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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

ISKCON UJJAIN

BOOK DISTRIBUTION

Around 1st week on October, HH Bhakti Charu Swami Guru Maharaj took a very important and special Istagosthi, where Gurudev emphasized the importance of ISKCON Ujjain doing well in Book Distribution Marathon. Gurudev emphatically expressed his desire that ISKCON Ujjain give the best possible performance. Many devotees worked hard to please Gurudev and Srila Prabhupada. The total Book distribution points for the temple is approx. 18,000! Haribol!!!

For the pleasure of

Yoga means to reconnect our consciousness with God, and the yoga of work is to connect our work with God. How do we connect our work with God? By doing it in proper spiritual consciousness.  It is not that we have to change our job or give everything away; it means we have to learn how to live in divine consciousness.

That consciousness develops when we think of God, worship Him and become His devotees, when we associate with saintly people, when we make our home a temple and worship God, when we

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 with

The mind is considered to be like a mirror. The soul is seen through this mirror of the mind. But if the mind is full of debris and dust—of lust, greed, anger, pride, envy and illusion—what do we see? We just see debris and dust. We cannot seeour self unless the mirror is clean. Therefore the purpose of all spiritual paths is to clean the mirror of mind so that we can perceive who we actually are, our relationship with God, our relationship with all living beings, and our relationship with the w

There are two ways to meet a glorious death, and both are very rare.

1. One is to die after performing mystic yoga, especially bhakti-yoga, by which one can control the mind and living force and die absorbed in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

2. The second is to die on the battlefield, leading the army and never showing one’s back. These two kinds of death are recommended in the sastra as glorious.

Drops of Nectar

Normally, whenever I am fortunate enough to be in the association of Maharaj, I would try as far as possible to jot down nice instructions of his or interesting incidents revolving around him. They definitely serve as important landmarks to guide us in our faltering spiritual odyssey. No doubt the imprints of these instructions and incidents are of an everlasting nature but in this age we are “blessed” with short-live

This Mind

Why, must I, possess this mind,

It adheres to anything, of any kind.

No prudence it exhibits, no strength of will,

It fails to remain, unattached and still.

From my duties, it makes me shy,

From works auspicious it diverts my eye.

My ally or enemy; its true nature’s unknown

For fickle it was, and even more, it's grown.

Not all is bad, and sometimes, I admit,

Virtuousness, even steadfastness, arise in it,

But a mere second later, its focus starts to sway,

A single temptation and it is led astray

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