In older times in a place known as Antarvedi, there lived a very intelligent Gardener whose name was Ravi. He has established a Tulsi Garden which he name as 'Vrindavan'. Along with that, in the same garden he had also sown plants of various other beautiful flowers of mallika, malti, jaati, bakul etc. He protected that Garden from four sides by very long and wide walls and made it very difficult for anyone to cross over it. In the inner part of the garden he has made his dwelling house in such a
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Hare Krsna
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Vrindavan does not require to be modernized because Krishna's Vrindavan is transcendental village. They completely depend on nature's beauty and nature's protection. The community in which Krishna preferred to belong was Vaisya community, because Nanda Maharaja happened to be a Vaisya king, or landholder, and his main business was cow protection. It is understood that he had 900,000 cows and Krishna and Balarama used to
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A spiritual master or leader should not be proud of his position; being always humbler than an ordinary common man, he should go on preaching the cult of Caitanya Mahaprabhu by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 17.31 Purport)
When chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, in the beginning one may commit many offenses, which are called namabhasa and nama-aparadha. In this stage there is no
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One who hears the transcendental sound vibration of the holy name of the Lord, Hare Krishna, also improves in health. We have actually seen that many brahmacaris and grhastas connected with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness have improved in health, and a luster has come to their faces. (Srimad Bhagavatam, 3.21.45-47 Purport)
For a devotee, liberation is no problem at all. The impersonalists undergo seve
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Srila Prabhupada : Not only is the chanter of the maha-mantra purified, but the heart of anyone who happens to hear the transcendental vibration of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is also cleansed. (The Nectar of Instruction: TEXT 4)
One must chant God's name, not, as the Mayavadi philosophers say, any name, such as a demigod's name or the names of God's energies
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The following definitions of a Vaishnava are given by Sri Jiva Gosvami in his Bhakti-sandarbha:
Earlier the greatness of different categories of Vaishnavas was related. Now different kinds of bhakti which were previously described together are discriminated between and compared with each other. Now various classes of Vaishnavas are considered along with fruitive workers.
Then Jiva Gosvami proceeds to cite three verses in
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kama-krodha-vimuktanam
yatinam yata-cetasam
abhito brahma-nirvanam
vartate viditatmanam
SYNONYMS
kama--desires; krodha--anger; vimuktanam--of those who are so liberated; yatinam--of the saintly persons; yata-cetasam--of persons who have full control over the mind; abhitah--assured in the near future; brahma-nirvanam--liberation in the Supreme; vartate--is there; vidita-atmanam--of those who are self-realized.
TRANSLATION
Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-r
The practice, following the rules and regulations of sastra and acarya, direction of the spiritual master, that is called sadhana-bhakti. That, every, anyone can do, provided he's serious. Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sanga atha bhajana-kriya [Cc. Madhya 23.14-15]. This bhajana-kriya means sadhana-bhakti. So if our bhajana-kriya is proper and in the line, then anartha-nivrttih syat, then all the anarthas, unwanted things, bad habits, that will be immediately vanquished. After anartha-nivrttih, tato
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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So people do not know that our only business is to take shelter of the lotus feet of Krsna. That is the only business. We have no other business. Any other business means we are becoming entangled in this material world. And the aim of human life is to get out of these clutches of material world. People do not know it. They do not know. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum [SB 7.5.31]. So it is very difficult; still, Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered to distribute this knowledge all over the world. So
Taken from Ananda Vrindavana Champu
After enjoying the rasa-lila in the autumn season, Krishna relishes the pastimes of Holi and having His flute stolen which take place in the spring season.
One night, Govinda and Rama (Balarama) went to the forest of Vrndavana to enjoy the pastime of Holi (festival of throwing colors), which is enacted either in the morning or evening. The skillful festival performance exactly matched the local customs. The devatas were very enthusiastic to observe this
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labhante brahma-nirvanam
rsayah ksina-kalmasah
chinna-dvaidha yatatmanah
sarva-bhuta-hite ratah
SYNONYMS
labhante--achieve; brahma-nirvanam--liberation in the Supreme; rsayah--those who are active within; ksina-kalmasah--who are devoid of all sins; chinna--torn off; dvaidhah--duality; yata-atmanah--engaged in self-realization; sarva-bhuta--in all living entities; hite--in welfare work; ratah--engaged.
TRANSLATION
One who is beyond duality and doubt, whose mind is engaged within, who is alwa
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When a fire burns us, we immediately move away from it towards something cooling and healing.
Yet when the fire of lust burns us, we imagine that moving closer to that fire will cool and heal us.
That's how lust covers and perverts our intelligence. The Bhagavad-gita (03.39) indicates that lust is like a fire that is insatiable (dushpurenanalena). Further, it obstructs and obscures our knowledge (avritam jnanam), leaving u
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Oh, how glorious are they whose tongues are chanting Your holy name! Even if born in the families of dog-eaters, such persons are worshipable. Persons who chant the holy name of Your Lordship must have executed all kinds of austerities and fire sacrifices and achieved all the good manners of the Aryans. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.7 Purport)
To be chanting the holy name of Your Lordship, they must have bathed at holy places
Hare Krsna
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Just as a student in a law class is to be understood to have already graduated from general education, anyone who is engaged in the chanting of the holy name of the Lord must have already passed all lower stages. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.7 Purport)
Those who simply chant the holy name with the tip of the tongue are glorious. One does not even have to chant the holy name and understand the whole procedure, namely the offen
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Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how pure devotees see that all pastimes of Krsna are equally alluring as opposed to only hearing the intimate pastimes of the Lord with the Gopis]
Devotees of Krsna are always anxious to hear about the transcendental activities of the Lord. His activities of fighting, kidnapping and running away from the battlefield are all transcendental, being on the absolute platform, and devotees ta
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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Lecture on The three elements of Vandanam by Dravida Prabhu at ISKCON Chicago
(Dravida Prabhu is a vaishnava scholar, musician and poet. He has edited Back to Godhead magazine and other books published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust for over 25 years.)
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the Abode of my beloved is one which is supreme,
which is peaceful, lovely, transcendental,
where there is no pain, no pleasure, no hatred, no vices, no loneliness, no age, no agelessness, no day, no night,
neither is there heat not is there cold,
no friends not foes,
no nothing, no everything,
the abode of my beloved is transcendental,
it is bliss itself, it has no flowers, it has fragrance, it has no sugar, it has all sweetness,
it has no me, neither is there a you,
the abode of my beloved is where
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