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BHAJAHU RE MANA

BHAJAHU RE MANA
By Govinda dasa Kaviraja
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An illustrated Vaisnava song which include a translation on-screen.
(song translation)

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O mind, just worship the lotus feet of the son of Nanda, which makes one fearless. Having obtained this rare human birth, crossover the ocean of worldly existence through the association of saintly persons. 

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Both in the day and at night I remain sleepless, suffering the pains of the heat and cold, the wind and the rain. For a fraction of flickering happiness I hav
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Beyond Birth And Death

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What do you think of death?

I don't think about it, doesn't even enter my mind.

It's natural, you're born, grow, and die. The important thing is to do good and not sin.

That is difficult for me to explain. It is destined to come to all at some time, some sooner, some later, but it is destined to come at a certain moment in time for all. We always hope for later.

It is sad but we must smile. The only one who doesn't die is the Lord. Sometimes it seems unjust, but we must smile. 
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Nothing.

You just don't

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Reincarnation

Atma

Death. Mans most, relentless, inevitable and mysterious adversary.

Does death mean the end of life, or does it merely open the door to another life, another dimension, another world?

Or another death?

The succession of birth and death is viewed as an endless continuity, an eternal wheel rolling on forever. Only time stands between one face and another.

All major western religions have definite threads of reincarnation throughout the fabric of their teachings.

The first Law of thermodynamics states th
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“Krishna means the All-attractive”

Prabhupada: Do you know what is the meaning of Krishna?

Ananda-marga woman: I believe Krishna was one form of God. You said something about extension of Krishna. It’s the same.

Prabhupada: Krishna means “the all-attractive.” As you say that God is so beautiful, so that is, in other words, all-attractive. So if you have realized God, then you have become perfect.

Ananda-marga woman: No.

Prabhupada: No?

Ananda-marga woman: Whenever I realize God I receive it through my mind and not perfect. But if I me

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Sri Krishna-The Supreme Personality of Godhead

Krishna is God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the original and primeval person who is simultaneously expanded everywhere throughout existence and yet is still situated in His eternal abode in His original, transcendental form. He is the all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-merciful being. He is the chief eternal living entity amongst all eternal living entities who are His parts. He is responsible for fulfilling all the desires of the subordinate living entities since time immemorial.

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LORD NITYANANDA PRABHU

LORD NITYANANDA PRABHU

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Lord Nityananda is the eternal associate of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. Rarely is the name Nimai (Caitanya Mahaprabhu) taken

without that of Nitai (Lord Nityananda). Mahaprabhu cannot be approached or

understood without the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, who is the cardinal guru

of all the universes and serves as an intermediary between Mahaprabhu and

His devotees. He is the Lord's active principle in both creation and lila.

He is the second body of the

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* India On Verge of ''Cultural Ecocide'

* India On Verge of ''Cultural Ecocide' Says Scholar -

 Indian literary history, warned that in literary terms, India is on the verge of becoming a country as brand-new as America. He gave the keynote speech opening the Jaipur Literature Festival Friday morning. 'It is now entirely gitimate to ask, if dismaying and disturbing, if within two generations there will be anyone in India who will have the capacity of reading Indian literature produced before 1800,' he said. 'I have a feeling that that
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Srila Prabhupada Uvaca

 

One thing Prabhupada liked about California was that it was easy for him to obtain eucalyptus twigs there. Prabhupada used them for brushing his teeth in the morning. He liked them cut the thickness of the little finger and about six inches long, and they were soaked in water overnight before he used them. At this time Krsnadasa was going out in the morning to pick them. He would keep a good supply wrapped up in tin foil in the refrigerator. Hearing that eucalyptus trees were uncommon in Americ

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Circumambulating the temple

During his midday massage, which he still takes in his bedroom, Prabhupada suddenly started talking about dreams. He told me that last night he dreamt the temple courtyard was completely flooded. He said he was thinking, "Oh, if it comes even one more inch, everything will be spoiled."

Thinking there might be some significance to his dream, I asked him what dreams were.

