The fact is that everything is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, manifested in varieties of energy. Ekam evadvitiyam brahma. There is no second existence. Those who are truly vipascit, learned, are those who have reached the platform of understanding and observing the Supreme Personality of Godhead in any condition of life. premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti (Bs. 5.38). Learned devotees accept even conditions of distress as representing the presence of th
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When a person regrets his sinful activities, the abandoning of Krishna consciousness and good intelligence, his path of deliverance from the path of material clutches is opened. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.5.5: parabhavas tavad abodha jato yavan na jijnasata atma-tattvam. When a person loses his Krishna consciousness and loses interest in self-realization, he must engage in sinful activities. All one’s activities in a life devoid of Krishna consciousness simply lead to defeat and misuse of
There are two conceptions: the physical conception and the vibration conception. So physical conception is temporary. The vibration conception is eternal. Just like we are... relishing the vibration of Krishna’s teachings. So by vibration He is present. As soon as we chant Hare Krishna or chant Bhagavad-gita or Srimad Bhagavatam, He is present immediately by His vibration. He’s absolute. Therefore try to remember His words of instruction and you’ll not feel separation. You’ll feel that He is wit
The idea is that if you once see Krishna, then you will forget all this nonsense material enjoyment. That is seeing Krishna. No more. Svamin krtartho ’smi varam na yace (Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 22.42). "My dear Lord I don’t want anything." Dhruva Maharaja went to see Krishna to get the kingdom of his father, but when he saw Krishna, Vishnu offered, "Now, whatever benediction you want, you take." He said, svamin krtartho ’smi varam na yace, "My dear Lord, I have no more any desire." That is Kr
Q. In Narottama dasa Thakur's prayers in Prema Bhakti Candrika he identifies the six enemies of the mind: lust, anger, greed, illusion, pride (madness) and envy. He says he will use them in their proper way in devotional service.
I have many times heard it stated that there is no place for envy in devotional service, or in the spiritual world. However, Narottama dasa Thakur says:
"I will engage my lust in eagerness to serve Krishna and I will use my anger against those who are envious of the devot
"Jan Gan Man" is national anthem of India written by Ravindranath Tagore.
Many people dont know that it have 5 paragraphs (Because all are not sung)
It was written in Bengali but most of the words are Sanskrit.
Linguist tried to understand why Tagore wrote it for King George V?
They were trying to find with what intention did Tagore compose this song?
And they arrived at the conclusion that it was not written for King nor it refers to 'Bharat Mata' or mother earth it was specifically written for Lord
The Sun enters the Makara raasi (the zodiac sign of Capricorn - the goat), on Sankranti day, signifying the onset of Uttarayana Punyakalam.
The following has been translated from an article in Sadachara Vybhavam of the great Vaishnava devotee Sripad Madhwacharya.
Today is "Makara Sankranti" which is celebrated when the Sun begins the northward journey, marking the beginning of the "uttaraayaNa puNyakaalam". Sun enters the sign of "Makara", (Capricorn) from Cancer at this time. (This is als
“He reasons ill who tells that Vaishnavas die when thou art living still in sound. The Vaishnavas die to live and, living, try to spread the Holy Name around!” - Bhaktivinode Thakura
Last night the New Vrindaban community celebrated the life of a well-known and much loved godsister of the Hare Krishna movement, who passed away recently, namely Yamuna Devi. Even if you didn’t know her personally, you certainly felt as if she’d been one of your ever well-wishers after this memorial.
Following Mala
Yesterday, Monday evening 10 January 2012, His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami
Maharaja addressed over 200 Kwa Zulu Natal ISKCON Youth-Students at the Sri
Sri Radha Radhanath Temple of Understanding in Durban, South Africa!
An exciting interactive class between Guru Maharaja and the youth took
place.
