So this material civilization is just like decorating the dead body. This body is dead. That is a fact. So long the soul is there, it is working, it is moving. Just like your coat. It is dead. But so long it is on your body, it appears the coat is moving. The coat is moving. But if somebody is very much astonished, "Oh, how nice the coat is moving!" (laughter) He does not know the coat cannot move. The coat is dead. But because the man is there who is putting on the coat, therefore the coat is m
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24 Forms of Vishnu & his Consorts
- keshava Having beautiful hair, kirti Fame, good report, fame,renown
- narayana Ground of Being kanti Beauty, loveliness
- madhava He propounds the true knowledge about himself tushti satisfaction
- govinda Lord of the Earth pushti prosperity, nourishment
- Vishnu All pervading dhrti fortitude, endurance, persistence
- madhusudana Slayer of the “honey” demon shanti peace
- trivikrama He who pervades the 3 vedas kriya activity, endeavor
- vamana Saviour of Indra, he who produces joy in
Posted on December 14, 2011
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Anything that Srila Prabhupada (Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura) wanted to
get done always got done. Whatever desire he expressed always was fulfilled,
sometimes very miraculously. Let me tell you about just two incidents.
The new temple at Sri Yogapith in Mayapur was going to be opened in a few
days by the King of Tripura. Since there was no electricity in Mayapur at
that time, we had ordered a generator to be shipped to Mayapur from
Calcutta. W
Japan’s new ISKCON temple, opened in Funabori, Edogawa, Tokyo this summer, has gone from strength to strength since and proven to be an inspirational hub for its congregation.
The temple, dubbed “ISKCON New Gaya” after the Indian pilgrimage and site of many of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s pastimes, opened its doors to the public with a two-day festival back on July 2nd and 3rd, as did a new pure vegetarian Govinda’s restaurant and a Vedic Culture Center.
Around 1,500 people from cities across Japan
This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.3.1). The commentary of Madhva on Srimad-Bhagavatam mentions that the following sixteen spiritual energies are present in the spiritual world:
(1) sri,
(2) bhu,
(3) lila,
(4) kanti,
(5) kirti,
(6) tusti,
(7) gir,
(8) pusti,
(9) satya
(10) jnanajnana,
(11) jaya utkarsini,
(12) vimala,
(13) yogamaya,
(14) prahvi,
(15) isana and
(16) anugraha.
In his commentary on the Laghu-bhagavatamrta, Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana has said that the above energies are also known by nine name
So the laws of nature is working. I am under, completely under the laws of nature. I may declare independence falsely. That doesn't matter. Nature's work will go on. And what is that nature's work? Daivi hy esa gunamayi mama maya [Bg. 7.14]. Nature is also Krsna's nature. This material nature is Krsna's nature. So material nature is not bad itself. She is also engaged in service of Krsna. Just like the police force. Police force, as the department of government, is not bad. It is doing faithfull
Hare Krishna
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
It is an important message. Please read and send it to whomever you know.
Please give your full support to this very important cause, and try to
involve as many devotees as you can. Srila Prabhupada would have mobilized
the entire movement to stop this atrocity.
Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada,
Bhakti Charu Swami
HARE KRISHNA
Hungarian Govt is going to ban ISKCON in Hungary. if they get 50,000
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EXPECT MISERIES AND CALAMITIES
(based on talks of H.H.Radhanath swami )
Just like we expect monsoon and are not surprised by the coming and going of seasons , similarly we should expect miseries,challenges, tempations to come our way & be prepared , just as we are prepared by carrying our umbrella in monsoon , simlarly we should take the shelter of lotus feet of krishna , it is such a umbrella which will not only protect you from misery but shower you with nectar .
If you think that i am very intel
HK PAMHO
This is the story of Sakshi Gopal (Witness of the Wedding):
Once there were two Brahmins (priests) from Vidyanagara in South India, who decided to make a long tour of the various holy places of pilgrimage in Northern India.
After a long time the two pilgrims reached Vrindavana, the sacred place of Lord Krishna’s pastimes. They took their bath in the waters of the holy Yamuna River and visited such holy places as Govardhana Hill, together with all twelve forests of Vrindavana, eventually ar
Dear Friends and devotees of Lord Krishna and followers of Srila Prabhupad.
10 days have already gone by and we still have to do so much. There is so much nectar yet to tasted- Book Marathon is going on and yet so much more has to be done.
Please we request all of you to pick up your bags and give out the books. "Daane daane pe likha hai khane wala ka naam "- This is what H.H Jayadavait swami said in english while narrating his experience on book distribution. He said "On every book of srila prabh
one of the great emperors of the world. He reigned over the world long before the reign of Maharaja Yudhisthira. He was the son of Maharaja Aviksit and was a great devotee of the son of the sun-god, known as Yamaraja. His brother Samvarta was a rival priest of the great Brhaspati, the learned priest of the demigods. He conducted one sacrifice called Sankara-yajna by which the Lord was so satisfied that He was pleased to hand over to him the charge of a mountain peak of gold. This peak of gold is
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
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
