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radhanathswami.jpgDying, leaving this world, that's a very sacred part of life in all great spiritual traditions' -- Radhanath Swami.

Bhaktivedanta Hospice is situated in the most holy place of Vrindavan - the land of Lord Krishna. Palliative care is the care given to patients who are suffering from terminal illness, which are incurable like Cancer, HIV AIDS, last stage Heart, Lungs, Liver and Kidney diseases. Home care, bereavement care, nursing care, spiritual care & counselin

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Bhaja Govindam Bhaja Govindam

                           Stotram by Sri Adi Shankracharya

bhajagovindaM bhajagovindaM

govindaM bhajamuuDhamate .

saMpraapte sannihite kaale

nahi nahi rakshati DukRiJNkaraNe .. (1)

Worship Govinda, Worship Govinda, Worship Govinda. Oh fool! Rules of Grammar will not save you at the time of your death.

 

mUDha jahiihi dhanaagamatRishhNaaM

kuru sadbuddhiM manasi vitRishhNaam.

yallabhase nijakarmopaattaM

vittaM tena vinodaya chittam. .. (2)

Oh fool ! Give up your thirst to amass wealth, devote your mind to t

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Posted on August 17, 2011Filed under BVKS SangaOne may search for Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, through thepages of the Vedas and Upanisads, but it is difficult to find Him there.However, one who is fortunate enough to associate with a devotee can see theSupreme Personality of Godhead face to face.>>> Ref. VedaBase => KB 12: The Killing of the Aghasura Demon
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Radhanath Swami


paras tasmät tu bhävo ‘nyo

‘vyakto ‘vyaktät sanätanah

yah sa sarvesu bhütesu

nasyatsu na vinasyati”

 

TRANSLATION

Yet there is another unmanifest nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and never annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is.

PURPORT

Krishna’s superior, spiritual energy is transcendental and eternal. It is beyond all the changes of material nature, which is manifest and anni

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Being complete Human Beings

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Devotees should be very complete personalities, it is about developing all the aspects of a personality and we should be complete human beings. This is something that really attracts me to Prabhupada, namely that not only that he is the great, exalted, pure devotee and completely on the topmost transcendental platform but at the same time he is so human, so very human in his dealings. And that endears him to me very much, that combination. I’m thinking that if we also can reach that then that wi

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sriyam anucaratim tad-arthinas ca
dvipada-patin vibudhams ca yat sva-purnah
na bhajati nija-bhrtya-varga-tantrah
katham amum udvisrjet puman krta-jnah

 

TRANSLATION: Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead is self-sufficient, He becomes dependent on His  devotees. He does not care for the goddess of fortune, nor for the kings and demigods who are after the favors of  the goddess of fortune. Where is that person who is actually grateful and will not worship the Personality of Godhead?

 

PURPOR
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The KC Rap

(KC=Krishna Consciousness)

 

It’s late at night & you crawl back home, your eyes are red & your limbs are sore,

I’ll soon be happy, you promise yourself, I’ll need to slog, just a few years more.

The degrees, job, are soon yours, the Merc is parked outside your door.

But as you chill in your penthouse, Bro, you think, somehow, yeh dil mange more!

 

So on it goes, forever ma' friend, your search for happiness will ne’er end,

Then WHAT, you shout, is that magic thing, that’ll bring me joy and pe

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Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform — do that, O son of Kuntī, as an offering to Me.

 

Thus, it is the duty of everyone to mold his life in such a way that he will not forget Kṛṣṇa in any circumstance. Everyone has to work for maintenance of his body and soul together, and Kṛṣṇarecommends herein that one should work for Him. Everyone has to eat something to live; therefore he should accept the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Kṛ

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A bearded man sit­ting across from me at the round table asks, “What is the descend­ing process?” I tell him, “It’s the way of receiv­ing Vedic knowl­edge. At the begin­ning of the cre­ation, the Supreme Lord revealed the Absolute Truth to the first cre­ated liv­ing being, Lord Brahma. Brahma passed it to his dis­ci­ple and son Narada, and Narada enlight­ened Srila Vyasadeva, who com­piled all the Vedic scrip­tures. Vyasadeva taught it to his son Sukadeva Gos­vami. And Suta Gos­vami received it

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A Humble State Of Mind

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I perpetually worship Sri Nityananda, the root of the tree of krishna-bhakti, who wandering around in Bengal approached the door of every home. With upraised arms he exclaimed: " O Brothers! Please constantly chant the holy names of Hari. If you do so, I will take the responsibility to deliver you from the ocean of material existence."
Sri Nityanandastakam
by Srila Vrindavana Das Thakura 

