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Iskcon to manage 2 laddu counters at Tirumala

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on October 21, 2010 at 1:00pm

TIRUMALA: Two of the laddu counters in the Laddu Prasadam Complex beside the Srivari temple on Tirumala were formally entrusted to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) today.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, with a view to streamlining the maintenance of the laddu counters which are being maintained by the TTD and banks, decided to avail the services of Iskcon and entrusted two counters to it on an experimental basis.
Only Iskcon’s volunteers will man the counters and is

Importance of Gurudeva

Posted by geeta kakkar on October 20, 2010 at 4:55pm

Importance of Gurudeva

If a devotee is doing a great deal of chanting, reading and glorifying Sri Krsna, but he is not following his gurudeva, what will be the result? It will be zero. This has been described in many places in sastra. Krsna
Himself has said in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.19.21): “madbhakta-pujabhyadhika – the worship of My devotees is better than worship of Me.” He also says, “That person who says he is My devotee but who is not devoted to My devotee, is not My devotee at all.” Krsn

अंतिम इच्छा

Posted by mantra prem das on October 20, 2010 at 1:38pm

अंतिम इच्छा
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उस रात
खोया था जब मै अपने मे
श्रीहरी आये मेरे सपने मे
पूछा
वत्स......
इच्छा क्या है तुम्हारी ?
नासमझ था
सोचा
सोचकर बताऊंगा
जल्दबाजी मे
गलत चीज
पा जाऊंगा
बोला
थोडा समय दीजिये प्रभु
श्रीहरी बोले
तथास्तु..........
उनके थोड़े समय में
मेरे कई जीवन निकल गए
जब तक गलती का आभास हुआ
राह से पैर फिसल गए
जय हो श्रीला प्रभुपाद
चखाया कृष्ण नाम का स्वाद
अब फिर से मेरी कोशिश है
की जब
श्रीहरी आये मेरे सपने मे
पाए मुझे
हरिंनाम जपने मे

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Is Pure Enjoyment Possible or Impossible?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 20, 2010 at 9:48am

color:maroon"">Question: Is Pure Enjoyment Possible or Impossible?

Is pure enjoyment possible or impossible in this material world? Is the struggle for survival compulsory?

Avinash G.

color:maroon"">Answer: Pure Enjoyment is Possible in this World

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Pure enjoyment is possible in this material world, only if one fully surrenders to Krishna. If one does so, he will no longer be pinched
by the struggle for existence. Even though he will continue working, his lifewill be transformed into a

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He does not construct a big house.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 20, 2010 at 8:55am

He does not construct a big house.

Bhagavad-gita 12.13

TRANSLATION

A devotee who is not dependant on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and who does not strive for some result, is very dear to Me.

PURPORT

Money may be offered to a devotee, but he should not struggle to acquire it. If automatically, by the grace of the Supreme, money comes to him, he is not agītāted. Naturally a devotee takes bath at least twice in a day and rises early in the

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Satan's philosophy

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 20, 2010 at 8:53am

Satan's philosophy

To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan's philosophy. In this age there is enmity toward poor animals, and therefore the poor creatures are always anxious. The reaction of the poor animals is being forced on human society, and therefore there is always the strain of cold or hot war between men, individually, collectively or nationally. At the time of Maharaja Yudhisthira, there were no different nations, although there were diff

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Benefits of prasadam

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 20, 2010 at 8:53am

Benefits of prasadam

Manihara took the opportunity to clear up the answer to a question he had about the specific benefit someone gets when they take prasadam.

Prabhupada told him that by eating one is getting mercy. "Eating nobody will refuse. So by eating he is being favored by Krsna. This is the process. You understand Bengali? Krsna bado doyamoy, He's very merciful. Koribare jihva jay. We are accustomed to eat, go to the restaurant, go to the hotel, go to here and there, at home and so on. Sim

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 26

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 20, 2010 at 8:52am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 26
bhumeh suretara-varutha-vimarditayah
klesa-vyayaya kalaya sita-krsna-kesah
jatah karisyati jananupalaksya-margah
karmani catma-mahimopanibandhanani

bhumeh -- of the entire world; sura-itara -- other than godly persons; varutha -- soldiers; vimarditayah -- distressed by the burden; klesa -- miseries; vyayaya -- for the matter of diminishing; kalaya -- along with His plenary expansion; sita-krsna -- not only beautiful but also black; kesah -- with such hair

BABY WRESTLERS

Posted by geeta kakkar on October 19, 2010 at 4:39pm

BABY WRESTLERS
Taken from the book "The butter thief"

Sometimes, the cows would come into the cowherd town of Nandagrama, and stand waiting. Then Krishna and Baladeva used to go out, and lie down on the ground beneath them, and the cows udders would spontaneously pour milk into Their mouths. The cows would think, “If only Krishna were my son! Then I could give Him my milk, and show love and affection for Krishna.“ This mood was everywhere in Vraja.

Krishna and Baladeva grew up, and when They were

Lord Kapila's Teachings on the Movement of the Living Entities

Posted by Tanumadhya Dasa on October 19, 2010 at 1:00pm

S.B. Canto 3 Ch 31. Lord Kapila's Instructions on the Movements of the Living Entities

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The Personality of Godhead said:

Under the supervision of the Supreme Lord and according to the result of his work, the living entity, the soul, is made to enter into the womb of a woman through the particle

of male semen to assume a particular type of body.

On the first night, the sperm and ovum mix, and on the fifth night the mixture ferments into a bubble. On the tenth night it develops into a

form like

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Is Krishna (God) Male, Female, or Both?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 19, 2010 at 9:51am

color:maroon"">Question: Is Krishna (God) Male, Female, or Both?

In talking with friends about God, they struggle to understand when I refer to God as He. They believe that because everything comes from God then He must be a She also. They also find itextremely hard to refer to God as He due to past negative experiences growingup as Christians. They feel that referring to God as He does not liberate themas females. I'm not sure how to handle their objections.mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Rom

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Need of Human Society

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 19, 2010 at 9:24am

Need of Human Society

We must know the present need of human society. And what is that need? Human society is no longer bounded by geographical limits to particular countries or communities. Human society is broader than in the Middle Ages, and the world tendency is toward one state or one human society. The ideals of spiritual communism, according to Srimad-Bhagavatam, are based more or less on the oneness of the entire human society, nay, of the entire energy of living beings. The need is felt

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The sex pleasure enjoyed in their association.

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 19, 2010 at 9:24am

The sex pleasure enjoyed in their association.

In the rainy season, when the rivers swell and rush to the ocean, and as the wind blows the waves about, the ocean appears to be agitated. Similarly, if a person engaged in the mystic yoga process is not very advanced in spiritual life, he can be affected by the modes of nature and thus will be agitated by the sex impulse.

A person fixed in spiritual knowledge will not be attracted by the allurement of material nature in the form of beautiful women a

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Early days

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 19, 2010 at 9:23am

Early days

Gargamuni grinned and said that although his father smoked, he told him not to smoke and I said that my father did the same thing.

Prabhupada chuckled, hypothetically paraphrasing our parents: "'When you are older, you become a debauch -- but don't become now!' If it is a good thing, why older and younger?"

He said that such a reaction was natural. "These things are not good. They know it, but they are habituated. But they do not like that son should be habituated."

He turned to Gargamuni

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 25

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 19, 2010 at 9:23am

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 25
vaksah-sthala-sparsa-rugna-mahendra-vaha-
dantair vidambita-kakubjusa udha-hasam
sadyo 'subhih saha vinesyati dara-hartur
visphurjitair dhanusa uccarato 'dhisainye

vaksah-sthala -- chest; sparsa -- touched by; rugna -- broken; maha-indra -- the King of heaven; vaha -- the conveyor; dantaih -- by the trunk; vidambita -- illuminated; kakup-jusah -- all directions thus being served; udha-hasam -- overtaken by laughter; sadyah -- within no time; asubhih -- by

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New Prabhupada Tapes Discovered!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on October 19, 2010 at 9:23am

New Prabhupada Tapes Discovered!

Many years ago at ISKCON New York the temple authorities were having a maha clean up. In the process they discovered a box of old Prabhupada reel-to-reel tapes which were at one time a part of the New York Temple tape library.

By Krishna's arrangement Prahlada Priya Prabhu delivered these tapes and we can publish them on the web for all the devotees to hear at this address:http://vedaveda.com/tapes/index.html

At this link you will find all the newly discovered tape

Sevak

ISKCON Pune’s Art Competition Breaks World Record

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on October 19, 2010 at 8:49am

Image: Hemangi Oza

Radheshyam Dasa (in orange), Temple President of ISKCON Pune, stands with participants (l to r) Pranali Zamje, Nikhil Dhamnaskar, and Sangram Shelar.

An art competition organized by ISKCON Pune has found a place in GUINESS WORLD RECORDS™ by becoming the Largest Art Competition in the World.

In its Guinness World Records™ attempt for Largest art competition, the painting competition organized by ISKCON Pune on Dec 14, 2009 received record participation of 1,41,918 students that br

इक सीख

Posted by mantra prem das on October 18, 2010 at 6:22pm

इक सीख

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वेसे तो बहुत बार सुनी मैंने

महाभारत की कहानी

बढ़े बूढों के मुहं

दादा दादी की जुबानी

हमेशा इक सीख मिली

कौरव थे सो

पांडव थे पांच

फिर भी सत्य को

न आई आंच

इक और सीख मिली

जब सुनी

महाभारत की कहानी

प्रभुपाद की जुबानी

आत्मा है ऐक

जीवन कई हजार

करले कृष्ण को याद

हो जा

जन्म मृत्यु के पार

The Characteristics of a Spiritual Master

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on October 18, 2010 at 3:08pm

The following is a summary of the characteristics of the spiritual master which are listed in Hari Bhakti Vilasa:

He should be knowledgeable of the Vedas and know the conclusions of
the scriptures.
He should be absorbed in worship of the Lord by chanting of the Lord's
name.
He should be peaceful, fully satisfied in activities of devotional
service.
He should have deep faith in the Lord.
He should exhibit all good qualities.
He should be intelligent, steady, austere and truthful.
He should be sweet in s

Only the faithful are eligible to chant the omnipotent holy name

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on October 18, 2010 at 3:03pm

The Supreme Lord has infused His transcendental name with all of His potencies and offered it to humanity. One who has sufficient faith in Lord Krsna's name is eligible to chant, and only one who chants the name is properly executing the prescribed duties of the human being. He is called an adhikari or possessor of the holy name.

The holy name is so potent that chanting does not depend on conditions of time, place, rules, cleanliness, and so on. Pious activities, such as the giving of charity, th

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Iskcon to manage 2 laddu counters at Tirumala

Importance of Gurudeva

अंतिम इच्छा

Is Pure Enjoyment Possible or Impossible?

He does not construct a big house.

Satan's philosophy

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Benefits of prasadam

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 26

BABY WRESTLERS

Lord Kapila's Teachings on the Movement of the Living Entities

Is Krishna (God) Male, Female, or Both?

Need of Human Society

The sex pleasure enjoyed in their association.

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Early days

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 7 Text 25

New Prabhupada Tapes Discovered!

ISKCON Pune’s Art Competition Breaks World Record

इक सीख

The Characteristics of a Spiritual Master

Only the faithful are eligible to chant the omnipotent holy name

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