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Dealing with concerns

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:31am

Dealing with concerns

As far as salvation is concerned, one has to conquer the principles of lust, anger, unlawful desires, avarice and bewilderment.

To get freedom from anger, one should learn how to forgive.

To be free from unlawful desires one should not make plans.

By spiritual culture one is able to conquer sleep.

By tolerance only can one conquer desires and avarice.

Disturbances from various diseases can be avoided by regulated diets.

By self-control one can be free from false hopes, and mon

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Question and Vedic Answers

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 20, 2011 at 8:51am

Question and Vedic Answers

Q1. Why are there many Gods in Hinduism?

A1.

No. There is only one God.

The Vedic scriptures clearly state that there is only one God, and his name is Krishna. But Krishna has many incarnations and so he is known with many names and descriptions. This is what confuses many people, including some Hindus.

Here are some quotes from the Bhagavad-Gita, which is the essence of all Vedic knowledge.

“The whole cosmic order is under me. By my will it is manifested again and again, an

SAVE YAMUNA- CAN YOU HEAR HER CALLING FOR HELP?!!?!

Posted by Sita devi dasi on April 20, 2011 at 8:30am

Dear Indian,
STOP THIS BRUTAL MURDER!!!!
The Holy River Yamuna is Calling Out For Help !!
Do You Know - The world Health Organization (WHO) has declared our holy Yamuna River a "Dead River" beyond New Delhi, well before it enters the Land of Shri Krishna.
( Please do see the attachment for the sad details with graphic explanation)
A note on how to kill a river again and again?
(And also how it still can be saved)

• A river is a natural watercourse flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or anot

learn 2luv God

Posted by KOLLURU VENKATA SUBRAHMANYAM on April 19, 2011 at 7:09pm

down thru d ages, highly evolved souls of both East & West've taught that v can attain perfect, pure & eternal luv only when v learn 2luv God - Narada Bhakti Sutra

Iskcon Miraroad Presents-Summer Camp for children

Posted by Bhagavatikripa devi dasi on April 19, 2011 at 4:54pm

What Is The Goal?

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on April 19, 2011 at 3:26pm

Similarly there is spiritual austerity. We voluntarily undergo some inconvenience but what is the goal? To please Krishna, and by this austerity I will make spiritual advancement. If in order to make spiritual advancement I have to make some sacrifice I should do that. After all that is the goal of life. So the strength to practice austerity comes from the process of Sravanam-Kirtanam and especially when this process is executed in the association of devotees.

His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami

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The Bhagavad-Gita(Q & A)

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 19, 2011 at 1:19pm

The Bhagavad-Gita(Q & A)

What is the Bhagavad-Gita?

The Bhagavad-Gita is the divine conversation between a man named Arjuna and God himself in the human form, Lord Krishna. It is literally the word of God in person. The conversation took place in the middle of a battleground, 5000 years ago, just before the start of a great war in Kurukshetra, India.

The Bhagavad-Gita gives information regarding God (Ishwar), the living entities like you and me (the jivas), time (Kala), activities (karma), and mate

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Please Let Me Taste Some Pleasure

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:46am

O Krsna! Thakura Bhaktivinoda has warned us that inattention is the main door into the house of aparadhas. O Krsna! Please let me taste some pleasure in Your names, so I can focus my full attention on chanting. May Your holy names become deeply impressed in my mind.

From Art Of Chanting Hare Krsna
by Mahanidhi Swami

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62nd Vyasa Puja 2011 - Srimad Bhagavatam Class

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:44am

62nd Vyasa Puja 2011 - Srimad Bhagavatam Class

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Hari Om Tatsat!

Haribol! The general religious hindus observe or worship Ganesh before doing any activity because he removes all obstacles. The Sri Vaisnavas worship Vishwakshena, and our Gaudiya vaisnavas, we worship the Guru. It says that the Guru, all the great demigods are represented by the Guru. So Ganesh and Lord Nrsingadev, they are all in the Guru.

Guru should have the attitude of the servitor of the Lord

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Don't Give Up, but Get Up!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:43am

Failures are stepping stones to success. But, in reality it becomes very
difficult for us to face repeated failures. We may face one or two
failures, but when there are setbacks in every walk of life, then we tend
to become morose and our morale goes down. We start losing hope and faith
in Lord as well.

What are we supposed to do when there are repeated setbacks in life?

While describing the rainy season in Vrindavan, Sukadev Goswami says in
Srimad Bhagavatam verse 10.20.15

girayo varsha dhaar

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Relieving Our Bodily Burden.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:42am

Relieving Our Bodily Burden.

73/08/28 London, Bhagavad-gita 2.25

Devotee:

avyakto 'yam acintyo 'yam
avikaryo 'yam ucyate
tasmad evam viditvainam
nanusocitum arhasi
[Bg. 2.25]

"It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable, immutable, and unchangeable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body."

Prabhupada: They are going? So why don't...? No prasada?

avyakto 'yam acintyo 'yam
avikaryo 'yam ucyate
tasmad evam viditvainam
nanusocitum arhasi
[Bg. 2.25]

So Krsna began this teaching to Arjuna fi

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Why Do We Suffer?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:41am

yas tv aatma-ratir eva syaad / aatma-trptas ca maanavah
aatmany eva ca santushtas / tasya kaaryam na vidyate

"But for one who takes pleasure in the self, whose human life is one of
self-realization, and who is satisfied in the self only, fully satiated,
for him there is no duty. As soon as you are attracted to the self and as
soon as you are satisfied with it, you are happy with your own situation."

