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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - LSD

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 16, 2011 at 9:15am

LSD

Srila Prabhupada relaxed in his room as the afternoon Sunday feast program commenced downstairs. A sample plate of the feast had been offered to Prabhupada, who tasted morsels of each preparation, talking lightly between bites.

"The Rama Krsna mission is popular in Bengal because it does not restrict -- 'Whatever you like, you can eat,' -- but our mission does not say that. "Formerly, Allen Ginsberg [Prabhupada pronounced it as "Jinsberg"] was very frequently coming to me. And, he could unders

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Complete use of car

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 16, 2011 at 9:14am

Now we are thinking that so-called material advancement is the solution to our problems, but this is not a fact. The real solution is to get out of the material condition entirely by becoming Krishna conscious. Because God is eternal, we are also eternal, but in the material condition we are thinking, "I am this body," and therefore we must repeatedly change from body to body. This is due to ignorance. Actually we are not our bodies but spiritual sparks, parts and parcels of God.

The body is just

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 4

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 16, 2011 at 9:13am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 4
kakudmino 'viddha-naso damitva
svayamvare nagnajitim uvaha
tad-bhagnamanan api grdhyato 'jnan
jaghne 'ksatah sastra-bhrtah sva-sastraih

kakudminah -- bulls whose noses were not pierced; aviddha-nasah -- pierced by the nose; damitva -- subduing; svayamvare -- in the open competition to select the bridegroom; nagnajitim -- Princess Nagnijiti; uvaha -- married; tat-bhagnamanan -- in that way all who were disappointed; api -- even though; grdhyatah -- wanted;

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Beyond Pain and Transcendental Pain

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 16, 2011 at 9:12am

Question: More Consciousness Is More Pain?

Dear Gurudeva, Many thanks for providing daily thoughts which are helpful in getting some straight answers to practical questions. I was reading Srila Prabhupada’s purport to SB 3.21.7 (describing the situation of a child in its mother’s womb) wherein a statement is made as below: “Because his consciousness is not very developed, the child can tolerate it, otherwise he would die." I have a clarification to be sought from you. This indicates that as one devel

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Meaning Of The Sixteen Names PT.16

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 16, 2011 at 9:12am

Hare

agatya duhkha-harta yo sarvesam vraja-vasinam

sri radha-hari-carito harih sri nandanandanah

When the son of Maharaja Nanda returned to Vraja, He took away the suffering of all the Vrajavasis. By His wonderful exploits, He steals the heart of Sri Radha. Thus He is known as Hari.

Jiva Goswami

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on September 16, 2011 at 9:00am

Many men come here and by their talents, earn huge amounts of money, but it remains here, and he goes alone with his works only to accept another different kind of body, forgetting everything behind. But if he acquires some spiritual assets it goes with him, and even if it is not perfect in this life, it begins again from that point in next life.By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada

The auspicious funeral ceremony of His Grace Gopiparanadhana Prabhu - Lokanath Swami

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 15, 2011 at 10:46pm

Just now returned at 7:00 PM from the funeral ceremony of our beloved Godbrother Sriman Gopiparanadhana Prabhu at Govardhana. They bade his body at about 3:00 PM; offered bhoga and arati to him and with the kirtan procession carried his body on the Govardhana Parikrama marg, passed by Manasi Ganga, to the cremation place. Many local residents, especially in the first beginning stretch, were stepping out of their shop or home and offering their humble respect to him.

At the cremation place they l

Gopiparanadhana prabhu by Srutakirti Prabhu

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 15, 2011 at 9:30pm

I just received the most disturbing news that our Godbrother, Gopiparanadhana prabhu left his body a few hours ago here in Govardhan. I don't know anything else but am headed over there now and will meet Pancagauda prabhu and others. I will report more as soon as I knowаа I've just returned from his house, which is next door to Iskcon Govardhan Mandir. I will give a short report here and in the comment below as told by his wife. He was seen early in the morning and was 'fine'. One devotee was wa

Gopiparanadhana prabhu by Kirtiraja Prabhu

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 15, 2011 at 9:30pm

I remember Gopiparanadhana prabhu from when he moved into the Henry Street, Brooklyn Temple.

From the beginning he was sober, serious, focused and a very nice devotee.

He made many lasting contributions to Srila Prabhupada's mission and he will not be forgotten.

Gopiparanadhana prabhu ki jaya!

Giriraja lal ki jaya!

Gopiparanadhana prabhu by BB Govinda Swami

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on September 15, 2011 at 9:30pm

For Gopiparanadhana Prabhu ...

The charms of Vrindaban thy heart regale, unknown the wheel of time doth roll !!

He reasons ill who tells that Vaishnavas die when thou art living still in sound.

The Vaishnavas die to live and living try to spread a holy life around !!

Now let the candid man that seeks to live follow thy way on shores of time,

then posterity sure to him will give Like one song in simple rhyme!

