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Thought Of The Day

Beyond the universe, there is spiritual sky. There are also different planets. But in those planets the predominating deity is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. And in this material world, in each and every planet, the predominating deity or the person is a very pious human being or living being. Generally, human being. In other higher planetary system they are also like human being. Their features are exactly like us: two hands, two legs, one head, like that. But they are very pious.

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Damodar Mahima

Damodar Mahima

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Dear Devotees!
Damodhara (Karthik) month starts today (29.10.12). Dates may vary in some other parts of the world. During this month, follow these instructions:

(i) Offer ghee lamps to Lord Damodhara (Krishna) daily.

(ii) Follow brahmacharya in this month (Avoid sexual contacts);

(iii) Try to Eat only Prasadam (Food offered to Krishna);

(iv) Chant as many rounds as possible in this month;

(v) Read the Damodhara lila and other childhood lilas of Krishna from Srimad Bhagavatham or KRISHNA

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----- The Proper Utilization of Tongue -----

 

 

 

 

The Proper Utilization of Tongue

 


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 Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

Recently when I went to a small grocery shop, there was another buyer asking the shop keeper to give a packet of cigarette. The shopkeeper gave one packet and said,"The price is Rupees 20". The buyer got ang

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Kartik Snan | Kartik Snan 2012 | Significance of Kartik Month

With the beginning of the Kartik month, a tradition of Kartik Snan also begins every year. Men and Women go for holy baths during this period. Kartik Purnima is considered to be very important during Kartik month. It is believed that Lord Vishnu also incarnated as Matsya on the day of Kartik Purnima. Taking a bath in river Ganga and donating lamps is considered to be very sacred in this day. A person can also donate as per his wishes.

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 2.2

TEXT 2
 
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
kutas tvā kaśmalam idaṁ
viṣame samupasthitam
anārya-juṣṭam asvargyam
akīrti-karam arjuna
 
SYNONYMS
 
śrī bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; kutaḥ—wherefrom; tvā—unto you; kaśmalam—dirtiness; idam—this lamentation; viṣame—this hour of crisis; samupasthitam—arrived; anārya—persons who do not know the value of life; juṣṭam—practiced by; asvargyam—that which does not lead to higher planets; akīrti—infamy; karam—the cause of; arjuna—O Arjuna.
 
TRANSLATION
 
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Gardener Manidas

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Story: Gardener Manidas

One need not be a man of letters to be devoted to God. A pure humble devotion takes him closer to God than a sea of learning.
Once upon a time there lived a gardener called Manidas in Poori. He made his livelihood by selling flowers. He was not an educated man nor was he rich as per the norms of the modern society. But he is more than any educated man by virtue of his nature. He was compassionate ,
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The most widely recognized concept of evolution ( ironically termed as scientific ), the theory which always points out to fossils for evidence, the theory every science student learns from his young age is certainly the “DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION”, which relies entirely upon “NATURAL SELECTION”, a process which is still not yet Scientifically proven.

           When a person generally comes across a picture of Charles Robert Darwin, he will be superficially convinced that Man originated from

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Thought Of The Day

So human life, especially meant for understanding what is God and what is the law of God and how to follow it and achieve success in life. That is human life. Sambandha, abhidheya and prayojana. Sambandha means first of all we must understand what is our relationship with this material world or with God. So many there are. Everything is relative -- this is a relative world. So what is the relativity between God and ourself? There must be God. The atheist class of men, they deny the existence of

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----- Following Scriptural Injunctions -----

 

 

 

 

Following Scriptural Injunctions

 


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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

Yesterday HG Narahari Prabhuji had written a nice offering on "The Proper Utilisation of Our Tongue", wherein he had mentioned about the importance of utilising this rare and valuable gift of devotional service
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The Lord is never Silent

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 Nature of God's mercy (daya)
According to the Southern school, God, out of His unbounded compassion, actually suffers whenever His devotees suffer (paradukha-dukhitvam). This should not, however, be construed as a defect or imperfection. He shares in their sufferings even as He participates in their happiness. This only indicates His infinite compassion. Rama, as Valmiki depicts, used to suffer greatly when his subjects
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The Power Of Krishna's Name

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Chanting the Lord's name purifies our polluted consciousness, the source of all our problems.

A lecture given in Montreal, Canada, on June 15, 1968
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Ladies And Gentlemen, this Krishna consciousness movement is meant for reviving our original consciousness. At present, owing to our long association wit

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Special reasoning power of the human being

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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 ha

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Karthika (Damodara)Month

Hare Krishna ...

The auspicious Month of Kartik, more popular as the Month of Damodara, is here once again heralding the spiritually enlivening ‘Festival of Lights’ (October 29 to November 28, 2012).

 Please take time to offer a candle or ghee lamp to Lord sri Hari Visnu.

                                                        Krishnarpanam...

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Radhanath Swami

Om namo Bhagvate Vasudevaya.

nara-devatvam āpannaḥ

sura-kārya-cikīrṣayā

samudra-nigrahādīni

cakre vīryāṇy ataḥ param

(SB 1.3.22)

 

Translation : 

In the eighteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as King Rāma. In order to perform some pleasing work for the demigods, He exhibited superhuman powers by controlling the Indian Ocean and then killing the atheist King Rāvaṇa, who was on the other side of the sea.

 

Purport :

The Personality of Godhead Śrī Rāma assumed the form of a human being and appeared on the

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Arjuna’s First Lesson

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Arjuna's First Lesson

When Arjuna accepts his Friend Krsna as his guru, Krsna begins His teachings with a reprimand.

A lecture given in Los Angeles, on August 17, 1973

sri bhagavan uvaca
asocyan anvasocas tvam
prajna-vadams ca bhasase
gatasun agatasums ca
nanusocanti panditah

"The Blessed Lord said: While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. Those who are wi

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Enlightened Self-interest

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada's First Talks in America (New York, July 26,1966)

"I cannot be satisfied by serving something that is notme; I can be satisfied only by serving me. But that 'me' I do not know…."

This chanting of Hare Krsna is the process of ceto-darpana-marjanam to cleanse the material dust from the mirror of our mind. The whole process is to dust out the dirty thin

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Equal Justice

Hare Krsna

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

If God is impartial, why does one person inherit a million dollars and 
another suffer a great loss? Why is one saved and another killed?

A lecture in Los Angeles in December 1973

prayenaitad bhagavata
isvarasya vicestitam
mitho nighnanti bhutani
bhavayanti ca yan mithah

"Factually this is all due to the supreme will of the Lord, the Personality of Godhead. Sometimes peopl

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Become Happy Yourself

Become Happy Yourself

Become Happy Yourself
When I joined brahmacarini ashram  actually I was the first lady to live there at that time (because Prabhupada completely convinced me)  devotees told me to go with them on book distribution. So the first day I joined I went on sankirtan. I was distributing Prabhupada's books I have never read before! But I was reading them together with people on sankirtan. I approached them, opened the book and was reading to them. People listened and bought books. They were buying Prabhu

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Thought Of The Day

Prabhupada: Eight millions. And human being, 400,000 species form, there are. So out of that, the civilized man, the best form of human body, that is meant for this purpose, tapo divyam putraka yena suddhyed sattvam [SB 5.5.1], that: "My dear boys, you should not waste your time simply for finding out the necessities of this body and work very hard day and night and forget your own business." What is that own business? Self-realization, "What I am." This is called own business. "Am I this body o

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