There are eight types of marriage described in Manusmriti (Laws of Manu) or “Manava Dharma Shastra”:
• Rite of Brahmana (Brahma) – where the father of the bride invites a man learned in the Vedas and a good conduct, and gives his daughter in marriage to him after decking her with jewels and costly garments.
• Rite of the Gods (Daiva) – where the daughter is groomed with ornaments and given to a priest who duly officiates at a sacrifice during the course of its performance of this rite.
• Rite o
1. Alignment with Srila Prabhupada
• Krishna Conscious family life is consistent with the teachings and example of Srila Prabhupada.
• Srila Prabhupada’s teachings must be applied with consideration of time, place and circumstance.
• In the field of grihastha life, one should take into account the local culture without compromising Srila Prabhupada’s teachings. One should not attempt to simply transpose practices from one culture to another without understanding the principles and values underpi
Rasanath Das, an ex-investment banker turned Hindu Monk, was spending recent Sunday afternoons leading Occupy Wall Street protesters in meditation until police cleared their camp at New York's Zuccotti Park this week.
The 32-year-old monk isn't sure now where his next session will be. He'll keep following the protesters to lead meditation, though, convinced they will only roll back the inequality around them if they find equanimity deep inside.
"Anger won't solve anything," he told Reuters. "We h
You never mind in whatever condition you are. You may be a brahmana. You may be a
ksatriya or a sudra or... You have got particular duty. That's all. That makes
you a brahmana and a sudra or a brahmacari. But whatever particular duty you
may have, just try to see whether by your duty this Supreme Lord is satisfied.
Then it is perfect.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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Spell -Sri Krishna's magical charm;
Mind finds true calm;
Eyes shed peaceful tears;
Breathes greet patience;
Ear wells of essence;
Mouth domain of chants;
Heart home of meditation;
Life meets ultimate perfection.
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Without being self-controlled, without being disciplined and without being fully
obedient, no one can become successful in following the instructions of the
spiritual master, and without doing so, no one is able to go back to Godhead.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Dear Prabhus,
Pamho! AGTSP! I would like to share some instructions from SP which have really helped me in my spiritual life. I pray they will also help you.
The first is that our primary goal is to purify ourselves: Our existence is now polluted, and it must be purified (sattvaà çuddhyet). The human life is meant for this purification… (SB. 9.19.20)
A very important method of purification is sadhu sanga, but we require training to do this properly: “unless and until one is trained in the cul
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Sri Nityananda Prabhu, His
incarnation Sri Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Sri Gadadhara Prabhu, and His marginal potency
Srivasa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should know that
Sri Caitanya Mahapr
There is a heavy load on the lord because the lord is very concerned seeing the
living entity suffer and therefore if the devotees of the lord help the lord
take this load off, the lord becomes very indebted to them.
By H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj
HK PAMHO
His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada states:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and His plenary portions cannot be understood by mental speculation nor by the nondevotees. If anyone wants to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he has to take to pure devotional service under the guidance of a pure devotee. Otherwise, the truth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead will always be hidden. It is already stated in Bhagavad-gita (7.25), naham prakasah sarvasya: He is not reveal
Krishna has given some the opportunity to serve Him by nice writing, some by good business ability, some by nice cooking, and so on, but these various services are all accepted equally by Krishna. On the transcendental plane, one service is as good as another. There is no question of higher or lower. We are very tiny, and so we cannot really do very much. Simply we can engage our time and energy, and that is all Krishna sees. He sees this boy or girl is spending his time in My Service, and He is
We should never sit idly and ask Krishna to do everything. That is the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita. It is clearly said in the Gita: "Yuddhasya ca mam anusmara [Bg. 8.7]. So ordinarily, we have to try our best to our best capacity to achieve something, and by Krishnas Grace, all of a sudden we shall see everything is there. This sort of help from Krishna is transcendental happiness.
By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
(1)
adharam madhuram vadanam madhuram
nayanam madhuram hasitam madhuram
hridayam madhuram gamanam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram
His lips are sweet, His face is sweet, His eyes are sweet, His smile is sweet, His heart is sweet, His gait is sweet – everything is sweet about the original Lord of Sweetness.
(2)
vacanam madhuram caritam madhuram
vasanam madhuram valitam madhuram
calitam madhuram bhramitam madhuram
madhuradhi-pater akhilam madhuram
His voice is sweet, His character is swe
