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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
Giriraja: At one of the programs, somebody raised the question that we cited that Lord Siva is worshiping Krsna, that he is a Vaisnava. So that person replied that Lord Rama also worshiped Siva. So he wanted to know the explanation.
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
Once upon a time there flourished a civilization, cut-off from the restof the world by mountains. But as providence would have it, an epidemicdisease purged the entire population in to hereditary blindness.Generations passed, and a new way of life evolved to cope with thischallenge posed by material nature. Life went on without an event untila traveler lost his way in to this ‘Kingdom of the blind’.
From amusement to amazement to sympathy – the traveler andthe residents were swept by the same se
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
Here is a nice story - a true incident.. do read.... it might make you closer to God....
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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.
Make a little temple in your house. Put it in a nice and if possible a prominent place. We should show our children by our example that we love God. Children when they are young they may not intellectually understand so much but theimpressions that they see go deeply into theirconsciousness and mold their whole lives. What you do will influencethem, not what you say. We should cook pure food stuffs in our house. We should offer it to God in devotion so that eating it will sanctifyour consc
“There are so many things that I have left undone,” he said. “I want to finish them before I die. I will give you most of my fortune if you can just grab me one more year to live.”
“I am sorry to say my dear sir,” the doctor replied, “even if you give me all the mon
HOW CAN WE PROVE : “GOD DOES HAVE A FORM”?
Hare Krishna Prabhuji... Please Accept My Humble Obeisances Unto Your Holy Feet...
With whatever little knowledge I am acquiring by washing my feet with the waves, coming from the Ocean of ISKCON (under the guidance of my Counselor Shri Adbhuta Gauranga Das (Anand) Prabhuji of Hyderabad), I am sharing my Spiritual Realizations with you.
1) If all of us are the children of God and we have a form, how can ourSupreme Parent not have a form? Not only does G
One day, Sri Krsna could not meet with Radhika because She was in mana. He became most agitated in separation from Her, so on the advice of Visakha, He disguised himself as a brahmana student. He donned a sacred thread across His shoulder and wooden shoes on His feet. Carrying a begging bowl and staff in His hands and a book under His arm, He arrived at the door of Jatila's house in Javata and began begging by calling out God's name. Since it w
There are two classes of men — namely the kṛpaṇa and the brāhmaṇa. A brāhmaṇa is one who knows Brahman, the Absolute Truth, and who thus knows his real interest. A kṛpaṇa, however, is one who has a material, bodily concept of life. Not knowing how to utilize his human or demigod life, a kṛpaṇa is attracted by things created by the material modes of nature. The kṛpaṇas, who always desire material benefits, are foolish, whereas brāhmaṇas, who always desire sp
A beautiful conversation between three Vaishnavas on How to develop Sincere Service Attitude and How Lord Krishna Reveals the Answer………
Devotee 1 : How to develop Sincere Service Attitude like you?
Devotee 2 : When I am not rendering any service at all, how can I answer your question?
Devotee 1 : Doing Great Service and feeling that you are Not doing anything itself is a Great Attitude, which I want to develop.
Devotee 2 : Keeps himself Silent, without making any comment.
Devotee 3 : Comments
Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Shaunaka Rishi Dasa, also an ISKCON devotee, has recently been appointed Hindu Chaplain to Oxford University, the first to take on such a role in the history of the famous 900-year-old school.
“It’s a sign of the times,” says Shaunaka Rishi, who hastens to add that the appointment was an organic process, and, in the tradition of the huge, corporation-like Oxford, rather complicated.Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Shaunaka Rishi Dasa,