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Indians Giving Up Their Culture

We have given up our own culture and imitating the foreigners and theWestern country. That also we cannot do very properly because we are meantfor different purpose in India. In India, one who has taken birth in India,it is understood that in his previous birth he tried to cultivate spiritualculture; therefore he has been given the opportunity to take birth in India.India is so fortunate. But as soon as he takes birth, the rascal leaderspoils him, the rascal father spoils him, the rascal teacher
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The Gaudiya Vaisnava, generally, following the footsteps of Sri CaitanyaMahaprabhu, they aspire to become one of the assistants of the gopis. Thereare others also who like to be the assistants of the cowherd boys. So ourGosvamis, Rupa Gosvami, sri rupa sanatana bhatta raghunatha, they were allthe assistants of the gopis. Gopi-bhava-rasamrtabdhi-lahari-kallola-magnaumuhur vande rupa-sanatanau raghu-yugau sri-jiva-gopalakau. These sixGosvamis, rupa sanatana bhatta raghunatha sri jiva gopala bhatta
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Humility

We should not try to force others to respect us because we are KrishnaConscious. We should preach with humility and respect for others. Forexample, instead of saying, “Every[thing] you know is a lot of nonsense,” weshould say, “I know you are a learned man, but please forget it for a momentand listen to me.” We should not expect to be always well-received, either.Jesus Christ preached the word of God, and He was crucified for it. Humilityincludes acceptance of difficulties from others.>>> Ref. V
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The Truth About Love

Outside of loving God there is no possibility of loving. Rather, there islusty desire only. Within this atmosphere of matter, the entire range ofhuman activities — and not only every activity of human beings but allliving entities — is based upon, given impetus and thus polluted by sexdesire, the attraction between male and female. For that sex life, the wholeuniverse is spinning around — and suffering! That is the harsh truth.So-called love here means that “you gratify my senses, I’ll gratify y
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So every one of us, those who have come to this Krsna consciousnessmovement, expected to preach in the future and to become a spiritual masteralso in the future. But first of all you must spiritualize yourself;otherwise it is useless. So krsna-sakti vina nahe. Without… Just likewithout being red hot, you cannot burn any other thing. Similarly, withoutbeing fully spiritualized, you cannot make others spiritualized. Thereforewe have to follow the parampara system. The disciplic succession, as we g
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Laziness is Less Than Demonic

Prabhupada: …People should clearly understand that we don’t encouragelaziness. We never encourage. According to your capacity,guna-karma-vibhagasah [Bg. 4.13], you must work. Sarira yatrapi te naprasiddhyed akarmanah, Krsna says, “By not working, even if you cannot puton your body and soul together.” Krsna says like that.Dayananda: Isn’t laziness one of the demonic qualities, Srila Prabhupada?Prabhupada: It is less than demonic. Demonic qualities, they have someactivity and laziness is ignorance
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Krsna, Krsna, Krsna, Krsna, Krsna. This is Life.Posted on September 21, 2010Filed under BVKS SangaSo about Krsna, it is called krsna-katha, topics about Krsna. The topics orthe instruction given by Krsna is the Bhagavad-gita, and the topics aboutthe activities of Krsna is Srimad-Bhagavatam. So some way or other, let usalways discuss about Krsna. That should be the life of Krsna consciouspeople. So this is life of Krsna, worshiping Krsna in the temple, to sellKrsna’s books, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Bha
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The Wonderful Yogurt Pot

Posted on July 22, 2010Filed under BVKS SangaThere is a little story, very interesting. So one poor boy, he was studentin a school, and the teacher’s annual ceremony of father’s death would beheld. So he requested all his student, “What you will give me,contribution?” Formerly the teacher was not taking any salary. But whateverhe wanted, the students will bring either from parents’ house or by begging.That was the system. The teacher would not charge anything. A brahmanacannot be…, charge anythi
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Srila Prabhupada and an envious reporter

Srila Prabhupada and an envious reporterPosted on April 20, 2011Filed under BVKS SangaISKCON Chicago, 1974Reporter: In Los Angeles, do you live in richness, do you have a car, and achauffer, and a yacht?Srila Prabhupada: Why not? I am the guru of the richest country, why shall Inot have a car? If I am guru of the richest country, then why shall I nothave a car?Reporter: So, you have one?Srila Prabhupada: I have many. In each center I’ve got at least one dozencars. Just now I’m coming from Europe
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Save Yamuna Awareness Campaign was arranged by ISKCON Mira Road on 8th of May, Sunday. A lot of people from all walks of life and sampradayas turned up for the rally. Amidst melodious nagar sankirtan many informative flyers were handed out to onlookers and residents of Mira Road. The rally eneded with a Powerpoint presentation by HG Vishwaroop Prabhu and inspiring and invigorating lecture by HG Brajraj Sharan Prabhu.

