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Mahaprabhu's Supreme Gift-Part 5

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami


Not Interested in Narayan

How is he to be worshiped? Mahaprabhu says, ramya kacid-upasana vrajavadhu-vargena ya kalpita — He is to be worshiped with pure love in the mood of the damsels of Vrajabhumi. That is the best process of worship. That is Mahaprabhu's teaching and Mahaprabhu's opinion. The gopis only see that kisora form of Krishna, ten- to twelveyear- old Krishna, gopa-vesa, nata-vara

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On the Way to Krsna!!

Sravanam kirtanam-by chanting and hearing one can come to understand Krsna.  And upon understanding Krsna, one can, at the moment of death, go immediately to HIs abode in the spiritual world.  This spiritual world is described thus in Bhagavad-gita.

 

na tad bhasayate suryo

na sasanko na pavakah

yad gatva na nivartante

tad dhama paramam mama

 

"That abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by electricity.  One who reaches it never returns to this material world." (Bg. 15.6)

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Sri Sri Jagannatha Ratha Yatra Festivals at Singapore 2012

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For photos please go to the link :

https://picasaweb.google.com/mdasindia/SingaporeSriSriJagannathaRathaYatra8t hJuly2012

The most auspicious occasion of Sri Sri Jagannatha Ratha Yatra festival was held at Singapore on 8th July 2012. More than 4000 devotees took part and our special guests from Vrindavan was HG Vaishnava Prabhu and from Bangladesh was HG Caruchandra Prabhu who blessed the occasions to encourage the devotees.

The Ratha Yatra

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Hell-bent to go to Hell

Hell-bent to go to Hell

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Sometimes people argue that hell does not exist and that there is no track of whatever sins we are doing.

But 3rd Canto 30th Chapter of Srimad Bhagavatam clearly explains the existence of hell, how far it is from earth, how the living entity travels after he leaves his body, what are the various types of punishments he undergoes there. Verses 25 through 27 in particular give us a sample glimpse of the various kind of punishment the living entity has to undergo if he leads a

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Do Not Judge

Do Not Judge

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Sometime ago we came across the following nice article which insists on the importance of not passing comments or judging people.

A 24 year old boy seeing out from the train’s window shouted. "Dad, look the trees are going behind!" Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year old's childish behavior with pity. Suddenly he again exclaimed. "Dad, look the clouds are running with us!" The couple couldn't resist. They thought that he is mentally challenged person an

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Thought Of The Day

If you think of Krsna twenty-four hours, then you'll become fully Krsna conscious, and your life is successful. Don't allow anything. This requires little practice, abhyasa-yoga-yuktena cetasa nanya-gamina [Bg. 8.8]. I should not allow my mind to go, to think of any other subject than Krsna. Now we have got so many books. So whenever you find time... You must find time. There is so much time. So read all these books or chant. But when you are hungry, you take prasadam. When you are sleepy, nap.

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On this historic anniversary of incorporation of ISKCON in New York we are publishing a website - www.vedicsearch.com.

This comprehensive list of Hare Krishna websites / links is meant to help you find Krishna conscious content faster and more accurately.

In case you know websites that we have yet not listed, please write to padmavati.udecha@gmail.com. Your feedback will help us serve the devotees & webmasters better.
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Give up Nonsense Talks

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The installing of telex communications for our main temples is not required. Then they will gossip more through the telex. (Letter to Gurudasa, 5 February 1977.)

Never waste your time in any other talks. I think our students have already developed this attitude and they are not interested in idle talks. Ambarish Maharaja set a nice example by engaging his mind always o

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Prostitute-like Topics

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada

When out of aversion to the service of the Supreme Lord the living entities become conditioned, sense gratification then becomes their only goal of life. Conditioned souls are fully absorbed in gratifying their senses. The speech of conditioned souls is confined to material names, forms, qualities, and activities suitable to their sense gratification. Therefore, since the

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See Good in Others, Faults in Yourself

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja

Those who have come to the matha, to the guru's asrama, should not develop bodily consciousness. Don't talk about anything but Krishna. If you speak things like, "Oh, this is nutritious food, if you eat it then your health will be nice," that is prajalpa. Give up allprajalpa. Only speak krsna-katha. There should be no prajalpa in the matha. One should be very, very careful. Don't be

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On the Way to Krsna!!

