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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
Material Gain is Benediction or Poison?
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,
Dear Devotees.
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Here are two more stories, if you wish to read.
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The third incident took place in Tampere. We had been distributing the whole day with Tattvavada Prabhu (our beloved GBC). I wanted to distribute until eight P.M. but he had gone for sauna as it had been a cold day. The day was coming to a close, when I saw a couple in a car. They looked quite well-to do. I said they looked
Dear devotees.
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada!
Here are two stories from the previous Srila Prabhupada marathon. I feel they are small examples on how one can be close to Krsna while trying to serve Him by distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books.
The whole marathon was very blissful and nice. There were about twelve of us distributing throughout the five weeks. Plus there were many congregational devotees
| February 18, 1486 | His birth in Sri Mayapura |
| August, 1486 | (age 6 months)ceremony of giving first grains, and ceremony of offering coins and the Srimad-Bhagavatam (in which he chose the Bhagavatam) |
| 1494 | (age 8) - He begins His schooling under Ganga Dasa Pandita |
| 1496 | (age 10) - He becomes a scholar; His brother Visva-rupa takes sannyasa |
| 1500 | (age 14) - He marries Srimati Laksmi-Priya |
| 1501 | Laksmi Priya died just after his 15th birthday and shortly after this he then marriedVisnu Priya |
| 1502 | (age 16) - Hestarts |
Scientists are increasingly becoming convinced that junk food can be just as physically addictive as street drugs like heroin.Researchers at Rockefeller University have found that foods high in fat and sugar cause the brain to release many of the same pleasure chemicals that produce drug addiction, including cortisol, dopamine, galanin and serotonin. Over time, regular consumption of junk food can create imbalances in these chemicals, leading us to eat more and more in order to restore normal le
Devotee:
atha cainam nitya-jatam
nityam va manyase mrtam
tathapi tvam maha-baho
nainam socitum arhasi
[Bg. 2.26]
"If, however, you think that the soul is perpetually born and always dies, still you have no reason to lament, O mighty-armed."
Prabhupada:
atha cainam nitya-jatam
nityam va manyase mrtam
tathapi tvam maha-baho
nainam socitum arhasi
[Bg. 2.27]
So Krsna is putting forward the modern scientific view. The modern scientific view is that there is no soul. Life is generated from matter. By combinatio
