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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

NAME OF LORD KRISHNA                                                     MEANING 
    
1.Krishna                                                                 One in the transport of joy  

2.Jagannath                                                               Lord of the whole World  

3.Parampurush                                                             The supreme one  

4.Dwarkadhish                                                             King of Dwarka City  

5.Vasudev                 

Hare Krsna

Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

The Supreme Lord has manifold energies.  It is not that he comes to this material world to perform activities.  It is stated in the Vedas that the Supreme Lord has nothing to do.  In Bhagavad-gita Sri Krsna also says:

Na me parthasti kartavyam

trisu lokesu kincana

nanavaptam avaptavyam

varta eva ca karmani

"O son of Prtha, there is no work prescribed for Me within all the three planetary systems.  Nor am I in want of anything, nor have I need to obtain anything-and yet I am engaged in work." (Bg. 3

Once a person comes into contact with any one of the above-mentioned energies of the Lord through the proper channel of devotional service, the door of perfection is immediately opened. In the Bhagavad-gita the Lord has explained such contact in the following words. ‘Endeavors in devotional service are never baffled, nor is there failure. A slight beginning of such activities is sufficient even to deliver a person from the great ocean of material fears.' (Bg. 2.40) As a highly potent drug inject

sa navadvépa-vatéu bhümiu / dvija-varyair abhinandito hariù

nija-pituù sukha-do ghe sukha / nivasan veda-aò-aìga-sahitäm 3

saù - He; navadvépa-vatéu - comprising Navadvépa; bhümiu - in the lands; dvijavaryaiù

- with the best of the twice-born; abhinanditaù - applauded; hariù - taker

away of inauspiciousness; nija-pituù - of His own father; sukha-daù - giver of

happiness; ghe - in the home; sukham - happily, graciously; nivasan - dwelling;

veda-aö-aìga - six branches of the Veda; sahitäm - scripture.

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In his Sri Caitanya Siksamrta Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura gives the following summary of the demons Krsna killed in His Vrndavana pastimes and the anarthas they represent. (Of course we should note that not in all cases is Lord Krsna dealing with demons as such, like in the pastime of the Brahma-vimohana-lila, and the lifting of Govardhana Hill, although He is always dealing with people who have antagonistic mentalities.)

1. Putana. The pseudo-guru, which may be either a person or one’s own condi