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Krishna Hypnotizes His Devotees

Posted by arindam pandey on April 20, 2011 at 11:15am

Narada is astonished, What kind of hypnotism you do, I do not know. In spite of being placed in so much inconveniences, the Pandavas love for You has increased. This is Krishna consciousness. The pure devotees, if they are put into difficulty they take it, Oh, it is Krishna’s grace.

Prabhupada: So our duty is as, I mean to say, indicated by Narada Muni. Our only duty is how to achieve full Krishna consciousness. Other things, there is no need of trying. Actually, I have seen that in India… Everyw

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Cleansing the Unclean Heart

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:37am

(From a conversation with a community relations officer with the
Chicago police department)

Lieutenant Mozee: Would there be more of a beneficial influence-more
of a strengthening of the community-if the program [congregational
chanting] were held in a poorer area rather than an affluent area?

Srila Prabhupada: Our treatment is for the spiritually diseased
person. When a person is afflicted with a disease, there are no
distinctions between a poor man and a rich man. They are both admitted
to the same ho

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THE PREEMINENT NATURE OF THE SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:37am

THE PREEMINENT NATURE OF THE SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM

Many quotations regarding the extraordinary importance of the Bhagavatam can be found in several other Puranas, such as the Bhagavata-Mahatmya section of the Padma Purana, wherein we find such verses as the following:

The holy scripture known as Srimad-Bhagavatam was expounded in this age of Kali by the sage Sukadeva Gosvami [Vyasadeva’s son] with the object of completely destroying the fear of being caught in the jaws of the serpent of time. T

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Surrender

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:36am

You write to say that simply you want to surrender, but according to the
preface of T.L.C. you'll find that surrender means (1) to Act favorably to
develop Krishna Consciousness; (2) to reject everything unfavorable; (3) to
have full faith in Krishna that He will give protection to His pure devotee;
(4) to keep oneself as one of the dependent devotees of the Lord; (5) to
have no separate interest besides the interest of the Lord; (6) to always
feel meek and humble. These six things are surrender, And

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Misinterpretation of the Mayavadis

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:36am

Question: Misinterpretation of the Mayavadis

My dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to Your Grace. I have a question after listening yesterday to a devotee preaching. He was saying that although we have lots of different groups in the "Hindu" "religion", we have the same books. It raised a question to my mind: Do these groups interpret the books differently or do they choose what they find the most important and stress on that? He gave t

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - A brahmana must be clean

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:35am

A brahmana must be clean

Sometime later, just before dawn, Srila Prabhupada rang his bell. Bali-mardana and Vegavan, tired from the late night before, had slept in. But Prabhupada, who had also been up late because of the interview, had been awake for hours. Srila Prabhupada rang his bell again and this time, as Bali-mardana leapt for the shower, Vegavan staggered, dishevelled and bleary-eyed into Prabhupada's room.

Prabhupada admonished his disciple: "You are a brahmana, and you haven't even clea

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 26

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:34am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 10 Text 26
nirabhidyata sisno vai
prajanandamrtarthinah
upastha asit kamanam
priyam tad-ubhayasrayam

nirabhidyata -- came out; sisnah -- the genitals; vai -- certainly; praja-ananda -- sex pleasure; amrta-arthinah -- aspiring to taste the nectar; upasthah -- the male or female organ; asit -- came into existence; kamanam -- of the lustful; priyam -- very dear; tat -- that; ubhaya-asrayam -- shelter for both.

TRANSLATION
Thereupon, for sexual pleasure, begetting offspr

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Dealing with concerns

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 20, 2011 at 10:31am

Dealing with concerns

As far as salvation is concerned, one has to conquer the principles of lust, anger, unlawful desires, avarice and bewilderment.

To get freedom from anger, one should learn how to forgive.

To be free from unlawful desires one should not make plans.

By spiritual culture one is able to conquer sleep.

By tolerance only can one conquer desires and avarice.

Disturbances from various diseases can be avoided by regulated diets.

By self-control one can be free from false hopes, and mon

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Question and Vedic Answers

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 20, 2011 at 8:51am

Question and Vedic Answers

Q1. Why are there many Gods in Hinduism?

A1.

No. There is only one God.

The Vedic scriptures clearly state that there is only one God, and his name is Krishna. But Krishna has many incarnations and so he is known with many names and descriptions. This is what confuses many people, including some Hindus.

Here are some quotes from the Bhagavad-Gita, which is the essence of all Vedic knowledge.

“The whole cosmic order is under me. By my will it is manifested again and again, an

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SAVE YAMUNA- CAN YOU HEAR HER CALLING FOR HELP?!!?!