He said, “it is not difficult for Yamuna to flow incessantly as she is capable

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Devotion Only to Krishna?

Question: Devotion Only to Krishna?


Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

In regards to the emphasis on having a spiritual master, in the recent "Thought for the Day" questions and answers:

In Chapter 9, Text 34 of the Bhagavad-gita, Krishna says, "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become my devotee, offer obeisances to Me and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me." In Chapter 12, text 8 Krishna says, "Just fix your mind upon M

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Science means to know things as they actually are, not as they appear to be or as we think them to be. If one is truly scientific, he must not blindly accept something as being either true or false because it could in fact be just the opposite. For science to be perfect the instruments used to acquire and analyze the data must also be perfect. If the instruments are imperfect, the data and conclusions drawn from such  imperfect observation will also necessarily be imperfect. Since all scientific

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The Symptoms Of Kali-Yuga

As the age of Kali progresses, all good qualities of men diminish and all impure qualities increase. Atheistic systems of so-called religion become predominant, replacing the codes of Vedic law. The kings become just like highway bandits, the people in general become dedicated to low occupations, and all the social classes become just like sudras. All cows become like goats, all spiritual hermitages become like materialistic homes, and family ties extend no further than the immediate relationshi

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Srila Prabhupada's quotes.

 

New Vrindaban 
16 June, 1969 
Letter to: Arundhati

"Regarding your last question about the ecstatic symptoms of chanting Hare Krishna, you should know that the Hare Krishna Mantra has an equal effect upon all devotees. Just like the sunshine has an equal effect on everyone, but when it is covered, the sunshine has a different effect. Similarly, the influence of the Hare Krishna Mantra becomes manifest when one is no longer covered by the ten offenses to chanting. The more we become free from the t

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It is Bhagavad-gita As It Is

Srila Prabhupada planned to stay in Sydney for a few days before going on to Melbourne. He had already noticed that although the Krsna consciousness movement was young in Australia, there were many positive signs of improvement. There were devotees to initiate, television and radio appearances planned, and a large interested crowd at his first evening lecture on Bhagavad-gita.

A second evening class was similarly well-attended. Before commencing, Srila Prabhupada made
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 45
nasya karmani janmadau
parasyanuvidhiyate
kartrtva-pratisedhartham
mayayaropitam hi tat


na -- never; asya -- of the creation; karmani -- in the matter of; janma-adau -- creation and destruction; parasya -- of the Supreme; anuvidhiyate -- it is so described; kartrtva -- engineering; pratisedha-artham -- counteract; mayaya -- by the external energy; aropitam -- is manifested; hi -- for; tat -- the creator.


TRANSLATION
There is no direct engineering by the Lo
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Thought Of The Day

Many men come here and by their talents, earn huge amounts of money, but it remains here, and he goes alone with his works only to accept another different kind of body, forgetting everything behind. But if he acquires some spiritual assets it goes with him, and even if it is not perfect in this life, it begins again from that point in next life.

-By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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 Living the conditional life is just like plying a boat in the middle of the ocean. One is completely at the mercy of the ocean, and at every moment there is every chance of being drowned in the ocean by slight agitation. If the atmosphere is all right, the boat can ply very easily, undoubtedly, but if there is some storm, fog, wind or cloud, there is every possibility of being drowned in the ocean. No one can control the whims of the ocean, however one may be materially well equipped. One who h
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Beyond Airplane Relationships

When we travel by airplane, we sit with some other passengers for an hour or two and then after landing we separate from each other, never to meet again. Therefore we do not take our temporary relationships with the other passengers very seriously, and we do not feel there is anything wrong with completely forgetting about them. We accept this as a normal part of everyday existence. But yet even though our relationship with friends and family is also temporary just like our "airplane relationshi

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Complete dependence on the Lord

Every living being is dependent on someone else because he is so made. Actually everyone is dependent on the mercy of the Supreme Lord, but when one forgets his relation with the Lord, he becomes dependent on the conditions of material nature. Renunciation means renouncing ones dependence on the conditions of material nature and thus becoming completely dependent on the mercy of the Lord. Real independence means complete faith in the mercy of the Lord without dependence on the conditions of matt
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