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Question: Vivekananda, Football, and Eggplant?

I wanted to know what is your view (the Vaishnava view) of Swami Vivekananda's quote that it is better to play football than to read the Bhagavad-gita.

Also, he had a similar view on the Tulasi plant wherein he recommends to grow an eggplant instead.

Thank you very much,
Your servant,

Deepanshu R.
 

Answer: Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, and Tulasi

My view, your view, his view--these are all useless speculations. Therefore we must find out what is the view

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“Reasonable” suggests the ability to see things fairly, without the self-serving justification that so often clouds our vision. 

It’s the ability to see your own contribution to a problem and the willingness to listen to and learn from other's point of view. Being reasonable includes the ability to put yourself in the shoes of others, being able to see the bigger picture, and to maintain perspective. 

People who are reaso

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For many people, there are essentially only two speeds—fast and faster. It seems that, most of the time, we are moving very quickly, doing three or four things at once. Often we are only paying partial attention or half listening to the people we are working with. Our minds are cluttered and overly busy.

Perhaps the reason so many of us spend so much time moving fast is that we fear falling behind or losing our edge. Our

 Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev.

Dear Gobhakta,s We Are Group of Devotees Working on cow protection & varnashrma at near Rajkot Saurashtra,Gujarat We are preaching about how to serve gomata through her by- products.

So we need devotees who can write articles on glorification of Gomata.

How useful Mother cow for nature and human being We can offer reward for per article.

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Dhaka Ratha Yatra Festival of Lord Jagannath,2012

On the auspicious day of Guru (Vyasa) Purnima (July 3rd) the Bhaktivedanta Archives Releases Original Audio of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada for 1977 along with a VedaBase® 2012.1 update.

In our continued commitment to make all the recorded material of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada available, the Bhaktivedanta Archives is presenting the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase® 2012.1 update and original audio for 1977 (

Spiritualistic life means that one should be trained up as brahmacari. Then regulated life in grhastha, regulated life. Grhastha is not bad. Family life is not bad. Therefore it is called grhastha-asrama. Asrama means..., this very word is meant where the spiritual cultivation is practiced. That is called asrama. So it may be household life, it may be renounced order of life, it may be brahmacari, student's life, or retired life. The spiritual culture must be there. That is human civilization. I

My belief in Lord Krishna was instilled when, as a youngster, my friend told that prayers have a lot of power in them and we should always pray to the Lord with all the faith in him. I have striven to manage the things I can control efficiently and the rest I leave it on to Lord Krishna. I have learnt to submit. Being spiritual for me is about Chanting and praying intensely to the extent that after a point Lord Krishna seems no more to be outside, but a part of my inner self. This is a contant e

Question to Radhanath Swami: We read in Gita: Krishna says that when there is a decline in religion and an up-rise in irreligion, he descends. Look at the world today; so much of irreligion, so many problems. There is tsunami of irreligion and problems crashing against practically every living entity in the whole planet- there’s an inundation. Where is God?

Radhanath Swami: Krishna has descended in this age in his name. And all the power of all the incarnations is within the name, because Krishna

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In the next verse we find that Sri Krsna says:

ksipram bhavati dharmatma

sasvac-chantim nigacchati

kaunteya pratijanihi

na me bhaktah pranasyati

"He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace.  O son of Kunti, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes."

The Ultimate World View of a Loving Devotee

Mahanidhi Swami (lecture excerpt in Kartika at Radha-kunda)

We have titled this story from Caitanya-caritamrta - ‘The Dog Gets A Siddha Deha.’ It’s about how Sivananda Sena, Lord Gauranga’s eternal associate, personally cared for and loved a stray dog traveling with him on a yatra to Jagannatha Puri.

Today, unfortunately, most people don’t even care for the guy next door. They think “you live or die, let me live.” It’s a sad state of affairs but it’s a fa

So after death, what is the proposal? That they do not know. And practically we are experiencing that although I am changing body, I was a child, I was a boy, I was a young man, now I am old man, so there was past and future in every stage. Similarly, in this stage as I am remembering my past life... I can remember, you can remember... I was a child, I was a boy, I was a young man. I was doing like this. Everything I remember. Even if I forget, I had my past life and again I expect my future lif

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*UPASANA*  is systematic practice of a prescribed method of worship for pleasing and winning the attention of Bhagavan Sri Krishna .  

A Krishna-bhakta is guided by Vaishnava  scriptures and pure Devotees to get a prescribed form of worship (Upasana)  for his/her *Ishta Devata* Sri Krishna and follow it faithfully to the best of his/her abilities.

Once Bhagavan is pleased, He will  grant the wishes of devotees either by  

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Srila Prabhupada with Madhudvisa (in the front)

Devotee: How can one reach the point where he knows that a particular type of service will please the spiritual master?

Madhudvisa: He wants to know how to find out how to please the spiritual master with one service.

Srila Prabhupāda: The spiritual master has given you so many things to do. First of all finish that. First of all finish sixteen rounds, observe the regulativ

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A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eyes. When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine bottle open. He was late for work so he asked the wife to cap the bottle and keep it in the cupboard. The mother, preoccupied in the kitchen, totally forgot the matter.
The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the bo

Hare Krishna and good morning

please accept my humble obiesances and all glories to Srila Prabhupada

I have be working on a ISKCON Prasadam restaurant / food service style franchise system for Europe with the desire to create a operational system to enable simple operation of 100 plus units..... Is anyone interested in knowing more about this project? 

Also I wish to say this ISKCON desire tree software and system seems excellent, I have never ever blogged anything or been part of a online communi

Well one idea I have had for some time now is why don't book distributors have a nice A5 or A 4 laminated photo with them. On this photo is a picture and description of a entire book case with every ISKCON book and maybe a little alter and a space for Tulsi etc etc. The book case could be of various designs modern and classic depending on the style of the persons house...but contain every book and some paraphernalia. The entire book case and alter maybe tall and wide but would enable a busy busi

There are twenty six basic qualifications for a holy man, and in the Bhagavad-gita we find that Sri Krsna Himself gives the following verdict :

api cet suduracaro

bhajate mam ananya-bhak

sadhur eva sa mantavyah

samyag vyavasito hi sah

"Even if one commits the most abominable actions, if he is engaged in devotional service, he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated." (Bg. 9.30)