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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - First visit to Australia

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 11, 2011 at 9:15am

First visit to Australia

Sunday, 9 May 1971

For the residents of the Sydney temple, Srila Prabhupada's arrival was a confused affair. An early telegram detailed Srila Prabhupada's proposed visit to Sydney, via Malaysia. Only arrival dates and times needed to be confirmed.

As it turned out, Srila Prabhupada had arrived in Malaysia a little later than planned, and to make things even more complicated, while in Kuala Lumpur there had been talk about a couple of devotees in Singapore wanting Srila Prab

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 19

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 11, 2011 at 9:14am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 19
vivaksor mukhato bhumno
vahnir vag vyahrtam tayoh
jale caitasya suciram
nirodhah samajayata

vivaksoh -- when there was a need to speak; mukhatah -- from the mouth; bhumnah -- of the Supreme; vahnih -- fire or the controlling deity of fire; vak -- vibration; vyahrtam -- speeches; tayoh -- by both; jale -- in the water; ca -- however; etasya -- of all these; suciram -- a very, very long time; nirodhah -- suspension; samajayata -- did continue.

TRANSLATION
Wh

Understanding (Not Burning) Holy Books

Posted by vipin kumar jha on April 11, 2011 at 2:18am

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE!

HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE!!

By Kripamoya Das for deshika.wordpress.com on 9 Apr 2011

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This year is the 400th anniversary of the publishing of the King James version of the Holy Bible. Its a great work of the English language and remains loved after four long centuries. Together with the works of William Shakespeare, it has contributed many words and expressions to the English language that we still

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Posted by subhkrtdas on April 9, 2011 at 9:30pm

ISKCON Utah Celebrates Holi In A Big Way

Read more:http://news.iskcon.org/node/3532#ixzz1J2gAlWuG

Every year the Hare Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, USA puts on the biggest Holi celebration in the Western Hemisphere. In 2011 the Spanish Fork Police department estimated that over 40,000 people attended in the first day alone of the two-day festival, starting on the 27th of March. Organizers carefully rationed their stash of approximately 120,000 bags of colored powder.

Attendees come from a

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Modern Day Mentality

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 9, 2011 at 8:19am

Modern Day Mentality

Modern Day Mentality – Ignorance and Foolishness

We have bigger houses, but no room for our parents.
We build though houses, but live in broken homes (single parent families).
We are quick to start a relationship, but also quick to end it (divorce).
We have more conveniences, but still less time.
We have more degrees, but less common sense.
We have more knowledge, but less judgment.
We are more expert at solving problems, but we create more problems,
We have more medicine, but less h

AAP KI KRIPA SE SAB KAM HORAHA HAI

Posted by vipin kumar jha on April 9, 2011 at 6:28am

a small poem in praise of krishna.............

Posted by kamal nayan gulati on April 8, 2011 at 7:30pm

some say you live in goloka...some say in vrindavana..

but i see you in my heart ...with your divine consort...

your effulgence like sapphire rays..your bright yellow clothes...your peacock feathered crown..your lotus like eyes..your bimba fruit lips..by seeing your beauty i imagine,that how could one get attracted to someone other than you...

your lotus feet are my only shelter...your sight is my only hope..prays your humble servant kamal,may i always remain merged in your thoughts.....

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RAMANUJACHARYA Appearance

Posted by Umesh modak on April 8, 2011 at 3:15pm

RAMANUJACARYA (1017-1137) was the principal acharya in the Sri sampradaya, one of
the four main lines of Vaisnava teachers and disciples. His Vedanta-sutra commentary -
Sri-bhasya establishes the doctrine known as Vasistadvaita, “qualified nondualism.”
A staunch proponent of the philosophy of pesonalism, he taught that although the
Supreme Lord and the individual souls are qualitatively one, there is still a difference
between them, for the Lord is infinite and the living entities are infinitesimal.

S

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Value the association of Vaishnavas

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 3:08pm

Association of devotees is to strive to hear from and to give pleasure to those who have the great treasure of love of God. Narottam Das Thakur in his prayers to the departed Vaisnavas, he prays in this way - he is beating his head against the rock in separation, longing for the association of those devotees who have, who had that great treasure of Prema Bhakti within their hearts, within their lives and who are distributing the contents of that treasure to the world. He is longing for such asso

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Smile more, dont let that snatched away ...

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 3:06pm

A research done in England found that a baby smiles 400 times a day, an adolescent 17 times and an adult doesn't smile at all! The more successful one keeps a very stiff face. Is roughness a sign of success? Is being stressed a sign of prosperity, growth or dignity?

You should smile more. Every day, every morning, look at the mirror and give a good smile to yourself. You know what happens when you smile? All the muscles in your face get relaxed. The nerves in your brain get relaxation,

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Don’t let success go to your head

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:58pm

There’s an alarming trend: People who have had some degree of good fortune and success tend to lose their humility and become at least slightly arrogant. This is very unfortunate for many reasons. First, and most obviously, no one really wants to be around someone who is arrogant or self-absorbed. It’s boring, and it’s annoying! Arrogance implies a lack of gratitude. The assumption is, “I did this all by myself; it’s all about me.”

