Question: How to Atone for Offending a Devotee? |
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I would like to know what is the atonement or prayascitta that is to be done for criticizing, making fun of, or any sin committed in any form to a devotee. |
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Answer: Bow Down and Beg for Forgiveness |
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When one commits an offense at the feet of a Vaisnava, one must immediately offer obeisances falling down flat on the ground at his feet and apologize begging to be forgiven for your offense. |
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Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir Kartika Parikrama Schedule
Kartika is glorified in the Puranas as very special for making spiritual advancement and the best place to be in Kartika is Sri Braja Dham. In fact this month is known as Damodar, since in the middle of this month, the Lord performed His very enchanting Damodar Lila. Kartika month also represents Radharani, and devotees perform special austerities to gain Her favor.
With great happiness in our hearts, we invite everyone to join in the aus
Durga Puja - Dussehra
TEXTS 41-42:
sakheti matva prasabham yad uktam
he krishna he yadava he sakheti
ajanata mahimanam tavedam
maya pramadat pranayena vapi
yac cavahasartham asat-krito 'si
vihara-sayyasana-bhojaneshu
eko 'tha vapy acyuta tat-samaksham
tat kshamaye tvam aham aprameyam
TRANSLATION:
Thinking of You as my friend, I have rashly addressed You "O Krishna,"
"O Yadava," "O my friend," not knowing Your glories. Please forgive
whatever I may have done in madness or in love. I have dishonored You
many times, jesting as we re
In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high
esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you
know what I just heard about your friend?"
"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd
like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."
"Triple filter?"
"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my
friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're
going to say. That's why I
NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS
The secondary rules are of three types:
rules regarding self;
rules regarding society;
rules regarding the afterlife.
Rules regarding the self are of two categories:
those for the body and those for the mind.
Those rules to keep a person's body properly nourished so that they can
remain healthy are the bodily rules. Such things as regulated drinking,
eating,sleeping, exercise, and for sickness, prescriptions for cure, are
bodily rules. If people do not follow these rules, they cannot
Question to Radhanath Swami: There is so much of pollution, corruption and moral degradation in society. How can we provide quality long life to people today?
Radhanath Swami Answers: The human life is not a life of quantity. You may live a hundred years, may be two hundred years or three hundred years. May be you can even attain the mighty status of living for a hundred and eight years. But understand in those 108 years probably for the la
If a boy wants to know who his father is, the simple process is to ask his mother. The mother will then say, "He is your father." This is the way of perfect knowledge. Of course, one may speculate about one's father, wondering if this is the man or if that is the man, and one may wander over the whole city, asking, "Are you my father? Are you my father?" The knowledge derived from such a process, however, will always remain imperfect. One will never find his father in this way. The simple proces
