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Serve Krsna with rapt attention

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 28, 2011 at 8:43am

One should become an unalloyed devotee of the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna, and serve Him with rapt attention.

Prabhupada: Yes. (laughter) [break] ...a small garden like this, that is called a hanging garden.

Tamala Krsna: Yes, we can walk there in the mornings.

Prabhupada: Hm.

Bharadvaja: Srila Prabhupada, chanting Hare Krsna is considered to be the watering process, and sometimes from chanting, the weeds, from watering, the weeds also grow along with devotional service -- the weeds of differe

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You Are A Sample Of Krsna.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 28, 2011 at 8:42am

Bhagavad-gita 2.23-24

Prabhupada:

nainam chindanti sastrani
nainam dahati pavakah
na cainam kledayanty apo
na sosayati marutah
[Bg. 2.23]

"The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind."

So here is another puzzle for the rascal scientists -- because they are contemplating that except within this earth, in other planets, there is no life. Because the atmosphere is different, they cannot live there. Now, take f

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 9

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 28, 2011 at 8:41am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 9
ekam ekatarabhave
yada nopalabhamahe
tritayam tatra yo veda
sa atma svasrayasrayah

ekam -- one; ekatara -- another; abhave -- in the absence of; yada -- because; na -- does not; upalabhamahe -- perceptible; tritayam -- in three stages; tatra -- there; yah -- the one; veda -- who knows; sah -- he; atma -- the Supersoul; sva -- own; asraya -- shelter; asrayah -- of the shelter.

TRANSLATION
All three of the above-mentioned stages of different living entities a

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Early Devotees

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 28, 2011 at 8:40am

Early Devotees

Twenty-year-old Janne Wesley, a film actress from Melbourne, had recently co-starred with Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones in Ned Kelly, the story of Australia's most notorious bushranger. Now she was pursuing her film and television acting career in Sydney. One day, as she returned from work to her apartment in Kings Cross, she saw Bali-mardana, Upendra and Bill chanting at the El Alamein Park.

Janne: At first I thought they looked a little strange. Were they Buddhists? But I reco

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Visit to Australia

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 28, 2011 at 8:40am

Visit to Australia

Saturday, 8 May 1971- Kuala Lumpur

The devotees were amazed to discover that Srila Prabhupada had no visa to visit Australia.

Amogha: All that needed to be done was that the Indian embassy had to give some stamp of permission, and the Australian consulate had to issue a visa. Prabhupada was due to fly out that night. But it was Saturday morning, and all the embassies were closed. It was very hectic. Finally, Gopal dasa went to the homes of the right persons and convinced them to

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Some men would fall

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 28, 2011 at 8:40am

Some men would fall

One day Chris was shocked to find Tirthapada packing his bags, ready to leave the temple. Despite his best attempts, Chris could not convince Tirthapada to stay. What was the problem? Tirthapada explained how he had stopped chanting, and, troubled by sex desire, had decided to live outside the temple, but he still planned to attend temple functions. Tirthapada left, promising to attend the temple regularly. He visited, just once. "You forget," he said.

Chris remembered Upendra'

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - First visit to Australia

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 28, 2011 at 8:39am

First visit to Australia

Sunday, 9 May 1971

For the residents of the Sydney temple, Srila Prabhupada's arrival was a confused affair. An early telegram detailed Srila Prabhupada's proposed visit to Sydney, via Malaysia. Only arrival dates and times needed to be confirmed.

As it turned out, Srila Prabhupada had arrived in Malaysia a little later than planned, and to make things even more complicated, while in Kuala Lumpur there had been talk about a couple of devotees in Singapore wanting Srila Prab

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Radha and Krishna appear

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 28, 2011 at 8:35am

Radha and Krishna appear

On 3 May, Vegavan, still marvelling at his good fortune, found himself at Bombay airport, ready to accompany Srila Prabhupada on his long trip to Sydney, via Malaysia. The Radha-Krsna Deities had been tightly wrapped in cloth. Krsna had been placed in a crate and was loaded into the luggage hold. Vegavan, carefully carrying Srimati Radharani under one arm and Prabhupada's small white attache case in the other, checked in and proceeded to Immigration. But there he encounte

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Early days

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 28, 2011 at 8:34am

Early days

Bill had been living in the temple now for several months. It seemed obvious that he was serious about advancing in Krsna consciousness. Quiet but sincere, he was eager to serve. Bali-mardana decided to recommend him for initiation. Soon Bill received his initiation beads duly chanted on by Srila Prabhupada, and his new name -- Upananda dasa brahmacari.

As was his habit, Upendra regularly had questions for Srila Prabhupada. Now that there were boys and girls living together in the same

Shrinath Ji in Super Gold

Posted by Sriman John Martini Krishna Dasa on March 27, 2011 at 8:23am

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Meeting "tiger mask"

Posted by Shobha Radha Devi Dasi on March 26, 2011 at 11:08am

Gaura Purnima Sankirtana lila from Okinawa, Japan [2011-03-22]

Dear Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Yesterday an amazing thing happened while Gita Govinda was on Sankirtana.Ê I was out chanting with a mrdanga in my usual spot and my friends walked by with a donation box for the earthquake victims.Ê I called them over and dropped a 500 yen gold coin in their bucket and gave them a mantra card for their daughter. Gita also gave a small donation on Gaura P

Zee TV Covers Mayapur Gaura Purnima festival 2011

Posted by Dinesh Warungase on March 25, 2011 at 7:52pm

Zee News TV Chanel is India's oldest and most populat TV channel. This year for the 1st time Zee news team traveled from New Delhi to Mayapur to cover the Gaura Purnima festival.

