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Thought Of The Day

There is a heavy load on the lord because the lord is very concerned seeing the
living entity suffer and therefore if the devotees of the lord help the lord
take this load off, the lord becomes very indebted to them.


By H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj



 

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How to understand Krishna

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His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada states:

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and His plenary portions cannot be understood by mental speculation nor by the nondevotees. If anyone wants to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he has to take to pure devotional service under the guidance of a pure devotee. Otherwise, the truth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead will always be hidden. It is already stated in Bhagavad-gita (7.25), naham prakasah sarvasya: He is not reveal

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24 Forms of Vishnu

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The system of yoga entails controlling the mind, and the Lord of the mind is Aniruddha. It is stated that Aniruddha is four-handed, with Sudarsana cakra, conchshell, club and lotus flower. There are twenty-four forms of Visnu, each differently named. Among these twenty-four forms, Sankarsana, Aniruddha, Pradyumna and Vasudeva are depicted very nicely in the Caitanya-caritamrta, where it is stated that Aniruddha is worshiped by the yogis. Meditation upon voidness is a modern invention of the fert
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Question:- Sometimes we start chanting God's names praying for some self interest. And it so happens that it is not fulfilled. Then we either stop chanting or we loose the mood of chanting. How can we cope up with this kind of situation?



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Radhanath Swami: We must learn how to pray from the scriptures and from the great personalities. Jesus was happily praying on the cross. Have you ever been through such a situation as he had to go through? Srila Prabhupad was offering his prayers even after sever
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Thought Of The Day

Krishna has given some the opportunity to serve Him by nice writing, some by good business ability, some by nice cooking, and so on, but these various services are all accepted equally by Krishna. On the transcendental plane, one service is as good as another. There is no question of higher or lower. We are very tiny, and so we cannot really do very much. Simply we can engage our time and energy, and that is all Krishna sees. He sees this boy or girl is spending his time in My Service, and He is

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Thought Of The Day

We should never sit idly and ask Krishna to do everything. That is the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita. It is clearly said in the Gita: "Yuddhasya ca mam anusmara [Bg. 8.7]. So ordinarily, we have to try our best to our best capacity to achieve something, and by Krishnas Grace, all of a sudden we shall see everything is there. This sort of help from Krishna is transcendental happiness.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Shri Madhurashtakam Shrimad Vallabhacarya




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adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram
nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram
hridayam madhuram gamanam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram 

His lips are sweet, His face is sweet, His eyes are sweet, His smile is sweet, His heart is sweet, His gait is sweet – everything is sweet about the original Lord of Sweetness.

 

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vacanam madhuram caritam madhuram
vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram
calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram

His voice is sweet, His character is swe

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khaḿ vāyum agniḿ salilaḿ mahīḿ ca
jyotīḿṣi sattvāni diśo drumādīn
sarit-samudrāḿś ca hareḥ śarīraḿ
yat kiḿ ca bhūtaḿ praṇamed ananyaḥ

SYNONYMS
kham — ether; vāyum — air; agnim — fire; salilam — water; mahīm — earth; ca — and; jyotīḿṣi — the sun, moon and other celestial luminaries; sattvāni — all living beings; diśaḥ — the directions; druma-ādīn — trees and other immovable creatures; sarit — the rivers; samudrān — and oceans; ca — also; hareḥ — of the Supreme Lord, Hari; śarīram — the body; yat

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Sri Shiksha Ashtakam by Sri Krishna Chaitanya

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ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-mahadavagni-nirvapanam
shreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidyavadhu-jivanam
anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamritasvadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate shri-krishna-sankirtanam

Let there be supreme victory for the chanting of the holy name of Shri Krishna, which cleanses the mirror of the heart and completely extinguishes the blazing forest fire of material existence. Shri-krishna-sankirtana diffuses the soothing moon rays of bhava which cause the white lot

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Kheerchora Gopinath

Hare Krishna to all!!!
  I begin to present here a collection of stories of deities of Sri Krishna and his various forms scattered across India.I hope with the blessings of Srimati Radharani & Sri Krishna I am able to carry this forward long enough.I will try to come up with new story every week.
Here I present the story of kheer-chora deity,worshipped in West Bengal.It goes like this
The temple priest had to go out of town for some work
And left the temple duties to his son.Next morning the kid ser
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vraje prasiddham navanita-cauram
gopangananam ca dukula-cauram
aneka-janmarjita-papa-cauram
cauragraganyam purusham namami


I offer pranama to that foremost of thieves – who is famous in Vraja as the butterthief and He who steals the gopis’ clothes, and who, for those who take shelter of Him, steals the sins which have accrued over many lifetimes.

