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A Choice of Destinies

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

speaks with Jon Nordheimer of The New York Times in a conversation recorded in
September 1972 at New Vrindaban, the Society's farm community near Wheeling, West Virginia.

Srila Prabhupada: When we speak of Krsna, we mean God. Everyone has some vague idea of God, hut no clear idea. Therefore God descends to show what He is. If we speculate on God, someone will think on

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----- Result of Whimsical Actions -----

 

 

 

 

Result of Whimsical Actions

 


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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
 
 In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna says in verses 16.23-24
 
yah shaastra vidhim utsrjya / vartate kaama kaaratah
na sa siddhim avaapnoti / na sukham na paraam gatim
tasmaac chaastram pramaanam te / kaaryaakaarya vyavasthit
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Krishna has a unique quality – he blinks his eyes & he does not blink his eyes. Krishna blinks to overlook our mistakes & he never blinks when he sees us sincerely being engaged in devotional service.

In this world we find just the opposite. People blink when you do something good to them and never blink if you are doing something which is unpalatable to them.

For e.g. A person may work tirelessly for a company but the company does not hesitate even for a moment to throw him out, if the management

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----- Obedience to Guru -----

 

 

 

 

Obedience to Guru

 


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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
 
Without the blessings of Guru, we cannot progress even a bit in our life. Spiritual master blesses the disciple whole-heartedly when he is pleased by the behaviour and service attitude of the disciple. Even when Lord Krishna
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Guru Prabhupada explains about wealth

Sākara Mallika (Rūpa Gosvāmī), (before taking sannyasi) returned home with an immense amount of money which he had acquired during his government service. 
Indeed, the silver and gold coins h

e brought back filled a large boat. 

After arriving home, he divided the accumulated wealth first in twain and distributed one part to the brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas. 
Thus for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he distributed fifty percent of his accumulated wealth to persons engaged in th
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“YOU ARE THE PARENT OF YOUR PARENTS”

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

By Madhusūdana dāsa

In the early days of our movement—in the little storefront temple at 26 Second Avenue in the East Village—Śrīla Prabhupāda would lecture in the evening and then retire to his upstairs apartment, All of us would be very eager to accompany him, in hopes of getting some personal advice or just hearing him talk more informally. As an excuse to go upstairs, each of us would carry up one of the things Śrīla

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VISHNU WORSHIP IS NOT ALWAYS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE

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By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Devotee: The Bhagavad-gītā says that if one performs devotional service, then its result is never lost. Then how was it possible for Ajāmila to lose all his devotional service to Vishnu by associating with a prostitute?

Prabhupāda: He was not in devotional service.

Devotee: He was not serving Vishnu?

Prabhupāda: He was trained in Vishnu worship. Vishnu worship is not

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

 

Do not be unforgiving of yourself if you commit a mistake or make an error. Life didn’t come with a fool-proof manual. Most of us are doing the best that we can. We’re not perfect. We learn from our mistakes and from stumbling. 

Like almost everyone else, I have a great number of responsibilities. In fact, it usually seems like I’m juggling ten or twenty balls in the air simultaneously. So, to assume, I’ll never make

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 1.43

TEXT 43
 
utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ
manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana
narake niyataṁ vāso
bhavatīty anuśuśruma
 
SYNONYMS
 
utsanna—spoiled; kula-dharmāṇām—of those who have the family traditions; manuṣyāṇām—of such men; janārdana—O Kṛṣṇa; narake—in hell; niyatam—always; vāsaḥ—residence; bhavati—it so becomes; iti—thus; anuśuśruma—I have heard by disciplic succession.
 
TRANSLATION
 
O Kṛṣṇa, maintainer of the people, I have heard by disciplic succession that those who destroy family traditions dwell always in hell.
 
PURPORT
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Thought Of The Day

Suppose you are nicely dressed, and if you give up everything and you take one kaupina, but that is also a dress. So we have to utilize Krsna's thing, but if we take it, accept it as prasadam after offering Krsna... In the Vaisnava philosophy, if somebody is going to use one new pair of cloth, first of all he offers to Krsna. Then he utilizes. That is Vaisnava philosophy. There is also eating, sleeping. We require residence. Everything we require. But we require it as Krsna's prasada. Prasade sa

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----- Humility means Pure Motive -----

 

 

 

 

Humility means Pure Motive

 


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 Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accpt my humble obeisnaces! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev!

