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I’m sure you’re all aware of the global financial situation. So many economies are collapsing, and this is reflected on a local level, with so many families facing massive financial debt. Why are people in so much debt?

 

One simple reason why, is because we cannot control our spending. Credit cards provide us a facility to buy the goods now, with money that we don't actually have. This is fine, so long as we have control of our mind and senses, and we monitor how much we're spending. But when we

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3 day Bhagavat Gita crash course

3 Day Bhagavat Gita crash course by H.G.Kamallochan das ( B.E. Marine)

Dates:-26th,27th,& 28th August 2011

Venue:-Bhaktivedanta Hall, Iskcon Miraroad

Topics:-Proof of existence of soul

Science of soul

What happens at the time of death?

Proof of existence of God

Definition of God

Who is God?

Who are Demigods?

Theory of Karma

Why good things happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people

 

Prasadam for all

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Meaning Of The Sixteen Names PT.8

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Hare
hyasphutam rayati priti-bharena hari-cestam
gayatiti mata dhirair hara rasa-vicaksanaih

Filled with ecstatic love, Radha sometimes sings the glories of Hari’s exploits quietly, and sometimes She sings them aloud. Those who are expert in the secrets of divine sentiments call Her Hara.
Jiva Goswami

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Who is the Guru Who Delivers Us?

Question: Who is the Guru Who Delivers Us?May I know who is that bona fide spiritual master who will take the responsibility to take us back to Godhead? I am curious to know about this pure devotee.Nikhileswara Krishna DasaAnswer: The Pure Follower of Srila PrabhupadaThe great Vedic authority Srila Prabhupada has very nicely answered your question as follows in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 2, Chapter 9, Text 43:"One who is now the disciple is the next spiritual master. And one cannot
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Devotee: So I have to free myself from all cares of future, for myself?

Srila Prabhupada: Yes. Faith should be there, that if I’m working
rightly, then my future is secure. That is the reason I have taken to
this path for going back to home, back to Godhead. So if I am doing
nicely, according to the instructions, then why bother about the
future? If you are concerned, just do as Krishna says, "Always chant,
think of Me." So why don’t you do this? Krishna assures, "You will
come to Me." There is no doub

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TIME FOR SADHANA

Srila Prabhupada writes that the seekers of the Absolute Truth are never allured by unnecessary engagements in sense gratification, because the serious students seeking the Absolute Truth are always overwhelmed with the work of researching the Truth.

 

Does that resonate a little bit? “I have so much service to do, there is no time.”

 

But sometimes we find that there is so much service to do that there is no time for sadhana (personal meditation). That’s not good. Sadhana is giving us the strength

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The Mercy of Guru and Gauranga

Yes, it is long and tiring when we are not properly equipped... but if one makes the attempt to "charge up the batteries" by intensely focusing on chanting and hearing the Holy Names of the Lord at the beginning of one's day, then we see how we get more effective, more relaxed, and as a result, less tired.

We need sufficient rest to keep the body healthy for service to Krishna. Srila Prabhupada recommended 6 hours of rest. Some advanced devotees need less rest than that. Sometimes children may ne

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Temple Living

Hare Krishna!

In today's environment, over 99% of the devotees of ISKCON live outside the temple, as they are householders.
Temple environment is definitely most conducive to spiritual life, but it is not a prerequisite to a Krishna Conscious life. In fact, if someone is not ready, then temple environment can scare them, because it is very austere and one has to be very surrendered to stay on in a temple for all of one's life.

You may have some way of earning a livelihood, think every morning who a

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Question: How to Get Krishna Conscious Leaders?


What way can you find to get the leaders of this world today to understand that the politician par excellence, Lord Krishna, has already laid all the systems in place in the Bhagavad-gita for the perfect society? All the work has already been done. What is so difficult to just follow? In my country a lot of the leaders take oath of office by swearing on Gita. I think that a being like yourself must find a way. You owe it to Lord Krishna, as from you

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Vranda Devi Tulasi Maharani

TULASI - STORYChapter OneTHE APPEARANCE OF TULASI DEVINarada Muni asked Lord Narayana, "O Bhagavan! How did the pure, chaste Tulasi Devi become Your wife? Where was she born? Who was she in her previous birth? What family did she come from? And what austerities did she perform to get You as her husband--You, who are above the material energy, not subject to change, the Cosmic Self, the Supreme God, the Lord of all, omniscient, the cause of all, omnipresent, container and preserver of all. And ho
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Is bhakti predestined?

