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Indra Tells Narasimha's Story


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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

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.13

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
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Thought Of The Day

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

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Service to Devotees is Service to Lord

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

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Taking Pleasure in Others' Progress

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

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Thought Of The Day

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

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.12

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
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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

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2514887418?profile=originalगोपियाँ विरहावेश में गाने लगीं -
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
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लाला की शरारते.....

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
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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

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Thought Of The Day

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

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KRISHNA - THE SHELL

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

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Throughway to Happiness

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

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HOW TO BE SAFE FROM MAYA?

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

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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 dharmaarthakāma 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

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suggestion for krsna and srila prabhupad's devotees

www.iskcondesiretree.net is a simple and wonderful website but what I will suggest www.krishna.com in a short while as well is that as per the deep research,this age in kali yuga is also called as a "christian era"...so even if intend to get away from all the "maya" tending to a sinful life...still we have a learning from typical christian life which is - "every believer can pray and bless".

My purpose of throwing light on this philosophy is, that this website and www.krishna.com should give a sp

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Questions from a muslim with answers from a Khan

I downloaded Bhagvad Geeta from your site and read it. I am extremely impressed and moved by the teachings of Krishana Ji. But being a Muslim, some questions arose in my mind. If you could help me to finding their answers, I will be grateful to you.

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Dear sir, I downloaded Bhagvad Geeta from your site and read it.

I am extremely impressed and moved by the teachings of Krishana Ji. But being a Muslim, some questions arose in my mind.

If you could help me to finding their answers, I will be grateful t

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