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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 30
nididhyasor atma-mayam
hrdayam nirabhidyata
tato manas candra iti
sankalpah kama eva ca


nididhyasoh -- being desirous to know; atma-mayam -- own energy; hrdayam -- the location of the mind; nirabhidyata -- was manifested; tatah -- thereafter; manah -- the mind; candrah -- the controlling deity of the mind, the moon; iti -- thus; sankalpah -- determination; kamah -- desire; eva -- as much as; ca -- also.


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When there was a desire to think about th
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 29
aditsor anna-pananam
asan kuksy-antra-nadayah
nadyah samudras ca tayos
tustih pustis tad-asraye


aditsoh -- desiring to have; anna-pananam -- of food and drink; asan -- there became; kuksi -- the abdomen; antra -- the intestines; nadayah -- and the arteries; nadyah -- the rivers; samudrah -- seas; ca -- also; tayoh -- of them; tustih -- sustenance; pustih -- metabolism; tat -- of them; asraye -- the source.


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When there was a desire to have food a
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Offering to Krishna

It wasn't long before the devotees in Sydney and Melbourne were competing to have the nicest temple. Prabhupada approved of the mood:

I am encouraged to hear from you that Melbourne temple is even better than Sydney temple, so I must surely come there to see it. Go on like this, transcendental rivalry, just like San Francisco and Los Angeles. This pleases me very much. But it is not that we are envious! No, material envy is not like that. Even the gopis, they were envious of on
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God's a person

City authorities in Melbourne began to soon realise that the street chanting was going to be a regular affair. Now, almost on a daily basis, police interrupted the kirtanas. Without a permit, they said, chanting on the City Square was not permissible. Since such a permit could not be granted, the chanters would have to move.

The devotees relocated to a small square behind the Post Office, and were moved on again. In a battle of wits, the devotees moved onto the Post Office steps. Si
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Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha

Friday, 14 May 1971

Srila Prabhupada sat in the tiny temple room, surrounded by his new disciples in front of the Deities of Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha. Srila Prabhupada had his reasons for bringing Radha and Krsna to Australia -- some of them apparent, others so deep that perhaps only he and Radha and Krsna could understand them.

Of course, he was always expanding his movement, of which Deity worship was an important part -- so that was one reason for bringing Radha and Krsna
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GOD Provides

A generous king once ruled in the land of Andhra. Every day two beggars used to come to him for alms and he always gave them food and money. On receiving the alms one of them, the older one, used to say: "God provides." The other beggar, the younger of the two, would say: "Our king provides." One day the king gave them more money than usual, whereupon the older man cried out lustily: "God provides." This annoyed the king who thought: "It is I who am feeding him and he keeps saying: 'God provides
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If We Purify

Of course, with this mind you cannot understand. 
You cannot think of Krsna. 
With this tongue you cannot chant Hare Krsna. 
With these ears you cannot hear what is Hare Krsna. 
With these eyes you cannot see what is Krsna. 
But if you purify... 
Just like cataractic eyes cannot see, but if you purify the eyes, then you can see everything. 
The eyes will remain as it is, but you have to purify. 
The process is purification. 
Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau. 
That purification takes place when you engage yourself i

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Mercy Of Guru

Mercy of Guru

The mercy can be there but you take advantage of mercy by reading and chanting. If you don’t take advantage of the mercy then what can a Guru do.The Guru can only give you the right instruction. 

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 Where on Planet earth is this scene? Is it at the Arctic Circle?

No. This is the toxic river Yamuna in Noida Delhi.

There is no river in the world as polluted as the most sacred river in the world. It is a long way from the crystal clear Yamuna river in the Himalayas, with the cool delicious water that can purify anyone of all sins and give pure bhakti (love of God.)

