In Bhagavad-gītā (4.11) it is said, ye yathā māḿ prapadyante tāḿs tathaiva bhajāmy aham: the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme judge who rewards or punishes different persons according to their surrender unto His lotus feet. Therefore it can actually be seen that although karmīs and bhaktas may work in the same place, at the same time, with the same energy and with the same ambition, they achieve different results. The karmīs transmigra
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Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare as
a great means of propaganda for spreading love of God. It is not that
it is recommended only for Kali-yuga. Actually, it is recommended for
every age. There have always been many devotees who have chanted and
reached perfection in all ages. That is the beauty of this Krsna
consciousness movement. It is not simply for one age, or for one
country, or for one class o
In human society there are various activities performed for the protection of one's wealth and life by one's words, one's mind and one's actions, but they are all performed for one's personal or extended sense gratification with reference to the body. All these activities are baffled because of being separate from devotional service. But when the same activities are performed for the satisfaction of the Lord, the beneficial results are distributed
material desires inside. Just put them all inside, close the box and
in big capital letters write on that box: "My material desires!"
Tie it up nicely, put it on the shelf and then get busy in service to
Krishna. One day when you don't have so much to do, you think: "Today
is the day that I'm going to play with my material desires!"
And you take the old box of the shelf, you look inside the box, and
what do you see?
"Half of them gon
Just like a person is diseased. He is advised by the doctor that "You shall not take such and such things." So he is starving or he is fasting. Suppose in the typhoid fever the doctor has advised him not to take any solid food. So under the instruction of the doctor, he is not taking any solid food. But suppose his brother is eating some bread. Oh, he likes that "If I could eat." That means within himself he has got the tendency for eating. But out of fear that "If I eat, there will be very bad
They recrossed the rather sparse backyard and entered the small shop-front that had been a grocery store, at the fore of the semi-detached building next door to the temple. Mohanananda described to Srila Prabhupada how he
praja-patin manun devan
rsin pitr-ganan prthak
siddha-carana-gandharvan
vidyadhrasura-guhyakan
kinnarapsaraso nagan
sarpan kimpurusan naran
matr raksah-pisacams ca
preta-bhuta-vinayakan
kusmandonmada-vetalan
yatudhanan grahan api
khagan mrgan pasun vrksan
girin nrpa sarisrpan
dvi-vidhas catur-vidha ye 'nye
jala-sthala-nabhaukasah
kusalakusala misrah
karmanam gatayas tv imah
praja-patin -- Brahma and his sons like Daksa and others; manun -- the periodical heads li
Practical devotion is the secret to understanding the Sastras. My Guru Maharaja used to say that for one who is not engaged in devotional service, reading all the books is simply like licking the outside of the honey jar. One who thinks the books are the thing is content in this way. But we should learn the secret to open the jar and taste the honey. In this way, if we can simply understand one book, or one sloka, the perfection is there.
-By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
I think many of the devotees will agree with me that they were ignorant of Yamuna's absence in Vrindavan. Whenever we visit Sri Vrindavan Dham we make sure to go for Vrindavan Parikrama. And as we pass through the stretch overlooking Yamuna we just walk on thinking about the bad condition she is in. But never thought of the solution for the problem.
One fine day I got a SMS that a rally is being organised by Bhaktivedanta Hospital Youth Forum at Girgaum Chowpatty and I thought of checking it out
CHANTING YOUR NAME IS THE ONLY REMEDY.........
THINKING OF YOU IS THE ONLY WAY............
TO MEET YOU MY LORD...THE SCRIPTURES SAY........
SERVING YOUR LOTUS FEET SHOULD BE ONLY THE AIM.....
THINKING OF YOUR PASTIMES...WITH INTENSE LOVE.
SEEING YOU EVERYWHERE BELOW AND ABOVE.......
THOUSANDS OF CUPID SERVE YOUR LOTUS FEET....
YOU ARE INDEED BEAUTY PERSONIFIED.....
SAYS YOUR SERVANT KAMAL NAYAN ...ATTAINED YOU WHOEVER IN YOUR LOVE CRIED.........
Question: How to Attain Complete Surrender? |
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In order to taste pure love for Krishna we should surrender to Krishna completely. So can you tell me what is complete surrender and how to practice it in a simplified manner? |
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Answer: Take Shelter of the Bona Fide Guru |
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It's very simple. Complete surrender means to strictly abide by the instructions given by the Lord. This cannot be done by mental speculation. You have to be trained by someone who is fully conversant with the or |
How to get love of God, Radhanath Swami Answers with an example from Mahabharata
Swami Ji, we hear about so many learned and dignified personalities from scriptures but I find it difficult to understand that why such learned men go against Lord. For e.g. Bhisma in Mahabharata was a man with high character and knowledge; still he chose to fight against Krishna… please shed some light on this?
Radhanath Swami: Bhisma was always upright, loyal and true in the service of the lord. Although as an ins
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Harry: I had been quickly detailed t
sa vacya-vacakataya
bhagavan brahma-rupa-dhrk
nama-rupa-kriya dhatte
sakarmakarmakah parah
sah -- He; vacya -- by His forms and activities; vacakataya -- by His transcendental qualities and entourage; bhagavan -- the Personality of Godhead; brahma -- absolute; rupa-dhrk -- by accepting visible forms; nama -- name; rupa -- form; kriya -- pastimes; dhatte -- accepts; sa-karma -- engaged in work; akarmakah -- without being affected; parah -- transcendence.
Maharaja Kulasekhara king, a great devotee, is praying to Krsna, "Krsna, this is the opportune time. Now I am healthy. I am quite in good health so let me die immediately, thinking of You, because my whole purpose is to think of You, of Your pastimes, at the time of death. So generally, at the time of death, kapha-vata-pittaih, the whole system becomes disarranged. There are coughing, there are headache, there is some pain, this is general system. Sometimes they are so intolerable that the man
A devotee always accepts his distress as minimized by Gods Mercy; although he would have to suffer many more times the suffering. Any one who accepts this philosophy of Gods Mercy in suffering conditions, and still makes progress in Krishna Consciousness, it is said that he is sure to go back to Home, Back to Godhead.
-By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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Sri Sri Krishna Balaram
Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Temple,
Vrindvan, India
Sri Sri Radha Syamasundar Lalita Visakha
from Santi Vardana Prabhu, ISKCON Malaysia
When I was studying in Vrndavana VIHE in 2001, everyday I used to pray to Lord on how to make spiritual progress quickly. I wanted lots of mercy because I knew I am very fallen and in need of great mercy. I prayed every day for many days to each Deity--Nitai Gauranga, Krsna Balaram, and Radha Shyamasu
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
spoken by His Holiness Prabhavishnu Swami
When I first had the idea of going to Malaysia, I wanted ask Srila Prabhupada. I went to Vrindavan in October '77. Srila Prabhupada was very ill. His secretary said it wasn't appropriate to ask him about coming here.
I had been preaching in Nepal and I was going to give a report and then ask about coming here also. But his secretary said he was too ill. Then I went back to Nepal, because at one point
