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There is a little story, very interesting. So one poor boy, he was student
in a school, and the teacher’s annual ceremony of father’s death would be
held. So he requested all his student, “What you will give me,
contribution?” Formerly the teacher was not taking any salary. But whatever
he wanted, the students will bring either from parents’ house or by begging.
That was the system. The teacher would not charge anything. A brahmana
cannot be…, charge anything.
So this teacher, t
ISKCON Chicago, 1974
Reporter: In Los Angeles, do you live in richness, do you have a car, and a
chauffer, and a yacht?
Srila Prabhupada: Why not? I am the guru of the richest country, why shall I
not have a car? If I am guru of the richest country, then why shall I not
have a car?
Reporter: So, you have one?
Srila Prabhupada: I have many. In each center I’ve got at least one dozen
cars. Just now I’m coming from Europe, Germany. They’ve got vans. They go
into the interior villages. Volkswagen? So our dev
Question: How to Do Perfect Japa? |
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What is the proper method, technique, or way of doing perfect japa? How one can avoid different kinds of thoughts while doing japa? |
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Answer: Precisely Follow These Instructions |
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The perfection of japa is to hear and chant each syllable and to call out to the Lord and His energy like a small child crying for its mother begging to be engaged in their pure devotional service. If you will totally absorb yourself in such a way, you will experience such a sweet taste |
Symptoms of one in illusion
When there is no illumination, knowledge is absent. One in the mode of ignorance does not work by a regulative principle; he wants to act whimsically, for no purpose. Even though he has the capacity to work, he makes no endeavor. This is called illusion. Although consciousness is going on, life is inactive. These are the symptoms of one in the mode of ignorance.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bg 14.13
Symptoms of one chiefly under the influence of the mode of ignorance are lazines
utsisrksor dhatu-malam
nirabhidyata vai gudam
tatah payus tato mitra
utsarga ubhayasrayah
utsisrksoh -- desiring to evacuate; dhatu-malam -- refuse of eatables; nirabhidyata -- became open; vai -- certainly; gudam -- the evacuating hole; tatah -- thereafter; payuh -- the evacuating sense organ; tatah -- thereafter; mitrah -- the controlling demigod; utsargah -- the substance evacuated; ubhaya -- both; asrayah -- shelter.
We have all heard it at school in the science class… In the begining there was nothing… and from that nothing came a big bang, caused by no one coming from nowhere… It created all the mass of the universe completely by chance [according to Einstein's Theory]…
The mass then contracted and automatically formed all the planets and set them into motion, all orbiting around the sun [all by an impossibly unlikely coincidence!] Then some chemicals appeared from nowhere and mixed themselves together [onc
Description Of Life On The Hellish Planets
What exactly is hell? The Vedic scriptures describe hell as planets where the sinners are taken after this life for their punishment.
The following are statements from the Srimad Bhagavatam canto 5.
There are thousands of hellish planets. Here are the names and details of life on some of these hellish planets. Each planet is meant for punishing the humans according to their sins.
What Punishment Awaits Animal Killers?
In this life, an envious person commits
KARO HARI SRI BRAJ BAAS KA DAAN..
BRAJ BASI JUGAL CHABI NIT NIRKHUN YEH ASAA BHAGWAAN...1
O HARI..GRANT ME THE RESIDENCE OF SRI VRINDAVAN DHAAM..
LIVING IN BRAJ BHOOMI..EVERYDAY, MAY I SEE YOU WITH RADHARANI.
JAMUNA TAT PAR BAITH KE HAUN HARI..TUMHRA JAS NIT GAAYUN..
AATH PAHAR TAV NAAM UCHAARUN..JUGAL RUP KO DHYAAUN..2..
ON THE SHORE OF YAMUNA..MAY I SING YOUR GLORIES EVERYDAY..
THE WHOLE DAY..I SHALL CHANT YOUR HOLY NAME..ANS SHALL MEDITATE ON YOUR DIVINE FORM WITH SRI RADHIKA..
NIJ CHAAKAR KARO H
Narada is astonished, What kind of hypnotism you do, I do not know. In spite of being placed in so much inconveniences, the Pandavas love for You has increased. This is Krishna consciousness. The pure devotees, if they are put into difficulty they take it, Oh, it is Krishna’s grace.
Prabhupada: So our duty is as, I mean to say, indicated by Narada Muni. Our only duty is how to achieve full Krishna consciousness. Other things, there is no need of trying. Actually, I have seen that in India… Everyw
Chicago police department)
Lieutenant Mozee: Would there be more of a beneficial influence-more
of a strengthening of the community-if the program [congregational
chanting] were held in a poorer area rather than an affluent area?
Srila Prabhupada: Our treatment is for the spiritually diseased
person. When a person is afflicted with a disease, there are no
distinctions between a poor man and a rich man. They are both admitted
to the same ho
THE PREEMINENT NATURE OF THE SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM
Many quotations regarding the extraordinary importance of the Bhagavatam can be found in several other Puranas, such as the Bhagavata-Mahatmya section of the Padma Purana, wherein we find such verses as the following:
The holy scripture known as Srimad-Bhagavatam was expounded in this age of Kali by the sage Sukadeva Gosvami [Vyasadeva’s son] with the object of completely destroying the fear of being caught in the jaws of the serpent of time. T
preface of T.L.C. you'll find that surrender means (1) to Act favorably to
develop Krishna Consciousness; (2) to reject everything unfavorable; (3) to
have full faith in Krishna that He will give protection to His pure devotee;
(4) to keep oneself as one of the dependent devotees of the Lord; (5) to
have no separate interest besides the interest of the Lord; (6) to always
feel meek and humble. These six things are surrender, And
Question: Misinterpretation of the Mayavadis |
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My dear Srila Gurudeva, |
Prabhupada admonished his disciple: "You are a brahmana, and you haven't even clea
nirabhidyata sisno vai
prajanandamrtarthinah
upastha asit kamanam
priyam tad-ubhayasrayam
nirabhidyata -- came out; sisnah -- the genitals; vai -- certainly; praja-ananda -- sex pleasure; amrta-arthinah -- aspiring to taste the nectar; upasthah -- the male or female organ; asit -- came into existence; kamanam -- of the lustful; priyam -- very dear; tat -- that; ubhaya-asrayam -- shelter for both.
