Practicing at Home

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 27, 2011 at 9:17am

Applying Tilak

One of the most striking aspects of a Vaishnava’s attire is his tilak – the clay markings on his forehead. Srila Prabhupada said that just as a soldier’s regiment can be known by the uniform he wears, similarly a devotee of the Lord must wear tilak on his forehead in all conditions.

Although it is best to wear tilak all the time, some workplaces may not allow it. If a devotee cannot wear tilak to work then he can chant the appropriate mantra and apply ‘water tilak’.

Tilak is worn fo

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Peace is inherent withinus

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 27, 2011 at 9:14am

We are all anxious for peace but Krishna reveals to us how to achieve peace? What is peace? And if we ignore what He speaks; all of our arrangements are doomed to failure. Peace is inherent within you and me; it is our nature. Unless we find it in ourselves, we cannot give it to someone else. A poor man cannot give money to anyone in need. If you want to be charitable and give money, you have to make money, you have to have it. Unless you have peace, you cannot give peace. And now today in all n

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 4

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 27, 2011 at 9:13am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 4
sa muhurtam abhut tusnim
krsnanghri-sudhaya bhrsam
tivrena bhakti-yogena
nimagnah sadhu nirvrtah

sah -- Uddhava; muhurtam -- for a moment; abhut -- became; tusnim -- dead silent; krsna-anghri -- the lotus feet of the Lord; sudhaya -- by the nectar; bhrsam -- well matured; tivrena -- by very strong; bhakti-yogena -- devotional service; nimagnah -- absorbed in; sadhu -- good; nirvrtah -- fully in love.

TRANSLATION
For a moment he remained dead silent, and his

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Prabhupada's appreciation

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 27, 2011 at 9:13am

Prabhupada's appreciation

A day or two after the festival, an airmail letter arrived from Srila Prabhupada in London. Madhudvisa, still elated from the festival and especially the drama, was surprised to read the contents:

Regarding your question of dancing-show, whatever it may be, it may not deviate from the real Krishna consciousness program. We are hari-kirtana men, that's all. We can attract people by some gorgeous show, but inside there must be strict purity and seriousness, otherwise we sha

Chanting of Hare Krishna is the only means of self-realization

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on July 26, 2011 at 2:22pm

In three out of the four millenniums (namely Satya-yuga, Tretä-yuga and Dväpara-yuga) people had the honor to be able to understand transcendence through the path of disciplic succession. However, in the present age, people have no interest in the disciplic succession. Instead, they have invented many paths of logic and argument. This individual attempt to understand the supreme transcendence (called the ascending process) is not approved by the Vedas. The Absolute Truth must descend from the

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Greed. Envy. Arrogance. These are the three enemies of humanity according to world

Posted by Hitendra Patel on July 26, 2011 at 12:15pm

What kind of disease does greed inflict on the soul and what exactly is greed anyway?

A former investment banking securities salesman whose business was obliterated in the mortgage market meltdown lamented that the greed of others destroys many economic lives. Greed is simply the desire to want more than you have, he explained. “It’s a natural state.” He is right of course. But for some, so is murder and rape. The evolution of our species necessitates we don’t give into every natural desire.

The c

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Panca Maha Yajna

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 26, 2011 at 9:03am

The demigods are authorized supplying agents on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu. Therefore, they must be satisfied by the performance of prescribed yajnas. In the Vedas, there are different kinds of yajnas prescribed for different kinds of demigods, but all are ultimately offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For one who cannot understand what the Personality of Godhead is, sacrifice to the demigods is recommended. According to the different material qualities of the

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Is Lord Krishna Partial?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 26, 2011 at 9:02am

Question: Is Lord Krishna Partial?

Dear Gurudeva I have one doubt in my mind. Is Lord Krishna partial to His devotees and neglectful of others? He enlightens a few selected people by bestowing bhakti upon them, thus allowing them to return back to His eternal abode. Since He can make anyone His pure devotee, why doesn't He do so? In other words, why does He help a few selected people, His devotees, and neglect everyone else? Regards Vivek

Answer: Krishna is Equal to All

Krishna is equal to all. He is

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The Supreme Mellifluousness

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 26, 2011 at 9:02am

If you want to really connect with your true identity as an eternal, all-blissful, all-knowing, all-loving spiritual being, you should rise early every morning before dawn and dive deeply into the sweet, ambrosial ocean of hearing and chanting the glories of the unlimitedly splendorous Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna. Then you will experience the supreme mellifluousness, the topmost ambrosial sweetness, of reviving your original loving relationship with that supreme superstar, t

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Be careful what you ask for

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 26, 2011 at 9:01am

Many of us spend a great deal of time wishing things were different. We dream of a “better job,” less of this, and more of that. Sometimes, the things we spend our energy longing for actually do (or would) improve the quality our life. Other times, however, the very things we wish for are hardly worth the trade-offs, or the effort. For this reason, I suggest you be really careful what you ask for.

Carefully think through what it is that you want, because you just might end up getting it, which is

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Ratha Yatra

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 26, 2011 at 9:01am

Ratha Yatra

Monday, 17 July 1972

Despite an uneasy relationship with the devotees, the reluctant Melbourne City Council had granted permits for the noon-time parade. To attract crowds to the starting point, two devotee couples were married at an authentic Vedic ceremony in the City Square that morning. City Council officials and police, deeming the ceremony unauthorised and the fire illegal, chased Mohanananda, the officiating priest, a considerable number of city blocks before finally losing him

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 3

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 26, 2011 at 9:00am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 3
sa katham sevaya tasya
kalena jarasam gatah
prsto vartam pratibruyad
bhartuh padav anusmaran

sah -- Uddhava; katham -- how; sevaya -- by such service; tasya -- his; kalena -- in course of time; jarasam -- invalidity; gatah -- undergone; prstah -- asked for; vartam -- message; pratibruyat -- just to reply; bhartuh -- of the Lord; padau -- His lotus feet; anusmaran -- remembering.

