A spiritual movement is based not on management. It is not based on the principle of getting things done. No doubt utility is a principle. But ultimately the greatest utilitarian principle is when our relationships are based on love and trust. As a management technique we say one thing which isn’t what we really mean, to try to get somebody to do something that they don’t want to do, or you say various things which are not exactly the way it is so that you can get what you want form someone one
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People of this world are so much conditioned to the news of the radio, the television and the newspapers where everything is based on the relative activities of conditioned souls and therefore we have a certain conditioned idea of what is possible and what is not possible. When we read history books about various wars and various discoveries and various political revolutions, they are all done by people who are influenced by material nature. Therefore what can such infinitesimal conditioned bein
A wandering ascetic- a truly holy man- reached the outskirts of a village. Weary and aching after his long trek, he sat down to rest under a tree.
A villager came running up to him and demanded, "Give me the stone, the precious stone!"
"Who are you, my friend?" asked the ascetic. "What stone do you seek?"
"Last night, God appeared to me in a dream," the villager explained to him. "He told me that a sanyasin would meet me on the outskirts of my village, and that he would give me a precious sto
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I am Indra, the god of war. I have decided to tell you the story of Narasimha. Vishnu has, yet again, come to the rescue. Forgive the sarcasm that you may be detecting. Vishnu has a habit of endearing himself to mortals by coming to their aid...all the time. Though Vishnu has taken many Avatar states to protect the integrity of the gods, he jumps at the opportunity to grac
TEXT 13
dehino 'smin yathā dehe
kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā
tathā dehāntara-prāptir
dhīras tatra na muhyati
SYNONYMS
dehinaḥ—of the embodied; asmin—in this; yathā—as; dehe—in the body; kaumāram—boyhood; yauvanam—youth; jarā—old age; tathā—similarly; dehāntara—transference of the body; prāptiḥ—achievement; dhīraḥ—the sober; tatra—thereupon; na—never; muhyati—deluded.
TRANSLATION
As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another
Krsna claims, aham bija-pradah pita. Krsna has relationship not only in the human society, in animal society, in bird society, in plant society, in insect society, in demigod society. Aham bija-pradah pita, sarva-yonisu kaunteya [Bg. 14.4]. He doesn't claim that "I am interested with the Indians," or "the Hindus" or "the brahmanas," or "this." No. He claims all forms of body. So therefore these foreigners, so-called foreigners, they have got already relationship with Krsna. Nitya-siddha krsna-bh
Bhisma Panchaka fasting. http://audio.iskcondesiretree.info/02_-_ISKCON_Swamis/ISKCON_Swamis_-_D_to_P/His_Holiness_Mahanidhi_Swami/14_-_Tattva_Darsan_18/MNS_Tattva_Darsan_-_13-Purpose_and_Importance_of_Bhisma_Panchak_Vrata.mp3
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
In the pastime of Ambarish Maharaj and Durvasa muni, when Durvasa muni finally approaches Supreme Lord and asks for forgiveness for offending Maharaj Ambarish, an unalloyed devotee of the Lord, and protection from the life threatening Sudarshan chakra, Lord Krishna very nicely glorifies the greatness of His devotees through the following verses in Srimad Bhagavatam. (SB 9.4.63 through 67)
aham bhakta-paradhino hy asvatan
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
In his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam verse 1.15.8, Srila Prabhupada refers to the pastime with Maya Danava. Prabhupada writes "The demon Maya Danava was an inhabitant of the forest Khandava, and when the Khandava forest was set on fire, he asked protection from Arjuna. Arjuna saved his life, and as a result of this the demon felt obliged. He reciprocated by building a wonderful assembly house for the Pandavas, which attr
Unfortunately the present civilization, they are not meant for decreasing. They are simply increasing. The Western civlization means increasing the means of sense gratification, "machine, machine, machine, machine." So, and the brahminical culture means samo damo titiksa. Titiksa means without something I may suffer. Suffer. So one should be practiced to suffer. Suffer, that is tapasya. Tapasa brahmacaryena [SB 6.1.13]. Tapasya begins from celibacy. We are practiced to sex life or sense gratific
TEXT 12
na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ
na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ
na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ
sarve vayam ataḥ param
SYNONYMS
na—never; tu—but; eva—certainly; aham—I; jātu—become; na—never; āsam—existed; na—it is not so; tvam—yourself; na—not; ime—all these; janādhipāḥ—kings; na—never; ca—also; eva—certainly; na—not like that; bhaviṣyāmaḥ—shall exist; sarve—all of us; vayam—we; ataḥ param—hereafter.
TRANSLATION
Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any
Many news about prehistoric founds and their possible meaning reached the world in the last decades. One of them, found in South Germany, puts scientist around the world in amazement. The centerpiece is the “lion man”, an idol that is made from the tusk of a mammoth in the form of a human body with a lion head. Amazingly it is dated back 32,000 years from now.
This discovery brought a lot of attention in the archaeological circles in Europe. In Excavations around 1930-35 at the Lonetal area near
प्यारे ! तुम्हारे जन्म के कारण वैकुण्ठ
आदि लोकों में भी ब्रज की महिमा बढ़ गयी है l
परन्तु प्रियतम !
