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Qualifications of the 4 Classes

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 9, 2011 at 10:52am

Nine prescribed qualifications of a Brahmin

Peacefulness,
Self-control,
Austerity,
Purity,
Tolerance,
Honesty,
Knowledge,
Wisdom and
Religiousness

these are the natural qualities by which the brahmanas work.    The seven qualifications of Ksatriyas,

Heroism,
Power,
Determination,
resourcefulness,
Courage in battle,
Generosity and
Leadership

are the natural qualities of work for the ksatriyas.  Three qualifications of Vaisya and the

Farming,
Cow protection and
Business

  are the natural work for the

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Krishna Consciousness in All Situations

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 9, 2011 at 10:50am

One test of how well situated you are in in Krishna consciousness is how well you can maintain your Krishna consciousness in any and all situations. The key for doing this successfully is to carefully and faithfully follow these guidelines:

1. Regularly chant your prescribed number of rounds of the Hare Krishna mahamantra every day on your japa mala beads as early as possible in the day, ideally before sunrise. For initiates this is at least 16 rounds daily. For others, it is according to their v

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Interactions

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 9, 2011 at 10:50am

Interactions

Srila Prabhupada returned to the temple that evening to attend the 7 o'clock arati and kirtana, and to give a class on Bhagavad-gita. As he entered the small temple room, he was pleased to see it packed with guests and devotees. The vyasasana had been moved, so he could now sit with his left side to the altar. He nodded approvingly.

The pujari blew a big pink and white conchshell. The red velvet curtain swished open, revealing the Deities. After offering prostrated obeisances, Srila P

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Husband and wife fight

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 9, 2011 at 10:49am

Husband and wife fight

Prabhupada sat on the vyasasana, which had been placed with the Deity room to his right. He commented to Mohanananda that it should have been placed on the opposite wall, keeping the Deities to his left, and later he requested that they move it.

As Prabhupada sat on the pink and gold paisley vyasasana, under a gold canopy, he smiled brightly, and turned to Syamasundara. "Look how nicely they're taking care of Radha and Krsna." The temple quickly filled as devotees filed in,

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 42

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 9, 2011 at 10:48am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 42
sa evedam jagad-dhata
bhagavan dharma-rupa-dhrk
pusnati sthapayan visvam
tiryan-nara-suradibhih

sah -- He; eva -- certainly; idam -- this; jagat-dhata -- the maintainer of the entire universe; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; dharma-rupa-dhrk -- assuming the form of religious principles; pusnati -- maintains; sthapayan -- after establishing; visvam -- the universes; tiryak -- living entities lower than the human beings; nara -- the human beings; s

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 41

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on May 9, 2011 at 10:48am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 41
sattvam rajas tama iti
tisrah sura-nr-narakah
tatrapy ekaikaso rajan
bhidyante gatayas tridha
yadaikaikataro 'nyabhyam
sva-bhava upahanyate

sattvam -- the mode of goodness; rajah -- the mode of passion; tamah -- the mode of darkness; iti -- thus; tisrah -- the three; sura -- demigod; nr -- human being; narakah -- one who is suffering hellish conditions; tatra api -- even there; ekaikasah -- another; rajan -- O King; bhidyante -- divide into; gatayah -- mov

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on May 9, 2011 at 8:55am

The devotee should engage 24 hours in service. Our mood should be that even if one moment is misused, that we cannot bring it back with the worlds whole wealth.

-By H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj

Realizations

Posted by Ayyappan on May 9, 2011 at 6:57am

Many times in our life, we need to repose faith on many people and things invariably etc. Say• Politicians say just have faith in me and I will solve all your economic problems and reduce tax...but financial crisis hit one market after another in the world and tax burden increases...• Scientist says just wait a few more years and we will create life from matter.. and find the origin of universe...• Doctors says just wait a few more years and we will find the cure for every illness...but the di

Bhakti in kalyug.

Posted by Neeraj Bhatia on May 9, 2011 at 4:16am

Is a grahasth in kalyug performing pure form of bhakti to end all his material desires.we all are running behind one or another thing to be on the top....so how can we do krsna bhakti if we loves krsna?

The Story of the Guruvayurappan Sri Krishna Temple at Guruvayurpur (Guruvayur)

Posted by Eternal Muser on May 8, 2011 at 11:04pm

The Story of the Guruvayurappan Sri Krishna Temple at Guruvayurpur (Guruvayur)

This story is dedicated to all the Devotees of Lord Krishna.

Preface:

I cannot claim this to be an authentic story. I am not an authority on the Vedas. I have taken information from various websites, synthesized it, and using the English language, come up with a story which I hope does justice to the legend of Lord Guruvayurappan.
I shall consider this project successful, if it appeals to the reader and lovingly reminds

Truthful Krishna

Posted by Vaibhav Fadte on May 8, 2011 at 3:00pm

Truthful Krishna......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A person whose word of honor is never broken is called truthful. Krsna once
promised Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas, that He would bring her five
sons back from the Battlefield of Kuruksetra. After the battle was finished,
when all the Pandavas had come home, Kunti praised Krsna becauseHis promise
was so nicely fulfilled. She said, “Even the sunshine may one daybecome
cool and the moonshine one day become hot, but still Your promise willnot
fail.”

From “The N

CHANTING YOUR NAME IS THE ONLY REMEDY......... THINKING OF YOU IS THE ONLY WAY............ TO MEET YOU MY LORD...THE SCRIPTURES SAY........ SERVING YOUR LOTUS FEET SHOULD BE ONLY THE AIM..... THINKI

Posted by Nandlal Prabhu on May 8, 2011 at 2:40pm

CHANTING YOUR NAME IS THE ONLY REMEDY.........

