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While in Sydney in 1972, Prabhupada worked steadily on his purports to the later chapters of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Third Canto. He was disappointed, however, that his disciples at ISKCON Press could not keep up with him, and had admonished them accordingly.
Consequently, when a special gold-bound edition of the Third Canto, Volume 1 arrived that afternoon by overseas express mail from the printers, Prabhupada was very happy. Sitting at his desk in his small
kaccit puranau purusau svanabhya-
padmanuvrttyeha kilavatirnau
asata urvyah kusalam vidhaya
krta-ksanau kusalam sura-gehe
kaccit -- whether; puranau -- the original; purusau -- Personalities of Godhead (Krsna and Balarama); svanabhya -- Brahma; padma-anuvrttya -- by the request of the one who is born from the lotus; iha -- here; kila -- certainly; avatirnau -- incarnated; asate -- are; urvyah -- of the world; kusalam -- well-being; vidhaya -- for doing so
Offer a prayer to the holy name that describes your aspirations to best serve the holy name, to go deeper into your relationship with the holy name. In order to help you with this exercise, I am including a prayer I wrote at the end of one of the Japa retreats.
My Dear Holy Name,
Please allow me to taste Your nectar, to fully experience Your presence, to feel joy and enthusiasm when I meet You. Please allow me to become attracted to You, to always hanker for your association, and to never become
Krishna bring about? Srila Prabhupada said: Chanting will result in
more Chanting. The more we chant the more we want to chant. The more
we chant the more others will chant. The more they chant the more the
people around them will chant and then the entire world will chant.
The truth may hurt, but the truth has to be spoken. The
qualification of a Sadhu is that he does not look to flatter his audience,
unlike a politician who goes to a place and finds out what the problem is, and just speaks on that line. Freedom by surrender
-By H.H.Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj
Hare Krishna Devotees
PAMHO!!!
AGTSP!!!
You all are invited for Netrotsava of Lord Jagannath, Baldev & Subhadraji on 2nd July 2011, Saturday. Please come and take the blessings of Lord Jagannath.....
Thanking You
Your Servant
Mayapur Vasi Das
ISKCON, Mira Road
Sometimes our devotees say that I have been exploited or that I have been overused, but there is no question of spiritual exploitation, whatever service one has done stays to one’s eternal spiritual credit, otherwise the whole Bhagavad-Gita would become false.
(His Holiness Gopal Krsna Goswami, Freedom by surrender)
The Importance of Character: BT Swami
Bhishmadeva: "Dharma (religiosity), integrity, right action, and morality are the watch words of a king."
Nothing is more powerful than dharma and integrity. When we fail to follow dharma, we lose integrity. Death is approaching each of us at every moment. What we planned to do tomorrow must be done today. Death is ruthless. It will not wait until our projects are complete. Readiness is important. The world is but a passing parade. We are born alone and di
Japa Mala - chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra |
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How to properly chant the Hare Krishna Mahamantra - Japa "Nish, nish, ram, ram, nish, nish, ram, ram." Srila Prabhupada once imitated how we sometimes chant without focus, without concentration, without proper pronunciation - how we chant when we don't feel like chanting. You know the mood behind this type of chanting; "I have to chant but I'd rather be doing something else." And in our minds we are thinking, "I can't wait to get these rounds out of |
Japa Mala - Chanting the holy name
The Holy Name is the Most Valuable Possession I Have
Without the holy name I would practically have no spiritual life, no real happiness, no intimacy with Krishna, no peace of mind, and no ability to control my senses. My entire relationship with Krishna, the most important relationship in my life, is revealed through His holy name. Without the holy name I would be lost, miserable, spiritually weak and destitute. Yet sometimes I treat this most valuable relation
The 4 step japa mala technique
I had the chance to attend a japa retreat held in upstate New York last spring. It was one of the first retreats to be held in North America as part of an initiative from Iskcon's SSPT.
One thing I learned was a method of japa that originates from Bhurijana Prabhu. Yajna Purusha Prabhu, one of the instructors at the retreat, taught us the method. I have found this to be the best instruction I have come across to date in japa..and for that matter Krishna consciousness
drdha vrtah namasyantas ca mam bhaktya, nitya yukta upasate. This is a
description of the Mahatma. They are always glorifying Krishna,
chanting and speaking about Krishna. Everyone has a tongue and we use
it for something to speak.
•There are so many topics about the temporary material world which
hold no real importance. They are meaningless sounds which are sounds
of no consequence like the sounds of sea waves which have no meanin
Although staying in Paddington, Prabhupada requested a simple room, equipped with a desk and bed, in the house adjoining the temple. Now he could more conveniently speak to the devotees and take a little rest if required during the day.
In the afternoon, Srila Prabhupada called Simon, now Syamananda dasa, into his room. Syamananda was finding the Sydney temple a vital, creative environment, and eagerly sat and listened as Prabhupada, seated behind
sa vasudevanucaram prasantam
brhaspateh prak tanayam pratitam
alingya gadham pranayena bhadram
svanam aprcchad bhagavat-prajanam
sah -- he, Vidura; vasudeva -- Lord Krsna; anucaram -- constant companion; prasantam -- very sober and gentle; brhaspateh -- of Brhaspati, the learned spiritual master of the demigods; prak -- formerly; tanayam -- son or disciple; pratitam -- acknowledged; alingya -- embracing; gadham -- very feelingly; pranayena -- in love; bha
The nations of the world, irrespective of race and religion, can only be truly united in love and harmony by following the path of prema-bhakti (love of God) as laid down by Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Love (prema) is even greater than the concept of non-violence. love or prema is a positive action; it is the effort to do good towards others. In reality, all talk about non-violence is in fact quite superficial, for in this life none can exist without harming another. True non-violence is
Sometimes our devotees say that I have been exploited or
that I have been overused, but there is no question of spiritual exploitation,
Whatever service one has done stays to one’s eternal spiritual credit,
otherwise the whole Bhagavad-Gita would become false.Freedom by surrender
-By H.H.Gopal Krishan Goswami Maharaj