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Don’t be a Stereotype

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2011 at 9:22am

Hare Krishna

The nature of the mind is that, because of not finding inner fulfillment, it gets the tendency to make insignificant things seem very important. As long as we don’t focus our consciousness on higher principles, these little things appear insurmountable.

- HH Radhanath Swami

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Often we read about film celebrities that they don’t want to be stereotyped or not be ca

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Leson to be Learnt

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2011 at 9:18am

A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said: 'Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 year old and I'm pregnant again. I don't want kids so close together.

So the doctor said: 'Ok and what do you wan...t me to do?'

She said: 'I want you to end my pregnancy, and I'm counting on your help with this.'

The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady: 'I think I have a better solution for your problem. It's less danger

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Krishna is helping you!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2011 at 9:13am

Question: What is the difference between material and spiritual?Answer: Does material mean here and spiritual means there? Thedifference between material and spiritual is a very thin line. When wedo something for ourselves, that’s material. When we do something forKrishna that is spiritual. So knowledge also or occupational skillsthat you have, if you use them for your sense gratification for yoursake, yes, then its useless. It’s not going to benefit you. It maybring you some money but it won’t

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Importance of hearing

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2011 at 9:12am

In the body parts why ears are given so much importance?

Ears are given importance because "Shravanam" is a form of Navavida Bhakti ???...

The holes of the ears are like the sky. As the sky can never be filled up, the quality of the ear is such that one may go on pouring in vibrations of various kinds, yet it is capable of receiving more and more vibrations

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 3.15.49

The two ears are situated on the northern side and the southern side. The ear on the southern side is very stro

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We Are What We Eat

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2011 at 9:11am

The recent out-break of E.coli in Europe, due to bacterial contamination in
vegetables caused death of 18 people. Immediately people started convincing
others and there were lots of news in electronic and mass media, spreading
rumors that vegetables are not at all suitable for human consumption. This
is the height of demoniac mentality.

Birth and death of any living entity is as per Krishna's plan and all the
reasons we see for its cause like disease, accident, murder etc, are mere
external reasons. Hu

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Nectar

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2011 at 9:00am

Hare Krishna,Please accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Sri Guru & Gauranga.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.Any person, in any status of life, if they are in devotional service, then to the extent they are performing devotional service, they are on the transcendental platform, "Shuddha Sattva Guna". Even a Grihastha taking care of the family in a Krishna conscious way, treating the family members as devotees of Krishna, and all interactions directed towards serving Krishna better, such a

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Liberation

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2011 at 8:58am

Hare Krishna!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Guruand Gauranga.
All glroies to Srila Prabhupada.

We can all go on answering each question for all of eternity but we won't be finished. Lord Seshashayi is chanting the Lord's glories for all of eternity and has never repeated Himself but hasn't run out of things to say. :-)

In fact, a pure devotee does not desire any type of liberation. A pure devotee simply seeks service for its own sake. And the service given by a pure devotee of th

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - First class programs

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2011 at 8:56am

First class programs

Srila Prabhupada's travel plans were now becoming firm. He wrote to Madhudvisa on 29 December 1972, confirming that most of February 1973 could be set aside for an Australasian tour. Prabhupada would return to Mayapur for the celebration of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's appearance day in early March 1973:

Now I am so much looking forward to seeing you all, my beloved disciples, there again in the near future, so kindly make all arrangements as you know best. I think you wanted me

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 16

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2011 at 8:56am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 16
mam khedayaty etad ajasya janma-
vidambanam yad vasudeva-gehe
vraje ca vaso 'ri-bhayad iva svayam
purad vyavatsid yad-ananta-viryah

mam -- to me; khedayati -- gives me distress; etat -- this; ajasya -- of the unborn; janma -- birth; vidambanam -- bewildering; yat -- that; vasudeva-gehe -- in the home of Vasudeva; vraje -- in Vrndavana; ca -- also; vasah -- inhabitation; ari -- enemy; bhayat -- because of fear; iva -- as if; svayam -- Himself; purat -- fro

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Meaning Of The Sixteen Names PT.3

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 12, 2011 at 8:54am

Hare

sruyate niyate rase harina harineksana

ekakini rahah-kunje hareyam tena kathyate

It has been heard that during the rasa-lila, doe-eyed Radha was stolen away by Krsna to be alone with Him in a secret forest bower. She is therefore known as Hara.

Jiva Goswami

Sevak

ISKCON Hungary Stays Positive in the Face of Legislative Changes

Posted by Hitendra Patel on August 11, 2011 at 12:54pm

ISKCON Hungary`s beautiful farm community, the tourist attraction Krishna-valley is also at stake In Hungary, a new proposed legislation, which would have declared the equality of all registered churches including ISKCON, was changed at the last minute to exclude all Eastern religions and require them to re-register under stringent new conditions.

Depending on whether re-registration is accepted without a hitch or not, the new bill could simply be a passing inconvenience, or it could introduce sw

One can obtain the results of various spiritual activities By Chanting the Holy Name

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on August 11, 2011 at 12:47pm

[Sukadev Goswami to Maharaj Pariksit]: "'Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Visnu, in Treta-yuga by performing sacrifices and in Dvapara-yuga by seeing the Lord's lotus feet can also be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra.'"