Guru Maharaja also requested His Grace Kshudy Prabhu from Laguna Beach, USA
and His Grace Syhamlal Prabhu, India, disciples of Srila Prabhupada to share
their youthful experiences. They were very young, about
Krishna is the absolute truth. His beauty is also absolute and eternal. His form is the vessel of pure spiritual energy- eternity, knowledge and bliss and it is therefore beautiful through and through. Material beauty offers momentary pleasure to the sense while Krishna's spiritual beauty touches the very soul of the living being, thrilling him with a pleasure so wonderful that once having relished it he can never give it up. Srila Rupa Gosvami has therefore advised,
"My dear friend, if you still
Once upon a time Princess Beauty went around the universe to search for a suitable groom, holding a flower garland in her hand. She travelled through the entire universe, but she did not find a suitable husband. With a heart filled with sorrow, she returned to Earth. Here, she stepped into Vrindâvan. Beauty was not aware, that, now the infinitely beautiful and infinitely sweet Sri Govinda had manifested Himself in Sri Vrindâvan. Beauty thought – “I could not find a suitable groom anywhere in t
ekadasyam samayantyam prapunantyam jagattrayam
sthatavyam annamasritya bhavata papa purusa
sansare yani papani tany eva ekadasi dine
annam asritya tisthanti sriman narayana ajnaya
(Padma Purana, Kriya Yogasara 22.46,50)
When Ekadasi arrives, at that time, all of the sins from the three worlds reside in grains in the form of a sinful person.
Whatever sins are available in this world, they all together reside in grains on Ekadasi day by the order of Lord Sri Narayana.
The 9th anga of sadhana is harivas-
Krsna The Perfect Gentleman never ever stabs someone from behind the back. Best examples are present in Brihat Samita that speakes of omens which people call it as andha visvas(blind faith).
Even before giving us the result of our bad or sinful activities(vikarma’s) that is to hits us. The all merciful Lord sends warning signals of the bad results and also good results are seen through the nature. Brihat Samita is book that speaks of such warnings and signals of the Lord to the humans. It also sp
Any sacrifice performed for some material benefit, with pride, for material welfare, O chief of the Bharatas-know that that is in the mode of passion.
Any sacrifice performed without the direction of scriptural injunction, without any Vedic hymns, without any priestly remuneration (prasadam distribution), and without faith, must be considered in the mode of darkness.
5 Places that kali resides are Binding activities – Anything done in mode of passion and ignorance will bind us.
- Meat eating,
- Illicit
A devotee always accepts his distress as minimized by Gods Mercy; although he would have to suffer many more times the suffering. Any one who accepts this philosophy of Gods Mercy in suffering conditions, and still makes progress in Krishna Consciousness, it is said that he is sure to go back to Home, Back to Godhead.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krsna,
It's requested of everyone to visit the above given link and to make this movement of world peace aware to one and all. It's high time we brothers and sisters join together to create a world which is huger free and peaceful.
The most essential quality necessary for achieving spiritual perfection is humility. Without humility, no matter how much else one may accomplish in the service of the Lord, one will be blocked by his false pride from spiritual perfection. The living being will not be released from his entanglement within the three modes of material nature and will thus remain in the cycle of birth and death. Therefore we must learn from the spiritual master what is the real meaning of humility.
Srila Prabhupada
Question: Can God Be Proven Rationally? -
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this age, when science has progressed so much in shedding light on the darker areas of ignorance, everything can now be explained in rational terms. How about God? Is it possible to prove that He is a fact? Or should we take science as our God? Since we have grown up in the age of science, we need miracles that are of scientific nature. Do you think God is unaware of that?
Question: Difference Between Krishna and Vishnu |
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Please explain me how Krishna and Vishnu are different? |
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Answer: God at Home and God at the Office |
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Vishnu or Vishnu-tattva is the category of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in all of His multifarious forms such as Krishna, Rama, Nrsimha, Vamana, Mahavishnu, etc. This is differentiated from the category known as Jiva-tattva, which is the category we are in as the Lord's separated parts and parcels. Therefore Krishna is the original Vishnu and |
