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a letter from god to you .......

 

 

My child !!!!

 

You may not know me, but I know everything abt u ……..

 

I know when you sit down and when u rise up………

 

Iam familier with all Ur ways …..

 

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered …….

 

For you were made in made in my image …..

 

In me you live and move and have your being ……..

 

For you are my offspring …..

 

I knew you even before you were conceived …..

 

I chose you when I planned creation ……

 

You were not a mistake , for all your days are written in my book ………

 

I determined the exact t

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ISKCON Kolkata Celebrates 40th Rath Yatra

ISKCON Kolkata celebrated the 40th Rath Yatra festival with much fanfare on 3rd July. Hundreds of thousands of people participated in the festival. Mula vigaraha of Lord Jagannath, Lord Baladev and Subhdra Devi were taken from the ISKCON temple to the Park Circus Maidan, the venue from where the Rath Yatra procession began, at around 8:30 a.m. At the Park circus maidan, Lokanath Swami delivered a class on the importance of the Rath Yatra festival and the contribution of Srila Prabhupada in makin
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Krsna Balarama Ratha yatra parade

KRISHNA BALARAMA RATHA YATRA PARADE QUEENS NEW YORK

The ONLY Krishna Balarama Ratha  Yatra in North America!

 

 

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SUNDAY AUGUST 7th,2011 12:00 PM TO 8:00 PM
PARADE BEGINS AT 123 ST LIBERTY AVENUE AND ENDS AT OUR MANDIR
111-14 101 AVENUE, SOUTH RICHMOND HILL, QUEENS NEW YORK 11419
 

Dear Friends!
Please join us in celebrating our annual one and ONLY Krishna Balarama Ratha Yatra parade. The parade will begin at 12:00 pm sharp from the corner of Liberty Avenue and 123 street, and will continue all the way
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Great Blessing

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A pure devotee cannot forget the Supreme Lord for a moment, and similarly the Supreme Lord cannot forget His pure devotee for a moment. This is the great blessing of the Krsna conscious process of chanting the maha-mantra Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

BG 8.14 Purport
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Lust

Hankering after material happiness is called lust, and lusty activities are sure to meet with frustration in the long run. The body of a snake is very cool, but if a man, wanting to enjoy this coolness, garlands himself with a venomous snake, he will surely be killed by the snake’s venomous bite. The material senses are compared to snakes; indulgence in material happiness will surely kill our spiritual identity. Therefore a sane man should be ambitious to find the real source of happiness.
 
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River of Krishna Consciousness

Tamala Krsna: "All purposes that are served by the small pond can at
once be served by the great reservoirs of water. Similarly, all the
purposes of the Vedas can be served to one who knows the purpose
behind them." [Bg. 2.46]

Prabhupada: Now try to understand this. The long-standing system in
India in the villages... India is originally village life. City life
very few. Perhaps there was only big city, New Delhi now. In those
days Hastinapura, and next to that was Dvaraka. So very big city, they
were o
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Attitude of Gratitude!

"Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the
time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be
thankful for," observed the author & first lady of angel books, Terry Lynn
Taylor.

Until we learn to express gratitude, we cannot be peaceful in mind. And how
can there be any happiness for one lacking peace? Without gratitude, we are
likely to be disturbed for we do not see the silver lining. We don’t see
that the situation could be worse. Instead, we see
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Attitude of Gratitude!

"Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the
time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be
thankful for," observed the author & first lady of angel books, Terry Lynn
Taylor.

Until we learn to express gratitude, we cannot be peaceful in mind. And how
can there be any happiness for one lacking peace? Without gratitude, we are
likely to be disturbed for we do not see the silver lining. We don’t see
that the situation could be worse. Instead, we see
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Tips For Attentive Japa

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I remember hearing a devotee talking about chanting...this is when I was watching video footage before joining the movement in the mid 1980's. He made a profound and simple statement: "We chant Hare Krsna to control the mind" - here are some tips to help us focus the mind on the mantra.
  1. Don't do anything whilst chanting Japa
  2. Pronounce each word very clearly (even if it means slowing down your chanting)
  3. Listen very carefully to the sound coming out your mouth (some devotees stand in a corner, other
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Difference Between Gita & Vedas?

Question: Difference Between Gita & Vedas?


Gurudeva,

What is the difference between Vedic knowledge and Bhagavad-gita knowledge?  The Bhagavad-gita says that Krishna is God. But the Vedas say that God is not a person, that He is nirakara, not possessing a form.  I'm confused. 

