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Grandmother, Mother, and Daughter Get Mercy

Grandmother, Mother, and Daughter Get Mercy

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I was outside the Govinda's at New Dwarka (Los Angeles), thinking about how I was unable to go out to distribute books. That's when I saw a girl sitting not far away from me. I started to chat with her. Quickly our conversation moved to the topic of chanting, and I showed her how to chant on beads. We decided to meet a little later during the day. We tried kirtan, and she started to express how over the years she'd met sankirtan devotees and collected

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Sun will still rise from the east & set in the west. Earth will continue to revolve and rotate in the same trajectory. Most of us will continue to be in the same job, live in the same house, in the same neighborhood, don the same set of clothes, ride the same vehicle, watch the same television programs, news will almost remain on the same line and so on. Practically nothing changes. It’s just the calendar of our house which will change.

Most of us are aware of this simple fact but still we impati

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Do enlighten souls see Krishna?

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Question to His Grace Sankarshan Das Adhikari: While doing Hare Krishna chanting on japa beads, I feel immersed in the name of Lord Krishna and become oblivious to my surroundings. However I feel incomplete that I am only chanting the name of Krishna but not seeing Him. My question as a very low level soul is, "Do enlightened souls see Krishna?"  Can you please tell me your experience?
 


 

Answer: "They see very minute" Hearing with your ears is another form of seeing. And it is more important than

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Understanding the Source of Everything

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Generally, a person with a philosophical mind is inquisitive to know what is the origin of all creations. At night he looks into the sky and naturally wonders what are the stars, how they are situated, who lives there, and so on. All these inquiries are quite natural for a human being, because he has a more developed consciousness than the animals. And to reply to such a sincere inquirer, the Srimad-Bhagavatam says that

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Our Real Life

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The Bhagavad-gita says that out of many thousands of human beings, one may try to make perfection of his life. Man is an animal, but he has one special prerogative, rational thought. What is that rational thought? Reasoning power, argument. Now, reasoning power is there in dogs and cats as well. Suppose a dog comes up to you; if you say, "Hut!" he'll understand. The dog will understand that you don't want him. So, he has

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Gurukul in Nepal

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Jagannath Foundation

Dedicated on Service of: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

                                                  Founder Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness

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Dedicated on Service of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada (Founder Acharya: ISKCON)
 
Our Aim : 
To systematically introduce the spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all peoples in the techniques of spiritual life taught by His
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.38

TEXT 38
 
sukha-duḥkhe same kṛtvā
lābhālābhau jayājayau
tato yuddhāya yujyasva
naivaṁ pāpam avāpsyasi
 
SYNONYMS
 
sukha—happiness; duḥkhe—in distress; same—in equanimity; kṛtvā—doing so; lābhālābhau—both in loss and profit; jayājayau—both in defeat and victory; tataḥ—thereafter; yuddhāya—for the sake of fighting; yujyasva—do fight; na—never; evam—in this way; pāpam—sinful reaction; avāpsyasi—you will gain.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Do thou fight for the sake of fighting, without considering happiness or distress, los
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23rd Dec was Gita – Jyanti, the day when Krishna spoke Bhagavad – Gita to Arjuna around 5000 years ago. The sublime message of the Gita was spoken by Krishna for 45 minutes at a place called Jyotisar in Haryana just before the beginning of the war.

The Gita is called Raja Vidya - the king of all knowledge. If all the Vedic literatures are cows then Bhagavad – Gita is the milk of the cow i.e. it is the essence of all the Vedic literatures. Krishna is the milkman, Arjuna is the calf who drinks the

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Thought Of The Day

So in the Kali-yuga, this age, there is no such king. There is no such government. Therefore people are becoming polluted. It is the duty of the guru, the duty of the parents, duty of the government to train people in such a way that they may become pious, sinless. But they do not believe, even in the next life, that "If we act impiously, then we have to suffer next life." They avoid to believe that there is next life. But there is next life. In the morning we were talking about this. How you ca

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Samadhi for Yamuna Devi will Built in VrindavanaAfter a groundswell of support from ISKCON devotees and leaders, a Samadhi (mausoleum) is being constructed in the sacred land of Vrindavana, India for Srila Prabhupada’s famous early disciple Yamuna Devi. Yamuna is well-known for singing the Govindam song played at ISKCON temples around the world every morning, for writing the award-winning cookbook Lord Krishna’s Cuisine, and for being an ISKCON pioneer in the UK. She passed away on December 20th, 2011 at the age of 69 due to heart complicati

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Poem of Narottama Dasa Thakur

Hare Krsna

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Although I have come to this human form
My Lord I have passed my life uselessly.
I did not care to serve Radha and Krishna
Yet I have swallowed poison carelessly.

