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"निष्ठावान भक्तों के लक्षण"

Posted by IDT E-Counselor - Hindi on September 17, 2015 at 8:27pm

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श्रीमद भगवतम् के प्रथम स्कंध में निष्ठावान भक्तों के लक्षण उल्लिखित हैं । हमें यह पढ़कर, भक्ति में अपनी निष्ठा बढ़ाने की प्रेरणा मिलती है ।

** एक निष्ठावान भक्त को चाहिए कि वह उपनिषद, वेदांत जैसे वैदिक साहित्य, पूर्व आचायों एवं गोस्वामियों द्वारा संकलित ग्रंथों का श्रवण करें । ऐसे साहित्य का श्रवण किये बिना मनुष्य सच्ची उन्नति नहीं कर पाता । श्रवण एवं आदेशों का पालन किये बिना, भक्ति का प्रदर्शन निरर्थक है और भक्ति-पथ में अवरोध जैसा है । 
श्रीमद भगवतम् १.२.१२ (तात्पर्य)

** भगवान के दिव्य प्रेमाभक्ति क

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Preaching in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (Album with photos)

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 17, 2015 at 5:44pm
Preaching in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (Album with photos) Indradyumna Swami: “Maharaja, if you wear the traditonal clothes of Mongolia for your first few days in our country you will gain the sympathy of our government who granted you a special visa,” said the temple president of Ulaanbaatar. “The people will also appreciate,” he continued, “and be inclined to hear the message you have brought.” See them here: https://goo.gl/OgqwTj

Preaching in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (Album with photos)
Indradyumna Swami: “Maharaja, if you wear the traditonal clothes of Mongolia for your first few days in our country you will gain the sympathy of our government who granted you a special visa,” said the temple president of Ulaanbaatar. “The people will also appreciate,” he continued, “and be inclined to hear the message you have brought.”
See them here: https://goo.gl/OgqwTj

 
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Effects of Tolerance

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 17, 2015 at 5:43pm
Effects of Tolerance Sudarshana Devi Dasi: When people trouble/irritate us, give us pain, speak with us angrily, our normal natural tendency is to retaliate. The golden words, “No counteraction is the best counteraction”, gets evaporated from our hearts and all we want to do is to take the judgement rod in our hands and punish the people who offend us. But if we introspect ourselves, how many times were we peaceful after such retaliation? Did it do any good to us or the people who offend us? The answer is always a “No”. It only caused us more pain and suffering, and made others more and more inimical to us. So neither do we progress spiritually or materially, nor do we help other souls to go close to Krishna. Read the entire article here: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=19781

Effects of Tolerance
Sudarshana Devi Dasi: When people trouble/irritate us, give us pain, speak with us angrily, our normal natural tendency is to retaliate. The golden words, “No counteraction is the best counteraction”, gets evaporated from our hearts and all we want to do is to take the judgement rod in our hands and punish the people who offend us. But if we introspect ourselves, how many times were we peaceful after such retaliation? Did it do any good to us or the people who offend us?

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An Amazing Story!

