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The Need For Faith- Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami

How can our faith grow from initial interest to full conviction?

Faith is vital for the discharge of devotional service. In Bhagavad-gita (9.3) Krishna says, “Those who are not faithful in this devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of enemies. Therefore they return to the path of birth and death in this material world.” Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport that without faith we cannot attain Krishna. Faith, he says, is developed by associating with devotees. Without such association,

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Up Coming Fasting Days

SUNDAY 15th Sept is actually Ekadasi but we don't fast on that day because the presence of dashami during the Brahma muhurta pollutes the Ekadasi, according to Sanatana Goswami. The GCAL agrees with this.
 
Monday 16th Sept is Dvadasi and so fasting for both the Parsva Parivartana Ekadasi and the most auspicious appearance day of Lord Vamanadeva is observed. The fasting for Lord Vamanadeva can be for just a half day and the feast must be strictly Ekadasi prasada only. See Ref 1. below. Monday is
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“THEY WILL FORGET MEAT-EATING…”

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Letters of  His Divine Grace A. C. Bhativedanta Swami Prabhupada

New York
10 November, 1965
 
 
 
To,
Sumati Morarji
Bombay

 

Madam Sumati Morarji Baisaheba,

Please accept my greetings and blessing of Lord Bala Krishna. I hope you have already received my letter of the 27th ultimo and I hope to receive your reply prasadamvery soon. And in continuation of my letter as abovementioned I beg to inform you that the number of Hiranyakasipus and

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History of Bharata Varsha

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

SB 2.4.18 - Kirata, Huna, Andhra, Pulinda, Pulkasa, Abhira, Sumbha, Yavana, members of the Khasa races and even others addicted to sinful acts can be purified by taking shelter of the devotees of the Lord, due to His being the supreme power. I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.
 
Kirata: A province of old Bharata-varsa mentioned in the Bhisma-parva of Mahabharata. Generally the Kiratas are known as the aborig
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Offering Arati At Home (Home Worship)

Required Paraphernalia

Make sure the following items are present:

For all aratis:


1. a bell on a plate
2. an acamana cup containing fresh water and a spoon
3. a conch (for blowing) with a water-filled lota for purifying it
4. a receptacle to catch the water from rinsing the conch (just outside the deity room, in the temple room).

In addition, for full arati:
1. an incense holder with an odd number of incense sticks (usually three)
2. a camphor lamp (for midday arati)
3. a ghee lamp with an odd number of w
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Who is a fanatic?

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Why should one be a fanatic? If one has got brain, one has got logic, why should he be a fanatic? Fanatic means dullheaded rascal.

However, the term "fanaticism" should not be misunderstood. Srila Prabhupada defines fanaticism as a manifestation of religion without philosophy. "Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism." (Bg. 3.3 purport.) If a devotee has realization and is preaching according to sastra, even if his pre

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Lalita Sasti

2514924013?profile=originalLecture on Lalita Sasti by HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami

(His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank.)

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Sri Lalita Appearance

2514924446?profile=originalLecture on Sri Lalita Appearance by HG Aindra Prabhu on 24 Aug 2001

(H.G. Aindra Prabhu received Harinama Diksa on Nityananda Trayodasi in 1974 from A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in Washington D.C. For many years, he was serving as a pujari at the temple and was regularly going out on Harinama Sankirtana and book distribution in that area.)

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Appearance Day of Lalita Sakhi

2514924509?profile=originalLecture on Appearance Day of Lalita Sakhi by HH Bhurijana Prabhu on 25 Aug 2009

(HG Bhurijana Prabhu first meet Srila Prabhupada at 26 Second Ave, and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1968. After preaching in Japan for about a year, in 1970 he opened ISKCON's first Hong Kong center.)

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Lalita Shasti

2514924551?profile=originalLecture on Lalita Astami by HH Indradyumna Swami on 03 Sep 2011 at Crotia

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition.)

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SRI VILAPA KUSUMANJALI
(Prayers to Sri Radha)

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1. O queen, when will I hide the flute that You won from Lord Hari in the dice game, broke, and tossed to me?

