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Srila Prabhupada and an Envious Reporter

Posted by Ravi Chandran on April 21, 2011 at 12:30pm

ISKCON Chicago, 1974

Reporter: In Los Angeles, do you live in richness, do you have a car, and a
chauffer, and a yacht?

Srila Prabhupada: Why not? I am the guru of the richest country, why shall I
not have a car? If I am guru of the richest country, then why shall I not
have a car?

Reporter: So, you have one?

Srila Prabhupada: I have many. In each center I’ve got at least one dozen
cars. Just now I’m coming from Europe, Germany. They’ve got vans. They go
into the interior villages. Volkswagen? So our dev

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How to Do Perfect Japa?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 21, 2011 at 11:26am

Question: How to Do Perfect Japa?

What is the proper method, technique, or way of doing perfect japa? How one can avoid different kinds of thoughts while doing japa? Renu

Answer: Precisely Follow These Instructions

The perfection of japa is to hear and chant each syllable and to call out to the Lord and His energy like a small child crying for its mother begging to be engaged in their pure devotional service. If you will totally absorb yourself in such a way, you will experience such a sweet taste

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Symptoms of one in illusion

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 21, 2011 at 10:11am

Symptoms of one in illusion

When there is no illumination, knowledge is absent. One in the mode of ignorance does not work by a regulative principle; he wants to act whimsically, for no purpose. Even though he has the capacity to work, he makes no endeavor. This is called illusion. Although consciousness is going on, life is inactive. These are the symptoms of one in the mode of ignorance.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bg 14.13

Symptoms of one chiefly under the influence of the mode of ignorance are lazines

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Preaching technique

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 21, 2011 at 10:10am

Preaching technique

Srila Prabhupada had agreed to speak that evening at the Wayside Chapel, a centre started by the Reverend Ted Noffs in the red-light district of Kings Cross to minister to drug addicts and prostitutes. A sponsor from the chapel with an "afro" haircut and dressed as a hippy, met Prabhupada at the temple in the evening and accompanied him to the chapels theatrette. The tiny hall consisted of a ground floor dais slightly raised above the ground floor seats, with rows of very stee

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 27

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 21, 2011 at 10:08am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 27
utsisrksor dhatu-malam
nirabhidyata vai gudam
tatah payus tato mitra
utsarga ubhayasrayah

utsisrksoh -- desiring to evacuate; dhatu-malam -- refuse of eatables; nirabhidyata -- became open; vai -- certainly; gudam -- the evacuating hole; tatah -- thereafter; payuh -- the evacuating sense organ; tatah -- thereafter; mitrah -- the controlling demigod; utsargah -- the substance evacuated; ubhaya -- both; asrayah -- shelter.

TRANSLATION
Thereafter, when He des

The Big Bang Theory (BBT)

Posted by arindam pandey on April 21, 2011 at 10:00am

We have all heard it at school in the science class… In the begining there was nothing… and from that nothing came a big bang, caused by no one coming from nowhere… It created all the mass of the universe completely by chance [according to Einstein's Theory]…

The mass then contracted and automatically formed all the planets and set them into motion, all orbiting around the sun [all by an impossibly unlikely coincidence!] Then some chemicals appeared from nowhere and mixed themselves together [onc

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Description Of Life On The Hellish Planets

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 21, 2011 at 8:48am

Description Of Life On The Hellish Planets

What exactly is hell? The Vedic scriptures describe hell as planets where the sinners are taken after this life for their punishment.

The following are statements from the Srimad Bhagavatam canto 5.

There are thousands of hellish planets. Here are the names and details of life on some of these hellish planets. Each planet is meant for punishing the humans according to their sins.

What Punishment Awaits Animal Killers?

In this life, an envious person commits

FAITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Medha Sharma on April 20, 2011 at 11:50pm

Truly, Faith is the life-giving tree of Bliss,It stems from the root of devotion,It is nourished by the determination of the devotee,It flowers by the Grace of the Guru,It fructifies with the Blessings of the Lord,And then it reaches out to the hearts of others,To seed, and take root, once again…Thank you Devotees for the seeds you have sown,For Faith is the offspring of Faith, in oneself and in others… :)

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Krishna Hypnotizes His Devotees

Posted by arindam pandey on April 20, 2011 at 11:15am

Narada is astonished, What kind of hypnotism you do, I do not know. In spite of being placed in so much inconveniences, the Pandavas love for You has increased. This is Krishna consciousness. The pure devotees, if they are put into difficulty they take it, Oh, it is Krishna’s grace.

Prabhupada: So our duty is as, I mean to say, indicated by Narada Muni. Our only duty is how to achieve full Krishna consciousness. Other things, there is no need of trying. Actually, I have seen that in India… Everyw

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Cleansing the Unclean Heart

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:37am

(From a conversation with a community relations officer with the
Chicago police department)

Lieutenant Mozee: Would there be more of a beneficial influence-more
of a strengthening of the community-if the program [congregational
chanting] were held in a poorer area rather than an affluent area?

