The economic downturn being experienced by the Indian economy is bottoming out.
The political and economic leadership is reposing its trust in the potential of corporate India as well as the locked value in our state owned enterprises (maharatnas, navratnas and miniratnas). India is on its way to regain its glory of 7-8 percent GDP growth and nothing can stop the Indian economy from becoming the 3rd or 4th largest in GDP terms soon, said P Chidambaram, Union Finance Minister, while deliver
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Letters of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhativedanta Swami Prabhupada
Calcutta
13 November, 1967
My Dear Gargamuni,
Please accept my blessings! I am in due receipt of your letter dated Nov. 8, 1967. You have written to say that your wife and you have a problem on which you require my help. The whole world, beginning with the highest planet to the lowest in this material world is facing this problem. Combination of husband and
Reading Sanskrit Improves Brain Functioning
by Brynne Sissom
The physiological effects of reading Sanskrit are
similar to those experienced during the Transcendental
Meditation® technique, according to research recently
completed by Dr. Fred Travis, director of the
ERG/psychophysiology lab of Maharishi University of
Management in Fairfield, Iowa, USA.
Dr. Travis asked his test subjects to read passages
from the Bhagavad-Gita in Sanskrit and in modern
foreign languages (Spanish, French, or Ge
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By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Devotees Chanting Hare Krishna in a Street Procession in Florence
“Asatī means a woman who has become a prostitute. A prostitute has no reputation for good womanly qualities. Similarly, the tongue, which is given to the human being for chanting the Vedic hymns, will be considered a prostitute if it is engaged in the matter of chanting some mundane nonsense.” [SB 2.3.
"Wishing you a very happy married life", we often hear these wishes during wedding ceremonies....How do we create a really successful and happy married life? Especially when we are aspiring devotees of Krishna?
1.First of all, make sure that your partner/ would be partner is interested in serving Krishna. Whether he or she serves wonderfully...not an issue...the interest must be there.
2.Make sure he or she is not a materialistic person.It is perfectly fine to accumulate wealth, to have a promisin
It is amazing how much Western science has taught us. Today, for example, kids in grammar school learn that the sun is 93 million miles from the earth and that the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. Yoga may teach us about our Higher Self, but it can't supply this kind of information about physics or astronomy.
Or can it?
Professor Subhash Kak of Louisiana State University referred to the statement by Sayana, a fourteenth century Indian scholar. In his commentary on a hymn in the Rig Ved
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Can money buy true Happiness? When the basics are covered, extra money can buy extra food, clothes, houses and whatever else. However, you can live in only one house at a time, wear one set of clothes at a time, and eat as much as your stomach can hold at a time. Therefore money is useful to buy goods and services and there is nothing wrong with money, per se. It is after all the core need and everybody's entitled to ea
On the spiritual path those who are the most inclined to lead a peaceful existence that respects the value of all life often adopt the vegetarian lifestyle. For some people this is a very big step. This is in accordance with the yogic principle of ahimsa, which is to observe nonviolence and abstain from injuring any being in any way. However, many people ask what about the plants that are killed in the process of cooking vegetarian foods. Don’t they suffer? And don't we get reactions for that?
23rd Dec was Gita – Jyanti, the day when Krishna spoke Bhagavad – Gita to Arjuna around 5000 years ago. The sublime message of the Gita was spoken by Krishna for 45 minutes at a place called Jyotisar in Haryana just before the beginning of the war.
The Gita is called Raja Vidya - the king of all knowledge. If all the Vedic literatures are cows then Bhagavad – Gita is the milk of the cow i.e. it is the essence of all the Vedic literatures. Krishna is the milkman, Arjuna is the calf who drinks the
Question to His Grace Sankarshan Das Adhikari: While doing Hare Krishna chanting on japa beads, I feel immersed in the name of Lord Krishna and become oblivious to my surroundings. However I feel incomplete that I am only chanting the name of Krishna but not seeing Him. My question as a very low level soul is, "Do enlightened souls see Krishna?" Can you please tell me your experience? |
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Answer: "They see very minute" Hearing with your ears is another form of seeing. And it is more important than |
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The Supreme Lord reveals Himself to us through His countless energies.
A lecture given in Mumbai, India, on February 23, 1974
raso 'ham apsu kaunteya
prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh
pranavah sarva-vedesu
sabdah khe paurusam nrsu
"O son of Kunti, Arjuna, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras. I am the sound in ether and ability
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"There is no doubt about it: to distribute books is one most important activity. The temple is not a place for eating & sleeping, but a base from which we send out our soldiers to fight with maya. Fight with maya means to drop thousands and millions of books into the lap of conditioned souls. Just like during war time the bombs are raining from the sky like anything." – August 03, 1973 to Ramesvara. Quote by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada |
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Pastime from Chaitanya-mangala by Srila Lochan Dasa Thakura
Narada Muni once went to Vaikuntha and served Mother Lakshmi very sincerely.
Srimati Laxmi Devi was very pleased and requested Narada Muni to ask for any boon. Narada Muni replied, "My dear Mother Lakshmi, you must promise that whatever I ask for, you will-grant." Lakshmi Devi vowed that she would gladly fulfill his desire. The great saint revealed his wish: Nar
Once the great sage Narada was intrigued by a doubt. He was sure that Lord Vishnu would clear it for him. He proceeded to the Ocean of Milk and found his Lord reclining on the giant hooded serpent-bed Shankarshana, Hisbeautiful consort, Lakshmi devi beside Him.
Sage Narada made his obeisance to Lord Vishnu and put his question to Him.
"Oh Lord, what is the value of Vaishnava Satsang, the Association ofVaishnava Devotees?"
Lord Vishnu smiled charmingly and said, "I will
Many devotees think that by eating prasadam, an animal will get a human body in its next life and if a human being eats prasadam he will become a devotee in his next life. In this lecture (S.B. 1.16.23) dated January 19 th 1974 in Hawai, Srila Prabhupada gives clear informations on this subject matter:
"Bali-mardana: I believe I've heard you said in other lectures that a person who takes prasadam, even a plant or a..., any kind of living entity who takes prasadam or hea