In the Seventh canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, after Hiranyakashipu was killed, the Lord continued to be very angry, and the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma, could not pacify Him. Even mother Lakshmi, the goddess of for

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Don’t sink but sail

While constructing the Rama-setu bridge, the monkey - warriors used to write the name of Lord Rama on the stones and would throw them in the mighty ocean; the stones used to float.  Once Lord Rama Himself threw the stone in the ocean and surprisingly the stone sank.  When Hanuman saw this he started smiling.  Hanuman with folded hands said, “My dear Lord this is just one of your lilas.  You make huge planets float in the sky so what is the difficulty for you to make these stones float in the oce

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A Relationship Everyone Can Relish

Hare Krsna

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Above Hypocrisy and Anxiety

veda-sastra kahe 'sambandha,' 'abhidheya,' 'prayojana'
'krsna' prapya sambandha, 'bhakti' praptyera sadhana

"The Vedic literatures give information about what the living entity's eternal relationship with Lord Krsna is, how the living entity can revive this relationship and act accordingly, and how he will live when he has returned home, bac

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Devotional Services

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

(English version of the 'Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu' by Sri Rupa Goswami)

Edited by Tridandi Goswami Abhay Charan Bhaktivedanta Swami

Text

Akhilla, Rasa, Amrita, Murti, Prasrmara, Ruci, Ruddha, Taraka, Pali, Kalita, Syama, Lalita, Radha, Preyan, Bidhu, Jayati.

Akhila=All inclusive, Rasa=Mellow, Zest, Amrita=NectarMurti=Form, Prasrmara=Expanding,Ruchi=Attractive fe

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 1.42

TEXT 42
 
doṣair etaiḥ kula-ghnānāṁ
varṇa-saṅkara-kārakaiḥ
utsādyante jāti-dharmāḥ
kula-dharmāś ca śāśvatāḥ
 
SYNONYMS
 
doṣaiḥ—by such faults; etaiḥ—all these; kula-ghnānām—of the destroyer of a family; varṇa-saṅkara—unwanted children; kārakaiḥ—by the doers; utsādyante—causes devastation; jāti-dharmāḥ—community project; kula-dharmāḥ—family tradition; ca—also; śāśvatāḥ—eternal.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Due to the evil deeds of the destroyers of family tradition, all kinds of community projects and family welfare acti
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Registration of ISKCON Vraja Mandala Parikrama 2012 Schedule

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On behalf of ISKCON Vraja Manadala Parikrama, we would like to invite all the devotees to participate in parikrama 2012 and get the divine experience.

We will try our level best to serve all the vaisnavas in Vraja dham in month of Kartik as per the circumstances.

Devotees are requested to urgently register themselves at the following contacts -
Muralimohan Das - 09634659987
Ghanshyam Das - 09726732139
Brajbhumi Das - 09415113744
Istadeva Das

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Puri Parikrama 2012 Booking

Puri Parikrama 2012 Booking

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Sri Ksetra Puri Parikrama 2012
Org. by ISKCON
Founder achary His Divine Grace AC bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

WHERE? - Jagannath Puri, ISKCON,Swargadvar

When? -    30th Nov: Devotees Arrival
1st & 2nd Dec : Visit to different holy places in Puri related to the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

3rd Dec : Parikrama of Puridhama.

 4th Dec: Extra day parikrama by Bus to Alarnatha, Sakshi Gopal, Danda Bhanga, Chakra Tirtha, Vedi Hanumana, Sonar Gouranga and few other p

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Thought Of The Day

So this Krsna consciousness movement is to know that no more greater than Krsna. Nobody is greater than Krsna. Nobody is equal to Krsna. If we understand this much perfectly... We cannot understand perfectly because that is not possible. Krsna is unlimited. But as far as we have got our knowledge, if we understand this fact, that "I can never become equal with Krsna; neither I can become greater than Krsna. That is not possible. I have to remain always subordinate to Krsna," this is called mukti

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The Secret of Relishing Bhagavatam - 3

 


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

This is in continuation of the previous offering transcribing the class by HG Devakinandan prabhuji on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.44, wherein Prabhuji was explaining the way to approach, study and relish Sr

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Mayavadis shudder

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 09:56 PM PDT

The Mayavadi philosophers, they simply stop these material activities. Just like Buddha philosophy, nirvana. He simply advises to stop this. But after stopping, what is, sir? “No, zero. Zero.” That cannot be. That is not possible. This is their mistake. But the people to whom Buddha philosophy was preached, they are not so intelligent that there can be better service after giving up this service. Therefore Lord Buddha said, “You stop this service. You become happy
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