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Thought Of The Day

So we are fallen in this material condition in different forms. So long we are in this bodily concept, "I am this car," that is ignorance. I am not this car, but I have to utilize this car for going to my destination. That is wanted. So I am not this body. I am spirit soul. My destination is how to go to the spiritual world, how to meet the supreme spirit, God, and live with Him in His association. So this life is meant for understanding what is the Supreme Lord, where does He live, what does He

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No risk and guaranteed high return

Financial advisors repeatedly use the jargon – high risk high gain & low risk low gain – thus aggressively persuading the people to invest their hard earned money in high risk sectors. To maximize high gain people often invest in high risk sectors. During the period the money is invested the investors remain in deep anxiety because of uncertainty associated with the money market. If the return is not as per expectation then he is devastated and if unfortunately the share market crashes then peop

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Eliminate worry from your life!

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada


There are many reasons to eliminate worry from your life. First and foremost, it’s highly stressful. Think about how you feel when you’re worried. It’s all-consuming and energy draining. It encourages you to focus on problems and on how difficult your life has become. 

When you worry, you are on edge and tense. Therefore you tend to be easily bothered or irrationally upset.

When you worry, it’s more difficult to concentrat

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Discovering the Self

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Who are you? Are you your body? Or your mind? Or are you something higher? Do you know who you are, or do you merely think you know? And does it really matter? Our materialistic society, with its unenlightened leadership, has made it virtually taboo to inquire into our real, higher self. Instead we use our valuable time maintaining, decorating, and pampering the body for its own sake. Might there be an alternative?

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Kumbha Mela 2013

Kumbha Mela 2013 at Allahabad ( Prayag Triveni Sangam )

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In a rare alignment of planets Jupitor, Sun , Moon and Saturn, Rahu , Tula after 147 years- a Royal Bathing Procession, a mile long- with more then 500 Akharas participating, lead by Naga Babas- naked sages- marched with horses, elephants, with bands singing devotional melodies as early as 4 AM at the confluence of three holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and invisible Saraswati- called Triveni Sangam. The occasion was Makar Sankranti- when Sun move

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is-Bg. 2.49

TEXT 49
 
dūreṇa hy avaraṁ karma
buddhi-yogād dhanañjaya
buddhau śaraṇam anviccha
kṛpaṇāḥ phala-hetavaḥ
 
SYNONYMS
 
dūreṇa—by discarding it at a long distance; hi—certainly; avaram—abominable; karma—activities; buddhi-yogāt—on the strength of Kṛṣṇa consciousness; dhanañjaya—O conqueror of wealth; buddhau—in such consciousness; śaraṇam—full surrender; anviccha—desire; kṛpaṇāḥ—the misers; phala-hetavaḥ—those desiring fruitive action.
 
TRANSLATION
 
O Dhanañjaya, rid yourself of all fruitive activities by dev
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We are parts and parcels of the Lord; this is elucidated by Krishna in Bhagavad – Gita (15.07), “The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts.” Krishna’s primary expansions are the visnu-tattva and we, the living entities, are his secondary expansions. Being his fragmental parts & parcels we also possess qualities akin to that of the Lord. We are qualitatively equal to Lord but quantitatively we are infinitesimal to Lord. For e.g. Lord can create huge planets and

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Delhi Gang-Rape and the modern Shurapanakha

“The sexual exposure we face is unparalleled in the history of mankind… Because pornography and sex have such a forceful pull on us, if left unchecked our society will erode before our very eyes. We will have millions of people who have sexual addictions.”

- ‘Treating Pornography Addiction’ by Dr. Kevin B. Skinner

The horrifying gang-rape of a young physiotherapy student in a private bus in Delhi has sparked outrage across the country. The innocuous-seeming circumstances in which the rape occu

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The flowering of Humility

I have voluntarily divided myself into an observer and the observed. And I'm forcing myself into the active state of observation. I can see the dullness, the laziness, the inertia, the self-conscious fearful habit patterns, the mental chatterings, the sluggishness, the impatience, the restlessness within me. I feel so tired, so worn-out and so helpless that I just want to run away from the state of observation. I feel so frustrated and angry when I see the stuff that I am made up of. It is reall

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When Men Become Animals

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A lecture given in October 1968
At the University of Washington, in Seattle.

om ajnana-timirndhasya
nananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena
tasmai sri-gurave namah

"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge."