देखो तुम्हारी गोपियाँ जिन्होंने तुम्हारे
चरणों में ही अपने प्राण समर्पित कर रखे हैं l वन-वन में भटक कर तुम्हे ढूंढ रही हैं l हमारे प्रेमपूर्ण ह्रदय के
स्वामी ! हम तुम्हारी बिना मोल की दासी हैं l
हमारे मनोरथ पूर्ण करनेवाले प्राणेश्वर !
क्या नेत्रों से मारना वध नहीं है...
? अस्त्रों से
हत्या करना ही वध है ? तुम केवल यशोदानन्दन
ही नहीं हो; समस्त शरीरधारियों के ह्रदय में रहन
हत्या करना ही वध है ? तुम केवल यशोदानन्दन
ही नहीं हो; समस्त शरीरधारियों के ह्रदय में रहन
लाला की शरारते.....
एक गोपी के घर लाला माखन खा रहे थे ।
उस समय गोपी ने लाला को पकड लिया ।
...
एक गोपी के घर लाला माखन खा रहे थे ।
उस समय गोपी ने लाला को पकड लिया ।
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तब कन्हैया बोले- तेरे धनी की सौगंध खा कर कहता हूँ ।
अब फिर कभी भी तेरे घर में नहीं आऊंगा ।
गोपी ने कहा - मेरे धनी की सौगंध क्यों खाता है ?
कन्हैया ने कहा. तेरे बाप की सौगंध, बस गोपी और ज्यादा खीझ जाती है और लाला को धमकाती है ।
परन्तु तू मेरे घर आया ही क्यों ?
कन्हैया ने कहा - अरी सखी !
तू रोज कथा में जाती है, फिरभी तू मेरा तेरा छोडती नहीं - इस घर का मै धनी हूँ ।
यह घर मेरा है ।
गोपी को आनंद हुआ
अब फिर कभी भी तेरे घर में नहीं आऊंगा ।
गोपी ने कहा - मेरे धनी की सौगंध क्यों खाता है ?
कन्हैया ने कहा. तेरे बाप की सौगंध, बस गोपी और ज्यादा खीझ जाती है और लाला को धमकाती है ।
परन्तु तू मेरे घर आया ही क्यों ?
कन्हैया ने कहा - अरी सखी !
तू रोज कथा में जाती है, फिरभी तू मेरा तेरा छोडती नहीं - इस घर का मै धनी हूँ ।
यह घर मेरा है ।
गोपी को आनंद हुआ
एक समय कि बात है कि श्रीभागुरी ऋषि गोविन्द कुण्ड के तट पर भगवत् प्रीति के लिए यज्ञ कर रहे थे. दूर–दूर से गोप-गोपियाँ यज्ञ के लिए द्रव्य ला रही थीं. राधिका एवं उनकी सखियाँ भी दानघाटी के उस पार से दधि, दुग्ध, मक्खन तथा दूध से बने हुए विविध प्रकार के रबडी आदि द्रव्य ला रही थीं. इसी स्थान पर सुबल, मधुमंगल आदि सखाओं के साथ श्रीकृष्ण अपने लाठियों को अड़ाकर बलपूर्वक दान (टोलटैक्स) माँग रहे थे. गोपियों ...के साथ उन लोगों की बहुत नोक–झोंक हुई. कृष्ण ने त्रिभंग ललित रूप में खड़े होकर कहा- क्या ले जा रही ह
So it requires eyes to see God. That eyes you have to prepare. What is that eyes? Premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena [Bs. 5.38]. You have to apply eyes' ointment. Just like there is some medicine, eye ointment, which you apply -- you can see very distinctly -- similarly, that ointment is premanjana. If you develop love for God Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He is in ecstasy, always in love. He can see. Similarly, if you develop your love for God, then you can see. Premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-v
Today, my son has asked me to brief him the difference between Tortoise and Turtle. While explaining to my son, I had a wonderful realization, which I would like to share with you all.
As the shell of a Tortoise / Turtle acts as a shield to protect from any kind of perils, attacks and also protects from extreme climatic conditions, similarly, the Lord takes the role of a shell just to protect HIS devotees from all problems and perils.
As the tortoise / turtle comes out of its shell to enjoy its
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Every one of us is searching after happiness, but we do not know what real happiness is. We see so much advertised about happiness, but practically speaking we see so few happy people. This is because so few people know that the platform of real happiness is beyond temporary things. It is this real happiness that is described in Bhagavad-gita by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.
Happiness is generally perceived through our senses
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavam
mahat-padam punya-yaśo murāreh
bhavāmbudhir vatsa-padam param padam padam
padam padam yad vipadam na tesām. [SB 10.14.58]
Bhavāmbudhi means this great ocean of nescience, in which we are now fallen and very much struggling for existence. Exactly just like if you are thrown in the ocean, although you may be a very good swimmer, but sti
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Bhakti, devotional service, is transcendental even to mukti, liberation. Generally people are concerned with dharma, artha, kāma and moksha. In the beginning, there is dharma (religion), then artha (economic development),kāma (sense gratification), then moksha (merging into the Supreme One). However, bhakti is above all these. Mukti is not very important for a bha
