When life makes us demoralized, we need both enlightenment (knowing what to do) and encouragement (feeling confident that we can do it) to regain our morale. Those who encourage without enlightening often end up delivering shallow, cosmetic or insubstantial platitudes. Those who enlighten without encouraging often end up delivering holier-than-thou, impractical or unappealing sermons.
Lord Krishna blends enlightenment and encouragement endearingly in his message of love, the Bhagavad-Gita. Therei
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So one has to work because his business is to become servant. Jivera svarupa haya nitya-krsna-dasa [Cc. Madhya 20.108-109]. So if he does not become servant of Krsna, then he will have to become servant of maya. Just like same thing we are doing in this New Vrindaban or anywhere. The same thing. We are also cooking, we are also cleansing. So this is for Krsna. So even if we get tired by cleansing for Krsna, but that is an asset. Yes. And if we work the same thing for sense gratification, that is
Gita Jayanti Harinaam Sankirtan in Larkana Pakistan in December 2011
This is the auspicious year for ISKCON Pakistani Devotees that Gita Jayanti is being celebrated in Larkana, Sindh, having started as a small community basis. This celebration with the various related events leading up to the Harinaam Sankirtan as an opportunity for all age groups to get to read, chant, study and understand the Gita and its immortal message. This is also a venue for the various Hindu organizations to come closer
Srila Prabhupada: The siddha-pranali process is followed by a class of men who are not very authorized and who have manufactured their own way of devotional service. They imagine they have become associates of the Lord simply by thinking of themselves like that.
This external behavior is not at all according to the regulative principles. The so-called siddha-pranali process is followed by the prakrita-sahajiya, a pseudosect of so-called Vaishnavas. In the opinion of Rupa Gosvami, such activities
Some five thousand years ago, after Krishna and His associates wound up Their earthly pastimes, the Lord's great-grandson, Vajranabha Maharaja, installed Deities of Krishna all over Vraja. Deities were installed also at Vrinda Kunda. Later, unfortunately, They were disfigured by Muslim invaders and for some time They disappeared from human sight. Today, although They are no longer worshiped, They are still giving darshan in a small kutir by the side of the main temple, under an old chokara tree
“It is quite interesting to note, especially for Americans, that in those days they did not use Ford, Chevy, Benz or Rolls Royce but beautiful chariots, hand carved, with silver and gold. Beautiful horses and elephants were the methods of conveyance. From this we can understand that a great king could feel very proud of his chariots decorated in newest design, with good horses, and so on. Naturally he could be attached to it and go around showing off his buggy to everyone.
But it is mentioned her
“When Lord Caitanya visited South India, he visited all the temples. Not only the Visnu temples, but also the Siva temples, the Durga temple, the Meenakshi temple, Ganesh temple, Murugan temple. He visited all the temples. But at every temple he would chant the same mantra Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare | Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.
He would give this message to everyone, chant the Hare Krsna maha mantra. This is the mantra for the age of Kali and this mantra can be chan
“In difficult time we do not give up our devotional service, we stick to it and in good times we also do not give up our devotional service, now it is okay and I will make hay while the sun shines kind of attitude and I will enjoy life now and worry about death later. But if we know that death can come at any time, someone who has always been engaged in Krishna’s service 12 months a year, 365 days, does not matter whether there is life or death doesn’t matter, all are auspicious, because everyth
Written by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami in 1958,
Published December of that Year in Gaudiya Patrika,
The Magazine of the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti.
EA 23-1: I am sitting alone in Vrndavana-dhama
Verse 1.
I am sitting alone in Vrndavana-dhama In this mood I am getting many realizations. I have my wife, sons,
dughters, grandsons, everything, But I have no money so they are a fruitless glory. Krsna has shown me the naked form of material nature, By his strength it has all become tasteless to me today.yasyaham a
Dear Prabhus/ matajis/maharaj,
Please accept our humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupad,
All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga Can you please put the following request in your websites Sri Mayapur International School is a Cambridge affliated school for our devotee children located in Sri Dham Mayapur. We serve approximately 100-120 students from nursery to grade12. Students regularly use the library for research and independent reading materials.
Sri Mayapur International School sepe
Today 7th Dec 2011, ISKCON KANPUR Distributed two hundreds free Bhagavad Gitas to the Prisoners at Hamirpur district Jail. More than five hundreds prisoners enthusiastically enjoyed Harinam Kirtan and Lectures.65 Km from Kanpur, Hamirpur is a very beautiful district city situated on the Banks of Yamuna.
After a three hours long drive on an unusually bumpy road we reached the prison to meet Mr S.P Yadav - the superintendent of the Jail. He is a very good devotee of Krishna, regularly chanting Har
In Vrndavana, December 6, 2011, we observed the 12th annual recitation of the celebrated Sanskrit verses of the entire Bhagavad Gita as it Is in our temple courtyard with more than 500 avid devotees and guests, while thousands of others passed through getting the benefit too. There were people packed into the courtyard, up the steps and even spilling into the temple mandap darshan area chanting all together in intense concentration from Gitas written in a variety of languages of India and the re
The whole plan should be that people should understand that he is not animal. First thing. This is education. In the animal society there is no religion, but as soon as you claim to be in human society or civilized society, then there must be religion. Economic development secondary, next. Of course, according to medical consciousness they say atmanam atmanam, means they say "body." But atma means this body, this mind, and the soul. Real meaning of atma is soul. So there is a verse, atmanam sarv
- Sex life destroys finer tissues , thus mind becomes dull and spiritual issues cannot be understood
Successful materialistic life means satistying tongue & genitals
How to tell that falldown has been accidental or premeditated?
Sp : only Spiritual master can tell not easy to discover - Api cet suducharo verse is not for ordinary devotees , neophytes, its for highly advanced devotees, so we have to be careful ,
- Ajamila's falldown was accidental falldown , so we should not disrespect him or compare ours
Dear Devotees,
Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Please read this message of Sivarama Maharaja, visit the website and sign
the online petition. Thank you for your kind help.
Your well-wisher,
Lokanath Swami
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Date: 05-Dec-11 11:07 -0500 (17:07 +0100)
To: GBC Discussions [21813]
Subject: Hungarian Petition Update
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That is the art of combining a man and woman.
Man and woman should not be united simply on the consideration of sex life. There are many other considerations, especially character and taste. If the taste and character differ between the man and woman, their combination will be unhappy. Even about forty years ago, in Indian marriages, the taste and character of the boy and girl were first of all matched, and then they were allowed to marry. This was done under the direction of the respective par
So as our this material body is not our real form... The real form is within this body, spiritual form. This body is explained as the dress. The dress is made when there is a real form. Just like you have got coat. Because you have got hands, the coat has got a hand. Your shirt: because you have got hand, the shirt has got a hand. But you are not the shirt or the coat. Similarly, because we are spiritual forms, maybe very minute, therefore we grow our hands and legs and heads and so many things.
Visit www.lokanathswamiquotes.com to read wonderful, inspiring quotes of Lokanath Swami Maharaj.
Angira Muni
He is one of the six mental sons of Brahma and the father of Vrihaspati the great learned priest of the demigods in the heaventy planets. He is born of the semen of Brahmaji given to the cinder of fire. Utthato and Samvarta are his sons and it is said that he is still performing austerity and chanting the holy name of the Lord at a place known as Alokananda on the bank of the Ganges.
Angira Muni, who strictly followed the rigid principles of the Atharva Vedas, was the leader of the fol
