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The story of Srutadeva

Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead

There was a householder brāhmaṇa in the city of Mithilā, the capital of the kingdom of Videha. This brāhmaṇa, whose name was Śrutadeva, was a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Because he was fully Kṛṣṇa conscious and always engaged in the service of the Lord, he was completely peaceful in mind and detached from all material attraction.
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There was a householder brāhmaṇa in the city of Mithilā, the capital of the kingdom of Videha. This brāhmaṇa, who

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What is Material Attraction Part 02

SB Canto 8

SB 8.1.15, Purport

The living entities are actually minute forms who are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord is full in everything, and the small particles of the Lord are also originally qualified like Him, but because of their minute existence, they are infected by material attraction and thus entangled. We must therefore follow the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and then, like Kṛṣṇa, who is never entangled by His material activities of creatio

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What is Material Attraction Part 01

Bhagavad-gita As It Is

BG Chapters 13 - 18

BG 15.6, Purport

For one who is too much attached to this material world, it is very difficult to cut that attachment, but if he takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness there is a chance of gradually becoming detached. One has to associate himself with devotees, those who are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One should search out a society dedicated to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and learn how to discharge devotional service. In this way he can cut off his attachment to the materia

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Why detachment from sex life is required

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 2

The highest benefit that can be awarded to a human being is to train him to be detached from sex life, particularly because it is only due to sex indulgence that the conditioned life of material existence continues birth after birth.
SB 2.6.20, Purport: The climax of the system of varṇāśrama-dharma, or sanātana-dharma, is clearly expressed here in this particular verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The highest benefit that can be awarded to a human being is to train him to be d
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Why controlled sex life is so important

Bhagavad-gita As It Is

BG Chapters 1 - 6

In the bhakti school, a householder brahmacārī is allowed controlled sex life because the cult of bhakti-yoga is so powerful that one automatically loses sexual attraction, being engaged in the superior service of the Lord.
BG 6.13-14, Purport: No one can perform correct yoga practice through sex indulgence. Brahmacarya is taught, therefore, from childhood, when one has no knowledge of sex life. Children at the age of five are sent to the guru-kula, or the p
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Grace of Lord Caitanya in Lectures Part 02

Lecture on SB 5.5.2 -- Hyderabad, April 11, 1975:

So that bhakti-yoga—Kṛṣṇa consciousness means bhakti-yoga—by the grace of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu we are distributing. We are distributing not whimsically, but Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted it.

bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya-janma yāra
janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra
(CC Adi 9.41)

This is injunction. This is also injunction of Kṛṣṇa. What Kṛṣṇa said, Caitanya Mahāprabhu said the same thing. The difference is that Kṛṣṇa commanded as the Supreme Pers

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Sex Life is the cause

SB Canto 2

n the material world, sex life is the cause of many distresses on account of material contact.
SB 2.6.8, Purport: The genitals and the pleasure of begetting counteract the distresses of family encumbrances. One would cease to generate altogether if there were not, by the grace of the Lord, a coating, a pleasure-giving substance, on the surface of the generative organs. This substance gives a pleasure so intense that it counteracts fully the distress of family encumbrances. A person is s
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Grace of Lord Caitanya in Lectures Part 01

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Lecture on BG 1.40 -- London, July 28, 1973

So these are the principles. This is called human society. Varnāśramācaravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān (CC Madhya 8.58). In human society, viṣṇur ārādhyate, the Lord is worshiped. But ne te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuḥ. At the present moment, these rascals, they do not know. Andhā yathāndair upanīyamānāḥ. And the so-called leaders, they are blind, themselves, and they are trying to lead other blind men. This is the social p

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Grace of Lord Caitanya in Lectures Part 01

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Lecture on BG 1.40 -- London, July 28, 1973

So these are the principles. This is called human society. Varnāśramācaravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān (CC Madhya 8.58). In human society, viṣṇur ārādhyate, the Lord is worshiped. But ne te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuḥ. At the present moment, these rascals, they do not know. Andhā yathāndair upanīyamānāḥ. And the so-called leaders, they are blind, themselves, and they are trying to lead other blind men. This is the social p

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Grace of Lord Caitanya

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 3

SB 3.23.7, Purport

What are the graces of the Lord? It is stated here that the graces of the Lord are abhaya, free from fearfulness. In the material world, if someone accumulates a million dollars, he is always full of fear because he is always thinking, "What if the money is lost?" But the benediction of the Lord, bhagavat-prasāda, is never to be lost. It is simply to be enjoyed. There is no question of loss. One simply gains and enjoys gaining. Bhagavad-gītā also co

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Lecture on SB 1.1.1 (by Srila Prabhupada)

