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----- Vaishnava Para Sukha-Sukhi -----

 

Vaishnava Para Sukha-Sukhi

 

HERE ENDS YOUR

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

Today is one of the most memorable days especially for the disciples of H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj, as they celebrated his 84th Vyasa puja in Rajkot with full enthusiasm. Having personally witnessed the glorious event, I will attempt to share a bit of my experience of it.

First of all, Maharaja has been faced with bad health for the last few days

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Entering Krishna’s Family

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
 
Intelligent men should inquire, "Where can we enter into family life and eternally enjoy?" That place is Krishna's family. You should enter into Krishna's Vrindavan family, where Krishna has his father, mother, and his friends, his lovers, his beloved, his cows, his garden, and his Yamuna. Then yad gatva na nivartante — you will not have to return back to this tempor
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Here is an excerpt from the Prabhupada Lilamrta about Srila Prabhupada's mother, Srimati Rajani Devi. 

Abhay’s mother, Rajani, was thirty years old when he was born. Like her husband, she came from a long-established Gaudiya Vaisnava family. She was darker-skinned than her husband, and whereas his disposition was cool, hers tended to be fiery. Abhay saw his mother and father living together peacefully; no deep marital conflict or complicated dissatisfaction ever threatened home. Rajani was chaste

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----- Offering Prayers ------

 

Offering Prayers

 

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

In one of his recent lectures in Rajkot, Maharaja was making a very important point. He said, "Many times we do not know how to pray to Krishna. We may have lot of things to ask Krishna, but we should approach the Lord with the proper mood. This we can learn from Srimad Bhagavatam where so many devotees offer their prayers to the Lord. So, we should not only c

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No achievement is better than this

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

One has to be intelligent to understand real happiness; one who cannot, seeks happiness in this material world. A man did not know what sugarcane was and was told that it was very sweet to chew. "Oh, what does it look like?" he asked. "It looks just like a bamboo rod," someone said. So the foolish man began to chew all kinds of bamboo rods. How can he experience the sweetness? Similarly, we are trying to get happiness a

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Hoping against hope

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

 

Durashaya means which cannot be fulfilled. You can hope something but it will never be fulfilled. Persons who are trying to become happy by adjustment of this material energy, they do not know that happiness cannot be achieved without approaching God. Everyone is thinking, "I must first of all see my own interest." But first of all try to understand what is your interest. We do not know that and we are hoping against ho

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----- Eleven Causes for Dejection -----

 

 

Eleven Causes for Dejection

 

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

The 14th chapter of the first canto of Srimad Bhagavatam describes the circumstances concerning the disappearance of Lord Krishna from this earth after the Kuruksetra war. Some time after the war was over, Arjuna went to Dwaraka to see Lord Sri Krishna and other friends. In the mean time Maharaja Yudhisthira observes signs indicating the Lord's dis

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Is there a Magic Pill for Happiness?

 

We eat daily to gain strength. It’s not that you just eat on monday and comeback the next sunday to eat again. You have to regularly nourish yourself, or else you get weak. Similarly, regular association with people who uplift us is all important, and regular connection with the Lord of our heart is critical for maintaining our spiritual strength.

People often wish, naively though, for a life free of problems. Our desire for eternal happiness is not unnatural;

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Thought Of The Day

Just like if there is some epidemic, disease, and if you take vaccine, it is supposed that you are free from the contamination. So this vaccine of chanting Hare Krsna maha-mantra will keep you fit without any contamination of this age of Kali. And that is happening. All over the world people are chanting Hare Krsna maha-mantra. And practically we see, those who are chanting, they're becoming free from the contamination. If you follow the rules and regulations, very simple thing, and chant Hare K

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Give Your Love to Krishna

Hare Krishna

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Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. 

In this material world we are looking for that perfect love relationship. We are looking for that person that we can fully give ourselves to, who will be able to perfectly and fully reciprocate our love. So many times we try to totally give ourselves to someone that we feel is such a person. But then we end up feeling disappointed and frustrated after we realize that they are not what really what we th

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Construction of Prabhupada ghat at ISKCON Allahabad

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Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah

Dear Devotees,

Please accept our dandavats. Srila Prabhupada ki jaya.

We are very pleased to inform all the devotees that Prabhupada ghat is under construction here at ISKCON temple at Prayag on the banks of the Yamuna. The ghat is expected to be completed before Maha-Kumbha mela that is scheduled for January next year. The ghat is being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.2.38 crores. The ghat will be 180 feet in

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Construction of Prabhupada ghat at ISKCON Allahabad

Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah

Dear Devotees,

Please accept our dandavats. Srila Prabhupada ki jaya.

We are very pleased to inform all the devotees that Prabhupada ghat is under construction here at ISKCON temple at Prayag on the banks of the Yamuna. The ghat is expected to be completed before Maha-Kumbha mela that is scheduled for January next year. The ghat is being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.2.38 crores. The ghat will be 180 feet in

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 London’s Ratha Yatra Echoes Olympic Spirit

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When: Sunday 17th June 2012

Where: Hyde Park Corner to Trafalgar Square

Time: Procession starts 12 noon from Hyde Park, South Carriage Drive

Arrives Trafalgar Square 2.30pm

Festival ends 5.30pm

*Highlight*

London’s 'Ratha-yatra’ Festival of Chariots returns to the streets of the British capital on Sunday 17th June 2012. The spirit of the Olympics–known for uniting nations will be echoed at this ancient festival.
Festival-goers representing every continent of t

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Some information Rajani devi (mother of Srila Prabhupada)

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Here is an excerpt from the Prabhupada Lilamrta about Srila Prabhupada's mother, Srimati Rajani Devi.

Abhay’s mother, Rajani, was thirty years old when he was born. Like her husband, she came from a long-established Gaudiya Vaisnava family. She was darker-skinned than her husband, and whereas his disposition was cool, hers tended to be fiery. Abhay saw his mother and father living together peacefully; no deep marital conflict or complicated

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----- Offering with our Hearts -----

 

Offering with our Hearts

 

HERE ENDS YOUR

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

Today I was listening to a recorded lecture of our spiritual master H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj, in which Maharaja gave some startling revelations quoting two examples from Srimad Bhagavatam, as to how dangerous, possessing wealth is for our devotional service.



He started by saying,"First of all we have to accept the supreme authority of Krishna. Se

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A love for Krishna that crosses Religious Lines

 

For 36 years, Abdul Rashid, a 58- yearold Muslim, has been making clothes adorned by the deities at the ISKCON temple; he is now designing pink outfits embellished with silver zari for the idols for Rang Panchami

IN India, religion dominates people’s lives to a great extent that at times, it dictates people’s professions too. However, there are a few times when devotion is not constrained by religion.

Abdul Rashid is such an example.

The 58- year- old

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