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In Bhagavad-gita it is recommended that even though one enters the renounced order of life, he still cannot give up the performance of yajna, dana and tapasya. They are never to be given up. Tapasya is meant for the renounced order of life; those who are retired from worldly activities should perform tapasya, penances and austerities. Those who are in the material world, the ksatriyas and vaisyas, must give charity. Brahmacaris, in the beginning of their lives, should perform different kinds of
Question: Self-Confidence for a Devotee? |
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Dear Guru Maharaja: |
raja-vidya raja-guhyam
pavitram idam uttamam
pratyaksavagamam dharmyam
su-sukham kartum avyayam.
"This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realisation, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, a
kala-magadha-salvadin
anikai rundhatah puram
ajighanat svayam divyam
sva-pumsam teja adisat
kala -- Kalayavana; magadha -- the King of Magadha (Jarasandha); salva -- King Salva; adin -- and others; anikaih -- by the soldiers; rundhatah -- being encircled; puram -- the city of Mathura; ajighanat -- killed; svayam -- personally; divyam -- transcendental; sva-pumsam -- of His own men; tejah -- prowess; adisat -- exhibited.
How could God allow such a tragedy to take place? Radhanath Swami Answers…
Question to Radhanath Swami: If there is a God who is all loving and compassionate, how could he allow the attacks on the World Trade Centre to take place?
Radhanath Swami briefs about how people are taking it: Today the world is drastically shaken by recent events that have taken place in the United States of America. I just came from that land. I have never seen America in such a condition. It is shaken to its very core.
The masters of the yoga system have declared that there are eighteen types of mystic perfection and meditation, of which eight are primary, having their shelter in Me, and ten are secondary, appearing from the material mode of goodness.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 11.15.3
Note:
1. Anima-siddhi – The ability to decrease the size of one’s body and become smaller than the smallest particle. Through this siddhi one may enter into stone or change the density in one’s body, enabling one to pass through
Question: Why Do Humans Act Like Animals? |
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Dear Gurudeva, |
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Answer: Bad Association. Now Change It. |
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It is only due to bad association with materialistic men that a human being behaves like an animal. This is why is it very important to avoid worldly association as muc |
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:
GARLIC IS TOXIC - PROVEN MEDICALLY
Garlic - a Brain Poison? from GARLIC - TOXIC SHOCK! Reprinted from Nexus
Magazine, Feb/Mar 2001. Source: From a lecture by physicist Dr. Robert C
A man whispered, "God, speak to me" and a cuckoo bird sang. But, the man did not hear.
So the man yelled, "God, speak to me" and the thunder rolled across the sky. But, the man did not listen.
The man looked around and said, "God, let me see you." And a star shined brightly. But the man did not see.
So, the man cried out in despair, "Touch me God, and let me know you are here." Whereupon, God reached down and touched the man. But, the man brushed the butterfly away, and walked on.
The man cried, "Go
Nitai: Translation: "Before reciting this Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is our very means of conquest, I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead Narayana, unto Nara-narayana Rsi, the supermost human being, unto mother Sarasvati, the goddess of learning, and unto Srila Vyasadeva, the author."
Prabhupada: This is the parampara system. As you get knowledge, step by step... Krsna is the original spiritual master, and then from Krsna, Lord Brahma learned the Vedic knowledge. Tene bra
When someone acts in a way that seems strange to you, rather than reacting in your usual way, such as, “I can’t believe they would do that,” instead say something to yourself like “I see, that must be the way she sees things in her world. Very interesting.”
When you are genuinely curious about the way someone reacts or the way they feel about something, it’s unlikely that you will be annoyed.
When you are interested in other perspectives, it doesn’t imply, even slightly, that you’re advocating it
Dear Devotees, Please Accept My Humble Obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The students of Sri Bhagavat vidyapeetham organized a memorial ceremony in honour of HG Gopiparanadhana Pr on 18th at Govardhana. The program started at 11 a.m with a heartfelt singing of ye anilo prema dhana. The mood was poignant and everyone was feeling deep separation from HG Gopiparanadhana Pr. His family was present with some devotees from Mayapur attending as well.
The teachers and students of the vidyapee
Without Krishna, our week would be:
Sinday
Mournday
Tearsday
Wasteday
Thirstday
Fightday
Shatterday
- He did not have Chandan Tilak, but on the place of that he used his tooth paste.
It was his first lecture today on Srimad Bhagavatam. It was Sunday program and His Grace Vital Prabhu by the request of senior Devotees agreed to give a lecture.
Since senior Devotees had gone to the pilgrimage, younger Devotees' duty was to take care of whole Sunday program. Temple cook Prabhu from early morning was not seen in the altar room but dedicated all his time for cooking. Pujari Prabhu also was running
