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Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 25, 2011 at 8:49am

One should always remember that as long as he has a material body he must face the miseries of repeated birth, old age, disease and death. There is no use in making plans to get rid of these miseries of the material body. The best course is to find out the means by which one may regain his spiritual identity.

The living being is in the state of forgetfulness of his relation with God due to his being overly attracted to material sense gratification from time immemorial. His struggle for existence

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Accepts the bare necessities of life

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 25, 2011 at 8:49am

One should not be attached to more than the necessities of life required for spiritual advancement.

One should know, however, that all the necessities of life that the human society requires are supplied by the demigod agents of the Lord. No one can manufacture anything. Take, for example, all the eatables of human society. These eatables include grains, fruits, vegetables, milk, sugar, etc., for the persons in the mode of goodness, and also eatables for the nonvegetarians, like meats, none of wh

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Recognizing an opportunity

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 25, 2011 at 8:34am

When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coppers. The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum on which was written the secret of the "Touchstone"!

The touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was lying among th

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Pancha Tattva

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 25, 2011 at 8:31am

The Five Tattvas (left to right):
Advaita, Nityananda, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Gadadhara, and Srivasa

"Sri Gauranga, Sri Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Sri Gadadhara and Srivasa are all on the same platform, but in spiritually distinguishing between them one should understand that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the form of a devotee, Nityananda Prabhu appears in the form of a devotee's spiritual master, Advaita Prabhu is the form of a bhakta (devotee) incarnation, Gadadhara Prabhu is the energy of a bh

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 8

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 25, 2011 at 8:30am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 8
yo 'dhyatmiko 'yam purusah
so 'sav evadhidaivikah
yas tatrobhaya-vicchedah
puruso hy adhibhautikah

yah -- one who; adhyatmikah -- is possessed of the sense organs; ayam -- this; purusah -- personality; sah -- he; asau -- that; eva -- also; adhidaivikah -- controlling deity; yah -- that which; tatra -- there; ubhaya -- of both; vicchedah -- separation; purusah -- person; hi -- for; adhibhautikah -- the visible body or the embodied living entity.

TRANSLATION

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Jagnnath Rathyatra in Solapur

Posted by Shobha Radha Devi Dasi on March 24, 2011 at 11:27am

Dear Maharajas & Prabhus,
Hare Krishna!

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

On 4th April 2011, Monday on the oscpicious day of Gudhi Padwa (New year forMaharashtra) by the blessings of Srila Prabhupada & by the help ofentire vishnava Devotees ISKCON Solapur, we are holding Lord Jagannath RathYatra Mahotsav, fallowing is a brief details of the festival.

" Starting Place: Park Chowk

" Date & Starting time : 4th March Monday

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Bonfires, prayers to usher in Holi festival

Posted by Shobha Radha Devi Dasi on March 24, 2011 at 11:14am

"Holi is the last festival of the Hindu calendar with the new year coming up in a few days. As devotees circumambulate the holy fire, they pledge to make a new beginning by letting bygones be bygones."

Saturday will see nearly 10,000 devotees arrive at the ISKCON temple in Juhu for day-long festivities culminating in a grand flower shower in the evening.

"Holi is the appearance day of the Chaitanya incarnation of Lord Krishna. It was he who gave the world the Hare Krishna mantra which is the remed

Krishna -Mahaprabhu-Prabhupada-Gurudeva

Posted by Sibanandasen Das on March 24, 2011 at 10:22am

Krishna the supreme godhead.He shows the mercy to us by the Mahaprabhu.Mahaprabhu is Sree Krisna and Sree Radha

in Kaliyug.In this time he recover the sinful man allover the India.That time he Says that in every place of the world his name will be chanted by everybody.After 500 years Sreela Prabhupada Came and go to western country for publicity

of Mahaprabhu.Sreela Prabhupada is Saktabes Avatar according to his mercy for the sinful world.He elevated the total

sinful men and women of the world in M

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Natural Attachment

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 24, 2011 at 8:35am

One should not be more attached to wife, children and home than the revealed scriptures ordain.

We are very much attached to our so-called home, so-called wife, children. And here is, jnana means that asaktir anabhisvangah, asaktir. You should, therefore, at a certain age, according to Vedic civilization, one is forced to give up this attachment. Naturally, one is attached to wife, children, home. But Vedic civilization says, that is all right from... Up to fifty years, you can remain attached. B

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 7

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 24, 2011 at 8:34am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 7
abhasas ca nirodhas ca
yato 'sty adhyavasiyate
sa asrayah param brahma
paramatmeti sabdyate

abhasah -- the cosmic manifestation; ca -- and; nirodhah -- and its winding up; ca -- also; yatah -- from the source; asti -- is; adhyavasiyate -- become manifested; sah -- He; asrayah -- reservoir; param -- the Supreme; brahma -- Being; paramatma -- the Supersoul; iti -- thus; sabdyate -- called.

TRANSLATION
The supreme one who is celebrated as the Supreme Being or

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Inspiration: Duties of a householder Vaisnava...!!!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 24, 2011 at 8:33am

Duties of a householder Vaisnava

"A Vaisnava householder should always live according to the prescribed
duties; graciously hosting guests to their full satisfaction. His
spiritual discipline will not be impaired by his living or
associating with his wife. Nor is it forbidden for him to use mustard
oil or other perfumed oil. Foods like milk, curd, etc., which are
considered by ritualistic brahmanas to be inedible and non-vegetarian,
become wholesome vegetarian food for the yukta-vairagi.

