Diary of a Traveling Monk
Volume 11, Chapter 12
November 22, 2010
By Indradyumna Swami


There Are Too Few Like You


Dear Purnacandra Goswami,

Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

It was with great sorrow that I heard about your sudden departure from this world. Although we regularly hear about these things in sastra and are constantly preparing ourselves for such inevitable events, somehow when they actually happen we seem totally unprepared. And so it is that I can

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrta Ādi 1.56

"A person interested in transcendental knowledge must therefore always directly and indirectly inquire about it to know the all-pervading truth."

One should understand, through the transparent medium of the spiritual master, that the Supreme Lord exists everywhere in His transcendental spiritual nature and that the living entities' relationships with the Lord are directly and indirectly existing everywhere, even in this material world. In the spiritual world ther

This material world is a place of darkness. In darkness there isalways fear. Violence, hatred, envy, greed, lust and illusion—these arethe forces of darkness which control this world. This darkness ispropitiated through the two processes of cruel and hypocrisy. 

In the name of religion, people are exploiting others for their personal motives. In the name of peace and love,

there is violence and hatred. This is called hypocrisy. Whenhypocrisy is present within our material dealings, it creates impi

Everyone tries to claim as their own what belongs to God. Therefore, there is so much miseryand suffering. Because trying to claim somebody else’s property as ourown is sinful. It creates bad karma. When people take something theyare not supposed to take, they become attached to it; they becomeaddicted to it and so passionate for it that they cannot live withoutit. They commit so many sins to keep it or to get it. And that is whythere is so much crime, illicit sex, and violence.

By Radhanath Swam

Why we read the Bhagavat Geeta, even if we can't understand it?     An old farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning, Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Bhagavat Geeta. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could. One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagawat Geeta just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand, I forget as soon as I close the book. What goo

Letter December 6, 1974

Regarding your question, actually it is a fact that ultimately everyone should preach and distribute books if they want to please me in the best way. Book distribution must be given stress always. If you do this sincerely, it is a fact that Krishna will supply everything else required. I blindly follow my guru maharaj. I do not know what is the result. So I am stressing on this point of book distribution. He told me this personally. Book distribution is bhagavata marga and

Introduction

Driven by selfish motives, one may be inclined to such sinful acts as the killing of one's own brother, father or mother. There are many such instances in the history of the world. But Arjuna, being a saintly devotee of the Lord, is always conscious of moral principles and therefore takes care to avoid such activities.

It is the custom—according to ks’atriya fighting principles—that an unarmed and unwilling foe should not be attacked. Arjuna, however, decided that even if attacked by

*Yamaraj's Greatest Concern*

Yamaraj is the demigod who records all of our pious and evil deeds.The servants of Yamaraj approached him and complained aboutsomething they were very concerned about. Here is the conversationbetween Yamaraj  and his     Yamaduta servants.

Yamaduta 1: How are you Prabhuji?

Yamaraj: I am doing well. But you look a little tense.

Yamaduta 1: Yeah Prabhu. We are little held with few matters.

Yamaraj: Oh. Let me know your issues.

Yamaduta 1: I am worried about this hell.

Yamar

Lokanatha: You explained yesterday.
Prabhupada: Sometimes Krsna is chastised by mother Yasoda. So how is that? The Supreme Personality of Godhead is being chastised by mother Yasoda?
Giriraja: He likes to be chastised. It's part of the relationship.
Prabhupada: Similarl

I am a chicken.

I have the same five senses as you: I can see, smell, touch, hear, and

taste.

I experience pain, misery, loneliness, and happiness.

I like to socialize and enjoy time with my family and friends.

I am intelligent and follow a pecking order.

I can recognize other chickens by sight and smell.

I nest and nurture my young.

I chirp dozens of vocalizations and speak my own language.

I have a long term memory.

I like to sit in trees.

I run towards food because I enjoy eating.

I am scared of loud no

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In the San Diego ISKCON temple in USA, there was a gentleman called *Mr. Prakash*. He was a reserved type of person who would come regularly to the temple feasts but never really showed a lot of enthusiasm. 

One day he had a severe heart attack and was rushed to hospital. During the surgery he almost passed away on four occasions. It was touch and go and he slipped into a coma. He remained that way for s

Few days back we went to Genting Highlands( a famous tourist attraction near Kuala Lumpur). Its a theme park with lots of fun rides and a 4-D movie theater. For those who have never watched a 4-D movie i would like to tell that in 4-D movie along with the 3-D images being projected on the screen, viewer's seat is also moved in certain ways which give the illusion to the viewer that he is also the part of the movie.

 The movie we watched was the story of a Cat who is moving inside a ghostly house.