"The Journey of Self Discovery"
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Part one of a six session course about the essence of spirituality and its scientific basis. Learn about the scientific understanding of existence of soul, and spiritual dimension of life.
जन-जन को जो अपनी ओर कर्षित कर ले वो है कृष्ण।
जात-पात का भेद जो मिटा दे वो है कृष्ण।
दुष्ट पूतना को भी जो माँ के समान आदर दिला दे वो है कृष्ण।
जन-मानस की पीड़ा को मिटाने के लिए जो गोवर्धन का सारा
भार स्वयं ही उठा ले वो है कृष्ण।
गोचारण कर जो गोमाता को देवतुल्य दर्जा दिला दे वो है कृष्ण।
विधाता को भी जो सच्चा ब्रह्मज्ञान करा दे वो है कृष्ण।
आओ हर एक के ह्रदय में कृष्ण भाव जगाये, विषय-वासना रूपी कंस का मर्दन कर मन को निर्मल बनाये।।
द्रोपदी की लाज बचाकर जो दुष्ट दुसासन को लज्जा का पात्र बना दे वो है कृष्ण
All glories to Srila Prabhupada’s book distribution ki jay!
Dear Maharajas, prabhus and matajis,
Please accept my humble obesances, all glories to our most dearly beloved Srila Prabhupada,all glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga, all glories to the sankirtan devotees of the Lord!
Please accept this preaching report for you pleasure in my service to Srila Prabhupda, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the devotees of the Lord!
So I am here in the ancient port city of Mombassa here on the eastern coast o
Jai Shree Krishna to all of my devotee friends.......
I want to share some lines from the Atharva Veda which embodies the true spirit of humanness expressed, not today, but four thousand years ago...............
We are the birds of the same nest,
We may wear different skins,
We may speak different languages,
We may believe in different religions,
We may belong to different cultures,
Yet we share the same home-Our Earth.
Born on the same planet,
Covered by same skies,
Gazing at the same stars,
Breathing t
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
What is ‘real’ association ?
You write that you have desire to avail of my association again, but why do you forget that you are always in association with me ? When you are helping my missionary activities I am always thinking of you, and you are always thinking of me. That is real association. Just like I amalways thinking of my Guru Maharaja at every moment, although he is notphysically present, and because I am try
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
here are many reasons why Bhagavan Sri Krishna considered *Bhakti-Yoga* (the path of devotion) the most suitable path for the people. First of all, it gives much contentment to the practitioner. A contented person will have enthusiasm and vigour. Such a person will be very optimistic and endowed with an adventurous mind. Their attitude is that life and everything that happens in life is a gift, and this gives them immen
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
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
TEXT 3
paśyaitāṁ pāṇḍu-putrāṇām
ācārya mahatīṁ camūm
vyūḍhāṁ drupada-putreṇa
tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā
SYNONYMS
paśya—behold; etām—this; pāṇḍu-putrāṇām—of the sons of Pāṇḍu; ācārya—O teacher; mahatīm—great; camūm—military force; vyuḍham—arranged; drupada-putreṇa—by the son of Drupada; tava—your; śiṣyeṇa—disciple; dhīmatā—very intelligent.
TRANSLATION
O my teacher, behold the great army of the sons of Pāṇḍu, so expertly arranged by your intelligent disciple, the son of Drupada.
PURPORT
Duryodhana, a grea
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
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
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
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Following are some types of sidhhis:
(1)The ability to know all languages including those of animals: In Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkinda Khanda, sarga 56, Angada speaks about Jatayu’s death and Sampaati bird hears his brother’s name and asks the Vanaras to narrate more. The vanaras narrate about Jatayu.
(2) Knowledge of one’s past lives: In SB.5.12, Jada Bharata explains his past life to king Ragugana.
(3) Knowledge of the n
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
“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
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
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
A small but touching story with a deep message.
A ticket collector in a train found an old worn out wallet in a compartment full of many people. He looked inside to find the name of its owner. There was no clue. All that there was in it, was some money and a picture of Bhagwan Sri Krishna. He held it up and asked, 'Who does this wallet belong to?'
An old man said, 'That's my wallet, please give it to me.'
The ticket collector said, 'You'll have to prove that it is yours. Only then I can hand it ove
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,