Srimad Bhagvatam 12.3.52

[cited: Sri Chaitanya Caritamrita Madhya-Lila 20.345]

"'Whatever is achieved by meditation in Satya-yuga, by the performance of yajïa in Tretä-yuga or by the worship of Krsna's lotus feet in D

Prasad distribution in Rathyatra

Posted by shanti yadav on August 11, 2011 at 9:57am

On behalf of ISKCON Bhaktivedanta Ashram Baliapanda, Puri. We devotees, volunters and staff members distributed nearly 10,000 plates of prasadam to the pilgrims on the most ouspious occasion of Sri Lord Jagannath Rath yatra, on 3rd july 2011.This pograme was organised at Sri Khetra Puri.Orissa.The prasadam consisted of cooked rice, dalma(mixture of dal and vegtable) and picle. We started prasadam distribution at 9 AM during the huge rush of pilgrims .

The people were waiting to see the There L

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How to See God Everywhere

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 11, 2011 at 9:15am

Devotional service is so wonderfully attractive that it even attracts Krishna. Krishna is so pleased by it that he reveals Himself to His devotee from within that devotee's devotional service proportionately according to the degree of that devotee's intensity of absorption in that service. So if you want to see God, all you have to do is fully engage yourself in His service. And then according to the degree of your surrender you will see God in your service and everywhere.Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Who are the Seven Mothers?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 11, 2011 at 9:14am

Question: Who are the Seven Mothers?

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva, According to the Vedic version we have got seven mothers. So can you explain about the seven mothers? Rubini

Answer: Here's the List of the Seven Mothers

The seven mother are listed in this verse by Canakya Pandita, which was quoted by Srila Prabhupada. ātma-mātā guroḥ patnī brāhmaṇī rāja-patnikā dhenur dhātrī tathā pṛthvī saptaitā mātaraḥ smṛtāḥ SYNONYMS ātma-mātā—one's own mother; guroḥ-patnī—the wife of the guru; brāhmaṇi—the wife of a brāhmaṇ

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A Lesson from Mother Sita

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 11, 2011 at 9:13am

( from Valmiki's Ramayana )

Scene - Ashoka Vana in Ravanas Palace - Lanka.

Standing with folded hands, Hanuman suggested, "If you so desire, I
can kill all these hideous Rakshasa women who have tormented you for so
long. In fact, I would take great pleasure in avenging all the suffering
that you had to undergo. I simply await your permission."

By nature, Mother Sita was very kind to the downtrodden. So, she replied,
"They are only foolish maidservants who had to carry out the orders of the
Dem

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The Deliverance of the Demon Bhaumäsura

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 11, 2011 at 9:13am

The Deliverance of the Demon Bhaumäsura

The story of Bhaumäsura—how he kidnapped and made captive sixteen thousand princesses by collecting them from the palaces of various kings and how he was killed by Kåñëa, the Supreme Lord of wonderful character—is all described by Çukadeva Gosvämé to King Parékñit in Çrémad-Bhägavatam. Generally, the demons are always against the demigods. This demon, Bhaumäsura, having become very powerful, took by force the umbrella from the throne of the demigod Varuëa.

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 15

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 11, 2011 at 9:12am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 15sva-santa-rupesv itaraih sva-rupairabhyardyamanesv anukampitatmaparavareso mahad-amsa-yuktohy ajo 'pi jato bhagavan yathagnihsva-santa-rupesu -- unto the peaceful devotees of the Lord; itaraih -- others, nondevotees; sva-rupaih -- according to their own modes of nature; abhyardyamanesu -- being harassed by; anukampita-atma -- the all-compassionate Lord; para-avara -- spiritual and material; isah -- controller; mahat-amsa-yuktah -- accompanied by the p

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - I am always praying

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 11, 2011 at 9:09am

I am always praying

Prabhupada had often criticised the exploitative mentality that formed the basis of previous colonisation by different nations, especially the Europeans, as they spread into the "New World". The English, for instance, had come to America, taken the land from the indigenous people there, and claimed it as their property. Prabhupada likened their thinking to that of thieves who desired to "honestly" divide up stolen booty. And a similar thing had happened in Australia.

As Srila P

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Satisfaction of Krishna

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on August 11, 2011 at 9:08am

One can be liberated from all adverse circumstances simply by
seriously engaging in devotional service. How this devotional service
develops and becomes mature is explained here. In the beginning one
has to perform his prescribed duties with a clean mind. Clean
consciousness means Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One has to perform his
prescribed duties in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. There is no necessity of
changing one's prescribed duties; one simply has to act in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness.

In discharging Kṛṣṇa conscious duti

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Don’t be a Stereotype

Don’t be a Stereotype!! (Volume 5; Issue 5)

Leson to be Learnt

Krishna is helping you!

Importance of hearing

We Are What We Eat

Nectar

Liberation

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - First class programs

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 16

Meaning Of The Sixteen Names PT.3

ISKCON Hungary Stays Positive in the Face of Legislative Changes

One can obtain the results of various spiritual activities By Chanting the Holy Name

Prasad distribution in Rathyatra

How to See God Everywhere

Who are the Seven Mothers?

A Lesson from Mother Sita

The Deliverance of the Demon Bhaumäsura

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 2 Text 15

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - I am always praying

Satisfaction of Krishna

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