Bhagavad Gita as a business manual

Posted by Sanjay G Punjabi on September 15, 2011 at 10:15am

Hare Krishna and Dandavat Pranam to all devotees,i m reading in the process of Bhagavad Gita and being a management consultant, working on idea as how Bhagavad Gita's teachings can be applied to modern management. if somebody has heard or read similar thing else where or some one is already doing this, plz let me know so that i can get some guidance from that source.Hare Krishna.

Krishna Likes Children's Dance Video with Bhaktivedanta Band

Posted by Ekalavya Das on September 15, 2011 at 9:48am

http://www.vimeo.com/29002489

Exciting Dance!

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Visit to Melbourne

Posted by Ravi Chandran on September 15, 2011 at 9:45am

Visit to MelbournePrabhupada spoke at length on the basis of Vedic authority. It was clear to his audience that he was here to instruct, not to invite casual give-and-take dialogue. He delivered the timeless message of Bhagavad-gita intact, faithfully quoting the Sanskrit, quoting the previous spiritual masters, delivering perfect knowledge supported with reason and argument, exacting scholarship, and deeply committed devotion. It appeared that he had long ago mastered all the references and con

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Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 15, 2011 at 9:09am

Q: How are we to make sense of the enormous mountains described in the Fifth Canto? Some of them, including the Himalayas, are said to be 80,000 miles high.

A: One might well doubt that even a scientifically uneducated person in ancient India would have thought that the Himalaya Mountains of our ordinary experience are 80,000 miles high. After all, such persons traditionally made pilgrimages to Badarikäçrama on foot. We suggest that the cosmic mountains of the Fifth Canto are higher-dimensional;

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Gift for Srila Prabhupada

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 15, 2011 at 9:08am

Gift for Srila PrabhupadaMany devotees had made or purchased gifts for Srila Prabhupada. Madhudvisa announced at the feast after the ceremony that devotees could go up to Prabhupada's room to present their offerings.Citralekha presented a special gift to Srila Prabhupada -- a golden locket. Prabhupada opened it and looked inside. "Oh, what is this?""That's a picture of your spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati on one side, and on the other is some cotton from Srila Rupa Gosvami's qu

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 3

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 15, 2011 at 9:07am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 3
samahuta bhismaka-kanyaya ye
sriyah savarnena bubhusayaisam
gandharva-vrttya misatam sva-bhagam
jahre padam murdhni dadhat suparnah

samahutah -- invited; bhismaka -- of King Bhismaka; kanyaya -- by the daughter; ye -- all those; sriyah -- fortune; sa-varnena -- by a similar sequence; bubhusaya -- expecting to be so; esam -- of them; gandharva -- in marrying; vrttya -- by such a custom; misatam -- carrying so; sva-bhagam -- own share; jahre -- took away; pa

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Cactus & Caterpillar

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 15, 2011 at 9:06am

Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my head ?

Once there was a man who asked GOD for a flower and a butterfly. But instead GOD gave him a Cactus & a Caterpillar. The man was sad, he did not understand why his request was mistaken.

Then he thought: Oh Well, GOD has too many people to care for, and decided not to question. After sometime the man went to check up on his request that he had left forgotten.

To his surprise, from the thorny ugly cactus a beautiful flower had grown.A

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Driving Ahead

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 15, 2011 at 9:05am

Driving Ahead

Suppose I am driving a very nice car, but I am simply absorbed in the machine only. I have forgotten my destination, where I have to go, and I am busy studying the car. What is the use? You may be driving a good car, but you must know how to reach your destination. That is your main business. Knowing how the car works is secondary. Your main business is knowing how to utilize the car so you can reach your destination. That is intelligence.

So, we have fallen into this material condit

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Gemssssss........

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 15, 2011 at 9:05am

How our Bhakti should be ?

Bhakti should be animitta – without motive. Actually, Krishna can fulfill all our wisheswithout difficulty because He is Almighty and full of all opulences. If we want material happiness from Krishna, it is certainly not difficult for Him to grant it. He can also give Mukti – liberation – but it is foolishness to ask anything from Krishna except Bhakti. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to say that asking God for mukti or anything else other than Bhakti

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Meaning Of The Sixteen Names PT.15

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on September 15, 2011 at 9:04am

Hare

nihantum asuran yato mathura-puram ity-asau

tadagamad-rahah-kamo yasyah sa’sau hareti ca

Sri Krsna went to Mathurapuri in order to destroy the demons. However, due to being captivated by the love of Radha, He later returned. Therefore She is known as Hara.

Jiva Goswami

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - LSD

Complete use of car

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 4

Beyond Pain and Transcendental Pain

Meaning Of The Sixteen Names PT.16

Thought Of The Day

The auspicious funeral ceremony of His Grace Gopiparanadhana Prabhu - Lokanath Swami

Gopiparanadhana prabhu by Srutakirti Prabhu

Gopiparanadhana prabhu by Kirtiraja Prabhu

Gopiparanadhana prabhu by BB Govinda Swami

Bhagavad Gita as a business manual

Krishna Likes Children's Dance Video with Bhaktivedanta Band

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Visit to Melbourne

Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Gift for Srila Prabhupada

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 3 Text 3

Cactus & Caterpillar

Driving Ahead

Gemssssss........

Meaning Of The Sixteen Names PT.15

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