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Sinful Reactions of the Disciples

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Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja

When a guru accepts a disciple it is natural that any sinful reactions of the disciple will go to the guru. A disciple should be very careful, "My guru is so merciful!

He is exerting himself so much to deliver me from this blind well, from the fort of Durga, Mayadevi. I was imprisoned, but my guru is exerting so much to pull me out. I should be a worthy disciple. I should not put my

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Friendship in this world can be very genuine, very meaningful and also very superficial!

Superficial friendship is `you scratch my back and I'll scratch your back'. Superficial friendship is very selfish. Real friendship in this world is no selfish. Its' selfless. Superficial friendship in this world is meant only in times of prosperity. Real friendship is checked in times of adversity…A true friend his one who will divi

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We can’t compete with animals

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Suppose you increase the span of life to many, many years. What is the use if the life is not properly utilized?  The trees are also living for many years. There are many living entities that are living many, many years more than you. So what is excellence on your part? "There are many animals that have got the facility of eating and sexual intercourse." How do we excel them? The modern civilization thinks they are adva

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On the Way to Krsna!!

If one places himself in sunlight, there is no questin of darkness.  But if one places himself in artificial light, it may flicker and go out.  Krsna is just like sunlight.  Where He is present, there is no question of darkness and ignorance.  The wise men, the mahatmas, understand this.

aham sarvasya prabhavo
mattah sarvam pravartate
iti matva bhajante mam
budha bhava-samanvitah

"I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds.  Everything emanates from Me.  The wise who know this perfectly eng

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One day, a bee came and landed on sri radhika's malati flower garland...sri vrinda devi noticed it and then said to her very life sri radha rani............

 

o radhika..just see  what your lover the son of nand gopa is trying to do...as he himself has gone away for herding his cows, he has now sent his representative with the same name(madhusudana), same color complexion(blackish), and same clothes(yellow stripes) to you.....but alas! when will he understand that this form of shadbhuji vishnu(wit

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Brochure on Damodara Program

Brochure on Damodara Program

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Hare Krishna

Dear Devotee,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

As you know, the auspicious month of Karttika is coming up soon, so the ministry has made a brochure to promote the "Damodara program".

Below you will find a link which will enable you to start the program and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

http://en.calameo.com/read/0012509209d5b95e99946

Start preparations for the Damodara month as soon as possible!!!

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Thought Of The Day

So the superior energy is dressed in two ways, as male and female. Because without male and female, there is no enjoyment. Therefore they have been dressed falsely by the material nature as enjoyer. Here, either a woman or a man, everyone is trying to enjoy. Nobody is trying to become enjoyed. Everyone is trying to enjoy. But he cannot. He or she... Everyone is she, but someone, some of them, are dressed like he. Because everyone is prakrti. But this mentality, that "I shall enjoy," that is fals

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----- Be a SAGE -----

 

 

Be a SAGE

 

HERE ENDS YOUR

SpiritualQuest

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(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

It was a very spiritually uplifting experience to participate in the Dwaraka Ratha yatra on 26.01.05 and the Rajkot Rath yathra on 28.01.05. The causeless mercy of their Lordships Sri Sri Rukmini Dwarakadish and Sri Sri Radha-Neelmadhav, the blessings of H.H. Mahavisnu Goswami Maharaja and the untiring, sincere loving efforts of the devotees made the yatras really s

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Shaligram is god Vishnu himself. Saligrama or Sila(शिला) is worshipped by vaisnava and mostly in every hindu devotee home and  Temple. To please God vishnu any Shaligram or Specially Different form of Saligram is worshipped Ritually. Those who donot Find Saligram Form and Name or Saligram with chakra or without chakra(marks or design) ,One should think he is krishna himself. Saligram Mantra and Puja is done in various ways,small and ritual puja in most of the house and temple every day.

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Shaligram

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Ten Symptoms of the Non-Envious

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1) A non-envious person never criticizes sadhus.

2) He does not consider demigods to be independent lords, for his intelligence is only absorbed in Sri Krishna. Yet he does not disregard the demigods.

3) He has faith in Sri Guru and all other superior devotees as befits each of them.

4) He offers respect to the bhakti scriptures.