We have to understand that our position here is temporary and we have to
suffer. There was one

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Srila Prabhupada Uvaca

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:40am

Prabhupada decided to restrict his weekly temple visits to Sundays. For the devotees, Sunday became the high point of the week. Sunday was the focal point of the devotees' preaching because all week they would invite people to the weekly festival and all week Tamala Krsna would consult with Prabhupada about the feast menu or the observance of various Vaisnava holidays. Prabhupada also suggested plays the devotees could perform.

When Prabhupada would arrive on Sunday, everyone would be waiting fo

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Preface to Bhagavad-Gita

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 10:57am

Preface to Bhagavad-Gita

Wednesday, 12 May 1971

In his small apartment during the very early hours of the morning, Srila Prabhupada wrote the preface to the forthcoming edition of Bhagavad-gita As It Is. The Macmillan company had agreed to print the unabridged manuscript. The contract had been signed, the book was being prepared for printing; only the preface remained to be written.

When the Bhagavad-gita As It Is was first published, the original manuscript had been cut short to less than 400 page

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 25

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 10:57am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 25
gatim jigisatah padau
ruruhate 'bhikamikam
padbhyam yajnah svayam havyam
karmabhih kriyate nrbhih

gatim -- movement; jigisatah -- so desiring; padau -- the legs; ruruhate -- being manifested; abhikamikam -- purposeful; padbhyam -- from the legs; yajnah -- Lord Visnu; svayam -- personally Himself; havyam -- the duties; karmabhih -- by one's occupational duty; kriyate -- caused to be done; nrbhih -- by different human beings.

TRANSLATION
Thereupon, because o

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Does God Exist?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 10:56am

Question: Does God Exist?

Dear Gurudeva, I would like to put my question humbly. I am not a Krishna devotee, but I was introduced to the Gita by a friend. When I started reading with interest, I started asking myself a lot of questions, the first one being: Does God exist? And then more: Has anyone been to heaven or hell before? How do we know heaven and hell exist? Why do we do puja and recite mantras? How does this help? Isn't life about thinking positive, doing the good things, and respecting oth

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Is Man More Civilized Than Ever Before?

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 18, 2011 at 2:56pm

Is Man More Civilized Than Ever Before?

Modern Man Thinks He is more Civilized Then Ever Before?

Modern day life is all about:

materialism (lust for material things like fast cars, big houses, expensive clothing, costly parties etc…)
Sexual lust (relationships, sex before marriage, marriages based on lust (love marriages) extra marital affairs etc..)
Easy and quick dinners (eating frozen, un-fresh, micro-waved foods etc..)
Material education (learning to conquer outer space, make nuclear weapons etc..

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - DR FROG AND HIS PHILOSOPHY

Posted by Janaka Dasa (Dr Jagadeesh TG) on April 18, 2011 at 1:08pm

Introduction

Dr Frog was a great scientist among the frogs. He had made his residence within a well. He was an expert in his field of endeavor and knew everything about the well and related matters. One day, one of his friends came to visit him and said, "My dear friend, I have seen a vast mass of water, the Atlantic Ocean."

"What is that Atlantic Ocean?" asked Dr Frog

"It is very vast" replied the other frog

"How vast is it? Is it five times bigger than this well? Or ten times?” enquired Dr Frog in

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Think problems as speed bumps

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 18, 2011 at 11:24am

Rather than labeling the issues that come up during a typical work day as problems, think of them as speed bumps (speed breakers). An actual speed bump, as you know, is a low bump in a road designed to get your attention and slow you down. Depending on how you approach and deal with the bump, it can be a miserable, uncomfortable, even damaging experience, or it can simply be a temporary slow down – no big deal.

If you step on the gas, speed up, and tighten the wheel, for example, you’ll hit the b

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Become less reactive and more responsive

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 18, 2011 at 11:23am

In life, we have essentially two psychological modes that we are in most of the time: reactive and responsive. The reactive mode is the one that feels stressful. In it, we feel pressured and are quick to judge. We lose perspective and take things personally. We’re annoyed, bothered, and frustrated.

Needless to say, our judgment and decision making capacity is severely impaired when we are in a reactive state of mind. We make quick decisions that we often regret. We annoy other people and tend to

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Dealing with concerns

Question and Vedic Answers

Question and Vedic Answers

SAVE YAMUNA- CAN YOU HEAR HER CALLING FOR HELP?!!?!

learn 2luv God

Iskcon Miraroad Presents-Summer Camp for children

What Is The Goal?

The Bhagavad-Gita(Q & A)

The Bhagavad-Gita(Q & A)

Please Let Me Taste Some Pleasure

62nd Vyasa Puja 2011 - Srimad Bhagavatam Class

Don't Give Up, but Get Up!

Relieving Our Bodily Burden.

Why Do We Suffer?

Srila Prabhupada Uvaca

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Preface to Bhagavad-Gita

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 25

Does God Exist?

Is Man More Civilized Than Ever Before?

Is Man More Civilized Than Ever Before?

PRABHUPADA SPEAKS ABOUT - DR FROG AND HIS PHILOSOPHY

Think problems as speed bumps

Become less reactive and more responsive

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