Upanishads in space

Upanishads to fire Sunita Williams’ spiritual odyssey in space

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-02/ahmedabad/32507386_1_upanishads-indian-american-astronaut-sunita-williams

while she carried bhagavd gita in her last trip and now upanishad, let us keep one.....and carry one on our earthly trips and explore them.

spiritual odyssey

Srila Rupa Gosvami’s advice in Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu: “If possible, one should physically reside in Vrindavana.” Since any devotional service performed in Vrindavana yields a thousand times the result, one year of such service would yield the result of the same service done elsewhere for a thousand years. Thus if the average lifespan were taken to be eighty years, then one year of para-upakara-based pure devotional service done in the dhama would be equivalent to more than twelve lifetimes of

Salted Bread

Radha's Mercy

In short, the theology of Sri Radha is deep. The scriptures describe that one must go through many lives of pious acts, religious rituals, and yogic perfection before attaining the mercy of Sri Radha. And when one does, Krishna is not far off. In fact, it is through Sri Radha's mercy that Krishna becomes attainable.

Radha is Krishna's mercy incarnation, and through Her one can attain the culmination of the spiritual pursuit. Srila Prabhupada sums this up as follows:

"Radharani, You ar

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE !

HARE RAM HARE RAM RAM RAM HARE HARE !!

One day Srimati Radharani was crying so much that she started to feel that she could not do anything about how she can’t resist her love for Krishna and Krishna’s allurement and she so cried: what shall I do? I know I am unchaste and a woman should not be unchaste but I, I should actually give up my body. I should die. It’s more useless being alive. in this life. By the arrangement of providence I got marr

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The aula-sampradaya, bala-sampradaya, and others invented their own ways of understanding Lord Chaitanya's philosophy, without following in the footsteps of the acaryas. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu himself indicates herein that all such attempts would simply spoil the spirit of his cult. (Caitanya-caritamrta madhya 1.271 purport.)

Devotional service means that one does no

So we are in such darkness, and the whole world is in such darkness. Yasyatma-buddhih kunape tri... They are taking this body as themselves. There are so many things... So Krsna consciousness movement will give them enlightenment and give them liberation, and we therefore request everyone to take advantage. Now, Krsna consciousness means... The simple thing is that you chant Hare Krsna. But if you think yourself as very learned, thoughtful man, and you want to understand through science and phil

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Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

एकादशी पर व्रत किस प्रकार किया जाए

हिन्दी अनुवाद : अंकिता मावंडिया

प्रुफ रीडींग : भक्तिन बेनू

एकादशी व्रत दोनों हरे कृष्ण भक्तों एवं हिन्दुओं द्वारा चन्द्रमा के बढ़ते हुए शुक्ल पक्ष के ग्यारवे दिन किया जाता है। इस व्रत के पालन के लिए कौन सी चीजें खाई जा सकती हैं, सम्बन्धी कई नियम है जो कि व्रत की सख़्ती के अनुसार बदल सकते हैं। वैष्णव पंचांग के परामर्श के अनुसार ही व्रत करना चाहिये ताकि सही दिन व्र

Often, some get the impression that Krishna is more inclined and partial towards girls than towards boys. Some come up with their imperfect conclusions that 'Krishna is for women'. Some are even baffled that how can a male fall in love with Krishna who is also a male. All these are material considerations. Love for Lord is totally on the spiritual platform, lying beyond the distinction between male and female. How Lord can be loved even while having a male body and how beautifully He reciprocate

Distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books as they are ki jay!!

Here is some sankirtan nectar: I was on my way back to the temple after distributing Srila Prabhupada's books at passing through the parking lot of the Greenacres shopping centre in Port Elizabeth. I approached a man standing next to one of those imported Japanese 4×4"s with a fancy looking trailer hooked-up to it. I introduced myself to him and presented Srila Prabhupada's books to him. He refused saying, that he did not read and that he

Bhagavad Gita quiz contest in Pakistan

At the time of religious intolerance in Pakistan, shlokas from Bhagavad Gita reverberated at a school in Karachi during a quiz competition to test the knowledge of Hindu boys and girls about their religion, leaving the minority community having something to cheer about.

For months now the Hindu community in Pakistan's southern Sindh province has been complaining of bias and injustice over the issues of kidnappings and forced conversions but for a change they

Determined Effort

Srila Prabhupada placed writing and publishing books as his highest priority knowing his followers would thus derive the greatest benefits. The Mayapur Institute (MI) now offers a 1½-year package beginning November 25, 2012, within which devotees can effectively tap these benefits and greatly increase their qualifications to advance by completing both the Bhakti-sastri and Bhaktivaibhava courses in the sanga of senior Vaisnavas.

When our Bhakti-sastri students begin studying The

The conditioned state of life means influence of material nature. When we are very much influenced by the material nature... We have already discussed: guna. Karanam guna-sango 'sya [Bg. 13.22]. Material nature means the three gunas, three material qualities: ignorance, passion and goodness. Goodness is better than the other two qualities, ignorance and passion. But mostly, especially in this age, they are conducted or influenced by the modes of ignorance and passion. People do not know what is

Looking for a Good Business?

Once, Srila Prabhupada was sitting on his terrace at Juhu in discussion with some guests maybe a doctor, a lawyer, an accountant, and an engineer. Suddenly Man Mohan, one of Srila Prabhupada's first initiated disciples in Bombay, arrived. Srila Prabhupada greeted him, "Oh, Man Mohan das, you have come! You are a businessman. Now our group is complete!" Man Mohan replied, "Srila Prabhupada, who is the businessman? Am I the businessman, or are you the businessman?" "Me

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

kirtane 'py atra taj jneyam mahatmyamsravane 'sya yat

sidhyati sravanam nunam kirtanatsvayam eva hi

sastrabhyasasya cabhave purvesamloka-visrutam

satam adhunikanam ca katham bandhusukirtayet

Theglories of hearing apply to the glories of chanting as well. After all, bychanting, one automatically hears. One can hear from others or hear one's ownchanting. Only a person who is well-versed in thesastra should be allowed to speak

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Rupa Goswami came on the order of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to rejuvenate and re-excavate the land of Vrindavan. The Six Goswamis were engaged in the service of Lord Chaitanya for preaching work.

Whatever we are preaching now, it is based on the principles laid down by the Six Goswamis. Narottama Das Thakur has sung,

rupa-raghunatha-pade ha-ibe akuti

kabe hama bujhaba se yuga