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Sri Siksastakam: songs of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura
7th August 2011
Venue: ISKCON Radhadesh, Belgium

What we have understood so far is that chanting the Holy Name is the way to
achieve ultimate
perfection. We become what we actually are. The process is simple: we are
spirit souls and by chanting we regain our actual spiritual identity.

But there is a factor that makes it difficult: maya, or illusion. We are
spirit souls, but forgetting our actual identity we think that we are this
body. Maya means that

        Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura was born on Sunday, Sept. 2, 1838 in Biranagara 

(Ulagrama) in the Nadia district of Bengal. He was the seventh son of Raja 

Krsnananda Datta, a great devotee of Lord Nityananda. He was also known as the 

great grandson of Madana Mohana and the third son of his Godfather 

Anandacandra. He would be known as daitya-kulera prahlada (Prahlada in the 

family of demons). This was because Vaisnavism was not very much respected in 

his family; on his mother's side, there was

BHAKTIVINOD THAKUR reestablished the teachings of Lord Chaitanya which by then had been largely misrepresented or lost. Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur wrote almost one hundred books to explain the science of Krishna consciousness expose pseudo incarnations of God, and defeat misconceptions about the path of devotional service. Srila Bhaktivinod Thaknr was both an active preacher and the Deputy Magistrate for Jagannath Puri, Orissa, as well as the father of ten children. One of his sons was Srila Bhakt

-Why? Why? Why? I do not understand why to preach?

I see people, they seem to me happy with smiling faces. When I request them to chant the Holy Names they say that no time, no need…

            With these questions I started to disturb senior Devotees. They used to say to me that Lord Gouranga wants it, Srila Prabhupada wants it. Because of that we preach.

-         Why for people Krishna Consciousness? I see them they are really enjoying life even without it.

I lived in the hostel with 6 girl

1. Is strict with personal Sadhana
2. Makes the order of guru life and soul, always thinking about how to execute, and doing best to execute
3. Does not take credit for achievements, giving all credit to guru instead
4. Does not take offense with small mistakes of others, forgives easily, but is not foolish and does not allow others to exploit oneself
5. Always engaged in Krishna Katha, hearing or chanting
6. Does not knowingly commit offenses against the Holy Names
7. Does not indulge in mental specu

If eggs are not baby chickens, then those non fertile eggs are outsource of female chicken's Menstrual cycle. A female's egg (of any species,) unfertilized by semen, is not life but it is a menstrual flow.

Hens are so tightly packed in the battery cages, that they cannot move an inch during their encagement.

Hens are forced to lay up to 200-220 eggs every year, leading to weakened bones, feather loss, etc. (due to loss of vital minerals like calcium, etc.)

Male chicks are of no commercial value 

An Important Lesson In Our Life: 

“Be Present”

Q. You mentioned that Lord Caitanya created different situations for the purification of the persons in His lila...We may not be clear enough in our situation, so what can we do to link with His will, mercy, or arrangements directly?

A. A phrase I used earlier was "Be present." I can expand on that, but just take that phrase: be present, moment to moment. Don't be out to lunch, or absent,or nobody home. Be present with the Holy Name, with the servic

Hare Krishna,

Yes, in the mundane sense, no one can escape the results of one's karmic debts - in other words, the family and friends we have today are a result of our debts to those individuals. However, instead of running away from them saying they are not Vaishnavas, we should very skillfully see how they can become Vaishnavas... in this connection, it is important to note that the transformation is gradual, for example, it may appear that someone has "suddenly become a devotee" but meanwhile