5) Abandoning meaningless arguments, he acknowledges that the holy name is the topmost meaningf

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Only One Qualification

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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The first condition is that anyone who comes to Krishna consciousness as a bona fide initiated member, he gives up all these abominable habits: no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication. They have given up even smoking cigarettes and drinking tea and coffee. After being qualified, they are accepted as vaisnavas and properly initiated. So they cannot

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Today before you complain about…

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Today before you think of saying an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.

Today before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Today before you argue about your dirty house, someone didn't clean or sweep - Think of the people who are living in the streets.

Today before whining about th

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Listen to the criticism and get the details

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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

When someone criticizes you, instead of attacking the other person(s) for their words and building a hostile atmosphere try to calm it down. Try to remain level-headed, open and figure out how this can help you. Even when someone blurts out something not too constructive like “Your work/blog/product stinks!” you might want to ask a few open-ended questions like:

- Why does it stink?
- How can I improve it?
- How can we sol

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On the Way to Krsna!!

One who is situated in the consciousness that everything belongs to Krsna is an actual learned man.

 

isavasyam idam sarvam

yat kinca jagatyam jagat

tena tyaktena bhunjitha

ma grdhah kasya svid dhanam

 

"Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lrd. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one must not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong." (Sri Isopanisad, Mantra 1)

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Bhaktivedanta College - Summer 2012

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1) NEW DEGREE APPROVED - FEW MORE SEATS STILL AVAILABLE
A panel from the University of Chester, England, validated the new Educational degree course by Bhaktivedanta College. It means that Bhaktivedanta College now has the green light to launch its three-year course. The program’s first year will run from September 17th, 2012 until June 2nd, 2013, while the entire three-year run will end sometime in June 2015. Eleven students have already registered for the deg

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Sri Hanumanji’s temple at Akbar’s Fort

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Fort was been attacked by 10,000 Vannars who were from the time of Valmiki Ramyan (9,00,000 years back) True Incident with historical & place proofs.

Akbar invited Sri Tulsidasji at Delhi, he respected Tulsidasji & made him sit on a chair higher than his, with soft voice Akbar said We heard you made a dead alive at Kashi & on the way towards Delhi you transformed one Princess to a Prince. Proves you are a great Magician & so please show some of your magic tri

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Excellent Answer by HDG Sripad Namanandi Kirtanchandra Aindra dasa Babaji Maharaj

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Devotee: Aindra prabhu Haribol, how are you?

Aindra Prabhu: How am I? Well, I guess at least if we look at it philosophically, I'm Satcitananda. Not only that but my body is not the soul. But this body has been in Vrindavan for 25 years, and every 7 years every cell in the body changes. So that means my body is made out of Vrindavan prasad 3 times over. so is Vrindavan prasad material of spiritual?

Devotee: Spiritual!

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Bhagvat Gita Mahatmya (Glories) by Adi Shankaracharya

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TEXT 1

gita-shastram idam punyam, yah pathet prayatah puman
vishnoh padam avapnoti, bhaya-shokadi-varjitah.

TRANSLATION

One who, with a regulated mind, recites with devotion this Bhagavad-gita scripture which is the bestower of all virtue, will attain to a holy abode such as Vaikuntha, the residence of Lord Vishnu, which is always free from the mundane qualities based on fear and lamentation.

TEXT 2

gitadhyayana-shilasya, pranayama-parasya ca
naiva s

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Thought Of The Day

So if you can simply engage your tongue chanting Hare Krsna and tasting krsna-prasadam, you become perfect. Simple thing. There is no difficulty. Whenever there is time, chant Hare Krsna. And when you feel hungry, take krsna-prasadam and live here peacefully. Don't talk rubbish. Then life is successful. Is there any difficulty We are, we are trying to give you krsna-prasadam. We are giving you chance to chant Hare Krsna. That is our duty. So you take advantage of it, and make your life successfu

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----- Avoid Grabbing Tendency -----

 

 

 

Avoid Grabbing Tendency

 

HERE ENDS YOUR

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(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

A few days back I was very fortunate to get hold of one of my early notebooks in which I had written a lot of notes from my study of Bhagavatam and Caitanya Caritamrta and also some of the very valuable notes taken from our Guru Maharaj's lecture. It was really a pleasant experience to go through the notes I had taken several years back. Maharaja alwa
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