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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
स्फुरत्तत्तद्वस्त्राविति बुधजनैर

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Sri Krishna's Horoscope

Posted by Gourab Saha on June 13, 2011 at 1:50pm

Krishna's Ascendant is *Taurus* and his *Moon* is also here and at
exalted potency. Taurus is the feminine sign of Venus. Thus Krishna had
exalted beauty and femininity is all aspects of his body and mind. In
fact he is known as " Bhagavan " - which means that he is the Surpeme
Attractive Person. The impact of beutiful and sensuous Venus on
Krishna's body and mind is extremely amplified by powerful *Ketu*.

Krishna's Ascendant Lord Venus is with *Saturn* in the 6th House of
Enemies - and Krishna always

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ETERNAL DIVINE LOVERS RADHA KRISHNA

Posted by Gourab Saha on June 13, 2011 at 1:34pm

ETERNAL DIVINE LOVERS

Devotion Bhakti

ETERNAL DIVINE LOVERS_"RADHA-KRISHNA"

All the forms of God and Goddesses known as almighty powers are naturally self-submitted to Radha Krishna. Almighty forms of God have Their Blissful form of Divine regality which a Saint experiences in Vaikunth. It is somewhat like a king to his subject’s relationship and preferences. The loving form of Radha Krishna is the ocean of unlimited Divine Bliss. It reveals such a ‘love’ that is beyond imagination. It is so marv

@@@@ MIND @@@@

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on June 13, 2011 at 12:48pm

It is not very easy to control the mind. Unless you are guided properly from the platform of spiritual understanding or spiritual realization the mind is always going to revolting. When the mind is always revolting and one follows the dictates of the mind that is called falling into the ocean of Maya. As human being, as intelligent human beings, our business is how to get out of this Maya.

(Bhakti Swaroop Damodar Swami, 1980, San Francisco, California, USA)

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AGTSP

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 13, 2011 at 8:45am

One day at the welfare office, my supervisor told me I would have to work until one o'clock instead of taking my usual lunch hour at noon. This meant I would miss taking lunch with Prabhupada and his followers. I could not cope with that idea; yet I had no choice. I called Prabhupada from pay phone in the hall outside my office. This was the first time I had ever telephoned him. I felt I was being presumptuous, considering him my equal and therefore easily accessible.

Prabhupada answered. I aske

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If one commits offenses against the holy name, he will not achieve attachment for Chanting:!!!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 13, 2011 at 8:43am

If one commits offenses against the holy name, he will not achieve
attachment for chanting:

[Lord Caitanya to Svarupa Damodara and Ramananda Raya]: "...My dear
Lord, although You bestow such mercy upon the fallen conditioned souls
by liberally teaching Your holy names, I am so unfortunate that I
commit offenses while chanting the holy name, and therefore I do not
achieve attachment for chanting."

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Antya-lila 20.16

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Present Before Us Personally

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 13, 2011 at 8:42am

The Lord is so kind to us that He can be present before us personally in the form of transcendental sound, but unfortunately we have no taste for hearing and glorifying the Lord's name and activities. We have already discussed developing a taste for hearing and chanting the holy sound. It is done through the medium of service to the pure devotee of the Lord.

SB 1.2.17 purport

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Accepting reversals gratefully

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on June 13, 2011 at 8:41am

tat te 'nukampāḿ su-samīkṣamāṇo

bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaḿ vipākam

hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te

jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, one who earnestly waits for You to bestow Your causeless
mercy upon him, all the while patiently suffering the reactions of his
past misdeeds and offering You respectful obeisances with his heart,
words and body, is surely eligible for liberation, for it has become
his rightful claim.

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains in his commentary that just a

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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

Sri Krishna's Horoscope

ETERNAL DIVINE LOVERS RADHA KRISHNA

ETERNAL DIVINE LOVERS

Devotion Bhakti

@@@@ MIND @@@@

AGTSP

If one commits offenses against the holy name, he will not achieve attachment for Chanting:!!!

Present Before Us Personally

Accepting reversals gratefully

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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.

ETERNAL DIVINE LOVERS

Devotion Bhakti

Note: this page contains paid content.

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