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Syamasundara Das: How can the Vedic principle of receiving guests that you mentioned be practically applied in today’s day and age, because people will take undue advantage. . . .

Maharaja: Yes, the society has become so degraded in a way it may be difficult to practice, but in the ideal situation Prabhupada is saying that after the offering is made, the householder would go out on the street and
loudly announce that if anyone is hungry please come and be my guest. In a society like that there can

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The Importance of Guru Puja

The Importance of Guru Puja

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After the class we came down to take Prasad am. We waited by the lotus waterfall, as a few devotees got the Prasad am ready. After a while the Temple President comes and invites us for Prasad. But we were stopped by devotees saying that the line is too long.A long line for Prasadam!!!!!!!!. That’s nothing new. But where did all these people come from. During Guru-puja there were just few devotees in the temple room.  Is prasadam more important that SrilaPrab

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On Commitment

On Commitment

"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unfores

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Hare Krishna,

Please accept my humble obeisances. 
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Would you please explain me how can a karma kanda follower be Krishna conscious?

Do we have to be above the level of naiskama karma yoga to get full bhakti?
Can we get full bhakti or surrender at naisakama rather than karma kanda?

 Karma kanda refers to the section of Vedic literatures which recommend fruitive activities and sacrifices for elevation to heavenly planets termed collec
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Self-confidence

Self-confidenceThe business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy.Suddenly an old man appeared before him. "I can see that something is troubling you," he said. After listening to the executive's woes, the old man said, "I believe I can help you."He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his
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The World Needs New Leadership

The entire world is misguided and suffering greatly under unenlightened, materially motivated so-called leaders. Therefore no one is truly happy. In such a deplorable world situation there is no greater necessity than the worldwide introduction of the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita for the spiritual enlightenment of the entire population. Unfortunately the people are so much misinformed that if we invite them for training in the transcendental Bhagavad-gita science, they are not interested. They
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 9ingita-jnah puru-praudhaekaramas ca satvatahsatvatam rsabham sarvebhutavasam amamsataingita-jnah -- expert in psychic study; puru-praudhah -- highly experienced; eka -- one; aramah -- relaxation; ca -- also; satvatah -- devotees, or own men; satvatam rsabham -- head of the family; sarve -- all; bhuta-avasam -- all-pervading; amamsata -- could think.TRANSLATIONThe Yadus were all experienced devotees, learned and expert in psychic study. Over and above t
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Austerities appreciated by Krishna

Encouraging letters from Srila Prabhupada, such as one sent to Amogha, who planned to preach in Indonesia, enlivened the devotees more and more, convincing them that their austerities in the matter of preaching were appreciated by Krsna:

When the soldiers risk their lives on the battlefield, the government is very much inclined to give them all facilities in their work. Even the citizens may be deprived of their comforts. So Krishna takes special appreciation for
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Dear Devotees, please read below information regarding when to eat fruits. Courtesy: Krsna Gyan.


We all think eating fruit means just buying fruit, cutting it up and popping it into our mouths. It's not that easy. It's important to know how and when to eat fruit. What's the correct way to eat fruit?

 

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUIT AFTER A MEAL!  FRUIT SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

Eating fruit like that plays a major role in detoxifying your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for w

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CHANT FOR CHANGE --SESSION II

VENUE: ISKCON PANDARPUR, SESSION II: THE VISION, OBSTACLES AND PLANNING FOR THE HOLY NAME

FIVE POINT PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

This is like some project management. There is a five point program to organize a project, plan the project on local, regional, global level. It has five steps of planning. We had applied this to our Srila Prabhupada’s centennial 1996 project.  Of course, we started planning in 1992 and the celebration was in 1996.

