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----- Touching Krishna's Kingdom -----

 

 

Touching Krishna's Kingdom

 

HERE ENDS YOUR

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(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

 

I am trying to share herewith a few of the points from the nectarean lectures given by Maharaja in June 2009 when Maharaja was here in Abudhabi on his way back to India from London. Maharaja was discussing the various qualities we have to develop so that we can enter into the Kingdom of Krishna. I am trying to post herewith a few of the points acco

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Prayer to ‘Lord Krishna'

Fire covered by smoke in Hypocrisy of Virtue all around.

A desire to dwell in a place to lose all pity desires, to miseries of this world.

A work to lose every materialistic opulence to your parallel delusions.

While living years in darkness born by ignorance.

When things seeming a circle and me running in it.

I don’t want to be stabbed again by illusions and fallibility.

O Supreme Lord! Hide me as I surrender in realm of your syllables.

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2514840918?profile=originalOnly the dvijas (the brähmaëas) and the devas (the demigods) can be delivered from material existence by the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whatever is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is a mantra and is suitable for delivering the conditioned souls from mental speculation. The conditioned souls are engaged in a struggle for existence (manaù ñañöhänéndriyäëi prakåti-sthäni karñati [Bg. 15.7]). Deliverance from this struggle constitutes the highest benefit, but un

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Create a temple in your home and teach your family, how to come together to chant. The family that prays together stays together. When we pray, the holy name is a prayer; it is the most powerful prayer of the heart. And individually, we should train our consciousness to be in connection to the holy name from chanting of Japa, individual meditation and through this process of purification, our home is Vaikuntha, our life is the life of the devotee of God. It is very simple. And there is absolutel

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SPIRITUAL ATTITUDE

Q. Both in spiritual life and also in material life people speak of attitude. What should be the approach of a spiritual aspirants towards other spiritual aspirants and with materialists? 

A. The answer to this can be found in a number of places, where qualifications of a madhyama adhikari are described. Amongst spiritual aspirants, there are those more advanced, those who are peers and those who are less advanced. In all cases, we should try to render service to thevaisnavas (devotees of the Lor

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Quest for Happiness


Suppose a man is thrown into the ocean. He may be an expert swimmer, but he cannot be happy in the ocean because he is out of his natural condition of life. The only way he will become happy is if someone picks him up from the ocean and places him on the land.

So if we are serious, if we actually want to be happy, we must take to the cultivation of spiritual understanding, an understanding of Krishna consciousness. Of course, in every country of the world there is some religious system, some syst
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How Krishna is Not a Hindu God?

Question: How Krishna is Not a Hindu God?


Gurudeva:

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I have seen in India and noticed that people think that Krishna is a Hindu god. But Srila Prabhupada said that God is God just as gold is gold, that one cannot say, "Hindu gold" or "Christian gold." How can we understand that Krishna is not a Hindu god?

Chetan
 


Answer: He is Not Hindunatha. He is Jagannatha.


If Krishna was a Hindu god, He would be called Hindunatha (the lord of the

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Most unfortunate thing

Mohanananda was becoming increasingly morose and alienated from the devotees. He was not chanting his prescribed number of rounds nor attending the daily spiritual program, and it was obvious to many devotees that he was not strictly following the regulative principles. In early August, 1972, Mohanananda voluntarily relinquished his position as the president of the Sydney temple and GBC assistant, agreeing to spend more time on the printing press.

An election was held and de
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 5
pulakodbhinna-sarvango
muncan milad-drsa sucah
purnartho laksitas tena
sneha-prasara-samplutah


pulaka-udbhinna -- bodily changes of transcendental ecstasy; sarva-angah -- every part of the body; muncan -- smearing; milat -- opening; drsa -- by the eyes; sucah -- tears of grief; purna-arthah -- complete achievement; laksitah -- thus observed; tena -- by Vidura; sneha-prasara -- extensive love; samplutah -- thoroughly assimilated.


TRANSLATION
It was so observe
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A Yogi’s Lessons on Greed

2514840961?profile=originalWhat kind of disease does greed inflict on the soul and what exactly is greed anyway?

A former investment banking securities salesman whose business was obliterated in the mortgage market meltdown lamented that the greed of others destroys many economic lives. Greed is simply the desire to want more than you have, he explained. “It’s a natural state.” He is right of course. But for some, so is murder and rape. The evolution of our species necessitates we don’t give into every natural desire.

