This Vaisnava festival commemorates the appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva who has an extraordinary form of half-lion and half-man. This form of Krishna is glorified, described and explained in the Vaisnava scripture Srimad-Bhagavatam.
The story is told how Hiranyakasipu, a powerful enemy of the Lord, sought and gained benedictions tantamount to achieving immortality. He was not to be killed by any man, any animal, or any weapon. He could not be killed indoors or outdoors, in the air or water, or
Mangalagiri means The Auspicious Hill. This place is one of the 8 important Mahakshetrams (sacred places) in India. The eight places where Lord Vishnu manifested himself are (1) Sri Rangam (2) Srimushnam (3) Naimisam (4) Pushkaram (5) Salagamadri (6) Thothadri (7) Narayanasramam (8) Venkatadri. Thotadri is the present Mangalagiri. Lakshmi Devi has done tapas on this hill. That's why it got this name (The auspicious hill). There are three Narasimha Swamy temples in Mangalagiri. One is Panakala N
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Hare Krsna
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A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master’s house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots
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Go to guru, to surrender. Surrender means that one will accept whatever the guru says. It is not that one thinks, "I do not care for my guru's order. Still I am a disciple." That is not actually accepting a guru. Just like Arjuna surrendered to Krishna. You must find out guru where you can surrender. Not that you keep guru your order supplier, "Give me some ashirvad and I may be benefited." He is not guru; he is your ord
Hare Krsna
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Dharmaraja and Yudhisthira
Dharmaraja: What is the most difficult thing in the world?
Yudhisthira: To know when to stop.
D: How can one gain wisdom?
Y: By serving elders.
D: What makes one learned?
Y: The study of the srutis makes one learned.
D: How is it possible for a man always to have a second companion?
Y: Steady intelligence serves man as helpful companion always.
D: This intelligence you speak of, how is it to be acquired
So in human society the central point is Krsna, central point is Krsna. If we forget Krsna, this intelligent class of men, this administrative class of men, these productive class of men, the worker class of men, they're all useless. They're all useless. If by your intelligence you cannot find out with whom you are intimately related, then what is the value of your intelligence? That kind of intelligence a dog has also got. "Where is something to eat? Where is something to mate?" The dog has tha
Hare Krsna
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Once a renounced spiritual master presented his neophyte disciple with a copy of the Bhagavad-gita, instructing him to study the book all the time. The disciple, eager to imitate the advanced status of his guru, entered a cave in the Vindhya hill and there he read the Gita day and night. Now, while the disciple took rest, a mouse who lived in the cave nibbled at the pages of the holy book, leaving the edges ragged. The d
Hare Krsna
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Mankind known holy person, belonging, both to the west and to the eastern religious traditions. However, the holy Jayananda - one of a kind. He was born in the West and was the first servant of God, received the status of a saint in the Eastern spiritual continuity, namely, in the ancient tradition of bhakti, or devotion to Lord Krishna.
Without exception, all the saints as a magical philosopher's stone graces affect people's hearts, even when they leave this world. Jayananda Das (Jim Short) one
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Four Mahatmas by name Gnaneswar, Nivrithi Devar, Sobaana Devar and Muktha Bai, born in the same family, lived in a village near Pandaripuram. They were born to the couple Vithoba and Rukmini.
Their parents left them, even while the children were still young, to do tapas (practice of the path chosen
to attain liberation). As three of these children were boys, they desired to get 'upanayana' (thread ceremony conducted to a b
Just like we have no knowledge of Krsna, conditioned soul. Therefore for our understanding, He is so merciful, He descends as arca-murti. This Deity which we are worshiping, that is called arcavatara, incarnation of arca. He's accepting our worship, our prayer, our everything. He has descended just suitable for our handling. That is His mercy. Therefore we should not consider that this arca Krsna is made of stone, as atheists will say, that "These foolish persons are worshiping... Heathens, they
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Kalis strategy – Quarrel & Hypocrisy - United We Stand, Divided We Fall
A bird hunter used to capture groups of quails by throwing a net over them. The leader of the flock made a plan: “If this hunter throws his net over a group of you, each of you put a wing out through the net and flap it in unison with the rest. That way you can fly away net. Then you descend into a thorn tree and entangle the net there and slip away.”
Hare Krsna
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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 ta
Hare Krsna
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After having lost his kingdom in the game of dice (Indian Ludo) with Duryodhana, Yudhishtra, the eldest
among the Pandavas, was living in the forest along with his four brothers and their wife, Draupadi. The
Pandavas roamed about freely in the forest and thus got acquainted with many seers (Rishis) who dwelled
there.
One day while roaming in the forest, Arjuna and Draupadi came across a tree bearing a very large
gooseberry (n
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n a town, there lived a wealthy man who was miserly by nature. The poor people of the town often
approached him either for money or for some other help. Without showing any pity on them, this wealthy
man would send them off without helping them. He had not even kind words to offer them. Instead, he would rebuke the poor people who came to him for help.
Once, the town was struck by severe draught, since there was no rain for
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
A disciple and his teacher were walking through the forest. The disciple was disturbed by the fact that his mind was in constant unrest.
He asked his teacher: "Why most people's minds are restless, and only a few possess a calm mind? What can one do to still the mind?"
The teacher looked at the disciple, smiled and said:
"I will tell you a story. An elephant was standing and picking leaves from a tree. A small fly came, fly
If u want to Know cause and effect of nature n universe ,of course u have to deeply thinking in scientifcally .and IF U THINK DEEPLY ENOUGH YOU WILL BE FORCED BY SCIENCE TO BELIEVE IN GOD.Therefore mankind should highly involved in thinking to know about krsna .bcoz kRSNAM VANDE JAGAD GURUM!
Giriraja Swami's advice to us
A few evenings ago, our traveling sankirtan entourage was blessed with the audience of His Holiness Giriraja Swami. This association was just like nectar as our four-week trek came to a close.
First of all, I think I made spiritual advancement just by observing him and his movements. He gave us maha-prasad and then imparted transcendental knowledge into our hearts in the form of sankirtan instructions. The points I remembered are as follows:
1) Throughout the conversat
A devotee's departure
The news that Srila Prabhupada had decided to live spread quickly through the ISKCON world. Especially in Vrndavana, the devotees became more light-hearted and thankful. One afternoon, later in the month, Hari-sauri came into Prabhupada's room with good news. "I was in Delhi yesterday, Srila Prabhupada. I spoke to one of the temple presidents in Australia, and he gave me a very encouraging report. He said that all the Indian Gitas that we got just recently are almost complet
