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The Killing of Kamsa
1. Thus addressed, Lord Krsna made up His mind to accept the challenge. He paired off with Canura, and Lord Balarama with Mustika.
2. Seizing each other’s hands and locking legs with each other, the opponents struggled powerfully, eager for victory.
3. They each struck fists against fists, knees against knees, head against head and chest against chest.
4. Each fighter contended with his opponent by dragging him a
Hare Krishna....
I have received so many response to my Blog "How Dhuki became Sukhi" that Lord Krishna should make everyone Sukhi.
My appeal to all Vaishnavas is that our attitude should be that of QUEEN QUNTI,we should always wish that we be in troubles / problems because, only when we have troubles and problems, we will think about KRISHNA, and INDIRECTLY, WHENEVER WE THINK ABOUT KRISHNA, DEFINITELY, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY PROBLEMS / TROUBLES.
SO, OUR ATTITUDE SHOULD ALWAYS BE TO REMEMBER KRIS
We can become eternal, immortal, all qualified like God, if we get out of these material clutches. And for this, we have to become dhira. Dhira means, I have already explained, not to be disturbed, even the cause of disturbance is there. So that is the qualification of becoming immortal. So little tolerance of the sensation... Just like there is some sensation. If you have got some itches and you are feeling that "I should itch," but if you stop itching, this will be cured, and if you go on
The episode of the lifting of the Govardhana Hill shows how surrendered the residents of Gokula and Nandgaon were to Krishna.
Dasaratha was heart broken at the thought of Rama having to go to the forest for 14 years but was unable to break his word to Kaikeyi. However Vasudeva was also known to be a Satyavaadi or one who always speaks the truth. He promised to give his eighth son to Kamsa. He even gave Kamsa his first son when it was born. However when the
voice told him to take Krishna to Gokul
As Jesus Christ said, “We are in this world but not of this world.” To be in this world, but not of this world means the spiritual conception of life. We are above; we are transcendental to all the miseries, which are inevitable in this world. Such a spiritual person alone can actually create peace on Earth. Because he or she can enliven and illuminate others to get out of this world by being transcendental to the repetition of birth and death. So, as spiritualists, as devotees of God, our praye
Human form of life is meant for real satisfaction, which comes through self-realization that comes from the purification of the heart. But people, today, consider that this is impractical, unrealistic. This is the most unfortunate condition, the cause of all problems. It is practical, to destroy the water, to destroy the air, to destroy the ground with pollution, nuclear waste—it’s very realistic, is it not? It is very realistic and practical to be so frustrated in material endeavors, to fill yo
Guru Kumhaar Shish kumbh hai, Garhi Garhi kade khot,
andar haath sanhaar de, baahar bahe chot.
Guru is like a Potter and our heads are like the clay mounted on His wheel. Just as the Potter hits the clay on the outside and digs the extra clay and impurities to give it shape from the inside, Guru may be harsh on His children from the outside, but from inside, He loves them and makes them pure.
Dukhi was a simple poor maid servant, she was not educated but she was in the association of Srivas Thakur.
By Srivas's association, she developed a sincere desire to serve everyone and to please the Lord. While all the senior devotees were bathing the Lord, Dukhi would arrange water pots from Ganges. She would ensure that there is water available for the service. She was not expecting any honor, she just wanted to serve unconditionally and the Lord was very pleased with here service attitu
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
A study suggests that burning joss sticks raises the risk of certain mouth, throat and lung cancers
- guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 26 August 2008 12.08 BST
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Photograph: Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi/ ReutersAlong with the piles of dirty laundry, empty beer cans and Bob Marley posters they are a common feature of many student digs. But scientists have now found that regularly burning joss sticks increases the risk of certain mouth, throat and lung cancers.
The 12-year study back
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
(from saranagati)
O youthful son of the King of Vraja, You are Lord of all lords. According to Your will, creation and destruction take place in the universe.(1)
According to Your will Lord Brahma creates, and according to Your will Lord Visnu maintains.(2)
According to Your will Lord Siva destroys, and according to Your will Maya constructs the prison house of this world.(3)
According to Your will the living beings take birth and die, and according to Your will they meet with pr
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
