A Spiritual Study of Greed

Posted by vinay kalson on July 24, 2013 at 5:47pm

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A Spiritual Study of Greed

The Black-marketeers who have been recently raided in large scale by the police in Bihar, are almost in all cases rich merchants, millionaires, landlords etc. It would not have been possible for them to hoard such huge quantity of clothes and foodgrains if they would not have possessed extra wealth to do the mischief. These people were not needy men but they amassed money and hoarded commodities

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7 Stages of Purification

Posted by vinay kalson on July 24, 2013 at 5:42pm

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7 Stages of Purification
by Radhanatha Swami

Lord Caitanya describes the many blessings obtained by chanting the holy names of the Lord.

The first ve rse of Lord Caitanya’s Siksastakam (“Eight Instructions”) describes the seven tongues of the flame of the sacrifice of chanting Krishna’s holy names. Lord Caitanya explains how seven stages of transcendental purification and elevation take place when we chant Hare Krishna.

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25th Anniversary celebrated at Sri Sri Radha Gopinath, ISKOCN Chowpatty

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on July 24, 2013 at 2:00pm

Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Radhanath Swami - Audio Lecture

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Srimad Bhagavatam Class by Radhanath Swami - Video Lecture

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Offerings best

Skyscrapers Lessons

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on July 24, 2013 at 1:00pm

Skyscrapers are well-known for their deep foundations. The calculation of
depth is primarily based on three things:

The height of the building
The softness of the soil
The severity of the weather conditions

As long as you have a good foundation, you can build as high as you like.

The building of our life can rise high. We can adopt challenging projects, accept multiple responsibilities, tackle stressful situations and fly high in the skies of successi as long as we have deep spiritual founda

Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 5.12

Posted by Rohit on July 24, 2013 at 11:59am

TEXT 12

yuktah karma-phalam tyaktva
santim apnoti naisthikim
ayuktah kama-karena
phale sakto nibadhyate

SYNONYMS

yuktah--one who is engaged in devotional service; karma-phalam--the results of all activities; tyaktva--giving up; santim--perfect peace; apnoti--achieves; naisthikim--unflinching; ayuktah--one who is not in Krsna consciousness; kama-karena--for enjoying the result of work; phale--in the result; saktah--attached; nibadhyate--becomes entangled.

TRANSLATION

The steadily devoted soul attain

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What is prasadam?

Posted by vinay kalson on July 24, 2013 at 11:45am

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What is prasadam?

The word `prasad' means that which gives peace. Prasada is the sacred food offering of the Lord. The prasadam of the Lord is very purifying. If it is taken with faith and devotion, it brings miraculous results to the person who honors it. The Lord enjoys the subtle essence of the food offered to Him with love. The food is then honored as prasadam.

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Posted by vinay kalson on July 24, 2013 at 11:44am

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The mahatma is always engaged in different activities of devotional service, as described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, hearing and chanting about Visnu, not a demigod or human being. That is devotion: sravannam kirtanam visnoh and smaranam, remembering Him. Such a mahatma has firm determination to achieve at the ultimate end the association of the Supreme Lord in any one of the five transcendental rasas. To achieve that su

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The Need of the Spirit Soul!!

Posted by vinay kalson on July 24, 2013 at 11:43am

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The self is beyond the gross body and subtle mind. He is the potent active principle of the body and mind. Without knowing the need of the dormant soul, one cannot be happy simply with emolument of the body and mind. The body and the mind are but superfluous outer coverings of the spirit soul. The spirit soul's needs must be fulfilled. Simply by cleansing the cage of the bird, one does not satisfy the bird. One must act

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Posted by vinay kalson on July 24, 2013 at 11:42am

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"Atma, or self, is distinguished from matter and material elements. It is spiritual in constitution, and thus it is never satisfied by any amount of material planning.

Bhagavan means the almighty God who is the controller of all opulence, power, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation. He is the protector of His pure devotees. Although God is equally disposed to everyone, He is especially inclined to His devotees.

