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Rollerblading Sells Books

Rollerblading Sells Books

Grafton Street in Dublin

by Ananta Nitai Das (Ireland)

A funny incident happened on Grafton Street in Dublin. Two girls were rollerblading near the local park. I rode up near them on my bike and started talking to them. They stopped. Eva was very favorable and took two books for herself and her friend Sinead "The Higher Taste" and "The Science of Self-realization." I found it easy to get Eva to chant, and soon she and I started chanting Hare Krsna together, as Sinead looked on glumly.

I said to Si

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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
 
This is in continuation of the transcription of Maharaj's nectarean class in London on the topic "Fire of Bhakti". In the previous offering we heard from Maharaj that
 
1. With Krishna we are heroes; without Krishna we are zeroes.
 
Now let us continue to h
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Thought Of The Day

So from within and from without, Krsna is ready to help us provided we become little anxious. Sraddha. To create this sraddha, little faith, we are trying to open these branches all over the world, and people who are taking advantage of this..., little inclination will help. But there must be inclination. We are not dull stone that we have no power. We have got little power. That little independence is there because we are part and parcel of Krsna. Krsna is fully independent, and we, being minut

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By Patience And Practice

Hare Krsna

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by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Vrndavana October 20, 1972

All the great conclusions of devotional service will be automatically revealed
to the practitioner if he follows the rules and regulations given by his spiritual master.
 
Pradyumna (reading): "A living entity is offered a particular type of body as a result of his action in the present body. These activities are taken into account by superior
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Story of the great Parikshit maharaja

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Parikshit, the great Bhaagavatottama, was the son of veera Abhimanyu and Viraata's daughter, Uttara and was the only successor of Pandavas . He, while in maatru-garbham itself, used to examine carefully all directions (paritaH eekshate) for God! Krishna, the sthiti kaaraka, saved Parikshit in Uttara's garbham, from the devastating Brahmaastra of Ashwatthaama. Parikshit was such a great favourite of God, to the extent th

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Story of the great Parikshit maharaja

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Parikshit, the great Bhaagavatottama, was the son of veera Abhimanyu and Viraata's daughter, Uttara and was the only successor of Pandavas . He, while in maatru-garbham itself, used to examine carefully all directions (paritaH eekshate) for God! Krishna, the sthiti kaaraka, saved Parikshit in Uttara's garbham, from the devastating Brahmaastra of Ashwatthaama. Parikshit was such a great favourite of God, to the extent th

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Hinduism and Krsna Consciousness-Srila Prabhupada

Hinduism and Krishna Consciousness

There is a misconception that the Krsna consciousness movement represents Hinduism. Krsna consciousness is in no way a faith or religion that seeks to defeat other faiths or religions. Rather, it is an essential cultural movement for the entire human society and does not consider any particular sectarian faith. This cultural movement is especially meant to educate people in how they can love God.

Sometimes Indians both inside and outside of India think that we are preaching the Hindu religion, bu

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OBJECTION: In your arguments you have mostly quoted purana-vakya (quotes from Puranic texts) to substantiate your points. However, this is unacceptable. The Vedas are eternal as they emanate from the Lord Himself (apaurusaya), whereas the Puranas and smrti-sastras, although they give knowledge about God, are authored by men. They are auxiliary to the Vedas and hence their statements should be considered as secondary when compared to the statements made in the Vedas. Therefore, in order to valida

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Devotional Service

SB 1Canto chapter 6 verse 21

hantäsmiï janmani bhavän
mä mäà drañöum ihärhati
avipakva-kañäyäëäà
durdarço ’haà kuyoginäm

TRANSLATION
O Närada [the Lord spoke], I regret that during this lifetime you will not be able to see Me anymore. Those who are incomplete in service and who are not completely free from all material taints can hardly see Me.