Posted by Sita devi dasi on April 20, 2011 at 8:30am

Dear Indian,
STOP THIS BRUTAL MURDER!!!!
The Holy River Yamuna is Calling Out For Help !!
Do You Know - The world Health Organization (WHO) has declared our holy Yamuna River a "Dead River" beyond New Delhi, well before it enters the Land of Shri Krishna.
( Please do see the attachment for the sad details with graphic explanation)
A note on how to kill a river again and again?
(And also how it still can be saved)

• A river is a natural watercourse flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or anot

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learn 2luv God

Posted by KOLLURU VENKATA SUBRAHMANYAM on April 19, 2011 at 7:09pm

down thru d ages, highly evolved souls of both East & West've taught that v can attain perfect, pure & eternal luv only when v learn 2luv God - Narada Bhakti Sutra

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Iskcon Miraroad Presents-Summer Camp for children

Posted by Bhagavatikripa devi dasi on April 19, 2011 at 4:54pm

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What Is The Goal?

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on April 19, 2011 at 3:26pm

Similarly there is spiritual austerity. We voluntarily undergo some inconvenience but what is the goal? To please Krishna, and by this austerity I will make spiritual advancement. If in order to make spiritual advancement I have to make some sacrifice I should do that. After all that is the goal of life. So the strength to practice austerity comes from the process of Sravanam-Kirtanam and especially when this process is executed in the association of devotees.

His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami

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The Bhagavad-Gita(Q & A)

Posted by Shalabh Gupta on April 19, 2011 at 1:19pm

The Bhagavad-Gita(Q & A)

What is the Bhagavad-Gita?

The Bhagavad-Gita is the divine conversation between a man named Arjuna and God himself in the human form, Lord Krishna. It is literally the word of God in person. The conversation took place in the middle of a battleground, 5000 years ago, just before the start of a great war in Kurukshetra, India.

The Bhagavad-Gita gives information regarding God (Ishwar), the living entities like you and me (the jivas), time (Kala), activities (karma), and mate

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Please Let Me Taste Some Pleasure

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:46am

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O Krsna! Thakura Bhaktivinoda has warned us that inattention is the main door into the house of aparadhas. O Krsna! Please let me taste some pleasure in Your names, so I can focus my full attention on chanting. May Your holy names become deeply impressed in my mind.

From Art Of Chanting Hare Krsna
by Mahanidhi Swami

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62nd Vyasa Puja 2011 - Srimad Bhagavatam Class

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:44am

62nd Vyasa Puja 2011 - Srimad Bhagavatam Class

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Hari Om Tatsat!

Haribol! The general religious hindus observe or worship Ganesh before doing any activity because he removes all obstacles. The Sri Vaisnavas worship Vishwakshena, and our Gaudiya vaisnavas, we worship the Guru. It says that the Guru, all the great demigods are represented by the Guru. So Ganesh and Lord Nrsingadev, they are all in the Guru.

Guru should have the attitude of the servitor of the Lord

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Don't Give Up, but Get Up!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:43am

Failures are stepping stones to success. But, in reality it becomes very
difficult for us to face repeated failures. We may face one or two
failures, but when there are setbacks in every walk of life, then we tend
to become morose and our morale goes down. We start losing hope and faith
in Lord as well.

What are we supposed to do when there are repeated setbacks in life?

While describing the rainy season in Vrindavan, Sukadev Goswami says in
Srimad Bhagavatam verse 10.20.15

girayo varsha dhaar

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Relieving Our Bodily Burden.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:42am

Relieving Our Bodily Burden.

73/08/28 London, Bhagavad-gita 2.25

Devotee:

avyakto 'yam acintyo 'yam
avikaryo 'yam ucyate
tasmad evam viditvainam
nanusocitum arhasi
[Bg. 2.25]

"It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable, immutable, and unchangeable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body."

Prabhupada: They are going? So why don't...? No prasada?

avyakto 'yam acintyo 'yam
avikaryo 'yam ucyate
tasmad evam viditvainam
nanusocitum arhasi
[Bg. 2.25]

So Krsna began this teaching to Arjuna fi

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Why Do We Suffer?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:41am

yas tv aatma-ratir eva syaad / aatma-trptas ca maanavah
aatmany eva ca santushtas / tasya kaaryam na vidyate

"But for one who takes pleasure in the self, whose human life is one of
self-realization, and who is satisfied in the self only, fully satiated,
for him there is no duty. As soon as you are attracted to the self and as
soon as you are satisfied with it, you are happy with your own situation."

We have to understand that our position here is temporary and we have to
suffer. There was one

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Srila Prabhupada Uvaca

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on April 19, 2011 at 11:40am

Prabhupada decided to restrict his weekly temple visits to Sundays. For the devotees, Sunday became the high point of the week. Sunday was the focal point of the devotees' preaching because all week they would invite people to the weekly festival and all week Tamala Krsna would consult with Prabhupada about the feast menu or the observance of various Vaisnava holidays. Prabhupada also suggested plays the devotees could perform.

When Prabhupada would arrive on Sunday, everyone would be waiting fo

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