"A man just got married and was returning home with his wife. They were crossing a lake in a boat when suddenly a great storm arose. The man was a warrior, but the woman became very much afraid because it seemed almost hopeless -- THE BOAT WAS SMALL AND THE STORM WAS REALLY HUGE, AND ANY MOMENT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DROWNED. But the man sat silently, calm and quiet, as if nothing was happening.
The woman was trembling and she said, "Are you not afraid? This may be our last moment of life! IT DO
Nitai Gaur Hari Bol!!!!
All glories to srila prabhupada...
Question: How to Surrender and Get Initiated? |
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I am a regular reader of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is. While reading the Dhyana Yoga chapter, we read the Lord describing about ways to attain Him via yoga. But personally, I found the purport where Arjuna says that he finds himself unworthy for meditation very similar to my condition. In reply the Lord says that even transcendental to all these methods to achieve Him was to completely surrender unto Him. I want to ask you how do we surrender to Lord K |
Question: Is Jnana Yoga Worshipping Krishna? |
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Dear Spiritual Master, |
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Answer: Yes, But Bhakti Must Be Added. |
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Yes you are worshipping and meditating on Krishna simply by studying Krishna conscious literature. This philosophical approach is called jnana yoga, the yoga of knowledge. However, if you simply study the books but do no |
All these books are the ultimate source of knowledge. They are not mundane speculations, they are authorized versions of liberated souls, presented by my humble self. So the strength is not in us, the strength is in the Supreme Lord. (Letter to Devananda 1968 September 28, 1968).
-By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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इमौ गौरीश्यामौ मनसि विपरीतौ बहिरपि
स्फुरत्तत्तद्वस्त्राविति बुधजनैर
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It is not very easy to control the mind. Unless you are guided properly from the platform of spiritual understanding or spiritual realization the mind is always going to revolting. When the mind is always revolting and one follows the dictates of the mind that is called falling into the ocean of Maya. As human being, as intelligent human beings, our business is how to get out of this Maya.
(Bhakti Swaroop Damodar Swami, 1980, San Francisco, California, USA)
One day at the welfare office, my supervisor told me I would have to work until one o'clock instead of taking my usual lunch hour at noon. This meant I would miss taking lunch with Prabhupada and his followers. I could not cope with that idea; yet I had no choice. I called Prabhupada from pay phone in the hall outside my office. This was the first time I had ever telephoned him. I felt I was being presumptuous, considering him my equal and therefore easily accessible.
Prabhupada answered. I aske
The Lord is so kind to us that He can be present before us personally in the form of transcendental sound, but unfortunately we have no taste for hearing and glorifying the Lord's name and activities. We have already discussed developing a taste for hearing and chanting the holy sound. It is done through the medium of service to the pure devotee of the Lord.
