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Thought Of The Day

So if one is actually intelligent, then he should consider that "I don't want this lamentation. Why it is forced upon me?" It is forced upon me -- on my desire, on my desire. It is not forced by any external thing. It is my desire. I wanted this position, and I got it by the grace of Krsna, but when I got it, then again... Because the nature is like that, material nature... Duhkhalayam asasvatam [Bg. 8.15]. You can place yourself in any position -- the whole thing is duhkhalayam; it is miserable

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Sometimes a child becomes too adamant and wants to run away from house to be all alone. But his concerned mother does not leave him alone. She hides and keeps a vigil to ensure that nothing wrong happens to his little kid. Similarly when we rebel against the Lord in the spiritual world and decide to leave him to lead an independent life then Lord reluctantly allows us to have our way. However he is too concerned about our well – being, so he accompanies us in this material world.

As a Paramatma,

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Trust and confidence

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

What is real trust and confidence?

It is confidence in Krsna, that “Krsna has given me life, Krsna has sent me here. so He’ll give me my maintenance. so according to my capacity, let me do something, and through that source, Krsna’s maintenance will come.”  (Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.22, 3 August 1974, Vrndavana)

The next item favorable for devotional service is 

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Karma-yoga

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

What turns our karma into yoga, a devotional offering to God?

Simple Definitions

Karma overcoated with devotional service is called karma-yoga. (Bhag. 1.2.15, purport)

When a person knows the goal of life but is addicted to the fruits of activities, he is acting inkarma-yoga. (Bg. 10.10, purport)

This Fifth Chapter is a practical explanation of Krsna consciousness, gener

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Dealing With Money

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 Money is spiritual energy

 
‘Money is the honey’ goes so far as it is employed for Krsna consciousness. The body is undoubtedly a material vehicle, but when it acts for Krsna consciousness it becomes spiritualized. By the grace of Krsna, material energy can be transformed to spiritual energy & spiritual energy is never deteriorated. To be in Krsna consciousness means
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Glory to Mahaprabhu Shri Krishna Chaitanya.

Glory to Nityananda, an image of kindness and mercy.

Glory to Advaita Candra, a man of extreme kindness who has brought Shri Gauranga on this earth to fulfil the desires of mankind.

Glory to Gadadhara, an ocean of Rasa.

Glories to the numerous Gaura devotees.

 I have not as yet written anything about the branches and twigs of the Gosvami class of Vrndavana.

I am ordered by my Prabhu to write the book. My Thakurani has been empowered by Shri Gaura himself and

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Glory to Shri Krishna Chaitanya who is an image of love.

Glory to Nityananda, the most kind hearted.

Glory to Advaita Candra, the king of the devotees and who is the main instrument to carry out the activities directed by Prabhu Chaitanya.

All glories to the favorite devotees of Gaura to whom Gaura is the life and glory to Shrinivasa, who is an abode of all good qualities.

Glory to Narottama, the possessor of love of Gaura and also to Radha Krishna.

My Prabhu ordered me to write about Shrinivasa and

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We must make a sincere attempt to engage our body, mind and soul in Devotional Service.It is not easy in the beginning, but with practice one begins to desire to perform regular devotional service.Constant motivation keeps coming to us in form of books,other devotees,songs and bhajans,visits to holy places and so on.The seed of devotional service has to sprout after being sown, so it needs water -the chanting of 16 rounds provides this water.Chant, and engage eternally in devotional service by c

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1968 Correspondence

Character building is the groundwork for seating Krishna Consciousness and the Vedic injunction is that one can advance in spiritual life by following the rules of austerity and celibacy.
Letter to Jaya Mazo -- Los Angeles 18 January, 1968: I thank you very much for your appreciation of my disciples in N.Y. and you will be glad to know all my disciples in different centres are being so trained. The four principles of restriction, namely, no illicit sex relations; no animal food
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.64

TEXT 64
 
rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu
viṣayān indriyaiś caran
ātma-vaśyair vidheyātmā
prasādam adhigacchati
 
SYNONYMS
 
rāga—attachment; dveṣa—detachment; vimuktaiḥ—by one who has been free from such things; tu—but; viṣayān—sense objects; indriyaiḥ—by the senses; caran—acting; ātma-vaśyaiḥ—one who has control over; vidheyātmā—one who follows regulated freedom; prasādam—the mercy of the Lord; adhigacchati—attains.
 
TRANSLATION
 
One who can control his senses by practicing the regulated principles of freedom ca
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Dated: 16th Jan 2006

Venue: ISKCON Chow patty, Mumbai.

Hare Krishna, so  thank you for this opportunity being with all of you this morning,  we  get to hear so much about all  of you and being on the same planet, we don’t get to see each other so much.  You are ‘durlabh ‘su durlabh’ but we are here today this morning. So we have here this Srimad Bhagavatam – Canto 5, chapter 18 and text 23, please repeat

“Sa tva mampya acyuta sirsni vanditam

 karambhujam yat tvad adhayi satvatam

bi bharsi mam laksma

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CC Adi-lila

By such celibacy they are able to raise the semen to the brain. Thus they become most intelligent and develop very sharp memories. Their minds are never disturbed or diverted from contemplation on the Absolute Truth, nor are they ever contaminated by desire for material enjoyment.
CC Adi 2.17, Purport

In this verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.6.47), vāta-vāsanāḥ refers to mendicants who do not care about anything material, including clothing, but who depend wholly on nature. Such sages

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Celibacy in BG & SB (compilation of verses)

BG Chapters 1 - 6

BG 4.42, Purport

Ignorance can be removed by gradual acceptance of the principles of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is awakened by different types of sacrifices to the demigods, sacrifice to Brahman, sacrifice in celibacy, in household life, in controlling the senses, in practicing mystic yoga, in penance, in forgoing material possessions, in studying the Vedas, and in partaking of the social institution called varṇāśrama-dharma. All of these are known as sacrifice, a

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So therefore when we come to the full-fledged human form of life, developed consciousness, we must utilize it, as it is advised by Krsna Himself, man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru [Bg. 18.65]. "Always think of Me, man-mana," And who can think of Krsna unless he's devotee? Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto. Who is nondevotee, he'll think of something else. "Why I think of Krsna?" Therefore to stick to this principle, to apply the mind always in Krsna, that means he's devotee. This is devot

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He did not even think twice while unleashing atrocities on his five month old daughter. The man who hails from Bikaner bit his daughter’s lip, cheek and nose in fit of rage. The multiple injuries were too much for the innocent child to bear. After hard struggle she succumbed to her injuries. Her murderous father was under the influence of alcohol when he committed this horrendous act. This isn’t just one of the incidents. Innumerable acts of violence occur throughout the world because of the inf

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Scientist versus God

Hare Krsna

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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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Tapo Divyam Perform Divine Austerities

Hare Krsna

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by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Human Life Meant for Austerity
 
Tapas, or austerity, is especially meant for the retired life. One should not remain a householder throughout his whole life; he must always remember that there are four divisions of life- brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa. So after grhastha, householder life, one should retire. If one lives for a hundred years, he should
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What is the Difficulty?

Hare Krsna

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

All aspects of Krsna consciousness are so simple that anyone can follow them.

 
Krsna Consciousness is so Simple
 
So what is the difficulty? Follow the rules and regulations, worship the Deity, and chant the Hare Krsna mantra. Then you will remain as strong as Krsna. And if we manufacture some idea also, that is no good. Krsna cannot be manufactured; Krsna is Krsna. You
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