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The increase of rape cases in India has shaken the conscience of every right thinking Indians. People were outraged when in December 2012, a girl was gang raped and killed in Delhi. Again the same horrific incident has recurred in Mumbai when a woman photojournalist was gang raped. After the Delhi gang rape episode there were widespread protests and there were demand for tougher rape laws. It is not that afte
These are the immediate result of taking to Krsna consciousness. Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress. There is a song of Bhaktivinoda Thakura: manasa deha geha yo kichu mora, arpilun tuya pade nanda-kisora. The purport of this song is when we surrender to Krsna, pranair arthair dhiya vaca, then we get relief from all kinds of anxieties. This is very simple to understand. Everyone is, in the material world, here, everyone is full of anxieties. That
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada says:"By your very constitution you are meant to enjoy unlimited happiness at every minute. Therefore don't deceive and cheat yourself by foolishly misidentifying yourself with a rotting material body. In such a delusional state you can never be happy in spite of whatever nice arrangements you have made for yourself here in this temporary material world. Therefore you should reawaken your eternal spirit
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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Guru and Gauranga.
I received this inspirational story recently and would like to explain a little bit with some of the relevant instructions from Srimad Bhagavatam.
When Yudhishtira Maharaj was ruling this planet, Bhima used to help in solving problems of people, hence people whoever has any questions/problems would come to Bhima and ask him for help. One day, one citizen came and told Bh
tena tyaktena bhunjeethaa / maa grdhah kasya svid dhanam
Lecture on Judging our Spiritual Advancement by Bhakti Siddhanta Swami 23 Aug 2007 at ISKCON Melbourne
(His Holines Bhaktisiddhanta Swami is a disciple of Jayapataka Swami since 1979. He has preached all over the world. He has been in Mayapur and Vrindavan for the last 10 months.)
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Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada with Madhudvisa (in the front)
Devotee: How can one reach the point where he knows that a particular type of service will please the spiritual master?
Madhudvisa: He wants to know how to find out how to please the spiritual master with one service.
Srila Prabhupāda: The spiritual master has given you so many things to do. First of all finish that. First of all finish sixteen rounds, observe the regulativ
Question to Radhanath Swami: We read in Gita: Krishna says that when there is a decline in religion and an up-rise in irreligion, he descends. Look at the world today; so much of irreligion, so many problems. There is tsunami of irreligion and problems crashing against practically every living entity in the whole planet- there’s an inundation. Where is God?
Radhanath Swami: Krishna has descended in this age in his name. And all the power of all the incarnations is within the name, because Krishna
Lecture on Take Advantage of the time you have Left by Jayapataka Swami on 31 Oct 1982 at Bangkok
(Jayapataka Swami was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. His scholastic achievements led to an offer of a full scholarship by Brown University after his completion of high school.)
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We Indians are sitting on bags of diamonds but crying for broken glas
Hare Krishna,
PAMHO,
AGTSP,AGTSGASG.
Today I heard something very interesting thing from my friend(He is my current team lead). My client is in Basel. In year 2009 three of my seniors went to a library to buy some novel.
They happened to meet a Caribbean woman aged 45 and had two sons. Following was the conversation between the woman and seniors. I have tried to make it as simple as possible. Please forgive me for any mistakes in
Lecture on Disappearance of Raghunandana Thakura and Vamsidasa Babaji by Mahavishnu Goswami at ISKCON Radhadesh
(Mahavishnu Goswami was born in the outskirts of Mumbai in 1920 on the auspicious day of Dattatreya Purnima in the month of Marga Sirsha. He appeared in a family of Vaishnavas since 8 generations.)
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Seminar on Divine Vision by Gopal Krishna Goswami
(Gopal Krishna Goswami played a leading role in inspiring and completing several large ISKCON temples, such as the Glory of India temple in New Delhi in 1998 (inaugurated by then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and the Radha Bankebihari temple in Nairobi.)
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Lecture on Lord Chaitanya's Miraculous Pastimes by Giridhari Swami
(Giridhari Maharaja would very often and intensely pray to God, asking God to show him the answer, point the way. Shortly after that, in 1974, believing it to be Krishna’s arrangement, he somehow or other went to a second-hand bookstore.)
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BALANCE SHEET OF LIFE
The happiness of life is made of little things - a smile, a hug, a moment of shared
laughter - it's not the wealth you amass but what you give to others & the
lives you touch that you take with you for eternity!
Our Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are
Srila Prabhupada held a final meeting with his disciples in the afternoon, granting, as he had done the year before, the entire assembly of devotees darsana in his room. Srila Prabhupada sat on his ornate wicker asana below the stained-glass windows. On Prabhupada's right sat Pusta Krsna; on his left, Hari-sauri.
Devotees and guests filed into the room, placing various gifts on Prabhupada's desk -- donations of money, baskets of fruit and nuts wrapped in coloured cellophane, jars of honey, dishes
Mirabai's Love For Shri Krishna
Approximately 500 years ago, the kingdom of Rajasthan was the land of warriors, sages, sadhus, and kings. It was at this time; Princess Mirabai was born (1478). Her mother passed away when she was very young and her father, Ratan Singh, was very busy with the kingdom. Growing up at her grandfather’s palace, Mirabai was deeply devoted to Krishna Bhagwan. After Mirabai’s grandfather passed away, her uncle became the new king. He arranged her marriage with Prince