Beggar's Rags

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 19, 2010 at 8:52am

Beggar's Rags

A beggar lived near the king's palace. One day he saw a proclamation posted outside the palace gate. The king was giving a great dinner. Anyone dressed in royal garments was invited to the party.

The beggar went on his way. He looked at the rags he was wearing and sighed. Surely only kings and their families wore royal robes, he thought. Slowly an idea crept into his mind. The audacity of it made him tremble. Would he dare?

He made his way back to the palace. He approached the guard a

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - The woman are trained nicely

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 19, 2010 at 8:51am

The woman are trained nicely

During the walk we noticed some men gathered around a roadside food stall eating bhel puris. Srila Prabhupada explained that the small, golf ball-sized snacks are filled with dal and are especially offered to Radha-Vallabha.

A new English devotee, Bhakta Robin, expressed his appreciation of Srila Prabhupada's knowledge of cooking.

Prabhupada replied that right from his childhood, if somebody was preparing food, he would want to see how it was done.

Bhakta Robin observed

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 51

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 19, 2010 at 8:50am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 51
idam bhagavatam nama
yan me bhagavatoditam
sangraho 'yam vibhutinam
tvam etad vipuli kuru

idam -- this; bhagavatam -- the science of Godhead; nama -- of the name; yat -- that which; me -- unto me; bhagavata -- by the Personality of Godhead; uditam -- enlightened; sangrahah -- is the accumulation of; ayam -- His; vibhutinam -- of the diverse potencies; tvam -- your good self; etat -- this science of Godhead; vipuli -- expand; kuru -- do it.

TRANSLATION
O Nar

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The One Who Tastes The Nectar

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 19, 2010 at 8:50am

In Caitanya-caritamrta it is stated, “A devotee who believes that the holy name of the Lord is identical with the Lord is a pure devotee, even though he may be in the neophyte stage. By his association, oth ers may also become Vaisnavas.” Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 15.106

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Ten Million Times Better Than Sex

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 19, 2010 at 8:30am

On 4 November, 2010 in Kaunas, Lithuania on a chilly, dark, rainy and windy evening I was led into an an old, cold and dingy Soviet era building through an obscure passageway into a hall packed full of eager listeners ready to hear my lecture on the spiritual history of the world. They were super responsive and would often applaud in appreciation of various points that I made during the lecture and the question and answer session.

When a girl who was familiar with our prohibition against illicit

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Torrents of rain.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 18, 2010 at 2:11pm

The mountains, although being struck by torrents of rain during the rainy season, are not shaken, just as those whose hearts are dedicated to the transcendental Personality of Godhead are never disturbed, even when harassed by great misfortune.

Because a person who is spiritually advanced accepts any adverse condition of life as the mercy of the Lord, he is completely eligible to enter into the spiritual kingdom. Even though a person takes to the devotional service of the Supreme Lord, he may som

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The unconquered becomes conquered!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 18, 2010 at 2:07pm

Real problem is how to stop this repetition of birth, death, old age
and disease. That is real problem. That problem is being solved by
Krsna consciousness movement. If you simply understand what is Krsna,
tyaktva deham punar janma naiti [Bg. 4.9], there are no more material
birth.

So to become Krsna conscious, even if you fail in this life, in one
life, there is no loss. There is no loss in this way that you get
another chance. But if you are not Krsna conscious, there is no
certainty whether you are g

Deity Dreams

Posted by Amogha das on November 18, 2010 at 5:30am

Deity Dreams

In the modern day many pastimes between devotees and the Lord in His Arca Avatar, or Deity forms are happening. There are many stories....

Dreams have long been a feature of exchanges between the Lord and His devotees.

In Remuna, Kshirachora Gopinath (photo above) told His pujari in a dream to take the pot of

sweet Kshira the Lord had hidden under his dress, and bring it to His beloved

devotee Mahdavendra Puri. Madhavendra Puri, who was outside under a Banyon

tree, had left the temple, fe

Tributes to HH Purnacandra Maharaja by GBC Executive Committee

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 17, 2010 at 10:05pm

Dear devotees,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are greatly saddened by the untimely departure of His Holiness Purnacandra Maharaja.

Maharaja was a dedicated disciple of Srila Prabhupada, and he had worked hard to spread Prabhupada's message in different parts of the world, in a number of services. He was a dedicated ISKCON sannyasi, preaching enthusiastically and effectively, particularly in the former Soviet Union. Many devotees were enlivened by his wonder

Cellphone hazard

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 17, 2010 at 10:02pm

November 13, 2010

Should You Be Snuggling With Your Cellphone?

By RANDALL STROSS

WARNING: Holding a cellphone against your ear may be hazardous to your health. So may stuffing it in a pocket against your body.

I’m paraphrasing here. But the legal departments of cellphone manufacturers slip a warning about holding the phone against your head or body into the fine print of the little slip that you toss aside when unpacking your phone. Apple, for example, doesn’t want iPhones to come closer than 5/8 of

Build Your Nation On A Spiritual Platform

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 17, 2010 at 3:00pm

With VICTOR ANIUKWU

We are trying to develop ourselves individually and collectively, so please develop spiritually, for Spiritual development is sound development.

