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gopyas tapah kim acaran yad amushya rūpam

lāvanya-sāram asamordh vam ananya-siddham

drigbhih pibanty anusavābhinavam durāpam

ekānta-dhāma yaśasah śriya aiśvarasya

"What great penance and austerities the damsels of Vrindāvana must have undergone, for they are able to drink the nectar of Krishna, who is all beauty, all strength, all riches, all fame and whose bodily luster is the center of all beauty."

The body of Krishna, the ocean of the eternal beauty of youth, can be seen to move in waves of beauty

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work-life-balance.jpgby H.H. Bir Govind Maharaj at 4th May 2007

I mentioned that I would write about living longer in the present body. In order to understand this topic one has to understand the larger topic of how the material energy affects the bodies and minds of devotees, whether or not they are aware of it, or even in denial of it.

If we had the siddhis that yogis have, such as laghima, becoming light enough to float on a sunbeam, or mahima, becoming very big or heavy—and I am not talking about getting fat—or pr

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Bhakti Lies beyond Renunciation

Those who possess Krishna prem are neither enjoyers nor renunciants. They are not karmis, fruitive workers; neither are they gyanies persons cultivating knowledge of the impersonal Brahman. Those who perform activities opposed to scriptural injunctions honor karmis, who abide by scriptural injunctions and when karmis who are eager to enjoy the results of their endeavors see the external renunciation of gyanies and renunciants, they may be attracted to them. However, those who hanker for bhagavat

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Swans and Ducks - A Story

This story is taken from the Holy Biography of Nityalilapravishta Om Visnupada Paramahamsa 108 SriSrila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Gosvami Maharaja

 

Some ducks were swimming in a pond which was foul and stagnant. With great glee they were living by eating snails, worms, prawns, etc., in that putrid environment. One day, they saw their cousins flying overhead in the azure sky. They were in all respects, from feather to size, very beautiful. The ducks on the pond reasoned that the handsome appearance of
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krishna-and-cow.jpg?w=300As many of us are convinced by Srila Prabhupada, “Simply by cleansing the cage of the bird, one does not satisfy the bird.” SB 1.2.8p Then natural question arises, “Can one simply by not cleansing the cage of the bird, satisfy the bird?”

Unfortunately this is not just joke, this is sad reality, what we are facing in so many situations by studying the real cases of Sri Sri Radha’s Krishna’s Beloved Devotees. Even Lord Sri Krishna is sad to feel this from inside and see this from outside, who we ar

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Benefit of joining ISKCON

"HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE. HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE."

 

I feel lucky and secured that it is my privelege to get the entry in ISKCON because for getting Ishwarprapti or moksha - of course Srila Prabhupada will be kind enough I should do maximum chanting and seva.

 

I need help of other devotees of Srila Prabhapada.

 

 

Abhoy Bhattacharjee

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Material Desires...

2514834197?profile=original The whole business of spiritual life is to give up material desires, and if you are maintaining material desires in spite of chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, then spiritual progress will become very-very difficult. This is comparable to someone who is trying to light fire and pour water on it at the same time. That is not possible.

 

 

(His Holiness Gopal Krsna Goswami)

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Thought Of The Day

"If you want to attain Krishna Prema then don’t think that I have chanted 16 rounds and it’s done! 1st Jan 2007, New Delhi C.C Adi lila 7(83)"By H.H.Gopal Krishan Goswami Maharaj
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There must be a pathway out of here. God would not be so cruel to keep us in this suffering condition, the cycle of repeated birth, death, old age, and disease. If we sincerely desire to find that pathway, the Lord within our hearts will gladly reveal it to us. There is nothing that He wants more for us than that we return to our original identities as His servants in the spiritual world. Each one of us actually has an identity in the spiritual world in any one of five primary types of relations
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Interactions with Dipak

Saturday, 8 April 1972

Prabhupada was encouraging and affectionate in his dealings with Dipak, who now served as Melbourne temple's full-time pujari. Dipak, in turn, reciprocated by trying to render menial service. He was in the habit of daily bringing Srila Prabhupada offered articles from the morning Deity worship -- garlands, tulasi leaves, and other sacred items.