Ashi
 


Answer: Gita is the Perfection of Vedic Wisdom


Bhagavad-gita knowledge describing the form and personality of God is the perfection of Vedic knowledge. Although the Vedas describe nirakara, the formless, impersonal concep

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 41
saumyanusoce tam adhah-patantam
bhratre paretaya vidudruhe yah
niryapito yena suhrt sva-purya
aham sva-putran samanuvratena


saumya -- O gentle one; anusoce -- I lament; tam -- him; adhah-patantam -- gliding down; bhratre -- on his brother's; paretaya -- death; vidudruhe -- revolted against; yah -- one who; niryapitah -- driven out; yena -- by whom; suhrt -- well-wisher; sva-puryah -- from his own house; aham -- myself; sva-putran -- with his own sons; sam
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Time Management in Krishna Conciseness

Hare Krishna.

PAMHO. AGTSP. AGTSG&SG.

 

I was asked by many devotees about how we can manage time after we come to Krishna Conciseness (KC). Many think that if they start to chant 16 rounds of Hare Krishna Maha mantra, they will not be able to cope up with their prescribed duty. Be it a student or a working class, all are having this problem of managing the time effectively. Here is an attempt to help every one to improve our time management skills.I will be shearing a few of the tips that I learne

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Why Onion and Garlic is prohibited in KC

Why Onion and Garlic is prohibited in KC

 

Following information was sent via email sometime ago by HH Janananda Gosvami Maharaj. This in itself is a lot of research. Since there were many questions why No onion and Garlic in KC, I thought of shearing this information in a blog.

 

ONIONS AND GARLIC PROHIBITED AND AGITATING

Indian man: Relieving high blood pressure, best is garlic.
Prabhupäda: Garlic.
Indian man: Garlic, you don't want it. (laughter)
Prabhupäda: Garlic, onions, prohibited.
(Room Con

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WHY ??

KANHA !! Y DON'T U TAKE ME IN UR ARMS AND HIDE ME THERE ONLY !! I M FED UP OF THIS MATERIAL WORLD. I JUST WANT TO BE THERE IN UR ARMS.
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PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 13, 2011 – Srila Prabhupada: All over the world, or anywhere in the world, you can make this experiment, just as we are doing. Live very simply, be self-sufficient; get your necessities not from factories but from the farmland. And glorify God's holy names.


In this industrial set-up, capitalist or communist, only a few big men can be happy -- so-called happy -- at the expense of the other people. And because the others are being exploited or simply left unemployed by t

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Question to Radhanath Swami: We are logical and rational beings but still why do we find it so tough to identify with the soul and stop identifying with the body? 

 

Radhanath Swami Answers: All of us are conditioned since time immemorial by our own activities and by our own choices of seeking temporary and flickering pleasures for this body. And therefore to evoke our consciousness back to the qualities of soul and build again a relationship with God will require a total transformation of our lif

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Discipleship Under Radhanath Swami

2514840072?profile=original The need to accept discipleship of an enlightened guru is emphasized both by tradition and by the words of the scriptures. Yet, this step on the spiritual sojourn turns out to be a squirmy one for many. The difficulty arises due to ominous thoughts of loss of freedom. Haven’t you heard of grisly tales where disciples where punished by their masters for being disobedient?

Here I narrate my tale. Long time ago, I was afflicted by what I thought was bronchitis. My hacking cough pained me, but what

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 40
aho prthapi dhriyate 'rbhakarthe
rajarsi-varyena vinapi tena
yas tv eka-viro 'dhiratho vijigye
dhanur dvitiyah kakubhas catasrah


aho -- O my lord; prtha -- Kunti; api -- also; dhriyate -- bears her life; arbhaka-arthe -- for the sake of fatherless children; rajarsi -- King Pandu; varyena -- the best; vina api -- without him; tena -- him; yah -- one who; tu -- but; eka -- alone; virah -- the warrior; adhirathah -- commander; vijigye -- could conquer; dhanu
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Brahminical life

Wednesday, 19 April 1972

Srila Prabhupada was ready to depart for Hong Kong and Tokyo. Relaxing in his room with a few disciples, he gave some last minute instructions. Prabhupada told the devotees that in order to stay in Krsna consciousness, a devotee would have to become very tolerant. "When you become a devotee, sometimes your dearest friends will become like your enemies." He gave the example of the famous child-devotee Prahlada, whose nearest and dearest relative, his father
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