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 17, 2015 at 5:38pm
An Amazing Story! Srutakirti: We were on an airplane from Mexico City to Caracas and Prabhupada started taking his puffed rice, puffed rice and peanuts. He ate for about 10 minutes or so, and then he just looked and said, “OK.” So I moved the puffed rice over and I gave half to Paramahamsa, the other half I had in front of me. After a few minutes, there was this stewardess, she was walking down the aisle and she stops right in front of us and she reached over, put her hand in my plate and grabbed a handful of puffed rice and threw it in her mouth. She says, “Oh, this is wonderful. What is it?” I said, “Puffed rice.” She said, “Why are you eating this?” I said, “We have our own diet and we’re vegetarian.” She said, “Oh, is there anything else I can get you?” I looked at Prabhupada and he looked at me, he said, “Hot milk.” She said, “Fine.” So after about 10 minutes she comes back with three plates. She left and I turned to Prabhupada, I said, “Prabhupada, that’s amazing, isn’t it?” Prabhupada said, “No, women, they have a natural propensity to serve.” Of course, I was thinking it was amazing that she took Prabhupada’s mahaprasadam right off of my plate. Somehow or other, she got what all of us were mad after was Prabhupada’s remnants. So when I travel, it’s always one of my favorite stories. One day I was giving class and I told this story, and after class a devotee boy came up to me and he said, “That’s an amazing story. Can I tell you a sankirtan story?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “We would go out to the villages far from all the cities in Brazil in different places. You have to go by four-wheel drive. One day we were in the rain forest really far away from everywhere, and we found this village and we did our Harinam. Then we began going door to door to distribute books. Then I went to this one house and I knocked on the door and a woman answered and tried to distribute books. As soon as she saw me, I was in dhoti and kurta, and she invited me in. I went in, and I started seeing that there were pictures of Krishna on the wall and she had an altar, she had Deities,” and he was so surprised. Then he said, “You’re a devotee,” and she said, “Yes, yes. It’s so wonderful to see a devotee here.” And he said, “How did you become a devotee?” She said, “Well, the first time I met devotees was I met Prabhupada on an airplane. I was a stewardess.” So this was the woman, it was 10 years later from that time after she took the mahaprasadam. Then she met devotees again and got a book and that was it. That was the beginning of her spiritual life. Just seeing what Prabhupada has done, it’s mind-boggling to understand how Prabhupada has made devotees, and it just goes on and on.

An Amazing Story!
Srutakirti: We were on an airplane from Mexico City to Caracas and Prabhupada started taking his puffed rice, puffed rice and peanuts. He ate for about 10 minutes or so, and then he just looked and said, “OK.” So I moved the puffed rice over and I gave half to Paramahamsa, the other half I had in front of me. After a few minutes, there was this stewardess, she was walking down the aisle and she stops right in front of us and she reached over, put her hand in my plate and gr

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Preaching in Mongolia - On The Road

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 17, 2015 at 5:36pm
Preaching in Mongolia - On The Road (7 min video) Indradyumna Swami: After a day in Ulaanbaatar we took to the road to spread the message of Lord Caitanya for the first time in Kharkhorin, the ancient capital of Mongolia. The 9-hour drive, often on dirt roads, took us through some of the most beautiful countryside we had ever seen. We witnessed first hand the nomadic lifestyle so common to the people of Mongolia. The evening program in Kharkhorin proved once again that chanting Hare Krsna is the universal process for self-realization in this age of Kali. Watch it here: https://goo.gl/wyTVzc

Preaching in Mongolia - On The Road (7 min video)
Indradyumna Swami: After a day in Ulaanbaatar we took to the road to spread the message of Lord Caitanya for the first time in Kharkhorin, the ancient capital of Mongolia. The 9-hour drive, often on dirt roads, took us through some of the most beautiful countryside we had ever seen. We witnessed first hand the nomadic lifestyle so common to the people of Mongolia. The evening program in Kharkhorin proved once again that chanting Hare Krsna is

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Refugees Find Comfort in Free FFLG Meals Throughout Europe

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 17, 2015 at 5:30pm
Refugees Find Comfort in Free FFLG Meals Throughout Europe Food for Life Global (FFLG) and its European affiliates continue to distribute free plant-based meals to refugees in over ten European countries. Over 10,000 meals have been served so far. As millions of refugees escape ghastly conditions in their home countries, more organizations and activists are coming forward to assist refugees find a safe and home and food and FFLG is among them. Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/miqjIS

Refugees Find Comfort in Free FFLG Meals Throughout Europe
Food for Life Global (FFLG) and its European affiliates continue to distribute free plant-based meals to refugees in over ten European countries. Over 10,000 meals have been served so far. As millions of refugees escape ghastly conditions in their home countries, more organizations and activists are coming forward to assist refugees find a safe and home and food and FFLG is among them.
Read the entire article here: http://goo.gl/miqjI

