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The Secret

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Once upon a time, Sanatana Goswami had a sparśa-maṇi.  A sparśa-maṇi is a touchstone.  Nowadays these stones are not often found, but we have heard about them.  And when you touch metal with this stone, it turns to gold.  Ooh, we wouldn’t mind a few stones like that, hmm?

Nowadays such stones are very rare, but Sanatana Goswami had such a stone.  Whatever he touched with the stone, turned to gold.  And what did Sanatan Goswami do?  He threw it over his shoulder on the garbage heap, and then he sa
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 1
2. Remembrance of Lord Krsna


sri-suka uvaca
iti bhagavatah prstah
ksattra vartam priyasrayam
prativaktum na cotseha
autkanthyat smaritesvarah


sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva said; iti -- thus; bhagavatah -- the great devotee; prstah -- being asked; ksattra -- by Vidura; vartam -- message; priya-asrayam -- regarding the dearest; prativaktum -- to reply; na -- not; ca -- also; utsehe -- became eager; autkanthyat -- by excessive anxiety; smarita -- remembrance;
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Boiling down milk

Srila Prabhupada had recently brought to the attention of his GBC men a disturbing new trend: many of his disciples were not studying his books. Certainly Prabhupada had wanted many new centres opened -- but not at the expense of personal purity.

Prabhupada had written to one senior disciple:
Now we shall concentrate on making our devotees Krishna conscious and not be so much concerned with expanding ourselves widely without any spiritual content.

Srila Prabhupada had made an analo
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2514840380?profile=originalBy H H Lokanath Swami – Chant for Change Seminar at Pandharpur

Hare Krishna !! You are all  welcome. Pandharpur dham ki jay.

Pandharpur dham is known for chanting. Lot of chanting goes on here. Lot of singing. Varkaris (walking pilgrims) also sing. Gaudiya vaishnavas also sing. Prabhupada writes in the purport.  They chant, they dance and they chant and they dance along with mridangas (drums), and kartalas (hand cymbals). Prabhupada compares like this the Caitanya Caritamrita. There is a descripti

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How to Choose Spiritual Master?

Question: How to Choose My Spiritual Master?There are so many bona fide spiritual masters coming in disciplic succession after Srila Prabhupada. I am confused to whom should I approach for initiation (diksha). Please let me know how to decide which guru I should accept as my spiritual master.thanking youRajeshAnswer:He Who Helps You Most to Be Krishna ConsciousI appreciate very much your thoughtfulness and careful consideration. This is the sort of spiritual intelligence that I look for in a can
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62nd Vyasa Puja of HH Lokanath Swami -11th July, 2011.


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How many Hindi speaking people are there? O quite a lot! How many do not know Marathi? So what should we do? (Chorus of Hindi!) The Marathi people have kept quiet?

 

I was thinking that today I have to only hear and not speak, then Ishtadev prabhu reminded me that I need to speak as well.

 

Today is my own birthday so what should I say? For you the topic is…no the topic is not Hindi! (responding to a prabhu’s call of Hindi from the audience)

 

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Hare Krsna,

Please accept my humble obeisance’s,

All glories to Srila Prabhupad.

Dandvat Pranam,


I have a daily KC mails group in which I send daily KC mails (Pastimes of Lord Krishna, Stories, Previous Acaryas Quotes etc.)to so many devotees if you want to receive the mails simply mail me on sachin.kguptaa@gmail.com with subject "add me" so I can added you in my group & send you daily KC mails. 

One more thing i have a daily SMS group also which i send daily SMS(Previous Acaryas's Quotes, BG Quot

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 Unfortunately, we have no educational system to understand this spiritual science. And especially in this age, everything is godlessness. Therefore people are not happy. Our, this Krsna consciousness movement is only to make people happy by becoming Krsna conscious, understanding everything in the right ways. That is our mission.

