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Swans and Ducks - A Story

Posted by Deepika Shrivastava on June 15, 2011 at 11:05am

This story is taken from the Holy Biography of Nityalilapravishta Om Visnupada Paramahamsa 108 SriSrila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Gosvami Maharaja

Some ducks were swimming in a pond which was foul and stagnant. With great glee they were living by eating snails, worms, prawns, etc., in that putrid environment. One day, they saw their cousins flying overhead in the azure sky. They were in all respects, from feather to size, very beautiful. The ducks on the pond reasoned that the handsome appearance of

By Walking, Breathing and Drinking we can Attract Prema Bhakti

Posted by BVG Janaka das on June 15, 2011 at 11:02am

As many of us are convinced by Srila Prabhupada, “Simply by cleansing the cage of the bird, one does not satisfy the bird.” SB 1.2.8p Then natural question arises, “Can one simply by not cleansing the cage of the bird, satisfy the bird?”

Unfortunately this is not just joke, this is sad reality, what we are facing in so many situations by studying the real cases of Sri Sri Radha’s Krishna’s Beloved Devotees. Even Lord Sri Krishna is sad to feel this from inside and see this from outside, who we ar

Benefit of joining ISKCON

Posted by Abhoy Bhattacharjee on June 15, 2011 at 10:30am

"HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE. HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE."

I feel lucky and secured that it is my privelege to get the entry in ISKCON because for getting Ishwarprapti or moksha - of course Srila Prabhupada will be kind enough I should do maximum chanting and seva.

I need help of other devotees of Srila Prabhapada.

Abhoy Bhattacharjee

Material Desires...

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on June 15, 2011 at 10:20am

The whole business of spiritual life is to give up material desires, and if you are maintaining material desires in spite of chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, then spiritual progress will become very-very difficult. This is comparable to someone who is trying to light fire and pour water on it at the same time. That is not possible.

(His Holiness Gopal Krsna Goswami)

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on June 15, 2011 at 9:13am

"If you want to attain Krishna Prema then don’t think that I have chanted 16 rounds and it’s done! 1st Jan 2007, New Delhi C.C Adi lila 7(83)"By H.H.Gopal Krishan Goswami Maharaj

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There Must be a Pathway Out of Here

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 15, 2011 at 8:45am

There must be a pathway out of here. God would not be so cruel to keep us in this suffering condition, the cycle of repeated birth, death, old age, and disease. If we sincerely desire to find that pathway, the Lord within our hearts will gladly reveal it to us. There is nothing that He wants more for us than that we return to our original identities as His servants in the spiritual world. Each one of us actually has an identity in the spiritual world in any one of five primary types of relations

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Interactions with Dipak

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 15, 2011 at 8:44am

Interactions with Dipak

Saturday, 8 April 1972

Prabhupada was encouraging and affectionate in his dealings with Dipak, who now served as Melbourne temple's full-time pujari. Dipak, in turn, reciprocated by trying to render menial service. He was in the habit of daily bringing Srila Prabhupada offered articles from the morning Deity worship -- garlands, tulasi leaves, and other sacred items.

Dipak often marvelled at the depth of Prabhupada's spiritual emotions. The day before, as he sat beside him i

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 19

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 15, 2011 at 8:43am

gam paryatan medhya-vivikta-vrttih
sadapluto 'dhah sayano 'vadhutah
alaksitah svair avadhuta-veso
vratani cere hari-tosanani

gam -- earth; paryatan -- traversing; medhya -- pure; vivikta-vrttih -- independent occupation for living; sada -- always; aplutah -- sanctified; adhah -- on the earth; sayanah -- lying; avadhutah -- without dressing (of the hair, etc.); alaksitah -- without being seen; svaih -- alone; avadhuta-vesah -- dressed like a mendicant; vratani -- vows; cere -- performed; hari-tosanan

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Handling setbacks & failures

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 15, 2011 at 8:43am

The question isn’t whether or not we will have setback, disappointments, and failures in life – we will. Rather, the question is, how will we deal with them? Will we become upset, immobilized, frustrated, and hopeless or will we take a more positive approach and depend on Lord in such situations?

In other words, setbacks and failures can seem significant, even insurmountable in the moment. Yet, once we get through them, we look back at them as a necessary, even important part of our success. A nu

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TRUST

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 15, 2011 at 8:41am

"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

Love and Devotion

Posted by Deepika Shrivastava on June 14, 2011 at 12:06pm

namo maha-vadanyaya krishna-prema-pradaya te
krishnaya krishna-chaitanya-namne gaura-tvise namah

Translation: O most munificent incarnation! You are Krishna Himself appearing as Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. You have assumed the golden colour of Srimati Radharani, and You are widely distributing pure love of Krishna. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.

Nitai Gaur Hari Bol!!!!

All glories to srila prabhupada...

