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Krishna ultimately presents Himself to the atheist as death. The God comes before the atheists as death and takes away everything. So that is the atheist class realization of God. You will see God at that time of death; after seeing, you will be finished, no more understanding. Then you will be taken away, everything, all possession, all scientific knowledge, bank balance, skyscraper, everything will be taken away, then

Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada

“One night, Abhay had an unusual dream. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta appeared before him, beckoning. He was asking Abhay to leave home and take sannyasa. Abhay awoke in an intensely emotional state, “How horrible!” He thought. He knew it was not an ordinary dream, yet the request seemed so difficult and unlikely. Take sannyasa! At least it was not something he could do immediately. Now he had to improve the business, and with the profits he would print books. H

Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Sri Sacidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura appeared in 1838 in a wealthy family in the Nadia district, West Bengal. He revealed that he is an eternal associate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by his extraordinary preaching activities and prolific writing. Living as a, mahabhagavata Vaisnava, he stayed in the grhasta ashram until the last few years of his life. Then he renounced everything, accepted babaji, and entered samadhi, totally absorbed in the loving serv

Mayapur and Service to Lord Caitanya

Hare Krsna Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

By the mercy of Lord Caitanya I'm in the holy dham of Mayapur. We just finished the Nama Yajna, four days of ecstatic twelve-hour kirtans with the best kirtaniyas in the movement. Last night was the last kirtan, led by Madhava Prabhu. It went on till 11:20 PM. Imagine thousands of devotees being swept up in a kirtan. It was indeed a very attractive part of the festival this

So in this Kali-yuga nobody is interested even. We are spreading Krsna consciousness, very few people are interested to know about Krsna or the Supreme Being. So that is not human life. Human life means when we inquire about the Absolute Truth. That is human life. So there are so many societies, so many religious institutions. But nobody is interested to know Krsna, or the Supreme Being. Krsna means the Supreme Being, all-attractive. No educational system, no university. Therefore Krsna said, ma

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A Krishna-bhakta with awareness, devotion and self surrender, will continuously receive Bhagavan Sri Krishna's personal guidance .   Once the Bhakta tunes Himself with Bhagavan, the scriptures are reborn.The Vedas and Upanishads are repeated.

Everything is Sri Krishan, there is nothing else but Bhagavan. This is the single message in the Upanishads, Vedas, Bhagavad Gita and Puranas. When we say that there are 108 Upanish

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Following are some types of sidhhis:

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“Responsive” means acting appropriately to the issue at hand. Rather than being driven and controlled by habitual, knee-jerk reactions, being responsive means having the ability to maintain perspective and to choose the best possible alternative or course of action, given your unique situation. 

Because responsive people are able to see the entire picture so well, they are able to factor into every equation all the varia

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Criticism is an extremely valuable element to success.  It is important to value the opinions of others and change your actions based on good feedback.  It is this feedback that helps us to achieve success. The first rule of accepting criticism is to understand the motivation behind the criticism. Understanding this motivation helps you decide how valid the criticism is, and whether to accept it or not.  Here are some o

Lalita Sasti : Appearance Day of Lalita Sakhi

Lalita is one of the principal eight sakhis of Srimati Radharani in Vrindavan. It means “playful and charming”. Srimati Radharani is also called as Lalita”. She is a very dear friend of Radha-Krsna. Lalita-sakhi and her assistants incarnate from time to time in the material realm to propogate the topmost mood of serving Radha-Krsna, namely to become a maid-servant of Srimati Radharani.

Rupa manjari (Rupa Goswami) is the assistant and follower of Lali

In a world of impending doom, what is known to be Apocalypse,
Insolent raucous men engage in vice,
Gluttony, sloth, delinquency, and despise.
Miscreants on a rampage, the duplicitous at war,
The lecherous let free, the insidious with a worldly zeal do soar!

A woe to all the depraved souls!
Yet in the midst of all this darkness,
Is a discreet coronation of a spiritual monarch,
Chanting and singing the glories of the Lord,
Rises a spiritual emissary, staggering in his persona,
Deep and commanding i

How can our faith grow from initial interest to full conviction?

Faith is vital for the discharge of devotional service. In Bhagavad-gita (9.3) Krishna says, “Those who are not faithful in this devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of enemies. Therefore they return to the path of birth and death in this material world.” Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport that without faith we cannot attain Krishna. Faith, he says, is developed by associating with devotees. Without such association,

Guru is very confidential servant of Krsna. Why confidential servant? Because he is canvassing door to door, "Please become Krsna conscious. Please surrender to Krsna." Krsna says to Arjuna, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66], and guru takes that very mission, but does not say like Krsna, that "Your surrender to me." He says, "Surrender to Krsna." One has to surrender to Krsna through the via media of guru, directly. This is the process. Therefore guru accepts respects f

Report from Malawi

Malawi, in Africa, is a place where very few have heard of Krsna. But there are many people here who are always ready to buy the books, and as soon as they look at them, they say how beautiful they are.

Once I went into a bakery named Ali Baba Bakery and showed the books to the fair-skinned man at the cash counter. His name was Nicholas and he was immediately interested. He took SSR, Raja Vidya, Beyond Birth and Death, and Perfection of Yoga. He paid half the amount and asked m

The Actual Universe according to the Fifth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam

Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.6

sa vai puḿsāḿ paro dharmo

yato bhaktir adhokṣaje

ahaituky apratihatā

yayātmā suprasīdati

SYNONYMS (By Srila Prabhupada)

saḥ — that; vai — certainly; puḿsām — for mankind; paraḥ — sublime; dharmaḥ — occupation;yataḥ — by which; bhaktiḥ — devotional service; adhokṣaje — unto the Transcendence; ahaitukī — causeless; apratihatā — unbroken; yayā — by which; ātmā — the self; suprasīdati — completely satisfied.

TRANSLATION (By Srila Prabhupada)

The supreme occupation [dharma]