Sa

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Vasudeva Datta in Gaura Lila was Prahlad Maharaj's incarnation and His prayers were:

Posted by vinay kalson on July 24, 2013 at 11:41am

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Vasudeva Datta in Gaura Lila was Prahlad Maharaj's incarnation and His prayers were:

SB 9.21.12 - Vasudeva Datta made a statement to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, requesting the Lord to liberate all living entities in His presence. Vasudeva Datta submitted that if they were unfit to be liberated, he himself would take all their sinful reactions and suffer personally so that the Lord might deliver them. A Vaisnava is therefor

See Krishna in Everything and Everywhere

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on July 24, 2013 at 11:30am

Lecture on See Krishna in Everything and Everywhere by Dayananda Swami on 08 Jan 2012 at ISKCON London

(Formerly known as Abhay Prabhu, he took sannyasa in 2010 on the auspicious appearance day of Sri Ramanujacarya to become the 100th sannyasi in ISKCON.)

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Woodstock 2013

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on July 24, 2013 at 10:00am

Last year we decided to stream live video from Krishna’s Village of Peace at Przystanek Woodstock and give everyone a chance to be a part of the legendary Ratha Yatra’s Kirtans. As it was, devotees were talking about them through-out the year. Why not give even more devotees the chance to be a part of this fiesta? And it happened. It wasn’t the best - but it was a good start.

Fast forward a year. It’s the 23rd of July 2013, and we’re around half way through our planning. We only have 8 days l

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Our desires are more important than circumstances

Posted by Purushottam Nitai Das on July 24, 2013 at 9:42am

There were 4 friends who used to be always engaged in practicing devotional life. One day they all decided to know the secret of their attraction & attachment for Krishna. Among the 4, one was a celibate, another a widower and the other 2 were householders. Each of them spoke about their motivation.

The 1^st friend who was a celibate (brahmachary) said, “Since I am unmarried and do not have to bother about any material responsibilities so I try to utilize each moment of my life in practicing devot

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on July 24, 2013 at 9:31am

The Bhagavata has given designation to these people who are materially interested: pramatta. Tesam pramatya pasyann api..., nidhanam pasyann api na pasyati. I see that my father has died, my father's father has died, his father has died, and I am going to die; and similarly my son will die, my grandson will die, and therefore no more will come back again. Once this body is vanished, there is no chance of coming back; it is vanished forever, simply just like a bubble in the ocean. Still we are in

Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 5.11

Posted by Rohit on July 23, 2013 at 5:34pm

TEXT 11

kayena manasa buddhya
kevalair indriyair api
yoginah karma kurvanti
sangam tyaktvatma-suddhaye

SYNONYMS

kayena--with the body; manasa--with the mind; buddhya--with the intelligence; kevalaih--purified; indriyaih--with the senses; api--even with; yoginah--Krsna conscious persons; karma--actions; kurvanti--they act; sangam--attachment; tyaktva--giving up; atma--self; suddhaye--for the purpose of purification.

TRANSLATION

The yogis, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, intelligence, and

A sense of incompleteness

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on July 23, 2013 at 5:26pm

A sense of incompleteness by Caitanya Charan Prabhu

(Chaitanya Charan Das is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune.)

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Scientist versus God

Posted by vinay kalson on July 23, 2013 at 7:50am

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Despite their lofty claims about the advancement of science, scientists fail to provide any solution to the real problems of life.

When a scientist discovers something impressive to the ignorant mass of people, the common man, without inquiry, accepts such a discovery as wonderful. But the intelligent man is not struck with wonder by such discoveries. He gives all c

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Srila Prabupada Vani

Posted by vinay kalson on July 23, 2013 at 7:45am

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Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how even though we are going to the Temple, chanting etc if we continue to sin where is the question of purification?]

But if you want to solve this real problem, then you should take up this nivrtti-mÄrga. Nivrtti-marga means stop this way of sense gratification and take to Krsna consciousness. That is the way. If you continue your misbehavior, at the same time you want to cure your d

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Posted by vinay kalson on July 23, 2013 at 7:44am

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One verse in the Bhagavatam helps us in this connection, aham vetti suka vetti, vyasa vetti nivrtti va. This means that the real purpose of the Bhagavatam is difficult to conceive. The verse is spoken by Lord Siva and he says, "I know the purpose of the Bhagavatam, Sukadeva, the disciple and son of Vyasa, he knows it thoroughly, and Vyasa, the author of Bhagavatam, he may or may not know." When Lord Caitanya was teachin

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Vaisnava Behaviours

Posted by vinay kalson on July 23, 2013 at 7:40am

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SB 3.16.5 - A devotee should always see that his Vaisnava qualities increase with the advancement of his Krsna consciousness. A devotee should be blameless because any offense by the devotee is a scar on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The devotee's duty is to be always conscious in his dealings with others, especially with another devotee of the Lord.

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments further on this p

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