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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.

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Varsana Japa/Kirtan Retreat and Govardhan Retreat 2013 dates

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

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In Memory of Yamuna Devi Dasi by Giriraj Swami

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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

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is-Bg. 2.50

TEXT 50
 
buddhi-yukto jahātīha
ubhe sukṛta-duṣkṛte
tasmād yogāya yujyasva
yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam
 
SYNONYMS
 
buddhi-yuktaḥ—one who is engaged in devotional service; jahāti—can get rid of; iha—in this life; ubhe—in both; sukṛta-duṣkṛte—in good and bad results; tasmāt—therefore; yogāya—for the sake of devotional service; yujyasva—be so engaged; yogaḥ—Kṛṣṇa consciousness; karmasu—in all activities; kauśalam—art.
 
TRANSLATION
 
A man engaged in devotional service rids himself of both good and bad actions even
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Thought Of The Day

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

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Let us cultivate spiritual emotions

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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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

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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?

This v

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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

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 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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