About His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari in Brief

Posted by Ravi Chandran on June 14, 2011 at 10:38am

# 7 November 1947--Born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA on the tenth day of Kartik.# Before joining ISKCON was a counter-cultural song-writer searching for spiritual enlightenment and a message that could deliver the world from chaos.# Fall 1968--Was first introduced to the Mahamantra by a nondevotee friend.# December 1968--Decided to leave the modern civilization behind, go to India, and become a life-long renunciate. But at the last minute felt he was supposed to go to San Francisco instead.# Janu

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Holy Name

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 14, 2011 at 9:19am

Lecture on

Bhagavad-gita 7.8

23/02/74 Mumbai

By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

With these present senses we cannot understand what is the holy, transcendental name of Krsna. Therefore sometimes we are misunderstood, that "Why these people are chanting Hare Krsna?" So... Because ordinary man or ordinary senses cannot understand the value, the nature of the name, therefore sastra says.. we can realize God by chanting name... Naama, the holy name of the Lord, is completely

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How to Surrender and Get Initiated?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 14, 2011 at 9:17am

Question: How to Surrender and Get Initiated?

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

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Is Jnana Yoga Worshipping Krishna?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 14, 2011 at 9:13am

Question: Is Jnana Yoga Worshipping Krishna?

Dear Spiritual Master, If I spend one hour reading books about Krishna, does it means that I spent one hour meditating on Krishna? Does it means that I am worshiping Krishna through jnana yoga? P.M.

Answer: Yes, But Bhakti Must Be Added.

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

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Humility defined

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 14, 2011 at 9:12am

Humility defined

As Srila Prabhupada was getting into his car, an Indian gentleman congratulated him on his lecture. Prabhupada put his hands together in respectful pranamas, and slightly lowered his head. "Thank you," he said humbly.

On the return journey to the temple, Prabhupada chanted half-audibly in the back seat of the car, looking out the window in a way as quiet and unassuming as a child. His demeanour gave no indication that just a few minutes before he had been cheered and applauded by

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 18

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 14, 2011 at 9:12am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 18
puresu punyopavanadri-kunjesv
apanka-toyesu sarit-sarahsu
ananta-lingaih samalankrtesu
cacara tirthayatanesv ananyah

puresu -- holy places like Ayodhya, Dvaraka and Mathura; punya -- piety; upa-vana -- the parks; adri -- hill; kunjesu -- in the orchards; apanka -- without sin; toyesu -- in the water; sarit -- river; sarahsu -- lakes; ananta-lingaih -- the forms of the Unlimited; samalankrtesu -- being so decorated; cacara -- executed; tirtha -- places of

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Thought Of The Day

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on June 14, 2011 at 8:31am

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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Anjana Sridhara

Posted by Gourab Saha on June 13, 2011 at 10:13pm

Anjana SridharaBy PoonthanamTranslated by P.R.RamachanderThis prayer is one of the very popular prayers addressed to Guruvayurappan written by Poonthanam, the author of Jnanapana. Its utter simplicity and great devotion, makes it very dear to all devotees.Anjana Sridhara Charu moorthe Krishna,Anjali koopi vanangidunnen,Ananda alangara vasudeva Krishna,Athangam yellam agathidenam., 1Hey, pretty Krishna, who is black and who carries Lakshmi,Salutations to you with folded hands,Hey happy Krishna, w

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Radha and Krishna, together

Posted by Gourab Saha on June 13, 2011 at 1:52pm

The Gopala Champu by Jiva Goswami has a very nice verse, which appears at the beginning of his descriptions of the madhura rasa section. There, Snigdhakantha and Madhukantha start their recitations in the assembly of Radha and the gopis along with a select group of Krishna’s friends, the priya-narma-sakhas. This is actually part of the mangalacharana, but as is often the case with Jiva Goswami, there is a big siddhanta involved.

इमौ गौरीश्यामौ मनसि विपरीतौ बहिरपि
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Swans and Ducks - A Story

By Walking, Breathing and Drinking we can Attract Prema Bhakti

Benefit of joining ISKCON

Material Desires...

Thought Of The Day

There Must be a Pathway Out of Here

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Interactions with Dipak

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 19

Handling setbacks & failures

TRUST

Love and Devotion

namo maha-vadanyaya krishna-prema-pradaya te
krishnaya krishna-chaitanya-namne gaura-tvise namah

Translation: O most munificent incarnation! You are Krishna Himself appearing as Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. You have assumed the golden colour of Srimati Radharani, and You are widely distributing pure love of Krishna. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.

About His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari in Brief

Holy Name

How to Surrender and Get Initiated?

Is Jnana Yoga Worshipping Krishna?

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Humility defined

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 3 Chapter 1 Text 18

Thought Of The Day

Anjana Sridhara

Radha and Krishna, together

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namo maha-vadanyaya krishna-prema-pradaya tekrishnaya krishna-chaitanya-namne gaura-tvise namah

Translation: O most munificent incarnation! You are Krishna Himself appearing as Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. You have assumed the golden colour of Srimati Radharani, and You are widely distributing pure love of Krishna. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.

Note: this page contains paid content.

namo maha-vadanyaya krishna-prema-pradaya te
krishnaya krishna-chaitanya-namne gaura-tvise namah