Don’t imitated the Americans and Europeans, who are living below Spiritual Standard. For example. The atomic bomb is already there, and as soon as the next war breaks out, all their skyscrapers and everything else will be finished.

Try to understand this from the real viewpoint of human life, the Spiritual viewpoint” As far as the soul

Story of Lord Krishna

Posted by geeta kakkar on November 17, 2010 at 10:55am

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

The Gopis sing of Krsna as He Wanders in the Forest

1. Whenever Krsna went to the forest, the minds of the gopis would run after Him, and thus the young girls sadly spent their days singing of His pastimes.

2. The gopis said: When Mukunda vibrates the flute He has placed to His lips, stopping its holes with His tender fingers, He rests His left cheek on His left arm and makes His eyebrows dance. At that time the demigoddesses travel

Satsang in the Sauna

Posted by ISKCON desire tree on November 17, 2010 at 5:59am

I was advised by a health specialist to go to a sauna and sweat, so I went to a pool near the Los Angeles temple, where I reside. I was sitting in the

sauna with a friend; it was full.

All of a sudden an African-American man in his late 40's addressed me: "Excuse me. Can I ask you a question? Do you know Sanskrit?"

"I don't speak it," I replied, "but I'm learning." I asked him his name and he told me it was Matt, and then I asked him why he cares about Sanskrit.

"I'm reading the Bhagavad-gita," he r

GURU

Posted by geeta kakkar on November 16, 2010 at 3:43pm

GURU

The stature of Guru is so exalted that even if one surrenders completely, he is only able to touch the tip of His toes - where Guru has His feet, a devotee or a follower is only able to place his head there. In other words, where from the stature of Guru starts, (i.e., His lotus feet), devotee’s highest form, (i.e., his head) rests.

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How to Be a Good Devotee and a Good Wife?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 16, 2010 at 11:35am

Question: How to Be a Good Devotee and a Good Wife?

Dear Master,

I would like to know about Krishna conscious family life. I am a woman from aChristian background. I cannot live alone in the society. I hope youunderstand. I am not interested in marriage because I simply want to serve theLord. However, my parents are pushing me to get married. Please, therefore,advise me how to be a good Krishna conscious devotee as well as a good wife tomy husband so that in all ways I can nicely serve my belove

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Never Forget Krishna

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 16, 2010 at 9:05am

Never Forget Krishna

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap in its shade.... He loved the tree, and the tree loved to play with him.

Time went by. The little boy grew up, and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree with a sad look on his face.

"Come and play with me," the tree asked the boy.

"I am no longer a kid, I donâ€™t play around t

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Why should we study the sacred scripture ?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 16, 2010 at 9:04am

Why should we study the sacred scripture ?

An old farmer lived on his farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning he got up early, sat at the kitchen table, and read His Bhagavad-gita. His grandson wanted to be just like his grandfather, so tried to emulate him in every way he could.

One day the grandson asked, â€œGrandpa, I try to read the Bhagavad-gita just like you do, but I donâ€™t understand most of it, and whatever I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. So what

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What is real affection

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 16, 2010 at 9:02am

Prahlada Maharaja, saved his father from the hellish condition of
life. From material point of view, Prahlada Maharaja could have asked
Nrsimhadeva, "My Lord, do not kill my father, the greatest of the
demons." He could have asked, and immediately his request would have
been granted. But he did not do that. He was standing and seeing. When
he was offered benediction, he did not take anything. He said, "My
Lord, what shall I do, all this material benediction? I have seen in
the case of my father. He was

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 48

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 16, 2010 at 9:00am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 48
sadhryan niyamya yatayo yama-karta-hetim
jahyuh svarad iva nipana-khanitram indrah

sadhryak -- artificial mental speculation or meditation; niyamya -- controlling; yatayah -- the mystics; yama-karta-hetim -- the process of spiritual culture; jahyuh -- are given up; svarat -- fully independent; iva -- as; nipana -- well; khanitram -- trouble for digging; indrah -- the controlling demigod supplying rains.

TRANSLATION
In such a transcendental state there is

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Just become a pure devotee - 1

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on November 16, 2010 at 9:00am

ust become a pure devotee - 1

At 10:00 a.m. Prabhupada met with an Italian visitor named Marco Ferrini. Marco had an interesting background story as to how he came here to meet with Srila Prabhupada.

This is his third visit to India. A highly successful furniture designer, at thirty one-years-old he owns six companies and enjoys a world-wide reputation. To all intents and purposes he has everything material anyone could want. But as he became increasingly successful, he began to find name, fame an

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Beggar's Rags

Beggar's Rags

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - The woman are trained nicely

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 51

The One Who Tastes The Nectar

Ten Million Times Better Than Sex

Torrents of rain.

The unconquered becomes conquered!

Deity Dreams

Tributes to HH Purnacandra Maharaja by GBC Executive Committee

Cellphone hazard

Should You Be Snuggling With Your Cellphone?

By RANDALL STROSS

Build Your Nation On A Spiritual Platform

Story of Lord Krishna

Satsang in the Sauna

GURU

How to Be a Good Devotee and a Good Wife?

Never Forget Krishna

Why should we study the sacred scripture ?

What is real affection

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 48

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Just become a pure devotee - 1

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