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So by the result, one has to see.

Just like there is examination. One student says, "Oh, I have studied
so much." But when the examination was taken, he failed. So what does
it mean that he studied? That means he did not study, that's all. The
test is that spiritual advancement means minimizing material
activities. Bhaktih paresanubhavo viraktir anyatra syat [SB 11.2.42].
Automatically they will be detestful for material engagement.
Spiritual advancement means that.

Just like a hungry man, if you give h

Once, an astrologer named Sarvajna came to the house of a poor man.
Surprised at the man’s wretched condition, he asked him why he was so
unhappy and why he languished in such poverty even though his wealthy
father had left him a large treasure. Unfortunately, the man’s father
died in a foreign place and did not disclose the location of his
assets; thus, the man suffered the distress of poverty because he was
ignorant of his rightful inheritance. Only the astrologer, whose name
means “the omniscient on

Hare Krsna!

Part 2:

What is detachment, and how do we become detached?

Detachment is often mistaken to mean we don’t care, or we don’t feel compassion, or we are lazy. This is not detachment! True detachment means we are not disturbed by external events, or material thoughts and emotions. And the reason why we are not disturbed is because of our deep connection and attachment to the Lord. As Lord Krsna says in the Gita: “Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure but is alw

Posted on September 6, 2011
Filed under BVKS Sanga

Bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah [Bg. 18.55]. If you want to
know in truth, tattvatah… Krsna wants that one should understand Him
tattvatah. Not that superficially to take Krsna, that “He was very fond of
the gopis, and let us hear the lila of Krsna.” Why Krsna’s gopis’ lila? Why
not Krsna’s lila killing the demons? That, the people are not interested, to
hear about Krsna’s killing the demons. Because the gopis’ lila, it appears
to be

Posted on September 5, 2011
Filed under BVKS Sanga

Krsna and Radharani are both transcendentally qualified, and They attract
one another. But Radharanis transcendental attractiveness is greater than
Krsna’s, for Her attractiveness is the transcendental taste in conjugal
love.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => TLC 14: The Ecstasy of the Lord and His Devotees

Posted on September 4, 2011
Filed under BVKS Sanga

“Srimati Radharani’s excellence was Her cooking,” Prabhupada said. “She
could also sing and dance, but Her great service was Her cooking for Krsna.
Mother Yasoda would ask Her personally to come and cook for Krsna and the
cowherd boys. So, all in a line, She would feed them prasadam.”

(from Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta)

Chanting without offense Part 1
The cold shower…
Satisfaction!

Chanting without offense Part 1

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:24 PM PDT

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Finland, 2011)


If one is committing offenses in the matter of chanting the Holy name,
then one may chant for many many births, and still one will not attain
the desired success of this chanting is Krishna prema!

So although the Holy name is Krishna, it is also mentioned that there
are certain ways to access the name. Sometimes if we commit offenses
in the ma

Srimad Bhagavatam 3.28.18

The glory of the Lord is always worth singing, for His glories enhance
the glories of His devotees. One should therefore meditate upon the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and upon His devotees. One should
meditate on the eternal form of the Lord until the mind becomes fixed.

PURPORT

One has to fix his mind on the Supreme Personality of Godhead
constantly. When one is accustomed to thinking of one of the
innumerable forms of the Lord — Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu, Rāma, Nārāyaṇa,
etc. — he has r

Hare Krishna,
All glories to jagat guru, param guru Srila Prabhupada!

Kindly accept my humble obeisances.

The best example of material contamination is if you find yourself in this planet and are not self realized, then that is due to material contamination. Material contamination results from the sprit souls contact with matter and being influenced by the modes of matter.

Also anything, action, behaviour, thought whether in the gross or subtle mind that does not render service or incline one to ser

So, what is the symptom of a devotee? How do you recognize a devotee?
Do we recognize a devotee by his birth? By his material condition? By
his material situation? No, the sign of a devotee is through his
surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It doesn’t matter
from whatever category, whatever background one comes. Like candalo’pi
dvija-shrestho hari- bhakti-parayanah. One maybe a candala but hari
bhakti parayanah, when he becomes a devotee of Hari, Krishna, then he
is dvija shrestha, he is s

Simply engage yourself in Krishnas service. That will protect you from any attack of maya. Maya can take Krishnas place in our heart as soon as there is a slackness on our part. Otherwise, if Krishnas seated always, maya has no opportunity to occupy the seat.

by H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada