In life, we have essentially two psychological modes that we are in most of the time: reactive and responsive. The reactive mode is the one that feels stressful. In it, we feel pressured and are quick to judge. We lose perspective and take things personally. We’re annoyed, bothered, and frustrated.
Needless to say, our judgment and decision making capacity is severely impaired when we are in a reactive state of mind. We make quick decisions that we often regret. We annoy other people and tend to
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You can acknowledge others in many ways. When someone calls you, acknowledge the call. When they send you something, remember to say thank you. When someone does a good job, say so. When they apologize, acknowledge that too.
It’s especially important to acknowledge acts of kindness – doing so reinforces the act and encourages more of the same. We all benefit.
Almost everyone loves to be acknowledged. We love to have our phone calls returned, to be told we are doing a great job, to be thanked for
There was a millionaire who was bothered by severe eye pain. He consulted so many physicians and was getting his treatment done. He did not stop consulting galaxy of medical experts; he consumed heavy loads of drugs and underwent hundreds of injections.
But the ache persisted with great vigor than before. At last a monk who was supposed to be an expert in treating such patients was called for by the millionaire. The monk understood his problem and said that for sometime he should concentrate only
A young couple move into a new neighborhood. The next morning, while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hang the wash outside.
"That laundry is not very clean", she said, "she doesn't know how to wash properly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap".
Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.
About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line
Just as we can weatherproof a home by looking for cracks, leaks, and imperfections, we can also weatherproof our relationships, even our lives, by doing the very same thing. Essentially, weatherproofing means that you are on the careful lookout for what needs to be fixed or repaired. It’s finding the cracks and flaws, and either trying to fix them, or at least point them out to others. This tendency encourages you to think about what’s wrong with everything and everyone --- what you don’t like.
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To become Krishna conscious means that one has to completely conquer over the influence of the mighty material energy within one's heart. It is not possible to accomplish this by one's own strength because the material energy is simply too powerful. However, if one will take shelter of guru and Krishna, by their grace it becomes quite easy to win the war and defeat the maya or illusion that is so solidly entrenched within one's heart. For such a conquering hero the doorway back to home, back to
The driver of the car is always important, either on the car or without the car but people in general are giving importance to the car only. They have no knowledge of the driver. The car requires petrol and the driver requires nice food. So people in general, when they see that we are not giving petrol to the driver, they are surprised…
Interviewer: Many people say that members of the International Krsna Consciousness Society are being cut off from work in the world and therefore their contributi
hastau ruruhatus tasya
nana-karma-cikirsaya
tayos tu balavan indra
adanam ubhayasrayam
hastau -- the hands; ruruhatuh -- manifested; tasya -- His; nana -- various; karma -- work; cikirsaya -- being so desirous; tayoh -- of them; tu -- however; balavan -- to give strength; indrah -- the demigod in heaven; adanam -- activities of the hand; ubhaya-asrayam -- dependent on both the demigod and the hand.
vastuno mrdu-kathinya-
laghu-gurv-osna-sitatam
jighrksatas tvan nirbhinna
tasyam roma-mahi-ruhah
tatra cantar bahir vatas
tvaca labdha-guno vrtah
vastunah -- of all matter; mrdu -- softness; kathinya -- hardness; laghu -- lightness; guru -- heaviness; osna -- warmness; sitatam -- coldness; jighrksatah -- desiring to perceive; tvak -- the touch sensation; nirbhinna -- distributed; tasyam -- in the skin; roma -- hairs on the body; mahi-ruhah -- as well as th
bodhyamanasya rsibhir
atmanas taj jighrksatah
karnau ca nirabhidyetam
disah srotram guna-grahah
bodhyamanasya -- desiring to understand; rsibhih -- by the authorities; atmanah -- of the Supreme Being; tat -- that; jighrksatah -- when He desired to take up; karnau -- the ears; ca -- also; nirabhidyetam -- became manifested; disah -- the direction or the god of air; srotram -- the power of hearing; guna-grahah -- and the objects of hearing.
yadatmani niralokam
atmanam ca didrksatah
nirbhinne hy aksini tasya
jyotis caksur guna-grahah
yada -- while; atmani -- unto Himself; niralokam -- without any light; atmanam -- His own transcendental body; ca -- also other bodily forms; didrksatah -- desired to look upon; nirbhinne -- due to being sprouted; hi -- for; aksini -- of the eyes; tasya -- of Him; jyotih -- the sun; caksuh -- the eyes; guna-grahah -- the power of seeing.
nasike nirabhidyetam
dodhuyati nabhasvati
tatra vayur gandha-vaho
ghrano nasi jighrksatah
nasike -- in the nostrils; nirabhidyetam -- being developed; dodhuyati -- rapidly blowing; nabhasvati -- air respiration; tatra -- thereupon; vayuh -- air; gandha-vahah -- smelling odor; ghranah -- sense of smell; nasi -- in the nose; jighrksatah -- desiring to smell odors.
Just before dawn, Srila Prabhupada's car pulled up and parked near the rock pool at the northern end of Bondi Beach. Bondi had been the most popular of Sydney's surfing beaches since the turn of the century. The kilometre-long crescent of sand attracted thousands of Sydneysiders in the hot summer months. This late autumn morning, however, it was deserted.
As barely seen waves broke, the sky lightened imperceptibly behind the ridge of cliffs and houses. Srila Prabhu
During his stay in Malaysia, Prabhupada had met an Indian gentleman whose wife was from Mathura. She had cooked kacauris for Srila Prabhupada which were so perfectly made that Prabhupada asked Bali-mardana and Vegavan to learn how to cook them from her.
They kne
Nick became Nirmala Kumar, and Edwin, the young boy from New Zealand who had shaved off his beard only the previous day, recei
The young men and women sat nervously before Srila Prabhupada. The men were shaven-headed and wore dhotis made of cheap synthetic peach-coloured material. The ladies were wrapped in saffron saris fashioned from the same simple cloth. Those who we
The success of His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in spreading Krsna Consciousness around the world starting from North America basically is definitely an amazing achievement for a great personality empowered by the Lord Himself to fulfill an almost impossible mission in Kali Yuga in a very short time, but this success of Srila Prabhupada is also because of the inspiration that His Divine Grace have given to young people in the western societies during a very important
U M A N G
The festival of Joy & Inspiration
Seminar by H.G.Sunder Gopal Das (Gold Medalist IIT-D)
I Y F
ISKCON YOUTH FOURM
Celebrates
Mera Bharat MAHAN
Date: 23rd April 2011,Staurday
TIME: 4:30 PM to 8:30 PM
LOCATION: ISKCON TEMPLE,RAJ NAGAR,SEC-11/35,Ghaziabad
So Come & join us all youths in umang festival.
Always chant Hare Krishna Mahamantra & be happy
hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
Ur humble servant
Anirudh