THINKING OF YOU IS THE ONLY WAY............

TO MEET YOU MY LORD...THE SCRIPTURES SAY........

SERVING YOUR LOTUS FEET SHOULD BE ONLY THE AIM.....

THINKING OF YOUR PASTIMES...WITH INTENSE LOVE.

SEEING YOU EVERYWHERE BELOW AND ABOVE.......

THOUSANDS OF CUPID SERVE YOUR LOTUS FEET....

YOU ARE INDEED BEAUTY PERSONIFIED.....

SAYS YOUR SERVANT KAMAL NAYAN ...ATTAINED YOU WHOEVER IN YOUR LOVE CRIED.........

Attract Krsna's Mercy!!!

Posted by Nandlal Prabhu on May 8, 2011 at 2:25pm

I get a lot of amazing e-mails from a devotee in South Africa, MotherCheron. Sometimes I don't have the time to read them, and many of them remain unopened, or half read, as I go off to study or chant my rounds or cook etc. But the heading of this e-mail 'Attract Krsna'smercy!!!" really got my attention, and not just because of the three exclamation points (although that certainly contributed!) After all, isn't that one of our important goals in Krsna Consciousness, to attract Krsna's attentio

Syamasundara, a deity of the heart

Posted by Nandlal Prabhu on May 8, 2011 at 2:19pm

The deities of Syamananda Pandita in Vrindavana, Sri Sri Radha Syamasundara, are among my favourite deities in Vraja. This deity is said to be manifested from Srimati Radharanis own heart. Krsna has the most enchanting smile and He is always, always beautifully and opulently adorned.
The last time I was in Vrindavana during Kartik I would make a trip everyday to this temple after the morning program at the Krsna-Balarama mandir ended. Here I would spend an hour or two chanting extra rounds or rea

Ksiracora Gopinath - The thief of sweet-rice...and hearts

Posted by Nandlal Prabhu on May 8, 2011 at 2:17pm

I just realised that despite being here for two full years, this is my very first post about the deities in Toronto. Admittedly when I arrived here I expected to feel some kind of instant connection to the deities...I felt that way in South Africa with Radha-Radhanath,Nitai-Gaurahari in Lenasia, Krsna-Balarama and Radhe-Shyam inVrindavana. Instead, upon my first darshan of the deities I felt nothing . Well, perhaps thats an exaggeration! I knew it was Krsnaand so I felt respectful. But that

Early morning darshan

Posted by Nandlal Prabhu on May 8, 2011 at 2:13pm

With Your sweet, sweet smile

The tilt of Your hips

Your kind lotus eyes

The bamboo flute at your lips

Early in the morning

Without Your mukut in Your hair

Free of Your ornaments and all the fanfare

...

Just a sweet, simple cowherd boy

That is how I love you best

Happy Mothers Day! I

Posted by Nandlal Prabhu on May 8, 2011 at 2:04pm

T

he Vedic injunction is that one see women other than one’s wife as mother, which means that one should see all women as objects service as opposed to objects sense gratification. But those aspiring after pure devotion service aspire to an even higher standard. They aspire to treat all women, including their wife, as a object of service.

Once a sincere young couple visited Srila Gaurakisora Das Babaji maharaj and asked for instructions in how to progress in spiritual life. Babaji Maharaj seeing t

Happy Mothers Day!!

Posted by Nandlal Prabhu on May 8, 2011 at 2:00pm

Vaishali Sundari

Happy Mothers Day! I don't think there should be only one out of 365 days in honor of a person who gives so selflessly, who works so tirelessly, who loves so unconditionally.

Since giving birth to our daughter Vaishali Sundari 4 and a half months ago, I have a new appreciation and understanding of what my own mother has felt for me since before I was born, and for what she has done since.

And now, as a new mother, I am tired, sleep-deprived and slightly neurotic, but I am also

Balarama Rasayatra

Posted by Nandlal Prabhu on May 8, 2011 at 1:56pm

In order to keep the gopis in Vrndavana satisfied, Lord Balarama stayed there continually for two months, namely the months of Caitra and Vaisakha. For those two months he kept himself among the gopis and he passed every night with them in the forest of Vrndavana in order to satisfy their desire for conjugal love. Thus Balarama also enjoyed the rasa dance with the gopis during those two months.

Dvivida (SB 10.67)

Posted by Nandlal Prabhu on May 8, 2011 at 1:55pm

There was a powerful monkey named Dvivida who was a friend of Narakasura. Dvivida was an associate of Lord Ramacandra's, he later became corrupted by bad association with the demon Naraka. This bad association was the reaction for an offense Dvivida had committed when, being proud of his strength; he disrespected Lord Ramacandra's brother Lakshman and others.

To avenge the death of his friend, Naraka, the ape Dvivida ravaged the land, setting fires that burned cities, villages, mines and cowherd

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Qualifications of the 4 Classes

Krishna Consciousness in All Situations

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Interactions

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Husband and wife fight

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 42

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 41

Thought Of The Day

Realizations

Bhakti in kalyug.

The Story of the Guruvayurappan Sri Krishna Temple at Guruvayurpur (Guruvayur)

Truthful Krishna

CHANTING YOUR NAME IS THE ONLY REMEDY......... THINKING OF YOU IS THE ONLY WAY............ TO MEET YOU MY LORD...THE SCRIPTURES SAY........ SERVING YOUR LOTUS FEET SHOULD BE ONLY THE AIM..... THINKI

Attract Krsna's Mercy!!!

Syamasundara, a deity of the heart

Ksiracora Gopinath - The thief of sweet-rice...and hearts

Early morning darshan

Happy Mothers Day! I

Happy Mothers Day!!

Balarama Rasayatra

Dvivida (SB 10.67)

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