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Facts about Sanskrit Language

Posted by shanti yadav on January 28, 2012 at 8:30am

2514857167?profile=originalIt is the Mother of all languages. About 97% of world languages have been directly or indirectly influenced by this language.(Ref: UNO)

America has a University dedicated to Sanskrit and the NASA too has a department in it to research on Sanskrit manuscripts.

Sanskrit is the best computer friendly language.(Ref: Forbes Magazine July 1987).

There is a report by a NASA scientist that America is creating 6th and 7th generation super computers based on Samskrit language. Project deadline is 2025 for 6t

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32000 year old Idol of Narsimha (Lord Vishnu’s Avatar) found in Germany

Posted by shanti yadav on January 28, 2012 at 8:16am

2514857118?profile=originalMany news about prehistoric founds and their possible meaning reached the world in the last decades. One of them, found in South Germany, puts scientist around the world in amazement. The centerpiece is the “lion man”, an idol that is made from the tusk of a mammoth in the form of a human body with a lion head. Amazingly it is dated back 32,000 years from now.

This discovery brought a lot of attention in the archaeological circles in Europe. In Excavations around 1930-35 at the Lonetal area near

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----- Responsibility -----

Posted by Gadadhar das on January 28, 2012 at 8:00am

 

 

 

 

Responsibility

HERE ENDS YOUR

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Here is a very strong piece of instruction from Maharaj’s diary.


The keyword is responsibility. Conditional souls are lazy. They have an inborn tendency not to accept responsibility. Especially there is a tendency in the conditioned soul not to accept responsibility for his spiritual growth, for improving himself. A person may be busy, busy, busy doing so many tasks putting in 70 hours a week, but if by doing so, he av

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on January 27, 2012 at 5:05pm

The modern civilization is that "Eat, drink, be merry and enjoy. Do not care for what is future life." That is condemned civilization. We should know that there is future life, there is birth after death, and we must be prepared.

 

By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

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Preaching of the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra

Posted by Gourab Saha on January 27, 2012 at 12:35pm
Thakura Haridasa in Hari-nama-cintamani:
nija nija bole jiva paya bhakti;
bhakti labhibare sakalera nahi sakti.
"Those who get a chance to render devotional service by chanting of the Hare  Krishna Maha-mantra do so because of their good fortune generated by previous  pious activities (sukrti).  Thus it is not possible for everyone to take up this process."
sukrti-janera bhakti drdha koribare;
ailama yuga-dharma namera pracare.
"The advent of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to preach and establish the chanti
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Mahamantra yoga contd.

Posted by Gourab Saha on January 27, 2012 at 12:34pm

The word 'sraddha' (faith) in the above verse means 'sraddhabhasa' (the partial presence of faith).   And why not?  when faith is directed  to the Lord alone and not to the Lord's devotees, such faith is  called 'chaya' (shadow) or pratibimba (reflection).  That is the faith of ordinary materialistic  people.  It is not the spiritual faith of pure devotional service.  Because a bhaktabhasa (a person  who is partially a devotee) has faith and worship that are material (prakrta) in nature, a bhakt

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Maha-mantra Yoga

Posted by Gourab Saha on January 27, 2012 at 12:33pm
Srila Prabhuapada in the "Nectar of Devotion":

"When a mantra or hymn is chanted softly (but audibly) and slowly, that is called japa.  The same  mantra, when chanted loudly is called kirtana.  For example, the Maha-mantra (Hare Krishna, Hare  Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare) when uttered very softly (but audibly) only for one's own hearing is called japa.  The same mantra, when chanted loudly for being heard by all others is called kirtana.  The Mah
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Loud Chanting Of Sixty-Four Rounds

Posted by Gourab Saha on January 27, 2012 at 12:29pm
Loud chanting of sixty-four rounds (100,000 Names) of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra daily is the  most powerful and recommended way to chant constantly.

The perfection of life is to attain the level of Laksesvara from Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself!

In Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khanda 9.121-122, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed everyone on  whose worship and service He will accept:
prabhu bale, "jana 'laksesvara' bali kare?
prati-dina laksa-nama ye grahana kare". (121)
"Do you know who is a l
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Constant Chanting Of The Hare Krishna Maha-mantra Is The Only Way In Kali-yuga To Nullify the Ten Offenses And Give Us Pure Love Of God

Posted by Gourab Saha on January 27, 2012 at 12:27pm
In the Bhagavad-gita 9.14, Lord Krishna states:
satatam kirtayanto mam,
yatantas ca drdha-vratah
namasyantas ca mam bhaktya
nitya-yukta upasate
Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before  Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.  (Srila Prabhupada)
Srila Prabhupada in Srimad Bhagavatam 7.5.23:

  "While chanting the Holy Names of the Lord, one should be careful to avoid these ten offenses.  There  is no way to atone for any of these offenses.
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The Ten Offenses Of The Hare Krishna Maha-mantra

Posted by Gourab Saha on January 27, 2012 at 12:26pm
The ten offenses in chanting the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra must be given up to achieve success in the  chanting process.  They are described in the Padma Purana, Brahma Khanda 25.15-18
satam ninda namnah paramam aparadham vitanute
yatah khyatim yatam katham u sahate tad-vigarham
"To blaspheme the great saintly persons who are engaged in preaching the glories of the  Hare Krishna Maha-mantra is the worse offense at the lotus feet of the Holy Name.  One  should not criticize a preacher of the glories
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The Qualifications To Chant The Hare Krishna Maha-mantra

Posted by Gourab Saha on January 27, 2012 at 12:25pm
Thakura Haridasa in Hari-nama-cintamani:
jara sraddha haya name sei adhikari
jara mukhe krsna-nama, sei se acrai
"Only one who has sufficient faith in the glories of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra is  eligible to chant it.  And only one who actually chants the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra is  properly executing the prescribed duties of the human form of life.
desa-kala-awaucadi niyama sakala
sri nama-grahane nai nama se prabhala
"The Hare Krishna Maha-mantra is so powerful that the chanting does not depend
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The Ultimate Glories of Chanting the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra As Explained by Lord Caitanya Himself

Posted by Gourab Saha on January 27, 2012 at 12:23pm
In the last (21st) Chapter entitled Nama-mahima of his wonderful book Prema-vivarta, Srila  Jagadananda Pandita describes the super-excellent narration of the divine glories of the Hare Krishna  Maha-mantra by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself to His devotee Krishnadas as follows:

One day, Krishnadas broke his long silence and asked Lord Caitanya a question in Kashi Mishra's house.  "If you will kindly permit me to ask, then please tell me about the unlimited and
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The Meaning of The Hare Krishna Maha-mantra

Posted by Gourab Saha on January 27, 2012 at 12:21pm
Srila Prabhupada in Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahuti, Chapter 14:

"Caitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us that we should only beg God for His service life after life.  This is the  actual meaning of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra.  When we are chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,  Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, we are actually addressing God and His energy, Hara.  Hara is Krishna's internal potency, Srimati Radharani or Lakshmi.  Jaya Radhe!  This is dai
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Chanting The Hare Krishna Maha-mantra is the Yuga-Dharma for Kali-yuga

Posted by Gourab Saha on January 27, 2012 at 12:19pm
In the Bhagavad-gita (10.25), Lord Krishna states:
yajnanam japa-yajno 'smi
"Of sacrifices I am the chanting of My Holy Names."
The Brihan-naradiya Purana (38.126) states:
harer nama harer nama, harer namaiva kevalam;
kalau nasty eva nasty eva, nasty eva gatir anyatha.
"For spiritual progress in this Age of Kali which is full of quarrel and hypocrisy, there is  no alternative, there is no alternative, there is no alternative to the Holy Name, the Holy  Name, the Holy Name of the Lord."
Purport by Srila
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