 

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shri radhikaya hridayasya cauram
navambuda-shyamala-kanti-cauram
padashritanam ca samasta-cauram
cauragraganyam purusham namami 

I offer pranama to the f

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 4 Text 15ko nv isa te pada-saroja-bhajamsudurlabho 'rthesu catursv apihatathapi naham pravrnomi bhumanbhavat-padambhoja-nisevanotsukahkah nu isa -- O my Lord; te -- Your; pada-saroja-bhajam -- of the devotees engaged in the transcendental loving service of Your lotus feet; su-durlabhah -- very difficult to obtain; arthesu -- in the matter of; catursu -- in the four objectives; api -- in spite of; iha -- in this world; tatha api -- yet; na -- do not; aham -- I;
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 4 Text 14ity adrtoktah paramasya pumsahpratiksananugraha-bhajano 'hamsnehottha-roma skhalitaksaras tammuncan chucah pranjalir ababhaseiti -- thus; adrta -- being favored; uktah -- addressed; paramasya -- of the Supreme; pumsah -- Personality of Godhead; pratiksana -- every moment; anugraha-bhajanah -- object of favor; aham -- myself; sneha -- affection; uttha -- eruption; roma -- hairs on the body; skhalita -- slackened; aksarah -- of the eyes; tam -- that; mu
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 4 Text 13pura maya proktam ajaya nabhyepadme nisannaya mamadi-sargejnanam param man-mahimavabhasamyat surayo bhagavatam vadantipura -- in the days of yore; maya -- by Me; proktam -- was said; ajaya -- unto Brahma; nabhye -- out of the navel; padme -- on the lotus; nisannaya -- unto the one situated on; mama -- My; adi-sarge -- in the beginning of creation; jnanam -- knowledge; param -- sublime; mat-mahima -- My transcendental glories; avabhasam -- that which c
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 4 Text 12sa esa sadho caramo bhavanamasaditas te mad-anugraho yatyan mam nrlokan raha utsrjantamdistya dadrsvan visadanuvrttyasah -- that; esah -- of those; sadho -- O honest one; caramah -- the ultimate; bhavanam -- of all your incarnations (as Vasu); asaditah -- now achieved; te -- unto you; mat -- My; anugrahah -- mercy; yat -- as it is; yat -- because; mam -- Me; nr-lokan -- the planets of the conditioned souls; rahah -- in seclusion; utsrjantam -- while q
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 4 Text 11sri-bhagavan uvacavedaham antar manasipsitam tedadami yat tad duravapam anyaihsatre pura visva-srjam vasunammat-siddhi-kamena vaso tvayestahsri-bhagavan uvaca -- the Personality of Godhead said; veda -- know; aham -- I; antah -- within; manasi -- the mind; ipsitam -- what you desired; te -- your; dadami -- I give you; yat -- which is; tat -- that; duravapam -- very difficult to achieve; anyaih -- by others; satre -- in the sacrifice; pura -- in the da
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 4 Text 10tasyanuraktasya muner mukundahpramoda-bhavanata-kandharasyaasrnvato mam anuraga-hasa-samiksaya visramayann uvacatasya -- his (Maitreya's); anuraktasya -- although attached; muneh -- of the sage; mukundah -- the Lord who awards salvation; pramoda-bhava -- in a pleasing attitude; anata -- lowered; kandharasya -- of the shoulder; asrnvatah -- while thus hearing; mam -- unto me; anuraga-hasa -- with kind smiling; samiksaya -- particularly seeing me; visra
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 4 Text 9tasmin maha-bhagavatodvaipayana-suhrt-sakhalokan anucaran siddhaasasada yadrcchayatasmin -- then; maha-bhagavatah -- a great devotee of the Lord; dvaipayana -- of Krsna-dvaipayana Vyasa; suhrt -- a well-wisher; sakha -- a friend; lokan -- the three worlds; anucaran -- traveling; siddhe -- in that asrama; asasada -- arrived; yadrcchaya -- by his own perfect accord.TRANSLATIONAt that time, after traveling in many parts of the world, Maitreya, a great dev
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