Prabhupada replied in a general way, saying that they are impressions stored within the mind, not just
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dasa-dasanudasah

Prabhupada had Pradyumna read out the purports to verses 41 and 42 before he gave class. Commenting on how Draupadi offered all respects to the bound-up Asvatthama, despite the fact that he had killed her sleeping sons, he said, "So this is already explained in the purport that woman's nature is very mild, and man's nature very strong. That is the difference. Therefore according to Vedic civilization, the woman must be protected, because they are very simple -- they can be led to
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English Fashion

In his class this morning Srila Prabhupada stressed the need to seriously take shelter of a guru. He said that we should not approach a guru for fulfillment of our material desires. "One should go to a guru for spiritual advancement of life, not as a fashion. People go to a guru as a fashion. My Guru Maharaja used to say that 'Don't make a guru just like you keep a dog, as a fashion.' Nowadays it has become a fashion to keep a dog. In the European, American countries it is a compu
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Golories of nityananda prabhu

Nitai's lotus feet are more cooling than the shining of millions of moons. Their shade gives solace to the universe. O brother, without a personality such as Nitai, it is not possible to attain Radha & Krsna. So hold on very tightly to His lotus feet-(Srila Narottama das Thakura  )

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Lord Nityananda- The giver of mercy.

                  CRY OUT FOR THE MERCY OF LORD NITYANANDA! WE ARE FOOLS WITHOUT YOUR MERCY WE CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND YOUR MERCY. WE WHO ARE SUFFERING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD PARCHED BY THE HOT SUN OF SENSE GRATIFICATION JUST LIKE A PERSON LOST IN THE DESERT WITHOUT A DROP OF WATER. THERE COMES THE SOOTHING COOLING RAYS OF A THOUSAND MILLION MOONS TO RELIEVE US, AND NOURISH US WITH THEIR LOVING MERCY AND THAT IS NONE OTHER THAN THE LOTUS FEET OF NITYANANDA PRABHU.

HOLD ON TO IT! HOLD ON TO IT! NEVER

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Stages of madness

In class Prabhupada spoke about various stages of madness. He told us that pramatta does not mean constitutionally mad, but it means mad by some temporary circumstance. Quoting Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.1.4, he said that actually 99.9% of the world's population are pramatta. Why? Because they think that their husbands, wives, families, nations, bank balance or a strong body will save them from the clutches of Yamaraja, the Lord of death. "Now some of our big sannyasis," Prabhupada sai
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Standard of deity worship

Several times over the last few weeks Prabhupada has been disturbed by the poor quality of flowers on the Deity garlands. Sometimes also, the Deities do not even have garlands on when the curtains are opened for Their morning darsana. When Prabhupada greeted Them this morning, he saw that Sri Sri Krsna-Balarama yet again had no garlands. Openly aggravated, he half-turned to Aksayananda and told him sternly, "This is another farce!"

He was so troubled by the poor standard
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Being restless

Srila Prabhupada also received a letter from Sharma dasa, the black American devotee who was preaching in Africa last year, but left to go and sit in Mayapur and chant 150 rounds a day. In February, prior to the Gaura Purnima festival, he asked Prabhupada if he could build a tree house because he was disturbed by devotees coming to see him. Then again in March, he asked if he could go to Radha-kunda and chant because his bhajana was being disturbed by visits from his Godbrothers. P
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Serving Srila Prabhupada

September 27th, 1976

Srila Prabhupada explained in class this morning the duty of government. Interestingly, despite his many criticisms of the British, he used them as an example of good government. "So two brahmastra weapons released, one by Asvatthama and by Arjuna, it created havoc, catastrophe, and the people were suffering. So this is the duty of the government, to see that everyone is in peaceful condition. During Maharaja Yudhisthira's time they were so happy that
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Dogs are condemned species

As I massaged Prabhupada under his mosquito net on the roof tonight, he complained about the dogs barking and yowling in the alleyways. They were disturbing his sleep. He shook his head and told me that a birth as a dog is a most unfortunate situation. Because they are weak from hunger, they fight and yowl. But if you feed them, they become strong, and then they fight even more, making even more disturbance. He said there is no use in feeding them or in taking compassio
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English Brain

Srila Prabhupada summoned me into his room on the roof with a ring of his bell at 1:50 a.m. this morning. I went in, offered my obeisances, and when I looked up, Srila Prabhupada told me to sit down. Then he asked me for my opinion on the new arrangements he has made for the Vrndavana management. "Confidentially, what is your opinion of Harikesa?"

I was surprised that he sought my opinion; how could my view of anything be of any possible use to Prabhupada? How could I give advice to
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You simply create arguments

In the evening, Srila Prabhupada, Hansaduta Swami and I sat in the back garden. Hansaduta suggested that if Harikesa Maharaja were to travel overland to Europe, he could visit the devotees who have recently set out to open centers in Kabul and Turkey. Thus he could enliven the devotees and also save $200 on his travel expenses. Srila Prabhupada thought it a good idea and so he sent me up into the guest house to get Harikesa.

When I entered his room, Harikesa was sitting
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