Prabhupäda: Come on. Hm. What is that?
Devotee: Sanskrit.
Prabhupäda: Bhägavata? So from the very beginning, oà namo bhagavate, janmädy asya yataù [SB 1.1.1].
Pradyumna: (chants oà namo bhagavate väsudeväya and then the verse one word at a time with devotees and Çréla Prabhupäda repeating until Çréla Prabhupäda stops him at the word abhijïaù.)
Prabhupäda: (chants whole verse one word at a time with devotees repeating) Like that.
Devotee: (indistinct)
Prabhupäda: Yes.
Pradyumna: Janmädy asya yato 'nvayä

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Lecture of SB 1.1.1

janmädy asya yato 'nvayäd itarataç cärtheñv abhijïaù svaräö
tene brahma hådä ya ädi-kavaye muhyanti yat sürayaù
tejo-väri-mådäà yathä vinimayo yatra tri-sargo 'måñä
dhämnä svena sadä nirasta-kuhakaà satyaà paraà dhémahi
[SB 1.1.1]
So Vyäsadeva is offering his obeisances to satyaà param, the Absolute Supreme Truth, not to the relative truth. Everyone has to offer obeisances to somebody. Somebody... In our practical life, at least, we have to offer obeisances to the police constable. When you go on

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Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

Srimad Bhagavatam, third Canto, chapter nine “Brahma’s Prayers For Creative Energy”, text thirty one.

tata atmani loke ca
bhakti-yuktah samahitah
drashtasi mam tatam brahman
mayi lokams tvam atmanah

Synonyms:
tatah — thereafter; atmani — in yourself; loke — in the universe; ca — also; bhakti-yuktah — being situated in devotional service; samahitah — being completely absorbed; drashta asi — you shall see; mam — Me; tata

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Hare Krishna ,

Please download Bhagavad Gita AS IT IS on your Android device. 

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100 Monkeyz

 

 

                100 Monkeyz is a collection of short stories which map the globe, from the rust belt of Buffalo, N.Y., to the rice paddies of Viet Nam, from the desert Southwest to the rolling hills of West Virginia.

                These stories deal with the universal themes of war, love, death and the place of soldiers returning from a distant country torn by civil war and destructive chaos.

                Here we find heroes and villains, brave soldiers and cowardly ruffians. We encounter a

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.60

TEXT 60
 
yatato hy api kaunteya
puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ
indriyāṇi pramāthīni
haranti prasabhaṁ manaḥ
 
SYNONYMS
 
yatataḥ—while endeavoring; hi—certainly; api—in spite of; kaunteya—O son of Kuntī; puruṣasya—of the man; vipaścitaḥ—full of discriminating knowledge; indriyāṇi—the senses; pramāthīni—stimulated; haranti—throws forcefully; prasabhaṁ—by force; manaḥ—the mind.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The senses are so strong and impetuous, O Arjuna, that they forcibly carry away the mind even of a man of discrimination who is
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Kumbha Mela 2013 at Allahabad (Prayag) and ISKCON Preaching activities

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Please see the link for Dandavats article ...

http://www.dandavats.com/?p=11216

Please see the link for photos ??..

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ayagAndISKCONPreachingActivities

On 14th January 2013 Makar Sankranti (when Sun moves from Southern hemisphere to Northern hemisphere and crosses Capricorn) the day when Mahakumbha Snana started at 5:15 am. In a rare arrangement of planets J

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Vaisnavi Retreat

Vaisnavi Retreat

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Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Hare Krsna!

On behalf of the Vrindavana Institute for Higher Education, we are heartily inviting you to take part in the upcoming third International Vaisnavi Retreat, to be held at the foothill of Sri Giriraja Govardhana from March 30 to April 3, 2013.

The Vaisnavi Retreat was started in 2011 with the idea of promoting spiritual association among female sadhakas. It focuses on hearing and chanting

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Tolerating the intolerant impulses

It is too easy to be nice with someone who is good to us. But how difficult it is to deal with those who are nasty to us? Tolerance is celebrated as a divine quality and intolerance is touted as the weapon of the demoniac. We long to develop the quality of ‘tolerance’ but we easily succumb to intolerance when confronted with unpleasant situations and circumstances. After venting out our inner angst we realize our mistake but sadly it is too late by that time. But why do we lack ‘tolerance’? Theo

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.59

TEXT 59
 
viṣayā vinivartante
nirāhārasya dehinaḥ
rasa-varjaṁ raso 'py asya
paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate
 
SYNONYMS
 
viṣayāḥ—objects for sense enjoyment; vinivartante—are practiced to be refrained from; nirāhārasya—by negative restrictions; dehinaḥ—for the embodied; rasa-varjam—giving up the taste; rasaḥ—sense of enjoyment; api—although there is; asya—his; param—far superior things; dṛṣṭvā—by experiencing; nivartate—ceases from.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the
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