Dipak often marvelled at the depth of Prabhupada's spiritual emotions. The day before, as he sat beside him i
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gam paryatan medhya-vivikta-vrttih
sadapluto 'dhah sayano 'vadhutah
alaksitah svair avadhuta-veso
vratani cere hari-tosanani


gam -- earth; paryatan -- traversing; medhya -- pure; vivikta-vrttih -- independent occupation for living; sada -- always; aplutah -- sanctified; adhah -- on the earth; sayanah -- lying; avadhutah -- without dressing (of the hair, etc.); alaksitah -- without being seen; svaih -- alone; avadhuta-vesah -- dressed like a mendicant; vratani -- vows; cere -- performed; hari-tosanan
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Handling setbacks & failures

The question isn’t whether or not we will have setback, disappointments, and failures in life – we will. Rather, the question is, how will we deal with them? Will we become upset, immobilized, frustrated, and hopeless or will we take a more positive approach and depend on Lord in such situations?

In other words, setbacks and failures can seem significant, even insurmountable in the moment. Yet, once we get through them, we look back at them as a necessary, even important part of our success. A nu
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TRUST

 

"A man just got married and was returning home with his wife. They were crossing a lake in a boat when suddenly a great storm arose. The man was a warrior, but the woman became very much afraid because it seemed almost hopeless -- THE BOAT WAS SMALL AND THE STORM WAS REALLY HUGE, AND ANY MOMENT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DROWNED. But the man sat silently, calm and quiet, as if nothing was happening.

 

The woman was trembling and she said, "Are you not afraid? This may be our last moment of life! IT DO

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Love and Devotion

namo maha-vadanyaya krishna-prema-pradaya te
krishnaya krishna-chaitanya-namne gaura-tvise namah


Translation: O most munificent incarnation! You are Krishna Himself appearing as Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. You have assumed the golden colour of Srimati Radharani, and You are widely distributing pure love of Krishna. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.

Nitai Gaur Hari Bol!!!!

All glories to srila prabhupada...

 

 

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# 7 November 1947--Born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA on the tenth day of Kartik.# Before joining ISKCON was a counter-cultural song-writer searching for spiritual enlightenment and a message that could deliver the world from chaos.# Fall 1968--Was first introduced to the Mahamantra by a nondevotee friend.# December 1968--Decided to leave the modern civilization behind, go to India, and become a life-long renunciate. But at the last minute felt he was supposed to go to San Francisco instead.# Janu
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Holy Name

Lecture on
Bhagavad-gita 7.8
23/02/74 Mumbai
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada
 
With these present senses we cannot understand what is the holy, transcendental name of Krsna. Therefore sometimes we are misunderstood, that "Why these people are chanting Hare Krsna?" So... Because ordinary man or ordinary senses cannot understand the value, the nature of the name, therefore sastra says.. we can realize God by chanting name... Naama, the holy name of the Lord, is completely
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Question: How to Surrender and Get Initiated?


I am a regular reader of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is. While reading the Dhyana Yoga chapter, we read the Lord describing about ways to attain Him via yoga. But personally, I found the purport where Arjuna says that he finds  himself unworthy for meditation very similar to my condition. In reply the Lord says that even transcendental to all these methods to achieve Him was to completely surrender unto Him. I want to ask you how do we surrender to Lord K

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Question: Is Jnana Yoga Worshipping Krishna?


Dear Spiritual Master,

If I spend one hour reading books about Krishna, does it means that I spent one hour meditating on Krishna? Does it means that I am worshiping Krishna through jnana yoga?

P.M.
 


Answer: Yes, But Bhakti Must Be Added.


Yes you are worshipping and meditating on Krishna simply by studying  Krishna conscious literature. This philosophical approach is called jnana yoga, the yoga of knowledge. However, if you simply study the books but do no

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Humility defined

As Srila Prabhupada was getting into his car, an Indian gentleman congratulated him on his lecture. Prabhupada put his hands together in respectful pranamas, and slightly lowered his head. "Thank you," he said humbly.

On the return journey to the temple, Prabhupada chanted half-audibly in the back seat of the car, looking out the window in a way as quiet and unassuming as a child. His demeanour gave no indication that just a few minutes before he had been cheered and applauded by
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 18
puresu punyopavanadri-kunjesv
apanka-toyesu sarit-sarahsu
ananta-lingaih samalankrtesu
cacara tirthayatanesv ananyah


puresu -- holy places like Ayodhya, Dvaraka and Mathura; punya -- piety; upa-vana -- the parks; adri -- hill; kunjesu -- in the orchards; apanka -- without sin; toyesu -- in the water; sarit -- river; sarahsu -- lakes; ananta-lingaih -- the forms of the Unlimited; samalankrtesu -- being so decorated; cacara -- executed; tirtha -- places of
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