Hare Krishna comes straight from Krishna Loka,
But with chanting I have no connection.
Day and night I'm burning in this dark world
Without working to make the correction.

Lord Krishna has appeared as Sachi's Son,
B

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Easy Vs Difficult

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Easy is to judge the mistakes of others    
Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes

Easy is to talk without thinking    
Difficult is to refrain the tongue

Easy is to hurt someone 
Difficult is to heal the wound...

Easy is to forgive others    
Difficult is to ask for forgiveness

Easy is to set rules    
Difficult is to follow them...

Easy is to show victory
Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity...

Easy is to promise somethi

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Be Reasonable

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“Reasonable” suggests the ability to see things fairly, without the self-serving justification that so often clouds our vision. 

It’s the ability to see your own contribution to a problem and the willingness to listen to and learn from other's point of view. Being reasonable includes the ability to put yourself in the shoes of others, being able to see the bigger picture, and to maintain perspective. 

People who are reason

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Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi

Venue: ISKCON Chowpatty Mumbai.

Dated: 1st June, 2012

Occasion: Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi

Hare krishna…..(devotees) Hare Krishna, thank you very much Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi ki ………………..jai (On the occasion of Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi 16 hours kirtan was organized in ISKCON Chowpatty Mumbai) when I heard this event is being organized the kirtan is being organized initially I was bit surprised normally we do 64 rounds, 108 rounds this is the first time we are having such event the kirtan on Nirjala Ekad

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.37

TEXT 37
 
hato vā prāpsyasi svargaṁ
jitvā vā bhokṣyase mahīm
tasmād uttiṣṭha kaunteya
yuddhāya kṛta-niścayaḥ
 
SYNONYMS
 
hataḥ—being killed; vā—either; prāpsyasi—you gain; svargam—the heavenly kingdom; jitvā—by conquering; vā—or; bhokṣyase—you enjoy; mahīm—the world; tasmāt—therefore; uttiṣṭha—get up; kaunteya—O son of Kuntī; yuddhāya—to fight; kṛta—determination; niścayaḥ—uncertainty.
 
TRANSLATION
 
O son of Kuntī, either you will be killed on the battlefield and attain the heavenly planets, or you will c
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Thought Of The Day

So this is the profit of Krsna conscious person. Krsna is so attractive that if anyone only once has fully applied his mind in thinking of Krsna and surrendering, then he becomes immediately saved from all miserable condition of this material life. So that is our perfection of life. Somehow or other, we surrender to the lotus feet of Krsna. So here it is stressed, sakrt. Sakrt means "only once." So if so much profit is there simply once thinking of Krsna, then we can imagine, those who are alway

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Kumbh Mela Invitation , Allahabad

Kumbh Mela Invitation , Allahabad

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Kumbh Mela Invitation , Allahabad . . . .
Holy Invitation
Dear Friends .... Namaste ......!!

If you ever wanted to be truly happy all by yourself without depending on money, friends
And social slaveries then this holy invitation is for YOU.

Welcome To Celebrate ‘’ The Festival Of Oneness With The Universe ‘’ In Incredible Electrodynamic Field Of Spiritual Wizards ,

Month Long Sacred Vacationing In The Greatest Of All Powerspots Mahakumbh Mela 2013….. January 14th - To

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Bhagavad-gita As It - Bg. 2.36

TEXT 36
 
avācya-vādāṁś ca bahūn
vadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ
nindantas tava sāmarthyaṁ
tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim
 
SYNONYMS
 
avācya—unkind; vādān—fabricated words; ca—also; bahūn—many; vadiṣyanti—will say; tava—your; ahitāḥ—enemies; nindantaḥ—while vilifying; tava—your; sāmarthyam—ability; tataḥ—thereafter; duḥkhataram—more painful; nu—of course; kim—what is there.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Your enemies will describe you in many unkind words and scorn your ability. What could be more painful for you?
 
PURPORT
 
Lord Kṛṣṇa was as
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Thought Of The Day

So we have to understand that what is the aim of life. Aim of life is go back to home, back to Godhead. Unless we understand this, our life is in darkness. Na te viduh svartha-gatim hi visnum durasaya ye bahir-artha-maninah [SB 7.5.31]. We are trying to be happy in this place of miserable condition, manufacturing so many ways of life. In the modern age they are thinking that "If we have got a very nice car and nice residential quarter and nice wife..." Oh, people also do not care now for wife an
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What is a Goswami?

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada

IN THE PRESENT material world people are interested in understanding the atma (a word meaning body, mind and soul) only in reference to the body. Medical science, physiology and biology are concerned with the body, and psychology is concerned with the mind, with thinking, feeling and willing. Unfortunately, however, no one is studying the deepest meaning of atma-that

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