Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 16

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:41pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 16
anuprananti yam pranah
pranantam sarva-jantusu
apanantam apananti
nara-devam ivanugah

anuprananti -- follow the living symptoms; yam -- whom; pranah -- senses; pranantam -- endeavoring; sarva-jantusu -- in all living entities; apanantam -- stop endeavoring; apananti -- all others stop; nara-devam -- a king; iva -- like; anugah -- the followers.

TRANSLATION
As the followers of a king follow their lord, similarly when the total energy is in motion, all other

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 15

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:41pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 15
antah sarira akasat
purusasya vicestatah
ojah saho balam jajne
tatah prano mahan asuh

antah sarire -- within the body; akasat -- from the sky; purusasya -- of Maha-Visnu; vicestatah -- while so trying, or willing; ojah -- the energy of the senses; sahah -- mental force; balam -- bodily strength; jajne -- generated; tatah -- thereafter; pranah -- the living force; mahan asuh -- the fountainhead of everyone's life.

TRANSLATION
From the sky situated within th

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 14

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:40pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 14
adhidaivam athadhyatmam
adhibhutam iti prabhuh
athaikam paurusam viryam
tridhabhidyata tac chrnu

adhidaivam -- the controlling entities; atha -- now; adhyatmam -- the controlled entities; adhibhutam -- the material bodies; iti -- thus; prabhuh -- the Lord; atha -- in this way; ekam -- one only; paurusam -- of His Lordship; viryam -- potency; tridha -- in three; abhidyata -- divided; tat -- that; srnu -- just hear from me.

TRANSLATION
Just hear from me how

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Visit to Australia

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:38pm

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 - Radha and Krishna appear

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:38pm

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 - Some men would fall

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:37pm

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 - Early days

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:36pm

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

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Janne

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 8, 2011 at 2:36pm

Janne

The devotees had thought Janne a promising candidate for Krsna consciousness. Bali-mardana had informed Srila Prabhupada about her in a letter, to which Prabhupada had replied:

Krishna has sent you already some help in the shape of a nice actress who is willing to help us in any way. Please try to convince this girl about our philosophy. You are already an experienced and sincere worker. If you try to convince her, Krishna will help you from within.

Prabhupada had suggested that Janne be enco

Satisfaction

Posted by Anirudh Shetty on April 8, 2011 at 8:16am

This kinda hit me,

The only way you can stay satisfied in this material world 0 is by accepting that you can never be satisfied in this material world.

How's that for a googly?

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Beauty is Temporary

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 8, 2011 at 8:13am

Beauty is Temporary

Is the material body, simply a bag of stool, urine, blood, mucus, and other horrible things?

Once upon a time a prince met a very beautiful young girl. Immediately upon seeing her beauty, the prince decided to marry the beautiful girl. But she didn’t want to marry him, as she knew that the prince was only interested in her material senses, her beauty, and not her real self.

The girl said to the prince “If I remove my beauty, will you still marry me?” The prince said “Yes, I am r

hare krishna hare rama , story of Dhruva

Posted by Aathira on April 6, 2011 at 11:57pm

Story of Dhruva...

There is a story of a little boy , about five years old , named dhruva , who belonged to a royal family . In te couse of time his father , the king , tired of his mother and deposed her as his queen , he then took another women as queen , and she became step mother to the boy .She was very envious of him , and one day as dhruva was sitting on his fathers knee, she insulted him , "oh u cannot sit on the lap of ur father ,'she said because u r not born of me , she dragged dhruva

Value the association of Vaishnavas ……………….Nectarean Mellows

Posted by Rasamrita Das on April 6, 2011 at 11:52pm

"G u r u m u k h p a d m a v a k y a"Value the association of Vaishnavas ……………….Nectarean MellowsAssociation of devotees is to strive to hear from and to give pleasure to those who have the great treasure of love of God. Narottam Das Thakur in his prayers to the departed Vaisnavas, he prays in this way - he is beating his head against the rock in separation, longing for the association of those devotees who have, who had that great treasure of Prema Bhakti within their hearts, within their lives