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University Veggie Club at Newcastle, Australia

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 17, 2015 at 5:28pm
University Veggie Club at Newcastle, Australia Ramai Swami : Abhaya Carana and the devotees from the Bhakti Tree in Newcastle regularly have preaching programs every week. On Wednesday there’s a yoga night and on Friday a kirtan night. Three days a week they cater to the Vegetarian Club at Hunter Valley University where each day a couple of hundred students taste wonderful prasadam. Read more: http://goo.gl/Vw7odM

University Veggie Club at Newcastle, Australia

Ramai Swami : Abhaya Carana and the devotees from the Bhakti Tree in Newcastle regularly have preaching programs every week.
On Wednesday there’s a yoga night and on Friday a kirtan night.
Three days a week they cater to the Vegetarian Club at Hunter Valley University where each day a couple of hundred students taste wonderful prasadam.
Read more: http://goo.gl/Vw7odM

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Kadamba Kanana Swami: Even if we are limping on the spiritual path,

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 17, 2015 at 4:42pm
Kadamba Kanana Swami: Even if we are limping on the spiritual path, even if we are jumping on one leg, still we have to continue on the spiritual path, even if it is on crutches, carry on and then one can be glorious. Just like our Bhakti Raghava Swami, somehow he lost his leg and since then he walks on crutches but of all the swamis, he is the one who went on foot to Tirupati, India, for darshan. He went up the mountain with his crutches. I went with a car and met him as he came up on his crutches. Read the entire article here: https://goo.gl/7svdyd

Kadamba Kanana Swami: Even if we are limping on the spiritual path, even if we are jumping on one leg, still we have to continue on the spiritual path, even if it is on crutches, carry on and then one can be glorious. Just like our Bhakti Raghava Swami, somehow he lost his leg and since then he walks on crutches but of all the swamis, he is the one who went on foot to Tirupati, India, for darshan. He went up the mountain with his crutches. I went with a car and met him as he came up on his c

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Chand Kazi to Lord Nityananda

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 17, 2015 at 4:40pm
This is called a ‘kunti.’ This particular piece was given by the Chand Kazi to Lord Nityananda, as proof that the Chand Kazi authorized public chanting of the holy names within his district. Originally it was a symbol of the Kazi’s authority. The samkirtan party carried it everywhere.

This is called a ‘kunti.’ This particular piece was given by the Chand Kazi to Lord Nityananda, as proof that the Chand Kazi authorized public chanting of the holy names within his district. Originally it was a symbol of the Kazi’s authority. The samkirtan party carried it everywhere.

 
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Indradyumna Swami: During our trip to Kharkhorin,

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 17, 2015 at 4:38pm
Indradyumna Swami: During our trip to Kharkhorin, the old capital of Mongolia, we visited the ancient Buddhist monastery of Erdene Zuu. After discussing spiritual matters with the monks there for sometime, they asked us to have kirtan. I believe it was one of the best kirtans Bada Haridas prabhu ever led. Before leaving we gave the head monk a copy of Bhagavad Gita. It was altogether an historic occasion. That evening we had wonderful program for 100 citizens of Kharkhorin in a local hall. After the lecture everyone chanted and danced in great happiness during the kirtan. See the photos here: https://goo.gl/JcCjb5

Indradyumna Swami: During our trip to Kharkhorin, the old capital of Mongolia, we visited the ancient Buddhist monastery of Erdene Zuu. After discussing spiritual matters with the monks there for sometime, they asked us to have kirtan. I believe it was one of the best kirtans Bada Haridas prabhu ever led. Before leaving we gave the head monk a copy of Bhagavad Gita. It was altogether an historic occasion. That evening we had wonderful program for 100 citizens of Kharkhorin in a local hall. Af

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