Prabhupada: Yes. Krsna consciousness is the original status of the living entity. Just like a son is conscious always that "I am the son of such and such person." This consciousness is natural. So living entities, when they come to Krsna consciousness... Because we are all parts and parcels of Krsna. It cannot be broken. A person may go mad. But when he's cured, he immediately understands that "I belong to such and such family, such and such gentleman's son." That is natural. Similarly in the co
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The very definition of independence is that, it is something which can be properly used & misused. Otherwise the term becomes meaningless. This possession of independence is 100% with The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Shrikrishna. That is found in the very 1st verse of Srimad Bhagbatam, i.e.... "Janmadasya jatah Itarascharthesu Abhingya Swarat
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This discussion of Ramananda Roy with Lord Chaitanya
The Lord Chaitanya inquired, "Please quote some verses from Scripture about the ultimate goal of life for the human being."
Sri Ramananda Roy, "A person who is sincere in his occupational duty will gradually develop the sense of God consciousness." The purport is that human life is meant for understanding one's relationship with the Supr
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8th January, Gurgaon.
As I progress from a fresher to a neophyte I realise that as I move forward the distance between me and Krishna keeps on decreasing as well as increasing.
In one way we start experiencing the presence of Krishna and Guru near us, we just need to `tune' ourselves by our daily sadhna bhakti and a sincere desire to get some instructions and voila ! they usually come fast. We then take another baby step towards a firm faith in Krishna, Guru and Shastra. What is invar
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English Putrada Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music
Hindi Putrada Ekadashi Mahatmya without Music
English Narration: Miss Diksha
Hindi Narration: Madhava Das (BVKS)
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TEXT 8
abhyasa-yoga-yuktena
cetasa nanya-gamina
paramam purusam divyam
yati parthanucintayan
SYNONYMS
abhyasa--practice; yoga-yuktena--being engaged in meditation; cetasa--by the mind and intelligence; na anya-gamina--without their being deviated; paramam--the Supreme; purusam--Personality of Godhead; divyam--transcendental; yati--achieves; partha--O son of Prtha; anucintayan--constantly thinking of.
TRANSLATION
He who meditates on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his mind constantly engaged in
Lord Krsna says that there are different species of life, yoni. According to Padma Purana there are eight million, four hundred thousand species of different forms of life. So Krsna claims that "All these living entities, in different forms of life, I am the seed-giving father of all of them, and the material nature is the mother." Just like father impregnates with the seed, and the mother gives the body, similarly God impregnates material nature with all kinds of living entities, not in differe
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The breathing exercise of the yoga system that is generally practiced is just the beginning of the system. Meditation on the Supersoul is just a step forward. Achievement of wonderful material success is also only a step forward. But to attain direct contact with the Supersoul and to take dictation from Him is the highest perfectional stage.
The breathing exercises and meditational practices of yoga are very difficult in
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There was once a disciple of a Guru who went to his Guru and said, "Guruji, I want to live a spiritual life. I want to live in the service of God. I want to go beyond the binding chains of this mundane, materialistic world. But, I feel that I am not quite ready. My desires for a family, for wealth and enjoyment are still too strong. Grant me some time to fulfill these wishes and then I will come to your holy feet
So the
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"A new year is a land mark in our lives and a time for reflection on where we have been, where we are and where we want to go. It's also time to ponder on our failures and mistakes in our spiritual lives. In the path of Bhakti every occasion and everything is for the purpose of transformation. If the previous year bought sufferings in our lives we can take solace in the fact that all sufferings and punishments in thi
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared in order to deliver all the fallen souls. Therefore He devised many methods to liberate them from the clutches of māyā.
It is the concern of the ācārya to show mercy to the fallen souls. In this connection, desa-kala-patra (the place, the time and the object) should be taken into consideration. Since the European and American boys and girls in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement preach to
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If we proudly think we are great, we cannot become humble. Even thoughwe are servants, we would prefer to be masters. As a result, we would bring about our own ruination because we would come to see everything as fit for our enjoyment rather than for Krishna’s enjoyment. When we wear blue spectacles everything appears blue ; by seeing everything in relation to Guru and Krishna, we come to see everything through divine
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Lecture on SB 1.8.28 -- Mayapura, October 8, 1974:
Vaiṣṇava who is preaching, it may be in a different way, according to time and place and the party—they have to change something, deśa-kāla-pātra—but we have to see the essence. Wherever there is God consciousness, wherever is there understanding... Just like we sometime consult dictionary, a small dictionary, pocket dictionary, and a big international dictionary. Both
