Dukhi was a simple poor maid servant, she was not educated but she was in the association of Srivas Thakur.
By Srivas's association, she developed a sincere desire to serve everyone and to please the Lord. While all the senior devotees were bathing the Lord, Dukhi would arrange water pots from Ganges. She would ensure that there is water available for the service. She was not expecting any honor, she just wanted to serve unconditionally and the Lord was very pleased with here service attitu
Diary of a Traveling Monk
Volume 11, Chapter 12
November 22, 2010
By Indradyumna Swami
There Are Too Few Like You
Dear Purnacandra Goswami,
Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It was with great sorrow that I heard about your sudden departure from this world. Although we regularly hear about these things in sastra and are constantly preparing ourselves for such inevitable events, somehow when they actually happen we seem totally unprepared. And so it is that I can
A study suggests that burning joss sticks raises the risk of certain mouth, throat and lung cancers
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Photograph: Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi/ ReutersAlong with the piles of dirty laundry, empty beer cans and Bob Marley posters they are a common feature of many student digs. But scientists have now found that regularly burning joss sticks increases the risk of certain mouth, throat and lung cancers.
The 12-year study back
Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrta Ādi 1.56
"A person interested in transcendental knowledge must therefore always directly and indirectly inquire about it to know the all-pervading truth."
One should understand, through the transparent medium of the spiritual master, that the Supreme Lord exists everywhere in His transcendental spiritual nature and that the living entities' relationships with the Lord are directly and indirectly existing everywhere, even in this material world. In the spiritual world ther
This material world is a place of darkness. In darkness there isalways fear. Violence, hatred, envy, greed, lust and illusion—these arethe forces of darkness which control this world. This darkness ispropitiated through the two processes of cruel and hypocrisy.
In the name of religion, people are exploiting others for their personal motives. In the name of peace and love,
there is violence and hatred. This is called hypocrisy. Whenhypocrisy is present within our material dealings, it creates impi
Everyone tries to claim as their own what belongs to God. Therefore, there is so much miseryand suffering. Because trying to claim somebody else’s property as ourown is sinful. It creates bad karma. When people take something theyare not supposed to take, they become attached to it; they becomeaddicted to it and so passionate for it that they cannot live withoutit. They commit so many sins to keep it or to get it. And that is whythere is so much crime, illicit sex, and violence.
By Radhanath Swam
Why we read the Bhagavat Geeta, even if we can't understand it?
An old farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning, Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Bhagavat Geeta.
His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagawat Geeta just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand, I forget as soon as I close the book. What goo
Letter December 6, 1974
Regarding your question, actually it is a fact that ultimately everyone should preach and distribute books if they want to please me in the best way. Book distribution must be given stress always. If you do this sincerely, it is a fact that Krishna will supply everything else required. I blindly follow my guru maharaj. I do not know what is the result. So I am stressing on this point of book distribution. He told me this personally. Book distribution is bhagavata marga and
Introduction
Driven by selfish motives, one may be inclined to such sinful acts as the killing of one's own brother, father or mother. There are many such instances in the history of the world. But Arjuna, being a saintly devotee of the Lord, is always conscious of moral principles and therefore takes care to avoid such activities.
It is the custom—according to ks’atriya fighting principles—that an unarmed and unwilling foe should not be attacked. Arjuna, however, decided that even if attacked by
*Yamaraj's Greatest Concern*
Yamaraj is the demigod who records all of our pious and evil deeds.The servants of Yamaraj approached him and complained aboutsomething they were very concerned about. Here is the conversationbetween Yamaraj and his Yamaduta servants.
Yamaduta 1: How are you Prabhuji?
Yamaraj: I am doing well. But you look a little tense.
Yamaduta 1: Yeah Prabhu. We are little held with few matters.
Yamaraj: Oh. Let me know your issues.
Yamaduta 1: I am worried about this hell.
Yamar
Giriraja: At one of the programs, somebody raised the question that we cited that Lord Siva is worshiping Krsna, that he is a Vaisnava. So that person replied that Lord Rama also worshiped Siva. So he wanted to know the explanation.
Lokanatha: You explained yesterday.
Prabhupada: Sometimes Krsna is chastised by mother Yasoda. So how is that? The Supreme Personality of Godhead is being chastised by mother Yasoda?
Giriraja: He likes to be chastised. It's part of the relationship.
Prabhupada: Similarl
Once upon a time there flourished a civilization, cut-off from the restof the world by mountains. But as providence would have it, an epidemicdisease purged the entire population in to hereditary blindness.Generations passed, and a new way of life evolved to cope with thischallenge posed by material nature. Life went on without an event untila traveler lost his way in to this ‘Kingdom of the blind’.
From amusement to amazement to sympathy – the traveler andthe residents were swept by the same se
I am a chicken.
I have the same five senses as you: I can see, smell, touch, hear, and
taste.
I experience pain, misery, loneliness, and happiness.
I like to socialize and enjoy time with my family and friends.
I am intelligent and follow a pecking order.
I can recognize other chickens by sight and smell.
I nest and nurture my young.
I chirp dozens of vocalizations and speak my own language.
I have a long term memory.
I like to sit in trees.
I run towards food because I enjoy eating.
I am scared of loud no
Here is a nice story - a true incident.. do read.... it might make you closer to God....
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In the San Diego ISKCON temple in USA, there was a gentleman called *Mr. Prakash*. He was a reserved type of person who would come regularly to the temple feasts but never really showed a lot of enthusiasm.
One day he had a severe heart attack and was rushed to hospital. During the surgery he almost passed away on four occasions. It was touch and go and he slipped into a coma. He remained that way for s
Few days back we went to Genting Highlands( a famous tourist attraction near Kuala Lumpur). Its a theme park with lots of fun rides and a 4-D movie theater. For those who have never watched a 4-D movie i would like to tell that in 4-D movie along with the 3-D images being projected on the screen, viewer's seat is also moved in certain ways which give the illusion to the viewer that he is also the part of the movie.
The movie we watched was the story of a Cat who is moving inside a ghostly house.
