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Theistic Conduct

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

The following is the extract of the initiation lecture given by our Gurudeva in Rajkot 29/1/09 in which Maharaja speaks about the importance of Theistic conduct in our lives.

Even now we don’t understand the purpose of transcendental vibrations. Time and again it is proved and well tested that it works. Only it works and nothing else works. As a human being

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Once a young boy found a job in a barn. Everyday he had to remove all the cow dung, clean the whole place, feed, milk and bathe the cows, let them graze for sometime and tie them back in the shed. His employer was a very strict person. He would not tolerate even a minor slip-up and would punish anyone who failed at
his duty.
A new Ganesh temple was being built in the town. It was decided that the Ganesh idol should be tak

By Vrndavanlila Devi Dasi - Dr. Vrinda Baxi

This celestial cow is the mother of the entire universe [matrah sarva bhutanam / gavah sarv sukh prada], she can sustain the complete creation, she is dharma herself, in the form of milk she provides “liquid religiosity”, just by her service one attains dharma, artha, kama and moksha. She is so sacred that all the demigods, munis etc. have taken permanent place in her body, and whose even excreta is considered as gold. The panchagavyas (milk, curd, ghee

Today so many people are striving for peace in the world, but they do not know how to implement that peace formula.  The United Nations has been striving for peace for so many years, but still war is going on.

yac capi sarva-bhutanam

bijam tad aham arjuna

na tad asti vina yat syan

maya bhutam caracaram

"Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences.  There is no being-moving or unmoving-that can exist without Me." (Bg. 10.39)

Venue: Los Angeles  So, Krishna is in front, they looked at Krishna. One more time, they gained confidence. They remembered how Bakasura, this asura was killed right in front of them, He will handle this is His homework and with that thing, they all entered. “Kara-tadanair” they started clapping and singing and calves, calves and cows also entered with their tails upraised there. So many of them running right inside the mouth of Aghasura. There are thousands of them, you know thousands of them.

Personally, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is teaching us. And He is ordering in the Bhagavad-gita, patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati. He is mentioning especially vegetables, grains, fruits. But not that everyone can offer Krsna all these things. No. He says yo me bhaktya prayacchati. He does not accept anything from the hands of a non-devotee. Therefore the non-initiated student cannot offer Him. He doesn't accept. He says especially yo me bhaktya prayacchati. He must be

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada

If we adopt the path of renunciation, we can get freedom from the propensity for enjoying material life. But if we try to swallow the bait of renunciation like a fish, then our death is inevitable. When we face difficulty on the path of sense gratification, we take to discussions of literature like the Upanishads and other philosophical works to attain liberation. By stud

I was recently blessed with the opportunity to sit down and have a conversation with Dr. Cornel West -- a brilliant thinker and someone I have come to regard as a heartfelt friend and spiritual brother. Among the many profound things Dr. West spoke that evening at Princeton, one thing he said struck me deeply. "I am who I am," he said, "because someone loved me." As I reflected on his words, images of various mentors and teachers flashed in my mind. I thought of all the kind, loving souls who ha

INTRODUCTION

indriyanam hi caratam

yan mano 'nuvidhiyate

tad asya harati prajnam

vayur navam ivambhasi

tasmad yasya maha-baho

nigrhitani sarvasah

indriyanindriyarthebhyas

tasya prajna pratisthita

Bg 2.68

As a strong wind sweeps away a boat on the water, even one of the roaming senses on which the mind focuses can carry away a man's intelligence. Therefore, O mighty-armed, one whose senses are restrained from their objects is certainly of steady intelligence.

CORRECT TECHNIQUE FOR CONTROLLING THE MIND

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Prahladpuri Temple, Multan

According to the opinion of some historians, Prahlada Maharaja was born in Treta-yuga in the city of Multan, in the state of Punjab. He was born of Hiranyakashipu, a king of the dynasty of Kashyapa. Prahlada Maharaja was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu, but his father was very much against Vishnu. Because the father and son thus differed in their consciousness, the demon father inflicted all kinds of bodily pain upon Prahlada. When this torture became intolerable, the Su

For instance, my hand can take pleasure when it is attached to my body and serves it.  It does not take pleasure in serving another's body.  Because we are part of Krsna, our pleasure is in serving Him.  "I cannot be happy serving you," everyone is thinking. "I can only be happy serving myself." But no one knows who the self is.  That self is Krsna.

mamaivamso jiva-loke

jiva-bhutah sanatanah

manah sasthanindriyani

prakrti-sthani karsati

"The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal,

My sincerest gratitude to all of you for so kindly taking your very precious time to be with us, today. I was given the subject to speak “In search of a Lost Love”. The most incredible discovery of my life was the simple truth that all our desires with the complex longing, gratification, and frustration have a single origin. Forgetfulness of love that is dormant within our hearts. Finding that love is our greatest need because it brings true fulfillment and that love can empower us to be instrum

July 13 & Scottish Churches College

On July 13 in 1830, Scottish Church College was founded (its name was different until 1908). It is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in India, well known for its beautiful campus, renowned faculty, robust intellectual milieu and its English Palladian architecture.

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Inspired by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Reverend Alexander Duff set up this English-medium institution. Undertaking his evang

In the following conversation, Srila Sridhar Maharaj compares theistic beliefs with some Christian students from America.

Christian: Can you explain the Vaisnava viewpoint of Christianity?

Sridhar Maharaj: Christianity is incomplete Vaisnavism — not full-fledged, but the basis of devotional theism. We find the principle of “Die to live” there to a certain extent, at least physically. The Christians say that the ideal shown by Jesus is self-sacrifice. In our consideration, however, that is not full

Preaching and Bad Behavior

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

It is nice that you are preaching during your stay in the jail, but you should know that such practices like stealing are against the principles of Krishna Consciousness. I always want that my students should be very ideal in character and not discredit our society. Actually, one who is in Krishna Consciousness automatically develops all of the good qualities that are possessed by the demigods. So we should always try

Everything is product of Krsna, energy. So we are not worshiping stone. We are worshiping Krsna in a form which is tangible for us, that's all. Not that Krsna is stone. Krsna is stone also, because stone is nothing but Krsna's energy. So in this way you should understand what is Krsna consciousness. Don't remain foolish Perfect knowledge. Perfect knowledge. Kasmin tu bhagavo vijnate sarvam idam vijnatam bhavati. Simply if you understand Krsna, everything will be known to you. And if you actually

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

This is the month of *Ramayana-recitation* .  Those who recite Ramayanam during this month will receive blessings of Bhagavan Sri Rama, Stia-devi and Sri Hanuaman .

Devarishi ( Rishi of Devas) Sri  Narada arrived at the Ashram of Rishi Valmiki in order to enlighten him and keep him informed of his duty to author the epic poem Ramayana. In the dialogue between these two Rishis, Valmiki elicits from Narada about most virtu