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Srila Prabhupada quotes on Ekadasi

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 29, 2011 at 8:42am

To observe Ekadasi-vrata and Dvadasi-vrata means to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Those interested in advancing in krsna consciousness must observe ekadasi-vrata regularly.

SB 4.28.35-36
We can definitely see that to advance in Krsna consciousness one must control his bodily weight. If one becomes too fat, it is to be assumed that he is not advancing spiritually. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura severely criticized his fat disciples. The idea is that one who intends to advance

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Only a Krsna Conscious person is peaceful

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 29, 2011 at 8:41am

āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaḿ
samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat
tadvat kāmā yaḿ praviśanti sarve
sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī

A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires — that
enter like rivers into the ocean, which is ever being filled but is
always still — can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to
satisfy such desires.

PURPORT

Although the vast ocean is always filled with water, it is always,
especially during the rainy season, being filled with much more water.
But the oc

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Where is the difficulty?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 29, 2011 at 8:40am

So where is the difficulty to understand God? There is no difficulty. If actually one is sane man, if he has got some brain substance, not stool substance, then he can understand God in every step, every step. Every step. Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh sabdah khe... Everything is explained there. Why they speak lies, that "I have not seen God." Why don't you see God as God directs you to see? Why do you manufacture your own way? You cannot see God by your own way. That is not po

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Where do I stand in my devotion? Find it out

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 29, 2011 at 8:36am

Hare Krishna

BG 9.25: Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship the ancestors go to the ancestors; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; and those who worship Me will live with Me.

Protect your spiritual treasure..

Many of us may have a question – Where do I stand in my devotion? Some may feel that they have been practicing devotion for the past 30 years and have progressed very little. Some others may think, they have be

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A Lesson from the Geese

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 29, 2011 at 8:35am

Have you ever wondered why migrating geese fly in a 'V' formation? As with most animal behavior, God had a good reason for including that in their instincts. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates uplift for the bird following. In a V formation, the whole flock adds at least 71% more flying range than if each bird flew alone.

Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone…and quickly gets back into formation. Like geese…… people who sh

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Violence

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 29, 2011 at 8:35am

Everything has its proper utility, and a man who is situated in complete knowledge knows how and where to apply a thing for its proper utility.

"Violence also has its utility, and how to apply violence rests with the person in knowledge".

Although the justice of the peace awards capital punishment to a person condemned for murder, the justice of the peace cannot be blamed, because he orders violence to another person according to the codes of justice.

Nonviolence in politics may be a diplomacy, bu

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - How shall i serve you

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 29, 2011 at 8:34am

How shall i serve you

Even in ISKCON's early days, Prabhupada had intimated that he preferred to hand over the management of his Society to his senior men. By doing this he could be free to finish translating the Srimad-Bhagavatam.

Nevertheless, Prabhupada's day-to-day letters from his disciples were still filled with questions that could be quite competently answered by the senior devotees. In reply to such a letter sent from Upendra, Srila Prabhupada wrote:

I never asked my spiritual master any q

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 33

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 29, 2011 at 8:34am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 33
etad bhagavato rupam
sthulam te vyahrtam maya
mahy-adibhis cavaranair
astabhir bahir avrtam

etat -- all these; bhagavatah -- of the Personality of Godhead; rupam -- form; sthulam -- gross; te -- unto you; vyahrtam -- explained; maya -- by me; mahi -- the planets; adibhih -- and so on; ca -- unlimitedly; avaranaih -- by coverings; astabhih -- by eight; bahih -- external; avrtam -- covered.

TRANSLATION
Thus by all this, the external feature of the Personalit

"Simplicity Diet"

Posted by shanti yadav on April 28, 2011 at 6:10pm

Hare Krishna,

Few months back I was in Rajasthan and I was inspired to write this small article dedicating to all those following simplicity diet. I am sure those who visit villages in Rajasthan get the same feeling. In comparison to villages in other parts of India, Rajasthani villages are special. Rajasthani men and women are semblem of simplicity. And it starts with their diet.

UNDOING THE CONDITIONING:
I happenned to understand that unless we simplify our dietary habits, it is not possib

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Krishna's Smile - Always Gives Him Away

Posted by Gourab Saha on April 28, 2011 at 5:29pm

One cool autumn evening, Radha and Her sakhis gathered in raasa bhoomi to meet Krishna. Govinda also arrived followed by some of His dearest sakhaas. Krishna was eager to perform the raasa dance and hoped that the gopis would be agreeable; however, Radhika decided She did not wish to perform raasaleela on that day, but instead wanted to play hide and seek! Govinda gently suggested that perhaps hide and seek was not a good game to play in raasa bhoomi, as it was an open space and there was no pla

Sri Krishna-Chaitanya-Dvadasa-Nama-Stotram

Posted by Venkata Krishna Mohan on April 28, 2011 at 4:34pm

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Sri Gadadharastakam

Posted by Venkata Krishna Mohan on April 28, 2011 at 4:31pm

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Spritual Sky

Posted by MANISH CHAUHAN on April 28, 2011 at 2:45pm

Krishna Consciousness is about rebuilding your relationship with Krishna so you may return back to the Spiritual Sky

Hare Krishna

Manish Chauhan

Maha Mantra.......Why?

