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Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami - Disappearance
Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami - Disappearance
1986
Dear Çréla Prabhupäda,
WHILE OFFERING my obeisances unto you, I visualize your lotus feet, so soft and so tenderly pink. I wish I could become a speck of dust and cling onto them forever. They are the most wonderful shelter, and who needs it more than I? I am your youngest son, and most probably that is why you showered so much affection upon me. You allowed me to stay with you all the time, and whenever I went anywhere, you asked me, "Where did you go?" I used to give some quick excuses. B
LEADERSHIP From Srimad Bhagawatam
1) We envy the position of Lord Krishna as the Enjoyer. HE also says that HE is upadrishta (A Guard, Observer) always waiting for us, to turn to HIM.
2) But everybody wants to be ENJOYER , but no one wants to be in a mood of serving.
3) Lord Krishna’s Leadership is a Leadership of DETACHMENT. HE continues providing although we are always Rebellious.
4) Concept of PARAMATMA : Non-discriminating & present in everyone’s heart ,all species.
5) Leadership is mea
Srila Madhvacarya - Appearance
Ramacandra Vijayotsava
Let's See Whose Brain Is Washed!
-Do you mean brain washed?
-Yes, exactly! They all seem like brain washed.
And they told it to me right to my face.
"If indeed the USA is the best democracy money can buy, then certainly Ukraine, the largest country wholly within Europe, is a democratic price-grabber's flea market. Open-air, unvarnished, the affairs of any level of government judicial, legislative, or executive are on sale, 24/7. Slip your money under the vendor's table. Then watch the police, courts, hospitals, and universities wobble and totter your way. First-worldvisitors from what are now known as the mature, industrial democracies can'
Question: How to Recover Enthusiasm for Bhakti? |
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When I was student in college initially for 2 years I was very enthusiastic in practicing Krishna consciousness. And now since I have started working I am losing the taste for chanting. As a result of this my mind is troubling me. The only time I am enthusiastic is when I am hearing Krishna conscious lectures or I am present in the association of devotees. How can I become simple and serious in Krishna consciousness? Most of the time I find myself t |
Why is it that (in the Hare Krishna movement) you do not eat onions and
garlic?
After all they are vegetables, are they not? One can understand the
prohibition against meat-eating. But what is wrong with eating garlic and
onions? Surely there's no more violence committed when we eat an onion than
when we eat a potato.
Answer:
In the Kurma Purana it is said: "One should avoid eggplant, plantain,
safflower, asmantaka, onion, garlic, sour cereal, and the sap of trees."
palandu lasunam sigrum alambum grjana
How much nectar is there in the holy names of Krishna? Just imagine if you had an entire warehouse full of the most delicious relishable foods of many, many varieties from all over the world and were given full freedom to enjoy all of it. How much could you enjoy it? Not that much. But if you had millions of tongues and millions of stomachs, you could enjoy every single morsel of it. In this connection Srila Rupa Gosvami states, "I have only one tongue and two ears. What can I appreciate of chan