"He is always a

President of India Inaugurates Conference on `Science and Spiritual Quest’

Posted by Dinesh Warungase on March 23, 2011 at 10:30pm

“Education without values is like a flower without fragrance”, said Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India, while inaugurating the 6th All India Students’ Conference on ‘Science and Spiritual Quest’ (AISSQ-2011) at New Delhi`s Vigyan Bhawan. Then she continued: “Education should impart values to the youth that makes them sensitive to fellow human beings, and the environs around them and can prepare them to become responsible citizens. Values provide an anchor in life, as well as the abilit

The Glories of Harinam

Posted by Raghupati Raghav Das on March 23, 2011 at 5:05pm

All Gloris to Srila Prabhupada

pamho

hare krishna

Dandvats Pranam.

harer näma harer näma
harer nämaiva kevalam
kalau nästy eva nästy eva
nästy eva gatir anyathä

THE MILLIONS ARE THINK COMES AND GONE IN OUR MIND BUT A SINGLE IS ENOUGH FOR

GETTING SUPREME NECTARS THAT IS WE ARE ALL PART OF PARTIAL OF KRISHNA...........

Your Servant

Ravi Dewangan

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Aindra Prabhu's Quote

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 23, 2011 at 2:07pm

" If we don't have complete faith in the congregational chanting of the Holy
Name, if we have very little taste and attraction for chanting and dancing
and thereby relatively disinterested or diverted to other engagements,
leaving ourselves little of any time to seriously TAKE UP THE RELIGION OF
THE AGE, if we didn't recognize the beauty and value of
hari-nama-sankirtana, and if we are not intent upon practically helping to
push foreward the most sublime dharma emphatically prescribed by Lord
Caitanya,

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All of life is in a constant state of change

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 23, 2011 at 9:52am

Everything has beginning and everything has an end. Every tree begins with a seed and will eventually transform back into earth. In our modern world, this means that every car, every machine, every piece of clothing is created and all will wear out and crumble; it’s only a matter of time. Our bodies are born and they will die. A glass is created and will eventually break. All of life is in a constant state of change.

When you expect something to break, you’re not surprised or disappointed when it

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Chanting

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 23, 2011 at 9:49am

Chanting

All of us devotees should make an effort to chant attentively and check if we are chanting better then yesterday, we are able to control the mind better. This is the foremost engagement.

SB 5.5.4 ,16.05.2009, New Delhi

The holy name is the most valuable asset that you can possess!

- By H.H.Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj

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A blessing by Srila Prabhupads father

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 23, 2011 at 9:47am

One should not be more attached to wife, children and home than the revealed scriptures ordain.

Srila Prabhupada speaks of his own life experience:A blessing by Srila Prabhupads father

You know that I was a married man. So after being married, I did not like my wife. (laughter) Somehow or other, I did not like. I must say she is very faithful, very everything... Everyone praised. But I did not like, somehow or other. So I was preparing for next marriage. Next marriage. Because in India, at that t

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He loses the capacity.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 23, 2011 at 9:46am

When one deviates from his original consciousness, he loses the capacity to remember his previous position or recognize his present one. When remembrance is lost, all knowledge acquired is based on a false foundation. When this occurs, learned scholars consider that the soul is lost.

PURPORT

Our original consciousness is Krsna consciousness because we are part and parcel of Krsna. When this consciousness is misguided and one is put into the material atmosphere, which pollutes the original conscio

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 6

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 23, 2011 at 9:40am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 6
nirodho 'syanusayanam
atmanah saha saktibhih
muktir hitvanyatha rupam
sva-rupena vyavasthitih

nirodhah -- the winding up of the cosmic manifestation; asya -- of His; anusayanam -- the lying down of the purusa incarnation Maha-Visnu in mystic slumber; atmanah -- of the living entities; saha -- along with; saktibhih -- with the energies; muktih -- liberation; hitva -- giving up; anyatha -- otherwise; rupam -- form; sva-rupena -- in constitutional form; vyav

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 5

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 23, 2011 at 9:40am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 5
avataranucaritam
hares casyanuvartinam
pumsam isa-kathah prokta
nanakhyanopabrmhitah

avatara -- incarnation of Godhead; anucaritam -- activities; hareh -- of the Personality of Godhead; ca -- also; asya -- of His; anuvartinam -- followers; pumsam -- of the persons; isa-kathah -- the science of God; proktah -- is said; nana -- various; akhyana -- narrations; upabrmhitah -- described.

TRANSLATION
The science of God describes the incarnations of the Personalit

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Current examples

Accepts the bare necessities of life

Recognizing an opportunity

Pancha Tattva

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 8

Jagnnath Rathyatra in Solapur

Bonfires, prayers to usher in Holi festival

Krishna -Mahaprabhu-Prabhupada-Gurudeva

Natural Attachment

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 7

Inspiration: Duties of a householder Vaisnava...!!!

President of India Inaugurates Conference on `Science and Spiritual Quest’

The Glories of Harinam

Aindra Prabhu's Quote

All of life is in a constant state of change

Chanting

A blessing by Srila Prabhupads father

He loses the capacity.

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 6

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 5

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