Posted by MANISH CHAUHAN on April 28, 2011 at 2:20pm

It’s our tradition, or it’s an essential part of the program to chant the maha-mantra. … The whole idea is to chant the maha-mantra for some time before we attempt to make a serious or meaningful presentation in terms of knowledge. The example is just like at the beginning of the class – at least when I was a little boy – the teacher wiped the whole slate clean, and then we were ready for a new day. So it’s like that. It’s meant to kind of clear your mind and make it more receptive and attentive

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- the flute beeing kissed by Krishnas lips -

Posted by Gourab Saha on April 28, 2011 at 12:16pm

the flute beeing kissed by Krishnas lips

"My dear gopis, what auspicious activities must the flute have performed to enjoy the nectar of Krishna's lips independently and leave only a taste for the gopis for whom that nectar is actually meant. [CC. Antya. 16.140]

"'Although the nectar of Krishn's lips is the absolute property of the gopis, the flute, which is just an insignificant stick, is forcibly drinking that nectar and loudly inviting the gopis to come drink it also. Just imagine the strength of the flute's austerities and good fort

krishna consciousness

Posted by Devika Thakkar on April 28, 2011 at 12:10pm

The first and foremost principle of Krishna Consciousness is chanting the Hare Krishna mantra:“Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare”This mantra is a prayer to the Supreme Lord which means: “O energy of the Lord (Hare), O all-attractive Lord Krishna, O Supreme Enjoyer (Rama), please engage me in Your service.”As God and His name are nondifferent from Him and thus all-powerful (”Hallowed be the name of the Lord”), when we chant His hol

kaise mai karna bhajan chor du?

Posted by Subhadra Devi Dasi on April 28, 2011 at 10:05am

Meri zindgi ka sarmaya hai tu

nas nas me meri samaya hai tu

tane muje fir kyu deti hai duniya

jab hirday me mere smaya hai tu?

tere naam ka teeka jo karu to

kehte hai sab kyu dikhava isey

jo simru jo mala mai tere naam

kehte hai pakhand karti hu mai

tuje apne dil me basaya hai maine

jivah pe tera naam hai ram gaya

bta kaise mai teri lagan chor du?

kaise mai karna bhajan chor du?

tumhi ne sanwara hai hasti ko meri

tumhi se bani meri pehchan hai

dar ka jo tere mujhko sahara na hota

duniya me koe mera

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Srila Prabhupada's quotes.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 28, 2011 at 8:40am

Sydney
10 April, 1972
Letter to Mahatma

"So far your thinking about things and making so many plans, that is all right, but our first business is Krishna's plan. That is the only plan, and no matter how many schemes we employ to adjust things in this material world, if they have no solid basis in Krishna's plan, they remain merely dreams of phantasmagoria. So in this Krishna Consciousness Movement, I am training boys and girls all over the world how to act nicely by practically serving Krishna

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envy

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 28, 2011 at 8:40am

There are many persons who envy Krsna because He has explained in Bhagavad-gita that He is the Supreme and that nothing is above Him or equal to Him. There are many persons who are envious of Krsna. Such persons should not be told of Bhagavad-gita, for they cannot understand. There is no possibility of faithless persons' understanding Bhagavad-gita and Krsna.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bg 18.67

In the material world, everyone is envious of everyone else, and therefore there is competition. But the tran

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Sweet Like Sugar Candy

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 28, 2011 at 8:39am

The holy name, character, pastimes and activities of Krsna are all transcendentally sweet like sugar candy. Although the tongue of one afflicted by the jaundice of avidya (ignorance) cannot taste anything sweet, it is wonderful that simply by carefully chanting these sweet names every day, a natural relish awakens within his tongue, and his disease is gradually destroyed at the root.

Upadesamrta

Remain Connected To Service

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 01:55 PM PDT

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Hare Krsna my dear devotees. I was thinking

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Srila Prabhupada quotes on Ekadasi

Only a Krsna Conscious person is peaceful

Where is the difficulty?

Where do I stand in my devotion? Find it out

A Lesson from the Geese

Violence

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - How shall i serve you

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 33

"Simplicity Diet"

Krishna's Smile - Always Gives Him Away

Sri Krishna-Chaitanya-Dvadasa-Nama-Stotram

Sri Gadadharastakam

Spritual Sky

Maha Mantra.......Why?

- the flute beeing kissed by Krishnas lips -

krishna consciousness

kaise mai karna bhajan chor du?

Srila Prabhupada's quotes.

envy

Sweet Like Sugar Candy

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