So this is the process. Krsna is also finding always opportunity, "How to serve My pure devotee?" And pure devotee's so clever that he won't accept any service from Krsna. Just like the Arjuna, he never said, "Krsna, You are God. Why You are putting me to war indirectly? You can give me everything." Krsna said, "No." He never said that, Arjuna. Krsna said, niyatam kuru karma tvam karma jyayo hy akarmanah: "You are ksatriya. You have to fight." He never said. So we should not take God as order-su
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Lecture on Balarama reminds us of the importance of cow protection by Devamrita Swami on 16 Aug 2008 at New Zealand
(His Holiness Devamrita Swami entered this life on October 16, 1950 in New York City, as the firstborn in a family dominated by a very devout and education-motivated Christian mother.)
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Lecture on Cultivation of Human Spirit by Hanumat Presaka Swami on 29 Sep 2003
(Hanumat Presaka Swami grew up in California and graduated in psychology from the University of California in 1970, with a minor in biology and electrical engineering.)
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Lecture on Scientists Don't Have the Proof by Danavir Goswami on 24 Feb 2004
(Danavir Goswami proceeded to inaugurate Bhakta Programs elsewhere in America, Europe, Africa, India, etc. Presently this comprehensive educational system for new devotees is standard throughout ISKCON. He is the author of many books.)
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Lecture on Aspects of Vedic Culture in Practical Life by Bhakti Vikas Swami on 01 May 2008 at Bahrain
(He has since travelled widely throughout the subcontinent, lecturing in English, Hindi, and Bengali. His Holiness also travels to and preaches Krishna consciousness in other parts of the world. He continues to write books and magazine articles.)
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One should not touch the lotus feet of a saintly person or sannyasi with his enjoyment-prone body or sinful body. If the saintly person becomes displeased as a result of our touching his lotus feet, then it will certainly create inauspiciousness for us. Sannyasi devotees do not like people touching their feet. It is currently become a fashion – a disease – to touch the lotus feet of Guru and Sadhu. We should pay close attention to whether the spiritual master and Krishna are being pleased by e
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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
When Srila Prabhupada was addressed by a devotee inquiring: Is the pure devotee more merciful than Krsna? Srila Prabhupada responded as follows:
SRILA PRABHUPADA: "Oh yes, yes. Because Visnu could not excuse him, (talking about Durvasa Muni) but as soon as he came to Maharaja Ambarisa, fell down, and `You take all my assets of pious activities. You be saved immediately.' That is Vaisnava. When he begged humble, `Maharaja
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We Just Take Their Money
During his massage, which he took downstairs on his veranda, Prabhupada glanced across the fields toward the gosala. "So our Siddha Svarupa and Sudama Vipra like to stay at the banana plantation?" he asked.
I took his enquiry as a prompt to ask some questions of my own. I wanted to hear Prabhupada's response to some specific points of contention between Siddha Svarupa's followers and our ISKCON de
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When seeds are sown in the ground, they sometimes grow into plants and sometimes do not. Sometimes the ground is not fertile, and the sowing of seeds is unproductive. Similarly, sometimes a prospective father, being impelled by the potency of the Supreme Lord, can beget a child, but sometimes conception does not take place. Therefore one should not lament over the artificial relationship of parenthood, which is ultimatel
According to the Vedic teachings, civilized human beings are those who belong to the Aryan culture. The word `arya` does not refer to any specific nation or country, as many have been wrongly taught, rather the word is used to designate those who cultivate spiritual awareness, in particular the highest level of spiritual emancipation, `ananda-maya`, `pure devotional` service in Krishna consciousness. Our Vedic scholars give the following definition: “`Aryan`—a follower of Vedic culture. A person
TEXT 35
yaj jnatva na punar moham
evam yasyasi pandava
yena bhutany asesani
draksyasy atmany atho mayi
SYNONYMS
yat--which; jnatva--knowing; na--never; punah--again; moham--illusion; evam--like this; yasyasi--you shall go; pandava--O son of Pandu; yena--by which; bhutani--all living entities; asesani--totally; draksyasi--you will see; atmani--in the Supreme Soul; atho--or in other words; mayi--in Me.
TRANSLATION
And when you have thus learned the truth, you will know that all living beings are but
Anyone who is not Krsna conscious, anyone who does not understand Krsna, he is within these groups. What are these groups? Duskrtina. Duskrtina means one has got merit, but the merit is utilized for sinful activities. You can use your merit two ways -- for good purpose and for bad purpose also. Just like thieves and rogues, they have got merit. They know how to steal, how to cheat. It is not unintelligent. They are intelligent. But their intelligence, merit, is used for bad purposes. They are ca
Once a devotee of Ganesha, the demigod, named Ganapati Bhatta had come to Jagannath Puri to participate in Snana Yatra. But when he saw that Lord Jagannath was not having an elephant head then he became very disappointed and left the place. Lord Jagannath being paramatma within everyone’s heart immediately understood the desire and the cause of dissatisfaction of Ganapati Bhatta. Lord Jagannath took the form of a brahmana and went to Ganapati Bhatta who had left the temple and was planning to l
THE LORD CAN ACCEPT ANYONE
"Kirāta, Hūṇa, Āndhra, Pulinda, Pulkaśa, Ābhīra, Śumbha, Yavana, members of the Khasa races and even others addicted to sinful acts can be purified by taking shelter of the devotees of the Lord, due to His being the supreme power. I beg to offer my respectful obeisances unto Him."
kirāta-hūṇāndhra-pulinda-pulkaśā
ābhīra-śumbhā yavanāḥ khasādayaḥ
ye 'nye ca pāpā yad-apāśrayāśrayāḥ
śudhyanti tasmai prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ
PURPORT
Kirāta: A province of old Bhārata-varṣa mentioned in
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In Sanskrit, Chatra means student. Achadaya eti chatra – the student always covers up the bad things of guru. Weshould only see the good things in Guru. It is said that although the Ganges water looks muddy and has bubbles, still it istranscendentally pure. So the instruction is, don’t see the mud and bubbles in Ganges water. It is transparently pure because it has emanated from the lotus feet of Lord Hari. Similarl
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One should not touch the lotus feet of a saintly person or sannyasi with his enjoyment-prone body or sinful body. Ifthe saintly person becomes displeased as a result of our touching his lotus feet, then it will certainly create inauspiciousness for us. Sannyasi devotees do not like people touching their feet. It is currently become a fashion – a disease – to touch the lotus feet of Guru and Sadhu. Weshould pay close
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By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
“To perform devotional service means to follow in the footsteps of Rādhārānī, and devotees in Vrindāvana put themselves under the care of Rādhārānī in order to achieve perfection in their devotional service. In other words, devotional service is not an activity of the material world; it is directly under the control of Rādhārānī. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is confirme
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The simplest thing for human beings is to follow their predecessors. Judgment according to mundane senses is not avery easy process. Whatever is awakened by attachment to one’s predecessor is the way of devotional service as indicated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu….
The actual facts are understandable to real devotees….Mundane scholarship and its concomitant attachments and detachments cannot arouse spontaneous love of G
