorable for Krishna.(SP letter, Nityananda, Mar. 16, 1977)
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Later, during his massage Prabhupäda told me that any sex life in Vrindavana is an offence, even for married couples. He said, "We should follow the line of the Six Goswamis. Did they come here for having sex and beginning family? No. It is meant for retirement from material activity. They gave up family life and then came to Vrindavana."I was puzzled because I couldn't see how the local people could avoid it. "Well, Srila Prabhupada, what about the Brijbasis, the people who are born here?"But P
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Once upon a time SP said to his devotees that " Grahastas are Great but Brahmcharyas are safe...!,So become brahmcharya and be safe. "I don't understandHow Grahast LIfe is Better than Brahmcharya Life...?How Grahastas are gr8 than Brahmcharyas..?Plz remove my confusion...!Hare Krishna...To allHari Bol...!
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One of the gopis told her friends, “The highest perfection of the eyes is to see Krsna and Balarama entering the forest and playing Their flutes and tending the cows with Their friends.”From Krsna book Chapter 21, The Gopis Attracted by the Flute For Balaram Purnima
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Prabhupada makes a very clear understanding what it means to be poor, poor doesn’t mean without money, without food, without clothes, poor means a person who does not have Krsna consciousness, they are spiritually poor. The people in the western countries living in their big, big mansions and expensive homes, driving their nice cars, eating al kind of foods, they are poor because although they have so much wealth materially, their hearts are lonely, their hearts are starving and when we look in
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