The news editor and the producer of the channel arrived in Mayapur on 18th of March and stayed for 3 days with whole news crew. On 18th March, they covered the Mayapur Ratha Yatra inside ISKCON campus and on 19th March they shot at the temple during Mangal Arati, Guru Puja, and Darshan aarati. They also covered the eveni

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Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Teachings

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on March 25, 2011 at 4:18pm

Here are few quotes of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu – an unparalleled devotee of Sri Krishna

While chanting the name of the Lord one should earn Divine wealth. The divine wealth to be earned are kindness, nonviolence, freedom from lust, truth, equality, equanimity, detachment, stability of mind, control over senses, seriousness, compassion, friendship, brilliance and tolerance.

Men chanting the name of the Lord should be more tolerant than a tree and be humble enough to give honor to all else.

One sh

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The Sun Set Twice To Kill Jayadratha

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on March 25, 2011 at 3:46pm

To kill Jayadratha in one day before the sun-set was an impossible task. So Krishna told Arjuna that he would employ some trick so that Jayadratha would see the sun-set and would come forward openly at which moment Arjuna should severe his head, unhesitatingly, without fear of the sun-set.

Mahabharat tells that Krishna employed "Yoga Maya". Yoga means combi- nation, Maya means illusion. Krishna combined Maya with a fact based on a natural phenomenon of Mirage.

Though the sun-light travels in a str

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CONFERENCE SUNDAY

Posted by Shobha Radha Devi Dasi on March 25, 2011 at 12:18pm

CONFERENCE SUNDAY

Sunday, March 27 afternoon, the conference will be held by Parabhakti Prabhu titled -

"Overcoming depression and overcome fear with Krishna consciousness"

And you'll have 'start at 17:30. 12 HOURS Kirtan - Saturday, March 26Come Kirtan in Villa Vrindavana for 12 hours!!The singing will begin at 9:00 am and end at 21:00. During the day it turns 12 groups, each striving for an hour.For more informations contact Sanatan dd at 3394637280 or Kancanarupa d. d. (328 5572141)Below is the

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Dress to please Krsna

Posted by Shobha Radha Devi Dasi on March 25, 2011 at 11:49am

Prabhupada: Why your dress is not as a sannyasi?

Tusta Krsna: The robes make people uncomfortable, Prabhupada. They see you as different and can't relate. They won't relax enough to listen when I wear robes.

Prabhupada: But sannyasis must dress in saffron with robes and shaven head.

Tusta Krsna: I am following all the principles, but the dress is external and superficial. Why should we let it hamper the preaching?

Prabhupada: If the dress is superficial, why should you change your dress to please pe

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108 important slokas of Bhagawad Gita

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on March 25, 2011 at 11:43am

Chapter 1 Text 1
2. Text 7,11,12,13,14,20,22,23,27,30,40,41,44,45,46,50,62, 63,64
3. Text 9,14,21,27,37
4. Text 1,2,3,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,34
5. Text 18,22,29
6. Text 17,41,47
7. Text 3,4,5,7,14,15,16,19,25,26,27,28
8. Text 5,6,7,14,15,16,28
9. Text 2,4,10,11,12,13,14,22,25,26,27,29,30,32,34
10. Text 8,9,10,11,12,13,41
11. Text 54,55
12. Text 5,8,9,10
14. Text 4,26,27
15. Text 5,6,7,15,19
18. Text 42,54,55,58,61,65,66,68,69,78

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Sankirtana anyplace, anytime!

Posted by Shobha Radha Devi Dasi on March 25, 2011 at 11:23am

Hare krsna Prabhus,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

My wife Bhaktin Shannon and I were moving from our base in Arkansas to New Vrindavan. After a few hours of driving, we decided to take a break and take advantage of a local mall in the suburbs of St. Louis to distribute some books and Prasadam. It was 9pm. We noticed most of the people were milling around the Starbucks on the corner. We struck up a conversation with the two ladies behind the counter, mentionin

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Why is Krishna Really Blue?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 25, 2011 at 10:53am

Question: Why is Krishna Really Blue?

I found a article from last week which gave an impersonalistic interpretation as to why Krishna is blue.

Here is the article:

In Hinduism, Gods like Lord Vishnu, Lord Krishna, Lord Ram and Lord Shiva are shown as having blue or dusky skin. The color of the skin is shown as either blue or sometimes black. Hindu religion is full of symbolisms and the blue color is also a symbol. Most avatars of Hindu gods are also shown in blue color.

Blue is the color of the infi

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Have A Long Term Habit Change

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on March 25, 2011 at 10:22am

So to have a long term habit change… in other words we want to change our bad habit, once and for all, so that from this day forward we are always chanting with attention and never being distracted (or whatever behavior we want to do) and never slip back into the wrong chanting or the wrong behavior, wrong habit.

From Process Of Improving Habits
by Mahanidhi Swami

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Serve Krsna with rapt attention

You Are A Sample Of Krsna.

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 9

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Early Devotees

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Visit to Australia

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Some men would fall

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - First visit to Australia

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Radha and Krishna appear

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Early days

Shrinath Ji in Super Gold

Meeting "tiger mask"

Zee TV Covers Mayapur Gaura Purnima festival 2011

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Teachings

The Sun Set Twice To Kill Jayadratha

CONFERENCE SUNDAY

Dress to please Krsna

108 important slokas of Bhagawad Gita

Sankirtana anyplace, anytime!

Why is Krishna Really Blue?

Have A Long Term Habit Change

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