TRANSLATION
Uddhava thus served the Lord continually from childhood, and in his

SOUL IS FULL OF KNOWLEDGE

Posted by Janaka Dasa (Dr Jagadeesh TG) on July 25, 2011 at 4:30pm

Introduction

In the Katha Upanisad (1.2.18) we find passage, which reads similar to BG 2.20:

na jayate mriyate va vipascin

nayam kutascin na babhuva kascit

ajo nityah sasvato 'yam purano

na hanyate hanyamane sarire

The meaning and purport of this verse is the same as in the Bhagavad-gita, but here in this verse there is one special word, vipascit, which means learned or with knowledge.

The knowledgeable Soul

The soul is full of knowledge, or full always with consciousness. Therefore, consciousness is

A RITUAL OF SELF-TORTURE

Posted by Ashish Kokate on July 25, 2011 at 1:15pm

Imagine a tribal who drinks a stinking toxic liquid, goes crazy, shouts insensibly, topples into dirt, falls unconscious, returns to consciousness after several hours with severe headache and stomach upset and vomits helplessly in agony.

“How horrible,” we will exclaim, “What kind of people do such things? Why?” But isn’t that what an extra-terrestrial being will exclaim on seeing one of the most common – and most perverse – pleasures that we moderns delight in? Yes, we are talking about dri

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ISKCON Food Relief’s New State-of-the-Art Kitchen to Feed 65,000 Children

Posted by Hitendra Patel on July 25, 2011 at 1:15pm

Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda arrives at the Foundation Stone laying for the ISKCON Midday Meal program’s new kitchen.

In India, ISKCON Food Relief Foundation (IFRF) has partnered with the Government of the state of Jharkhand and local Fortune 500 company Tata Steel to build a new centralized state-of-the-art kitchen, which will deliver nutritious, sanctified meals to 65,000 underprivileged school children in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum and Saraikela-Kharsawa districts.

The program is part o

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Who Causes More Damage to Humanity?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 25, 2011 at 9:46am

Question: Who Causes More Damage to Humanity?

Esteemed Guru, I hope you will forgive my daring in addressing you through this medium. Since I was surfing on the computer and I found myself with you and thinking that you are the proper person, I would like to ask you two questions to which I have not been able to find the answers. My questions are: Who do you think will cause more damage to humanity, a scientist or an illiterate person? How do you feel better, wasting a moment of your life helping s

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Preparation for Ratha Yathra

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 25, 2011 at 9:45am

Preparation for Ratha Yathra

One chilly morning, the double-decker bus arrived in Melbourne. Madhudvisa Swami alighted with an enthusiastic team of brahmacaris, all dressed in new saffron cloth and wrapped in matching brown chaddars. They were on a special mission -- to stage Melbourne's first Ratha-yatra parade. Although something new for Melbourne, Ratha-yatra was one of the world's most ancient festivals.

Since time beyond memory, the celebrated Deity of Krsna known as Jagannatha (Lord of the U

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 2

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 25, 2011 at 9:45am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 2
yah panca-hayano matra
pratar-asaya yacitah
tan naicchad racayan yasya
saparyam bala-lilaya

yah -- one who; panca -- five; hayanah -- years old; matra -- by his mother; pratah-asaya -- for breakfast; yacitah -- called for; tat -- that; na -- not; aicchat -- liked; racayan -- playing; yasya -- whose; saparyam -- service; bala-lilaya -- childhood.

TRANSLATION
He was one who even in his childhood, at the age of five years, was so absorbed in the service of Lord

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Don’t keep people waiting

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 25, 2011 at 9:44am

Time is precious to everyone. It’s a bad habit to keep other people waiting. Almost everyone feels that one of their most valued commodities is their time. This being the case, one of the ultimate slaps and most sure way to annoy someone is to keep them waiting. While most people are somewhat forgiving, keeping them waiting is a sign of disrespect. The subtle message is, “My time is more important than yours.”

Deep down, we all know that no one likes to be kept waiting. Therefore, it’s highly str

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Keep yourself healthy - physically and emotionally

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on July 25, 2011 at 9:42am

Many times people say things like, “I don’t have time to exercise,” what they really should be saying is, “I don’t have time not to exercise.”

If you lose your health and sense of well-being, you won’t make it to work at all. In the long run, it takes far less time to take care of yourself than it does to lose your ability to function well.

One should eat well, exercise, get plenty of rest, have regular physical checkups, and partake in other healthy habits. In addition to the obvious problems as

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Practicing at Home

Applying Tilak

Peace is inherent withinus

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 4

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Prabhupada's appreciation

Chanting of Hare Krishna is the only means of self-realization

Greed. Envy. Arrogance. These are the three enemies of humanity according to world

Panca Maha Yajna

Is Lord Krishna Partial?

The Supreme Mellifluousness

Be careful what you ask for

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Ratha Yatra

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 3

SOUL IS FULL OF KNOWLEDGE

A RITUAL OF SELF-TORTURE

ISKCON Food Relief’s New State-of-the-Art Kitchen to Feed 65,000 Children

Who Causes More Damage to Humanity?

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Preparation for Ratha Yathra

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 2

Don’t keep people waiting

Keep yourself healthy - physically and emotionally

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