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Forget and Forgive

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 29, 2011 at 8:48am

A StoryA kindergarten teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she hates.So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3 while some up to 5 pot

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Q& A Round

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 29, 2011 at 8:47am

1. Karma, Jnana, Dhyana and Bhakti all are attached to the word Yoga so what is Yoga Siddhi?

I will try to the best of my ability to answer the questions below. These are not my realizations, Im just repeating what Iv learnt from Prabhupad and my gurus so far.

Ans. 1)Yoga means connecting to God.Karma Yoga means connecting to God through our karmas,Gyan Yoga Means connecting to God through knowledge- reading and understanding scriptures,Dhyan Yoga means to connect to God through meditation

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The devotees of the Krsna consciousness movement must be very careful to complete their sixteen rounds:

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 29, 2011 at 8:46am

The devotees of the Krsna consciousness movement must be very carefulto complete their sixteen rounds:A devotee always has a taste for chanting Hare Krsna: "Oh, very nice.Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama,Rama Rama, Hare Hare." This is taste. Of course, this takes time toawaken, but when Rupa Gosvami was chanting he was thinking, "I haveonly one tongue and two ears. What can I appreciate of chanting? If Icould have millions of tongues and trillions of ears, the

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Praise In Public, Chastise In Private

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 29, 2011 at 8:45am

Praise In Public, Chastise In Private(Excerpt from lecture series on Caitanya Caritamrta, Kartik 2006, Part 2, Lecture 3 - Mahaprabhu sends Damodara Pandita to Saci Mata)There is a principle in management, I don‟t know how many of you have ever managed devotees, but it's a good principle for managing a family or whatever, it said that the principle is – „Praise in public, chastise in private.‟Unfortunately, unless one is verysattvika, very cool headed and very patient and peaceful, he can‟t cont

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Quest for Happiness

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 29, 2011 at 8:43am

Quest for HappinessSuppose a man is thrown into the ocean. He may be an expert swimmer, but he cannot be happy in the ocean because he is out of his natural condition of life. The only way he will become happy is if someone picks him up from the ocean and places him on the land.So if we are serious, if we actually want to be happy, we must take to the cultivation of spiritual understanding, an understanding of Krishna consciousness. Of course, in every country of the world there is some religiou

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Reactions due to initiation

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 29, 2011 at 8:42am

Reactions due to initiationLater, Srila Prabhupada brought up a few more points and another letter was drafted, this time, to Ramesvara:Through the distribution of this literature we can completely annihilate all the bogus yogi groups in the world. Of this fact I am sure. Therefore there is no need for us to directly attack these charlatans, but simply by this distribution of books the sunlight of Krishna consciousness will prevail.It has been brought to my attention that some of my students are

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 13

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 29, 2011 at 8:42am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 13
sa karna-duhsasana-saubalanam
kumantra-pakena hata-sriyayusam
suyodhanam sanucaram sayanam
bhagnorum urvyam na nananda pasyan

sah -- He (the Lord); karna -- Karna; duhsasana -- Duhsasana; saubalanam -- Saubala; kumantra-pakena -- by the intricacy of ill advice; hata-sriya -- bereft of fortune; ayusam -- duration of life; suyodhanam -- Duryodhana; sa-anucaram -- with followers; sayanam -- lying down; bhagna -- broken; urum -- thighs; urvyam -- very powerfu

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Congregational Development Ministry!

Posted by iskconcongregation on September 28, 2011 at 11:29am

Dear Devotees,Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to all his faithful followers.We would like to take this opportunity to let you know about the latest information coming from our office.The aim of the Congregational Development Ministry is to assist all kinds of community groups within ISKCON—Nama-hatta, Bhakti-vriksha, Counselor groups, Sunday Schools, Prison Preaching, Youth Preaching, and any other group or gathering broadcasting Srila Prabhupada’s messag

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on September 28, 2011 at 10:35am

Our senses are so strong. If you stop this sense, the other sense is prepared to kill you. We are struggling for existence with the mind and the senses. Why they are rotting in this material world? Because on account of the mind and the senses. So by yoga practice you have to control first of all the mind, and then you have to control the senses. That is perfection of yoga.(Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.41) Los Angeles, 19.12.1973by H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Are the Vedas Mythology?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 28, 2011 at 9:08am

Question: Are the Vedas Mythology?Dear Guru,Please accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.I pray that I am not asking a question that was covered before I became a member of the course or that I am doing anything to offend you or Lord Krishna. But I was watching a BBC production today on the history of India. They talked about the great battle that happened 5,000 years ago with Arjuna and Lord Krishna. They said that the battle was nothing more than Indian mythology and that

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - He is following the principles

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 28, 2011 at 9:07am

He is following the principlesAfter the class, a devotee entered Prabhupada's room with a silver plate of maha-prasadam from the Deities' late-night offering, and placed it on his low desk. Prabhupada looked at the selection: bowls of vegetable preparations, puris, and hot milk. Prabhupada noted how the puris were all puffed-up like small translucent fawn-coloured balloons."This puri is best," said Prabhupada, pointing at the most spherical one of all. He turned to the devotee. "Who has cooked?"

