Mahavishnu Maharaj left his body at 3.25 pm afternoon on 25th January 2010 at the age of 91.
Maharaj was born in the outskirts of Mumbai in 1920 on the auspicious day of Dattatreya Purnima in the month of Marga Sirsha. He appeared in a family of Vaishnavas since 8 generations. Aged 84, he is the most elderly sannyasi in ISCKON today.
Highly educated, with M.A degrees in both English and Sanskrit, Maharaj is effectively multilingual in Marathi, Hindi, Gujerati (his native tongue), Urdu, Sans
The below story of an anonymous writer about a little child helps us to understand as how being sheltered helps us to overcome any crisis:
An airplane lost its balance in the mid – air. Passengers were terrified, they were screaming. It appeared that the plane may crash at any time. The pilots eventually regained the control but only after hard struggle. However throughout the ordeal one little girl was very calm and composed. She was peacefully glancing over the pictures from an album. Amazed by
Lack of time, lack of resource and lack of will power generally prevent us to achieve something great in our life. But to achieve the greatest of all things, the love of Krishna is the simplest thing in this world to do. The only thing which we need to give up is our desire to enjoy independently from Krishna. Krishna gives us the best. When Dhruv prayed him then Krishna made him the emperor of the whole world, Krishna helped Pandavas to defeat the insurmountable army of Kauravas, Krishna saved
Whole world is crying to get money, women, power and followings and even if you get these things they don't last long, even if they accompany for some time they are so hard to maintian that life becomes hell. And at the end when we leave body we won't carry even a tinge of those things. A man was drowning while he was not able to leave his burden of gold which he was carring for long time. So although by hard work we may accumlate beautiful wife, wealth, nice obedient children and prestige in so
Bangalore: Corporate leaders from India and other countries spent two days here learning how spirituality and teachings of Bhagavad Gita can help promote industrial fortunes, at a seminar called Artha addressed by spiritual guru Radhanath Swami.
Radhanath Swami said, the concluding day of the event, that individuals faced many negative events in their lives, but if they were spiritually geared up, the ill-effects themselves were negated.
He cited the example of Indian industrialists Arvind Ma
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Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
By overcoming our material desires
we can understand God and appreciate His love for us.
A lecture given in Vrndavana, India, in 1972
tac chraddadhana munayo
jnana-vairagya-yuktaya
pasyanty atmani catmanam
bhaktya sruta-grhitaya
"The Absolute Truth is realized by the seriously inquisitive student or sage who is well equipped with knowledge and who has become detached by ren
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Without submissivehly hearing from self-realized souls
about the glories of the Supreme Lord, no one can understand Him.
na me viduh sura-ganah
prabhavam na maharsayah
aham adir hi devanam
maharsinam ca sarvasah
"Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great sages know My origin or opulences, for in every respect I am the source of the demigods and sages." (Bhagavad-gita 10.
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So here we are all prisoners within the material world, and some of us are first-class prisoners, and some of us second class, and some of us third class. Therefore, we see the higher class of men in the society, middle class of men in the society, either in human society or even animal society... There is first-class animal, second-class animal, third-class animal. In the trees also, the same work is going on by nature. Prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvasah [Bg. 3.27]. One tree is supply
Do we ever visit a doctor whose treatment has repeatedly failed to cure our disease? We may go to his clinic once, twice, thrice or at the most a dozen times but the moment we get convinced that his treatment is not effective then we start looking for a new doctor. Numerous recommendations and his several degrees do not attract us anymore. And if we find that there are people who have been wary of the doctor’s credentials then within no time we dump him.
So, when a certain section of the society
For your eyes. Each & every photo I gathered with love & affection and put his beauty in the middle. 1ST ROW DESCRIBES LEELA AND SECOND ROW DESCRIBES BEAUTY.
ANY MISTAKES IN MEANINGS, FORGIVE ME.
Radhe Krishna
Hare Krishna
V THIRUMALAI
Respected Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Hare Krsna!
To facilitate your planning, VIHE and our Retreats team wishes to let you know
the dates for our yearly retreats:
Varsana Japa & Kirtan Retreat, November 20-25, 2013;
Govardhan Retreat, November 29th - December 5th, 2013.
As usual, our lead teachers are HH Sacinandana Swami, HG Bhurijan Prabhu, HG
Jagattarini Mataji, HG Madhavananda Prabhu (wit
Giriraj Swami commemorates the first anniversary of Srimati Yamuna Devi Dasi's departure. Much can be said about the exalted nature of this beloved daughter-disciple of Srila Prabhupada. However, it is her realisations - especially on vani & vapuh, the direct and indirect presence of the spiritual master, which have made of her the devotee everyone looks up to.
Below we reproduce Giriraj Swami's profound appreciation of Yamuna Mataji: -
"As we approach the first anniversary of Yamuna-devi’s depart
So anyone who is chanting the holy name of the Lord, he is taken care of immediately by the attendants of the Supreme Lord, especially at the time of death, because that is the last moment. The account is taken at the last moment. If you practice Hare Krsna, naturally at the last moment you will be inclined to chant Hare Krsna. Yam yam vapi smaran bhavam tyajaty ante kalevaram [Bg. 8.6]. It is so nice. If we practice in this life chanting Hare Krsna mantra, then gradually my core of heart will b
Dhritrashtra had lots of material emotions. He used to cry tears for it. He wished to remain the king of Hastinapur and also wanted his son Duryodhana to succeed him. He was so much possessed with his material emotions that he committed several and severe blunders. The end result for him was unfortunately very gruesome – he not only lost his kingdom but also his 100 sons were killed. We too are possessed with material emotions. Materially we want to achieve the best of this world - big house, fa
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