“Up the Ladder” by Dana-keli Devi Dasi.
Krsna-Kumari Devi Dasi: I would like to announce the birth of a wonderfully inspiring book written by a new Vaishnavi, Donna Lee, who was initiated Dana-keli Devi Dasi in May of this year by His Holiness Giriraj Swami. She has written the story of her 68-year adventure coming to Prabhupada’s movement. We often hear about climbing the ladder of spiritual growth through all the levels of disciplines. Here is a personal account of such a journey, and all do
In preparing for Janmastami, I came across some wonderful teachings in a book called Krishna Book. The chapter is titled “Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Krishna in the Womb.” There Srila Prabhupada cautions against the tendency to be a bit impersonal towards God. We understand that Krishna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has both personal and impersonal aspects – He is simultaneously one with everything and different from everything. It’s easy to see and appreciate the power and energ
One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.
(BG 4.9)
Why are we born?
One has to take birth according to one’s activities of life. And after finishing one term of activities, one has to die to take birth for the next. In this way one is going through one cycle of birth and death after another without liberation.
(BG 2.27p)
How do we take bir
We remember the pastime of when Krsna first came to Mathura and he met a garland-maker, Sudama, who offered Krsna many nice garlands, sandalwood and other things. That garland-maker actually used go to Vrindavan regularly to collect flowers, so he had previously met Krsna and made offerings to Krsna with flowers, so that garland-maker was already recognized by Krsna as a devotee. At the end, he adorned Krsna and Balarama with beautiful garlands and they looked very beautiful. Then the two Lords
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Tomorrow is our most beloved Lord Sri Krishna's birthday , our creator who has created the whole universe would no doubt be adorned in the very best of silk, magnificent dazzling crown and various other priceless ornaments, etc.
It has always been my practice over the years that we all celebrate our birthday by wearing new clothes, eating cakes and sweets, etc , in addition to this every festival of our Lord Sri Krishna be it his birth, his float festival, his wonderful procession et
Recently, I have read one of interesting article from leading newspaper about spiritual organizations are started FMCG companies & become very successful in India. They are critics & generalized all the spiritual organizations. If you want to become successful business man in india first become spiritual teacher. Add the followers with skillful presentations through TV, internet…etc open the business.
From Wikipedia, get the information About Patanjali (from Ramdev baba). They are doing business
We all like a good story. It makes our day, inspires our heart, and we experience a gamut of emotions. When it comes to Krishna’s birth story he doesn’t disappoint. In Sanskrit, stories about God are called Lila. This is to remind us that His stories are not of the world, although sometimes taking place in the world.
There are many reasons Krishna comes here, and they converge, layer upon layer, story upon story, to create ”Lila”. For his birth Lila, Janmastami, we’ll pick up the action in the
As we approach Janmastami, Krishna’s birthday, we’ll be thinking of what to give. It’s a birthday celebration after all and everyone’s invited. The guest list is unlimited and when it’s a birthday we think of expressing our love with a gift.
Each of us has a unique and personal relationship with Krishna. Our world is not just me, myself and I. It’s me, the world, and Krishna. And still, this is our story as we are the main player. Everyone else is a supporting cast member. Even Krishna stands b
Every morning the meditation on theMahamantra offers us the possibility to discover important things, for example to achieve those intuitions which are rarely obtained during other moments of the day, because usually we are too busy in carrying out our worldly activities or mundane duties, which, of course, are also useful if we make them functional to our spiritual development.
But those sweet and sharp, enlightening and inspiring intuitions we can obtain during theBrahma Muhurta hours throug
The 2016 Srila Prabhupada Tributes book – “the open Vyasa-puja book” – is now available as a pdf file from www.sptributes.com. Physical books have already been mailed. Each year, all initiated disciples of Srila Prabhupada are welcome to write offerings for the book. And any disciple who sends an offering will receive a physical copy of the book.If you were initiated by Srila Prabhupada but didn’t receive an invitation to contribute, please write to sptributes (at) gmail.com in order to be adde
The harmonium was born in Europe – so how did it become synonymous with Indian music?
The Indian harmonium similarly made its way to the United States in the first half of the 20th century, but it was the Asian immigration wave in the 1950s-1960s that popularised it.
This was also the period of the American Counterculture, an anti-establishment cultural movement fuelled by such disparate elements as women’s rights, race relations, and the Vietnam War. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of
The hole in the ground has been there for a month now, but Caru Das can’t stop admiring it.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) By Lee Bensen Deseret News
Aug 18, 2016
Who’d have thought? A Krishna temple in the heart of the Salt Lake Valley?
Caru (Cha-roo) and his wife, Vai Bhavi, are local leaders of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, started in New York City in 1966 by a devotee of Krishna — “God,” in the Hindu vernacular — named A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. It’s more commonly
Hundreds of devotees and guests attended two programs at the Sydney Opera House. One in the afternoon and the other at night.
The theme was, “The Transcendental Journey,” which depicted Srila Prabhupada’s coming to America and incorporating ISKCON 50 years ago.
It was a wonderful day with plays, dancing, kirtana and speeches.
“Mrs. Nair’s husband died, and eventually she had a a change of heart. She surrendered to Srila Prabhupada and said, ‘I really didn’t go along with my husband; I didn’t want him to do that.’ Srila Prabhupada replied, ‘Don’t worry. You are like my daughter. If a man is going on the wrong path in the morning and comes to the right path in the evening, he is not lost. Now you have taken the right path and have reached home. You can stay in any of our centers; we will take care of you. Now you just
The Bhagavad-gita likens knowledge to a sword (jnana-asina). Its sharp edge can lop off our doubts and give birth to firm conviction. Yet, the acquisition of knowledge comes with a great responsibility. If one neglects to cultivate the appropriate devotional disposition, the sword of knowledge can actually be misused in one’s spiritual journey. Ancient sages therefore placed immense emphasis on the development of character, especially for those who were receiving the gift of wise words.
Knowle
Question. 1. How to overcome depression? Right from my student days I have developed inferiority complex and at times I find it really difficult to overcome. My parents and brother have been extremely supportive to me in this regard. But still it is not totally gone. After getting introduced to Krishna Consciousness through my brother, things improved a lot but when my Sadhana started going down and is not consistent, this also started to lead me to hopeless mind state. Are there some practical
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Our dearest Lord Sri Krishna in his most divine Bhagavad Gita has enumerated various virtues which a person possesses like strength of character, honesty, gratitude, etc but the mother of all virtues is "Compassion". A true Vaishnava is one who showers compassion on one and all, all of our dearest creator's creations living and non living for this quality when practised only makes one feel good , spreads joy to every one around and above all instantly connects one with our supre
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The importance of practising with ardent and unflinching devotion Sri Krishna consciousness enumerated below:
1. The cycle of birth and death is bypassed and the soul can easily attain "MOKSHA" very promptly. We would be eternally releasing our soul from the various sufferings of this transient world.
2. To be with Lord Sri Krishna , the supreme most personality of godhead and forever be safe, blessed and experience the very best joy of true bliss totally cut off from the vagaries
