At the end of November we held an an istha ghosthi with the department leaders of our Swamibag temple in Dhaka/Bangladesh to prepare for the upcoming Prabhupada marathon. I appealed to everyone assembled to make some little extra endeavor for the marathon to distribute Prabhupada's books more widely, and we decided to read for a few minutes every morning after mangal artik from the wonderful book "The Nectar of Book Distribution" in order to help our devotees to cultivate Sankirtan consciousne
We are full of many mundane impressions; so we have to guard ourselves against those ten offences that should not be committed during the chanting of the Name of Hari.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Goswami Maharaja
Please find attached herewith a photo taken from my Mobile of a Lizard that was dead, sticking itself to the corner of a bathroom door.
Learning from the Photo:
Lizard, by its nature, normally found sticking itself on the walls. It was very strange to see the Lizard which was dead, but still sticking itself on the corner of the bathroom door.
Alike the Dead Lizard, our Determination towards our Devotional Service and Progress in Krishna Consciousness should be that till our time of
Hare Krishna....
I am attaching herewith a Photo taken from my Mobile while returning to home from office.
In the photo, one may find that few Buffalos being carried in a truck to butchers house, where they would be butchered. But the poor Buffalos, does not know their fate and happily enjoying the truck ride, cool breeze, experience of flying in air, without any stress of walking, running and flying.
We can very much infer the above photo to that, many people, blindly follow many
 We are full of many mundane impressions; so we have to guard ourselves against those ten offences that should not be committed during the chanting of the Name of Hari. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Goswami Maharaja |
Today is Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ. In Europe and other countries, hardly anyone knows what Jesus Christ was doing in his youth, at around 15 years of age. Indian history shows that he was in India, where he visited Vrndavana, Ayodya, Jagannatha Puri, and other pilgrimage places. In Vrndavana he heard the name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and when he went to Jagannath Puri he heard how the local persons pronounce Krsna as Krusna or Krusta. Later, Krusta became
book distribution news in leading news paper of Mumbai Samana Newspaper
Such are the criticisms that must be borne by the servants of Nārada Muni in the disciplic succession. Through the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we are trying to train young people to become devotees and return home, back to Godhead, by following rigid regulative principles, but our service is appreciated neither in India nor abroad in the Western countries where we are endeavoring to spread this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. In India the caste brāhmaṇa
Those whose minds are absorbed in the spirit of enjoyment of matter, and who possess materialistic faith, can never experience the revelation of pure spiritual consciousness. Without absolute faith in the Lord's holy name, one's mundane mentality can never be cast off.
Prakrita Rasa Shata Dushini #70
A Hundred Warnings Against Mundane Mellows
by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
