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Decorations For A Dead Body

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The advances of a godless civilization are no better than . . .
Decorations For A Dead Body

A lecture in Los Angeles on December 1, 1973

tvam atmanatmanam avehy amogha-drk
parasya pumsah paramatmanah kalam
ajam prajatam jagatah sivaya tan
mahanubhavabhyudayo 'dhiganyata

"I have the very same Gandiva bow, the same arrows, the same chariot drawn by the same horses, and I use

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Who Are You

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

You won't find out by examining your body's parts or even its color, race, nationality, sex, or occupation. The search for identity must go beyond the body and mind.

A lecture in Bombay in December 1972, 

sri bhagavan uvaca
idam sariram kaunteya
ksetram ity abhidhiyate
etad yo vetti tam prahuh

ksetrajna iti tad-vidah

"This body, O son of Kunti, is called the field, and one

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How to Know God

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Only by knowing God can we satisfy Him, 
and only then can we know perfect happiness.

A lecture in Vrndavana on August 16, 1974

yad atra kriyate karma
bhagavat-paritosanam
jnanam yat tad adhinam hi
bhakti-yoga-samanvitam

"Whatever work is done here in this life for the satisfaction of the mission of the Lord is called bhakti-yoga, or transcendental loving service to the Lor

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Thought Of The Day

Two things are there. If you deny to keep yourself in the light, then go to the darkness. And if you deny to keep yourself in the darkness, then go to the light. Two things are side by side. If you agree to act according to Vasudeva's instruction, His order, then you are immediately liberated person. And if you do not, then you are immediately under illusion, maya.

 

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Medicine for Maya

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Under the sway of maya illusion we succumb to bodily identification and sense
indulgence. The self-realized soul can cure us of this disease.

A lecture in New Vrindaban, West Virginia, in 1968

nunam pramattah kurute vikarma
yad indriya-pritaya aprnoti
na sadhu manye yata atmano 'yam
asann api klesada asa dehah

"When a person considers sense gratification the aim of life, he

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The Shelter from all Dangers

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Life's basic problem. Humanity's essential question. And God's compassionate answer.

'sadhya'-'sadhana'-tattva puchite na jani
krpa kari' saba tattva kaha ta' apani

"Actually, I do not know how to inquire about the goal of life and the process for obtaining it. Being merciful upon me, please explain all these truths." (Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 20.103)

Human life

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Changing Our Standard of Happiness

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Material happiness often takes the form of relieving distress. 
Isn't human life meant for something more?

A lecture in Toronto in June 1976 

sri-prahrada uvaca
sukham aindriyakam daitya
deha-yogena dehinam
sarvatra labhyate daivad
yatha duhkham ayatnatah

"Prahlada Maharaja said, 'My dear friends born of demoniac families, the happiness of sensual pleasure can be obtained in

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Thought Of The Day

Within this material world, there is one Siddhaloka. Siddha, carana. They are called siddha means all the yogic mystic powers they have got naturally. Here in this, on the earthly planet, if we want to get some mystic power, we have to practice it by yoga, mystic exercise. But in that planet, Siddhaloka, they are born perfect. Just like if you want to swim in the water, you have to learn it; you have to practice it. But within the sea or water even a small fish, he can very expertly swim, a born

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MaharajMahavishnu 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

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Mid – air crisis

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

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.52

TEXT 52
 
yadā te moha-kalilaṁ
buddhir vyatitariṣyati
tadā gantāsi nirvedaṁ
śrotavyasya śrutasya ca
 
SYNONYMS
 
yadā—when; te—your; moha—illusory; kalilam—dense forest; buddhiḥ—transcendental service with intelligence; vyatitariṣyati—surpasses; tadā—at that time; gantāsi—you shall go; nirvedam—callousness; śrotavyasya—all that is to be heard; śrutasya—all that is already heard; ca—also.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When your intelligence has passed out of the dense forest of delusion, you shall become indifferent to all
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Pleasing Krishna is so simple

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

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Thought Of The Day

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

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2514895961?profile=originalBangalore: 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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ISKCON Food Relief Foundation Appreciated

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Krsna Is Inviting Us

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami 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

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To Know the Unknowable

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami 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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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.51

TEXT 51
 
karma-jaṁ buddhi-yuktā hi
phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ
janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ
padaṁ gacchanty anāmayam
 
SYNONYMS
 
karma-jam—because of fruitive activities; buddhi-yuktāḥ—being done in devotional service; hi—certainly; phalam—results; tyaktvā—giving up; manīṣiṇaḥ—devotees who are great sages; janma-bandha—the bondage of birth and death; vinirmuktāḥ—liberated souls; padam—position; gacchanti—reach; anāmayam—without miseries.
 
 
TRANSLATION
 
The wise, engaged in devotional service, take refuge in the
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Thought Of The Day

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

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