Nectar Bits from Maharaj’s Class in London

Even though Guru Maharaj was not feeling well, He still gave a class on Bhagavatam yesterday (8th July 2002) evening - it was extremely wonderful.
Guru Maharaj said that:

1st Canto: Adhikar Lila - qualifies one to understand rest of the 11 Cantos
2nd Canto: Gyan Lila - provides us thorough knowledge.

Srila Prabhupada gives a very strong punch in the purport for SB 1.2.12:
Devotional service,

Question: Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his followers.

I would like to know how to answer the question posed by a Muslim:

Why do you worship the form of God in the temple when God is formless?

Joy  

Answer: God isn't Formless. His Form is Unlimited.

If a Muslim asks such a question, he is not learned in his own scripture, the Qur'an clearly states as follows::

Wa lillaahil - Mashriqu wal-Magrib: Fa- 'aynamaa tu-walluu fa-samma Wajhu

ISKCON NALLASOPARA NAMAHATTA  PREACHING CENTRE

Hare Krishna …

We are glad to announce our  10^th Annual Programme Festival of  ISKCON’s Nallasopara Namahatta Preaching Centre on 10^th & 11^th  March 2012 at Nagarpallika Khulla Rangmanch, Majithia Park, off Achole Road, Nalasopara-east, Thane.We are conducting our  preaching programme for the past 10 years in Nallasopara-Thane.

This is for the V^th time , that we are organizi

Venue: Los Angeles

So, we welcome you one more time on my behalf also, on the occasion of the concluding session of Srimad Bhagvat Katha Mohotsava  here at Los Angeles temple at the lotus feet of the Lordships Shri Shri Rukmini Dwarkadish and in presence of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupad ki jai!

So, we will continue from where we had left off yesterday.  So Gopis did try their best to stop the Lord from going to Mathura. However, Lord had his duty to perform “vinasayaca

Krishna Says - Those whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already conquered the conditions of birth and death.

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

Loving Instructions from Maharaj

I would like to take this opportunity to share some of the beautiful pointers Maharaj gave in my recent conversation with him. He gave powerful instructions which would inspire us in our struggle to gain a stable footing in our spiritual lives. Maharaj was telling that devotees’ nature centers around 3 simple ‘C’s!! Cool, Calm and Composed. He was explaining very nicely that come what may the material

Misleading Missionaries

by Jayadvaita Swami

When we hear that we live in this material world because we are “fallen souls,” it’s natural for us to ask, “Where have we fallen from?”

Srila Prabhupada says that as living souls we are all originally Krishna conscious. But what does that mean? Were we all originally with Krishna in the spiritual world? And if so, how could we ever have fallen

hare krishna

Please Accept My Humble Obeisances.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Gurudev & Gaurangachandra.

What is paap and puniya and ist exit please can anybody explain me.

thanks

Posted on January 29, 2012  

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Amogha: Usually in modern education they have the idea called “well-rounded point of view.” They want to take some from here, from there, from that one and that one, that one, and then think about them all, and come up with a conclusion. So he is thinking it doesn’t fit with their pattern of reasoning, how we take from one source and get the proper conclusion. They think they have to get from many sources and compare.

Prabhupada: How… I can reply

Posted on January 30, 2012  

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When He [Caitanya Mahaprabhu] took sannyasa and the mother came… Advaita Prabhu arranged to see for the last time her son. Because a sannyasi is no more coming home. So at that time, mother became overwhelmed: “Such beautiful body. He has nice hair. Now it is shaven.” So she became very much overwhelmed and was crying. So Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately fell down on her lotus feet and He said, “My dear mother, this body is yours. My dear mother

Posted on February 1, 2012

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In the forest when the foxes and jackals and wolves howl it can be very daunting. They howl at various pitches with all their energy seemingly competing for prominence amongst each other. Amid all the screeching and screaming and squeaking and squawking in the forest, when the simplest roar of the lion pervades, announcing its own might, dragging the hearts of the wolves and others down to their knees in utter disappointment, the truth becomes obv

Satisfaction Gives Everything

Transcribe by Divya Vani

The association of Bhagavatam is very auspicious as Bhagavatam is nondifferent from Krishna. By constantly associating with Bhagavatam, devotees become satisfied. Devotees are fully satisfied with minimum necessities. Devotees do not hanker for material things. This is because of Bhakti.

If things are coming to us, it is good. If it does not come, it is best because we have more t

As students you can use all your gifts for the ultimate welfare of the human society and in the service of God. Always remain in the mood of a humble person. Always recognize that whatever knowledge or abilities you have, they are by the grace of God. We may work hard to develop them, but without God’s grace, we have nothing to develop. God gives everyone a potential, and it is our free will how we’re going to utilize that potential and for whom.

You should do your studies as best as you can wi

woman's nature is very mild, and man's nature very strong. That is the difference. Therefore according to Vedic civilization, the woman must be protected because they are very simple. They can be led to goodness also very easily, and they can be polluted also very easily. By nature, they are very simple. Therefore sastra says that... Just like child. If you mold the character of a child from the very beginning, then he can become a great man. Similarly, if you train woman from the very beginning

His Divine Grace Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja made his appearance as Braja-bandhu Manik in a vaishnava family on 2nd September 1929. He appeared in the village of Jagannathapura, not far from Jagannatha Puri Dhama, in Orissa, India, but as his mother was descended from the Giri family of the village Gadeigiri, Braja-bandhu spent his childhood there. His grandfather was a paramahamsa whose only business was to chant Hare Krishna and cry before the local Deity of Krishna known as Gopal Jiu. He taug

The Three Principles to Drive Away Despondency

Here is an interesting punch from Srila Prabhupada’s purport in Srimad-Bhagavatam1.9.12 as discovered by Maharaj in his latest visit to Minneapolis. Lying on the bed of arrows, when Bhismadeva is passing away in the presence of Lord Krsna, he told Yudishtira Maharaj,

aho kastam aho 'nyayyam
yad yuyam dharma-nandanah
jivitum narhatha klistam
vipra-dharmacyutasrayah
Oh, what terrible suffe