Factors such as our good karma, Lord’s blessings and so on are fo

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Servant or Master?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:56pm

Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, gopi-bhartuh pada-kamalayor
dasa-dasa-dasanudasah: "I am the servant of the servant of the servant
of Krsna [Cc. Madhya 13.80]." This is called parampara system. You
have to learn how to become servant of the servant of Krsna. The more
you become in the lower position -- servant, servant, servant,
servant, servant, hundreds times servant, servant -- then more you are
advanced. Here in this material world everyone is trying to be master
of the master. Just opposite. And

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Science of Krishna

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:55pm

This Krsna consciousness movement, don't think that it is a sectarian
religious system, no. It is a science, the science of Krsna. Try to
understand the science of Krsna. We have got so many books to educate
people about this science, not that simply we are talking
sentimentally. Everything is scientific reason, philosophy. But the
simple method is so easy to perform that anyone can understand very
easily. What is that? Sarva-dharman parityajya... What Krsna says, you
accept.

Then you will unde

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Do I Have to Leave My Family?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:43pm

Question: Do I Have to Leave My Family?

I would now like to bring your attention to a question which creates confusion in my mind. If a person has some love for Krishna and always remembers Him, while apologizing for every sin and expressing gratitude for all that Krishna has given him, but alongside he is also trying to fulfill his responsibilities towards his parents and spouse--is it really necessary and justified that he leave everything except for Krishna? After all it was Krishna who arran

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 18

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:42pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 18
mukhatas talu nirbhinnam
jihva tatropajayate
tato nana-raso jajne
jihvaya yo 'dhigamyate

mukhatah -- from the mouth; talu -- the palate; nirbhinnam -- being generated; jihva -- the tongue; tatra -- thereupon; upajayate -- becomes manifested; tatah -- thereupon; nana-rasah -- various tastes; jajne -- became manifested; jihvaya -- by the tongue; yah -- which; adhigamyate -- become relished.

TRANSLATION
From the mouth the palate became manifested, and thereup

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 17

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:42pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 17
pranenaksipata ksut trd
antara jayate vibhoh
pipasato jaksatas ca
pran mukham nirabhidyata

pranena -- by the living force; aksipata -- being agitated; ksut -- hunger; trt -- thirst; antara -- from within; jayate -- generates; vibhoh -- of the Supreme; pipasatah -- being desirous to quench the thirst; jaksatah -- being desirous to eat; ca -- and; prak -- at first; mukham -- the mouth; nirabhidyata -- was opened.

TRANSLATION
The living force, being agitated

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 16

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:41pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 16
anuprananti yam pranah
pranantam sarva-jantusu
apanantam apananti
nara-devam ivanugah

anuprananti -- follow the living symptoms; yam -- whom; pranah -- senses; pranantam -- endeavoring; sarva-jantusu -- in all living entities; apanantam -- stop endeavoring; apananti -- all others stop; nara-devam -- a king; iva -- like; anugah -- the followers.

TRANSLATION
As the followers of a king follow their lord, similarly when the total energy is in motion, all other

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 15

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:41pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 15
antah sarira akasat
purusasya vicestatah
ojah saho balam jajne
tatah prano mahan asuh

antah sarire -- within the body; akasat -- from the sky; purusasya -- of Maha-Visnu; vicestatah -- while so trying, or willing; ojah -- the energy of the senses; sahah -- mental force; balam -- bodily strength; jajne -- generated; tatah -- thereafter; pranah -- the living force; mahan asuh -- the fountainhead of everyone's life.

TRANSLATION
From the sky situated within th

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 14

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:40pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 14
adhidaivam athadhyatmam
adhibhutam iti prabhuh
athaikam paurusam viryam
tridhabhidyata tac chrnu

adhidaivam -- the controlling entities; atha -- now; adhyatmam -- the controlled entities; adhibhutam -- the material bodies; iti -- thus; prabhuh -- the Lord; atha -- in this way; ekam -- one only; paurusam -- of His Lordship; viryam -- potency; tridha -- in three; abhidyata -- divided; tat -- that; srnu -- just hear from me.

TRANSLATION
Just hear from me how

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Visit to Australia

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:38pm

Visit to Australia

Saturday, 8 May 1971- Kuala Lumpur

The devotees were amazed to discover that Srila Prabhupada had no visa to visit Australia.

Amogha: All that needed to be done was that the Indian embassy had to give some stamp of permission, and the Australian consulate had to issue a visa. Prabhupada was due to fly out that night. But it was Saturday morning, and all the embassies were closed. It was very hectic. Finally, Gopal dasa went to the homes of the right persons and convinced them to

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - First visit to Australia

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 19

Understanding (Not Burning) Holy Books

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE!

HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE!!

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Modern Day Mentality

Modern Day Mentality

AAP KI KRIPA SE SAB KAM HORAHA HAI

a small poem in praise of krishna.............

RAMANUJACHARYA Appearance

Value the association of Vaishnavas

Smile more, dont let that snatched away ...

Don’t let success go to your head

Servant or Master?

Science of Krishna

Do I Have to Leave My Family?

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 18

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 17

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 16

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 15

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 14

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Visit to Australia

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