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H.H Radha Govind Maharaj mentions this incident on his flight from kenya to India...his flight had a transit via kuwait. due to some delay he had to wait for 4-5 hrs at Kuwait.


While chanting Hare Krishna in the airport lounge, 1 airport official watching the indian swami became intrigued and called him over to speak.


At first Maharaj was feeling somewhat reluctant to go ...as he was in a country which may not appreciate his path.


Gathering courage with faith in his Lord, Maharaj went to me

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Realisation of a Devotee

2514965104?profile=originalSri Sri Radha Giridhari, ISKCON San Diego


In the San Diego ISKCON temple in USA, there was a gentleman called *Mr. Prakash*. He was a reserved type of person who would come regularly to the temple feasts but never really showed a lot of enthusiasm. 


One day he had a severe heart attack and was rushed to hospital. During the surgery he almost passed away on four occasions. It was touch and go and he slipped into a coma. He remained that way for several weeks after.


Badrinaraya Prabhu is a seni

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Jay Srila Prabhupada

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE AMAZING. HUGE! INCREDIBLE!

1. Between 1968. and 1977. He dictated total of 22,000 pages of text


2. He translated and wrote purports to 18,000 verses of only Srimad Bhagavatam.


3. Reading one verse with purport daily would take the reader 49.31 years to complete


4. He translated and wrote the purports to the 700 verses of Bhagavad Gita


5. Reading one verse with purport daily would take two years to complete


6. He translated and wrote the purports to the 17 volumes of Ca

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Jananivas Prabhu’s service was to bring frankincense to Srila Prabhupada’s room in the evening. He mentioned that usually after you fill a room with frankincense, you open the doors and windows so that the mosquitos go out with the smoke. Srila Prabhupada however liked to keep the smoke within the room and stopped Jananivas Prabhu from opening the doors and windows. Since it was Srila Prabhupada’s darshan time, there would usually be many western devotees in the room and these western devotees

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Today we are celebrating Ugadi, the Telugu New Year Day, which is the first festival of our Telugu calendar and the first big festival that comes after Sankranti.

Our Andhra festival is known by different names in different states of India like “Gudi Padwa” in Maharastra and “Ugadi” in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Whatever the name this festival takes in different regions, it heralds the dawn of Vasanth Rutu (Spring Season), which is considered the first season of the year (Chaitra Maasam). Ugad

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UGADI - TELUGU NEW YEAR'S DAY

Celebrated by : Telugu People
Marks : The Beginning of the new year
Religion : Hindu
In the month of : March/April
Ugadi is the New Year's Day for the people of Andhra Pradesh and also for the Telugu people all over the world. Those who live north of the Vindhya hills observe it as "Barhaspatyamana". People living to the south of the Vindhya hills observe it as "Sauramana" or "Chandramana".
A Unique Ritual
There is a peculiarity about the practices of the various sects of Brahmins; one who is not conv
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About Ugadi

  The New year festival or Ugadi comes close on the heels of Holi. While the strong colors of Holi start fading away, the freshness of spring lingers on with sprightliness all around. The flame of the forest (trees with bright red flowers that blossom during holi) are in full bloom signifying an affluent season.It is believed that the creator of the Hindu pantheon Lord Brahma started creation on this day - Chaitra suddha padhyami or the Ugadi day. Also the great Indian Mathematician Bhaskarachar

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Ugadi

Yugādi, (Ugādi 'Samvatsarādi Kannadaಯುಗಾದಿ Yugadi Telugu:Ugadi (ఉగాది/యుగాది), , Konkani/Marathi: युगादि yugādi) is the New Year's Day for the people of the Deccan region of India. The name Yugadi or Ugadi is derived from the Sanskrit words yuga (age) and ādi (beginning): "the beginning of a new age". It falls on a different day every year because the Hindu calendar is a lunisolar calendar. The Saka calendar begins with the month of Chaitra(March–April) and Ugadi marks the first day of the new

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 10.2

TEXT 2

na me viduh sura-ganah
prabhavam na maharsayah
aham adir hi devanam
maharsinam ca sarvasah

 

SYNONYMS

na--never; me--My; viduh--knows; sura-ganah--demigods; prabhavam--opulences; na--never; maha-rsayah--great sages; aham--I am; adih--the origin; hi--certainly; devanam--of the demigods; maha-rsinam--of the great sages; ca--also; sarvasah--in all respects.