PURPORT
The Personality of Godhead is described in the Bhagavad-gétä as the most pure, the Supreme and the Absolute Truth. There is no trace of a tinge of materi

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29 Sep 2012 - Srila Haridasa Thakura - Disappearance

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Sri Haridas Thakur appeared in this world in the village of Buron, in the present district of Sat-kira, which was previously a sub-division of Khulna, Bangladesh. By this great fortune that land has been blessed, in that the chanting of the Holy Names of Hari-Nam Sankirtan

 

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Thought Of The Day

So this mantra is required, the Vedic mantra, to hear mantra. This chanting of these verses is also hearing the Vedic mantra. So we should take chance, and the most important mantra is maha-mantra. Maha-mantra. We are sleeping, but this maha-mantra, Hare Krsna, if we hear somehow or other... Therefore the greatest beneficial activity or welfare activity is to chant this Hare Krsna maha-mantra so that others can hear. But unfortunately, when we chant loudly, others they think, "It is nuisance." T

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Sraddha-kutir

The following is a short introduction to the Sraddha-kutir program. The Sraddha-kutir program is when homes are acknowledged as spiritualized due to the residents following several minimum requirements.
 
"Let your place become acknowledged as a Sraddha-kutir" is an expression used by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
 
Here is the link for it: http://youtu.be/2n-ZAndB6a42514883119?profile=original
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Sankirtan Stories

Sankirtan Stories

West Virginia University in Morgantown, USA
One of the many services of the internet I had another great day distributing Srila Prabhupada's books at West Virginia University in Morgantown, USA. I approached a young couple and said, "Please, my dear friends! I want you to see these books!" Upon taking them for inspection, the man said that he already had them. I was surprised and asked how they were acquired. He said that he had been searching for spiritual literature and that Srila Prabhupada's books were the best ones h

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Srila Prabhupada Pastime "Garib manus ca chinga"

Srila Prabhupada Pastime "Garib manus ca chinga"

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PRABHUPADA TELLS A STORY

During Srila Prabhupada's last days in Vrndavana he used to be carried up and down the stairs in a palanquin-chair. His habit was to take rest during the day in his bed on the roof. One day, going up the narrow staircase from the first floor to the roof, Satadhanya Maharaja carried the rear portion of Prabhupada's palanquin by its two handles and another man carried the front. Tamala Krsna Gosvami led the group, and Upendra

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----- Fire of Bhakti - 1/3 -----

 

 

 

 

Fire of Bhakti - 1/3

 


HERE ENDS YOUR

SpiritualQuest

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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
 
The following is a humble effort to transcribe a nectarean class given by our beloved spiritual master H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj in London.
 
1. With Krishna we are heroes, without Him we are zeroes: We must always do our prescribed duties. karma sho
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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

“SVANANDA SUKHADA KUNJA”
SRILA BHAKTIVINODA THAKURA'S HOUSE
AT “SRI GODRUMADVIPA“ ISLAND OF NAVADVIPA-MAYAPUR DHAMA
 
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura is an eternal associ­ate of Lord Caitanya and his eternal spiritual form is Kamala Manjari. His name was Kedanatha Datta. He later became a District Magistrate (High Court judge) under the British Government. This was the highest position an Indian could hold under British rule. As
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Yoga and the Master of Yoga

Hare Krsna

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Yoga means the connecting link between the soul and the Supersoul, or the Supreme and the minute living creatures. Lord Sri Krishna is that Supreme, the Personality of Godhead. Being, therefore, the ultimate object of yoga, Krishna's name is yogeshvara, the master of yoga.

When the yoga performance is described, it is said that Krishna's name is yogeshvara. No one can be a better yogi than the master of yoga, and Krishna

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Story of King Puranjana

Hare Krsna

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Story of King Puranjana
Long ago there lived a king Prachinabarhi. He wanted to gain the pure wisdom through which he can be freed from the bonds of Karma. He approches Narada to gain the same. Narada starts reciting the following story to Prachinabarhi :

Once there lived two friends named Puranjana and Avigyathan. Both of them were of the same age. They were brilliant, had freedom, were happy and were together always. Bo
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is - Bg. 1.25

TEXT 25

bhīṣma-droṇa-pramukhataḥ
sarveṣāṁ ca mahī-kṣitām
uvāca pārtha paśyaitān
samavetān kurūn iti

 

SYNONYMS
 
bhīṣma—Grandfather Bhīṣma; droṇa—the teacher Droṇa; pramukhataḥ—in the front of; sarveṣām—all; ca—also; mahīkṣitām—chiefs of the world; uvāca—said; pārtha—O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā); paśya—just behold; etān—all of them; samavetān—assembled; kurūn—all the members of the Kuru dynasty; iti—thus.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In the presence of Bhīṣma, Droṇa and all other chieftains of the world, Hṛṣīkeśa, the Lord,
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