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This material world is a pretty bitter place. Even if is it sometimes experienced as being sweet it very quickly gets bitter again. There is no lasting sweetness here. But if we take a deep look at t

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 22, 2011 at 8:44am

This material world is a pretty bitter place. Even if is it sometimes experienced as being sweet it very quickly gets bitter again. There is no lasting sweetness here.

But if we take a deep look at the situation, we will see that whatever sweetness we taste here is not genuine sweetness. It is simply a reduction of the bitterness. Sometimes when the bitterness is not so bad we take this reduced bitterness to be sweetness when factually speaking it is not. It is bitterness only.

Even though we

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on September 21, 2011 at 8:34am

In fulfilling the desires of the lord, one may carry some burden also- in the sense that one may find it very difficult, but because one is doing it for the pleasure of the lord, that burden becomes burden of love. Freedom by surrenderBy H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj

srila prabhupad's arrival in USA

Posted by nitin parihar on September 20, 2011 at 6:58pm

Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the USAThese excerpts have been taken from Satswarup dasa Goswami’sPrabhupada-lilamrita ch 11-12.Srila Prabhupada’s Departure for preaching in the west.With the manuscript for Volume Three complete and with the money to printit, Bhaktivedanta Swami once again entered the printing world, purchasingpaper, correcting proofs, and keeping the printer on schedule so that thebook would be finished by January 1965. Thus, by his persistence, he who hadalmost no money of his

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Prabhupada's interactions

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 20, 2011 at 8:58am

Prabhupada's interactionsIt seemed that a number of other guests wanted to see Srila Prabhupada before his departure for Sydney the following day. Two Indian gentlemen, regular donors to the Melbourne temple, had asked to have Prabhupada's audience and were waiting outside his room.Madhudvisa invited them in. "This is Mr. Thakuraj. He is a very good friend of ours, a loyal supporter, and is very much attracted to your books. And the other gentleman, Srila Prabhupada, this is Dr. Sudhakaran. He c

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 6

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 20, 2011 at 8:57am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 6sutam mrdhe kham vapusa grasantamdrstva sunabhonmathitam dharitryaamantritas tat-tanayaya sesamdattva tad-antah-puram avivesasutam -- son; mrdhe -- in the fight; kham -- the sky; vapusa -- by his body; grasantam -- while devouring; drstva -- seeing; sunabha -- by the Sudarsana wheel; unmathitam -- killed; dharitrya -- by the earth; amantritah -- being prayed for; tat-tanayaya -- to the son of Narakasura; sesam -- that which was taken from; dattva -- re

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Power of Srila Prabhupada's Books - Incredibly Inspiring Story!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 20, 2011 at 8:55am

Real Story - By HH Indradyumna Swami Maharaja(Excerpt from a Lecture with HH Giriraja Swami Maharaja)I was remembering this evening one incident about how merciful LordCaitanya is to even the most fallen, sinful rascals. As Prabhupadamentions, Jagai and Madhai—they were not comical characters; they weredeeply sinful criminals. I remembered how once we were doing a Christmasmarathon in Paris and we would send our devotees to the train stations. Thegirls particularly would go on the trains and dis

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Perfect Question & Perfect Answer

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 20, 2011 at 8:54am

Question: Is the Bhagavad Gita a self-help book ?Answer: The Bhagavad Gita is much more than a self-help book; it is a book of self-discovery, self- empowerment and self-actualization. Let’s see how.Self-discovery:The Bhagavad Gita goes to the root of self-help by prompting us to ask the fundamental question: who is the self that we are trying to help? Then, through penetrating analysis, the Gita (2.17) shows how we are beings of consciousness, not things of matter. This Gita insight given five

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on September 20, 2011 at 8:51am

Krishna has given some the opportunity to serve Him by nice writing, some by good business ability, some by nice cooking, and so on, but these various services are all accepted equally by Krishna. On the transcendental plane, one service is as good as another. There is no question of higher or lower. We are very tiny, and so we cannot really do very much. Simply we can engage our time and energy, and that is all Krishna sees. He sees this boy or girl is spending his time in My Service, and He is

Gopiparanadhana Prabhu By Krishna-kripa Das - A personal tribute

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 19, 2011 at 11:00pm

Gopiparanadhana Prabhu and Mandakini dd (translator) in Questions and Answers tent at Festival of India in Mielno, Poland, on August 26, 2011

I always like to write something in glorification of devotees I have even a little relationship with when they pass away. I guess I see it as a final service I can render to them. For me I got to know and appreciate Gopiparanadhana Prabhu much more than ever before in late August just this year when I joined the last four days of Indradyumna Swami's F

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srila prabhupada said

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 19, 2011 at 9:15am

Sometimes devotees mention ruefully that it was not always Prabhupada who was writing the letters, but Prabhupada's secretary. They seem to think that this makes the letters less valuable. But incoming mail was always read to Prabhupada, he would make some reply, his secretary would compose his statements into a letter and Prabhupada would sign it. So actually these letters were "written" by Prabhupada. This practice began in the early 1970s, but even after that some letters were dictated direct

