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Gita Gyan Yagya 2011

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Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir

ISKCON, Chowpatty

Celebrates

Gita-Gyaan-Yagya With Fire Sacrifice

On The Auspicious Occasion Of Gita Jayanti

 On

Mokshda Ekadashi

Tuesday, 6th Of Dec,2011

 

 

 

A Spiritual Discourse

on

“The Essence Of Bhagvad Gita”

 From: 8.15 AM To : 10.15 AM

 


Yagya Hawan In The Evening 

From : 7.00 PM To : 8.00 PM


Venue:Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir,ISKCON,7, K.M. Munshi Marg,Girgaon Chowpatty.Mumbai.

 

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5 levels of Nescience

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  1. tamisra, rebellious rejection of the Lord’s service;
  2. andha-tamisra, considering death to be the ultimate conclusion;
  3. tamas, ignorance of one’s position as a jiva;
  4. moha, the illusory bodily conception of life;
  5. maha-moha, attachment for material enjoyment 

cloud the pure spiritual consciousness of the jiva. The sole cause of why the jiva becomes either liberated or conditioned lies in the proper or improper use of his minute independence.”

 

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Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad-gita 4.7


yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srjamy aham


“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion - at that time I descend Myself.”

The religious principle for all living beings is to always remember Krishna and never forget Krishna. It is explained in the Chaitanya Charitamrta 22.113


smartavyah satatam visnur 
visma

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Live Turkey A Guest of Honor at Govinda's Buffet

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TUCSON, Arizona, USA - The main course at most Thanksgiving dinners was the guest of honor at Govinda's restaurant - the vegetarian buffet had a turkey strolling the outdoor patio on US national holiday on 24th of November.

 

Just like the turkey pardoned by President Obama yesterday, this gobbler isn't being gobbled by anyone at Govinda's: the restaurant has been serving healthy vegetarian meals in Tucson for the past 18 years, according to Dasarath Pandit, a media contact for the eatery.

 

"Starte

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Why avoid tea?

 

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Chay! Chay!” The calls of tea vendors echo through India’s train stations at any time, whether it be two o’clock in the morning or ten at night. The vendors are always busy selling tea through train windows. Sometimes they climb aboard a train and get off at another station, sure that tea addicts will buy a cup. The voices wake the passengers, reminding them of their daily need, urging them to take a cup of hot tea. “One rupee!” the vendor says.


Drinking tea is not part of our Vedic culture. Th

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Meat and the Environment

This is an excerpt from chapter two of “Divine Nature” a book which you can purchase at: store.krishna.com.

 

“By eliminating beef from the human diet, our species takes a significant step toward a new species consciousness, reaching out in a spirit of shared partnership with the bovine, and, by extension, other sentient creatures with whom we share the earth.” by Jeremy Rifkin


 

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Beyond Beef

Killing animals for food, fur, leather, and cosmetics is one of the most environmentally destructive practice

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Thought Of the Day

If we understand that this life is meant for understanding Krsna or to advance in
Krsna consciousness, if this much we understand, then also, our life is
successful. But we do not take it seriously. That is the
difficulty.(Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.27),New York, 06.03.1975


By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Tulasi Devi Cures Devotee’s Cancer

Tulasi Devi Cures Devotee’s Cancer 

By Madhava Smullen on 26 Feb 2011
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Today, at 69 years old, Chaitanya Prema Dasa is a robust, healthy devotee, visiting the Potomac, Maryland ISKCON temple every Sunday and working at the Pentagon, where he has served for twenty-five years in the Department of the Defense Inspector General. He keeps a small altar with Srila Prabhupada and a large, beautiful picture of Lord Krishna in his office, so that his boss and co-workers see the Lord every time they have mee

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Money, Krishna, and Us

Money, Krishna, and Us

September 25, 2011
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Vishakha Devi Dasi

How we value, acquire, use, and relate to money reflects our inner state of being.

Sri Sukadeva Goswami said, "Money does not stay in one place. It passes from one hand to another. Ultimately no one can enjoy money, and it remains the property of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." (Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.14.24) Money is God's energy. He created it, He owns it, and He controls it: "Everything animate or inanimate that is within

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The Rasa Dance : Introduction

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In the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is stated the rasa dance took place on the full moon night of the sarat season. From the statement of previous chapters, it appears that the festival of Govardhana Puja was performed just after the dark moon night of the month of Karttika, and thereafter the ceremony of Bhratrdvitiya was performed; then the wrath of Indra was exhibited in the shape of torrents of rain and hailstorm, and Lord Krsna held up Govardhana Hill for seven days, up until the ninth day of the
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Residents of Seattle are set to get a sneak preview of a new documentary film about spiritual activism, directed by Radha-Vallabha Dasa—a brahmachari monk at New York’s Bhaktivedanta Ashram—on the 12th anniversary of the famous Seattle WTO protests.

 

The film will be screened twice, on Wednesday November 30th—the actual day of the protests back in 1999—and Thursday December 1st, at the Landmark Harvard Exit Theater in Seattle.

 

“Today We Have The Power” documents the day, twelve years ago this mo

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Everything you need to know about MELAMINE

 
              
cid:1.1133469486@web63705.mail.re1.yahoo.com  Make sure you read to the very  end - very interesting -
perhaps the best way to tell where things are made....     

China milk poisoning incidents make   everyone afraid to look at the daily news report. 

Everyday, the reports are changing. No one can clearly tell us what to eat and what not to eat. 

1.What really is poisoned milk? 


It is milk powder mixed with 'MELAMINE' 

What is Melamine used for?  
 
It is an industrial chemical used in the production of melawares. 
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Dham Personal Abodes of the Lord

 

 

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The transcendental Abodes of the Supreme Lord Krsna who is sac-cid-ananda Vigraha nature (eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss), has unlimited Abodes


Its six divisions of abodes of The Supreme Lord Krsna in descending order are called: They are found in the Spiritual Sky as well as the Material sky.


Goloka Vrindavan,
Navadvipa,
Mathura,
Dvaraka,
Ayodhya,
Vaikuntha (24 forms of Vishnu seen on the cover page of Bhagavatam).


In Spiritual Sky the Lord always Expands & Material world is create

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What is Yoga Siddhi?

 

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1.  Karma, Jnana, Dhyana and Bhakti all are attached to the word Yoga so what is Yoga Siddhi?

Siddhis (Perfection stage of Karma, Jnana, Dhyana & Bhakti)

Yoga Siddhi is a general term but generally understood and referred by the populace is in terms of Dhyana Siddhi.

Yoga Siddhi also means Karma Siddhi

Yoga Siddhi also means Jnana Siddhi

Yoga Siddhi also means Dhyan Siddhi

Yoga Siddhi also means Bhakti Siddhi

Karma Siddhi - Mukti via 4 kinds of liberation (but limited to Pramatma realization)

Jnana Sid

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Thought Of The Day

Just like a man has got several sons, but all of them, in the
beginning, they are illiterate. Now, in their grown-up age, by accepting
different departmental knowledge, one becomes a medical practitioner, one becomes
engineer, one becomes lawyer, or one becomes vagabond. So not by birth, one
becomes engineer or medical man or this or... No. Everything by culture, by
education. Similarly, the Vedic culture means everyone is given the chance to
become first-class brahmana. That is called brahminical cul

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Sahajiyas do not read Bhagavad-gita

Posted on November 27, 2011
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Pradyumna (leads chanting, etc):
atra sura mahesvasa
bhimarjuna-sama yudhi
yuyudhano viratas ca
drupadas ca maha-rathah
[Bg. 1.4]
Translation: “Here in this army there are many heroic bowmen equal in
fighting to Bhima and Arjuna; there are also great fighters like Yuyudhana,
Virata and Drupada.”
Prabhupada: So all these heroes are mentioned not only in this verse, in
several other verses also. So people may ask that “By mentioning these great
fighter, w

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Posted on November 25, 2011
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Prabhupada: There must be something to repose my love. So they have no
family, no Krsna. So naturally keep dog. [break] …must be there, to love.
That is my tendency, but if I have nothing, then I will have to catch the
dog. What can be done? [break] …furnish this television. Dog and
television and whiskey and cigarette. That’s all. (laughter) Is it not?
[break] …in India these things are entering: dog, television. And
cigarette, wine, has already e

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Surrender

Posted on November 26, 2011
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If Krsna saves, nobody can kill; and if Krsna wants to kill, nobody can
save. Therefore our conclusion should be that we should always be under the
protection of Krsna. Avasya raksibe krsna. This is saranagati. Saranagati,
surrender. Surrender means that “I am surrendering to Krsna with full faith
that He is quite competent and able to give me protection.” This is called
surrender. Not that hesitation: “Oh, I will surrender to Krsna, and in case
of

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Srila Prabhupada Puja and Murti Care Standards

Srila Prabhupada Puja and Murti Care Standards

 

Temple Room Srila Prabhupada Murti

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By the GBC

Dress:

Daily change Srila Prabhupada into clean clothes. Ensure the clothes are freshly washed and ironed, without holes, stains, and odor, or in disrepair. The clothes should fit properly. Pure silk or cotton are the best fabrics to use for Srila Prabhupada’s clothes. Synthetic cloth should never be offered

Dress Srila Prabhupada in the style and color of clothes he wore when he was physically present

Devote

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