Srila Prabhupada: Our treatment is for the spiritually diseased
person. When a person is afflicted with a disease, there are no
distinctions between a poor man and a rich man. They are both admitted
to the same ho

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THE PREEMINENT NATURE OF THE SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:37am

THE PREEMINENT NATURE OF THE SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM

Many quotations regarding the extraordinary importance of the Bhagavatam can be found in several other Puranas, such as the Bhagavata-Mahatmya section of the Padma Purana, wherein we find such verses as the following:

The holy scripture known as Srimad-Bhagavatam was expounded in this age of Kali by the sage Sukadeva Gosvami [Vyasadeva’s son] with the object of completely destroying the fear of being caught in the jaws of the serpent of time. T

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Surrender

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:36am

You write to say that simply you want to surrender, but according to the
preface of T.L.C. you'll find that surrender means (1) to Act favorably to
develop Krishna Consciousness; (2) to reject everything unfavorable; (3) to
have full faith in Krishna that He will give protection to His pure devotee;
(4) to keep oneself as one of the dependent devotees of the Lord; (5) to
have no separate interest besides the interest of the Lord; (6) to always
feel meek and humble. These six things are surrender, And

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Misinterpretation of the Mayavadis

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:36am

Question: Misinterpretation of the Mayavadis

My dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to Your Grace. I have a question after listening yesterday to a devotee preaching. He was saying that although we have lots of different groups in the "Hindu" "religion", we have the same books. It raised a question to my mind: Do these groups interpret the books differently or do they choose what they find the most important and stress on that? He gave t

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - A brahmana must be clean

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:35am

A brahmana must be clean

Sometime later, just before dawn, Srila Prabhupada rang his bell. Bali-mardana and Vegavan, tired from the late night before, had slept in. But Prabhupada, who had also been up late because of the interview, had been awake for hours. Srila Prabhupada rang his bell again and this time, as Bali-mardana leapt for the shower, Vegavan staggered, dishevelled and bleary-eyed into Prabhupada's room.

Prabhupada admonished his disciple: "You are a brahmana, and you haven't even clea

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 26

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:34am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 26
nirabhidyata sisno vai
prajanandamrtarthinah
upastha asit kamanam
priyam tad-ubhayasrayam

nirabhidyata -- came out; sisnah -- the genitals; vai -- certainly; praja-ananda -- sex pleasure; amrta-arthinah -- aspiring to taste the nectar; upasthah -- the male or female organ; asit -- came into existence; kamanam -- of the lustful; priyam -- very dear; tat -- that; ubhaya-asrayam -- shelter for both.

TRANSLATION
Thereupon, for sexual pleasure, begetting offspr

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Dealing with concerns

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:31am

Dealing with concerns

As far as salvation is concerned, one has to conquer the principles of lust, anger, unlawful desires, avarice and bewilderment.

To get freedom from anger, one should learn how to forgive.

To be free from unlawful desires one should not make plans.

By spiritual culture one is able to conquer sleep.

By tolerance only can one conquer desires and avarice.

Disturbances from various diseases can be avoided by regulated diets.

By self-control one can be free from false hopes, and mon

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Question and Vedic Answers

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 20, 2011 at 8:51am

Question and Vedic Answers

Q1. Why are there many Gods in Hinduism?

A1.

No. There is only one God.

The Vedic scriptures clearly state that there is only one God, and his name is Krishna. But Krishna has many incarnations and so he is known with many names and descriptions. This is what confuses many people, including some Hindus.

Here are some quotes from the Bhagavad-Gita, which is the essence of all Vedic knowledge.

“The whole cosmic order is under me. By my will it is manifested again and again, an

SAVE YAMUNA- CAN YOU HEAR HER CALLING FOR HELP?!!?!

Posted by Sita devi dasi on April 20, 2011 at 8:30am

Dear Indian,
STOP THIS BRUTAL MURDER!!!!
The Holy River Yamuna is Calling Out For Help !!
Do You Know - The world Health Organization (WHO) has declared our holy Yamuna River a "Dead River" beyond New Delhi, well before it enters the Land of Shri Krishna.
( Please do see the attachment for the sad details with graphic explanation)
A note on how to kill a river again and again?
(And also how it still can be saved)

• A river is a natural watercourse flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or anot

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Srila Prabhupada and an Envious Reporter

How to Do Perfect Japa?

Symptoms of one in illusion

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Preaching technique

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 27

The Big Bang Theory (BBT)

Description Of Life On The Hellish Planets

Description Of Life On The Hellish Planets

FAITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shastrasvarupa Publications

KARO HARI SRI BRAJ BAAS KA DAAN.. BRAJ BASI JUGAL CHABI NIT NIRKHUN YEH ASAA BHAGWAAN...1 O HARI..GRANT ME THE RESIDENCE OF SRI VRINDAVAN DHAAM.. LIVING IN BRAJ BHOOMI..EVERYDAY, MAY I SEE YOU WITH

Krishna Hypnotizes His Devotees

Cleansing the Unclean Heart

THE PREEMINENT NATURE OF THE SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM

Surrender

Misinterpretation of the Mayavadis

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - A brahmana must be clean

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 26

Dealing with concerns

Question and Vedic Answers

Question and Vedic Answers

SAVE YAMUNA- CAN YOU HEAR HER CALLING FOR HELP?!!?!

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