The individual living being exists in a relationship between that which is him and that which is not him. Those who find this relationship painful and want to remove the pain sometimes deny this relationship by stating that the individual self is all that exists and therefore there is no such thing as relationship. They posit a self which exists in an impersonal, formless, relationshipless oneness and imagine that they have become liberated from all the pain of relationship. However, since our v
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It’s a rare person who can avoid the trap of reaction spirals. This is the dangerous tendency to overreact to something – and then compound the problem by over analyzing it. Here is a typical example: someone criticizes some aspect of your work. You overreact to the criticism and become defensive. Then you spend the next half hour analyzing the critical comments, convincing yourself they are incorrect. A whirlwind of thoughts passes through your mind. You focus on the criticism. The more you do,
Let’s follow the gorgeous emerald-pillar to the kunja
Verse 57
moulish-chandraka-bhushano marakata-stambha-abhirâmam vapur-
vaktran chitra-vimugdha-hâsa-madhuram bale vilole drishou,
vâchah shaishava-sheetalâ mada-gaja-shlâghyâ vilâsa-sthitir-
manda-mandamaye ka esha mathurâ-veetheem mitho gâhate.57.
Translation
My dear friend, look there, Who is That walking slowly on the path of Gokul? He is alone and has a crown of peacock-feather; His body is as gorgeous as an emerald pillar; His face has a swee
Sankirtana Party and distribution of our magazines and books is our real program. Other things are secondary. (Letter to Satsvarupa, Moscow, 21 June, 1971)
-By.H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Preach to an enthusiastic audience
"For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me."—Bg. 18.68
Dear Prabhus and Maharajas,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, who gave us the sacred mission to spread Krishna consciousness to the best of our ability.
I'm writing to invite you to preach to an audience eager to hear about Krishna consciousness: the readers of Back to Godhead. F
Bhakti Swaroop Damodar Swami
Entering the grihasta ashram is not just for sense enjoyment, but it is to have a son like Dhruva Maharaja, a son like Bhaktisiddanta Prabhupada, a son like our Prabhupada so that you can also be transferred to the kingdom of God. It is very important. You should train your children, especially if you have a son it is your duty to train your son to be a perfect brahmacari from the very childhood. Not that he should be entangled in this material world any longer. It i
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large blocks of granite. When asked what they were doing, the first fellow
said, “I’m making bricks.” The second said, “I’m creating a foundation for
a large building.” The third person answered, “I’m building a cathedral.”
They are doing the exact same job, and all three responses were accurate,
but they reveal the huge difference attitude makes. It’s the difference
between tolerating or enjoying one’s life, between thinking
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Lord Sri Krishna states in the Bhagavad-gita that the self-realization system he presents in the Bhagavad-gita is the topmost self-realization training system. We are simply presenting Krishna's system purely as it is without any additions or subtractions. So |
Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev.
Many a times we all must have come across people who actually become happy when others are in distress. Or may be their happiness lies in only seeing others in distress and unhappiness. I personally have witnessed such crooked smile which enlightens one's face after giving some trouble to a person who has never counteracted. Some people are very much satisfied to see that peopl
His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaja
Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards, cobras, monkeys, rivers and trees; they all served as my teachers when I lived as a wanderer in the Himalayan foothills. They shared the kind of lessons that elevate the spirit.
One particularly illuminating lesson from the forest comes in the form of the Himalayan musk deer. The musk deer is referenced in Sanskrit poetry and philos
Tomorrow you become a big preacher, don’t take the credit, give it to Guru and Krishna.
Whenever we would go to Prabhupada and thank him and glorify him for the
service he had done he would say, ‘I have done nothing. This is all happening
due to the mercy of my Guru Maharaj and Krishna’.(Bhagavad-gita 7.3 ), Moscow,
19.05.2001
-By H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj
Took a bath despite to the type of whether,
Waking up when the Sun was not there.
Oh, yes! Before swept cleanly the floor,
Meditating that God will love me for.
Wearied my sari and put tilak,
Also kajal, decoration to my eyes and hair.
Opened Altar to meet my Lord there,
Or correctly, to be seen by Him here.
Paid obeisance with lots of prayers,
Which I copied from Acharias previous.
"Oh Lord! You are only shelter…" and so on,
"Please, don't neglect Your child alone!"
Sang Samsara with held up ha
The narration of Govardhana’s Avirbhava, or appearance, in this world and the receiving of the name of "Giriraja" is described in the second chapter of the Vrndavana-khanda of the Garga-Samhita, by Sri Gargacaraya. In a counsel of wise and elderly gopas of Vraja that included Nanda Maharaja and his brother Sananda amongst the discussion, the previously mentioned topics were debated upon. Pandu and Bhisma raised the questions for discussion, and the narration was then told by Sananda to Nanda Ma
Why do we forget the pain that we go through in mothers womb?
The miserable condition of material existence is not only felt when we come out of the womb of the mother, but is also present within the womb. Miserable life begins from the moment the living entity begins to contact his material body. Unfortunately, we forget this experience and do not take the miseries of birth very seriously. In Bhagavad-gita, therefore, it is specifically mentioned that one should be very alert to understand the
While in Sydney in 1972, Prabhupada worked steadily on his purports to the later chapters of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Third Canto. He was disappointed, however, that his disciples at ISKCON Press could not keep up with him, and had admonished them accordingly.
Consequently, when a special gold-bound edition of the Third Canto, Volume 1 arrived that afternoon by overseas express mail from the printers, Prabhupada was very happy. Sitting at his desk in his small
kaccit puranau purusau svanabhya-
padmanuvrttyeha kilavatirnau
asata urvyah kusalam vidhaya
krta-ksanau kusalam sura-gehe
kaccit -- whether; puranau -- the original; purusau -- Personalities of Godhead (Krsna and Balarama); svanabhya -- Brahma; padma-anuvrttya -- by the request of the one who is born from the lotus; iha -- here; kila -- certainly; avatirnau -- incarnated; asate -- are; urvyah -- of the world; kusalam -- well-being; vidhaya -- for doing so
Offer a prayer to the holy name that describes your aspirations to best serve the holy name, to go deeper into your relationship with the holy name. In order to help you with this exercise, I am including a prayer I wrote at the end of one of the Japa retreats.
My Dear Holy Name,
Please allow me to taste Your nectar, to fully experience Your presence, to feel joy and enthusiasm when I meet You. Please allow me to become attracted to You, to always hanker for your association, and to never become
True Religion
At the present moment, no one actually knows the meaning of religion. Religion means to abide by the laws of God, just as good citizenship means to abide by the laws of the government. Because no one has any understanding of God, no one knows the laws of God or the meaning of religion. This is the present status of people in today's society. They are forgetting religion, taking it to be a kind of faith. Faith may be blind faith. Faith is not the real description of religion. Religi
Krishna bring about? Srila Prabhupada said: Chanting will result in
more Chanting. The more we chant the more we want to chant. The more
we chant the more others will chant. The more they chant the more the
people around them will chant and then the entire world will chant.
