Damodara Program 2012

Hare Krishna
Dear Devotee,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The following is a note on the Damodara progam which the ministry promotes. Please post it on your website, Kartik is coming up soon! Attached is a picture of Damodara.

Damodara Program 2012

At the ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry, we promote several programs which assist in the development of congregations. The Damodara program is one of them.

During this Damodara month, if o

Expand the Intelligence

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

In Srimad Bhagavatam 3.14.48 there is a beautiful description of the qualities of pure devotees. By meditating on these qualities we can also advance in devotional service.

sa vai mahaa bhaagavato mahaatmaa
mahaanubhaavo mahataam mahishthah
pravrddha

One who is absorbed in Krishna bhavanamrita has no material benefits to ask from Krishna. Instead such a person prays to the Lord for the benediction of being able to spread His glories all over the world.
SB 9.9.45 Purport

Introduction

annad bhavanti bhutani

parjanyad anna-sambhavah

yajnad bhavati parjanyo

yajnah karma-samudbhavah

Bg 3.14

All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains are produced by performance of yajna [sacrifice], and yajna is born of prescribed duties.

Nourishing the body spiritually

Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, a great commentator on the Bhagavad-gita, writes as follows:

ye indrady-angatayavasthitam

yajnam sarvesvaram visnum

abhyarcya tac-chesam asnanti tena

tad deha-yatra

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir Kartika Parikrama Schedule

My biggest obstical in spiritual growth so far has been the tendency to use certain substances to numb out or get high whenever life becomes uncomfortable.  I simply cannot allow myself to feel pain, emptiness, depression, angst etc. without "using" something. 

According to the laws of Karma, every action produces an equal and opposite reaction. This means that in the big picture (the really big picture), every experience of pleasure is balanced by and equal amount of suffering.

To me, this is t

Faith Gives us Peace

A Krishna conscious person does not even want to stop the cycle of birth and death. He simply prays, " I may take birth as You like, but my only prayer is that I may be engaged in Your service.
SB 9.9.45

It is exciting to know who was the cow who participated in Lord Krsna’s pastimes, or who did severe penance to please the Lord or who appeared from the churning of the ocean. Are all the cows alike? Holy scriptures discriminate, as does Science – Bos Indicus and Bos Taurus. The book throws light on these aspects while discussing the different existing indigenous cow breeds of India; differences between indigenous cows and exotic cows; and difference between buffalo milk and cow milk. It gives bo

Lord Shiva has a very unique and significant position in the cosmic manifestation. In fact Lord Shiva is the most powerful, second only to Lord Vishnu. Shiva is an expansion of Lord Krishna. Revealed scriptures explain that Krishna has 64 qualities.  Lord Brahma posses 78% of these qualities and Lord Shiva possesses 84% of these qualities. Since living entities are also like Brahma so they also possess 78% of these qualities but in lesser extent. None of them possess all 100%.  

Srila Prabhupada

External arrangement means illusion. We have nothing to do with it. But due to this Kali-yuga especially, we are very much affected by these external disturbances. And that disturbances sometimes make us forced to forget our relationship with the Supreme, and that is called illusion. That is called maya. But if we become very strictly adherent to Krsna consciousness... That is very easily done at the Kali-yuga. Kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sangah param vrajet. Kirtanad eva krsnasya [SB 12.3.51].

Submission Leads to Ripened Devotional Service

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

In order to progress in spiritual life, we must always be submissive to Guru and Krishna. It is not that we remain submissive until we get initiation and then behave as per our own whims. Inorder to show us how we should behave

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

You can try and try – you can make allowances for contingencies and mix-ups, but there are still going to be errors. And when errors happen, forget a promise, meeting, or commitment; then someone is going to be hurt, upset, mad, or disappointed. 

Rather than becoming upset, defensive, or guilty, maintain your bearings and remain compassionate. You should understand that there’s simply nothing you can do – other than your