CHANTING PROJECTFOR CHANGE:

So wha

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Strategies to overhaul the “Slaugtherhouse Civilization”

 

By Bharat Chandra das

The present civilization is clearly a “Slaughterhouse Civilization”! There is an act of murder in every fibre of it’s construction. Ever increasing greed for economic gains is the goal. We all know, this experiment has been disastrous. The rebelliousness on the values and culture of a sustainable past propagated by scientists and leaders combined has entered the blood of every citizen of the modern world. It has taken

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You will not be the loser

When Krishna played the flute, the gopis, they left their parents, they left everything to join Krishna. Well I tell you my friends whenever the kirtan of the holy name is going on with association of saintly persons; the flute of Krishna is playing. How many of us are in the mood of gopis. They were ready to risk everything, to lose everything, to join the kirtan that is the qualification and the value. On Sunday, Krishna is playing His flute all day long in Radha Gopinath Mandir. But His flute
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The Proud Prideless Devotee

While a devotee is never proud of himself, choosing to always remain meek and humble, he is nevertheless very proud of so many things. He is proud of His wonderful Lord Sri Krishna, who is constantly showering unlimited mercy upon all living beings. He is the proud of his spiritual master, who is delivering him from the cycle of birth death. He is proud of the devotees who are sacrificing their lives to push forward the Krishna consciousness movement for the benefit of all living beings. He grea

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See God by Becoming His Friend?

Question: See God by Becoming His Friend?


Please accept my humble obeisances

I would like to ask you following question:

Is it true that the biggest qualification to see God is the eagerness and determination to become His friend?

Regards,
Sunil

 


Answer: No. By Becoming His Servant We See God.


No. Friend means on an equal level. If we want to see God we must subordinate ourselves to Him as His humble servants. It is only when Arjuna gave up the mood of being Krishna's friend and accepted Him as His spi

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 8
durbhago bata loko 'yam
yadavo nitaram api
ye samvasanto na vidur
harim mina ivodupam


durbhagah -- unfortunate; bata -- certainly; lokah -- universe; ayam -- this; yadavah -- the Yadu dynasty; nitaram -- more specifically; api -- also; ye -- those; samvasantah -- living together; na -- did not; viduh -- understand; harim -- the Personality of Godhead; minah -- the fishes; iva udupam -- like the moon.


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This universe with all its planets is most unf
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Sankirtan bus

After Ratha-yatra, the double-decker bus, headed by Madhudvisa Swami, set off for a grand sankirtana tour of New South Wales and tropical Queensland, reaching towns along the way that had never seen a devotee, let alone a busload of them.

Madhudvisa: Apart from the unusual colour scheme, the travelling bus looked much like a regular bus -- so much so that occasionally people would get on board. If they could handle the association, and were going in our direction, then they'd get a f
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Balarama Jayanti Initiation Lecture by HH Radhanath Swami ,

Villa Vrindavan, Italy


HH Radhanath Swami:


On behalf of His Divine Grace  AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and the great acaryas of our Brahma Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya, on this holy occasion of Sri Balarama Jayanti, in Sri Villa Vrindavan, we commence the ceremony of initiation. We began this holy ceremony with the invocation of a verse from the holy scriptures:


Om apavitrahi.

 
This verse encapsulates the very purpose of initiat

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Hare Krishna dear Devotees! PAMHO! AGTSP! here i found a story from Facebook. Sister Champakalata had sent. It might be repeated but it is worthy for that. 

September 12 – 24, 2004, Russian Federation.

"My Chest Swells Up With Pride"

 On the way out, one of my disciples, Ragalekha dasi, approached me. She is a woman in her late 40s, and I remembered her as a faithful disciple who always made it a point to come to my programs when I visited Russia. So when she asked me to visit her apartment to s

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[Karabhajana Risi to Maharaj Nimi]: "Accompanied by His personal devotees, Lord KRSNA, assuming a golden color, introduces the hari-nama-sankirtan, the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra, in the age of Kali. By this process, He delivers love for Krsna to the general populace. Lord Krsna, the son of Nanda Maharaj, personally introduces the occupational duty of the age of Kali. He personally chants and dances in ecstatic love, and thus the entire world chants congregationally.

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