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I was walking along the beach with the lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one belongs to me, the other to the Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I looked back at the footprints in the sand. I noticed that at many times along the path of my life, especially at the very lowest and saddest times, there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it. “Lord, you said
A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation day approached, the young man awaited sings that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation the father called him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.Curio
killed a young deer. He ate it and still he was not satisfied.
So, the lion thought for a plan. He went and sat leisurely beside a huge tree.
Meanwhile, a sheep was passing by. The Lion asked the sheep, "O sheep,
tell me the truth. Does my mouth have bad breadth? Lion opened his mouth, and
sheep replied "Yes, O king, your mouth has a bad breadth."
Lion was angry and said "what did you say? Does anyone say that
to king of the jungle. Do you have etiquette
Sleeping is simple, getting up early is difficult
Honouring prasadam is simple, cooking is difficult
Sitting in SB class is simple, remaining awake (attentive) is difficult
Quarelling is simple, cooperating is difficult
Leading alone is simple, taking everyone along is difficult
Reading junk mails is simple, reading SP books is difficult
Becoming bosanuboss is simple, becoming dasanudas is difficult
Attending programs is simple, doing service is difficult
Prajalpa is simple, Krsna katha is difficult
Sens
Song by Jayadeva Gosvami
viharati vane radha sadharana-pranaye harau
vigalita-nijotkarsad irsya-vasena gatanyatah
kvacid api lata-kunje gunjan-madhu-vrata-mandalimukhara-
sikhare lina dinapy uvaca rahah sakhim
Translation
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 an
There was a king of the name Satrajit within the jurisdiction of Dvaraka-dhama. He was a great devotee of the sun-god, who awarded him the benediction of a jewel known as Syamantaka. Because of this Syamantaka jewel, there was a misunderstanding between King Satrajit and the Yadu dynasty. Later on the matter was settled when Satrajit voluntarily offered Krsna his daughter, Satyabhama, along with the jewel Syamantaka. Not only was Satyabhama married to Krsna on account of the Syamantaka jewel, bu |
Please accept my pranams.
I would like to ask the Vaisnava community to kindly pray for Devakinandana
prabhu (SDG) who is terminally ill with cancer.
He served in Newcastle Temple for 8 years in the past. He is in the UK at
present. First the cancer effected his stomach 2 years ago but now it spread
through his whole body. He possible has no many days left.
He requested that devotees kindly pray to Lord Nrsimhadeva for his
Krsna-consciousness at the time of death.
He has been regularly
The Ramayana describes how Lord Rama built a bridge and crossed the ocean to Lanka. Before the battle with Ravana began, Ravana’s youngest brother Vibhishan came to take shelter of Rama. Rama immediately gave him shelter. That is the duty of a king, a ksatriya. If someone seeks shelter, you must give him protection. But the advisors of Lord Rama said, ”No! Don’t give him shelter. He’s from the enemy’s camp. He has come here as a spy.” Lord Rama then told his advisors a story:
Once, a man was pass
Today is the birthday of Shri RAMCHANER, who is DHARMA itself. HE is MARYADHAPURSHOTAM (VEDA Dharma in human form)..He is anandswarupa and Dharmaswarupa. On this holy day of Ramanavmi u must immerse urself in the Atam as Dharmaswarupa, as the motivator of the moral life.
Kaushalya mata gave birth to a son with all divine features like lotus red lips, eyes, all spiritual marks on body,rosy lips , voice like drumbeat- the one who took birth to delight the Ikshvaku dynasty, who is adored by all the

We serve under the shelter of a bonafide spiritual master, and then after sometime we take initiation. After taking initiation then we get further instruction and the things progress from there, we offer our service to the Guru.
So Prabhupada said, the first qualification of a G
Purusa, Creation,three modes of nature, brahman paramatma Bhagavan, jiva, maya, liberation
http://saragrahi.org/Header%20Links/Bhagavat%20Sandarbha/10.htm
Bhagavat Sandarbha/10 The manifestation of Bhagavan
saragrahi.org
Lord Brahmä's vision of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in Vaikuëöha is described in the
following ten and a half verses of the Srimad Bhägavatam (2.9.9-18):
http://vedabase.net/sb/11/25/12/
The three modes of material nature — goodness, passion and ignorance —
influence the livin
ContinuiContinuing with the series focusing on the five A's in chanting Japa - Mahanidhi Swami Maharaja gives some nice advice and realisations on the subject of Attentionng with the series focusing on the five A's in chanting Japa - Mahanidhi Swami Maharaja gives some nice advice and realisations on the subject of Attention
2. Attention
Attention means steady application of the mind, or focusing the consciousness on a particular subject. Whatever one focuses his attention on becomes deeply impres
Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Krsna in the Womb

1. Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, accompanied by great sages like Narada, Devala and Vyasa and by other demigods like Indra, Candra and Varuna, invisibly approached the room of Devaki, where they all joined in offering their respectful obeisances and prayers to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who was in the womb of Devaki.
2. The demigods prayed: O Lord, You never deviate fr
This newness is something everybody is hankering for in the material world. You see in the store, on the packages-New! Newest! The daily newspapers tell you what's new, what's the latest. What is new is news. Something you don't know yet, something that's new for you, something that is inexperienced.
So people go to great lengths not to get bored. Some TV show maybe gets top rat