The more we are in search of happiness, the more we will find sadness in our lives. The more we engage in activities for our own pleasure, the more we will find pain in our lives. The more we engage in activities for our own sense gratification, the more we will find distress in our lives. As long as the motivation for our activities is to find honor, the more we will suffer dishonor in our lives.
The principle of material existence is ‘anxiety’. As soon as the child is born, he cries. Later as
So today is the transcendental appearance day of Lord Varaha. We have got the regular Bhagavatam verse on the board from Prthu Maharaj’s going back to Godhead. However we are not going to read that this morning. We are going to talk about Lord Varahadev instead because it is an interesting narrative.
There are different incarnations or appearances of Lord Varahadev. Previously the white boar incarnation has been described. The one that is in the Bhagavatama as we receive it is the story about t
Meditation is an ancient process which helps us connect to our true nature and purify the mind. There are two ways to meditate; either through silent meditation or sound meditation. The struggle with silent meditation is that it might work for some time, but eventually the noisy mind will come back and begin chatting again. The mind’s duty is meant to always think, so you can not stop it’s function. Better to engage the mind in higher consciousness, which can be done through the power of sound
With ISKCON’s 50th anniversary year now here, ISKCON devotees all over the world are getting inspired to bring their communities together and celebrate in creative ways.
At the temple in Potomac, a suburb of Washington D.C., for example, community members are holding their first 50-hour kirtan.
“Actually, it’s more like 60 hours,” says organizer Manu Bhattacharjee. “We started on February 12th, and until the 20th we’re holding kirtans from 4:30pm to 8:30pm every weekday, and from 10:00am to 8:
The real meaning of love means to act fully for the pleasure of Krsna and all living beings – to totally dedicate ourselves to Krsna’s well-being and to the well-being of all living beings in Krsna’s creation. This is the real meaning of love.
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How beautiful our life would have been if every day would be filled with joy and just joy! When in life there would not be any fear of calamity, no fear of betrayal, no fear of losing our loved ones. Life with full of hope, full of happiness and no anxiety and no uncertainty.
However, in spite of all our wishful thinking this world does not provide us the luxury of being happy every moment because this world is filled with duality where happiness and sadness walk side by side. None in this worl
Scriptures are often replete with long lists of names, exalted personalities who most have never heard of, but who are nevertheless immortalised in the pages of history. In the material world people are remembered for what they do – their ground-breaking achievements, their high ranking positions of responsibility, and their impactful influence on others. In spiritual circles, however, people are remembered for who they are. In some cases these outstanding spiritualists also made a visible mark
By Sajjanasraya dasa
We can do great things, and I heard that if we want to accomplish great things we have to start with apparently small things, look at the details, concentrate on the essential, so we can go deep into the path of Bhakti. We should feel it is the most important thing in our life and put all of our heart and intelligence into developing our love for the Lord and giving it to others. We need to become friendly and compassionate at all levels. Becoming a happy, mature, advanced
On the 7th of December 2015, padayatra reached Pakala, a major town in the Chittor District of Andhra Pradesh. Whenever we travel, the ratha of Nitai Gaurasundar is in front and following closely behind are 3 trolleys. On this occasion I was upfront driving the tractor at a very slow pace. While passing by a local liquor shop the brakes of the tractor failed. I tried hard to press the brakes because I was worried that we would crash into the many people gathered outside the liquor shop, but
On December 24th 2014, we reached the town of Palamaner in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. It has been nine years since we have been here, this was when we had initially met Shivaram prabhu. After he had received the darsana of Nitai Gaurasundar for the first time and listened to transcendental kirtana he became inspired to take up spiritual life in 2005. He attended all our programs during our stay in town that year, and received good association from all our padayatris. Shivaram prabh
The year 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of ISKCON which was founded in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. We, the devotees of Ahmedabad, Gujarat decided that we would be the first to offer one out of fifty padayatras which have been planned for this year to celebrate ISKCON’s anniversary. This was our first time organizing a padayatra. Lokanath Swami assured us that if there were more than fifty devotees walking on this padayatra he would also join us. So with t
The more we are in search of happiness, the more we will find sadness in our lives. The more we engage in activities for our own pleasure, the more we will find pain in our lives. The more we engage in activities for our own sense gratification, the more we will find distress in our lives. As long as the motivation for our activities is to find honor, the more we will suffer dishonor in our lives.
The principle of material existence is ‘anxiety’. As soon as the child is born, he cries. Later as
Iskcon’s extraordinary success in spreading its wing in mere 50 years shows that there are people all over the world who still have great affinity for India’s Vedic culture and tradition. When Srila Prabhupada incorporated Iskcon then he refused to dilute the Vedic teachings to make it more acceptable to non-Indians. Not just the philosophy but even the attire and the food he introduced in the west were completely Vedic. Men were supposed to wear Dhoti-kurta and had to have sikha and tilak and
आपसे सूना ये असीम अम्बर
इसकी भला क्या हमें जरुरत
आपकी कभी न दिखे है छवि
फिर क्यों रोज उगता है ये रवि.
चाहूं कि बादल में, पानी में
हर जगह ही आपको मै देखूं.
पर अब तक आप दिखे न मुझे
ये देखने की कला कैसे मै सीखूं.
पानी का स्वाद या चाँद की चाँदनी
हर जगह ही आप मौजूद सदा है.
ये हवाओं के झोकें, ये बादल की बूंदे
ये सब भी तो आपकी ही अदा है.
मुझ जैसे अज्ञानी, अधम पापी को
कण-कण में आप दिख पाते नही.
जहाँ लेकर गैया बजाये आप वंशी
प्रभु मुझे भी वहीँ क्यों बुलाते नही.
मुझे भी वहीँ क्यों बुलाते नही..........................
जहाँ भी गए हम इस जहां में
जरूरतों के रिश्ते
नाते है बिकते.
पर उस जहां की जो सुनी
मैंने कहानी जहाँ
रिश्ते जन्मों तक है निभते.
लेने को सब यहाँ मर रहे हैं
सुना है वहाँ देने की
होड़ है होती.
गम की वहाँ चर्चा भी नही
खुशियाँ ही कभी-कभी
पलकें भिगोती.
वहाँ चलता नही कोई
नाचते हैं सब
बोलने में भी गाते हैं.
ये सूर
ये मीरा जो हुए यहाँ
वे उसी जहां से तो आते हैं.
इस जहाँ से कितना
अलग वो जहां
जाने को वहाँ कब तड़पेगा मन मेरा
मेरे इस मलिन मन ने तो
इसी जहां में
बना लिया है अपना रैन बसेरा.
Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu is always free from politics and institutional bashing or promotion. Just simply nectarean Krishna Katha!