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Tapasya - Abstinence from material pleasure.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 19, 2011 at 9:14am

Maharaja Rsabha, the son of King Nabhi and Merudevi, was an incarnation of the Lord, and He instructed His sons to follow the path of perfection by tapasya, which sanctifies one's existence and enables one to attain the stage of spiritual happiness which is eternal and ever increasing. Every living being is searching after happiness, but no one knows where eternal and unlimited happiness is obtainable. Foolish men seek after material sense pleasure as a substitute for real happiness, but such fo

True and Divine Love

Posted by snehal acharya on September 19, 2011 at 9:13am

We look at beautiful scenery, we love it, but we ask nothing from it in return. We love it because it is beautiful. The same way we should love the God, Because he is the most lovable Being in the universe. Such understanding love is the greatest gift in life. We get more than we ask for when we reach that point.There is no calculation and no bargaining in true love.................hare krishna.....

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Meet with parents

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 19, 2011 at 9:13am

Meet with parentsIt was not uncommon in his worldwide travels for Srila Prabhupada to meet up with parents of his disciples. Always, as in the cases of the parents of Jagattarini and Syamananda, they would leave with a favourable impression of Srila Prabhupada and his Krsna consciousness movement.In the afternoon, the parents of Satyavati came for a brief visit. Their daughter was presently attending to the service of the Deities in Auckland. Her mother came with a humble request. "When you go t

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 5

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 19, 2011 at 9:12am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 5priyam prabhur gramya iva priyayavidhitsur arcchad dyutarum yad-arthevajry adravat tam sa-gano rusandhahkrida-mrgo nunam ayam vadhunampriyam -- of the dear wife; prabhuh -- the Lord; gramyah -- ordinary living being; iva -- in the manner of; priyayah -- just to please; vidhitsuh -- wishing; arcchat -- brought about; dyutarum -- the parijata flower tree; yat -- for which; arthe -- in the matter of; vajri -- Indra, the King of heaven; adravat tam -- went

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Acknowledging Krishna's Favour

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 19, 2011 at 9:12am

Now I am living in my body. If there is pain here, I can understand,"Here is pain." But if there is some pain in your body, I cannotunderstand. Therefore I am different from you. But Krsna canunderstand what is pain or pleasure in my body, and what is pain orpleasure in your body and everyone's body. That is Krsna.Sarva-ksetresu.That is God, not that, simply by claiming, "I am God. I am the sameGod." And how you claim God? Can you tell what I was thinking? Can youtell what he is thinking? No. Th

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The Genealogical Table of the Family of Krsna

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 19, 2011 at 9:11am

Krsna had 16,108 wives, and in each of them He begot ten sons, all of them equal to their father in the opulences of strength, beauty, wisdom, fame, wealth and renunciation. "Like father like son." All the 16,108 wives of Krsna were princesses, and when each saw that Krsna was always present in her respective palace and did not leave home, they considered Krsna to be a henpecked husband who was very much attached to them. Every one of them thought that Krsna was her very obedient husband, but ac

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Body is Guilty of Sin, Not the Self?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 19, 2011 at 9:09am

Question: Body is Guilty of Sin, Not the Self?My parents say that sins are done by the body (deham) not the self (dehi or atma) within the body. Their logic is that once the body dies and is burnt or buried all the sins go away, that the self or atma is immortal and pious and thus has no sins on its record. Is this true?Dr. R.S.Answer: No. The Self is Guilty, Not the BodyIf this were true, the murderer could claim that he was not guilty of killing his victim because it was the gun that actually

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on September 19, 2011 at 8:27am

There may be doubts and skepticism, if one continues the chanting process, the doubts will all disappear, and real knowledge will be revealed by the Grace of Krishna. Maya may put so many doubts and worthless arguments into our minds, but if we continue the chanting, the curing process will go on, never mind the doubts.

by H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Gopiparanadhana prabhu by GBC Executive Committee

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 19, 2011 at 7:51am

Dear Devotees,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

It was with great sadness that we heard of the tragic passing away of His Grace Gopiparanadhana Prabhu.

He was a leading disciple of Srila Prabhupada who served him faithfully since joining ISKCON in the early 1970's. Whatever service he did in Srila Prabhupada's movement he gave his whole heart to, although he is best known for his translating and commenting on different Vedic scriptures following in the foo

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This material world is a pretty bitter place. Even if is it sometimes experienced as being sweet it very quickly gets bitter again. There is no lasting sweetness here. But if we take a deep look at t

HARE KRISHNA..........................

Thought Of The Day

srila prabhupad's arrival in USA

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Prabhupada's interactions

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 6

Power of Srila Prabhupada's Books - Incredibly Inspiring Story!

Perfect Question & Perfect Answer

Thought Of The Day

Gopiparanadhana Prabhu By Krishna-kripa Das - A personal tribute

srila prabhupada said

Tapasya - Abstinence from material pleasure.

True and Divine Love

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Meet with parents

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 5

Acknowledging Krishna's Favour

The Genealogical Table of the Family of Krsna

Body is Guilty of Sin, Not the Self?

Thought Of The Day

Gopiparanadhana prabhu by GBC Executive Committee

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