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 12

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 28, 2011 at 9:07am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 12atha te bhratr-putranampaksayoh patitan nrpancacala bhuh kuruksetramyesam apatatam balaihatha -- thereafter; te -- your; bhratr-putranam -- of the nephews; paksayoh -- of both sides; patitan -- killed; nrpan -- kings; cacala -- shook; bhuh -- the earth; kuruksetram -- the Battle of Kuruksetra; yesam -- of whom; apatatam -- traversing; balaih -- by strength.TRANSLATIONThen, O Vidura, the Lord caused all the kings, both the enemies and those on the side

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Rising Beyond the Miseries of Material Existence

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 28, 2011 at 9:06am

The unavoidable reality is that this material world is a blazing inferno of misery and that we are presently stuck in it burning endlessly in the cycle of birth and death. We may not like to hear this news thinking that it is too negative or too depressing, but the most liberating and ecstatic thing is to precisely know what is real. Knowledge of the truth is empowering and liberating. It is not stifling. Just like if we become diseased, if we know precisely what is our disease, we can then take

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A Loving God

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 28, 2011 at 9:05am

A loving GodWhen we see people suffering terribly, it is bewildering. Why is Goddoing this to people? Superficially, it seems very cruel and unfair.However, the reality is altogether different.Every action must have an equal and opposite reaction. That is the lawof karma. Suffering and miseries are the manifestation of ourindulgence in sinful activities from the past. We may or may notremember those.This stringent law of karma, designed and orchestrated by God, is Hisunmotivated, uninterrupted l

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It's time to get serious

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 28, 2011 at 9:05am

It's time to get serious about spiritual life. It does not make sense to waste any more time unnecessarily engaged in material sense gratification. Serve your bodily needs only inasmuch as you require to stay healthy. The balance energy you should fully devote to the self-realization process. If you don't get serious about awakening your actual identity, you won't become self-realized, and you will remain suffering in the cycle of repeated birth and death. Is this what you want?Sankarshan Das Ad

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Be willing to take advice

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 28, 2011 at 9:04am

Be willing to take adviceOnce upon a time, there were three people who went to watch drama together. One of them was far-sighted, another one had a hearing problem, and the other had a twisted head.After the show, they were judging the drama.“Today’s show had great singers, but the costume design was poor,” said the person who had farsightedness.“The costume was perfect, but the sound was too low,” said the person who had hearing problem.“The sound was loud and the costume was fine. Everything w

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Kriya Occupational Duty

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 28, 2011 at 9:03am

Ritualistic Performances Vs Spiritual Engagements please post them for the benefit of all group members.One's occupational duty is prescribed in Bhagavad-gita. As already discussed in previous verses, the duties of a brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra are prescribed according to their particular modes of nature. One should not imitate another's duty. A man who is by nature attracted to the kind of work done by sudras should not artificially claim to be a brahmana, although he may have been bor

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Tribute to Gopiparanadhana Prabhu by H H Radhanath Swami

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 27, 2011 at 5:30pm

I am beside myself with grief and am speechless while trying to digest the reality that His Grace Gopiparanadhana Prabhu has been taken away by Krishna. Krishna’s plan is always perfect but when it manifests in the passing away of such an intimate, loving Godbrother as Gopiparanadhana Prabhu it is painful. But our solace is in our deep confidence that he has attained the ultimate perfection of life, entrance into Radha Giridhari’s eternal lila.Gopiparanadhana Prabhu was an all-attractive persona

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on September 27, 2011 at 9:29am

The devotee does not long for any respect for his service. He is ready to offer all respect to others, but for himself, he does not want any respect.Freedom by surrenderBy H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj

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Japa Tips

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 27, 2011 at 9:10am

Japa Tips1.Chant early in the morning, if possible 5 to 7 am2.Chant along with Srila Prabhupada's japa tape3.Chant with good chanters (when possible)4.Record your chanting so you can hear whether you skip syllables5.Read at least one inspiring text a day from Srila Prabhupada's books aboutchanting (like the compilation "The Nectar of the Holy Name")6.After each 16 rounds, write down in your journal how many rounds you haveactually heard7.Chant all 16 round in one go (this is very powerful!)8.Abo

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