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VEGETARIANISM IN ISLAM

Vegetarianism in ISLAM

VEGETARIANISM IN ISLAM

According to the Holy Qur'an, there are two ways of advancement - through increasing the propensity to enjoy and decreasing the propensity to enjoy. On the path of decreasing attachment, the killing of animals is not recommended. In the Holy Qur'an we can find following ayats: "Beautified for mankind is love of the joys (that come) from women and offspring, and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and horses branded (with their mark), and cattle and lan

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Savarana-sri-gaura-mahima

Savarana-sri-gaura-mahima
The Glories of Sri Gauranga
(from Prarthana)
Text One

gaurangera duti pada, jar dhana sampada,
se jane bhakati-rasa-sar
gaurangera madhura-lila, jar karne pravesila,
hrdoya nirmala bhelo tar

SYNONYMS

gaurangera–of Lord Gauranga; duti pada–the two lotus feet; jar–whose; dhana sampada–wealth and treasure; se jane–that person; bhakati-rasa-sar–(they understand) the essence of devotion; gaurangera–of Lord Gauranga; madhura-lila–the sweet pastimes; jar karne–in whose ear; pravesila–h
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A devotee is independent

If, while performing any activity, even in material existence, one'smind is fixed upon the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead, onewill not be entangled or conditioned. The worker in devotionalservice, in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is always independent of theinfluence of material nature.- Srila Prabhupada (SB 3.27.26 Purport)
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Mixed and Pure devotion

Anyone engaged in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is known as a devotee, but there is a distinction between pure
devotees and mixed devotees.

A mixed devotee engages in devotional service for the spiritual
benefit of being eternally engaged in the transcendental abode of the
Lord in full bliss and knowledge. In material existence, when a
devotee is not completely purified, he expects material benefit from
the Lord in the form of relief from material miseries, or he wants
materia

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A devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who seriously engages
in devotional service is equal to all living entities. There are
various species of living entities, but a devotee does not see the
outward covering; he sees the inner soul inhabiting the body. Because
each and every soul is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, he does not see any difference. That is the vision of a
learned devotee.

A devotee should not speak needlessly. He is always busy in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness. When

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Question: Are You or Krishna Running this World?


In the 14 August 2011 Thought for the Day, you have written:

"Our great hope is that some day soon the entire world will become Krishna conscious so that all of this chaos and suffering will end." 

But I have learned from Bhagavad-gita, the Srimad Bhagavatam, and even you that this world is run by Lord Krishna. Even the worst of the worst people act according to the order of Lord Krishna, and until Lord Krishna showers His grace nobody can turn to Kr

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significance of 108

What is the significance of Number 108? As per vedic scriptures, Indian culture has a very special significance of number 108. What does this number represent, and why is it so important? 

 

1) In one minute, we breathe in approximately 15 times, in 1 hour 900 times, and in 12 hours 10800 times, and in a day 10800 * 2 times. A day consists of 24 hours, and if we set aside half the day for our day to day routines,then one can spend 12 hours for recitation of God's holy names.

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Supreme friend is Krishna

arthe hy avidyamāne 'pi

saḿsṛtir na nivartate

dhyāyato viṣayān asya

svapne 'narthāgamo yathā

TRANSLATION

Actually a living entity is transcendental to material existence, but
because of his mentality of lording it over material nature, his
material existential condition does not cease, and just as in a dream,
he is affected by all sorts of disadvantages.

PURPORT

The example of a dream is very appropriate. Due to different mental
conditions, in dreams we are put into advantageous and disadvantageous
position

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Gauri-Douji Pastime

The Story Of Gauri- Douji

 

 

Once On Balarama appearance day, Krsna along with the cowherd boys decided to have wrestling match.  Lord Balarama  is the only one that is stronger then Krsna and the only one that can beat Krsna at wrestling.  As Krsna prepared Himself for the fight He began boosting the He is the best fighter.

 

The first match was with Sridhama. After defeating Sridhama, Subal stepped up to fight with Krsna. After a tough fight, Subal defeated Krsna. Been a sour loser, Krsna wanted a

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Distributing True Knowledge

Distributing True Knowledge
 


 

 

Knowledge is meant for distribution. Although there is already much scientific knowledge, whenever scientists or philosophers awaken to a particular type of knowledge, they try to distribute it throughout the world, for otherwise the knowledge gradually dries up and no one benefits from it. India has the knowledge of Bhagavad-gītā, but unfortunately, for some reason or other, this sublime knowledge of the science of God was not distributed throughout the world, alth

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