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Chant in all Situations

Hare Krsna

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Vaisnava-kantha-bharaniyanama-mahatmya
 
uttisthata prasvapata prasthitena gamisyata
govindeti sada vacyam ksut-trt-praskhalanadisu
cakrayudhasya namani sada sarvatra kirtayet
nasaucam kirtane tasya sa pavitrakaro yatah
 
The name of Lord Govinda should always be chanted in all situations, such as while waking up, before sleeping, while getting ready to go somewhere, and while going there, and even when one is embarrassed due
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Prayers to the Bhagavatam

Hare Krsna

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Srila Sanatan Goswami

 
sarva-sastrabdhi-piyusa sarva-vedaika-sat-phala
sarva-siddhanta-ratnadhya sarva-lokaika-drk-prada
sarva-bhagavata-prana srimad-bhagavata-prabho
kali-dhvantoditaditya sri-krsna-parivartita
 
O Srimad Bhagavatam! O nectar churned from the ocean of all the Vedic scriptures! You are the most prominent transcendental fruit of the Vedas and are enriched with the jewels of all philosophical conclusions. You gr
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Thought Of The Day

So the Krsna consciousness movement is so important. If people simply learn this, that everything belongs to Krsna... Isavasyam idam sarvam. Sarvam means "everything." Not that "This much is mine, this much is Krsna's." No. Sarvam. Isavasyam idam sarvam yat kinca jagatyam jagat, tena tyaktena bhunjithah... Simply we shall use as much He has allotted for us. Then there is peace and prosperity, without any difficulty. Otherwise, you go on adjusting your material possessions; the time will take awa
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The Scar Of Love

Hare Krsna

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Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went.
He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator was swimming toward the shore. His mother in the house was looking out the w
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The Wings Of Burden

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An old legend relates that long ago God had a great many burdens which He wished to have carried from one place to another on earth, so He asked the animals to lend a hand. But all of them began to make excuses for not helping: the elephant was too dignified; the lion, too proud; and so on. Finally the birds came to God and said, "If you will tie the burdens into small bundles, we'll be glad to carry them for you. We ar
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On the Way to Krsna

tesam jnani nitya-yukta

eka-bhaktir visisyate

priyo hi jnanio tyartham

aham sa ca mama priyah

 

"Of these, the wise one who is in full knowledge in union with Me through pure devotional service is the best.  For I am very dear to him, and he is dear to Me." (Bg. 7.17)

 

He who is in Krsna consciousness does not care for material distress, insult or honor because he is aloof from all these.2514872236?profile=original

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A beautiful instruction by Srila Prabhupada

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“Once in Bombay Srila Prabhupada ordered me to come to his room and listen to him preach to some life members. I sat there and listened for almost an hour. After they left he started to chastise me. Why are you not coming here everyday to listen to me preach. You are one of my leaders if you do not learn how to preach from me then what will happen? Then he quoted a verse in Sanskrit from Bhagavad Gita and asked me if I knew this verse in English, where it was in the Gita, and what the meaning wa

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Thought Of The Day

Prabhupada:. Yes. So Krsna is within you. He knows whether you are cheater and whether you are sincere. So therefore He says, "Those who are sincere and twenty-four hours engaged in My service, I give them intelligence." What kind of intelligence? "To... As he may come back to Me, that kind of intelligence." Because that is our aim, back to home, back to Godhead.

 

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Question & Answer

Hare Krsna

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Question: Why do some people commit horrible crimes without the slightest remorse? Do they have no conscience?


Answer: Our conscience is like our internal watchdog. It barks and warns us whenever the thief of immorality comes to plunder our integrity. Those who heed the watchdog's warning drive away the thief; they reject the immoral temptation by activating their intelligence. Others get so allured by the temptation tha

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Meeting with Dixon

Devotees were interested to learn that Brian Dixon, the State Minister for Sport and Recreation, had been invited to speak with Srila Prabhupada. Many devotees knew him in his previous capacity as a famous Melbourne footballer, who rose to fame in the late '60s. The strongly-built man, who was accompanied by his attractive young secretary, was introduced to Srila Prabhupada by Sabhapati, who continued to successfully arrange all Srila Prabhupada's interview liaisons.

As the mid-

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Letter from Srila Prabhupada

Later Prabhupada dictated a letter of encouragement and gratitude to his Australian disciples.

