On Tuesday December 14th, members and supporters of the Hungarian Society for Krishna Consciousness protested outside Hungary's Parliament against a new law that could strip them of their status as a recognized church, and which puts the very existence of their world-famous self-sustainable Krishna-valley farm into question.
The crowd of several hundred included politicians, people of different faiths and world views, ISKCON devotees, some of them dressed up as cows and two actual cows from the
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As part of ISKCON Pakistan`s yearly Gita Jayanti festivities, on December 11, devotees set out for a picnic to Mohenjo-daro, an archeological site situated in what is now the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Said to be built around 2600 BC, it was one of the largest cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and one of the world's earliest major urban settlements, existing at the same time as the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete. This mysterious culture emerged nearly 4,5
Total of 8+10+5+19 (18 Mystic Powers has mention in Bhagavatam+24(5 +19) are considered inferior and minor they are automatically present in the ten and all the 10 secondary siddhis are present in the Asta Siddhis) siddhis + 9 types of wealth.
Siddhi(spiritual power), and Riddhi (prosperity) Nava Niddhi (9 types of Wealth)
Asta Siddhi and Nava Niddhi are the by Products of Bhakti or Suddha Nama
Hanuma possessed all of the below. (Asta Siddhi Nava Nidhi ke data)
The Ashta Siddhi (eight siddhis) in
1. PARKAYA PRAVESH Parkaya Pravesh means one’s soul entering into the body (sensorium) of some other person or animal or bird. Through this knowledge even a dead body can be brought to life.
2. HAADI VIDYA This vidya or knowledge has been mentioned in several ancient texts. On acquiring this vidya, a person feels neither hunger nor thirst, and can remain without eating food or drinking water for several days at a stretch.
3. KAADI VIDYA Just as one does not feel hunger or thirst in Haadi vidy
Dear devotees of Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
On Monday, December 19th, in Tomsk, Russia, a historic court case is taking place. Some of our movement's detractors are making a major court case, attempting to establish that Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad Gita As It Is is is "extremist literature" and on these grounds have it banned throughout the country. The implications for ISKCON in Russia and even in the former USSR are far reachi
So there are three kinds of processes to receive knowledge: pratyaksa, aitihya and sabda. Pratyaksa means by direct perception, experimental knowledge. And aitihya, or anumana. Anumana, hypothesis, "It may be like this," "Perhaps like this." Just like modern scientists say, "Perhaps it is like this." That is called anumana, hypothesis. And another process is sabda-pramana. Sruti-pramana. Sabda means sound vibration, and sruti means aural reception. So out of three processes, the sabda-pramana, o
Devotees in Tomsk, Siberia, are currently in court fighting an attempt by the Russian government’s Federal Security Service (FSB) to prove that Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is is an extremist literature that should be banned.
It all began in May 2010, when an officer of the Tomsk FSB division approached Sergey S. Avanesov, the dean of the philosophy department at Tomsk University, and asked him for his “expert assessment” of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is.
Interestingly, Avanesov also teache
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Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,
please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I want to add something to Maharaja
Prabhupada: Many yogis, they make such gold for meeting their expenditures. Yes. Still in India they know how to make gold from copper. Yes. The process is they will drink mercury at night, and in the morning they will urine on the copper coins. And then, after some hours, the copper coins taken and put into the fire, it becomes gold. And it is scientific that some molecules of mercury, if mixed with copper, it is gold. Gold is combination of mercury and copper. But the people cannot mix it. The
At the crack of dawn on 11th December, my husband and I drove down from Delhi to Ludhiana, the industrial capital of Punjab to participate in the world renowned Ratha Yatra of Lord Jagannath. On entering the city innumerable big and small colorful billboards informing the Lord Jagannath Ratha Yatra were visible. Whatever direction one moved his eyes; it was hard to miss them. As we moved on the whole city was decorated with flyers, banners and placards with beautiful pictures of Their Lordship
- That's it!!! I will get that Book!!!
With this burning out enthusiasm and determination I woke up and decided:
- How pitiful my condition is? Just to give some pleasure to this tiny stomach and tongue I have to eat killed animals.
- ENOUGH!!! I am ready to sacrifice with everything joyful I have in order to get that Secret Book which will answer to all my questions.