2. O girl with the beautiful face, when, the hairs of my body standing up in ecstasy, will I fan You as You lay on a pastime bed of jasmine flowers in the temple of bliss of amorous love, smiling and conversing very sweetly with Your beloved?

3. O queen, O girl whose face is a blossoming lotus flower, O personification of shyness, when, Yo

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Love Yourself!!

Many devotees are under the impression that we should love Krishna and
denigrate ourselves!

It is understandable that they think this way because there are many
statements that one may misunderstand such as:
1. Thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street
2. The soul is one ten thousandth the tip of the hair in size
3. The individual soul is tiny
4. One should be selfless
5. Etc.

Also we may come in contact with people who in the name of Krishna
consciousness authority denigrate us, telling us that
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The Real Fighting Is Now

On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

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A need was felt to be more sensitive to the feelings of the public. Therefore an endeavor was made to inculcate a different mood, and present Krsna consciousness in a light considered respectable by the mudhas. As a result, our public lectures and temple classes nowadays tend to be mild. Full-fledged attacks on material life have become unfashionable, being perceived as a sign of immaturity or lack of intellectual development. Our movement has b

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Prayers & Worship of Tulasi Devi

Asta-nama-stava

The Eight Names Of Tulasi Devi
vrndavani, vrnda, visvapujita, puspasara, nandini, krsna-jivani, visva-pavani, tulasi.


Vrndavani – One who first manifested in vrindavan.

Vrnda – The goddess of all plants.

Visvapujita – One who the whole universe worships.

Puspasara – The topmost of all flowers, without whom Krsna does not like to look upon other flowers.

Nandini – She gives happiness to everyone.

Krsna-Jivani – The life and soul of Lord Krsna.

Visva-Pavani – One who purifies the three worl
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On Speaking Strongly in Srila Prabhupada's Service

Those who compromise in preaching grant themselves a license to compromise their practices. For maya is such that if we give her a little room, we will adjust more and more until we end up becoming totally mundane. Better stick to our principles and be proud of them. Even if initially devotees are somewhat fanatical and immature, if they are sincere Krsna will bless them with transcendental intelligence, and they will gradually gain experience in
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Shame India Shame - Largest Exporter Of Beef

Shame India Shame
For Being The Largest Exporter
Of Beef All Over The World

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Yesterday, on 1st September news in Times of India caught my eyes -

 

A mob on Friday set ablaze over three dozen vehicles and severely damaged over 40 other vehicles after a mini-truck was found parked on the Jaipur-Delhi highway at Malpura village, near Dharuhera, with an alleged cargo of a large quantity of beef.

 

 

1st September was Aja Ekadashi and many of us were celebrating it by fasting, reading Gita or chanting or just

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Letters of  His Divine Grace A. C. Bhativedanta Swami Prabhupada

Delhi
16 September, 1967

 

To
Jayananda

My Dear Jayananda,

Krishna prasadamPlease accept my blessings. I’m so glad to receive your letter of Aug 30, and I know also that you are a sincere devotee of Lord Krishna. When you drive your car you always chant “Hare Krishna” and when I was by your side I could understand how heartily you have accepted the philosophy of Krishna Conscious

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Now a days whenever we open the page of newspaper or a news channel  we see that most of the news are either related  to crime against woman or related to terrorism. In recent times we are indeed observing a huge increase in abuse , molestation, sexual harassment of woman in all section of community. Various people giving various opinion regarding the cause of such increase of this kind of crime. Some section of people thinking that a stringent punishment against the criminal would solve the iss

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Don't Grow

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Dear Prabhujis and Mathajis,

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev!

Our beloved spiritual master H.H. Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj has deep love and affection for the young children and he always encourages them. When children recite the verses from Bhagavad gita and Srimad Bhagavatam, Maharaj becomes extremely pleased. So many parents took to Krishna consciousness just because of Maharaj’s encouragement and appreciation of the small children.
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