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Freedom

Posted by Mira on August 8, 2009 at 7:01pm

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

Varnasrama and Community Development

Posted by _ghanshyam das on August 8, 2009 at 4:38pm

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

Importance of Garbhadhana Samskara: part 1

Posted by _ghanshyam das on August 8, 2009 at 10:30am

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

Our Principle

Posted by Nitin on August 7, 2009 at 3:56pm

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)

Ignorance is no Excuse : Nice Anecdote by Prabhupada

Posted by vibhava krsna das on August 6, 2009 at 12:36pm

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

Please Remove My Confussion..!

Posted by Sagar verma on August 5, 2009 at 6:26pm

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...!

The gopis see Krsna and Balarama

Posted by Nitin on August 5, 2009 at 6:24pm

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

Who Is Poor...?

Posted by Sagar verma on August 5, 2009 at 6:15pm

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

Weapons of the Pandavas

Posted by Sanjeev Kumar Punj on August 5, 2009 at 5:42pm

At the end of Mahabharata, when the Pandavas returned victorious, they got together and travelled to the Himalayas, along a path that took them through many regions currently known to us as Himachal Pradesh.At one place they decided to leave their weapons and proceed higher up in the mountains to perform penance.The place where they left the weapons is known as Rampur Bushahr, established by Pradyumna,the son of Lord Krishna Himself, and is located 102KM from Simla. It can be easily reached by r

Angry Swami declares war on maya, especially Mayavada

Posted by Nitin on August 4, 2009 at 1:50pm

This post is a follow up of my three earlier posts titled "Mayavadi to become stool worm‏","I want to kick them, never mind I go to hell‏ " and "More face-kicking‏". All these posts contained quotes of Srila Prabhupada speaking very strongly against the mayavadis even to the point of kicking them on the face. The following text is an excerpt from the book "The Hare Krishna Explosion" by HG Hayagriva Prabhu. Srila Prabhupada was addressed as "Swamiji" in the earlier days of the movement.Excerpt:N

IMPORTANCE OF COW PROTECTION

Posted by _ghanshyam das on August 4, 2009 at 11:00am

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.16.1 -- Los Angeles, December 29, 1973
So similarly, vaisya. Vaisya, they should be trained in three things, productive -- krsi-go-raksya-vanijyam vaisya-karma svabhava-jam [Bg. 18.44] -- krsi, agriculture; go-raksya, cow protection. Go-raksya. That is essential, agricultural and cow protection. And vanijyam. Vanijyam means trade. If there is excess milk product, if there is excess grain product, then you can sell to others. Nowadays the trade is that you take as much milk as

Srila prabhupada Letter

Posted by Brajaraj Kanai Das on August 3, 2009 at 5:23pm

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaIn his letter to Kiranamayi, 25th February, 1968.Devotional service is dependent on the mercy of Krishna and His devotees. Unless we surrender to the lotus feet of a pure devotee, it is not possible to come to the platform of pure devotional service. By his own efforts a bee cannot taste the honey within a bottle. The bottle must be opened by a superior. If the bee simply licks the outside of the bottle, thinking “Now I am tasting honey,” then

OH Gauranga!!!

Posted by Sita devi dasi on August 3, 2009 at 2:41pm

OH Gauranga!!!!Oh Gauranga! When will that day come,When my heart will be freed,From the anarthas acquired,Since millions of lifetimes.Oh Gauranga! When will that day come,When the heart free from maliceAnd material contaminations,Develops pure taste for the Holy Name…Oh Gauranga! When will that day come,When the things of this world,Will cease to attract me,Which pull me away from your lotus feet.Oh Gauranga! When will that day come,When I rejoice and celebrate,In the association of your devote

Srila Prabhupada quotes Srila Rupa Gosvami‏

Posted by Nitin on August 3, 2009 at 10:55am

Srila Rupa Gosvami, the great devotee acarya of the Gaudiya-Vaisnava-sampradaya, has sung a song about this lotus honey,comparing himself to the bee:"O my Lord Krsna, I beg to offer my prayers unto You. My mind is like the bee, and it is after some honey. Kindly, therefore, give my bee-mind a place at Your lotus feet, which are the resources for all transcendental honey. I know that even big demigods like Brahma do not see the rays of the nails of Your lotus feet, even though they are engaged in

More face-kicking‏

Posted by Nitin on August 3, 2009 at 10:30am

Srila Prabhupad said:... do not become so foolish and rascal, that any rascal comes and poses himself as God, incarnation of God... You kick on their face. Please consult the sastras whether his name, his father's name, his mother's name, his features of the body, his activities, are corroborating with the sastra.Then accept. Otherwise don't.>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.11-12 -- Los Angeles, September17, 1972

Your Lipstick: Made With Cow Brains

Posted by _ghanshyam das on August 1, 2009 at 2:19pm

Here's the bad news: Cow brains may be an ingredient in your lipstick.The good news? The FDA is banning it.The Food and Drug Administration has told cosmetics makers they can no longer use brain and spinal cord tissue from older cattle in lipstick, hair sprays, and other products, reports The Associated Press. The fact that they were used at all will likely surprise millions of women who use these products daily. And that's not the only surprise: The new FDA regulations still allow use of these

I want to kick them, never mind I go to hell‏

Posted by Nitin on July 29, 2009 at 6:51pm

That is my business, to punish all these rascals. You see? I become very much angry, anyone says before me, "I am God, he is God, everyone..." I cannot control myself. (laughter) Yes. I am so obstinate enemy of theserascals. I want to kick them on their face, but it is incivility. It becomes... But I want to kick them. It will be my pleasure. Never mind I go to hell.Lecture, SB 2.9.10 -- Tokyo, April 26, 1972

Two Solid Programs That Can Change the Whole World

Posted by Nitin on July 29, 2009 at 12:37pm

Book distribution and farms: these are our solid programs. They can change the whole world. The whole foundation of animal civilization can be destroyed. If I have hope for still living, I wanted to organize the farms, make it perfect. Simple living and high thinking.>>> Ref. VedaBase => TKG: August 9

O lord please help me..

Posted by Sita devi dasi on July 28, 2009 at 7:25pm

O lord of all the three worlds,**Kindly look upon this fallen soul**Sleeping in the lap of maya curled,**Enjoying this world whole and sole......****Your beauty unparalleled and beyond compare,**Steals the hearts of the purest pure.**Yet this fool has not time to spare,**To treat this disease which has no cure........****No cure except the chanting of the Holy Names**Is the only remedy so rare.**Yet I am busy playing games,**With Maya, neither fear nor care.......****O Lord, I beg you with all m

LOTUS FEET OF SRIMATI RADHARANI

Posted by PRANSHU SHARMA on July 28, 2009 at 4:01pm

AS BHAKTIVINODA THAKUR IS SAYING THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO GET KRISHNA EXCEPT LOTUS FEET OF SRIMATI RADHARANI .FROM : RADHIKA CARAN PADMABY : BHAKTIVINOD THAKURIF ONE WHO HAS FAILED TO WORSHIP WITH GREAT CARE SRIMATI RADHARANI"S LOTUS FEET WHICH ARE THE ABODE OF ALL AUSPICIOUSNESS .ONE WHO HAS NOT TAKEN SHELTER OF SRI VRINDAVAN DAM WHICH IS DECORATED WITH HER LOTUS FOOT PRINTS.WHO IN THIS LIFE HAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH DEVOTEES WHOSE MOOD LIKE SRIMATI RADHIKA"S ARE VERY DEEP & GRAVE.WHOSE HEART"S &

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Freedom

Varnasrama and Community Development

Importance of Garbhadhana Samskara: part 1

Our Principle

Ignorance is no Excuse : Nice Anecdote by Prabhupada

Please Remove My Confussion..!

The gopis see Krsna and Balarama

Who Is Poor...?

Weapons of the Pandavas

Angry Swami declares war on maya, especially Mayavada

IMPORTANCE OF COW PROTECTION

Srila prabhupada Letter

OH Gauranga!!!

Srila Prabhupada quotes Srila Rupa Gosvami‏

More face-kicking‏

Your Lipstick: Made With Cow Brains

I want to kick them, never mind I go to hell‏

Two Solid Programs That Can Change the Whole World

O lord please help me..

LOTUS FEET OF SRIMATI RADHARANI

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