- I am ready to eat fruits and boiled beans but I need that Book!!!
- I spit t
Just Sit And Chant People Will Come
(Srila Prabhupada pasttime)
SrIla Praphupada was urging his disciples to go & preach in japan , but nobody was willing , Prabhupada told whoever goes to preach in japan I will personally take him Back to Godhead ,H.H.Sudama Maharaj agreed to go to japan , but after trying hard for many months seeing no results he returned back & met prabhupada to ask for further course of action , Srila Prabhupa told , "Just take a place for rent & put ur chair in the room & kee
Physicist hunt for Higgs Boson
To prove that universe was created with smashing of proton
They say smashing and bang happened for no reason
And matter turned into mass and spirit without reason
Life cannot spring out of matter
Even a child knows this better
Can inanimate particles collide and make life?
How silly to spends billions behind this obstinate rife
Just accept with humility that the creator has a purpose for creating one and all
How can the universe run systematically without control?
He is the
- Narayana (the universal shelter),
- Govinda (saver of the Earth and protector of cows),
- Madhava (Lord of knowledge),
- Madhusudana (the destroyer of the demon Madhu),
- Trivikrama (the one who conquered the three planetary systems),
- Vamana (the dwarf incarnation),
- Shridhara (the possessor of fortune),
- Hrishikesha (Lord of the senses),
- Padmanabha (whose navel produced the universal lotus),
- Damodara (who is self-restrained),
- Sankarshana (who reabsorbs),
- Vasudeva (one who dwells within),
- Pradyumna (who has the most
yesterday evening was my dream evening....
I was with H.G. ganganarayan pr. , President Iskcon ujjain. two schedule of sweet kirtan and a lovely lecture.
He is working very hard for us. but i am so unfortunate that i am not shaping my life as per his saying. No regular chanting... I want but my careless and lasy nature... pls guide me.
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hare Krishna members on Tuesday protested outside Hungary’s Parliament against a new law that could strip them of their status as a recognized church.
Hungary’s church law taking effect Jan. 1 grants official status to 14 Christian churches and Jewish congregations but forces all others to submit a new registration request and gain approval from a two-thirds majority of lawmakers.
Hungarian born Canadian Krishna monk Sivarama Svami stands in front of the Parliament building whi
On the disappearance day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur (14 Dec 2011).
The following is an excerpt from the book "Sri Chaitanya: His Life and Associates" by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj.
On December 27, 1936, several days prior to the setting of the blazing sun of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya, Om Vishnupada Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur, he spoke to an gathering of his closest disciples, at which time he said the following words:
"I have distur
The following is an excerpt from the book "Sri Chaitanya: His Life and Associates" by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj.
On December 27, 1936, several days prior to the setting of the blazing sun of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya, Om Vishnupada Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur, he spoke to an gathering of his closest disciples, at which time he said the following words:
"I have distur
So this material civilization is just like decorating the dead body. This body is dead. That is a fact. So long the soul is there, it is working, it is moving. Just like your coat. It is dead. But so long it is on your body, it appears the coat is moving. The coat is moving. But if somebody is very much astonished, "Oh, how nice the coat is moving!" (laughter) He does not know the coat cannot move. The coat is dead. But because the man is there who is putting on the coat, therefore the coat is m
24 Forms of Vishnu & his Consorts
- keshava Having beautiful hair, kirti Fame, good report, fame,renown
- narayana Ground of Being kanti Beauty, loveliness
- madhava He propounds the true knowledge about himself tushti satisfaction
- govinda Lord of the Earth pushti prosperity, nourishment
- Vishnu All pervading dhrti fortitude, endurance, persistence
- madhusudana Slayer of the “honey” demon shanti peace
- trivikrama He who pervades the 3 vedas kriya activity, endeavor
- vamana Saviour of Indra, he who produces joy in
Posted on December 14, 2011
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Anything that Srila Prabhupada (Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura) wanted to
get done always got done. Whatever desire he expressed always was fulfilled,
sometimes very miraculously. Let me tell you about just two incidents.
The new temple at Sri Yogapith in Mayapur was going to be opened in a few
days by the King of Tripura. Since there was no electricity in Mayapur at
that time, we had ordered a generator to be shipped to Mayapur from
Calcutta. W
