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Can I Worship Krishna Without Worshipping India? |
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Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of Your Lotus Feet. |
Remember Krishna
Krishna the Butter Thief
narrated by Mother Yasoda
There he is, my beautiful baby Krishna. Doesn't he look sweet? Sometimes I wonder how such an innocent-looking child could get into so much mischief.
Of course, to some he is not simply a child, but a poweful god, the eighth avatar of Vishnu, in fact. To me though he will always be my little boy.
However, I am not actually Krishna's birth mother. That honor belongs to Queen Devaki, wife of Vasudeva. Krishna was born while the couple
atmendriya-priti-vancha—tare bali ‘kama’
krsnendriya-priti-iccha dhare ‘prema’ nama
The desire to gratify one’s own senses is kama [lust], but the desire to please the senses of Lord Krishna is prema [love].
Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi Lila 4.165
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Here is a rough transcript of a talk about love given by a first class devotee, which I recently listened to.
Love is something not found in the material world. A rumor, a lie or a joke. What they call love in the material world is not love. It's des
Hare Krishna, Breifly a Gosvami is a person who has his senses under full control: the title of a person in the renounced order of life, sannyasa. (go-senses + svami-master) master of the senses. In the Nectar of Instruction, Srila Prabhupada writes. "The conclusion is that one who can control these six items—speech, mind, anger, tongue, belly and genitals—is to be called a svami or gosvami Svami means master, and gosvami means master of the go, or senses. When one accepts the renounced order of
Dear Maharaj and Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Sri Radha Krishna Mandir in Chippiwada (New Delhi), where Srila Prabhupada
stayed for a long time and began writing and publishing his books,
especially Srimad Bhagavatam before leaving for the west.
The Radha Krishna deities there are perhaps one of the few which Srila
Prabhupad himself worshiped for a long time. This temple has been donated
to ISKCON.
Srila Prabhupada during his presence tried to buy the tem
Hare
hrtavan gokule tisthann-aristam pusta-pungavam
sri haris tam rasad uccai rayatiti hara mata
While in Gokula, Sri Hari (Krsna) killed the demon known as Aristasura. During that time, Radha cried out to Him with great feeling and by doing so, She stole His mind. She is thus known as Hara.
Jiva Goswami
Question: How to Be Joyful at Work? |
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Your daily thoughts are always joyful. You have written how you spend your day in dedication to Krishna. How do we dedicate our mundane jobs to Krishna and be joyful doing this work every day? |
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Answer: Work Only for Krishna |
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The way to transcendentalize your job is to spend every penny you earn for Krishna and not even one penny for sense gratification. This means that you must transform your home into a Krishna conscious ashram. In this way yo |
 Krsna
krsyate radhaya premna yamuna-tata-kananam
lilaya lalitas-capi dhiraih krsna udahrtah
By Her unsurpassed love, Radha charms He who performs wonderful lilas on the banks of the Yamuna. Therefore, those who are sober know Him as Krsna. Jiva Goswami
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Krsna
krtvaranye sarah-srestham kantayanumatas-taya
akrsya sarva-tirthani taj-jnanat krsna iryate
In order to please Sri Radha, Krsna manifested the most wonderful lake (Syama-kunda) in Vrndavana. He then called all the holy rivers to fill it. He is thus known as Krsna.
Jiva Goswami
When ones mind is attached to Krsna, one can fulfill the mission of life in one human birth. If one misses this opportunity, one does not know where he is going, how long he will remain in the cycle of birth and death, and when he will achieve the human form of life and the chance to return home, back to Godhead. The most intelligent person, therefore, uses every moment of his life to render loving service to the Lord.(Srimad-Bhagavatam 9.9.42, Purport).
-By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
Respectful obeisances to Prabhupada, and all his disciples, and granddisciples—who are the future of the Krishna consciousness movement.
(I have adopted many of the words I shared on his disappearance day last year for this occasion, as they are sill of pressing importance to me, and repetition is the mother of learning.) On the appearance day of one’s guru it is customary to present an offering of glorification to one’s guru, and the process given by him or her. It may be directly expressed to
Krishna means "all-attractive" and avatar means "descent of the divine." Today is Krishna Janmastami, the birth or descent of Krishna, the god worshipped by millions of Hindus around the world. Krishna appeared on this earth, at midnight, approximately 5,000 years ago in Mathura, located in Northern India, 91 miles south of New Delhi.
Krishna is God as never seen before. He wore many hats: child, friend, servant, rom
