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large blocks of granite. When asked what they were doing, the first fellow
said, “I’m making bricks.” The second said, “I’m creating a foundation for
a large building.” The third person answered, “I’m building a cathedral.”
They are doing the exact same job, and all three responses were accurate,
but they reveal the huge difference attitude makes. It’s the difference
between tolerating or enjoying one’s life, between thinking
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Your e-course is advertised as presenting the world's leading self-realization training system. This seems to be materialistic. What do you say? |
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Lord Sri Krishna states in the Bhagavad-gita that the self-realization system he presents in the Bhagavad-gita is the topmost self-realization training system. We are simply presenting Krishna's system purely as it is without any additions or subtractions. So |
Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev.
Many a times we all must have come across people who actually become happy when others are in distress. Or may be their happiness lies in only seeing others in distress and unhappiness. I personally have witnessed such crooked smile which enlightens one's face after giving some trouble to a person who has never counteracted. Some people are very much satisfied to see that peopl
His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaja
Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards, cobras, monkeys, rivers and trees; they all served as my teachers when I lived as a wanderer in the Himalayan foothills. They shared the kind of lessons that elevate the spirit.
One particularly illuminating lesson from the forest comes in the form of the Himalayan musk deer. The musk deer is referenced in Sanskrit poetry and philos
Tomorrow you become a big preacher, don’t take the credit, give it to Guru and Krishna.
Whenever we would go to Prabhupada and thank him and glorify him for the
service he had done he would say, ‘I have done nothing. This is all happening
due to the mercy of my Guru Maharaj and Krishna’.(Bhagavad-gita 7.3 ), Moscow,
19.05.2001
-By H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj
Took a bath despite to the type of whether,
Waking up when the Sun was not there.
Oh, yes! Before swept cleanly the floor,
Meditating that God will love me for.
Wearied my sari and put tilak,
Also kajal, decoration to my eyes and hair.
Opened Altar to meet my Lord there,
Or correctly, to be seen by Him here.
Paid obeisance with lots of prayers,
Which I copied from Acharias previous.
"Oh Lord! You are only shelter…" and so on,
"Please, don't neglect Your child alone!"
Sang Samsara with held up ha
The narration of Govardhana’s Avirbhava, or appearance, in this world and the receiving of the name of "Giriraja" is described in the second chapter of the Vrndavana-khanda of the Garga-Samhita, by Sri Gargacaraya. In a counsel of wise and elderly gopas of Vraja that included Nanda Maharaja and his brother Sananda amongst the discussion, the previously mentioned topics were debated upon. Pandu and Bhisma raised the questions for discussion, and the narration was then told by Sananda to Nanda Ma
Why do we forget the pain that we go through in mothers womb?
The miserable condition of material existence is not only felt when we come out of the womb of the mother, but is also present within the womb. Miserable life begins from the moment the living entity begins to contact his material body. Unfortunately, we forget this experience and do not take the miseries of birth very seriously. In Bhagavad-gita, therefore, it is specifically mentioned that one should be very alert to understand the
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
True Religion
At the present moment, no one actually knows the meaning of religion. Religion means to abide by the laws of God, just as good citizenship means to abide by the laws of the government. Because no one has any understanding of God, no one knows the laws of God or the meaning of religion. This is the present status of people in today's society. They are forgetting religion, taking it to be a kind of faith. Faith may be blind faith. Faith is not the real description of religion. Religi
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