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On the 26 March a team of 7 ISKCON devotees of various nationality followed the course of the Yamuna river by raft from 50km south o

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Nyali%20A.jpgMombasa, Kenya celebrated a very special Ram Navami festival as a beautiful new ISKCON temple was opened and Their Lordships Sri Sri Sita Rama Laksman Hanuman were installed and welcomed to reside in Nyali to give Their blessings to all the residents of Mombasa.

The festivities of the grand opening of New Dwarikadham Temple in Nyali, Mombasa were spread over five days beginning with Nagar sankirtana in the Nyali area on Saturday 9th April 2011.

On Sunday 10th April 2011 devotees and well wishers a

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" Be Reminded About The Goal Of Life "

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If you associate with the devotees of the temple every week, if your come here every week, if you chant the holy name on the regular basis, your intelligence will be sharp and you will be able to understand and be reminded about the goal of life. And if on the other hand we miss this opportunity then you never know when you will get this opportunity.

 

 

(His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami, BG 7.3, 19.05.2001, Moscow)

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ALL IZZ WELL!!!!!

     To a world where truth gets masked by glittering advertisements and simplicity seems to be lost in oblivion, life seems to be an unending race of insecurity, resistance and perpetual dissatisfaction. There is something which is getting negatively programmed in our subconscious being. The greatest reason of unhappiness can be attributed to the aggressive advertisement strategy which makes you feel lost and it’s a constant dilemma in which one is bound to live. If you have that, you are great

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Devotional Service

Devotional Service

If you follow your Guru’s instructions and regulations of Vaidhi Bhakti, it is guaranteed that you will be able to get rid of your anarthas. Krsna is giving that guarantee.

SB 5.5.2, 12.05.2009 ,New Delhi

 

The holy name is the most valuable asset that you can possess!

By H.H.Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj

 

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Importance Of Association

Importance of Association

If you want to give up your inferior taste, if you want to give up your affiliation of material energy; then associate with devotees, associate with those who are more advanced. Take advantage of 'Sadhu', 'Guru' & 'Krishna'.

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Paramatma and Bhagavan are the personal aspects of the Lord. Paramatma guides every living being. Our coming to Krishna Consciousness is by the guidance of paramatma. Paramatma guides us : My dear child, go in this direction and you’ll find a temple and the Hare Krishna people will be chanting there. Go there and you will get some maha-prasadam.

 

 

(His Holiness Bhakit Swarup Damodar Swami, 31st May 2006, New Jersey, USA)

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Lord Sri Krishna says, "My dear Arjuna, there are different classes of men. One class of men, they are sleeping. And another class of men, they are awake. They are not sleeping." And how is this so? This chanting, which we have performed just now, is the wakening process for the sleeping soul. The soul is sleeping, covered by this material body. These bodily activities are in the sleeping stage. Just as we see dreams in the sleeping stage, similarly, all these bodily activities are dreams. Just

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This human form of life is the most precious commodity. Because in this human form of life one can actually develop the rational thinking to be able to judge what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is bad, what is moral and what is immoral, what is ethical and what is unethical.

 

 

(H H Bhakti Swaroop Damodar Swami, 1980, San Francisco, California, USA)

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Cawnpore
12 July, 1947

47-07-12

 

Mahatma Gandhijee

Bhangi Colony

New Delhi.

 

Dear Friend Mahatmajee,

 

Please accept my respectful Namaskar. I am your unknown friend but I had to write to you at times and again although you never cared to reply them. I sent you my papers "Back to Godhead" but your secretaries told me that you have very little time to read the letters and much less for reading the magazines. I asked for an interview with you but your busy secretaries never cared to reply this. Anyway as

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Whom to depend on?

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His request approved, the CNN News photographer quickly used a cell phone to call the local airport to charter a flight.

He was told a twin-engine plane would be waiting for him at the airport. Arriving at the airfield, he spotted a plane warming up outside a hanger.He jumped in with his bag, slammed the door shut, and shouted, 'Let's go'.

The pilot taxied out, swung the plane into the wind and took off. Once in the air, the photographer instructed the pilot, 'Fly over the valley and make l

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