SHRI KRISHAN KRIPA

Posted by HARISH BHATIA on April 6, 2011 at 4:20pm

ALWAYS CHANT

" HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE, HARE RAM HARE RAM RAM RAM HARE HARE"

AND BE THE TRUE DEVOTEE OF GOD

BECAUSE IT IS PROVED THAT

KHUDA KHUD HI KARTA HAI APNE BANDE KI NIGRANI,

NAYA MANJA NAYA BISTAR NAYA DANA NAYA PAANI,

AGAR TUJHSE NA SULJHEIN TERE ULJHEY HUYE DHANDHEY,

TO BHAGWAN KE INSAAF PE CHHOD DE BANDEY,

WO KHUD HI TERI MUSHKILEY ASAAN KAREGA,

JO TU NAHI KAR SAKA USE BHAGWAN KAREGA.

Mayapur Academy of Deity Worship Will Expand to Second Facility

Posted by Dinesh Warungase on April 6, 2011 at 4:00pm

MA%20A.jpg ISKCON’s headquarters, Mayapur, West Bengal, India — The Mayapur Academy, which aims to train brahmanas with a focus on Deity worship, looks set to add a new building to its educational campus to accommodate its rapid growth.

In an early March meeting of the Mayapur Administrative Council, a proposal for the school to occupy three floors of a new building about to be constructed was approved.

The Academy currently finds its home on the 5,000-square-foot second floor of ISKCON Mayapur’s Chaitanya B

Spiritual Story: Crossing the Water

Posted by Vivek Bisaria on April 6, 2011 at 2:00pm

There was a milkman and his daughter. His daughter’s duty was to carry fresh milk to customers in various villages. One of the customers was a Priest. To reach Priest’s house, the milkmaid had to cross a good-sized stream. People used to cross it by a ferry raft for a small charge.

The Priest used to perform daily Puja and offer fesh milk to God. One day that milkmaid got late. On this priest scolded the poor girl.

"What can I do?" she said. "I start out early from my house, but I have to wait a l

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What Is Reincarnation ?

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 6, 2011 at 8:30am

What is Reincarnation?

The soul is eternal but the body is temporary. Thus when the body is finished (death), the soul must continue to exist in another body.

If a person kills and soon after dies himself. How can he be punished unless he takes birth again? If a sinner is sent to hell forever then how can God be merciful unless he is given another chance?

Once you had the body of a baby and now an adult. The baby body is gone but you still exist. This is reincarnation, changing bodies.

Just as you c

Srila Prabhupada's jewel

Posted by Vaibhav Fadte on April 5, 2011 at 9:01pm

In 1976, Srila Prabhupada visited New Vrindavan. They were building a house
for Srila Prabhupada, and they were going to call it Prabhupada’s Palace. At
that time it was a very crude construction site, just cement and steel, and
they gave Srila Prabhupada a tour of it. One of Srila Prabhupada’s very
senior disciples, he said, “Srila Prabhupada, this is going to be your
palace. Will it be like the palaces in the heavenly planets or in Vaikuntha
where there’s no need for the sun or the moon or electric

The Ill Effects Of Non-Vaisnava Foods

Posted by Nandlal Prabhu on April 5, 2011 at 3:46pm

The Ill Effects Of Non-Vaisnava Foods

By Kesava Krsna Dasa

We all know about avoiding prohibited foods, but may not know why, or what effects they produce. Becoming aware of such bad effects will cause us to think extra before eating more “delicious” sin.

We understand that there are difficulties faced by certain householders, especially if both husband and wife work, or are being surrounded by indifferent family members. Whatever the situation, it is worth trying to place oneself in an advantageou

The Vedas Say They MUST be Shared With Everyone

Posted by Nandlal Prabhu on April 5, 2011 at 3:44pm

The Vedas Say They MUST be Shared With Everyone

By Sri Nandanandana dasa

For those of us who have traveled the length and breadth of India, there are many temples that have allowed us in and left indelible and inspiring memories for our spiritual progress. There have also been some temples who have kept us out, or even kicked us out after we have already entered, as if they do not want to share their culture with us, or anyone they feel does not meet their requirements. I can understand that to