Question: Was it destined when I was born that I would one day become
associated with ISKCON and do all these spiritual activities? If yes,
then why do we preach? Won’t people destined to join ISKCON join it,
and those not destined to join ISKCON not join it? If no, then does it
mean that joining ISKCON is outside the influence of destiny?

Answer: Bhakti is supreme, causeless and fully independent - no
material cause can either induce or impede bhakti from appearing in
one’s heart. Srila Visvanatha Cak

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Auspicious marksAfter Srila Prabhupada had taken his lunch and afternoon nap, Upendra and Citralekha came to see him with their six-week-old son, Saumya. As always, Srila Prabhupada was warm and encouraging. He spoke kindly to his senior disciples who continued to render him so much service.Citralekha had taken the opportunity of briefly placing Saumya's head on Prabhupada's feet at his morning arrival. Now, Prabhupada asked Citralekha to bring the boy closer. He affectionately patted the baby o
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 26
tato nanda-vrajam itah
pitra kamsad vibibhyata
ekadasa samas tatra
gudharcih sa-balo 'vasat


tatah -- thereafter; nanda-vrajam -- cow pastures of Nanda Maharaja; itah -- being brought up; pitra -- by His father; kamsat -- from Kamsa; vibibhyata -- being afraid of; ekadasa -- eleven; samah -- years; tatra -- therein; gudha-arcih -- covered fire; sa-balah -- with Baladeva; avasat -- resided.


TRANSLATION
Thereafter, His father, being afraid of Kamsa, brought Hi
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 25
vasudevasya devakyam
jato bhojendra-bandhane
cikirsur bhagavan asyah
sam ajenabhiyacitah


vasudevasya -- of the wife of Vasudeva; devakyam -- in the womb of Devaki; jatah -- born of; bhoja-indra -- of the King of the Bhojas; bandhane -- in the prison house; cikirsuh -- for doing; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; asyah -- of the earth; sam -- welfare; ajena -- by Brahma; abhiyacitah -- being prayed for.


TRANSLATION
The Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri
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Srila Acharyadeva's Vyasa Puja Offering 2011

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Nama Om Visnu-padaya Krsna-presthaya bhutale
Srimate Bhaktivedanta Swamin iti namine
Namas te Sarasvate deve Gaura-vani-pracarine
Nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine


In Krishna-lila, we find that various pure devotees enjoy different relationships with Krishna. We observe this principle when Krishna descends as Govinda, and also when He comes as Nimai Pandita to manifest the sankirtan movement. There is variety not only of rasas but of 'moods.' Thus among the servants of Mahaprabhu, some are bo

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Most Confidential Service

Back in 1971 I was blessed with the opportunity to surrender myself as a disciple at the lotus feet of that greatest of all spiritual masters, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. After careful study and due consideration I realized that this was the greatest opportunity I had ever been blessed with in millions of lifetimes and I happily agreed to become his disciple. In those days I learned from his disciples how to sing a beautiful song early every morning in his honor. That s
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Open Vyasa-puja book for 2011

 

 

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Dear Maharaj and Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.


The 2011 Open Vyasa-puja Book is printed and in the mail. You can also download a pdf copy right now from http://www.sptributes.com.


The book consists of offerings to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada by his disciples.


In a separate posting I’ll express my thanks to all involved. For now, I just want to let you know quickly that the book is online.

 

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Question: How to Be Joyful at Work?

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:Question: How to Be Joyful at Work?Your daily thoughts are always joyful. You have written how you spend your day in dedication to Krishna. How do we dedicate our mundane jobs to Krishna and be joyful doing this work every day?Your servant,Manish.Answer: Work Only for KrishnaThe way to transcendentalize your job is to spend every penny you earn for Krishna and not even one penny for sense gratification. This means that you must transform your home into a Krish
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Thought Of The Day

Hare Krishna Radha-Krishna. Radha’s name is first. Why ? Nobody can be better devotee than Radharani. As soon as Radha’s name is there, Krishna is more pleased. That is the way. If we glorify the devotees, the character of the devotees, before the Lord, He is more pleased than to glorify Himself, He directly.(Converstions, Hawaii, 24th Apr, 1969). -By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Govinda dasi on Srila Prabhupada

Posted on August 23, 2011Filed under BVKS SangaSometimes I would think, “Who is he? Nobody knows who he really is or wherehe really came from or how great he really is.” Especially in Boston I beganto feel very strongly that he was such a great personality and that I wasviewing only a very, very minute glimpse of him, and that actually much,much more was going on than I could realize.from Srila Prabhupada-lila 7-3: A Visit to Boston, 1968
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