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Meat Eating means Killing Animals

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By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda

Meat eating means killing animals

So sādhu (saint) is suhrdam sarva-bhūtānām. Why he should allow animal killing? They are also living entities, but for their benefit, the so-called sādhu says, “The animal has no soul.” What is this nonsense? Animal has no soul? Why? What is the difference between animal and man? What are the symptoms of possessing the soul? They are all equal. The man also eats, t

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The Heroes of Vrndavana Forest

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The Heroes of Vrndavana Forest 
by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Heros of Vrndavan

Accompanied by the cowherd boys and Balarama, Krsna brought forward the cows and played on His flute throughout the forest of Vrndavana, which was full of flowers, vegetables, and pasturing grass. The Vrndavana forest was as sanctified as the clear mind of a devotee and was full of bees, flowers and fruits. There were chirping birds an

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Life in the Womb

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Life in the Womb 
by Satsvarupa dasa Goswami

Life in the Womb

CERTAIN PSYCHOLOGISTS and folklorists imagine that the womb was a very nice place a comfortable, warm home where food .and shelter were provided without our effort. Some even say that throughout our adult lives, we unconsciously desire to return to that protection and security, "floating undisturbed in the warm, dark, quiet world of unparalleled intimacy with the beloved mother

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Understanding Ourselves

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Understanding Ourselves 
by Visakha Devi Dasi

Who Am I?
A Simple Test for Thoughtful People.

Am I my head or my face ? No, it is my face. Am I my chest ? No, it is my chest. Am I my arm or my hand ? Am I my leg ? No, it is my leg. All the parts of my body indeed, my entire body is mine. But who am I, the owner of the body ?

IF WE PERFORM THE EXPERIMENT as above, we can immediately come to the very first understanding in spir

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - 15.7

TEXT 7

mamaivamso jiva-loke 
jiva-bhutah sanatanah 
manah-sasthanindriyani 
prakrti-sthani karsati

SYNONYMS

mama--My; eva--certainly; amsah--fragmental particles; jiva-loke--world of conditional life; jiva-bhutah--the conditioned living entity;sanatanah--eternal; manah--mind; sasthani--six; indriyani--senses;prakrti--material nature; sthani--situated; karsati--struggling hard.

TRANSLATION

The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are st

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Who is the Supreme Shelter of Everyone

2514994613?profile=originalLecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 01 Chapter 08 Text 36 Who is the Supreme Shelter of Everyone by HG Akinchana Krishna Prabhu

(HG Akinchana Krishna Prabhu was born in Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, in 26th July 1970. He joined the movement at 1992 and was initiated by H.H Bhakti Vikasa Swami and since that he is serving the movement.)

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The Hard Knot of Material Affection

2514994526?profile=originalLecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 05 Chapter 05 Text 09 The Hard Knot of Material Affection by HH Indradyumna Swami on 05 July 1990 at New Mayapur

(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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Serving GOD

Hare Krishna, Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada & Srila Gopal Krishna Maharaj.

A mother sometimes withdraws or withholds toys from her child to ensure he doesn’t neglect his studies and miss out on a bright ca­reer. Similarly God sometimes withdraws or withholds our cherished toys – wealth, love, positions, possessions – to ensure we don’t neg­lect our spiritual growth and miss out on a bright spiritual career in the hereafter. God wants us to be happy in this wor

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Glories of Brahma Humility

2514994578?profile=originalLecture on Glories of Brahma Humility by HG Vishwarup Prabhu on 16 Aug 2014 at Wada

(He is a spiritual counsellor at Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Gopal's Garden High School & at ISKCON Chowpatty temple. He is a regular spiritual speaker on TV. He loves preaching & takes devotees on yatra regularly. Besides being a counsellor.)