Therefore, that is the mission of every devotee. Just like Arjuna is asking herewith. He knows everything. He is Krsna's friend, personal friend. He is always living wi
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Lack of Thankfulness

When we do not genuinely say thank you in our lives, this ungrateful attitude will interfere with our spiritual growth. Sometimes we simply must
come to such a level of gratitude that we can just say, "Thank you Lord for allowing me to be sick and giving me this opportunity to read more. Thank
you for this opportunity to be more introspective. Thank you for giving me this chance to appreciate health and use it more efficiently when I have
it." When someone criticizes us, we can thank them for helpi
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“The material world and its relationships are a reflection of God’s own Spiritual world and its spiritual relationships. He made man in His image and He made the material relationships as a type of reflection so that they can feel that if they want to become like God, it gives them opportunities to have apparently similar kinds of activities.

But in fact they are like the shadow, and Krishna’s activities are the original and pure. These are not real relationships. These are a play, a kind of toy
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Question: Why Chanting Does Not Make Me Happy?


Hare Krishna Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

I heard somewhere from a devotee, that Srila Prabhupada stated "if a devotee is not happy he is doing something wrong". 

Related to me, I never feel satisfied or happy after doing chanting. I feel more confused, frustrated, unhappy after chanting, which kills my motivation to chant or associate with devotees. 

Could you please guide me what wrong I am doing. Please give me direction, what shall I

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Krsna and the Gopis Meet for the Rasa Dance

Sri Badarayani said: Sri Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in all opulences, yet upon seeing those autumn nights scented with blossoming jasmine flowers, He turned His mind toward loving affairs. To fulfill His purposes He employed His internal potency.

The moon then rose, anointing the face of the eastern horizon with the reddish hue of his comforting rays, and thus dispelling the pain of all who watched him rise. The moon was like a bel
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COAL to CLEAN

An old Farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Bhagavad Gita. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.


One day the grandson asked, 'Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagavad Gita just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Bhagavad Gita do?' The Grandfather quietly turned

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 45
tasya prapannakhila-lokapanam
avasthitanam anusasane sve
arthaya jatasya yadusv ajasya
vartam sakhe kirtaya tirtha-kirteh


tasya -- His; prapanna -- surrendered; akhila-loka-panam -- all rulers of the entire universe; avasthitanam -- situated in; anusasane -- under the control of; sve -- own self; arthaya -- for the interest of; jatasya -- of the born; yadusu -- in the family of the Yadus; ajasya -- of the unborn; vartam -- topics; sakhe -- O my friend; ki
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Jiva Fall down

Prabhupada gave another example from the Srimad-Bhagavatam:

Krishna's friends were kept asleep for one year by Brahma, but when they woke up and Krishna returned before them, they considered that only a moment had passed.

Prabhupada further explained by citing yet another example -- that of Jaya and Vijaya, the two gatekeepers at a gateway to Vaikuntha, who once refused entrance to the four great sages, the Kumaras, and were subsequently cursed by them to fall to the material world:

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Authorized Procedure for Performing A Krishna Conscious Marriage Ceremony

1. Preparations are made according to the instructions in the "Sri Srimurti Puja" booklet, published by ISKCON Los Angeles

2. The couple should wear newly bought clothes.

3. Sankirtana

4. The bride sits to the right of the groom. Garlands are offered to the priest and couple after they have been touched to the Deities' feet. Incense is lit and placed around the spot where the sacrificial fire is to be lit.

5. The priest says th
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Thought Of The Day

IT is good to love God for hope of reward, but it is better to love God for love's sake; and the prayer goes: O Lord, I do not want wealth nor, children nor learning. If it be That will, I shall go from birth to birth. But grant me this, that I may love you without the hope of reward--'love'' unselfishly for love's sake.

By: Swami Vivekananda

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STOP PLASTIC!! MAKE THE WORLD FANTASTIC!!

Respected Devotees,
Please accept our most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru and Gauranga.

               As a part of the “Heal the World” Project, Bhaktivedanta Hospital Youth Foundation is planning to organize a Newspaper Collection Drive, in order to discourage the use of Plastic bags and promote the use of newspaper bags which is both ecofriendly and also economical. Plastic bags are a great threat to the environment in various ways, also known to be th

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