Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

“Receptive” implies being open to ideas and suggestions. 

It means you are inclined and willing to receive whatever it is that you need at that moment – data, creativity, a new idea, or whatever. It’s the opposite of being closed minded and stubborn. 

People who are receptive are willing to have a “beginner’s mind,” the willingness to learn, even if they are considered the expert. Because they are not defensive, these peo

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Even after the destruction of this body, consciousness is not destroyed. Rather, consciousness is transferred to another type of body and again makes us aware of the material conception of life. That is also described in the Bhagavad-gita. At the time of death, if our consciousness is pure, we can be sure that our next life will not be material -- our next life will be spiritual. If our consciousness is not pure at the

-          Stop! Stop! Please wait!

Shouting in this way one aged Devotee came running to the bus. But because bus waited for him for another several minutes another senior Devotee within the bus spoke to him with anger.

It was noon time. As usually in yatras in the morning Devotees are taken to the places of pilgrimage and in the noon time they have to be on time for noon Prasadam. If someone is late then there won’t be any Prasadam left.

So this time this bus was late and all Devotees were ang

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Krishna can be in constant companionship with us because He is omnipotent. Therefore, He can be fully in touch with us by His words. His words and He are not different. That is omnipotence. Omnipotence means that everything relating to Him has the same potency. For example, here in this material world, if we are thirsty and we want water, simply repeating "Water, water, water, water," will not satisfy our thirst, becaus

Priest: Do you have what I might call a training in contemplation?

Srila Prabhupada: We worship God in nine ways. One is smaranam, remembering God's activities. That is contemplation.

Priest: You know, in Christian mysticism we have a process of contemplation that St. Theresa of Avila described in her book Interior Mansion. Anybody is able to make an ordinary prayer, but the real mystic prayer is not given to everyone.

Srila Prabhupada: Our mystic prayer is to think of God's activities. Anyone can

Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.5.26 Lecture
Vrindavana, November 13, 1976

Pradyumna: "My dear sons, you should not envy any living entity, be he moving or nonmoving. Knowing that I am situated in them, you should offer resects to all of them at every moment. In this way you offer respect to Me." [SB 5.5.26]

Prabhupada: You read the purport.

Pradyumna: "In this verse the word vivikta-drgbhih, meaning "without envy," is used. [break] ...living entities are the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His

ALL GLORIES TO SRILA PRABHUPADA

siksa-guruke ta'jani krsnera s varupa
antaryami, bhakta-srestha,--ei dui rupa

Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami states that the instructing
spiritual master is a bona fide representative of Sri Krishna. Sri Krishna
Himself teaches us as the instructing spiritual master from within and
without. From within He teaches as Paramatma-, our constant companion,
and from without He teaches from Bhagavad-gita as the instructing
spiritual master. There are two kinds of instructing s

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By His Divene Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The Devotee Community at Bhaktivedanta Manor, London

Everyone who has accepted a material body must maintain the necessities of the body by acting or earning some livelihood. A devotee should only work for such income as is absolutely necessary. He should be satisfied always with such income and should not endeavor to earn more and more simply to accumulate the unne

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

If you want to be a happier, less-stressed person, there is no better place to start than with becoming aware of “anticipatory thinking,” or an imagined future.

Essentially, this type of thinking involves imagining how much better your life will be when certain conditions are met – or how stressful, or difficult something is going to be at some point down the road. 

Typical anticipatory thinking sounds something like this

O Krishna when i ask you what is your the supreme instruction for me  you always say just one thing to me ....

"Just fix your mind upon Me,and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt"

But how is it possible to always engage mind & intelligence on to you Krishna??

And out of your causeless mercy you always show path & guide us how to reach you....

Well, Here i like to share some easy ways to become Krishna Conscious in this modern age although you already

In the Padma Purāṇa it is stated that even a person whose life is completely sinful will be completely protected by the Lord if he simply surrenders unto Him. So it is accepted that one who surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes free from all sinful reactions. And even when a person becomes an offender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, he can still be delivered simply by taking shelter of the holy names of the Lord: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Har

Today while seeing a spider resting at center of the web, I had the below wonderful realizations:

• God is the Supreme Creator & Controller of all Universes as all the Universes & Galaxies created by HIM as the spider created the web around it.

• But the foolish individual web (circles) feel proud of themselves by thinking as how beautiful they are and they are proud of their existence and supremacy over other species of lives – (HUMAN BEINGS).

• Each of the individual web circle when sees or id

Urey and Miller followed the scientific method. Chemical compounds used by biological organisms were created using conditions simulating primordial earth, strongly suggesting that this method could eventually produce all the necessary compounds to allow the life force to settle in this realm.

In 1953 Urey and Miller, performed their famous expirement. Many say they proved life can come from chemicals. Their work ties in very nicely with the Big Bang Theory arising from Albert Einstein’s work and

Was Charles Darwin right about his theory? More importantly, how vital is it to find out the correct answer?

Unlike other scientific theories, Darwinian evolution touches not only science but also philosophy, morality, social science and even religion. Your worldview will be radically affected by how you answer the following question: Is Darwinian evolution true? So it's crucial to get it right!

After 150 years, much controversy still surrounds the theory of evolution. For instance, a recent CNN a

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Once, long ago, on the shore of the river Sarasvati, a discussion arose among a group of sages as to which of the three chief lords-Brahmā, Vishnu or Shiva-is the greatest. They deputed Bhrigu Muni to investigate the matter.

Bhrigu decided to test the lords’ tolerance, for that quality is a sure sign of greatness. First he entered the court of Lord Brahmā, his father, without offering him any respect. This enraged Brahmā

Saintly or Sinful Act???

 Today (07.11.2012) at my work premises, I have seen one butterfly stuck in a big cobweb.  Seeing the pitiful condition of the butterfly and its struggle for life; I have released the butterfly from the cobweb by removing the cobweb around the butterfly with the aid of a stick.  As the butterfly was hanging to the stick, I have placed the butterfly on the ground by putting the stick on the floor.

 After my above act, it suddenly stroke my mind whether had I done a saintly

TEXT 7

kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ
pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharma-sammūḍha-cetāḥ
yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṁ brūhi tan me
śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam

SYNONYMS

kārpaṇya—miserly; doṣa—weakness; upahata—being inflicted by; svabhāvaḥ—characteristics; pṛcchāmi—I am asking; tvām—unto You; dharma—religion; saṁmūḍha—bewildered; cetāḥ—in heart; yat—what; śreyaḥ—all-good; syāt—may be; niścitam—confidently; brūhi—tell; tat—that; me—unto me; śiṣyaḥ—disciple; te—Your; aham—I am; śādhi—just instruct; mām—me; tvām