The c

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Thought Of The Day

Many men come here and by their talents, earn huge amounts of money, but it remains here, and he goes alone with his works only to accept another different kind of body, forgetting everything behind. But if he acquires some spiritual assets it goes with him, and even if it is not perfect in this life, it begins again from that point in next life.

-By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Srila Prabhupada said this chanting of – Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare/ Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare - It is not an artificial imposition of the mind. It is invoking our original consciousness, our consciousness is so pure. It is to love Krsna but now - that consciousness has become polluted, so polluted by material designations, material attachments and material conceptions. So who is a pure devotee?That person who is in his natural state to love Krsna. Like the

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Practicing at Home

Applying Tilak

 

One of the most striking aspects of a Vaishnava’s attire is his tilak – the clay markings on his forehead. Srila Prabhupada said that just as a soldier’s regiment can be known by the uniform he wears, similarly a devotee of the Lord must wear tilak on his forehead in all conditions.

Although it is best to wear tilak all the time, some workplaces may not allow it. If a devotee cannot wear tilak to work then he can chant the appropriate mantra and apply ‘water tilak’.

Tilak is worn fo

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Peace is inherent withinus

We are all anxious for peace but Krishna reveals to us how to achieve peace? What is peace? And if we ignore what He speaks; all of our arrangements are doomed to failure. Peace is inherent within you and me; it is our nature. Unless we find it in ourselves, we cannot give it to someone else. A poor man cannot give money to anyone in need. If you want to be charitable and give money, you have to make money, you have to have it. Unless you have peace, you cannot give peace. And now today in all n
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 4
sa muhurtam abhut tusnim
krsnanghri-sudhaya bhrsam
tivrena bhakti-yogena
nimagnah sadhu nirvrtah


sah -- Uddhava; muhurtam -- for a moment; abhut -- became; tusnim -- dead silent; krsna-anghri -- the lotus feet of the Lord; sudhaya -- by the nectar; bhrsam -- well matured; tivrena -- by very strong; bhakti-yogena -- devotional service; nimagnah -- absorbed in; sadhu -- good; nirvrtah -- fully in love.


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For a moment he remained dead silent, and his
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Prabhupada's appreciation

A day or two after the festival, an airmail letter arrived from Srila Prabhupada in London. Madhudvisa, still elated from the festival and especially the drama, was surprised to read the contents:

Regarding your question of dancing-show, whatever it may be, it may not deviate from the real Krishna consciousness program. We are hari-kirtana men, that's all. We can attract people by some gorgeous show, but inside there must be strict purity and seriousness, otherwise we sha
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  In three out of the four millenniums (namely Satya-yuga, Tretä-yuga and Dväpara-yuga) people had the honor to be able to understand transcendence through the path of disciplic succession. However, in the present age, people have no interest in the disciplic succession. Instead, they have invented many paths of logic and argument. This individual attempt to understand the supreme transcendence (called the ascending process) is not approved by the Vedas. The Absolute Truth must descend from the

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What kind of disease does greed inflict on the soul and what exactly is greed anyway?

A former investment banking securities salesman whose business was obliterated in the mortgage market meltdown lamented that the greed of others destroys many economic lives. Greed is simply the desire to want more than you have, he explained. “It’s a natural state.” He is right of course. But for some, so is murder and rape. The evolution of our species necessitates we don’t give into every natural desire.

The c

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Panca Maha Yajna

The demigods are authorized supplying agents on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu. Therefore, they must be satisfied by the performance of prescribed yajnas. In the Vedas, there are different kinds of yajnas prescribed for different kinds of demigods, but all are ultimately offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For one who cannot understand what the Personality of Godhead is, sacrifice to the demigods is recommended. According to the different material qualities of the
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Is Lord Krishna Partial?

Question: Is Lord Krishna Partial?


Dear Gurudeva

I have one doubt in my mind. Is Lord Krishna partial to His devotees and neglectful of others? He enlightens a few selected people by bestowing bhakti upon them, thus allowing them to return back to His eternal abode. Since He can make anyone His pure devotee, why doesn't He do so? In other words, why does He help a few selected people, His devotees, and neglect everyone else?

Regards
Vivek

 


Answer: Krishna is Equal to All


Krishna is equal to all. He is

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