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Celibate Monks Celebrate Valentine’s Day

Posted on 14. Feb, 2012 by Gopinath Chandra Das in Extro-Dynamix

There were two saints by the name St Valentine, and both were celibate monks. One of them was a catholic priest who lived in Rome in the second half of the third century. He preached the message of love of God with such enthusiasm despite much opposition. He was captured, he was tortured and he was killed. He thus became one of the great martyrs of the Catholic Church. And the second St Vale

Hare krishna pranan to all the devotees,

ALL glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga,

Valentine is derived from the latin word 'VALENS' meaning POWERFUL,STRONG.

So who can be the best valentine for all of us???

who is the most powerful person??

Curious to know WHOSE THAT BOY???? 

Yes the answer is Krishna the supreme personality of God.

According to Parashar Muni Krishna is the the most powerful person ....

Krishna is the best valentine for all of us, he is always ready to accept us so

give him gifts, dress fo

Effect of Loving God :

Goal of Human Form Of Life :

Hare Krishna, Srila Gurudeva.
As we know and as mentioned by Srila Prabhupada, Lord Shiva is considered as the greatest and foremost devotee of Lord Krishna. If that is the case, why there is no picture or murti of Lord Siva in ISKCON temples? With my limited knowledge about Krishna Consciousness, I have understood that we have to offer our utmost respect to the devotees of Lord Krishna, especially the great and advanced devotees, but hardly we can find the picture or murti (deity form) of Lord

Today, 14 February 2018, is Shiva Ratri, the appearance day of Lord Shiva. Srila Prabhupada describes the relationship between Lord Krishna and Lord Shiva as follows:

"Lord Krishna is also known as avatari, which means, 'one from whom all the incarnations emanate.' In Bhagavad-gita (10.8) Lord Krishna says, ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate: 'I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me.' Thus Lord Krishna is the origin of everyone's appearance

Hare Krishna.

14th Feb, 2015, Gurgaon

Krishna gives us His final instruction in Bhagavad Gita in verse 18.65

man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru
mām evaiṣyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo ’si me

Translation:
Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.

On each Valentine day we are all pushed to ‘show’ our love to a dear one. Many, or most of us, already know

Never are uncommon, these endless lessons of love

Of how to catch a man, how to keep a woman’s love

Or how to use God and His universe To fulfil ​​

one’s desires diverse.

But wise people say just rise above

Life is nothing but a school of love

You get everything that you deserve

Just unlearn to use,  ​and learn to love..
 

As water cannot fill

The tank of your car when empty

Wealth, prestige and power in plenty

Do not serve our actual purpose and identity.

We are not just hungry, but s

Real love for Radha-Krishna is called prema, the highest perfectional stage of life." In the prema stage there is constant engagement in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. So, by the slow process of devotional service, under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master, one can attain the highest stage, being freed from all material attachment, from the fearfulness of one's individual spiritual personality, and from the frustrations that result in void philosophy. Then one can ult

A loving life-partner is what most people look forward to in this world. But if such a relationship is embellished with Krishna-Consciousness, it would be the icing on the cake! :)

Two years had passed since I had first met Radhika. I was doing my post-graduation in English Literature at the time and Radhika and I were in the same class. We were also in the same study-group and we would meet every day. We soon became close friends. And one day, I realized that I was deeply in love with her.

She wa

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By Patita Pavana das Adhikary

Part One: A Chance Encounter

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Recently, I had a long conversation with a self-styled European Shaivite. Having paid an undisclosed sum to a poseur “guru” for the privilege of “becoming God,” he was unwi

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Yes, if the purpose of mediatation, practice of spirituality, schools and hospitals is just to flaunt or show off and if it they are driven with some mundane motives then the devotees must stay aloof from such practices as this certainly deviates from the objectives of ISKCON.Such pseudo spiritualists, transcendentalists, meditators, monists,
philosophers and philanthropists should certainly be avoided. However, beauty of Krsna consciousness is in its versatility and if the motive is to bring eve

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And everyone else, Krsna just lets them rot? [laughter] That sounds a bit extreme doesn’t it? Rather, I found that even long before coming to Krsna consciousness, Krsna was also in my life. It wasn’t that it just started from the day that I joined the Hare Krsna movement that suddenly Krsna became active. Krsna was there before and he was doing all kinds of things. 

I have told many stories about this. One story is that I had a dog by the name of

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