When Men Become Animal

Everyone in this material world is born int

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Service or Slavery – The Choice Is Yours

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A lecture given in September 1968 

At the Hare Krsna center in Seattle.

In this material world, everyone is trying to search out happiness and get relief from misery. There are three kinds of miseries caused by our material condition: adhyatmika, adhibhautika, and adhidaivika. Adhyatmika miseries are those caused by the body and mind themselves. For example, when there

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Amazing incidents on Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura

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We know Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur through his most dearest disciple - Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad. Prabhupad always said - "I have no ability. I'm only simply following the instructions of my Guru Maharaj and it is only by his mercy alone that I am able to do everything." Thus, he was an object of his Guru's mercy. In a span of 11 years, Srila Prabhupad initiated 5000 disciples all around the world, built 108 t

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He was roaming in the streets of Mumbai in a deplorable state. His body was covered with faeces and he was just donning a tattered t-shirt and nothing else. Jagdish Mali was once a renowned film photographer who is credited with immortalizing the famous Indian movie star, Rekha. During his hey days, several movie aspirants would make a beeline in front of his studio. But today he was all alone, in a decrepit state. Aghast by seeing his plight some of the people tried contacting his daughter. But

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Thought Of The Day

So our Krsna consciousness movement is just to educate man that you believe or not believe, it doesn't matter. There is God. There is the proprietor, but He's coming personally and He's saying, bhoktaram yajna-tapasam sarva-loka-mahesvaram suhrdam sarva-bhutanam: [Bg. 5.29] "I am the proprietor, I am the enjoyer, and I am everyone's friend. If you want to be delivered from this miserable condition of material life, I am your best friend.

 

BY H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada

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The Final Point for the Bubble of Illusion

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

An explanation of a song
by the great spiritual teacher Narottama dasa Thakura,
some fourteen years ago in the Los Angeles Hare Krsna center.

Narottama dasa Thakura, who has written this song, is a famous acarya [spiritual master], and his compositions are accepted as Vedic truth. In this song he represents himself as a common man, as one of us. He laments, appealing to

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A Call to Spiritual Life

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

An address given in September 1973

upon arriving for his first visit in Stockholm.

Thank you very much for kindly receiving me on this first visit of mine to your country.

Srila Prabhupada

The Krsna consciousness movement is gradually spreading all over the world, but it is a little difficult to understand the purport of this movement because it is completely on the spiritual platform.

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Priceless Experiences on Book Distribution

Priceless Experiences on Book Distribution

Priceless Experiences on Book Distribution


It was the first time I've distributed the Bhagavad Gita — altogether a new and wonderful experience. Yesterday, I started distributing in my own block. My mother and I went door to door, yearning to tell others about the Gita's importance in our lives. A few people were welcoming and listened to us with interest. Some were less interactive.

A teenage girl was alone at home, so in the beginning she was hesistant to make the decision of buying BG for Rs.10

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Story of 2 desperate birds

For millions and zillions of years he has been patiently waiting for us. One would have become hopeless by this time. But still he has the hope that a day will come when we will look towards him and will say “Yes, I have been missing you”.

2 birds are sitting on a tree – one is the Supersoul and the other individual soul. We are the individual soul and Krishna is the Supersoul. The individual soul is eating the fruits of the tree and the Supersoul is just watching him. Both the birds are desperat

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Thought Of The Day

So it is very difficult job, but if one is able to give up these sinful activities, then his life is very pure. He becomes purified. And unless one is purified, he cannot chant Hare Krsna; neither he can understand Krsna consciousness.

 

By H.D.G.Srila Prabhupada

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Thought Of The Day

So those who are in the lowest stage of knowledge they are in the bodily concept of life -- the indriya, the senses. Just like cats and dogs, they cannot think more than that. So, but Krsna advises, "No, don't stop here." Indriyani parany ahur [Bg. 3.42]. Bodily concept of life, sense pleasure, they think it is all. There is no more other. Those who are little above the bodily concept of life, they find pleasure in the mind. And farther, they find pleasure in intellectually. And in this way the
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