"G u r u m u k h p a d m a v a k y a"
Srila Prabhupada: embodiment of simplicity……………….Nectarean Mellows
Being simple is a very very great opulence in this age of Kali. Srila Prabhupada was so simple. He really didn’t want anything for himself. He just wanted to serve. He just wanted to speak the truth. Recently I was reading Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja offering in 1973 in London. There were hundreds and hundreds of devotees from all of the European continent and the UK coming to su
Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: February 27th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back To Godhead
SB: 4. 12. 22
Speaker: HH Lokanath Swami
tam krsna-padabhinivista-cetasam
baddhanjalim prasraya-namra-kandharam
sunanda-nandav upasrtya sasmitam
pratyucatuh puskaranabha-sammatau
TRANSLATION: Dhruva Maharaja was always absorbed in thinking of the lotus feet of Lord Krishna. His heart was full with Krishna. When the two confidential servants of the Supreme Lord, who were named Nanda and Sunanda,
Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir!
Date: February 26th, 2011
Topic: Dhruva Maharaja Goes Back To Godhead
Verse: SB 4.12.20
Speaker: HG Harivilas Prabhu
vijnaya tav uttamagaya-kinkarav
abhyutthitah sadhvasa-vismrta-kramah
nanama namani grnan madhudvisah
parsat-pradhanav iti samhatanjalih
TRANSLATION: Dhruva Maharaja, seeing that these uncommon personalities were direct servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, immediately stood up. But, being puzzled, in hastiness he forgot how to receive the
Death is extremely painful & the dying person experiences a pain that is equivalent to 40,000 scorpions biting simultaneously -Garuda Purana.
One CANNOT AVOID death, but certainly one can try to avoid re-birth by going back to GODHEAD.
INCREDIBLE PREACHING IN ORISSA
I recently learnt through a first-hand experience how villagers in Orissa,India, are naturally seeking shelter of God and with a little training, Krishna consciousness becomes their second nature. And if Krishna consciousness doesn't reach them, there are others ready to mislead them and exploit their God consciousness.
My travels in Orrissa have been an eye opener. I first went to a remote village called Godamatori, two hours' drive from the Khurda Road station
Question: Suicide and Abortion? |
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I would like to know your opinion about suicide. It's a very low act, but it is not like harming other creatures. After committing this act, after leaving the body and that particular unwanted life, where does the soul of the doer go? How about abortion? How about the soul that has already resided in the developing embryo? |
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Answer: Ghost Life and Being Aborted |
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It is not a matter of opinion. According to the stringent laws of material nature if one commits suicide |
Overeating, over-sense gratification, overdependence on another’s mercy and artificial standards of living sap the very vitality of human energy. Therefore, the duration of life is shortened. Srimad Bhagavatam 1st Canto, 1st Chapter, Text 10.
Today, at 69 years old, Chaitanya Prema Dasa is a robust, healthy devotee, visiting the Potomac, Maryland ISKCON temple every Sunday and working at the Pentagon, where he has served for twenty-five years in the Department of the Defense Inspector General. He keeps a small altar with Srila Prabhupada and a large, beautiful picture of Lord Krishna in his office, so that his boss and co-workers see the Lord every time they have meetings there.
Seeing him, you would never guess that back in 1997, a
So what should be the inquisitiveness in this human form of life? Therefore the Vedanta-sutra says: athato brahma jijnasa. Now this life is meant for inquiring about the Supreme Absolute Truth, or Krsna. Krsna is the Absolute Truth, ultimate goal. So that is human life, when we inquire about. Therefore those who are inquisitive about God, they are not ordinary persons. They have been described in the Bhagavad-gita as sukrtina. Sukrtina means background is pious. JusQuestion: Why Lord Shiva Smokes Marijuana?
My dear Gurudeva,
I beg to clarify a doubt. A Muslim friend of mine argued that Lord Shiva is considered as the greatest Vaishnava, but yet he contradicts Vaishnava principles by smoking marijuana. Why does Lord Shiva smoke marijuana, even though he is considered to be the greatest Vaishnava?
Surender K.
Answer: He Can Smoke It, While We Cannot.
Just as the sun is so powerful it can extract water from urine without being polluted, Lord Shiva is so powerful