How does one understand Krsna's birth and activities in truth? This is explained in the Eighteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita:

bhaktya mamabhijanati
yavan yas casmi tattvatah
tato mam tattvato jnatva
visate tad-anantaram

"One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service.  And when is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God." (Bg. 18.55)

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The story we are about to hear begins with Arjuna, seated under a tree on the bank of the Yamuna, expressing a desire to his friend Krishna. He wants to know secrets even Shiva and Brahma do not know. How many gopis are there? What categories do they belong to? What are their names? Where do they live? What do they do? What is their age? How do they dress? And where does Krishna revel with them in seclusion? These are some of the things that Arjuna wants to know.

As usual, Krishna responds more t

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Thought Of The Day

Surrender means in any condition you'll remain surrendered. That is surrender. Not that I put my own condition, and if you satisfy me, then I shall... That is business. That is not surrender. Surrender means in any condition, fully surrendered to Krsna. Without hankering. What is hankering? Why shall I be hankering? I know, Krsna will give me all protection. So then why shall I hanker? Without hankering. Simple. No duplicity. Simple. The worldly men, they are duplicatous (?), speaking something,

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Siksha Guru on all my way

The Srimad Bhagavatam speaks of a great king named Yadu. Once when he was travelling through a forest he saw an Avdhut, a person who apparently was a social outcaste. He was laying in the forest like a python. From a material and from a social consideration, he was a failure. But Yadu, being a religious man, could see the person was bright faced and happy, more happy than anyone he had ever met. So he asked, “How is it that despite the poverty, you are so happy? Who is your guru? Where did you l

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Radharani's Forest

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Brahma-vaivarta Purana

Canto four, chapter seventeen, texts 217-220

 

tasya namantaram vrnda tad idam ca tapo-vanam

tena vrndavanam nama pravadanti manisinah

Another name of Tulasi is Vrinda. For this reason, the wise say that Vrindavan is named after Tulasi because she performed austerities there.

 

 

athava te pravaksyami param hetv-antaram srnu

yena vrndavanam nama punya-ksetrasya bharate

Please listen and I will tell you stil

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Economic Prostitution

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Do not accept paper currency. It must be gold or some metal worth. Just like one dollar, it must be worth one dollar metal. Then the economic problems are solved. But the government wants to cheat, so how can these problems be solved? Because if I pay you one dollar, I must pay you value for one dollar. But the cheating process is going on, "I pay you one dollar, a pi

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Always Enthusiastic

Hare Krsna

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


I am so pleased to hear from you that the book distribution has increased five times than before! Similarly, I have heard from Chicago and other places also that they are increasing five times than before. That is very encouraging to me. You are, I can understand, very enthusiastic to endeavor for big things on Krishna's behalf, and all of the new students there at our

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Mahaprabhu’s Supreme Gift-Part 1

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami

 

Krishna has many forms:

avatara hy asankhyeya hareh sattva-nidher dvijah

athavidasinah kulyah sarasah syuh sahasrasah

The incarnations of the Lord are innumerable, like rivulets flowing from inexhaustible sources of water. [Bhag. 1.3.26]

In Brahma-samhita 5.46 it is said,

diparcir eva hi dasantaram abhyupetya

dipayate vivrta-hetu-samana-dharma

yas tadrg eva hi ca visnutaya vibhati

govindam adi-puru

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Mahaprabhu’s Supreme Gift-Part 2

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami


Garuda Meets Hanuman

In Dwarka, Krishna once sent for Garuda and told him, "Go and call Hanuman." So Garuda went to Hanuman and told him, "Lord Krishna is calling you to Dwarka." Hanuman was busy chanting rama-nama, "Rama, Rama, Rama, Rama." He didn't pay any attention to Garuda. Garuda repeated himself two or three times, "I have come from Dwarka. Lord Krishna has sent me. He is calling you.

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