Melbourne,
23rd April, 1976
The Assembled Devotees,
Australian Yatra.



My Dear Sons and Daughters,

Please accept my blessings. I am very grateful for all your offerings of daksina to your spiritual master. This is the system. Now all of you must very sincerely follow the regulative principles. Four 'don'ts' and one 'do': No illicit sex life, no intoxication, no gambling, no meat-ea

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Initiation ceremony

Friday, 23 April 1976

The early morning was set aside for a ceremony in the temple. About a dozen young men and women were to receive initiation into the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. A few others would receive their gayatri mantra, enabling them to become brahmanas and worship the temple Deities. Prabhupada spoke on the significance of initiation.

"In the Caitanya-caritamrta, while teaching Srila Rupa Goswami, Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, ei rupe brahmanda brahmite kona

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Evening program

In the temple room packed with devotees and guests, Prabhupada continued to speak on Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 9, verse 3. Human life, he explained, was a junction between two destinations. One was to go back to home, back to Godhead and the other was to be involved in the cycle of birth and death. Prabhupada described how the Vedic literature, particularly the Bhagavad-gita, pointed out the correct path to be followed by human beings. The many branches of the Krsna consciousness mov

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Interactions with devotees

Thursday, 22 April 1976

Prabhupada was happy to find that local devotees with a talent for gardening had planted 5,000 carnation plants in the temple gardens. He told the devotees that this was a practical way of utilising the grounds. In the afternoon, Srila Prabhupada met with three guests, Michael Gordon, Brian Singer and Doug Warbrick. Doug and Brian were the owners of Ripcurl, a surf clothing company in the beach-resort area of southern Victoria. Michael was the edi

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I gave it to Radha

After another ecstatic evening kirtana in the temple, Srila Prabhupada continued speaking on Chapter 9 of Bhagavad-gita, verse 3

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.

Faith, Prabhupada pointed out, was a necessary prerequisite for learning. By nature, one had to believe his parents, his superiors and his teachers. If one did not believe in the wor

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Lord Narasimha temples

After Srila Prabhupada rose from his afternoon rest, Ugrasrava arrived with photographic slides of his recent tour with Yasodanandana Swami of the sacred temple sites in South India. Srila Prabhupada agreed to see them, and soon Ugrasrava was setting up a projector and screen in Prabhupada's main darsana room. It was quite a chilly evening, and on Prabhupada's request more heaters were brought into the room. Meanwhile, Prabhupada reclined on his chaise longue engaging in li

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Ratha-yatra, that will be your achievement

Srila Prabhupada had received a letter from Madhudvisa Swami indicating that he had arrived in New York and commenced his service as GBC. He invited Srila Prabhupada to attend the forthcoming Ratha-yatra there, and added that he hoped everything was going on nicely in Australia.

Prabhupada replied:

I have sent you, and I have experienced that you have done nicely in Melbourne and so you are the right one to organise the New York centre. I am here in your t

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Morning walk conversation

Wednesday, 21 April 1976

The morning walk on the perimeter road of the Botanic Gardens was animated. While discussing the attitude of Western religionists, Guru Krpa Swami gave the example that his father, although very sinful, would always say "The good Lord is protecting me". Prabhupada asked him: "Why is it that he will be protected and others not? When there is atomic bomb, would Krsna protect then?" He gave the example of Europe. There, he said, people were always af

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Viewing the report on TV

Later in the afternoon, Tusta Krsna Swami arrived from New Zealand. He and his followers continued to practise Krsna consciousness separate from the Auckland temple. Giving Prabhupada a glowing report of the activities of his farm and city preaching in Auckland, he invited Srila Prabhupada to visit them when he came the following week. Prabhupada accepted his invitation.

In the evening, the devotees set up a television in Prabhupada's room for him to watch the broadcast of

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Prasadam preferences

Bhanu dasa, a Canadian devotee of Japanese descent, had been in Japan assisting in fund-raising and Deity worship. Guru Krpa Swami had brought him to Melbourne for a break. Bhanu, a fair cook, had been requested to regularly prepare Srila Prabhupada's lunch. Hari-sauri entered the room with prasadam. Srila Prabhupada stood and walked silently to the small brown marble table in the corner. Prabhupada took lunch without comment, but later sent a message to Bhanu through Hari-sa

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