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One should not accept more than he requires for the maintenance of the body.
To remain in the poverty-stricken condition is a kind of austerity. According to Vedic culture, therefore, the brahmanas, as a matter of routine, keep themselves in a poverty-stricken condition to save themselves from the false prestige of material opulence. False prestige due to advancement of material prosperity is a great impediment for spiritual emancipation. A poverty-stricken man cannot become unnaturally fat by ea
Question: Can You Request Prayer for Japan? |
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Respected Gurudeva, |
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Answer: Why Only Japan? |
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I share your feelings of compassion for the horrible suffering of the people of Japan. There is one horror story after another. In the city of Minamisoma with a population of 70,000 practically every building was was |
You can’t get up and go here and there; you can’t do business; you can’t do anything, except this yoga. That is the whole idea. Stop your other activities, sit down, meditate. So when we sit and meditate, we should not do anything else. You sit tight and hear and chant, hear and chant—for only two hours a day.
dasamasya visuddhy-artham
navanam iha laksanam
varnayanti mahatmanah
srutenarthena canjasa
dasamasya -- of the summum bonum; visuddhi -- isolation; artham -- purpose; navanam -- of the other nine; iha -- in this Srimad-Bhagavatam; laksanam -- symptoms; varnayanti -- they describe; maha-atmanah -- the great sages; srutena -- by Vedic evidences; arthena -- by direct explanation; ca -- and; anjasa -- summarily.
Today my Spiritual Realization : "Saying Worthless / Insignificant / Useless Servant Really Worth"?
Do we really mean what we say / write / quote???
When each and every part of our organs of our body and mind is being dedicated / utilized in the service of Krishna, how can we consider / quote / write / say ourselves as Worthless /Useless / Insignificant Servant?
Yes, it is always good to consider ourselves as a blade of grass, to always consider ourselves as the atom of dust particle of Lotus Fe
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare....
Today my Spiritual Realization to beat the back of Mayavadi Philosophy, if any one of our Vaishnavas come across Mayavadis, commenting and critizing Vaishnavasm and ISKCON; you may comment the below phrase:
"God is in Dog; Doesn't Mean that Dog is God". GOD IS GOD & DOG IS DOG...... FATHER CANNOT BECOME SON NOR SON CAN BECOME FATHER OF HIS FATHER.....
Hare Krishna
Yours Eternal Servant
K.V.Subrahmanyam
please bestow mercy on the fallen soul with your association.
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Sri Govind Dham, the new temple of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon), is being readied for a grand opening on March 22.
This will be the first Iskcon temple in Pimpri-Chinchwad area. The temple authorities told media persons that 50,000 people are expected to attend the event on the opening day.
“Iskcon leaders like Radhanath Swami, Loknath Swami and Gopal Krishna Maharaj are expected to attend the function,” saidtemple manager, Gopati Das.
The temple is 50-foot high and
Today is the 3rd day of the Navadvip Mandala Parikrama. Our first group to be visited today was the International party in Naimisharanya. When we were about to go out from the Lotus Building through the exit of Caitanya exhibition Hall,we heard the beautiful greeting kirtan for Their Lordship Sri Panca Tattva’Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu doya kore moreeee….’ was going on in the temple hall. Guru Maharaja told us to wheel him down towards the temple hall for taking darshan of the deities. We left Is
We reached Suvarna Vihar at 8am and met the International party who were listening to the nectarine pastimes from different maharajas. Asthe last speaker Guru Maharaja shared the pastimes of Suvarna Vihar and mentioned that, “we need to have ghee like heart and as soon as we hear the name of Gauranga, it should melt instantly.” Then everyone chantedGaurangaaaaaaaa!!!!”.”He continued,”We should cry for Krsna and Gauranga!!!!…. Mahaprabhu’s mercy is flowing freely in Navadvip Dham and one should t
Radhanath Swami at Interfaith Dialogue
February 10, 2011, Mumbai: Radhanath Swami was invited for an interfaith dialogue on the topic “Decline of morality in public life: Role of religion in restoring it” organized by K.J. Somaiya Bhartiya Sanskriti Peetham. The Somaiya trust is one of the largest educational trusts in India with 34 institutes and 27,000 students.
The dialogue brought together members from the highest order of the Christian, Hindu and Islamic faiths. H.E.
Mukunda Goswami:
"How did Lord Caitanya do kirtan in the sixteenth century? What did the chanting parties look like?"
Srila Prabhupada:
"Krsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami writes of this in his Caitanya Caritamrita. There were two mrdunga players, two dancers and seven karatalas. Other people would join in, but the main ones - the mrdungas, karatala men and the dancers - they were the center...
"When (the) leader chanted, drums and cymbals would play quiet, so everyone could hear. Then when every
Date : March 11, 2011
Place: Bhaktivedanta Hospital,
MumbaiHare Krishna!
This is a very inspiring story of a simple young devotee boy from Mumbai, who is in the verge of leaving his body at Bhaktivedanta Hospital. Anoop Banerjee, born in 1st June 1983, is from a Bengali Family. He has lived most of his life in Jogeshwari, a western suburb in Mumbai. His family (members) are not ISKCON devotees or followers, but have a favourable disposition.
From their very old memories way back in 1989-90, When A
When Vaisesika Dasa, born William Suczek before he embraced Hinduism, was 15, he became extremely interested in spiritual knowledge. He became a seeker to find the purpose of life. Suczek, both of whose parents were professors in San Francisco, read many books to quench his intellectual thirst. When he read the Gita translated by ISKCON founder Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, he found the answers he had been seeking. Suczek, who met Swami Prabhupada and became his disciple in 1973 in San Franci
Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: March 8th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead
Verse: 4:12:32
Speaker: HH Danavir Goswami
sa ca svarlokam aroksyan
sunitim jananim dhruvah
anvasmarad agam hitva
dinam yasye tri-vistapam
TRANSLATION: Dhruva was seated in the transcendental airplane, which was just about to start, when he remembered his poor mother, Suniti. He thought to himself, "How shall I go alone to the Vaikuntha planet and leave behind my poor mother?"
PURPORT: Dhruva had a f
Navadvip Mandala Parikrama-Day 4,the 11th March 2011
Today is the 4th day of the parikrama. At 7.15am Guru Maharaja came down to the temple hall to take darshan. He comes down from His quarters to the temple hall through the Caitanya exhibition hall using the newly installed elevator. Unfortunately an embarrassing incident took place this morning. The key for the grill gate which divides the temple hall and exhibition hall was misplaced. Guru Maharaja waited for almost five minutes and while He w
Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: March 7th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back to Godhead
Verse: 4:12: 30
Speaker: HH Bhakti Purushottama Swami
tadottanapadah putro
dadarsantakam agatam
mrtyor murdhni padam dattva
arurohadbhutam grham
TRANSLATION: When Dhruva Maharaja was attempting to get on the transcendental plane, he saw death personified approach him. Not caring for death, however, he took advantage of the opportunity to put his feet on the head of death, and thus he got up on the a
Dear Vaishnavas
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!Guru-parampara ki jaya!
Bhaktivedanta College Radhadesh has an opening for the position of Promotion/Fundraising Manager and Receptionist. If you want to be part of and enthusiastic team offering a vibrant service to Srila Prabhupada, in a well-established spiritual community, then please announce your interest. We would be happy to send additional information. This is a full time position, but we may consider othe