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Five types of Protection

2514994587?profile=originalLecture on Five types of Protection by HG Shikshashtakam Prabhu

(HG Shikshastakam Prabhu has served Indian Air Force for 7 years. During his tenure he was selected as a fighter pilot and also represented Indian Air Force in National Tennis Championship. He is serving ISKCON since 1998 as a fulltime preacher. Being expert at scientific explanation of the Vedic Culture and by his profound knowledge)

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Material Body

2514994497?profile=originalLecture on Material Body by HG Sankarsana Prabhu on 30 Aug 2014 at Timisoara

(In obedience to Srila Prabhupada, Sankarshan Das Adhikari has fully taken up the banner of pure devotional service to the Supreme Godhead, and made it his life's mission to spread the Krishna consciousness science as far and wide as possible throughout the world.)

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Basic Philosophy of ISKCON

2514994602?profile=originalLecture on Basic Philosophy of ISKCON by HH Lokanath Swami on 10 July 2014 at ISKCON Pandharpur

(Born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.)

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Dear Maharaj and prabhus, please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the ocean of mercy! Hare Krsna!

We are releasing our annual campaign with the aim to bring more and more devotees worldwide to Sri Navadvipa Dhama. May they come here, in the audharya dhama of Gauranga Mahaprabhu for a deeper experience of His inconceivable mercy. 

This year  Sridham prabhu from the TOVP took his time to create a very nice
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Dear Prabhus,

It was a nice, sunny, and beautiful spring day. People were busy in their own fun plans. Some people were with their groups getting ready to enter in a restaurant for lunch and others were waiting outside for their friends to arrive. Some were enjoying the sunny lounge of bars and restaurants. The whole area was filled with the smell of roasted meat and garlic etc. After struggling for about an hour in the downtown area of Boise, Idaho, USA with not much success, we decided to vi

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Regarding Kolkata Dham Darshan

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Kolkata Dham Darshan, Visit the the holy places related to Srila Prabhupada

Dear Devotees,
We, at ISKCON Kolkata, take immense pleasure and feel divinely blessed to inform all the devotees that we have started Ahhay Charan Tours and Travels services in this sacred birth city of Srila Prabhupada. Our aim is to serve all the visiting vaisnavas in taking a spiritually refreshing tour of the numerous spots in Kolkata that are forever sanctified by the divine touch of His Divine Grace. This presents

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Hare Krsna

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Why should we chant Hare Krishna
 in spite of so many impediments ?
 
There may be so many impediments for a person who is chanting Hare Krishna.  Nonetheless, tolerating all these impediments, one should continue to chant so that at the end of one’s life one can have the full benefit of Krishna Consciousness.
                   
-       Bhagavad Gita, 8.5. purport
 
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Hare Krsna

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How is the Krishna Consciousness Movement
 
the greatest benediction in human society ?
 
 
At every step there is danger. Therefore, because The Krishna Consciousness Movement provides the opportunity for the human being to get out of this material world, simply by chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra, this movement is the greatest benediction in the human society.
 
-          Srimad Bhagavatam, 9.7.7 purport
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How does everything become faultless ?

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How does everything become faultless ?
 
 
There may be discrepancies in pronouncing the mantras and observing the regulative principles, and, moreover, there may be discrepancies  in regard to time, place, person and paraphernalia.  But when Your Lordship’s (Krishna’s) holy name is chanted, everything becomes faultless.
 
-          Srimad Bhagavatam, 8.23.16
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Hare Krsna

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How does 
 
the chanting of the holy name of Krishna help us ?
 
 
Worship the Lord, whose name is like the sun, for (because) just as slight appearance of the sun dissipates the darkness of night, so a slight appearance of the holy name of Krishna can drive away all the darkness of ignorance that arises in the heart due to greatly sinful activities performed in previous lives.
 
 
-          Sri Caitanya Caritamritha, Antya
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Hare Krsna

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108 quotes extracted from various lectures/classes of Maharaj
 
A devotee means a devotee of substance.
 
Struggle is the name of the game as long as we are in the material world.
 
Science heals in retail & kills in wholesale.
 
We should not be eager to change our situation but our consciousness.
 
Faith comes by hearing Krsna Katha in the association of sincere devotees regularly.
 
Real intelligence do
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