 

TRANSLATION

Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great sages know My origin, for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and the

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Prabhupada: That is another thing. But first of all, the basic principle is we have to understand that our senses are imperfect, and whatever knowledge we gather by these imperfect senses, they are imperfect. So if we want perfect knowledge, then we have to approach somebody whose senses are perfect, whose knowledge is perfect. That is the principle. That is the Vedic principle. Therefore the Vedic principle says, tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. You know Sanskrit, yes. "In o

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    i am discussing with my friends as they are non hindus like muslims and christians and they posed me so many questions, hope that i will get answers so that i can go back to them

  • can i ask?

    • Me

      the first question is why the god created the souls? if he is full and everything what the need for creating this world and that to living beings, even he created the animals why he created the man with mind and brain i.e full of wants and greed, lust and etc

    • the second question is why he introduced the soul

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How many types of Bhakti is there ?

Hare Krishna.

29th March, 2014, Gurgaon.

Q1: How many types of Bhakti is explained in Caitanya-caritāmṛta ? Explain them.

Answer : Srila Prabupada writes in the purport of CC Adi 4.21-22 :

1980-12-08

In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta three kinds of devotional service are described — namely, bhakti (ordinary devotional service), śuddha-bhakti (pure devotional service) and viddha-bhakti (mixed devotional service).

When devotional service is executed with some material purpose, involving fruitive activities, mental spe

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Lord Krishna And The Artist

Hare krsna

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

There was once a world-famous artist. He had an extraordinary talent for figure and portrait painting.
He came to Krishna, in his capital city of Dvaraka, and wanted to paint Krishna's portrait.
With a beaming smile Krishna said, "Well, if you want to paint my image you can certainly do so. Tell me
what I should do."
The artist requested, "Swami, if you would kindly just sit still for an hour in the same place, I will draw
a

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few Glories of Shrimati Tulsi Maharani

Hare krsna

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

A person without wearing a tulsi Kanthi offering even water, that waters is considered as Alchol :( Sad, people do not care about our old Vedic Practise. Tusli Kanti should always be worn by everybody.

Scientifically - Astma can be cured just by wearing a kanthi, it helps us purify polluted air while inhaling.

Even if a sinner wears a tulsi Kanthi Yamraja orders Chitraketu to tear the page from his book of good/bad deeds

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8 Rules to Chant Holy Name

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Those who chant the holy names of the Lord should follow the following eight rules:


(a) They should keep firm faith in the words of guru and Çästra.


(b) They should associate with devotees who are engaged in chanting the holy names.


(c) They should perform bhajana by hearing and chanting the kåñëa-kathä spoken by saintly persons.


(d) Following the above rules will result in anartha-nivåtti. In the kingdom of sädhana, a prac

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Draupadi And Lord Krishna

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Once during the Sankranti Festival, Draupadi happened to be in Lord Krishna's residence. Lord Krishna was enjoying and sharing with them fresh sugar cane of the season. While cutting a piece of cane, his little
finger got injured. Blood began to ooze out. 
The queens ran to their apartments and started frantically searching their wardrobes for a piece of
coarse cloth to bandage the wound. But Draupadi, who was seated at th

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Wonderful pastime of Narasimha Deva

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Now allow me to tell a true story that happened some 10 years ago inSouth-Africa. The father and the daughter who experienced this event toldthis story to my friend, a sannyasi and devotee of Lord Nrisimhadev.This stories was also found in the newspapers, and several witnesses of thistruck-accident after this incident became devotees of Lord Nrisimhadev.This happened to a simple Vaishnav family that lives there. They ha

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Bhakti of Gopis in Vrindavana !!

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

The divine plays of Bhagavan Sri Krishna are known to this world as `Rasa'. They were the replica of the truth of that when one soul reaches the bliss of divinity the divine blesses it by merging it within himself.

Gopis are known to be the women of Vrindavan who soaked their souls in the ocean of Krishna-bhakti , physically, verbally and through meditationThe whole world  bows to their feet, for they achieved the unse

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Real problem is death

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

The Bhagavad-gita is a book of authority, is acknowledged in every part of the world. Not just Indians or Hindus are interested but many scholars, philosophers, religionists, scientists throughout the whole world are interested. Even Professor Einstein was reading it daily. So wise man means one who understands Krishna. So if one is not God conscious, in spite of all his education, he will create havoc in the world beca

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